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Munsel Program Tomorrow Night Opens University Concert Series
The appearance of Patrice Munsel, coloratura sopra
o of the Metropolitan Opera, concert stage, radio and
_.levision, here in Fine Arts Building tomorrow night at
<3O o'clock marks the opening of the 1951-52 Univer-
Lty of Georgia Concert Series,
Other artists who will appear during the season are
Virtuosi di Roma-—a symphonette from Rome, Italy—
.n Monday night, January 28; and Leonard Rose, 'cel
list, Thursday night, May 15.
Miss Munsel’s concert in Athens is one of forty she is
{0 give this season prior to returning to New York where
‘he is to sing three new roles during the coming season.’
One of this country’s most widely known and ad
mired singers since she made her Metropolitan debut
ot the age of 18, Miss Munsel is now one of the Metro
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Vol. CXIX, No. 235.
House Tax Y- Nejection
Poses Big Budget Problem
Administration Gropes For Some
Colution To Potential Deficit
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.— (2P
WASHINGTOM, Oet. ¥ 2= The stingi
m.t..\e set t:he admgmstration groping today for se by the
to ldepoltenyallly seirloug national budget problem a solution
.eaders’ plan to adjourn Congress Sat '
new year were threat Saturday until the
ménk atened by yesterday’s surprise develop-
Gold Coast Is
Anti-Gambling
Drive Target
BILOXI, Miss., Oct. 17—(AP)—
Reports cropped up today the fed
eral government planned to throw
its weight behind an anti-gam
bling drive along Mississippi’s
famed “Gold Coast.”
Within the past few days federal
agents have been her investigating
gambling activities with particu
lar reference to participation by
cervice men.
The reports gained added signi
ficance with & statement by Sena~
tor Kefauver (D.-Tenn.) that “a
had gambling situation exists” in
Biloxi with Keesler Air Force Base
servicemen being “fleeced.” .
Kefauver said at Washington
the Senate preparedness subcom
mittee is “on top of the situation.”
A spokesman for the subcommit
tee declined to confirm or deny
that investigators had been sent
o Biloxi to make a check.
The Preparedness Subcommit
tee, a unit of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, previously
had said it was going to imvesti
gate gambling and vice in the vi- |
¢inity of service camps.
Other Reports
There have been reports that
'BI agents have been checking for
possible violations of a new fed
cral law prohibiting transportation
of gambling devices, such as slot
machines.
A Baptist minister has charged
that some 1,500 slot machines in
the Biloxi area form a gambling
trap for the 30,000 Keesler Air
Force base personnel and their
§4.000,000 monthly payroll,
The Rev. G. C. Hodge, pastor of
the First Baptist Church and a
member of the Biloxi Protestant
Ministers’ Association, said the
sints fleece military personnel and
mhrfis of more than $6,000,000 an
nually.
When the help of city officials
was sought, Rev. Hodge said,
“they insulted us.” Biloxi Chief of
Police Louis Wetzel could not be
reached for comment.
Community Matter
Capt. Nicholas Stam, Keesler
Public Relations Officer, said the
Alr Force “doesn’t like the gam
ling situation, but it's a com
munity matter.”
“If every place in Biloxi which
I4s a slot machine was placed -off
limits to service personnel, half of
he city would be closed down,”
Stam said.
_ Previous efforts by the Biloxi
I'nisterial ~ Association to halt
nbling along the coast have met
ler opposition from some busi-~
men.
‘:":(;1 Biloxi resident remarked
! tully:
“If we don’t have slot machines,
thevil be referring to this section
he ‘Ghost Coast’ instead of the
ld Coast!”
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‘oions Study
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o h \‘SHINGTON, Oct. 17—(AP).
$6,025,000,000 free world for
-1 aid bill and a %115,400,000
tisure to help flood-stricken
'¢ao of the midwest came up for
Jate action today.
“eders are counting on adjourn
fever to help get the two bills
bissed in jig time,
_they are not discounting the
[ossibility of attempts to cut the
Ay ‘\’"H aid bill more than the
‘hate Appropriations Committee
“ieed yesterday to cut it. That
live percent. But they do not
~ !'cipate the prolonged floor bat
¢ which such a measure might
(o ¢ provoked earlier in the ses
:.a,“u? lawmakers still are hoping
¢ adjournment on Saturday,
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
The next move is up to the Sen
ate, which now can say whether
or not there will be a {ax increase
this year. If it doesn’t accede to
the House request for a new con
ference to try to work out differ
ences, there'll be no tax bill. That
might—unless the tax hike finally
approved were made retroactive—
deprive the treasury of something
like half a billion dollars a month
in increased revenues.
