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AviuvtY FCOTBALLERS AT THE FRONT —Far from the scene of West Point’s ath
letic problems, complicated by the threatened loss of stars for honor code violations,
a pair of Army tackles of by-gone teams take time out in Korea to discuss their
team’s ‘“sucker” play. Lt. Gable Bryant (left) of Denton, Texas, played tackle on
the Davis-Blanchard powerhouse. General B. M. Bryan of Alexandria, Va., was a star
tackle of the 20’s.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Views Vary On Recruiting
0f Foothallers At Point
Blaik Denies High-Pressuring
High School Football Players
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—(AP)—Some senators found
no fault today with West Point’s policy of recruiting a few
high school football players; others did.
“I don’t see anything wrong with that,” said Chairman
Hoey (D.-N.C.). “All of the colleges try to get some of the
cream of high school players each year.” =
Coffee Services
To Be Held
Friday, 11 A. M.
Mrs, Cora E. Coffee, beloved
Athens woman, died unexpectedly
at her home early Thursday. Mrs.
Coffee was 77 years old. :
Services are to be conducted
Friday morning at 11 o’clock from
Bernstein Chapel with Dr. J. C.
Wilkinson, pastor-emeritus of First
Baptist Church and Rev. G. M.
Spivey, pastor of Young Harris
Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will follow in Oconee
Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be
Clark Crowe, Dan Silvey, J. B.
Burroughs, F. A. Sheriff, Roy Por
terfield, Billy Dunaway, Robert
Lester and Douglas Pitman.
Mrs. Coffee is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. J. G. Beacham
and Mrs. C. H, Thurmon, both of
Athens; one son, Dr. John Y. Cof
fee, former member of City Coun~
cil; four grandchildren, Mrs.
Stewart Holt, Norfolk, Va., Dan
Emerick, Athens, Captain John Y.
Coffee, §r. head of the pediatrics
hospital in Fort Campbell, Ky.,
Flizabeth Coffee, Athens; three
sisters and four brothers and three
great-grandchildren.
Here Many Years
A native of Banks County, Ga.,
Mr, Coffee had been a resident
here for forty-five years, during
which time she endeared herself
to a Jarge circle of friends and ad
mirers. She was the widow of
James A. Coffee and resided at
150 Standard Road.
Five years ago Mrs. Coffee suf
fered a stroke and though partly
disabled, her general health ap
peared good. In fact, she and her
family attended a big family re
union at Homer, in Banks County,
Sunday and she greatly enjoyed
the occasion.
Mrs. Coffee was a member of
Prince Avenue Baptist Church and
took a keen and active interest in
its affairs, so far as her condition
permitted.
Her great interest in life was
in her family and she was never
happier than, when the members
gathered together with her,
Another interest of Mrs. Coffee
was in raising things, flowers and
vegetables and in doing so she re
vealed an expertness that neigh
bors and friends regarded as re
markable. She will be greatly
missed by the many who cherished
her friendship and who held her
in such high esteem. h
Hollingsworth
Rises Tod
T. T. Hollingsworth, former
Athenian, died at his home in
Greenville, N. C., on Wednesday,
though he had been in failing
health for some time his death was
unexpected,
His wife is the former Miss Car~
olena Davis, sister of Mrs, George
Crane of Athens, who with Mr.
Crane left early today for Green
ville where the funeral for Mr.
Hollingsworth will be conducte,d
on Frg:‘; afternoon at four o'-
clock,
There they will be joined by an
other sister, Mrs. George H. Cox,
ifld Mr, Cox, of Atlmta;‘ and th‘,;
ev. and Mrs. Scott Eppes
Birmingham, Ala, ‘
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Hoey’s investigating group had
decided on a hands-off attitude
'for the present in the dismissal of
90 West Point cadets, including
many football players, for crib
bing on exams and classwork.
At West Point yesterday Col.
Earl Blaik, coach of the Academy’s
recent top-flight football teams,
‘told of recruiting some high school
‘players. He added:
| Blaik Statement
~ “If we did not do that we would
be unable top have any athletes in
West Point able to play a normal
schedule.”
Blaik denied that high school
players were high-pressured, say
ing many contact West Point to
ask the chance to enter.
He said 24 got a chance this
spring, seven passed the rigid ex
ams, but only five actually en
tered with the July class.
