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Government Prepares To Unfreeze
letail Clothes, Furniture Prices
horier Working
ons In Alabam
LONS il d
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 8—
AP)—XKilby prisen convicts, who
nce felt the bruising fury of the
ish if they misbehaved, had a
ew kind of good conduct incen
tive today:
Shorter working hours if they
stav out of trouble,
Gov. Gordon Persons made the
romise “himself yesterday in a
alk with several hundred inmates
eated in the prison dining room.
le told them an eight-hour shift
ould go into effect at the Kilby
‘otton Mill today.
But he warned them, too, that
he old 10-hour trick would be put
ack into effect if there are-any
nore “monkeyshines” like the
eries of fires that has plagued
rison authorities. '
Eight times in less’ than a
nonth the cotton mill has caught
ire, and in every instance but
ne, prison officials blamed the
risoners for starting them. Two
f the blazes were discovered yes
erday and one the night before,
ut authorities deseribed the dam
ge as light.
Persons got a cheer when he re
-“!’L@:}"ghe convicts.he had done
ways With, the lash and publicly
urned 30 of the leather straps last
“You'll be treated like human
eings or I'll know the reason
1v.,” he promised.
But the governor pointed out
hat the fires weren’t helping con
litions, And he said shorter hours
vas a campaign promise he was
lilling—not a result of the fires.
rour food and clothés come
om what the cotton mill makes.
ant your food better and I
ant your ciothes better,” he said,
but I've got to get some help
you.”
Most of the convicts’ clothing is
son-made while profit from the
i@ of other cloth helps buy food
0 't grown on prison farms.
I we don’t. sell the cloth, we
tan't do a |ming for you,” Persons
ented.,
lso invited any prisoner
f'a “beef or bellyache” to write
Wn personally, No one will be
übished for it, he promised, and
g out of line w#l be cor
g If pessible,
A 5 1o paroles, Persons told the
“‘ ¢ he had provided them
' 4 board that would play no
©¢ said he thought it was “rot
v en one man could ° get
:’3Jmn.her because he has
Ce.
‘overnor didn’t call any
: But mass paroling during
- lew months of ex-Gov.
Folsom’s administration
I statewide ecritieism,
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AUL, Minn., Feb. B.—(AP)
~4sU 15 persons were report
¢4 and anothér 20 injured
explosion that ripped
' the minerals building of
fesota Mining and Manu-
Company plant today.
Ramsey county morgue re
t had the bodies of 15 vie
‘ncker (City) Hospital said
¢ at least 20 injured persons
' that ambylances were “bring
'em in by the load.”
Yiher injured were taken to St.
"7 @nd St. John’s Hospitals.
. 7eck could be made of the
“mber in thoge hospitals,
“CTSONS at the gesie said “at
“4St 40 persons” were -taken
oM the building, Faces of the
'clims were blackened and sev
ral were screaming and moaning
Vith pain, :
The explosion. ‘vecurréd in the
4rish plant, located in the min
“rals ?uilding, a six-story strttx,;
Ure. Fire tha broke out in -
varnish plmtfithm'»&i‘fi
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ATHENS BANNER -HERALD
Associated Press Service
By MAX HALL
WASHINGTON, Feb. B—(AP)—
The government is almost ready to
unfreeze the retail prices of men’s
clothes, women’s clothes, cosme
tics, furniture, rugs, lamps, pots
and pans. One immediate result
will be lots of price rises.
In place of the present tight
freeze on those and similar items,
the Office of Price Stabilization
(OPS) will restrict the percentage
of “margin” between what the re
tailer pays and what he receives.
OPS officials said the new reg
ulation will probably be issued
late this week or early next week.
It will be the first of a series of
“margin” type orders which were
promised when the temporary
price freeze of Jan. 25 was an
nounced,
Here is why price rises are ex
pected: The new regulation will
enable retailers to pass on to their
custemers many increases that
wholesalers had put into effect be
fore the Jan. 25 freeze date.
Price Rises
Sovernment economists say a
gfiain amount of that must eccur
to prevent an intolerable squeeze
on retailers whose costs have gone
up.
They say this is one thing Eco
nomic Stabilizer Eric Johnston had
in mind yesterday when he pre
dicted that the cost of living will
continue to rise for a few more
months and then level off by mid
summer.
OPS officials also hope to lower
prices in some cases by rolling
back the size of margins to a se
lected date. To illustrate, if a re
tailer’s margin on a particular
item was 40 per cent on the se
lected date, and he has since raised
it to 45 per cent, he would have to
cut it back to 40.