In advance of a meeting of the
Senate Finance Committee, there
were strong indications ancther
effort would be made to reach an
agreement. The puzzle was: What
kind of a tax boost would be ac
ceptable to the House , . . and the
Senate?
The bill under preparation near
ly nine months was tossed aside
summarily by the House yesterday
in a half-hour roll ecall, with ad
ministration leaders haidly more
astounded by the outcome than
the group which put &across the
203 to 157 coup.
On the winning side were 139
Republicans and 64 Democrats.
The minority which supported the
bill included 122 Democrats, 34
Republicans and one independent.
This was not the usual coalition
of Republicans and southern Dem
ocrats which has become familiar
in recent years. The Democrats
who opposed the bill are, in the
main, representatives of northern
and big-city districts. Most south
erners went along with the ad
ministration. e
The leaders were baffied by the
factors which caused the upset.
The volume of “no” votes swelled
swiftly as theroli call went along.
Some of those who voted against
the bill confessed later they hadn’t
anticipated the actual outcome,
Leading Democrats trying to
analyze the vote specuiated that
a great many members simply op
pose any tax increase at this time,
and that others believe the boosts
called for by the compromise bill
were inequitable and poorly bal
anced. § o
‘Sv{;;berday's action by the House
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Interest Centered In
M’Arthur Speech Today
MIAMI, Oct. 17.—(AP) —General Douglas MacArthur
grabbed the full spotlight of the American Legion nat
ional convention today with an address (1 p. m., EST) ex
pected to focus new interest on next year’'s presidential
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HAT IN THE RING — Ohio’s
Senator Robert A. Taft tells re
porters at a Washington news
conference that he is set to
make a third try for the Repub
lican Presidential nomination,
He failed in two previous at
tempts in 1940 and 1948. The
veteran senator is making his
bid in the face of a Republicans
for-Eisenhower boom. -— (NEA
Telephoto.)
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she is 26 years of age. She has been described as “one
of the truly distinguished artists of the singing world.”
Year’s Hit
This past season Miss Munsel was the hit of the year
after her scintilating performance of Adele in the revi
val of “Fledermaus.” This had been preceded by her
charming rendition of Zerlina in Mozart’s “Don Gio
vanni.” !
Besides Miss Munsel's appearances in opera, concert,
on television and radio, she has created a sensation with
her operetta portrayals. In performances of “Rose
Marie” with the Civic Light Opera of Los Angeles and
San Francisco and with the Pittsburgh Light Opera she
was hailed as “the successor to Fritzi Scheff.”
Miss Munsel is deluged with offers nowadays to star
in a Broadway musical or in the movies, but so far she
Vote Lighter
Than Usual In
City Primary
Athenians were going te the
polls today to nominate a Mayor,
five members of City Council and
two members of the Civil Service
Commission in the City Democra~
tic Primary, The polls opened at
7 a. m. and will close at 6 p. m.
Mayor Jack R. Wells is unop
posed for a two year term, ag are
Second Ward Councilman Owen
M. Roberts, jr., and Third Ward
Councilman Walter N. Danner.
Second Ward representative on the
Civil Service Commission, T. M.
Philpot, is unopposed for a four
year term,
There is opposition for seats in
City Council in the First Ward
where Luther T, Bond, incumbent,
is seeking re-nomination and is
opposed by Herschel R. Bullock.
In the Fourth Ward Kenneth
Guest, incumbent seeking re-nom
ination to Council, is opposed by
Curtis L. Lovern,
Roger N. Hazen, incumbent
Councilman from the Fifth Ward
seeking re-nomination iz being op~
posed by John P. Bondurant.
W. B. (Billy) Moss, member of
the Civil Service Commission rep
resenting the Fifth Ward, is op~
posed by Comer Owens.
"~ The vote in races for City Coun
cil is confined to the respective
wards in which a candidate re-
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Western Union
Honors Workers
Western Union's Athens employ
es Tuesday received emblems from
the company to those having ser
vice records of from 10 years to
40 years. These emblems are being
presented to the following em
ployes: A. O. Bishop, E. L. Mor
gan, T. H. Jackson, Mrs. Irene E.
