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Vol. CXVII, No. 133.
DAV Convention
Delegates Arrive
Executive Meeting Set Tonight;
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Affair Officially Opens Friday
BY ALVA MAYES and GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
First delegates arrived here today for the 25th annual
State Convention of Disabled American Veterans which of
ficially opens tomorrow morning and continues through
Sunday.
By The Associated Press
The military governmént of Peru
announced today its forces have
rrushed a bloody two-day revolt in
the large southern city of Arequi
pa.
A rebel broadcast from Arequi
pa said 40 persons were killed in
clashes with the police but it was
feared the death count would be
iigher. A general call went out
for doctors and nurses to care for
1 large number of wounded.
The government blamed Com
nunists for the uprising. Another
ommunique said the Rebel forces
vere led by Francisco J. Mostajo,
n opponent of the miilitary cabi
et. Mostajo was to be an opposi
ion candidate for vice-president in
he scheduled July 2 elections. He
nd fellow members of his slate
vere rejected by the National
“lectoral Board last Thursday. The
pposition candidate for president,
Sen. Ernesto A. Montagne was also
ejected, leaving Gen. Manuel
Odria, former president of the
military cabinet, the only candi
date.
The Rebel broadcast from Are
quipa said the revolt was touched
ey T ol by an ingle
World News dent Tuesday
R d when two strik-
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killed by police.
In New York, former Prisident
Jose Luis Bustamante, deposed by
a military junta in 1948, described
the revolt as.a “counter-revolution
of the people.” He denied it was
led by Communists.
Elsewhere in the world:
Middle East—Air France said in
Paris that a second French air
liner has gone down in the Persian
Gulf near Bahrein Island where
the first crash killed 46 persons
Tuesday. Of 50 or 51 passengers
aboard the second craft, 13 have
been pulled from the tropical wat
ers off the east coast of Saudi Ara
bia. Both planes were four-en
gined Skymasters enroute from
Saigon, Indochina, to Paris.
West Germany — The lower
house cf the West German Parlia
ment voted 220-152 to join the
Couneil of Europe: This insured
Germany membership in an in
ternational political organization
for the first time since Hitler’s
representatives walked out of the
League of Nations.
South Africa — Police clashed
with demonstrators protesting a
government bill outlawing Com
munism outside the Capetown Par
liament building last night. Debate
in the Chamber was interrupted
by the noisy demonstration. During
the crucial second readinfi of the
bill Minister of Justice C. R. Swart
charged Moscow with attempting
to set colored natives against the
minority whites in South Africa
and establish a native republic
with all race se.gyregation barriers
broken down. J. G. N. Strauss,
newly elected leader of the oppo
sition opposed the bill, claiming it
“creates a Fascist despotism.” He
said it would give the government
power to outlaw any group it
feared was Communist.
Formosa—President Chiang Kai
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Legion Pool To
.
Open At Night
The Athens Rereation and Parks
Department announced today that
in answer to many inquiries, the
L_egion Pool will start opening at
night next Monday evening, if the
warm weather holds up.
Wayne Shields, department di
rector, sald that temperatures had
not been high enough for the com
fort of night swimming. But the
Legion Pool is scheduled to open
Monday night.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and rather
warm this afternoon, tonight
and Friday with scattered thun
dershowers this afternoon and
again Friday afternoon. Low to
night 68. High tomorrow 88, Sun
sets at 7:45 and rises at 5:21.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm this after
noon, tonight and Friday. Scat
tered thundershowers this aft
ernoon and Friday afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
ghesy . i v s o BT
T TR R
ORI iass S s wves 11
Nl L e
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since June 1 .. .. .. 2.63
Excess since June 1 .. .... .76
verage June rainfall ~ .. 4.03
otal since January i ....18.30
icit since January 1 .. 6.26
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
It is expected that the conven
tion will be the largest in history
with an anticipaed attendance of
more than 300. An Executive
Board meeting is scheduled to
night; however, the convention
opens tomorrow morning with reg
istration ata 8:30 in the Holman
Hotel.
In honor of the disabled vet
erans who will be in Athens
Friday and Saturday attending
the State Convention of the D.
A. V,, all merchants of the city
who have flags are asked to
display them on Friday and Sat
urday of this week, it was an
nounced by H. H. Robinson,
Chairman of the Merchants
Council,
' Planned to be considered at the
\convention are many major dis
‘abled veterans problems, Reso
lutions passed will be preesnted
\for consideration at the National
Convention in San Francisco, Au
gust 13-19.
