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Newspaper Page TextStudent Dies From Wreck Injuries! BY ED THILEX¥Z(S AND GEORGE ABNEY, JR. 4" A second Universiy student died late today as a result of in juries received i g terrifying automobile crash on Hobson avenue Wwednesday »ight, Michael Hearden, 21, Walhalla, S, C., died today in a local hos pital Teay Paul Keith, of Gay, Ga., and Jamaics, N, Y., was killed #.most instantly in the accident Wednesday night. The deaths broke a 20-month safety record for the City of Ath~ | ens. It was the first traffic fatality here since October, 1948. The accident, involving only one car, occurred only & short distance in side the city limits line. - Meanwhile, today two more students involved in the Hobson avenue wreck are still confined to the hospital, and four other per sons are u ndergoing treatment received in a series of accidents occurring since Wednesday night. ; COTTON ONE-INCH MIDDLING ..... 340 Vol. CXVIII, No. 122, Associated Press Service SENATE CRIME PROBE SPREAP N . Investigation Nearing Bigge.? - Crackdown Since Prohibition Days WASHINGTON, June 2.— (AP) —A Senate investiga tion of erime and gambling appeared to be snow-balling today into the biggest government crack-down on the un- Jerworld since prohibition days. With the full support of President Truman—reaffirmed 2t his news conference yesterday — a special Senate com mittee moved toward a series of fast-breaking inquiries stretching all the way from New York and Florida to Cali fornia. Disaster Loans Make Applications At Local FHA For Damage From Freeze R. L. Vansant, State Director of the Farmers Home Administra tion in Atlanta, has announced that his Agency has been author ized by the Secretary of Agricul ture to make Disaster loans to Georgia peach growers who have suffered substantial losses to their peach erops as a result of the freezes which occurred in March and April 1950, provided the or chardists are wunable to obtain from commercial banks, coopera tive lending sources, or other re sponsible sources, the credit re quired to carry on their farming operations. Peach growers who have suf fered productive = disasters this year may make application for loans to finance their 1951 crops by contacting Thomas K. Wilson, county supervisor, Farmers Home Administration, whose office is 10~- cated on third Floor courthouse in Athens, Mr. Wilson’s office serves Clarke and Cconee Counties. Loan Requirements Before a Disaster loan is made, the applicant and the Farmers Home Administration County Committee must certify in writing that the applicant has suffered se rious damage as a result of the freezes and that he is unable to obtain the necessary funds from the sources mentioned above. The Committee must aiso certify that to the best of its belief the appli cant will honestly endeavor to carry out the terms of the loan. Disaster loans may be made to growers to purchase feed, seed, fertilizer, dust and spray mater ials, labor, nursery stock, under some circumstances, and other es sential farm and home operating {Continued On Page Two) MERCY RECOMMENDED Sqt. Convicted For WAF Assault- Murder SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 — (AP)—An all-male federal jury convicted Sgt. Lyle Buswell of the assault slaying of attractive WAF Sgt. Fairy Decker, 44, but recom mended that he be spared from the death penalty. : The verdict, after more than six hours deliberatign last night left some doubt whether the big Rut lant, Vt., soldier would escape death in the San Quentin- peniten tiary gas chamber. Federal Judge Lcuis: Goodman ¢aid he was puzzled at the wording of the verdict. After the jury was excused he expressed doubt as to the validity of the recommenda tions, = Specifically the jurors found the 33-year-old airman guilty of sec ond degree murder, murder com mitted during assault, and assault. To the last two, the jurors added the phrase “without ecapital pun ishﬂent." e penalty for eriminal assault on a military reservation is death ;;nles: the éovemment stipuiates & desser punishment, » mtﬁ.iﬂt&@dﬂy ATHENS BANNER -HERALD _ In the latest move, Chairman Kefauver (D.