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vol. CXIX Tfim Ess Service
Early Senate Appraval Of
Troops-To-Europe (s Seen
By ELTON C. FAY
associated Press Military Affairs
Reporter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—(AP).
she Army says it has finished its
utra high altitude éxperiments
vith multi-stage rockets and now
s concentrating on development
of rockets as weapons.
gcheduled for Thursday night is
the 57th of a series of V-2 tests
i White Sands, N. M. This one
/il be a single V-2 rocket, not
ihe “bumper” style combination of
4 bie and small rocket which two
vears ago attained a record height
of over 250 miles.
Combination Rocket
That firing was with a com
pination of a V-2 and a smaller
missile, she “WAC Corporal”. The
second rocket, mounted on the
nose of the V-2, fired when the
V-2 had reached maximum speed
and shoved the corporal to a speed
of over 5,000 miles an Lour.
In answer to a reporter’s ques
tions, an Army ordnance spokes
man said “research in the bum
per phase” of the rocket study has
been concluded.
“The idea was to learn some
facts in the field of high altitude
{light,” he said. “This information
was ascertained and the project
is thus completed. Intormation
had to be obtained by these
(multi-stage) shoots hecause it
was the only known way of get
ting needed data.
“Concentration is now on de
velopment of rockets as Wwea-
~ The rocket scheduled for firing
Thursday night if the weather
doesn’t delay it will carry a war
head packed with measuring in
struments sent to White Sands by
the upper atmosphere laboratgry
of the Air Force, a part of the
Cambridge, Mass., research labora
tory of the USAF, The Army fires
V-2's at White Sands for both its
own and Air Force and Navy re
search projects.
Air Instruments
The Air Force said the instru
ments are for study of the com
position of the atmosphere, “to
measure two types of radiation
and analyze artificial and natural
airglow” at high altitude.
These subjects, although seem
ingly related to pure science, are
of importance to men bent on de
signing intercontinéntal guided
missiles, which, to attain ranges
ol thousands of miles, would have
h]v 20 perhaps hundreds of miles
alolt,
If, as was indicated last week,
the time is approaching when
atomic power will be used for
manned and unmammed aircraft
and large rockets, high altitude
conditions may have major bear-
Goes On Trial
WASHINGTON, Feb, 26— (AP).
Uscar Collazo went on trial for
'ls life today on a charge of kill~
g a White House guard during
an attempt to assassinate Prem—‘
dent Truman last Nov. 1.
The 37-year-old Puerto Rican
Nationalist, wag brought to the
ourtroom of Federal Judge T.
Alan Goldsborough handeuffed
and under heavy guard. : l
Collazo sat directly behind his .
three court-appointed attorneys,
listening to the trial preliminaries.
Iwo deputy marshals sat behind |
The courtroom. was jam-packed
but most of the persons were
fmbers of various jury panels
10 had been ordered to Judge
oldborough’s court, More than
00" prospective jurors were on
. Twenty-six of them were quick
¥ excused on grounds that they
"dd conscientious seruples agamstl
tal punishment,
‘bpbroximately 90 others also
¢re eliminated by agreement be
tveen prosecuting and defense
‘vvers to excuse all government
vorkers from duty on the jury.
Jovernment workers serve on
les here but attorneys may,
through agreement, decide not to |
tall them, |
Collazo faces a possible sentence
Of death fn the electric chair if
.Onvicted on either of two counts
In the indictment against him.
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Parrott Has
Bone Surgery
_Charlie Parrott, star Athens
High basketbaly guard, will un=-
dereo surgery at Piedmont Hospi
@l in Atlanta this afternoon at 4
O'clock, He chipped a bone in his
It elbow, which wag also disle
¢ed, in the game against Elber
on Jast Tuesgg;x:
During the operation the bone
[l be wired, Parrois svent to At=
08 yesterday and is expected to
fi‘;}:in there for about four:mdre
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Resolution In " ates Agreement
On Ground L. ¢s For Pact Force
BY JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— (AP) —Early Senate com
mittee approval of a resolution endorsing the dispatch of
more U. 8. troops to Europe was apparently assured today
by a promise to check on Europe’s contributions to its own
defense.