Senator Kilgore (D.-W.Va.)
questioned this explanation of re
cruiting football players and sug
gested that all football and regu
lar undergraduate training be end
ed in both West Point and the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.
“I have been expecting a blow
up in the academies for several
years,” Kilgore said. “They simply
do not have competent educational
systems.
Kilgore Suggestion
Kilgore suggested that both
West Point and Annapolis be used
only for post-graduate training of
future officers.
Senator Byrd (D.-Va.), acting
chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, said he would
oppose any major change in West
Point and Annapolis training
courses.
As to recruiting of high school
football players, Byrd said:
“I assume those are Presidential
appointments and I see no fault
in that if they pass the same ex
ams as everybody else.”
VIRGINIA DEMOS STRONG
RICHMOND, VA., Aug 9—(AP)
—Virginia's Democratic organiza
tion headed by U. S. Senator Har
ry F. Byrd emerged from Tues
day’s primary elections as strong
as ever.
Control by the Byrd group was
never in doubt because only in a
few contests was there any real
threat to organization candidates.
The Byrd faction lost two Sen
ate races in areas it had expected
touch-and-go battles. But it scored
nearly a clean sweep in gther con~
tests in the off-year voting.
Groundbreaking Held
At Friendship Church
Friendship Presbyterian Church
had its official “ground breaking”
ceremony yesterday at 6 p. m., for
the new church building, which
is to be built near the present
structure,
There were about 250 people
present for the ceremony and sup
per. Dr. E. L. Hill, Pastor Emeritus
of First Presbyterian Church of
Athens, delivered the inspiration
al address. Mr, John Merck, solo
ist from the Central Presbyterian
Church, sang, “How Lovely Are
Thy Dwellings”, taken from the
84th Psalm. Dr. James M. Cars,
secretary of the Town and Cotn
try Church work under the Board
of Church Extension of the Pres
byterian Church U. S. lead the
group in prayer as the ground was
officially broken by the entire ¢
gregation of the Friendshii
Church. This was an unusual a&f
fair, for inste’a:lu:é ion:h.
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WEST POINT LIKED HIGH
SCHOOL STAR—The Chicago
Tribune says Duncan MacDon
ald (above), high school foot
i ball star of Flint, Mich., spent
six weeks at West Point this
summer with all expenses paid.
The newspaper reported that
MacDonald said 22 other prep
gridiron stars from all over the
. country shared the free vaca
tion at the Military Academy.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
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| DiSalle Predicts
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Living Cost Hike
ATLANTA, Aug. 9—(AP)—
Living costg are likely to go up 5
to 8 per cent, says Michael Disalle,
boss of the office of Price stabili
zation.
Disalle said in an interview
here last night that the OPS was
. going to try its best to tie prices
| down, but that he didn’'t see how
! this could be done under the new
price control laws.
He predicted that the next 12
months would see from 10 to 16
billion dollars added to family
‘ budgets.
“We had about nailed prices
down when Congress passed the
new price control law,” Disalle
| said.
The need now, he added, is for
“a law which we can administer.
Disalle was here to confer with
regional OPS officials.
the entire congregation of the
IFriendship Presbyterian Church
were there with shovels and to
gether they turned the first shovels
full of earth.
| After the-ceremonies of “ground
breaking”’ the congregation of
| Friendship entertained the visitors
with a Brunswick stew supper,
which was sponsored by the Wom
en of the Church. The food com
mittee inciluded Mesdames J, 8.
Tvy, W. E. Dye, Walter Lee, and
Bennie Giles. They were assisted
‘by all the women -cf the church.
This church was first a chapel
6f-the Central Presbyterian Church
of Athens. It was organized in the
gpring of 1945. In,June of 1947 it
was organized into a church by
the act of the Prafi bytery of Ath~
ens. The ministers Who have serv
ed tHis church are Rev, Willlam
Stewart, Rev. Joseph B. Mack,
Rev. W. H. Kryder and Rev. Cook
an, who has been the
Sy muniieme
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, CGA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951.
Georgia Leading
Southeast Rural
Electrification
CARROLLTON, Ga., Aug. 9 —
Georfia leads the entire South
east in rural electrification, Harl
lee Branch, jr., president of the
Georgia Power Company, said yes
terday. Speaking at the annual
meeting of the Carroll Electric
Membership Corporation, the pow
er company president quoted REA
figures showing that 95.7 per cent
of the farms of Georgia are re
ceiving electric service. Georgia's
figure is higher, he said, than that
of any of the neighboring states
of North and South Carolina, Flor
ida, Alabama and Tennessee.