-Tenn.), disclosed he will ask the Federal Communica~- tion Commission to “freeze” all Western Union message miles to prevent them from being discard ed. The FCC has ordered such a freeze on telephone toll slips at the request of the Kefauver Com mittee. Normally the telephone companies destroy toll slips after holding them for.six months. West~ ern Union keeps its message files for the same period. st Oy The investigators hope, through these communications records, to establish that big-time gamblers and racketeers are using interstate communications to conduct their operations. At his news conference, Mr. Truman pledged his personal sup port—and the full cooperation of federal agencies—to the Senate committee. He opened up a whole new field of inquiry.by promising to give the Senators access to information which usually is highly confiden tial material, Mr. Truman said he will leave it to Attorney General McGrath to see the committee gets tax in formation if necessary on suspect ed gamblers and racketeers. This announcement came after the President had conferred with com mittee members at the White House. Income tax returns and informa tion are confidential under the law but can be disclosed on Presiden tial order. Committee members said an executive order is “in the works” to help them get the in formation they need. Senator Tobey (R.-N.H.) told reporters Mr. Truman “is backing us 100 per cent.” The President would be setting no precedent by opening income tax returns and other such confi dential information to the commit tee. He reminded newsmen he was given this privilege when he headed the War Investigating Committee during World War IL Kefauver said he also expects to get information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Treas ury Department’s narcotics divis ion, and the Immigration Bureau. With information from these (Continued On Page Two) - Buswell showed no emotion as the verdicts were read finding him guilty on eeach count, but as he was being led from the courtroom he was heard telling his attorney, James E. Burns: “Well, you did everything you could.” Buswell admitted choking the woman to death at the Hamilton air base 25 miles north of San Francisco on March 25. But he steadfastly denied assaulting her. He said she submitted voluntarily and that afterwards she laughed at him and he choked her on an “impulse.” At the time, he testified, he had been on a “big drunk” because he had been ordered overseas. Judge Goodman announced he would sentence Buswell Monday. At that time Burns said he would file a motion for a new trial. _ &ﬁ_c,our,t_tor,the_ﬁga}_d?rot the ial was Buswell’s father, Harry Buswell of ~ Springfield, Vt. He refused 1o comment on the trial but said his"‘;;r:l had always been 8 boy” and m have . -; wat %a. -bﬁ%‘*g m overseas. —DEATHS BREAK 20-MONTH SAFETY RECORD HERE-- /" Still in the Hospital from injuries recéived Wednesday night in the Hobson avenue accident are Jim Milner, 19, Gainesville, crit- . ical condition, and Walter Bakes, 19, Fort Gaines, good condition. George Vaughn, 26, Hapeville, has been released. 5 Bearden, who died today, was repotfed in serious condition yes terday, , i : ; Keith Services . Funeral services for Keith will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Oakland Baptist Church at Gay. Services for Bearden ' will be announced later, - : The scene of the accident continued o draw spectators late yes terday, almost 24-hours after the crash, The car failed to make a sharp curve on Hobson avenue coming towards town, Its high speed was evident from the impact with which the vehicle struck a solid wall of rocks. The rocks, some Talmadge Rally <. ' Royston AN A " “L'omorrow 3:45 Governor Herman Talmadge will speak in the Athens area Saturday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock, addressing a big North east Georgia rally at Royston. The Royston speech will be broadcast over both Athens radio stations, WGAU and WRFC. C. G. Campbell, Lavonia busi ness man, is general chairman and has been working with other committeemen to complete pre parations for a meeting that will draw from several surrounding counties. Motorcades already have been formed to attend the meeting from Madison, Morgan, Hart, Franklin, Stephens, Jackson and Banks counties. The governor will speak in the heart of Royston’s business sec tion, A large crowd is expected to go from Clarke County. New Atomic Weapons Give West Confidence Pact Planners Confident Europe Can Be Secure Without Bankruptcy WASHINGTON, June 2.