1 Tough Texans
Shoot It Qut
In Restaurant
MINEOLA, Tex., Feb. 26— (AP).
Two tough Texans settled a mys
terious feud in frontier fashion
with blazing guns that left both
dead.
Standing ten feet apart in a
hotel case early yesterday they
‘shot it out before just one wit
ness—a wide-eyed waitress.
The gunfighters were Rufus
Browning, 55, a cattle dealer, and
Joe Henderson, 45, a railroad con
ductor.
The dying Browning crawled to
the already dead Henderson and
with his last strength “cut up” the
conductor with a long-bladed
knife.
Justice of the peace Dick Pen
dleton called it double homicide
in an inquest verdict.
Police Chief Bill Knipol said
the men had been enemies for
some time, but he didn't know
why.
Not Scared
“I wasn't scared,” said Mrs.
Kate Womack, the waitress, “I
didn’t duck behind no counter.”
She wouldn’t talk further to re
porters.
“You talk to the law,” she said.
“l gave my report to the law.”
This was the story she told
Knipol:
Browning came into the case for
a cup of coffee. A few minutes
later Henderson entered.
“Keep your har;r right “where
they're at,” said Henderson. “I'm
going to kill you.”
“I'm just going to drink my
coffee,” Browning said,
While he drank, Henderson
cursed him.
Browning drained his cup and
backed toward the door.
Henderson drew a 9-mm. Ger
man pistol and started shooting.
Browning whipped out a .38 cali
ber revolver and fired back.
Browning was hit in the ‘heart.
Henderson was hit in the heart
and stomach,
After both fell to the floor,
Browning drew his knife, opened
it, crawled to Henderson and
slashed the dead conductor.
Tragic Scene
Knipol said he found Henderson
doubled up on his hands and
knees, dead. Browning was lying
on his side next to Henderson.
Knippol said Browning “asked
me to turn him off his side. I told
him, ‘Rufus, the stiller you lie the
better oft youll ber .
“He asked me if a doctor was
coming. : o
“‘He's on his way now,’ I said.
“Then he squeezed my hand and
said ‘goodbye, Bill, and he died,
too.”
Both men lived here,
Browning, a widower, is sur=
vived by two sons and two daugh
ters, all of Mineola. ’
Henderson, divorced, is survived
by two sons.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Athens Kiwanis Club will hold
an informal Ladies’ Night at the
Athens Country Club tomorrow
night. The meeting will begin at
90 m
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gives him ohly faintest hope.
That pledge was contained in a
new proposal made public last
night by Senators Connally (D.-
Tex.) and Russell (D.-Ga.). It
would put the Senate on record as
favoring sending ground units te
join the North Atlantic defense
force.
They offered their proposal as
a substitute for a resolution by
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
Republican floor leader, to ban the
transfer of troops to Europe until
Congress passes on the policy in
volved. Connally and Russell
made minor concessions to oppo
nents.
They included in their resolu
tion these provisions:
Resolution Provisions
“It is the sense of the Senate,
that, in sending additional units of
ground troops to Europe, the Pres
ident should make certain that our
North Atlantic Treaty partners are
making contributions to the joint
defense of Western Europe com
mensurate with their ability, geo
graphic position and general eco
nomiec condition.”
This didn’t go as far, however,
as Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) said he
wants to go.
Taft, scheduled to testify before
the Senate Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees later
in the day, said he will offer an
amendment to delay any troop
transfers to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower’s Western European army
until European countries have
made specific guarantees as to
their contributions,
The committees also arranged to
hear from Wherry ‘and former
GOP Senator John Sherman Coop
er of Kentucky (10 a. m. EST).
Neither Taft nor Wherry are
members of the two committees,
however, and a majority seemed
inclined to go along with the Con
nally - Russell version, possibly
with only minor changes.
Wherry conceded gn a radio
program, “Meet Your Congress,”
yesterday that this country is go
ing to send more ground troops to
Europe but he asked “Why the
hurry before we are ready?” .
Connally and Russell, chairman
of the committees, proposed that
the Senate go on record as saying
that the threat to the security of
the United States “makes it neces
sary for the United States.to sta
tion abroad such units of our
armed forces as may be necessary
and appropriate to contribute our
fair share of the forces needed for
the joint defense of the North At~
lantic area.”
