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Vol. EXVIIL, No. 137,
Demo Tax Heads
Begin Big Push
. Excise Tax Cut Moved Toward Vote
7 After Corporation Boost Approved
WASHINGTON, June 20.— (AP) —Democratic tax law
anagers made ready today to ram through the House &
Lnill slashing excise taxes by $1,010,000,000 a year, after
tacking on a corporation tax boost to avoid a veto.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted $433,-
000,000 in new taxes late yesterday. It was designed to
meet President Truman’s requirement that the excise tax
¢cuts must be offset by larger taxes elsewhere, before the
will sign the bill.
[EMPO SWITCH
SET INRACE
FOR GOVERNOR
Thompson Is Slowing
Down As Talmadge
Sincreases Speeches
?’ By The Associated Press
# Earlier in.the Georgia primary
"&aign, former Gov. M. E.
JThompson was making two and
thrvee speeches a day. Now,
#hompson has narrowed down his
schedule, while Gov. Herman Tal
madge is stepping up his pace.
Thompson had only one speech
scheduled today — in Thomaston
&t 8:30 p. m.
Talmadge went to Clarkesville
for a rally at 2 p. m., and then
scheduled a speech at Thomson at
8 p. m,
The other two eandidates left
in the race had heavier schedules,
gut smaller crowds. C. O. (Fat)
aker booked talks at Pearson,
Lakeland, and Homerville.
Mrs. Jessie Jenkins sald her
chedule would take her to Dah-
I&nofa,- Gainesville, Cummings,
arletta and Roswell.
A eharg}e of road trading for
votes was leveled in the campaign
(esterd*v. C. R. Rader, chairman
of the Talmadge Campaign Com
inittée in Macon, said Bibb county
?Jould get a $1,000,000 highway
mprovement program if the Gov
¢rnor is re-elected. Rader told
about the road promise at a meet
ing of Talmadge leaders.
Chairman Benning Grice of the
Bibb County Thompson club im
mediately charged Talmadge with
bad faith. A
“If Herman had any such in
tention he could already have let
some g}ntracts in Bibb,” Grice
aid. “Bibb wasn’t included in a
fist of over $3,000,000 worth of
ighway contracts announced last
week.”
Talmadge spoke last night from
the hi%h school stage where he
graduated 19 years ago. He. at
tended high school at Druid Hills
in Deeatur, when his father. was
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HUSBAND DENIES STORY
Judy Garland Suicide
Attempt Is Reported
HOLLYWOOD, June 20.— (AP) —Widespread reports
that Actress Judy Garland had tried to slash her throat in
a fit of despondeney brought a quick denial today from her
husband, Director Vincent Minelli.
“There’s no truth whatever in the report,” said Minelli.
“Myv God, can’t they leave her alone?”
BT o Soie e T RPN .oTLI rr sA g ST .oA ey R
“The poor girl is very much
upset but this—oh, no!”
Minelli said Miss Garland, 27-
year-old songstress suspended by
her studio fM-G-M) last week
for failing to report on a picture,
was resting and could not be dis
turbed. SR
The report was published in two
Los Angeles afternoon papers.
One report said Minelli inter
vened and took a knife away from
his wife before she could hurt
herself,
This Minelli also denied.
Judy failed to: ‘i S
report for work i R
on “Annie get E B
your gun” lastj L
year and was, o(e
suspended by WS .
Metro. Betty; o
Hutton took the = “Hg sv&
role and Miss wOB T G
Garland went tof ¢ (WEREH}
a Boston hospital f. & & Sicia e
for treatment. év
She returned @,,
and did “summer BELESRETTERARL
stock,” which has JIDY GARLAND |
had excellent reviews.
When June Allyson, wife of
Dick Powell, had to give up the
lead in “Royal Weading” with
f‘red Astaire Judy was put in
hat part.
Last Saturday she failed to re
port for rehearsal and Metro an
nounced she was on suspension
and would be replaced in the
picture.
Minelli said conferences with
her lawyer &nd studio attorneys
were under way yesterday and
“some progress wes made” He
said he hopes Judy will get the
lole back.