OPS Director Michael V, Disalle
said in a radio interview broadcast
last night that the OPS would
“somehow attempt” to fix margins
as they existed before the Korean
outbreak last June, and he thought
maybe theré would be “astonish
ing” results in some industries.
Not a Definite Promise
But this didn’t amount to a def
inite promise to roll back any
margins to pre-Korean levels, and
the question is still under debate.
Moreover Disalle apparently was
talking about later orders—not the
one about to be issued on clothing
and house furnishings.
Meantime Disalle and Johnston
had their staffs busy prepagng re=-
ports on food prices for Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson.
Wilson asked for the reports
yesterday. He was described as
being “very concerned” over food
prices. He was also reported plan
ning to recommend some changes
in the defense production act to
permit tighter controls on food
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FINAL SHOW TONIGHT
“Naughty Marietta”
Acclaimed Highly Here
By MERRITT POUND, JR.
#“Naughty Marietta”, the Uni
versity of Georgia Music Depart
ment’s comic opera presentation
by Victor Herbert, opened last
night for a fwo-day run before an
enthusiastic capacity audience in
the Fine Arts Auditorium.
Starring Eddith Blair in the title
role and Don Walters &s Captain
Richard Warrington, the perfornr
ance climaxed weeks of practice
and rehearsais under the general
direction of Hugh Hodgson, head
of the University Music Depart
ment and chairman of the Divi=
sion of Fine Arts-at the Univer
sity of Georgia.
With superb musical background
furnished by the University Little
Symphony: Orchestra under ~ the
direction of Conductor Frederick
Kopp and Byron Warner, and
magnificent stage direction by
James E. Popovich, of the Drama
Department, the choruses directed
by Edwin Blanchard and the cast
ally to bring to the audience a
performance worthy of its laurels.
Opereita Plot
The plot centers around the
Countess Marietta, an Italian
pokg:;s, who, unhappy with evins
in France, runs away
of mm-m&lcm&m’ giris
sent by ‘the King of France. In
Two Men Escape
Injury As Tree
Hits 4 Vebicles
Two city employes miracu-
Tously escaped injury when high
winds toppled a rottening tree
on three automobiles and a city
sanitary department truck on
Dougherty street yesterday aft
ernoon.
Winds continuously blew
from 27 to 33 miles per hour
with gusts up to 40 miles per
hour. Officials at the U. S. Wea
ther Bureau at Athens Munici
pal Airport said continuous
winds this high are rather un
usual here,
The rotten tree at the corner
of Dougherty and Hull streets
fell on three parked cars and
on the sanitary truck which was
proceeding west on Dougherty.
One automobile and the truck
were severely damaged while
two other cars were less badly
damaged, The street had to be
blocked for almost two hours
to clear the wreckage.
Escaping uninjured from the
truck were W. C. Rooks and
Cecil Powell, both coiored.
I .'. r I ;h'
The local lodge of the Loyal
Order of Moose will hold a mrass
initiation tonight at the Holman
Hotel at 7:30 p. m. Oliver S.
Twist, supreme governor, head
ing all lodges throughout the
United States, will be special
guest, ¢
Howard McCants, governor of
the Athens lodge, said Mr. Twist
is associated with the Franklin
Trust Company, Philadelphia, Mr.
Twist was elevated to the top
Moose position after serving for
one year as Supreme Junior Gov
ernor.
Mr.. Twist is director of the
Home Building and Loan Associa
tion; secretary and. treasurer of
the Franko Realty Corporation,
and vice-president of the Oakland
Cemetery Company,
He holds the Moose Order’s
highest honor, the Pilgrim Degree
of Merit.
New Orleans she is befriended by
Captain Dick Warrington, -a
frontiersman, and also by the
Lieutenant-Governor’s son, Eti
enne Grandet, who is found out
to be none other than a villianous
pirate, “Bras Pique”. -
Hoping not to be exposed, Ma
rietta masquerades as the son of
Rudolfo, a Marionette Theater
keeper, but the story ends hap
pily with the capture of “Bras
Pique” and the embracing of Ma
rietta and her true love, Captain
Warrington.
Last presented in Athens in
1946 with the performances of
Clayton Logan and Anastasia Ma
rinos, this light and lyrical operet
ta still is a source of great enjoy
ment to Athens patrons.