~ Following registration tomor
row a joint meeting with the Aux
iliary will be held at the VFW
Home on Sunset Drive. During
the joint affair a memorial service
honoring this year’s DAV and
Auxiliary dead will be held.
Opening the meeting will be
W. W. Deßeaugrine, convention
chairman. Following introduction
of guests, the meeting will be
‘turned over to L. L. Hargrove, At
lanta, DAV state commander.
~ Mayor Jack R. Wells will wel
come the convention delegates to
Athens.
’ Mrs. W. H. Garner, Augusta, is
‘state Auxiliary commander.
~ Friday afternoon the featured
speaker of the occasion, Major
General William C. Chase, Chief
of Staff, Third Army, Fort Mec-
Pherson, Ga., will address the
group, and the gublic is invited to
attend. His subject will be “The
Situation In The Far East.” He is
qualified to speak on this subject,
having served in that area for
many years. Also speaking on
Friday will be Ben T. Huiet,
Georgia Commissioner of Labor.
That night a banquet will be
held at the VFW Home. Also the
DAV’s fun order, National Order
of Imperiar Trench Rats, will hold
an initiation.
Saturday’s business sessions will
begin at 10:00 o’clock. At these
sessions, brief speeches will be
made by Cicero F. Hogan, national
director of claims for the DAV;
John M. Slaton, manager of the
Atlanta district office for the Vet
erans Administration; Vaux Owen,
manager of the Veterans Adminis
tration’s regional office for the
state of Georgia; and Arthur Keen,
Miami, sth District National Com
mitteeman. 2
Following the Saturday meet
ings, there will be a dance begin
ning at 8:00 o’clock at the VFW
Club Home. At this dance, the
DAV will merge with the regulal
Saturday night dance attendance
with the regular admission of
SI.OO being charged. The public
is invited to attend this dance. |
At 10 o’clock Sunday morning,
the eelction of officers will be
held, with the installation of offi
cers immediately following. The
convention will adjourn with an
executive meeting of both incom
ing and outgoing officers at 1
o’clock] Sunday.
R. L. Miller Is
Taken By Death
R. L. Miller, for thirty-five years
conductor on the Gainesville Mid
land Railroad and for the past
sixteen years engineer at General
Hospital, died in the hospital this
morning atv ten o’clock. Mr. Mill
er was 74 years old and had been
in failing health for the past year.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday afternoon at 5:30
o’clock from First Baptist Church
with the pastor, Rev. Howard P.
Giddens and Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor
emeritus of First Presbyterian
Church, officiating.
Busial will follow in Oconee
Hill cemetery, pall-bearers to be
announced later by Cyde McDor
man Funeral Home, in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Miller is survived by his
wife, a daughter, Mrs. R. L. Keen
er; four sons, Robert Miller, North
Carolina, Charles Miller, Tennes
see, Dewey Miller, Alabama, and
Hubert Miller, Miami, Fla. and
his mother-in-law, 101-year-old
Mys. Janie Stephenson. Six grand
‘ children also survive him.
. Mr. Miller was born in Carnes
ville and had been a resident of
Athens for many years, during
which time he made a large num
ber of friends who were saddened
by news of his death. He was the
son of Robert Marcellus Miller and
Nancy ‘Looney Miller, members of
family lines long prominent in the
northeastern section of the state.
. Deacon In Church
Mr. Miller was a member of
First Baptist Church and served
as a deacon in that congregation.
He was also a member /f the Ma
sons. He was a deeply religious
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Nine To Face
Lexington Friday
The Junior baseball team of
American Legion Post 20 faces
the Legion team from Lexington,
tomorrow afternoon, on the
University diamond, Athens
Coach Milton Moore, announc
ed today.
This is the second game for
the Junior Legionaires, having
lost a previous games to Lex
ington 11-9. Pitcher Jimmy
Thompsen will probably start
for Athens, and the line-up will
alse include: Booth, catcher;
Roberts, Ist base; Short, 2nd
base; England, 3rd base; Saye,
5.8.; Carnes, 1. f.; Byrd, c. f.;
F lanagan, r. f.
Counterfeiting,
Narcofics Traffic
Seen On Upswing
WASHINGTON, June 15—(AP)
—Senate crime investigators stu
died reports today that counter
lfe.vitmi and illegal norcatics traffic
both are on the upswing in the
United States.
In testimony released yester
day, feder~: officials reported that
phone; money is being turned out
faster than at any time in the past
10 years, while the drug trade is
booming, especially in New York,
Chicago and San Francisco.
