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COTTON
MARKET CLOSED
Vol. CXIX, No. 33.
Taft Demands Limitation
0f U.S. Troops In Europe
Curbing inflation and good agri
cutural methods go hand in hand
That was the opinion expressed
here today by nearly fifty Georgia
pankers attending the opening
wession of the Bankers Farm Cred
it Short Course at the University
of Georgia.
The bankers, most of them rep
renting small banks. that serve
Georgia farmers, agreed that there
was little they could do to combat
nflation other than to encourage
[armers to use sound, tested, and
aporoved agricultural methods.
Dean Gorden Siefkin of the
School of Business Administration
4t Emory University, summed up
‘the fecling of the group when he
.aid that farmers ought not to
diccard their long-range farming
rograms now just to “cash in on
ome get-rich-quick scheme.”
Cotton Picture
lluctrating his point he said
that some Georgia farmers new
sant to give up some their hard
von gains in a diversified agricul
+ural program to plant an enor
nous crop of cotton just because
rices are -good.”
“That sort of practice will en~
nrage inflation,” he said.
Siedkin also pointed out that
ankers should encourage farmers
o convert to more efficient types
f operation now while money is
plentiful and the demand for ag
icultural products is great. He
<aid the production of more goods
tends to ward off inflation.
“When farmers make money
they are best spenders in the
world,” Siefkin said. “You bank
ers have got to help them to better
<pend their profits—on improv
ente, expansion, and conversion
o that the money won’t he
Tour Farm
NDuring the afternoon the bank
ers made a tour of the University
[arm where they saw on-the-farm
nil analysis and a pine seedling
planding demonstration, r
‘omorrow they will hear dis
ons on the problems and pos
ities of cattle lending, the out
ook for livestock in Georgia, and
mportance of a farm program
n making sound farm loans.
Fhe two-day short course is
I ored by the Agricultural
mmittee of the Georgia Bank
ers Association in cooperation with
the University of Georgia’s College
f Agriculture and Agricultural
Extencion Service.
Fulcher Rite
St Wednesday
Mrs. Annie Peterson Fulcher,
well known resident of the Jeffer
son Road and wife of J. Towns
Fulcher, died in a local hospital
Vlonday night at 10:30 o’clock. |
Virs. Fulcher was 69 years old and
24 been ill forr a week. ‘
Services are to be conducted
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock
from Prince Avenue Baptist
“hurch with the pastor, Rev. T.
. Harvill, and Rev. G. M. Spivey,
vastor of Young Harris Methodist |
Church, officiating. |
terment will followin Oconee |
Hill Cemetery, Bridges Funeral
lome in charge of arrangements.
‘all-bearers will be nephews of
[rs. Fulcher, Albert Peterson, A.
. Logan, Dewey Clodfelter, |
Villie Weems, Jake Peterson and
Sam Barber, |
In addition to her husband, she
urvived by & daughter, Missl
Ina Fulcher, Norfolk, Va.; son,
‘larence Fulcher, Athens; sister,
Mrs. J. L. Clodfelter, Athens;
rother, Henry Peterson, Gaffney,
5. (.. grandson, Bobby Fulcher,
Athens, and two sisters-in-law,
\lrs. Albert Peterson, Bogart, and
Virs. Wesley Peterson, Athens.
_ Mrs. Fulton was a native of
Jackson county and had lived in
community for the past fifty
cars. She wag a member of Pros
ect Methodist Church but had at
tended services in Athens for the
ast several years. Mrs. Fulcher
was the daughter of Jacob and
Olivia Peterson, both members of
pbrominent family lines.
New Department
ATLANTA, Feb. 20—(AP)—The
‘late’s new Department of Public
Defense came into being yesterday
under the directorship of Adj. Gen,
Ernest Vandiver, jr.
In one of his first official acts
after Gov, Herman Talmadge
signed the department measure
Into law, Vandiver named Brig.