Tonight’s Showing
Curtaln-time for tonight’s final
showing of “Naughty Marietta”
will be 8:30 at the Fine Arts Audi
torium.
Tickets can he secured at the
door or by calling the Music De
partment Office (Telephone 4600~
Ex. 246). Reserved sests in the
center section of the orchestra are
$1.50 each. Seats on the side aisles
and under the balcony downstairs
are $1.20, while first and second
balcony seals are $.90 and $.60,
respectively.
SERVINGC ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORCIA OVER A CIENTURY
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1951.
Railroad Strike
Ends In Most
Parts Of Nation
Chicago Workers
Continue Tie-Up
Of Rail Center
By The Associated Press
The nation’s nine-day railroad
work stoppage appeared virtually
ended in most parts of the country
today, but not in Chicago, the
country’s major rail center.
More striking switchmen across
the country returned to work last
night and today. But working mail
crews in Chicago were about one
fifth of normal on 25 carriers.
The continued work stoppage in
the midwest metropolis, where 95
per cent of the normal {freight
movements were paralyzed, threw
a vital road block on movement
of cross country traffic. :
The delay in getting rail ser
vice back to normal in Chicago
appeared the main stumbling
block in bringing the “sick call”
walkout to a close.
But there also appeared no in
dication of a settlement in the
long-standing wage-hour dispute
between our rail unions and the
carriers. The -National (railway)
Mediation Board is attempting to
effect a settlement inmeetings in
Washington.
St. Louis Walkout Ends ’
The walkout ended in St. Louis,
another major midwest rail hub.
A rail union official said service
wag expected to be normal within
two days.
But in Cleveland, switchmen re
mained idle on three lines— the
New York Central, the Nickle
Plate and the Erie.
Many cities in the Far West
and Midwest also reported the
walkouts appeared ended as more
switchmen returned to their jobs.
They followed the back-to-work
movements which started in more
than a score of cities in the east
and south on Tuesday.
The return to work in scores
of cities promted the postoffice
department and the railway ex
press agency to relax their em
bargoes.
There were no reports of fresh
work stoppages, but the Chicago
“sick call” walkout was described
as a “staggering blow” by Lever
ett S. Lyon, executive officer of
the Chicago Association of Com
merce and Industry.
Thousands of freight cars, many
of them loaded, choked the huge
yards. And _norg:l switch. crews
remained away from work ‘on the
short line terminal carriers which
switch the bulk of the freight cars.
The Army’s railroad control of
fice said that only one line—the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy—
had 100 per cent crews working
in Chicago...
110 Report
On 25 other lines with a nor
mal number of 504 crews for the
early morning shift, only 110 re
ported. This included 320 men out
of a normal force of 1,649.
The Army office reported that
no crews showed up at the Illi
nois Central, the New York Cen
tral, The Santa Fe, and only one
crews of a total of 107 on three
belt lines reported for work.
The Pennsylvania had five of
36 crews working, the Baltimore
and Ohio five of the normal 34
and the Chicago and North West
ern 21 of 48. The best showing of
the 25 was a belt line road, the
Glin, Joliet and Eastern, with 68
of 97 at work.
The western and eastern car
riers end their runs at Chicago
and St. Louis and freight cars
must be switched at these points
to continue their transcontinental
journey. Some of the traffic nor
mally is shunted from Chicago to
Peoria and Pekin Union Beltline in
Peoria, but switchmen continued
to remain idle on that carrier.
The switchmen, affiliated with
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, are seeking a 40 hour week
at 48 hours pay and changes in
working rulzs. The BRT and three
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Transfer Made
At Patrol Post
A transfer in personnel at the
Athens Post of Georgia State
Highway Patrol has been made, it
was announced today.
Trooper D. S. Harris went from
Athens to the Dalton Post while
Trooper J. L. Daniell, of Dalton,
was transferred to the Athens
Post. The transfer was made yes
terday and Trooper Daniell re
ported for duty this morning at the
Athens Post.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and continued cold this
afternoon and tonight. Friday
fair and warmer. Low {emper
aturt expected tonight 26; high
Friday 48. Sun sets today at 6:09
p. m, and rises Friday at 7:25
a. m.
GEORGIA — Fair and ceold
this afternoon. Partly cloudy and
cold tonight, with low temper
atures 20-28 degrees, Friday in
creasing cloudiness and rather
cold with light rain over north
portion, possibly mixed with
freezing rain or snow in ex
treme north portion.