Georgia’s rapid progress in ru
ral electrification is due to the
combined efforts of the REA co
operatives and the power com
pany, the speaker said. He point
ed out that when the REA pro
gram was launched in 1936 the
company offered a specific plan of
assistance, Under the plan, the
company supplied the services of
its engineers without charge to
make surveys of proposed cooper
ative lines; it gave up lines which
it had intended to build so the
lines could be included in REA
projects; it has performed emer
gency repair work for the coopera
tives.
“We provided electric power to‘
the REA projects at low whole
sale rates,” Mr. Branch said. “As’
the use of electricity by members
of the cooperatives has gone up
and as the rate schedules have
been revised and lowered, the
aevrage cost per kilowatt hour for
this service has declined year by
year. In 1937 the average price
was 1.4 cents per kilowatt hour;
in 1950 the price was about two
thirds of a cent, or less than half
the 1937 price. In comparison, the
average price charged by electric
companies throughout the United
States is 0.93 cent per kilowatt
hour; by municipal power plants,
1.22 cents, and by super-coop gen
erating plants, 1.48 cents, or more
than twice as much.
“Rural electrification is one of
the greatest social benefits which
the state of Georgia has ever ex
perienced. It is not simply a
means of enabling farm people to
enjoy city conveniences in their
homes, though that aspect is of
great importance because it keeps
young people on the farms who
-would otherwise migrate to the
cities in search of more favorable
{DVMg conditions. Electric service
d.the farm tractor have enabled
Georgia farmers to change their
way of making a living. By that,
I mean they have been enabled to
get away from cotton and into
more rewarding types of agricul
ture.” |
The power company president
pointed out that his organization is
interested in promoting better
farming and soil conservation
practices and cited three contests
which the company sponsorg each
year in cooperation with state
agencies, In a winter grazing
contest for F. F. A. boys, more
than 21,000 acres of winter pas-
(Contimeed Un Pase [wo)
Mishap Resuls
From Auto Race
A race between two automobiles
on the Mitchell Bridge Road yes
terday afternoon resulted in a
near-fatal accident as a Ford
Coupe, driven by Ed Knight, ca
reened into a parxed telephone
truck and was almost demolished,
State Patrolmen said today.
Knight was arrested for “driving
under the influence of alcohol and
for driving too fast for highway
conditions” while his racing op
ponent, Jasper Bates, was also
held by the State Patrolmen in
vestigating the accident.
The wreck occurred at four
o’clock in the afternoon when the
two racing cars hurtled around the |
curve at a rate of speed which
witnesses and Patrolmen termed
“too fast.” Mr. Bates who was |
driving a 1950 Oldsmobile, cleared
the curve and drove on toward
town, but Knight was unable to
pull out of the curve to avoid a
telephone truck which was parked
just above Gilleland Drive on the |
right hand side of the street. Thei
truck was parked near a pole on |
which a telephone employee was |
working. |
According to State Patrol offi- !
cers the car was travelling too fast '
to avoid hitting the parked truck. |
The entire right hand side of the
car was ripped off while the tele--
phone truck was damaged slightly. .
The driver of the car was unin- |
jured in the accident but a rider, |
Johnny Maxey, was scratched-up
rather badly and suffered a
crushed and broken arm. Maxey’s |
condition was listed as fairly good |
this morning in a local hospital. i
The telephone company is not |
to be involved in the near-fatal’
accident as the State Patrol office
reported this morning that the
truck was parked at least eight |
‘inches off the pavement.
Knight was still being held this
morning for “driving under the
influence of intoxicants” and at
too fast a rate of speed while Jas
per Bates had bfn reelased un~
der S2OO bond. Mr. Bates was also
charged with “driving, under the
influence of alcohol” and patrol
officers report that withesses of
the mishap say that Bategs and
Knight were obviously racing.
Investigating the accident was
Trooper Stewart while the ambu-~
call was answered by Clyde
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Wholesale Rates
Reds Renew Vows, Request
Resumption Of Peace Talks
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REDS RESIST STRONGLY ON
WESTERN, CENTRAL FRONTS
U. 8. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Aug. B.—(AP)
-Tank-led United Nations forces lumbered through the mud into
Pyongyang yesterday and found that Red troops have abandoned
their former “Iron Triangie” stronghold for the second time,
The Allied force was in the city for an hour and then with
drew. It was the first time in three weeks that U. N. forces had
penetrated the town on the central front, 28 miles north of the
38th parallel.