Her agient, Carlton Alsop, sald
Miss Garland took ghe news of her
suspension “badfi.
“she seemed like someone whg
had been licked in the stomach,
ms, Mt;:puoi' the Jmife story
e e .
e spent several
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
~ Associated Press Service
This would cut the tax load of
small corporations earning frop
$5,000 to $167,000; but jump the
present 38 percent incomggax’
rate for the biggest corporatfons
to almost 41 percent,
Administration leaders immredi
ately predicted the tax bill, in a
form suitable to the President,
will be handed to the White House
in time for Congress to adjourn
July 31.
However, this schedule assumes
prompt approval by the House,
where the bill is expected to come
up next week, and the less likely
prospect of quick Senate passage.
If it goes through, excises now
imposed will be slashéd—probably
on September 1 — on fur coats,
movies, jewelry, travel tickets,
luggage, telephones, tires, tubes,
baby bottle warmers and scores of
other items. =
Balanced Move
The big corporation tax boost,
if approved by the House and Sen
ate, would just about cover com
pletely the estimated $1,010,000,000
excise cut. The committee, by a 10
percent withholding on corpora
tion dividends, loophole plugging
and various other tax changes, al
ready had found ways to pick up
an estimated $465,000,000 in addi
tion to the $433,000,000 from cor
porations,
In addition, the committee is ex
pected to vote today on a proposal
by Rep. Mills (D.-Ark.) to speed
up corporation tax payments.
Corporations now can pay in
four quarterly installments the
taxes they owe for the previous
year, Mills wants, by a gradual
process, to bring them around to
paying March 15 of each year all
their taxes for the previous year.
The step-up would not increase
the long-run revenue but would
mean more money piling fsater in
to the treasury in the mext three
or ffive years. i
Crucial Vote
In the long-delayed crucial vote
on corporation income tax rates
yesterday, the vote was reported
unofficially at 14 to 11, with 14
Democrats supporting the change
and one Democrat and 10 Repub
licans opposing.
Here is what the committee
voted:
1. A flat 21 percent normal tax
rate on all corporation earnings.
2. A flat 20 percent surtax rate
on all corporation taxable earn
ings over $25,000.
This means a tax rate of 21 per
(Continued On Page Three)
BULLETIN
HOLLYWOOD, June 20 —
(AP) — Judy Garland cut her
throat in a fit of anguish, her
studio disclosed today. The
wound is not serious.
“The rehearsal was only for an
hour,” he said.
“The picture isn’t scheduled to
start until July 15.
“I don’t see how an hour’s ab
sence at this stage can be so im
portant.”
Hungary Seeking Crown Trade For Vogeler
VIENNA, Austria,- June 20.—
(AP) — Communist-ruled Hun
gary has offered ot swap impris
oned American businessman Rob
ert A. Vogeler for one of her most
venerated religious relics, the Al- ,
lied-aeld Crown of Stefan, it wr 4
learned today. % &
Reliable sources said pProg pess
of nifotiations between the 7 4
and Hungary indicated Vo geler,
sentenced to 15 years imy jigon
mrent last February 21 for ‘gpvin
and sabotage, might be jeloases
within a few weeks,
The crown, which dat' . pack to
Hungary’s 11th century King Ste
fan I, was taken from ' gungary by
the Nazis and found } sy American
troops in Germany. ‘l' £ was last re
ported held by the ™ gestern Allies
in 1947 at Wiesbad £en, in Western
Gamay,. .C .
(In Frankfurt, g, Allied High
Commission sour 4o said he had
been told that * 4g priceless crown
hag been mov’ ,4 7rom place to
place for sect' ity reasons but that
he has “stror 4o reason to believe it
is in Frank g,r¢ now.”)