Gen. Frank A. Kopf, former civil
defense coordinator, as deputy
supervisor,
Still to be named by Talmadge is
@ 20 man defense advisory com
mittee,
The head of the new depart
ment, which combines the mili=
tary department and the civil de
fense office, said he was going
ahead with plang for a 5,000 man
state guard in event the National
g:ard is called into federal serv-
Unl;;inQ&TPlayTh Winsiow Boy"---Begins Four-Day Run Tonight, Fine Arts, 8;30
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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House Republicans Want "'ase
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Scrutinization of Foreigr/"id
BY ROWLAND EVANs "
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—(AP) — /¢ cher demand by
Senator Taft to limit U. S. troops t & 'cope and a GOP
warning in the House to scrutinize 2, v foreign aid and
military appropriation bill sparked 25 vity today on Capi
tol Hill. 2 S
The Ohio Republican ‘said he. s not satisfied with a
proposal of Senator Connally (D.-T'exas) that President
Truman simply notify Congress of troop transfers to Eu
rope.
Manslaughter
Charges Made
In Rail Crash
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Feb.
20 — (AP) — The giant Pennsyl
vania Railroad stands accused of
manslaughter on 84 separate in
dictments today—exctly two weeks
after “The Broker” crashed at
Woodbridge with the loss of 84
lives.
The indictments, in the names of
each of the dead commuters, were
returned last night by the Middle
sex County grand jury to climax
its probe into the disaster—the na
tion’s worst since 1918.
If convicted on each count, the
railroad faces a maximum fine of
$84,000.
No Jail Terms
Since no individual defendants
were named in the indictments,
which charged that the company
did “feloniously kill and slay” the
84 riders, jail terms are not possi
ble.
Legal experts said there was a
remote possibility that the state’s
attorney general might instigate
further legal proceedings against
the road aimed at revoking its op
erating franchise in New Jersey.
No Comment
There was no immediate com
ment from Pennsylvania officials.
Middlesex county Judge Charles
M. Morris set March 2 as the date|
for the railroad to enter pleas to
the indictments. As vet, the na :
of the officials to be asked to ap
pear have not been announced.
Assistant Middlesex county pros- |
ecutor Alexander Eber, who pre-!
sented the case to the jury, would |
say only that “the indictments |
speak for themselves.” At the start
of the probe he said he would press
for the indictments “to fix the|
blame.” ‘
The indictments were the firsti
of any kind returned since the dis
aster—worst since 115 persons died
in a rail accident near Nashville,
Tenn., in 1918. '
Another official investigation
into the wreck is being conducted
by the New Jersey Public Utility
Commission. .
Still another, that of the Inter
state Commerce Commission in
New York, was branded a “white
wash” of the company at its con
clusion last week by Benjamin
Van Tine, assistant New Jersey at- ’
torney general. The ICC has not |
announced its findings as yet. ¢
LATE ORDER 1
NEW IBERIA, LA, Feb. 20— |
(AP)—Luke Bennett, a grocer,
isn’t going to order any of the to
bacco advertised on a postcard he |
received yesterday.
The card, from the southern To
bacco Co., Ltd., if New Orleans,
came too late. It was postmarked
Sept. 11, 1905.
Post office workers found it
while replacing an old cabinet.
UNIVERSITY THEATER
“The Winslow Boy”
Begins Run Tonight
Paul Bacon, of the Royal Aca
demy of Dramatic Art, London,
will play the role of Arthur Wins=
low, the doggedly determined fath
er who stakes everything he pos
sesses in the world to vindicate
the honor of his son in the play
“The Winslow Boy” which is be
ing given by the University The
atre at the Fine Arts auditorium
for four performances beginning |
tonight at 8:30 o’clock.
The part calls for the skillful
blending of severity and kindli
ness, of parental autocracy and
wonderful good humor and the
deeply moving portrayal of humanl
frailty. ;
Another graduate of the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art, Clare
James, has been cast in the part of
the warmly drawn and completely
believable Catherine, Arthur Win
slow’s daughter, the girl who is|
called upon to make, perhaps, thel
greatest sacrifice that a woman is
ever asked to make. As her vacil-
Iting sweetheart, John Hamlet, At
lanta, will interpret the part of
the young officer whose prime in-l
:?St is é\n the (fimdor&xnng intes
ty of the g(,un sterling. The
yout}%ul&‘l?at now, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. 1. Snow, Athens, has been
assigned the role of Ronnie Wins- !