—(AP)—New atomic weapons are giving Atlantic Pact military planners fresh confidence that Western Europe can be made secure without bank rupting the United States and its allies. But they fear that the absence of real military strength in Western Europe may invite Soviet attack a few years from now—unless the void is filled in the meantime. The fact that atomic weapons of different types and sizes are under development was disclosed recent ly by Secretary of Defense John son. . He predicted that in the near future some of them may have tactical as well as strategic signi ficance — this is, for use against troops, as well as industrial tar gets. Atlantic Pact military planners do not regard the developing atomic weapons as a substitute for greatly strenghtened armies and tactical air forces in western Europe, nor for stronger U. S. air and naval forces. They say that an attacking Russian army could defend itself against atomic attack by disper sion, unless strong allied ground and air forces were present to force it to concentrate. Russian soldiers spaced 100 yards apart, they say, could walk entirely across Europe without prohibitive losses if faced only by atomic weapons. The combination of tactical atomic weapons and stronger con ventional forces are expected to lick this problem. What the new weapons are like has not been announced. One is reported to be an A-bomb capable of being carried by a jet fighter boraber. Another may be a weap on about which General J. Lawton Collins, the army’s chief of staff, told a National Guard audience re centlﬁ. 4 Collins said the army has a wea pon which, mounted on a light or medium tank, is capable of knock ing out any known tracked vehi cle. That would include Russia’s thousands of tanks, which are among the best in the world. The army chief of staff also re ported a new U. S. light tank was just getting into productoion, but he said production of a planned heavy tank would not be started unless and until the army beeame convinced that the mobile light tank and its new weapon could not do the job. WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy and warm this afternoen, tonight and Saturday. Slight chances of showers-S;i. urday evening iy temperature tonight g 5 high Saturday 88. Sun sets today at 7:40 p. m. and rises Saturday at 5:22 a. m. GEORGIA — Partly cloudy and warm this afterncon, to night and Saturday. Some wide ‘ :'y scattered thundersiowers in . ‘morth portion Satur day afternoon., : SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORCIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1950. Plot To Assassinate Gen. MacArthur 'Fake' Jap Communists Push Anti-U. S. Campaign To Quick Showdown Japanese Communists pushed their anti-American cam paign to a showdown today and reliable Tokyo scurces said General MacArthur’s headquarters is weighing a gov ernment plan to outlaw the Communist party. The Communists’ campaign of militancy began with a Memorial Day incident when American servicemen were kicked and stoned. When eight Japanese were brought to speedy trial because of the incident the Comniunists order ed an anti-American “general strike” for tomorrow. }REEME&ET Presented I Here On Monday A portrait of the late Thomas Walter Reed, University of Geor gia registrar, will be presented so the University during the business meeting of the Georgia Alumni Society here Monday. The portrait, painted by Miss Laura Blackshear about 20 years ago, will be presented by Pres. J. C. Rogers on her behalf. The frame of thé€ picture will be given by Mose Gordon, Commerce, long personal friend of Mr. Reed. Members of the Reed family will be present for the presenta tion. ' “Uncle Tom,” as he was known to thousands of Georgia students, died here last April. He had bheen retired since 1945. At the same meeting awards for distinguished service will be pre sented to Eugene Baker, LaGrange, class of ’ll, and Charles H. New son, Montgomery, Ala., class of *l2, for their work over an extend ed period of time in behalf of the University of Georgia Foundation. Gov. Herman Talmadge has al ready been announced as speaker for the meeting. A harbecue for alumni and faculty will be held on the South