The Uni’ seq States, reportedly at
Vatican v 5 has refused re
pated 4 Bby Hugary's Fed
EOVelnr 4ent for the crown,
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NEW PARENTS FOR DANISH ORPHAN
Johnny, a three-year-old Danish orphan who became
aU. 8. citizen by a special act of Congress, steps from an
airliner at San I¥rancisco into the waiting arms of his
foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leth-Nissen of San
Mateo, Calif. The Leth-Nissens legally adopted Johnny
after their only child died while they were visiting in
Denmark.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Request For Additional
“Spy Agents” Favored
Hoover’s Campaign For 300 More
FBI Men Seen Tabbed For Victory
WASHINGTON, June 20.— (AP) —J. Edgar Hoover's
campaign for 300 additional FBI agents to hunt down Com
munist spies appeared today to be tabbed for victory.
The House Appropriations Committee and a Senate Ap
propriations Subcommittee were reported to have agreed
to approve the FBI director’s request. , .
The Senate subcommiitee’s rec
ommendation is expected to be ac
cepted in turn by the full appro
priations group-and the Senate,
Hoover told senafors two months
ago in a secret session that there
are 54,000 known Communists and
some 600,000 Red sympathizers in
the United States who form a po
tential fifth column of traitors.
He said at that time that the
Communists were more active to
day than Fascist and Nazi agents
ever were during World War 11.
Hoover’s testimony, released on
June 8, left a deep impression on
lawmakers, One senator, who ask
ed that this name be withheld,
said both the House and Senate
groups felt Hoover should get the
full number of agents he requested
plus about 400 additional other errj
ployees to help carry the Fedelfal
Bureau of Investigation’s hezjvy
work load. . 4
This would give Hoover ~ the
largest force of undercover : gents
the Federal Bureau of Inv gstiga
tion ever had and allow so great
ly increased activity in see iing out
subversives and foreign ! jpies.
In asking Congress ‘jor added
funds for increasing /his force,
Hoover said Commu pajst agents
were after U. S. information deal
ing with atomic rese grch, jet pro
pulsion, radar, coast a 1 maps, mili
tary airports, biol pgical warfare
and industrial res jurces. Some of
these spies, he said, are hiding be
hind diplomatic "passports_
He argued t'je FBI must in
crease its effo jts to preserve in
ternal security [ And he added: “If
we are t 0 D jeserve our internal
security in 1’ mes of emergency, it
is incumber 4 that the identities of
those who spork against the peace
and secur (ity of America be es
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1950.
PTA Conference,
eadership Meet
Set Here Today
Scheol and community leaders
throughout Georgia began {filing
into Athens today to attend two
conferences designed to make
(Georgia a better state.
The 28th annual Conference of
the Georgia Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation opened in Pound auditori
um this afterncon and the fourth
annual Leadership Institute is
scheduled to begin tonight with a
session in the University Chapel.
Schocl leaders will be meeting
on the Coordinate campus through
Thursday while civic heads have
planned sessions on community
improvement through Friday.
Byron Warner, head of the
University voice department,
will sing at the opening session
of the Leadership Institute to
night at 8 o’cloek in the Chapel.
He will be accompanied by
Hugh Hodgson, head of the Uni
versity music department.
Dr. Robert L. Sutherland, di
rector of the Hogg Foundation at
the University of Texas will be
the opening speaker at the Lead
ership Institute tonight.
He will speak on “A State Is
As Strong As Its Community
Skills.” Chancellor Harman W.
Caldwell will introduce him.
A panel on “Operations Educa
tion” will follow Dr, Sutherland’s
address. National, state, and com
munity leaders in education have
already been announced a&s panel
(Continued On Page Twog
Schuman Plan Conference
Gets Underway In Paris
Six Western European Nations
Convene To Pool Steel And Coal
PARIS, June 20.— (AP) —Six Western European na
tions opened a historic conference today aimed at pooling
their coal and steel production. French Foreign Minister
Robert Schuman, father of the plan, told the delegates the
ultimate aim was to abolish war from the continent of Eu
rope.
Britain remained on the sidelines, although she will be
kept informed of what goes on in the elaborate Salon
L’Horloge (clock room) -of the French Foreign Ministry.
There was some talk that the British were coming around
to the view that the advantages of joining the plan might
outweigh the disadvantages. Schuman said he hoped Bri
tain eventually would join. e 4 8
Shuman told delegates of France,
western Germany, Belgium, Italy,
the Netherlands and Luxenbourg
that there would be great polili
cal benefits in a plan which stems
from a French-German under
standing.