The testimony came from Secret
Service Chief U. E. Baughman and
Commissioner H. J. Anslinger of
the U. S. Bureau of Narcotics, and
was made public by the Senate
Appropriations Committee. They
asked more money for their opera
tions.
$550,000 Seized
Baughman said the counterfeit
ers are specializing in $lO and S2O
bills, and that his men are seizing
spurious money at the rate of
SIOO,OOO a month, More than
$550,000 worth was seized in the
first five months of this year.
A special crime investigating
committee headed by Senator Ke-
Fauver (D.-Tenn.) alreeady has its
agents digging into the activities
of underworld crime rings dealing
in narcotics, counterfeiting, gamb
ling and other rackets. ‘
The- Kefauver committee is
convinced, from investigations thus
far, that there is a link between
the big criminal rings. The group
is seeking to disclose the inter
locking operations.
Baughman testified that the Chi
cago-New York counterfeiting ring
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No Sign Of Peace In Pennsylvania Dairyman Walkout
Settlement Seen In Washington, D. (. Dairy Strike
By The- Associated Press
There appeared hopes of early
settlement of the Washington
(D. C.) milk strike today but there
were no signs -of peace in the
week-old walkout of 3,200 dairy
workers in Pittsburgh -and six
western Pennsylvania counties.
Settlement of the six-day strike
in the nation’s capital hinged on
the question of whether daries
could shut down on Sundays.
Shorter Hours
In Pittsburgh, an agreement
reached with one small firm was
the only break in the walkout by
the AFL Dairy Workers who are
seeking a 40-hour work week
with 48 hours pay. The nine struck
dairies agreed to shorter hours but
insisted the milk plants be ciosed
on Sundays.
In Washington, representatives
of both the dairies and the union
expressed hope for a quick set
tlement.
A delegation of housewives in
Pittsburgh demanded an early end
of the walkout, which has affect
ed” some 2,300,000 persons in
Pennsylvania. As union and com
pany officials planned another
meeting in Pittscurgh today, an
‘industry spokesman said: “We
don't seem to be near agreement
at all.”
The three-day strike by some
370 techicians of the Columbia
Broadcasting System appeared
ended with workers due to return
to their jobs in New York today.
A federal mediator said the strike
would be called off pending fur
ther talks. In Hollywood, CBS
said it had been told by the strik
ing AFL = Internatioral. Brothers
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Haze Shrcouds Pacific
Bulletins
CLANTON, Ala., June 15—
(AP) — Minter C. (Jackie)
Hayes, 43, blind Chilton county
tax assessor and former big lea~
gue baseball player, was found
in his home early today with
knife wounds in the chest and
arms.
WASHINGTON, June 15—
(AP)—A presidential board to
day recommended a 40-hour
week and an 18-cent hourly pay
increase for about 75,000 rail
road yard service employes. It
recommended denial of wage
boosts for about 125,000 frain
men and conductors,
NEW YORK, June 15-—(AP)
—Special Federal Grand Jury
today cleared government of
ficials and agencies of 'zay
shortcomings in the Amerasia
stolen documents case,
Thompson Hits Term Of
Talmadge In Talk Here
Former Acting-Governor M. E. Thompson called Gover
nor Herman Talmadge “the most extravagant and waste
ful governor the state has ever had” in a campaign speech
here last night.
In speaking of Talmadge’s ad
ministration, Thompson asked for
repeal of the voter’s re-registra~
tion law “lack stock and barrel.
Also he said he favored the
present income tax structure, but
called for repeal of nuisance taxes
and enactment of a sales tax. He
said the only difference between
“my stand and my opponent’s
(Talmadge) stand on the sales tax
is I'm for it in the open and he is
for it undercover.”
Large Crowd
Thompson, who spoke o a large
crowd gathered on Clayton street,
was introduced by Dr. N. G.
Slaughter, former State Senator.
Dr. Slaughter, who praised
Thompson, is former president of
the Georgia Dentistry Association.
Dr. Slaughter was presented by
Jack Goodman, Thompson’s Uni=-
versity of Georgia campus chair
man. Thompson presented two
friends, who were seated on the
stand — Judge Blanton Fortsou
and Dr. D. L. Earnest.
Thompson declared “if we could
get rid of radicals as Henry Wal
lace in the East and demagogues
as Herman Talmadge in the South
that stir up the race issue, there
‘wouldn’t be any race problem.”