Campus at noon fol loewing the Governor’s address. Weatherly Rites Will Be Sunday Hugh A. Weatherly, former Ath enian, died in Moody Hospital in Dothan, Ala., Friday morning at 1:30 o’clock. Mr. Weatherly was 46 years old and had been ill for four mont&s._ e e -~E2TVices are to be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. G. M. Spivey, and Rev. Mr. Woods of })othan Baptist Church, officiat ing, Burial will be in Oconee Hill cemetery. Pall bearers will be Georze Ab ney, ‘st 7. “T. Anderson.. W.:H. Anderson, Otig Pecler, '~ ence (Continued Oa Mage 1+ 2) very large in size, were shattered by the blow, and the car turned = end-over-end and went through heavy brushes, landing in a pas- | | . ture near Oconee River. Ry Small trees and a heavy cable, supporting a powsr pole, were | ' * snapped by the rolling vehicle. *«‘ } A Coroner’s inquest held yesterday ruled Keith's death ag acci= | dental, involved in an automobile accident. - Investigating City Officers Emory Sanders, Ed Hansford, Wood . . . and Nelms said they found two-fifths of whiskey in the car and ' another broken bottle, : | Jeep Wreck if ' Injured in a jeep-motorcycle collision at the intersection of | Broad and Findley streets early this afternoon was Jere Dillard, 16, Winterville, He was riding on a motorcycle driven by Henry Norman Smith, 17, investigating policemen said. ; By The Associated Press The tense Tokyo scene was heightened “by Japanese reports of another plot to assassinate Gen eral MacArthur, but Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby, American nbes B OLLCSE, Drapnded Ihe€ ~ He said an “excitable” Japanese policeman had informed allied headquarters that police had arres ted a Japanese who ‘“apparently was a paranoiac” — ene who be=- lieves the whole world is against him. The plot was supposed to in volve an unidentified Tokyo or ganization of Leftist Persuasion and was set for next Sunday to coincide with the Upper House of parliament elections. At least two ,previous frustrated assassination plots against MacArthur have been reported during the occupa tion. The Communists planned tomor row’s demonstration in the hope e they - would have World Newssome effect on Sunday’s elee- Roundup tions. The party, e WHICh . has been égaded into action by international mmunist taunts that it is docile, predicted some 400,000 labor un-- ionists and thousands of students would join in the strike. The Japanese government yes terday indicated it is prepared to sign a peace treaty with any allied nation that would recognize Jap= anese independence. This was a hint it would welcome a separate treaty with the west althought de siring an overall tnnz with all powers including Russia. Observ ers said it was significant the Conservative government issued the statement following the Com munist-inspired Memorial Day in cident. Elsewhere in the world news picture: Yugoslavia — A former colonel in the Yugoslav army, Vlado De in the Yugoslav army, Vlado Depcevie, said at his treason trial he plotted with Soviet military men to help change the anti- Kremlin policy cf Premier Mar shal Tito’s government. He and another high-ranking Yugoslav soldier are on trial after two years in prison. Dapcevic denied the charges of high treason. West Europe — Cabinet minis ters from 17 European nations met in_ Paris to discuss a system of settling their trade dekts so as to smoocth the path of internation al commerce. They are organizing the European Payments Union (EPU), another step toward west ern unity advocated by the United States. % . wumved Nations — In Geneva, ' Switzerland, the Soviet Union de manded before the U. N. economic commission for Europe that it in vestigate the “detrimental effects of the U. S. Marshall Plan. Soviet Delegate Amasasp Arutianian said it was U. S. policy to compel west European countries to discrimin= ate against east Europe in trade matters. | Jerusalem — At Lake Success, | Roger Garreau, retiring president of the U. N. trusteeship 'councll< reports today that Israel has re jgcted the U. N. plan for interma= tional contioi of Jerusalem. Jor- | dan, whose E{,OOP%’WIth Iseael oc e~y City, has ignored the plan. » Korea — President, Rhee said it .5 a good sign thuere would be so many new facas in Korea’s new parliament. Qf 210 congress st