That “ignores the power of
Congress to pass on the issue,”
Taft told a reporter.
© The House Republicans last
week issued a declaration of poli
cy calling for a strong defense sys
tem in this hemisphere and oppos
ing further aid to western Europe
until it “is carrying its full share
of the burden.”
Rep. Lawrence A. Smith, a
prime mover behind the policy
statement of the 120-odd Republi
cans, said today the group will
take a close look at the draft bill
when it gets to the House for de
bate and at “every appropriation
bill that provides funds for foreign
aid, military and economic.”
They plan to center their fire on
money bills and the draft, Smith
explained, because their program
can’t be wrapped up in a single
legislative proposal. He said he
thinks most of his fellow-signers
agree with him on that strategy.
Solid Majority
Although the bloc is a solid ma
jority of all House Republicans it
does not include the two minority
leaders, Reps. Martin (Mass) or
Halleck (Ind).
Connally, chairman of the for
eign relations committee and the
man incharge of the current hear
ings on the troop issue, has not yet
submit¢ed his proposal in resolu
tion form. Technically, the subject
before Connally’s group and the
Senate Armed Service committee,
acting together, is a resolution of
Senator Wherry (R-Nebr) to pro
hibit the President from sendiig
any troops to join General Eisen
hower’s western European defense
force until Congress says okay.
It’s Connally’s idea to give the
President a free hand. And after
Secretary oél Defense Mars‘};all said
last week qmfl, ivisions
ate ToWw earmarke® to join two
already in Germany, sentiment on
the two committees favored the
Connally, no-limit approach.
But if the President scented
possible victory on that question,
he ran up against blocking action
on his part-surrender, part-com
promise proposal to replace the
five directors of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation (RFC)
with a single poss.
RFC Accused i
The RFC has been accused by
a Senate subcommittee of yielding
to influence from a White House
aide, the Democratic National
Committee and other sources in
making its big-money loans.
Mr. Truman's single-boss plan
cently reappointed the five direc
cently reappointed the five derec
tors. And he had called the com=
mittee report asinine. It singled
out three of the directors for criti
cism.
Chairman Fullbright (D-Ark)
of the subcommittee which wrote
the report gave cautious praise
today to the President’s reorgani
zation plan. But he said he can’t
let “that charge of asinine” to un
answered.
Senators Capehart (R-Ind) and
Bricker (R-Ohia) both said they
would oppese any move to put the
lending agency under a single
boss. Both are members of the
Kefauver group.
And Senator McClellan (D-
Ark), ehairman of the expendi
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low, the young boy for whom the
piece was named.
‘The Winslow Boy” has been
likened to an English version of
the Dreyfus case. Perhaps its
greatest appeal lies in the fact
that all its characters are ordinary,
likeable folk, with whom most
Americns feel a real kinship, Its
distinction is in the indomitable
| courage of a “little man” who be
lieves in justice and is willing to
sacrifice everything he has to
prove that it still exists in the
world.
Other members of the Universi-
I ty Theater who will appear in this
play are Oliver Land ig the very
important portrayal of Sir Robert
Morton, the distinguished English
barrister and member of Parlia
ment who believes that “justice is
an easy thing. It is right which is
i much more difficult.” Gus Mann
|will be seen as Desmond Curry,
Winslow’s personal solicitor while
the baffled and oft - bewildered
wife, Grace, goes to Kathy Pender.
Arthur McDonald plays the Sart of
lDickle. her elder son, and Nan
‘Lyon plays Violet, the much ma
ligned but very typical English
parlor-maid. The parts of Miss
Barnes and Fred will go to Anne
Ladd and Ed Fountain.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951.