TEMPERATURE
BN . i e
RO b s T e
DRRAEE .o Tiikak s e e 3D
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since February 1 .... 1.06
Deficit since February 1 ... .29
Average February rainfall . 5.09
Total since January 1 .. .. 3.11
Deficit since January 1 ... 2.75
Blackened Remains Of Seoul
Shelled By American Tanks
Puerto Rican Unit Takes Over
Strategic Mountain Position
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, Feb. B.— (AP) —American tanks shelled the
blackened remains of Seoul today and Puerto Rican dough
boys seized a commanding height only 4145 miles south of
the former Korean Republic capital.
U. S. Third Division howitzers were pounding Chinese
positions north of the Han River on the western front to
night. The Allied artillery was in easy range of_the Reds.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:
Boy Scouting
Observes 41st
Rirthday Today
The Boy Scouts of America to
day are observing “Boy Scout
Day” honoring the actual date of
the founding of the Scouting move
ment. The Scouts are participating
in numerous activities during
Boy Scout Week which began
Tuesday and continues through
next Monday.
v All Scouts will attend church on
“Boy Scout Sunday” which is this
coming Sunday. This is the 41st
anniversary of the Boy Scouts of
America,
Plans are being made for the
Athens and Northeast Georgia
Council Scouts to spearhead the
local phase of the nation-wide
“good turn” to meet an emergency
need for clothing in several coun
tries around the globe.
Historic Service
Nation-wide good turns of this
character have had a prominent
place in Scouting’s forty-one year
history during which more than
17,750,000 boys and leaders have
been identified with it.
The first National Good Turn in
1912 promoted a satgw asane
Fouttlli,o“t.luly. Boy-power, train
ed and organized for service came
into full play during the first
World War. Scouts then sold near
ly 150 million dollars in Liberty
Loan Bonds, located 20,758,660
board feet of sorely needed wal
nut and a hundred carloads of
fruit pits fid in gas masks. They
helped in d and fuel ccnserva
tion drives and grew thousands of
Boy Scout War Gardens.
In response to a radio call from
President Roosevelt in 1934 for a
“National Good Turn” in relief
work during the depression, Boy
Scouts in a few weeks collected
1,812,284 items of clothing, house
hold fwrnishings, foodstuffs and
other supplies for the needy and
distressed.
From 1941 to 1945 the Govern
ment made 69 requests for Boy
Scout war service including the
distribution of Defense Bonds and
Stamp Posters, air raid posters
and other Government literature
and the collection of aluminum,
waste paper and rubber. Scouts
also served as Government Dis
patch Bearers and helped harvest
crops in addition to raising victory
gardens.
Today’s Good Turn
Today’s generation of 2,750,000
Boy Scouts and leaders have busi=
ly engaged since last Christmas in
a nation-wide clothing collection
to continue until Easter. Boy
Scouts have responded to an in
vitation from the United Nations
and the American Council of Vol
untary Agencies for Foreign Serv
ice. They have been busy collect
ing clothing that can be spared by
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EXPERIENCED TROOPS
Early Reinforcements
Seen For Korea Front
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Feb.
B—(AP)—Two top army officials
disclosed yesterday that a nation
wide shipment of experienced sol~
diers will provide needed rein
forcements in Korea.
Gen. Mark Clark, chief of army
field forces, told a news conference
that trained men are being pulled
out of army units all over the
country because General Douglas
MacArthur said he needs them.
Secretary of Army Frank Pace,
jr., who came here with Clark to
watch the 28th Infantry Division
in combat-style training, con
firmed Clark’s statement.
Pace added -that he hopes such
an emergency will not occur again,
He said no specific mission has
been decided on for the 28th, the
former National Guard unit in
Pennsylvania.
Specific Plan
“The specific plan,” he said,
“will be determined prior to com
pletion of its training. We will
have to wait on General Eisen
hower for the when, what, ana
how before definite plans can be
made.”
The 28th is due so go on man
euvers in the Carolinas in late
June, after completing unit train
inng. A special team from Fort
ey, Kas., hag just arrived here
The entire Allied line in west
ern Korea advanced another mile
or more toward Seoul. The Chi
nese had their quilted backs to the
icy Han River by the desolated
city. Red resistance was crumb-
R gl 5
A staff officer said it appeared
likely the Reds would withdraw
to the north bank of the winding
Han. The river began to thaw
Wednesday but froze over again
tonight. Snow fell on the western
{front.