He also called Talmadge a “hyp
ocrite.”
Asking the question “What did
he (Talmadge) do with our
money?” Thompson said the pres
ent governor certainly didn“t
spend much money for the
aged, highways or teachers. Also,
Thompson assered that Talmadge
claimed he would reduce the state
payroll by 2,500 workers, but in
stead he added 2,000.
Teacher Appeal
Emphasizing an appeal to teach
ers, Thompson said “I am just a
school teacher, but with the sup
port of the people of Georgia on
June 28 (date of Democratic pri
mary) I will teach one juvenile
delir’lquent a lesson he won't for
get.
He pledged his support to the
Minimum Foundation Program for
Education.
In answer to a question about
veterans affairs, Thompson said,
if elected he will ask the board
he appointg to fire Billy Barrett,
director of Georgia State Depart
ment of Veterans Service.
Thompson stated that he is for
segregation but added that his
opponent (Talmadge) says he is
for it “but hasn’t done anything
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Washington’s milk strike didn’t affect
the milk supply of Rep. Edwin A. Hall
(R.-N.Y.). Hall’s Jersey cow, “Goldie,”
supplies the family, including six children,
s owithe 20 :quarts .of milk . daily. The con
ATHENS, GA,, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1950,
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Scienfists Blame Volcano,
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Not Atomic Bomb Explosion
BY LEIF ERICKSON
HONOLULU, June 15.—(AP)—A vast haze still hovers
over the middle Pacific today, covering possibly two mil
lion square miles.
Scientists say it isn’t an atomic mist gince Geiger counters
showed no radioactivity. e
Just nature on a binge, they
:feculated. ‘The finger of suspi
on was pointed at massive Mau
na Loa, still spouting fire and
brimston e as it enters itsd thir
eruptive week,
Mauna Loa, on the Island of
Hawaii, southeast of here, is put
ting on its greatest show of mod
ern times. One river of red-hot
rock still rolls into the sea; two
other have cooled.
The mysterious cloud stretches
from Wake Island, 2,000 miles
Th U .
v.' . P."
By The Associated Press
Just call Georgia’s gubernato
rial race “operation vitamins.”
The strain and stress of vigor
ous tampaigning is beginning to
tell on the two major contenders
—Gov. Herman Talmadge and
former Gov. M. E. Thompson.
Henry Chandler, secretary of
the Georgia Federation of Laber,
will speak Friday night at 7:30
o'clock over Radio Station
WGAU in behalf of the cam
paign of Governor Herman Tal
madge.
Both are hitting their bottles of
vitamins regularly to keep going.
Thompson, who has been going
lickety-split since the last of
April, had to give in, temporarily
at least, to a badly swollen set of
vocal cords yesterday. He ran in
‘a substitute — Flannery Pope, for
‘mer state commander of the VFW
—to épeak for him at Danielsville
and Carnesville. Thompson spoke
for himself at Athens last night.
- Talmadge, who started off with
one speech a week, has stepped up
the pace to two a day, witfi long
rides in between,
In addition to his' ‘vitamins,
Thompson is using throat spray
and penicillin shots to get his voeal
cords to vocalizing properly again.
He says he feels fit as a fiddle,
“but my voice is like an old shoe.
I’ve made 134 speeches and it has
been worn so much that it is near
ly threadbare.
Baker Vigor
Candidate C. O. (Fat) Baker
(350 pounds-plus) also has been
doing a whirlwind job of stump
ing, but there have been no re
ports that he has had to fall back
on vitamins for vim, vigor and
vitality.
Two followers of the late Gov.
Eugene Talmadge came out strong
for Thompson yesterday. They
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“GOLDIE” SAVES THE DAY
west of Hawaii, to an area 1,000
miles east of Honolulu. Plane re
ports fixed the eastern boundary
about 300 miles east of Hawaii.
But officers of the freighter Ha
waiian Fisherman said they ran
into the haze last Friday 1,000
miles east southeast of Honolulu,
No Navigation
Officers said the murk preven
ted any navifntional sun or star
sightings the last four days at sea.
The ship docked Monday on a trip
from the Panama Canal Zone. Few
ships and mo planes travel that
route. o
Plane reports said the haze belt
is from 800 to 600 miles wide and
raised as high as 16,000 feet.
Wendell Mordy, sugar and pine
apple industry meteorologist, said
test showed a sulphate econtent.
This points to volcanie origin, he
said,
Tests by Frederick Schram, ter
ritorial chemist, showed:
The air over Honolulu was 33
times normal weight and contain
ed as high as 600 times the normal
amount of suspended particles.