Communists put up determined -resistance against Allied
patrols elsewhere on the central and western fronts.
Along the western front Red troops mounted two small probing
attacks west of Chorwon.
Carrier-based planes ducked under storm clouds to hit Red
troops “in the vicinity of the Han estuary,” a U. N, communique
said. The estuary runs 10 to 13 miles south of Kaesong, site of
armistice talks.
The New Zealand frigate Mounts Bay moved into the Han
river Tuesday to shell Red troops. The Navy said the frigate
Kkilled 100.
Rain clouds blanketing Korea held air sorties to 340 Wednes
day,
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$1 Billion Cut May Be
Made In Foreign Aid
BY G. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.— (AP) —A House committee
reportedly has agreed tentatively to lop $1,000,000,000
from President Truman’s $8,500,000,000 foreign aid pro
ggl'm alnd place the entire program under a new high-level
official.
The decision—subject to possible reversal later — was
reported last night by members of the House Foreign Af
fairs Committee. Although some members were absent
when the agreement was reached yesterday at a closed
door Isession, those present said they didn’'t expect a re
versal,
Same Farmer Gels
First Bloom And
First 801 l Here
Jim Moon, Clarke county ne
gro farmer, who operates a
farm in the Holly Heights com
munity on the Danielsville high
way has produced the first open
boll of this year’s cotton crop.
The same farmer reporied the
first cotton bloom in Clarke
county this season. He is very
proud of having worked his crop
so that he could report the first
bloom and the first open boll of
the staple, as well. Of course he
recognizes that the weather and
other conditions played their
part in his success bus, at the
same time, he naturally takes
eredit for the part he has had in
cultivating his twelve-acre crop
of cotton to maturity.
WHITE LEADS IN MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON, MISS., Aug. 9—(AP
(AP)—Mississlppi’s former Gov.
Hugh White apparently is in the
seconyl Democratic primary Aug.
28, but who his opponent will be
remains in doubt.
Unofficialy incomplete returns
from the first primary on Tuesday
give White 84,321 votes out of
367,652 ballots tabulated from
1,662 of the state’s 1,782 precincts.
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HOAX ENDS HAPFILY — A
marriage that began as a hoa:;
was given a permanent gquality
when this young couple were
jegally Wwed at Knaxville, Tenn.
Private Thomas Carmom and
15-year-old Betty Mullins were
first united in & fake ceremony
at which a buddy of Carmon’s
did the officiating. The next day
the 19-year-old GI was put in
jail for his antics. But when
Betty got permission from her
mother {o make it real Tom was
released to marry. He has now
left his young bride to return
to duty in Califernia. — (NEA
Telephoto.)
The committee plan would place
boni‘:ih econonric. and iru:;nilimry aid
under a new administrator, ap
’rflbr the ;relldent and con
rmed by the Senate. He would
be responsible only to the Presi
dent but wotild work closely with
the State and Defense Depart
ments.
GOP Support Seen
Such a plan could be expected
to gain support from Republican
forces which have been pressing
for removal of foreign aid direc
tion from Secretary of State Ache
son.
Committee members said the
proposed cuts would hit both
military and economic aid. .
Meantime, a brisk Senate fight
appeared brewing over the Presi
dent’s program of mrilitary and
economic aid to Formosa, island
stronghold of the Chinese Nat
jonalists.
Chairman Connally (D.-Texas)
of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, holding hearings on the ad
ministration’s foreign ald plan,
said flatly:
“T don’t think Formosa needs
military aid as long as Chiang
Kai-shek is there, If Chiang can’t
protect Formosa, he can’t protect
much.”
Nor does Connally favor as
much Formosan economic aid as
called for in the $309,000,000 nril
itary-economic program, he told a
reporter. '
On the other hanl, a Republican
member of Connally’s group, Sen
ator Knowland (Calif.), indicated
support of the administration’s
Formosa program.
Knowland Statement
“We just can't afford to let the
back door to one of the most vul
nerable spots in Asia stand open
to the Communists,” Knowland
told a reporter.