“It 1s our desire to associate in
a common and permanent work of
peace two nation which for cen
turies have fought one another in
bloody conflicts,” the French for
eign minister said.
By yielding Germany and
France together in the common ef
fort, Schuman said, the nations
would provide the “certainty thus
to banish from our Euro¥en com=
munity a latent cause of trouble,
suspicion and anguish.” On this
basis, then, the nations could erect
“a solid European edifice accessi
ble to all nations of good will.”
The French minister reminded
the delegates that their govern
ments would have agreed on an
unprecedented objective — to de
plde on the best manner of apply
ing the principle of a supranation
al authority over the coal-steel
plan. This authority would mean
‘the suvrender of hoce sovereignty
by the nations.
“We feel we are not permitted
to fail, nor to quit without finish
ing the job,” he added. “But no
one has ever tried such a system
as we have ouilined. Never have
the state conferred, nor even
thought of delegating as a group,
@ acion as el MO o
an independent supranational or
ganization.” F
Little of the French plan has
been allowed to leak to the public.
At a recent news conference re
porters did draw from Schuman
these few hints:
The pool might be put into ef
fect by stages. At the beginning
individual nations might have a
veto power over the acts oé the
supranation authority. chu
man wants to control the pool. The
authority itself might be tied to
i the council of Europe.
Safe Driving
Course Begins
The largest Driver Education
class ever held in Georgia is in
session on the University of Geor
gia campus this week. It is being
held for high school teachers of
schools where there are driver
education ciasses and the clinic
also serves as a seminar for col
lege professors.
The 55 members are attending
from- throughout the state and one
professor is here from the Uni
versity of Miami.
Dr. Merland Strasser—and Dr.
Herbert J. Stock, of the Center for
Safety Education of New York
University are instructors.
Also aiding in the instruction
are Mrs. Mary Dan Coleman, sup
ervisor of Safety Education for
the Georgia Department of Edu
cation; Lt. Colonel E. S. Burke,
deputy director of the Georgia
State Patrol and Supervisor of
Safety Education; Cpl. J. H. Lowe,
of the Northeast Georgia Safety
Education division of the State
Patrol; and Trooper Fred Daniel,
of the Thomson Patrol Station.
The council, a year-old organ‘s~
zation of western Europe countri ag,
has no executive power. In Tari
vate, the British oftem criticir e it
as a “talk .shop.”
In London last night a te am of
British government exper{s was
reported preparing to reccmmend
to the cabinet that Britai's join in
the merger if each natiorp is fi‘ven
gt veto on the internatior al wuthor
ity. J
Weary Fighters Stall
State’'s Forest Fires
Thousands Of Acres In Timberland
Destroyed In 6 Southeast Counties
BAXLEY, Ga., June 20.— (AP)—Weary, smoke-streak
ed fire fighters whipped forest fires to a standstill in six
southeast Georgia counties last night.
But before the blazes were brought under control they
had raced through thousands of acres of dry, pine timber
lands a(;ld destroyed four buildings. No one was reported
injured.
In Appling county fire fighters
and modern equipment were di
rected from the air by flier Bob
Beason of Darien. Appling and ad
joining Jeff Davis county were
hardest hit,
Volunteer crews had to battle
the flames in Jeff Davis, which is
not in the state’s fire protection
system, State Forester Guyton De
loach reported, however, the
flames were confined to swamp
areas late last night and could be
considered under control.
A dozen small outbreaks in
Wayne county were in hand by
midnight. Dodge, Telfair and
Wheeler had their fires under con
trol by last nightfall, Deloach re
ported. e e
One occupied negro dwelling
near Baxley and a skating rink
near Hazlehurst were burned. An
unoccupied shack in Appling
county and another in Jeff Davis
were razed,
Deloach said the fires were set
by sparks or flames from a rail
road locomotive. He said the
flames began on a railroad right
of way and jumped to adjacent
forest lands.