Jackson, George W. Hill and J. E.
Schroder. %
The total years of combined
services and telegraph experience
of these employes represent a
total of 162 years. The emblems
are symbols of the company's
appreciation of the long service
these employees have rendered.
The General has advised Legion
officials he plans to talk for 45
minutes. And there was little
doukt his speech will be another
sharp attack on the Truman ad
ministration’s domestc and for-
eign policies.
Interest in the address was
sharpened with the announcement
yesterday by Senator Robert A.
Taft of Ohio that he (Taft) will
be candidate for the 1952 GOP
Presidential nomination.
Taft—MacArthur
Taft and MacArthur are known
to have been in frequent com
munication with each other since
Mr. Truman fired the five-star
General from his Far East com
mands in a dispute over the con
duct of the Korean War.
Taft said in Washington he be
lieved MacArthur was among his
supporters and there was speculta
tion the General might make some
direct statement on this subject
in his talk.
The Milwaukee Journal said last
week MacArthur has passed the
word to his supporters in Wiscon~-
I’sin he favors Taft for President.
i The General’s only comment
| yesterday on the announcement
| was. “what I have to say, I will
‘say in my speech.”
l Yesterday and last night, Mac-
Arthur shared the convention spot
light with the Legion’s mammoth
and colorful parade which drew at
least 300,000 people into the city’s
stréets. - 4 i
The General was on the review
ing stand throughout the six-hour
long parade and when the "ast
unit marched by near midnight
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By. Anti-British Riots
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 17. — (AP) — Both Britain and
Egypt rushed reinforcements to the riot-torn Suez Canal
area today as the British commander pledged his troops
would stand fast against Egyptian efforts to drive them
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Violence has flared up in the
Middle East as anti-British
mobs in Ismalia turn to rioting.
Eight have been reported killed
in the Egyptian town midway
between Port Said and Suez on
the Suez Canal. Two of the dead
are said to be British Nationals.
In the historic port of Alexan
dria Egyptian police were com
pelled to fire on rioters whe
were burning cars and hurling
missiles.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Kennedy Trial
InLast Sfages
| AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 17—(AP)
|—A Superior Court jury today
waited for the end of the closing
arguments and the Judge's charge
to begin deliberating the guilt or
innocence of Mrs. Margie Ken-
I’nedy.
Testimony was completed yes
terday at the trial of Mrs. Ken
nedy on a charge of shooting to
death her husvand, former polit
ical leader John B. Kennedy.
Defense Aftorneys sought to
show that the frail woman on trial
had been brutally treated by her
200-pound husband and fired five
shots into him on June 30 be
cause her life was in jeopardy.
Witnesses told of seeing bruises
on Mrs. Kennedy's face, neck and
legs, they told the court that Ken
nedy had her committed to a hos
pltl{ against her will, that he
hade her support her child by a
former marriage and that he was
a heavy drinker.
Rebuttal testimony was heard
by state witnesses that the de
fendant drank to excess.
Mrs. Kennedy earlier read an
unsworn ‘statement, ' x;‘remitted b
Georgia law, saying she was sofr; f
she shot her husband, that she did
not intend to kill him. =
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| has rejected such invitations to continue her work
eoncert and opera.
So proud is Spokane, Washington, (Miss Munsel’s
' home town) of ‘“Princess Pat” that she was chosen to
. sponsor and launch the 6,000-ton cruiser, U, S. S. Spo
; kane, named in honor of the western city. A large num
: ber of residents of Washington’s “Inland Empire’’ made
the 8,000-mile trip east to see the launching, staying
. long enough to hear their former neighbor sing at New
1 York’s fiamorous old opera house.
e Miss Munsel’s program follows:
| I. “Retorna I'eta dell’ oro,” from “Il trionfi di Dlelia,”
! by Gluck; aria: “Batti, batti O bel Masetto” from “Don
Giovanni,” Mozart; and “Canciones Clasicas Espanolas”
~ —“AI Amor,” and “Coplas de Curro Dulce,” Obradors.