vieciea Tuegday, 128 are In dependents ara’ only 31 are in cumbents. R'yee said this showed Independe . thinking on the pare 4, &0 gecirorate and predicted 't 46ht result in » new nation »l arty. . L WS A = ' . P A 3 i ; PROF. L. L. HENDREN . . . Nears Retirement Dr. L. L. Hendren, University of Georgia faculty member who held top administrative positions during many of the school’s most formative years, will retire from service this month. Dr. Hendren has been with the University since 1908. During his 42 years at the Uni versity Dr. Hendren has been pro fessor of physics and astronomy, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean of Administration, and Dean of Faculties. In 1922 he was made gean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Dean of Administration. From 1940 to 1945 he served as Dean of Faculties and Dean of Arts and Sciences. In 1946 he retired as Dean of Arts and Sciences and be gan working fulltime in the phys ics department. A graduate of Trinity College and Columbia University, Dr. Hendren is the author of several textbooks and laboratory manuals on physics and physical science. He received his Ph. D. from Co-~ lumbia in 1905. Dr. Hendren is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Fhi Kappa Phi, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a past president of the Associa tion of Georgia Colleges and the Georgia Academy of Science, Poppy Day Sef Here Tomorrow Buddy Poppy Day will be ob served here on Saturday with poppies, made by disabled veter ans, being sold on the streets. The project is conducted each year by the Athens Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No, 2872. Proceeds from the sale go to ward the rehabilitation of dis abled veterans and for benefits for families of deceased veterans. __Mayor Jack R, Wells has issued the following proclamation; . “Whereas, the sale of Buddy Poppies i 8 an annual project of the Athens Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars; and ... s rns® “Whereas, proceeds from the sale go #or sueh a worthy cause as rehabilitation of weterans, and “Whereas, proceeds also go to ward benefits for families of de ceased veterans; “Therefore, Be It Proclaimed, that Saturday, June 3, be set aside as Buddy Poppy Day in Athens, and that local citizens cooperate to the fullest in &hum | “JACK R. WELLS, ~ Driver of the jeep was Jack M. Moon. Mr. Moon was m% i on Broad and on attempting a left turn the two vehicles oigied. | The investigation is being continued, no charges having'¥em = made early this afternoon; however, Officer Charlie Eooper,"Who . investigated with Lt. Hoyt Brown, said a witness had ¥id"iifeém | | neither vehicle was traveling at excessive speed. ' Dillard's condition was not immediately available st ‘Athens | ! General Hospital, He was carried to the hospital by a m Ve ambulance, a Farm Injury . . EE Ray Matthews, 25, Farmington, is confined to Athens'Gvll¥tel : Hospital tocay after being caught in & hay-baler yesterdiy, “sis : arny is injured, but his condition is good. : . Lester Gooch, 35, Danielsville, injured his arm while woiiheg™st P (Continued On Page Two) . 1 Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area M C th R adies 1 ’ i ew Re ..o ® o ; _ Solon Will Sidestep Criticism , Hurled By Republican Colleagwues * W ASHINGTON, June 2. — (AP) — Senator MéCarthy | sidestepped the criticism of a group of Republiean eols leagues and made ready to fire a new Communists-in-gov ernment blast today. The Wisconsin legislator told reporters the new @attack would come in a Senate speech which he said would ignore charges leveled by GOP Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine against “certain elements” of the Republican party, It was clear she was talking about McCarthy for one. + McCarthy declined in advance to discuss his speech in detail, It was understood, however, that he intended to renew his criticisnr of the Democratic controlled Senate committee investigating his char ges there are a lot of Communists and fellow travelers in the State Department. Mrs. Smith addressed the Sen | ate yesterday just before leaving | for Italy to serve as a delegate to j @ United Nations Educational, So icial and Cultural Organization { (UNESCO) conference in Flor | ence. She blasted both Republi~ cans