Without firing a shot, the Puerto
Ricans took 1,800-foot Manggyong
Mountain overlooking Seoul." It is
the highest peak before the city.
So quickly had the Chinese fled
their positions the Puerto Ricans
found rice still warm in bowls.
The general advance followed
in the wake of tiger-faced tanks
of the U. S. 27th Division, The ar
mored column—Task Force Dolvin
—plunged over mined roads to
within four miles of Seoul, shelled
the city and then withdrew for
the night. *
Third Division Tanks
Other tank-led forces rammed
ahead more than a mile to move
the Allied line to within 5% miles
of Seoul. One of the armored col
umns, south-southeast of Seoul,
was identified as from the U. S.
Third Division. This was Task
Force Fisher,
Red resistance was stiffer on the
central and east-central {ronts.
However, gains in those sectors
ranged up to eight miles. War
ships hammered both coasts. War
planes lashed at Red supply lines
in the horth and orrthe east coast.
- Faces of ferocious tigers had
been painted on the blunt noses
of the tanks in Task Force Dol
vin to frighten the supertitious
Chinese Red peasant soldiers.
AP Correspondent Jim Becker,
with the armored column, said Lt.
Col. Tom Dolvin of Columbus,
Ga., stood on a summit during the
plunge northward, and observed:
“If it wasn't so hazy you could
probably see Seoul today from
where we are standing.”
Nearest Ground Approach
It was the nearest ground ap
proach to Seoul by the Allies since
they abandoned the city January
4. Most of the capital’s 1,500,000
population has fled. . The city is
regarded as of no mrilitary signifi
cance now.
Task Force Dolvin was one of
there punching at Chinees south of
the Han. Also pressing hard on
the Reds were ground troops of
the U. S., Britain, Greece, Turkey,
France, Puerto Rico and South
Korea. :
They hammered the enemy at a
dozen places along a 75-mile front
stretching inland from the Yellow
Sea, in the west, to Changpyong
in the east-central sector.
On the left flank of Task Force
Dolvin, and west of the main road
to Seoul, Puerto Rican infantry
men advanced 2% miles without
opposition, They occupied three
important hills littered with
abandoned Chinese equipment,
AP Correspondent Stan Swinton
said a staff officer estimated the
Chinese 149th Division in the
Puerto Rican sector had only 1,800
effective troops remaining of an
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to give the 28th a week’s special
| training in aggressor tactics.
The 28th “Bloody Bucket” Di
vision was one of the outfits or
dered to ship some of its trained
‘men to port personnel centers for
overseas movement. Unofficial
reports said the levy on the 28th
calls for about 3,500 men,
'MAIL EMBARGO
'ENDS IN EAST
{ The mail embargo which has |
{ been in effect for some time due |
| to the rail strike has been lifted in |
! its entirety in all states east of the
| Mississippi River, with the excep~
|tion of seven, Acting Postmaster |
! Bishop announced today.
! The states east of the Mississippi
|in which the embargo still pre
| vails are.lllinois, Indiana, Ohio,
; Michigan, Minnesgta and Wiscon- l
;sin. In all states west of the Mis
| sisssippi _the embargo is still in:
] effect. ‘
Embargoed matter . - includes -
everyihing oisaan ficw:, tius i |
and daily newspapers. i
Read Daily by 35,000 P;;plpln Athens Trade Area
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CHINESE REDS BEG FOR MERCY—Captured Chinese
Communist soldiers kneel around an Allied soldier on
the Korean war front and beg for their lives in the be
lief that they are about to be shot. They were surprised
and happy a little later when they were marched away
to a prison camp. Apparently they had been told by
their own officers that the Allies made a practice of
killing prisoners of war. This picture was made by Jim
Martenhoff, Associated Press staff photographer, for
merly stationed at Raleigh, N, C., and Miami, Fla.— (AP
Wirephoto.) f
Budget Head To Present
Views On Tax Increases
WASHINGTON, Feb. B.— (AP) —Budget Director Fred
erick J. Lawton goes before the House Ways and Means
Committee today to testify on President Truman’s request
for a two-bite tax increase of $16,500,000,000.
The budget director gives his
views to the House tax writers
against a background of appar
ently growing sentiment in favor
of holding off on new taxes until
Congress has squeezed anything it
can out of Mr. Truman’s record
$71,594,000,000 budget and for
ggi)(l:kaging all new taxes in one
ill.