Their resolution would ask the
President to consult the Secretary
of Defense, Eisenhower, the Joint
Chiefs of Staffs and the Foreign
Relations and Armed Services
committees of both branches of
Congress before acting on Euro
pean troop decisions.
The President also would be di
rected to report to. Congress at
least every six months on the pro
gress of assembling the North At
lantic defense force.
Forest Fire Hits
Parrott’s Farm
A forest fire raged through the
farm of Charles Parrott on the
Lexington Rodd near Hardeman’s
Service Station yesterday after
noon, Athens firemen reported.
Firemen battled the blazes for
about an hour . before bringing
them under control, Mr, Parrott
said his woods were damaged by
the fire, but the fire didn’t spread
to adjoining property.
By DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON —(NEA)— Os
car Collazo, Puerto Rican political
fanatic who failed in his attempt
to slay President Truman last
Nov. 1, is the fifth person in U. S.
history to go on trial for assassina
tion or attempted assassination of
a U. S. President,
Precedent is against his escap
ing the electric chair.
He is being tried, starting today,
on four counts, only one of which
refers to the attempt on the Presi
dent’s life. The first count charges
him with premeditated intent to
kill White House guard Pvt. Leslie
Coffelt, who gave his life defend-~
ing the President. :
Count No. 2 is the same, but it
adds “in connection with attempt
ing to break into the Blair House”
to shoot the President.
Count three and four charge
him with “assault with intent to
kill” the two White House guards
who were wounded in the assassi~
nation am
Colla r Killed -
Collazo’s collaborator in the
foiled plot was Griselio Torresola,
who was killed by the suards.
Although it has already been es
tablished that it was not the bul
g‘from Collazo’s gun which killed
Coffelt, District law makes an ac
vessory in such a crime’ just ‘as
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MEDICS STAY BUSY—Sergeant James P. Hassel, Dix
on, Tenn., a combat medie, treats a Chinese Communist
who was wounded by fighting in Wonju area.— (Exclus
ive Photo by Staff Photographer Ed Hoffman.) —(NEA
Telephoto.)
Stalin Message Called
Rejection Of Red Plea
TOKYO, Feb. 26.— (AP) —Stalin’s recent interview
with Pravda was interpreted here today as public rejec
tion of a Chinese Communist plea to withdraw from the
Korean war.
Responsible and usually informed quarters expressed
belief that Mao Tze-tung, the No. 1 Chinese Communist,
had gone to Moscow and had protested against Red
China’s heavy losses in Korea. They said he is believed s
have asked for a way to end the drain on Peiping.
Stalin’s answer, the informants
added, was believed to be con
tained im the Pravda quotation
which said “If Britain and the
United States reject finally the
proposal made by the Peoples
Government of China, the war in
Korea can only end in defeat of
the interventionist.”
Clear Warning
The sources, who cannot b#
identified, said this phrase was not
propaganda but a clear warning g
Red China that it would have ¥
continue fighting.
At the time the Pravda inter
view was broadcast, Allied forces
had just smashed the last Chinese
offensive aimed at Chipyong on
the central front. U. N. firepower
piled up a terrific casualty toll
which in one action alone was es
timated at 22,000 dead and wound
ed.
Usually informed sources said
Russia has ringed Japan with per
haps a 500,000-man army and a
2,000-plane air foree and, by draw
ing the Chinese Reds into the Ko
rean campaign, had served notice
the Soviet would “stop at nothing
to achieve world conquest.”
They said these factors, rather
than any recent new Soviet mili
tary alignment, underlie the speed
ed efforts to assure Japan's de
fense after a peace treaty is con
cluded. -~
Besides the two U. 8. National
Guard divisions whose assignment
here next month has been an
nounced, other American security
forces will be sent here if the sit
uation warrants, these sources
said.
" The Russians began to outflank
Japan when they acquired the Ku
rile Isalnds and Southern Sakhalin
in the Yalta agreements. They
Capitalized on existing Japanese
installations. They rule these ac
quisitions with iron control and
tight secrecy.