and the Truman adrainistra tion. The Senate’s only woman mem ber told her colleagues it is time to call a halt to what she termed “character assassinations sheltered by the shield of congressional imr munity.” Some of those McCarthy has ac cused of pro-Communist activities have challenged him to repeat off the Senate floor the charges he made against them while protected by his immunity against libel ac tion, McCarthy sat nearby as Mrs. Smith spoke. Afterward he said he had no comment, Mrs. Smith read what she call ed a “declaration of conscience” and said it has the backing of Re~ publican Senators Tobey (N.H.), Aiken (Vt.), Morse (Ore.), Ives (N.Y.), Thye (Minn.), and Hen drickson (N.J.). ? The declaration asserted that the sponsoring group is concerned with “the growing confusion that threatens the security and stabil ity of our country.” It added: “The Democratic administration hag initially created the confusion by its lack of effective leadership, by its contradictory grave warn ings and optimistic assurances, by its complacency to the threat of Communism here at home, by its oversensitiveness to rightful crit ’icism, by its petty Dbitterness against its critics.” It was one of the Maine law maker’s rare Senate speeches and ‘it drew immediate praise from Senator Tydings (D.-Md.), chair iman of the Senate Foreign Rela tions subcommiittee looking - into McCarthy’s charges. Tydings termed the speech “a real contribution to the world sit uation, anad particularly to the nation, and particularly te the the Congress 2 | Church To Show - e Film About Paul “The Stoning at- Lystra,” the seventh in a seriés of moving pic tures concerning the life of Paul the Arostle, will be shown at evering services of the First Thristian Church Sunday night at 8 o’clock. The film describes the perilous; journey of Paul and Barnabas to' Lystra, where the miracle of the lame beggar caused Paul andi Barnabas to be hailed as gods. Later the populance turns against Paul and he is stoned and left for dead. Found alive, Paul ~ontinues his ministry-for Christ with Barn abas. . § 5 ~ The public is ipyi tte the services and ‘tgygmf?e‘ &?ﬁ HOME EDITION "Cue At Bacon By The Associated Press Gov. Herman Talmadge warme up for his major political” spérch of the week today with an old fashioned barbecue in Bacen county. Former Gov, M. E. Thomp son continued his usual :ngle cam paign, carrying his handshaking and speechmaking and calliope on a_swing through mid-west Geor gia. Talmadge went to a barbecue at Johnson’s Lake near Alma. He will deliver his main ‘speech at Royston .tomorrow, .. .. .. ' Thompson was at Ellaville, Tal ?otton, gloodlawn, ai%ﬁ'fé& er. T Speaking at Dahlonega'sn north Georgia yesterday, Talnmadge Said his administration has “brought . more federal money into'the state than any other administration in Georgia's history. He Wt “we are matching more fedéral 'funds and are thus providing mére total money for federal aid “&etivitie than any preceding admiinistra tion.” P : Before leaving the Capitol ‘for the North Georgia city, Talmadge told newsmen that he and’forther Governor E. D. Rivers“ad not ‘for;ngd a polit:lcia;ed ihte. “He said he was surpr when Rivers introduced him at a Wo g B meeting in Columbus rééently as “the present ana future governor.” Rivers backed Thompso%ao;r the (Continued on Page- ). An apparent misunderstanding of voting in Monday’s City Attor ney general election was e¢leared up late today by Mayor Jack R. Wells. " He said there will be voting in all five of the weity’s wards: First, Fire Station No. One; Second, City Hall; Third, YMCA; Fourth, Fire Station No. Two; and Fifth, Cody David’s, instead of only one place as was the thought of some per sons. y Candidates for the otgce are. Jim Barrow and. Clyde "Basham.. Robert G. Stephens, jr., present city attorney, is not a candidate as he is running for state senate. : FIRE CALL : Firemen rushed to the University = pre-fabs on Ag Drive shortly affer 1 o’clock this afternocon where a hot water heater was working in efﬁ%iently. 4 Hbsﬂu X They said appavently thexfloes | on the heater in Ag{i‘tment 23 were stopped up; however, %b ¢ firemen eliminated the danger of . fgsg s&‘mm:@w;m l%

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, June 02, 1950, Home Edition, Image 1