Twenty-two per eent of the par
ticles were salt.
Schram said he was inclined to
think Mauna Loa caused the haze,
despite the vast area it covers.
Robert H. Simpson, U. S. Wea
ther Bureau Meteorologist, agreed
in part.
Difficult Fit
But he said the haze appeared
at Wake Island, 2,000 miles way,
before it gathered over Honolulu.
And that, he declared, is difficult
to fit into volcanic dust daisper
sion theories.
Simpson took a crack at an ex
planation, however. He suggested
stratospheric winds might have
carried salt and surphur particles
west of Wake. And winds blowing
in the opposite direction at lower
levels might have carried the
paticles back to Hawaii.
A warm c?hn accompanied the
haze. Visibility at Wake was one
mile. At Honolulu it was two to
three miles.
Congress Has
I . i
Closing Fever”
WASHINGTON, June 15—(AP)
— Adjournment fever appears to
be running high in the Senate sev
eral weeks early.
Sideline observers wondered
whether it was the real thing or
‘more of a contest between Demo
cratic and Republican leaders.
Democratic leader Lucas, of Ill
inois, has been taking daily oppor
tunities to predict that Congress
can complete action on a big jam
of must legislation and get away
by July 31.
Yesterday two Senate Republi
can leaders, Wherry of Nebraska
and Taft of Ohio, got into the act
by agreeing with Lucas after care
fully inserting some GOP “if's.”
AUTO CRASH
ATLANTA, June 15— (AP)—
One person was killed and another
injured in a two-car collision yes
terday near Hartwell, Ga. on U,
S. Highway 29, State Patrol head
quarters reported today. Troopers
listed the dead man as James H.
Banister, 19, of Hartwell, a tex
tile worker. Injured in hte crash
was Mrs. Clara Mullins, 60, of
Liberty, S. C.
gressman and his youngest boy, Richard,
10, are enjoying a glass of fresh milk
while the kitty named “Panther” awaits
his turn.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Southern Bell Installs
500,000 th Phone Here
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Georgia’s 500,000 th Southern Bell telephone was fm
stalled here today, :
The telephone Is in the home of
Mr., and Mrs. G. W. Darden on the
Barnett Shoals Road.
Making the first call were Mr.
and Mrs. Darden, who phoned
their daughter, Dr. Mary D. Cra
gan, in New York City. The second
call was made to Mr. and Mrs.
Darden from Atlanta by Fred J.
Turner, vice-president of South
ern Bell Telephone Company,
Ceremony Held
On hand for the ceremony at 11
o’clock this morning were Lane
‘Hubbard, Georgia manager for
Southern Bell; J. S. Stone, Georgia
plant superintendent; W, O. Mec-
Dowell, Athens District manager;
and other local officials.
The telephone — a combined
hand set — is one of the 16,000 ru
ral telephones, which Southern
Bell expects to install in Georgia
this year. This will be an all-time
record, breaking last year’s total
of 15,000.
Rural telephones are being in
stalled now at the rate of 50 per
day in the state at an expenditure
of five million dollars per year.
. Inscription on the phone is,
“Georgia’s 500,000 th telephone in
stalled June 1950 — Watkins
ville = Barnett Shoals Road -~
Souththern Bell - Telephone and
Telegraph Company.” :
Besides Mrs. Gragan, the Dar
deng have two'other daughters =
one in Jacksonville, Fla,, and cne
in Atlanta; and two sons—one in
Athens and -another at Emory
University, in Atlanta.
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Officers Chosen
The Georgia Home Demonstra
tion Council today elected Mrs.
Charles Keller, jr., of Rossville,
president for the coming W
She will serve with Mrs. bur
Timmerman, new first vice-presi
dent from Dawson, second vice
president, Mrs. Norman Hawes, of
Tignall, third vice-president, Nh'l.
W. D. Bohannon, of Moreland,
secretary, Mrs. Bill Simmons, of
Statesboro, and treasurer, Mrs. W,
E. Love, of Valdosta. |
June Outlook Of
State Crops Good
The June outlook for most
Georgia crops was better.
The crop reporting service said
general rains fell over most of the
state in May, and crops made sat
isfactory growth.
North Georgia had a bit too
much rain, though, and dry weath=
er is needed to enable farmers to
rid their fields of grass and weeds.