U.S., Australia,
New lealand
Pact Considered
By JOHN SCALI
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(AP)
The United States is considering a
triangular defense alliance with
Australia and New Zealand as a
move toward a projected Pacific
pact similar to the North Atlantic
treaty.
Informed officials reported to
day that John Foster Dulles, Sec~
retary of State Acheson’s Republi
can foreign policy adviser, is ready
to discuss this and other possible
defense lineups when he stops off
in New Zealand shortly. for offi
cial talks.
Dulles already has visited Ja
pan and Australia to discuss a Jap~
anese peace treaty and to explore
ideas for a mutual defense ar
rangement in the Pacific.
Alternative Plan
Officials emphasized to a re
porter the three-way alliance is
one of several alternative arrange~
ments now being considered as a
means of knitting Democratic na
tions closer together in the Pacitic
area.
Secretary Acheson was reported
to have mentiened the possibility
of an initial three-member alliance
to New Zealand’s prime minister,
Sidney G. Holland, when hé& vm}t'-'
ed here early this month. Hollandhk
long an advocate of a Pacific de~
sense pact, was reported enthusi
astic about the suggestion.
Officials said he believes such &
United States-New Zealand-Aus
tralian pact would meet hig coun
try’s desire for formal assurances
of outside aid in ‘event of Com
munist aggression.
The alternative pacts now being
talked about are patterned after
the North Atlantic Defense al
liance in that each nation would
pledge to aid all members in the
event of an attack.
Dulles-MacArthur
" Dulles already has talked with
General MacArthur, Premier Yo
shida of Japan and the Australian
and New Zealand foreign minis
ters in a joint meeting at Canber
ra, Australia. He will also talk
with Holland.
It is believed wirtually certain,
however, that the United States
will insist upon a much smaller al
liance than the 12-nation North
Atlantic pact.
To Go By Truck
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(AP)
The Post Office plans to move
much of its short-haul mail in the
future by truck instead of by
train.
Assistant Postmaster General
John M. Redding called the shift
“the most important change in
basie postal transportation policy
since airmail.” He announced the
change to a news conference yese
terday. It is being made to save
money, Redding said.
He added that the diversion from
rail to road for mail to be moved
200 miles or less will get under
way in the next few weeks. He
declined to say how much of it
will go, under competitive bid
ding, into trucks, but indicated
contract truckers will eventually
get a substantial portion of it.
Short-haul mail, Redding said,
costs $100,000,000 a vear.
The assistant postmaster gen
eral said surveys for highway
routes have already been made out
of Chicago, St. Louis and Boston.
He said surveys will start soon out
of Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Phila
delphia, Harrisburg, Pa., New
York City, Cincinnati, Birming
ham, Ala., and Seattle, Wash.
ATHENS AND VICINITY ;
Cloudy and warm through |
Wednesday. Showers Wednes- l
day, probably starting tonight, |
Thursday fair and a little cool- '
~ er. Low temperature expected ’
; tonight 58, high Wednesday 74.
Sun sets today at 6:20 p. m. and
- rises Wednesday at 7:13 a. m.
GEORGIA — Consider- |
~ able cloudiness and continued |
‘ warm this afternoon, tonight |
~ and Wednesday, scattered show- |
~ ers Wednesday, beginning over !
~ north and west portion this aft
~ ernoon or tonight, |
| EXTENDED FORECAST !
- Extended forecast for the per- |
iod starting at 7:3¢ p. m. tonight |
- until 7:30 p. m., February 24: |
‘ Temperatures will average |
. well above normal, unseason- |
~ ably warm tonight and Wednes- |
day, turning cooler Wednesday .
night and Thursday and warmer |
again Friday and Saturday, l
Rainfall light to moderate, oc- |
. curring as showers tonight and |
| Wednesday and again Friday
! night and Saturday.