Senate members of the con
gressional Defense Production
Committeg called Mobilization Di
rector Charles E. Wilson for a
closed discussion. = This is the
“watchdog” committee set up by
the two houses of Congress to
keep an eye on Wilson’s agency.
It was believed the senators would
ask Wilson's views on how to deal
with rising food prices. Congress=
men from farm states were repor
ted ready to fight any attempt to
tighten controls on farm prices.
Senator H. Alexander Smith,
(R-NJ) said in a speech prepared
for Senate delivery today that a
“reasonable ratio” of American
troops should go to western Eu
rope but that Congress should riot
fix numerical limit.
Must Band Together
He declared Congress should
have the opportunity to approve
the policy of sending ground forces
to help garrison the old world.
“The North Atlantic countries
must band together and mobilize
together,” he said. “It is too soon
to specify the exact numbers or
proportion of American troops
taking part,” he added, “but our
contribution should taper off as
(European) mobilization gathers
momentum.”
‘The Senate Armed Service sub
committee on preparedness sched
uled two closed sessions for work
on its version of the controversial
Universal Military Service and
Training (UMST) bill sumitted by
the department of defense.
Protests in both the House and
Senate indicated the defense de
partment may have to accept
something less than its requests
for drafting 18-year-olds without
restrictions and extending draft
service from the present 21 to 27
months.
Compromises most talked of in
the Senate and House were:
Draft 18-year-olds, but not for
combat before their 19th year; or,
draft the boys at 18 . 1-2 or 19
years and nine months, with pro- 1
vision against overseas or: combat l
duty before the age of 19 except in
dire emergency. !
‘Service Period i
Hold the service period to 24 or |
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Maigr Operai
.Tomyfiuff, Clarke . county
sheriff, underwent a major opera
tion at Athens General Hbspital
this morning. It is expected to
take several weeks for recovery,
In Sheriff Hueff's absénce Cap
tain Bill McKinnon, head of the
county ” police force, will be in
charge. He will be aided by Bail
iff Qeorge Nash and Courity Po
licemen A. E. Allen and Harold
séég{“ég.(ak AEAVFELEE kS ;
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EDITION
BY FRANK O’BRIEN
Complete Action
On Unit Vofe
ATLANTA, Feb. B—(AP)—The
Georgia Senate staged another
vigorous floor fight over Gov. Her
man Talmadge’s controversial
county unit amendment today L@,
fore accepting a House amend
ment. .
This completed legislative ac
tion on the measure to require all
general election candidates so be
nominated in primaries conducted
on the county unit system. It will
be voted on by the people in the
1952 general election.
The House, meanwhile, side
tracked its fight over the uni‘!:l
traffic code w.ill, to get into >
just as furious over the Plan of
Improvement for Atlanta and Ful
ton county.
Rep. Bennett of Barrow county,
chairman of the House Municipal
Government committee, tried to
have a score of Atlanta-Fulton lo
cal bills sent back to committee
for public hearings. After aimost
two houres of arguments, his mo
tlon was defeated.
Several speakers urged defeat
of Benntett's motion on the basis
of “legislative courfesy” to the
Fulton delegation. The Plan of
Improvement bills provides for ex
tension of Attanta’s city limits and
consolidatior. of some Fulton and
Atlanta government functinns,
County Unit Propesa’
The county unit propos:!. in=
volved in extended debate on orig
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Plans Readie”
For 'Y Minstre!
Through the efforts of the Ath
ens Hi-Y club, a counterpart of
the Y."M. C. A. composed of high
school boys, and with the assist
ance of the boy’s department of
the “Y”, the second annual Y. NM:
C. A. minstrel is being planmed
under the supervision and direc
tion of Bill Simpson, local enfer
tainer.
Practice for this year’s affair
will begin soon so as to round a
cast of close to 100 participants in
to shape for the March 30 open
ing in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
“The ’'sl minstrel “Laffing
Room Only,” promises to be big
ger and better than the sucecessful
initial one last.year,” states H. C.
“Pop”, Pearson, general secretary
of the Athens Y. M. C. A. and sup
ervisor of the Hi-Y club. An il
lustrated program is being plan
ned for the occasion, according to
Mr. Pearson.
Officers of the local Hi-Y or
ganization are Dick Carteaux,
president; R. H. Driftmier, vice
president; Billy McGlnnm
tary; Warren Thurmond, fx -
er; and Bill Comptun, chaplain.