From the islands, the Russians
continually can dangle the threat
of an open or surreptitious invas
ion of Japan proper.
The viewpoint here is that So
viet power has been built up in
the Orient, not fundamentally for
war of nerves, but as part of over
all plans for world conquest.
So the effort to put strength in
to the defense of Japan is being
made with grim reality,
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Colored Woman
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i Pays Fine On |
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‘Whiskey Charge
i Ida Johnson, colored woman,
| paid a $51.50 fine in Recorder’s
| Court this morning on a charge of
| posssessing non-tax paid whiskey.
| She was arrested by Chief Clarence
; Roberts and Lt. E. E. Hardy, of the
| city police force, on Sunday morn
' ing. They said they found 2 1-2
. pints of whiskey it her home at
[ 132 Cleveland avenue.
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‘ ATHENS AND VICINITY
i Partly cloudy and continued
| mild today, tonight and Tues
{ day. Low tonight 54. High to
i morrow 75. Sun sets 6:26 and
| rises 7:06.
i GEORGIA — Considerable
! ecloudiness with little change in
| temperature this afternoon, to
-1? night and Tuesday.
1 TEMPERATURE
i Highe5t..‘..4“..,.0..73
£ Lowest ... i oo 8T
PoNeEh L il B
P Neraßl o, ee 59
{ RAINFALL
| Inches last 24 hours ...... .0C
I Total since February 1 ... 2.15
! Deticit since February 1 .. 2.34
‘(fiAvemge Fehruary rainfall, 5.09
Tota] since January 1 ..., 4.20
| Delicit since Januvary 1 ... 4.90
BY RUSSELL BRINES
Cancer Workers
To Train Here
Volunteer cancer workers from
19 Northeast Georgia counties will
convene in Athens Wednesday for
m«ifictfict,hadgrfmp meeting, con
dueted by the 'Georgia Division,
American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Doris Lockerman, state
chairman of volunteers, and Lon
Sullivan, executive vice president,
are scheduled to conduct the ses
sion set for the Georgia Power
Company Auditorium from 10:30
a, m to 3:30 p. m.
Clarke Unit Host
The Clarke County Unit of the
Georgia Division, American Can=
cer Society will be host to the
Wednesday training school. The
national organization, whose pur
pose is education, research, and
service, is divided into 61 divisions,
of- which the state of Georgia is
one.
Divisions are subdivided into
county units under the leadership
of a county commander and vol
unteer workers.
American Cancer Society. is
supported by voluntary contribu~
tions from the public, with 60 per
cent of the donation remaining in
the division where the contribu
tion was made. Most of this money
is used for general education and
service to save human lives; only
a limited amount is set aside for
individual patients.
Wednesday’s training program is
divided into three aspects—edu
cation, research, and fund raising.
David Michael, county comman
der, will open the session with a
short welcome, and the education
and research training period will
follow. A luncheon has been set
for the Georgian Hotel at 12:30.
Following the fund raising sug
gestion period which begins at 2
p. m., two films, “Crusader” and
“Self Examination of the Breast”,
will be shown. Representatives
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Sheridan Rites
Are Held Today
Services for Mrs. Beulah Sheri
dan, 545 Pulaski Street, were con
ducted this afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Young Harris Methodist
Church with the pastor, Rev. G.
M. Spivey, and Rev. L. B. Jones,
the former pastor, officiating.
Burial followed in Winterville
Cemetery, Clyde McDorman Fun
eral Home in charge of arrange
ments. Grandsons of Mrs. Sheri
dan served as pall-bearers.
She died at her home Saturday
at 6 p. m. following an illness of
several months. Mrs. Sheridan
was 73 years old.
Surviving her is her husband,
L. R. Sheridan, Athens; three
daughters, Mrs. W. B. Francis,
Davisbaro, Ga., Mrs. Mac Spratlin,
Winterville, and Mrs. Sibyl
Holmes, Athens; three sons, Roy
A. Sheridan, Gainesville, W. Har=.
well Sheridan, Atlanta, and Clar
ence Sheridan, Detroit, Mich.; two
sisters, Mrs. H. E. Roddy, Griffin,
and Mrs. Georgia Kesler, Atlanta;
two brothers, H. A. O’Kelley, De
catur, and M. W. O’Kelley, Rock~
wood, Tenn. twelve grandchil
dren, three great - grandchildren
and a number of nieces and
nephews. ;
A native of Commerce, Mrs,
Sheridan had been a resident of
Athens for the past ten years, be
ing a devoted member of Young
Harris Methodist Church.