The two senators voiced their
opposing views shortly after Sen
ator Mcé‘arran (D.-Nev.) appeal
ed for a vigorous program of aid
for the Chinese Nationalist gov
ernment. He called it “the present
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and continued
warm today, tonight and to
morrow. Few widely scattered
afternoon thundershowers today
and again Friday. Low tonight
72. High tomorrow 92. Sun sets
-today 7:26 and rises tomorrow
§:sl.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
today, not so hot over south
portion and warmer in the
north; widely scattered thun
dershowers this afternoon;
mostly fair and not much tem
perature change tonight and
Friday except for widely seat
tered thundershowers Friday
afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
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Towent 00l i
MOBD o+ os: veviishan amas - KEWED
Wormal ... i ik 2B
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since August 1 .., ~ .02
Deficit since August 1 .. .. 1.28
Average At&:‘st rninrtall W g:fig
‘ gary -l .. .8
mCi{ s:nce‘ January: {1 550, 8475
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
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UN Negofiafors Awai Ridgway ‘
Orders To Refurn To Kaesong
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, Aug. 9.— (AP) —Red commanders in Kores
asked General Matthew B. Ridgway tonight to resume
cease-fire talks.
In a long delayed reply to a message Ridgwayugn.t
Tuesday, they repeated pledges they would observe t
agreement neutralizing the Kaesong armistice site.
The Communist leaders told
Ridgway everything would be all
right “as long as you have no in
tention of creating incidents.”
Almost simultaneously with this
statement the Reds filed a new
complaint that the Allies had vio
lated the neutrality agreements.
It was an open Red violation of
the neutrality zone pact that led
to a break down in armistice ne
gotiations.
~ The United Nations commander
had demanded “complete compli
ance.”
Red Guarantee
They answered today via Peip
ing radio: “We have already sol
emnly guaranteed strict adher
ence” to the neutrality agreement.
And they. added: “We hope you
will order your” truce team back
to Kaesong.
There was no immediate indica
tion of when General Ridgway
would reply; nor of when armis
tice negotiations might be re
sumed.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
spokesman at the U. N. “peace
camp” in Korea, said “any plans
for the delegation to go to Kae
song very obviously await Gen
eral Ridgway’s instructions.”
A spokesman at Ridgway’s
headquarters said the general had
given no hint when he would
answer but “we wouldn’t be too
surprised if one came” immedi
ately.
Red China’s broadcast came a
few hours after Communists pro
tested Allied planes had violated
a safe conduct pledge for truce
convoys. » ?
Top Communist negotiator, Lt.
Gen. Nam 11, said a truce truck
bearing white flags was machine
fiunned Tuesday enroute from
aesong to the Red Capital at
Pyongyang.
~ Joy Rejection {
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, head
of the U. N. truce delegation,
promptly rejected the protest as
invalid, He said Reds had not
announced the time and route the
truck would travel, as required.
And Joy openly wondered
whether the Reds “are abusing the
use of white markings,” supposed
to be used exclusively by truce
teams.
Chinese and North Korean com
manders, in their message to Ridg
way, said they would protest any
apparent violations connected with
negotiation agreements. '
Their statement was a reply to
a strongly worded declaration
Ridgway had broadeast 51 hours
éarlier,
The Communist message was
signed by North Korean Premier
Gen. Kim I 1 Sung and Gen. Peng
Teh-huai, commander of Chinese
forces in Korea.
The five Allied negotiators were
at their “peace camp” in Korea
ready to return to Kaesong if
Ridgway so directs them, News
correspondents near the negotia
tors advance headquarters were
told tonight to “stand by” and not
leave their press train.
~ 5-Day Delay
There have been no negotiations
for five days. They were broken
off last Sunday by General Ridg
way after a company of armed
Reds marched through the neutral
zone Saturday. Ridgway demand
ed an explanation and assurances
it would not happen again.
In his Tuesday message he asked
still stronger assurances.
In effect the Reds gave them
today. But they did not make a
direct reply. Instead they re
peated assurances they gave on
Monday.
Ridgway may accept or reject
this new Communist message. On
his decision rests the possible fu
ture of the armistice talks.
Col. Patrick Welch, Ridgway’s
public information officer, said
“I have no idea when the general
will issue an answer.”