i TEMPERATURE i
THENeSt . e )
'L0we5t........ S v v DA
L MEAN .ooi eris sosd sion vin 08 |
L Morial ke o A 8
RAINFALL '
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... gpi
Total since February 1 .... 1.67 |
Deficit since Februdfy 1 ... 1.74 |
Average Fe%ruary rainfall . 5.09
Total since January 1 .. .. 3.72
Deficit since January 1 ... 4.30
MacArthur Orders Troops
To Resume War Initiative
UN “Limited Offensive” Rolls
On Despite Commie Resistance
TOKYO, Feb. 20.— (AP)—General MacArthur visited
the roaring central Korean front today, watched Allied
guns and warplanes pound the fading Reds and then or
dered his troops to resume the initiative generally, 3
3 Red Divisions
By EDWARD E. BCMAR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(AP)
The Soviet Union now has a fully
armored or mechanized force of 35
divisions in East Germany and Po
land alone, the State Department
says, and has restored East Ger
man railways which would serve
as supply lines from Russia in the
event of war,
Additionally, the State Depart
ment report based on “current in
telligence” said, the East German
Communist party on Jan. 15 be
gan a large scale purge of its
;ax;(ks aimed at eliminating weak
inks. 5
The department’s office of pub
lic affairs gave this information in.
an official publication yesterday
picturing the background of re
cent Soviet pressures on Germany,
The report came just when the
Big Four powers appeared to be
nearing agreement on plans for
a ‘“peace” conference. It ques
tioned whether Russia really wants
a Big Four meeting. Unless the
powers can agree on discussing
basic differences other than Ger
“many there would be little point
in‘meeting, it said.
The blast followed by a few
houri the delivery in Moscow of
the latest notes by the United
} States, Britain and France firgo‘sg
ing a preliminary sessiop of the
foreign ministers’ deputies in Faris
on March 5. The text is sche
duled to be published tonight in
Washington and other -capitals.
Moscow already has agreed to a
discussion by the deputies of sub
jects to be taken up if a Big Four
conference is held, but insists that
German rearmament is the top is
sue.
The Department termed “ab
surd” a Russian proposal] to talk
about Germany alone.
“Without agreement on the
agenda there would be little point
in having a conference,” the State
Department said. “Even with
agreement on the subjects to be
discussed, it would be an extraor
dinary conference that could re
solve such differences as have al
ready produced a war in Asia.”
Bulletins
ATLANTA, Feb. 20—(AP)—
Hamilton Ralls, director of the
state game and fish commission,
was “relieved of his duties” ef
fective immediately by the game
and fish commission today.
ATLANTA, Feb. 20 —(AP)—
The all-inclusive $100,000,000
sales tax bill was signed into
law today by Governor Herman
Talmadge.
iLABOR DISSATISFIED
Proposed New Ceiling
On Wages To Be Aired
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(AP)
The proposed new ceiling holding
wage increases to 10 per cent
above levels a year ago was due
for a thorough airing today by
Economic Stabilizer Eriec Johnston
and labor leaders who are fighting
the formula.
Johnston has authority to upset
Stabilization Board, voted 6 to 3
over labor protests. His meeting
with leaders of the United Labor
Policy Committee —the almost
solid front of organized labor in
the current emergency—was the
first since they protested tc Presi
dent Truman that they were being
squeezed out of the defense mo
bilization picture.
The three labor members of the
Wage Stabilization Board resigned
in protest over the formula to con
frol increases.
Wage Limit Objection
The labor committee’s objection
to the wage limits is only part of
its over-all dissatisfaction with the
way the program is being run, its
members said after conferring
with Mr. Truman at the White
House yesterday. The President
suggesied that they take it up
with his mobilization officials.
Four top leaders of unions re
presenting nearly 16,000,000 work
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
This did not mean necessarily
that Allied forces would attempt
a new drive across the parallel 38
border into Red Korea.
When MacArthur spoke, the Al
lies already had kicked off on &
renewal of the “limited offensive”
that started January 25 and was
stalled only last week by a mas
sive Red push that failed.
MacArthur recalled that Presi
dent Truman had said the General
should make the decision whether
to cross the border again. But he
told war correspondents at the
front:
“I shall not arbitrarily execute
that authority . . .”
i ~ 38th Parallel .