High temperatures and lack of
rain helped get the fires off to fast
starts, 3
Forest rangers, state patrolmen,
tenant farmers and lancdowners
turned out to battle the flames.
The Union Bag and Paper Com-~
pany and the International Paper
Companies also threw manpower
and equipment into the fight.
Massey Speaks On
WGAU At 7:30 PM
D. Edd Massey, candidate for tlr
State Senate from Clarke, Oglé
thorpe and Wilkes counties will
speak over Radio Station WGAU
tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Massey
announces he will discuss the is
sues in the senatorial race which
will be decided at the polls by
Clarke county voters June 28th.
FALSE ALARM
Firemen answered a false alarm
to the intersection of Lumpkin
and Brittain streets last night.
VEATHER
Partly cloudy and rather
warm tonight and Wednesday
with scattered afternoon thun
dershowers, Conditions unfavor
able for dusting cotton for the
next twe days due te increasing
shower activilies, ‘Thursday
partly cloudy and warm with
scattered showers. Low tonight
73 and high Wednesday 89. Sun
sets 7:47 and rises 5:22.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
this afternoon, tonight and Wed
nesday with scattered afternoon
and evening thundershowers.
No important temperaiure chan
ges. :
TEMPERATURE
Bhybheat . aias 250,90
TOWOBE = ok e R
DEOREL v Sinunidins netn 008
Normat =0 Gl ik e TT
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since June 1 .. ~ .. 2.63
Excess since June 1 .. .... .11
Average June rainfall ~ .. 4.03
Total since January 1 ....18.30
Deficit since January 1 .. 6.91
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares |
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Is It A Tomato,
Or A Potato??
No.’—-(i Hybrid
Seeing is, believing, or so they
say, but if, waz almost too hot
yesterday, to depend much on
eyesigh’s At least it was hard
to beli ave one’s eyes when Clint
Jones, 5f 140 Hart avenue, and
J. €, Maddox of R. F. D. 4
broyught in a tomato growing
Pstato plant. Or was it a potato
frowing tomato plant?
At any rate it was a plant,
' heat or no heat. It was green,
~ had leaves, and roots with clods
~ of dirt still clinging to them.
‘ The hybrid came from the farm
of Lester Stone of Hoschton, Ga.
~ Mr. Stone planted a row of to
~ matoes next to a row of potatoes,
and presto, the fruit and the
vegatable appeared on the vine,
“There’s no explination,” Mr.
Stone said, “it just happened.”
ATHENIAN 1S
HONORED AT
LIONS CONFAB
ATLANTA, June 20—(AP) —
Georgia Lions Clubs members to
day elected four district governors
and decided to meet next year in
Columbus.
The new district governors,
Everett Livingston of Marietta
District 18-A; Dr. C. M. Blanton of
Waycross, 18-B; Dr. William Har
ris of Albany, 18-C; and W, D.
Caldwell of Greensboro, 18-D,
W. Cliff Tucker, president of
the Columbus Lions club and edi
tor of the Columbus Enquirer, ex
tended the invitatior for next
vear’s convention. Cordele with~
drew in favor of Columbus, and
the delegates voted wunanimously
to accept the invitation.
Lewis P. Chick, 47, of Athens,
received a trophy as the outsand
ing blind person in Georgia. He is
proprietor of Piano and Music
ShoPs in Athens, Elberton, and
Griffin.
Chick is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia Law School and
the Georgia Academy for the
Blind at Macon.
Action Near On
Social Security
WASHINGTON, June 20—(AP)
The Senate begins voting this as«
ternoon on a politically popular
plan to expand the social security
program.
There was no doubt expressed in
advance that the Senate would
follow the lead of the House and
vote increased old age and survi
vors benefits, an d enlarge the
number of workers covered by the
law. The bill would ‘add about
10,000,000 workers to the 35,000,-
000 now under the law.