In the last nine sessions nego
tiators were deadlocked on where
to draw a cease-fire line and es
tablish a buffer zone. The Com
munists want it on the 38th paral
lel, old political dividing line be
tween North and South Korea.
The U. N. wants it approximately
along present battle lines, which
run from south of the pardlle]l in
the west to as much as 35 miles
north of it in the east.
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Nolen Richardson, Athens busi
nessman and University of Georgia
baseball coach, is reported serious
ly ill in a local hospital today fol
lowing an operation.
Mr, Richardson, formerly one of
the school’s top athletes, went to
the big leagues after graduation
and played with Detroit, the New
York Yankees and Cincinnati
baseball teams.
Mr. Richardson, now in business
in ‘Athens, accepted the Georgia
baseball coaching position last
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EDITION
Desperado Dies
In Gun Battle
With Officers
IDER, Ala.,, Aug. 9—(AP)—Bil
ly Davis, handsome 23-year '.:fi
d’;sperado who vowed he
never be taken alive, died In a
gun battle with officers who sur
prised him at a farm home last
night,
FBI agents who had tracked the
Tennessee prison parolee for near
ly a month shot him to death
when he leaped from his bed with
a pistol in his hand.
He fired once from a .22 caliber
target pistol before falling with
two bullets in his chest and one
in his left arm, the FBI said.
DeKalb County Sheriff G. H.
Noles and FBI agent George D.
King reported the death of the
Columbia, Tenn., gunman,
Dodged Arrest
Behind him lay four last vielent
days of reckless flight.
Davis had dodged and fought
his way through Alabama, Geor
gia and Tennessee to a farm near
this remote northeast Alabama
community.
Sheriff Noles said the oegunts
of the farm claimed they not
know that he was wanted.
King said Davis came to the
farm after a brush with Tennessee
' highway patrolmen at MeMinn
ville, Tenn,, late Tuesday night.
The agent said the w
abandoned the car in he
was riding at Morrison, Tenn.,
stole another and drove to Ider.
FBI agents accompanied ? De-
Kalb deputy sheriff Gene %
came to the house about 10 o'
last night. They found Davis
asleep in a small room.
He roused himself as the m
entered the rom, King said.
the FBI men told him to put up
his hands, he snatched & pistol
from beneath his pillow. The of
ficers fired three times and Davis
once.
Justifiable Homicide -«
Sheriff Noles, acting as eoroner,
returned a verdict of justiffable
homicide.
King said Davis had stolen eight
cars and possibly a truck sinee the
hunt for him began.
Elmer Todd, Manchester, Tenn.,
identified as a former penitentiary
buddy of Davis, was arrested at
Talladega, Ala., before Davis fled
into Georgia. Todd told Tallade
ga police Davis had said he would
not surrender — “they have too
much on me.”
Davis had been hunted since
July 11, when he shot his way past
police at Homewood, Ala., & su
burb of Birmingham,
The climax of a three-state
manhunt began when he stole a
car near Sylacauga, Ala., Satur
day night and fled into Georgia.
He wrecked the automobile near
Preston, but escaped a posse and
headed back into Alabama. He
broke through a police trap at Co=
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Indicted Sheriff
Claims Frame-Up
ATLANTA, Aug 9—(AP)—
Spalding County Sheriff J. D. Pos~
ey, indicted 29 times by a federal
grand jury on liquor charges,
claimed today “I was framed.”
Posey, former state highway ;1.1.
trolmen, and two other -
liam Jerimiah Burk of nmm
and Marion L. Allen, Atlanta Ne
gro, were accused by the fi yes~
terday of making and d
illegial whiskey. 3
Tweénty four persons were
named by the jury as co-conspira
ftors in the indietment sagainst
Posey, Allen and Burks but none
of the other. 24 was indicted.
After the indictment Posey
claimed he was “framed” and ad
ded:
“lI am satisfied this was
born of politics. I hav?hl‘hly:
tried to be a credit to my ple
from the six years I servnith
the Highway Patrol to my service
as sheriff.
“If I have made mistakes,”
Posey continued, “they have been
honest mistakes. My politieal ene~
mies in spalding county have ne
ver stopped cutting at me since the
first day I took office.
“I can face anyone with a clear
conscience that I have done noth
ing wrong. lam not l'fllg >
The indictment listed
in Spalding county whers :
allemadl‘}yf participated in the “1
sil vof ‘
flling ot hiskey, fom Jamverys