The Allied commander indicated
that “if and when” Allied troops
reach the border, he would give
consideration to any “cogent polit
ical reasons against the crossing,”
The British are leaders in the
opposition to crossing 38 again,
They were reluctant to send their
forces across last fall at the high
tide of Allied offensive efforts
against the Red Koreans — before
Red China turned the Allies
back.
When Allied troops after thrust
ing into Red Korea last fall drove
close to the Manchurian border all
across the peninsula, China threw
tens of thousands of her regular
army forces into the conflict,
That action forced an Allied re
treat back into South Korea,
Since January 25 when the new
Eighth Army Commander, Lt, Gen,
Matthew B. Ridgway, ordered his
“limited offensive,” the tides of
war have shifted again. The Allies
have won back much of the South
Korea area they gave up, includ
ing key places in the Seoul-Inchon
area but not the capital itself.
MacArthur had one es his typi~
cally acid comments for Russia's
leader:
“I note that Marshal Stalin has
just predicted the annihilation of
our forces in Korea. But his (Chi~
nese and Korean) comrades will
have to do a lot better than they
have yet done to prove him a
prophet.” i
Chinese losses, MacArthur said,
have been among the bloodiest in
modern times. Allied forces have
chewed up some of the best troops
of Red China, he added, and they
will be hard to replace,
Before MacArthur flew to the
Wonju airstrip Tuesday morning,
Allied forces rolled behind tanks
in a northward thrust along the
central front. Field dispatches still
described the action as a limited
offensive, a renewal of the Red
killing raids Ridgway has used to
cut deeply into Chinese strength.
Frontline repoxts said 30,000
Communists were nrassing around
Hongchon, a road center 25 air
miles north of Wonju and a Com=-
munist massing point for their
counter-attack last week. Their
big thrust then won some ground
but failed to crack the central
front,
Another 10,000 Reds were re
ported northeast of Wonju.
It was to this area that Mac-
Arthur went for another of his
close looks at the war. He was
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ers complained to Mr. Truman
they were willing to cooperate in
preparing the nation for any even
tuality, but that “big business” had
been given the reins.
Mr. Truman was quoted by his
press secretary, Joseph H. Short,
as saying the mobilization program
was being handled by his adminis
tration in “a manner equitable for
everyone without special privilege
for any group.”
The White House conference ap
peared to have eased the tension
which grew out of growing labor
unrest with the program over the
weekend.
The proposed wage formula
would permit the cost-of-living
adjustment of two or more cents
an hour due to the CIO auto work
ers March 1, because they still will
have had less than the 10 per cent
allowed since Jan. 15, 1950. But
after that, the proposed ceiling
would limit or forbid additional
living cost raises provided for in
the contract between most of the
auto manufacturers and the CIO-
United Auto Workers.
Walter P. Reuther, head of the
auto workers, and his executive
board announced over the week
end that their 1,000,000-member
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BRIDGE ALMOST COLLAPSED — Men of the Eighth
Engineers Battalion, First Cavalry Division, put logs
under weakened support of bridge near Yangzi, Korea,
to prevent its collapse until tank retriever can-arrive and
remove M-4 tank.—(NEA Telephoto.)
Sigma Delta Chi Taps
Students, 15 Newsmen
Fifteen practicing journalists have been invited to be
come honorary members of Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalism fraternity, during the 23rd annual Georgia
Press Institute which meets on the University of Georgin
campus this week.
wwuu
fraternity were sent by the Uni
versity chapter of Sigma Delta Chi
to journalists who have distin
guished themselves in the field.
The initiation of honorary mem
bers is traditionally a part of the
Press Institute program.
This year’s honorary members
are J. B. Chism jr., Pelham Jour
nal; Harry Rhoden, Lyons Pro
gress; Leon Smith, Thomaston
Free Press; James H. Gray, Al
bany Herald; Tom Gregory, Eaton
ton Messenger; J. E. Baynard, Jeff
Davis County Ledger, Hazelhurst;
C. F. Owen, Ellijay Times-Courier;
Furman Bisher, Atlanta Constitu
tion; Raymond Duncan, Ellaville
Sun; Leo M. Swain, New York
World Telegram - Sun; Paul
Thompson, Columbus Ledger; Tom
Kinney, Columbus Ledger; O. M.