Training Program
Central Korean Reds
Reported Withdrawing
Doughboys Ram Ahead On Right
Flank Of Idle Communist Unifs
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, Feb. 26. — (AP) — Doughboys of the U, S.
Seventh Division knifed ahead today on the right flank of
the Eighth Army offensive in central Korea to a point six
miles north of Pangnim.
A patrol of the crack division met rifle and anti-tank
_fire, but air observers reported the Reds were withdraw
ing. ; :
Today's action was the. first
time the Seventh Division, only
American unit to reach the Man
churian border, has been identi<
fied in combat since it withdrew
from the Changjim reservoir to
the Hungnam beachhead last Dec=
ember, il
The American Second Division,
slogging north through the mud
bound mountains on the left flank
of the Seventh, reached & point 18
miles north of Chechon, its jump-~
ing off place when “Operation
Killer” began last Wednesday.
The Second and Seventh were
spearheading the cautious Tenth
Corps advance along the mountain
spines of central Korea.
Retreating Reds fought only
rearguard actions. Nevertheless
they lost another estimated 1,861
killed and wounded Sunday as
United Nations forces advanced
as much as 3% miles.
The Red pullback from a threat
ened U, N. trap was so rapid that
Lt. General Edward M. Almond,
Tenth Corps commander, called it
“a virtual rout.”
An estimated 14,000 Korean
Reds escaped as a giant Allied
pincers bogged down in deep mud
left by heavy raing and an early
thaw, They continued to flee
northward Monday-—in groups of
100 to 1,000 — pounded by U. S.
fighter-bombers,
Conmrmunists were also pressed
by U, 8. infantrymen, sometimes
so far in advance of truck supply
lines they had to get food and
ammunition from air drops or Ko~
réean peasants with pack har
nesses.
Red Buildups
But Red buildups, truck convoys
slipping down from the north at
night, and new entrenchments in
dicated the Communists were pre~
paring to make a stand in the
mountains ahead to halt the
creeping advance of the 100,000~
man U. N, army.
Simrilar defense preparations
were observed around Seoul, Red
held former South Korean capi
tal.
Three small, but day-long fights
were reported on the eastern
flank near Pangnim. Pangnim,
now in Allied hands, is a road
junction fiv€ miles north of
Pyongchang. Associated Press
Correspondent Nate Polowetzky
reported a new Red concentration
appeared to be shaping up 12
miles to the north.
Fifteen miles to the west fight
er-bombers found many targets
near Haanhung where large Com~
munist concentrations were re
ported. An air strike ended a
skirmish between an American
platoon and a withdrawing North
Korean force six miles northwest
of Haanhung on the road to
Hoengsong.
Planes and artillery helped
South Koreans recapturing a ridge
overlooking Hoengsong, fromr
which grenade throwing Reds had
driven them the day before,
© West Front
Six miles to the west, two
counterattacking Chinese battal
ions had temporarily halted a U.
N. advance Sunday. The fight was
to keep the Allies off the road
leading from Hoengsong toward
Seoul, 50 miles tothe west.
This is in the Ninth Corps sec
tor where Marine Major General
POSSIBLE WAGE HIKES
Signing Of Catch-Up’
Formula Is Indicated
By STERLING F. GREEN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—(AP).
The month-old ceiling cn pay
raises may be pried upward a lit
tle today or tomorrow for the
great majority of wage earners.
Eric Johnston, head of the Eco
nomic Stabilization Agency, was
reported about ready to sign the
pending 10 per cent “catch-up”
formula, and informed officials
predicted that in doing so he
would order this further relaxa
tion:
Wage Boosts
Wage boosts provided in “es
culator” clauses would be honored
up to June 30, provided they were
written into contracts signed be
fore the wage-price freeze of a
month ago.