SHERIFF’'S RACE
GAINESVILLE, Ga., June 15—
(AP)—C. W. (Cal) Wilson, 49,
was the apparent winner in the
race for sheriff of Hall county to
day. Wilson, a former state rev
enue department agent, swept to
a decisive lead over 15 other can
didates in Hall county voting yes
terday.
CITY, DIRECTORY .
DALTON, Ga., June 15—(AP)
—A special copy of the Independ
ence, Mo., city directory was ship=
ped to President Harry S. Tru
man today The directory was pre
pared by a printing firm here.
hood of Electrical Engineers that
some 990 members would be back
at their jobs.
Shows Cancelled
CBS cancelled at least four tel
evision programs last night, while
several shows were cancelled on
Monday and Tuesday nights. But
CBS had termed its radio produc
tion “100 per cent parfect.” The
strike was mainly over working
conditions. ~
In New York, federal mediators
arranged n peace- conference to
morrow in an attempt to settle
the strike by the CIO American
Newspaper Guild against the
World-Telegram and Sun. The
union struck Tuesday in support
of demands for a 16 per cent Zen
eral wage hike and other bene
tits. The newspaper suspended
publication after mechaanical em
ployes refused to cross Guild
picket lines.
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Nine Airmen
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Die In Crash ;
CIRCLEVILLE, W. Va., June 15
—(AP)—A fire-blackened area
near the top of Spruce Knob—
highest mount#in in West Virginia
—marked the spot today were
nine airmen were killed in the
crash of an Air Force bomber.
The Utah-bound B-25 smashed
into the mountain at dawn yester
day. Its two engines were found
1,500 feet from the point of im
pact. The wings sheared off. The
fuselage was reduced to twisted
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E.C. Hammond
Promoted By
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Edward C. Hammon, of this eity,
was named assistant secretary of
the Georgia Power Company, &€+
cordin%to an announcement 1
by C. B. McManus, president. His
electlon to the newly created post
took place at a meeting of the
company’s board of directors in
Atlanta today. The appointment i
effective immediately.
Mr. Hammond is Athens division
saleg supervisor of the compsny
and hasE:m a resident of thig
since 1941 y His successor
be announced-soon by L, M.
gett, vice president and Athens
division manager,
Other Advancements
Several other promotions in
company’s operating department
Atlanta were announced by A
McManus as follows: ;
J. F. Pennington, general supar
intendent of transmission and &g~
tribution, was promoted to ?
ing manager, He is a na of
Hartwell. i 1 .
R. O. Conwell, system operator,
was appointed au?ltan? opersting
manager,
C. M. Wallace, jr., Atlanta i~
vision sales supervisor, was proe
moted to assistant to the viee pres»
ident in charge of operation.
A. H. Wade, jr., assistans system
operator, was promoted to system
operator,
A native of Americus, Mr. Ham~
mond joined the Georgla Power
Company in 1924, Before assum~
ing his duties in Athens, he had &
wide experience in various z:
partments of the cornpany in
lanta, including the purchasing,
stores, accountinq, executive, ::
erating, construction and sales
partments,
As sales supervisor of the Aln
division, he has been in gen
charge of the company’s sales pu
motion and community tk£
ment activities in this area
the directon of Mr, Shadgeit.
Army Service
Except for his Army service im
the last war, Mr., Hammond has
been a resident of Georgia all his
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Excise Tax Cuf
WASHINGTON, June 15—{AP)
— Democratic tax law drafters
were reported today, after & sur
prise secret huddle, to be in virtual
agreement on a billion~-dollar-phag
| excise tax cutting bill that ecould
avoid a presidential veto.
The huddle, understood to have
I"been attended by House ways and
| means Democrats and speaker
Rayburn, changed the whole out
look for tax legislation— which has
been dark for this session.
They made no announcement,
but there were indications their
minds were about made up to:
1. Ram through a bill slashing
excise taxes by $1,100,000,000 on
jewelry, furs, luggage, toilet pre
parations, movie tickets, trawel
tickets, baby bottle warmers and
scores of other items,
2. Put into the bill a hike in the
income tax rate for large corpora
tions, perhaps from the present 38
per cent to 41 per cent—to collect
about $500,000,000 additional from
these corporations annually.
3. Meet a July 1 deadline for
House passage of the measure, 8o
that the Senate will have time to
act before the present Congress
adjourns.
The secret meeting developed
the first strong indication that the
25-member ways and means com
mittee will approve a boost in
corporate income taxes, so a%‘
President Truman's threat to
the bill if it fails to offset the ex
cise cut by larger taxes in other
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