Hays, Charleston (S. .C.) Evening
Post; Dudley Martin, . Augusta
Chronicle; and John Fleetwood,
Cartersville Tribune-News,
Undergraduates to be initiated
are George Pettett, Marietta, and
Paul Burton, Atlanta, both stu
dents in the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism,
The Georgia Press- Institute,
sponsored by the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism and the
Georgia Press Association, tradi
tionally attracts hundreds of Geor
gia newspapermen to the campus.
Lectures -by nationally - known
journalists are featured,
Farmer Groups
Rap Price Curbs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(AP)
—Five major national farm or
ganization move to freeze farm
ernment move to freeze fram
prices at “unfair” levels would
end in food shortages, black mar
kets and collapse of inflation con
trol measures. p
They said in a joint statement
that farmers are ready and will
ing to produce abundantly in an
effort to keep prices from going
too high. .
But to accomplish this, the
statement said, farmers will need
essential . production materials —
such as fertilizers, machinery,
gasoline, insecticides and labor—
as well as “equitable” prices.
The organizations are the Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation, the
National Grange, The National
Farmers Union, The National Milk
Producers Federation and The Na
tional Council of Farmer Cooper
atives.
The group declared organized
agriculture will fight any move to
change present laws relating to
ceilings on farm commodities.
There has been no official word
the administration will seek a
change. The government is prohi
bited now from placing ceilings
on farm products at less than
their parity prices.
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Sloan iNominated
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District Judge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—(AP)
President Truman nominated Wils
liam - Boyd Sloan of Gainesville,
former attorney general of Geor
gia, yesterday to be federal judge
of the Northern District of Geor
gla.
By submitting Sloan’s name te
the Senate, Truman acceded to the
recommendations of Senators Rus
sell and George.
The Gainesville attorney was
nominated to succeed Judge Relde
ert L. Russell, the senator’s broth=
er, who recently moved up to the
Appeiate Court.
"Y" Show Music
Leaders Chosen
“Laffing Room Only,” the sec
ond annual Athens Y. M. C. A.
blackface minstrel to be held im
the Fine Arts Auditorium of
Mach 30, will present to local pa=
trons of the theatrical circuit am
arrayfof close to 100 participan;
chiefly composed of Athens Hi
boys with the . assistance of &
number of individuals from the
boy’s . department of the “Y”.
Written and directed again this
year by Bill Simpson, outstanding
local entertainer, the ’sl edition of
the minstrel promises to be bigger
and better than last year’s success
ful injtial affair. :
Mrs. Harris Parham, Athens
High Schooel Glee Club director,
will be in charge of the choruses
with Mrs. Dick Ferguson furnish
ing the musical accompaniment.
A vprinted program is being
planned for the minstrel, accord=-
ing to H. C. “Pop” Pearson, gen=
eral secretary of the Athens Y. M.
C. A. and sponsor of the Hi-¥
club.
All proceeds frorm the minstrel
will be used for activities at the
A'Y.”
.
Athens Firemen
Spent Busy Day
After a quiet day Sunday, fire
men extremely busy y.s ‘erday an
swering seven calls.
Four of the seven blazes were
grass fires with three being in the
Five Point section. Shortly before
noon firemen went to a grass fire
on Milledge Terrace and again at
1:43 p. m. they went to another
grass blaze on the same street.
Later Monday firemen were called
to a grass fire on Milledge Circle.
The other grass blaze was in
mid- afternoon on First street. An
auto fire brought firemen to the
scene at 260 North Church, but lit
tle damage was reported. Other
calls answered yesterday were to
the Farmers Mutual Wareheuse off
Broad street and an automobile
fire on. White street, both of which
were reported in yesterday's edi
tion.
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