However, aides of Johnston cau
tioned against reports there would
be any “extensive” alterative of
the formula sent to him fen days
ago by a 6-3 vote of the Wage
Stabilization Board headed by
Cyrus S. Ching, G i
That formula would permit an
increase of up to 10 per cent since
January 15, 1950. It would remain
in force until midyear, whén a re
view is scheduled, with revision
if that is found necessary. :
After days of behind-scenes
meetings involving Johnston,
Read Daily by 35,000 Poqp!:!n Athens Trade Area
Oliver P. Smith became temporary
commander. He succeeds Major
General Bryant E. Moore who
died Saturday after his helicopter
crashed. * boe
The slowdown in the Allied ad
vance came as General Almond
announced his Tenth Corps had
destroyed the immediate effec~
tiveness of two North Korean
corps that drove on Chechon last
week, i) .
“We believe the Fifth Corps is
out of food and amrmunition,” Al
mond said, “and that the shiny
new Third Corps—the hell pound
ed out of them — doesn’'t have
many soldiers left.”
He estimated his men had kill
ed or wounded 3,000 or 4,000 Reds
in the six-day-old “Operation
Killer.” The operation has been
bogged down in foot-thick, choco
late-brown mud since itg start.
Only that and the alertness of the
Reds, Almond said, saved the Ko~
rean Reds from being crushed
completely in a huge Allied trap.
Officers of the Second Division,
part of the 10th Corps, reported
Sunday night the bulk of Som
munist forces had escaped from
the Hoengsong-Pyongchang pin
cers on the right flank when U.
N. tanks bogged down in the mud.
Stiff Fighting Seen
These same officers predicted
there nright be stiff fighting in the
next few days if Communists halt
in their present positions north of
the Hoengsong-Pyongchang road.
Air reports said about 15,000 Reds
were in foxholes on the heights so
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Crawford Native
Dies In Indiana
Stephen W. Hopkins, native of
Crawford, died at his home in
Gary, Indiana, Sunday after an
illness of several weeks. Mr. Hop
kins was 75 years old.
Graveside services will be con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Crawford Cemetery,
Rev. David Jordon, pastor of
iCrawford Baptist Church, officiat
ng.
Pall-bearers will be Charles
Moore, Leroy Moore, Thomas Huff,
James Huff, Allen Huff and Reese
Stevens. Bernstein Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hopkins is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Sara Hopkins; three sig
ters, Miss Winnie Hopkins, Miss
Connie Hopkins and Mrs. R. E.
Rice, all of Crawford; brother, G.
O. Hopkins, Charlotte, N, C.;
three nigces, Mrs. A. C. Sparks and
Mrs. Emmett Holmgren, both of
Gary, and Miss Patsy Hopkins,
Charlotte; nine nephews, Jack
More, Maxeys, Harvard Hopkins,
Crawford, Roland Moore, Russell
Moore, Jasper Hopkins, Lewis
Hopkins and Carol Hopkins, all of
Gary, and George Hapkins jr., and
James Hopkims, both of Chariotte.
A native of Crawford, Mr, Hop+
king had lived out of the state
since early manhood, the past ten
years as a resident of Gary.
Through frequent visits back to
Crawford, he maintained many
friendships of his earlier days,
Mobilization Director Charles E.
Wilson, wage board members and
labor leaders, Johnston was re
ported to be “well along” toward
a decision.
An announcement this afternoon
or tomorrow is probable, some of
ficials said. They did not disclose
whether the reported relaxation
of the formula is being made with
or without approval of the wage
board.
Decision Unseen
Neither did they predict any
immediate decision afiecting the
controversy-riddled wage board it
self. The board’s three labor mem
bers resigned in protest against
the 10 per cent formula. They
had held out for 12 percent.
With only its three public and
three industry members remain
ing, the board is considered to be
virtually impotent to command
labor compliance with future pol
icy decisions on wage ceilings—
and disputes arising under them.