CHANGE OF SITES
New And Bigger Water
Tank Is Planned Here
| The contract for erection of a new 750,000 gallon water
tank on Pulaski Heights has been awarded, it was announ
ced today by City Engineer J. G. Beacham. il g
R. D.Cole Manufacturing Com=-
pany, of Newnan, which was low
bidder, was awarded the contract
for the erection at a cost of $127,-
000; however, the contract has not
been signed. The price includes re
moval of the 1893 tank on the City
Hall lawn, upon completion of the
new tank.
Construction will begin in time
for the job to be completed in the |
early summer of next year,
A number of bids were consid
ered by the city froimn companies
experienced in this work.
The foundation for the new tank
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GOVERNORS
Secretary Appeals
For Full Support Of
Truman’s Aid Program
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va., June 20—(AP)—Secrefa«
ry of State Acheson appealed to
the nation’s governors foday to
support President Truman’s pro
gram of aid for the world’s backe
ward areas,
“By alding the people of under=
developeg areas to deal with th
basie problems of food, health
education,” he said, “we shall
strengthening thelr resistanceé
igaidnst extremism of whatever
in 'l)
Acheson -goke before the stat
governors who have gathered f‘i
a four-day study e¢f domestic an
world problems. A
In his prepared speech, sec
r?tztary géalgt ontir;l% with%te;
States orts to help strength
the free world and maintain mfi
Posoe,- o e -3 .
The administration has advanc
ed the air to backward areas pro=
gram — called “point four” dte"
\its position in President Truman
inaugural address — as an ime
portant factor in buil )l:rc;
Acheson said that while
gram would be a moder o:'&
the results “will make a great c
tribution.” S .
Congress has authorized $35,
000,000 to initiate the program bu‘
has yet to appropriate the
Acheson urged Congress to glvz
guick approval and deplored wha
he said were “narrow isolationist”
attacks on the bill. :
“The effect of these attacks™
he said, “has been to obsd'i: the
basie elements of self-help in
program and to obscure the tfi
that it deals with fundamen
problems of community life b
‘ health, sanitation and agriculture.”
The secretary put the governors
on notice that the administration
'may borrow some of thelr expes
rienced state officials under the
DoV, James M. Dutfyot Pastarte
ov. James H. i
vania told a reporter in advance
of Acheson’s talk that he hoped teé
find out what the Truman admine
istration proposes to do abou#
halting the advance of Communse
ism in Asia. Duff is a Reflucan
caidifilate 'for“pthie tSefnate" fall.
cheson’s “point four dhfl\m
ion did not go into this br
question.
Duff, who supports the Europ
en Recovery Plan despite whazhi
called the British Labor party
disappointing rejection of theé
French-German steel and coal res
sources pooling plan, said he
wants to know if there is a 'l‘r\g
man doctrine for Asia, similar to°
that for Greece and Turkey.
Paul G. Hoffman, the
cooperation administratorm
in a speech at the annual -m‘
dinner of governors last night tha
there may be such a plan ia the
making. He said.
“If we wage the peace not ‘fi
in Eurg}xl)e Il{)xl'lt hiniothor eal
where the Kremlin is W
to destroy freedom, I for one
completely confident that the free
world will win out against the
Kremlin.” |
End Sighted In
Atlanta Strike
ATLANTA, June 20— (AP) —
An end to Atlanta’s trclley strike
was predicted today for Saturday.
Prospective buyers and AFL
transitonmflon !lleatllgr%' both Mb
the trolleys shou vy
June 24. Thus ending rmw.
now 34 days old. ,
John M. Elliott, International
vice president of the union, said
the members probably will vote
on ratification of a tentative con=
tract with the buyers ftomorrow
night.
Jesse Walton, head of the local
union, said he hopes the trolleys
will be running very shortly.
.| first shipment of steel is expected
' to arrive around the first of the
' | year. The new tank will have a
- | capacity 4 1-3 times larger than
| the one it is to replace, and thres
| times that of the Baxter street
| tank,
In ‘conjunction with thig
gram, excavation for a new 1!59,,
000 gallon, clear water well has
been ci;:mpleteficémfi Reinfor: :
crete is now pounm |
well’s coustruction, which is o~
cated near the water works filte
plant, off Barber street. The con= %
- tractor sH. A, Patsonses . s sueves