Johnston reportedly intends to
get the formula out of the way,
then take up the problem of board
reorganization., One preposal is
that the present board be strapped
and replaced with a 19-member
panel—six representatives each for
labor, industry and the public,
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SENATE PLANS
INVESTIGATION
OF RFC LOANS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—(AP)
—Senators investigating alleged
favoritism and influence” in Re
“ Construction Finance Corporation
lending almed at unsnarling today
a situation which Senator Tobey
(R-NH) says had led to perjury.
Slated for fresh scrutiny at a
public hearing by a Senate bank
ing subcommittee was the conflict
ing testimony of two witnesses re
garding a $10,100,000 (M) RFC
loan to the Texmass Corporation.
Ross Bohannon, a Texas attor
ney, told the subcommittee last
week that E. Merl Young, husband
of a White House stenographer,
offered, for an $85,000 fee, to be
influential in obtaining the loan.
Bohannon said the company decid
ed to get atong without Young and
received the loan anyway.
o Young Deniail :
Young, one-time government
messenger and former RFC exam
iner, denied under oath that he
ever made such an offer or sought
a fee of any xind. He said Bohan
non looked him up and talked
about a big fee.
That prompted Toby to declare:
“one of these two men is a lisr.
Somebody has committed per
jury.”
Digging for the facts, the sube
committee called two new wite
nesses it hoped could resolve the
conflict. They are L. B. G
who recently quit as manager
the Dallas, Tex., RFC office
asserted that was a “stench of po=
litics” in the lending agency’s af=
fairs; and John Skiles, RFC per
sonnel director aitttDallais. . &
The subcommittee’s nqu‘;
based on its rexi_(‘srt to the
ate that three RFC directors had
vielded to outside influence. The
group named Young and Donald
Dawson, aide to President Truman,
among those it said appeared te
have exerted influence on the di~
rectors. s e -
Truman Flays Report
Mr. Truman assailed the report
as asinine and said it failed to deal
with the letter members of Con
gress sent to the RFC regarding
loans.
Testimony by RFC officials last
Friday brought out that the lend=
ing agency, on instructions from
the White House, had turned over
hundreds of those letters to Mr.
Truman. :
The White House said the Pre
sident requested them for study in
connection with his proposed res
organization of RFC.
Waldroup Rites
To Be Tuesday
Mrs. Ann Waldroup, widow of
the late H. W. Waldroup and one
of this community’s oldest citi
zens, died at ber home at 133
Chattooga Aventie Sunday after=
noon at 5:30 o'clock. Mrs. Wal»
droup was 89 years old and was
ill for several months.
Services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock from West
End Baptist Church_with the pase
tor, Rev. W. S, Pruitt, and Rev.
G. M. Spivey, pastor of Young
Harris Methodist Church, officiat=-
ing.
Burial will be in Oconee Hill
Cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Pall=
bearers will be nephews of Mrs,
‘Waldroup, Henry Brooks, Chester
Brooks, Jim Brooks, C.W. Brooks,
John Ross and Ben Ross. .
Mrs. Waldroup was a native of
Athens and a lifelong resident in
this community. She was a mem
ber of Young Harris Methodist
Church, having joined the Metho
dist Church in her girlhood. Mrs.
Waldroup was preceded in_ death
by her husband in 1931. During
her long residence here she made
a large number of friends whe
were saddened by her death. -
Mrs. Waldroup is survivd by a
daughter, Miss Francis Waldroup,
Athens; two sons, J. H, Waldroup,
Nortfolk, Va., and John Waldroup,
Athens; daughter-in-law, Mrs. W.
F. Waldroup, Atlanta, and Mrs.
George Waldroup, Athens; brother,
Ben McKinley, Greenville, S. C.;
eight grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren. ‘
Dr. Cocutz To
.
Speak Tonight
Dr. John T. Cocutz, head of the
department of philosophy of the
Atlanta Division, University of
Georgia, will be guest speaker at
the Building Fund Banquet, First
Methodist Church, which will be
held tonight in Georgian Hotel at
7 o'clock.
Subject of Dr. Cocutz’ address
will be “The Threat of Commun
ism_to Religion and the Demeocra
tic Way of Life.” Tickets are now
on sale at the church office, AtH~
ens Sporting Goods Store, Geor
gian Hotel and at A. P. Farrar's
office in Southern
ing. Tickets are lxm%m
number.