: 11. “Chanson triste,” Duparc; “Fetes Galantes,” ‘‘Les
PATRICE MUNSEL
«+. To Sing Here Tomorrow Night
BY FRED ZUSY
In London the Foreign Office
announced fresh troops are being
sent to bolster the British garrison
along the canal, where at least
seven persons were killed and
scores injured yesterday when
British forces fired on rioting and
looting Egyptians. 3
The British commander of the
garrison, Lt. Gen. George Erskine,
told his men in a broadcast last
night “We are not going to be
turned out, forced out or knocked
out” of the canal area.
“We are not looking for trou
ble,” he said, “but we shall deal
with it quite firmly if we meet it.”
Egypt’s Premier Mustapha El
Nahas Pasha In a press statement
urged his people to remain calm.
The rioting, he said, “could stand
in the way of our national aspira
tions.”
A report from the canal city of
Ismailia said 200 Egyptian police
were being dispatched by special
train from Cairo to reinforce the
1,500 Egyptian police already there
and that 800 others were being sent
to Port Said. Yesterday’s violence
centered in these two cities.
An interior ministry commu
nique issued here said seven per
sons were killed in the clashes at
the two canal points, In Ismailia
Egyptian officials last night had
reported 11 of their countrymen
dead—seven there and four at
Port Said. Other reports from
Port Said put the death toll there
at five.
A British Army communique to
day described the situation in the
canal area as “under-control and
all quiet.”” It said that ‘‘certain
families in the Suez area have
been evcuated to a safe place’ but
gave no details.
The Egyptian communique also
said that “order reigns every
where.” Government officials at
Ismailia described the situation
there as “very bad.” British forces,
they said, now controlled all en
trances to the canal city, despite a
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and mild tonight,
Thursday and Friday. Low fto
night 59; high tomorrow 78. Sun
sets today 5:57 and rises to
morrow 6:40.
GEORGIA—MostIy fair with
lttle change in temperature this
afternoon, tonight and Thurs
day.
TEMPERATURE
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SVORTEE o aiuh L L el
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since October 1 .. .. .00
Deficit since October 1 ... 1.70
Average October raint.all .. 296
Total since January 1. ..32.38
Deficit since January 1 ... 8.93
Allies Push Within
3 Miles Of Kumsong
Added Support
0f Communify
Chest Is Urged
With the $61,000 goal within
reach, C. M. Ridlehuber, campaign
manager of the Community Chest,
today appealed to Clarke Coun
tians who have not contributed to
this worth-while project to do so
at once.
“Already we have raised more
money in this drive than ever be
fore in history,” he said, “and it is
possible to reach the goal if every
possible effort is put forth during
the next few days.”
Nine organizationg that contri
bute much to the betterment of
the entire county receive the funds
raised, Ridlehuber continued.
These are Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
YMCA, YWCA, Salvation Army,
American Heart Association,
American Cancer Society, Tuber
culosis Association and United De
fense Fund.
“The 1 of these organiza
tions in fi‘ flfl mmm: excellent
proof of their value,” he stated.
Yet, he said, they cannot operate
without funds raised through the
Community Chest drive or by in-‘
dividual campaigns at various
times during the year.
“This Community Chest cam
paign seeks to make it unnecessary
for any other drives to be con
ducted by these organizations in
the county,” Ridlehuber brought
out. * |
Scores of leading citizens in the
county have been assisting with
the fund raising campaign, the
leader said, and he commended the
workers for the fine way in which
they have cooperated. He urged,
however, that each worker cover
his area completely in order that
all citizens may have an oppor
tunity to participate in this pro
gram.
Gov't. Pay Hike
Compromise Bill
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(AP).
Senate-House conferces sought
agreement today on terms of a
compromise bill to raise the pay
of most government workers
somewhere around $400,000,000 a
year. : ;
Benefiting would be hundreds of
thousands of government employes
in Washington and other areas,
Not covered are postal workers
and “blue collar” workers paid on
an hourly basis. 3
The same conferees yesterday
reached agreement on a bill to
hand the 450,000 postal workers a
$250,000,000 to $255,000.000 a yeat
pay hike. The measure now awaits
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ASSASSINATED!—Prime Min
ister Liaquat Ali Khan of Pak
istan (above) was assassinated
Tuesday by an advocate of a
“holy war” against India. The
guiding light of the new Pakis
tan nation was shot to death as
he arose to address a Moslem
crowd in the frontier town of
Rawalpindi.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Ponts de C,” and “Alr vis,” Francls Poulens, "4
111. Ariat “M{ Chiamano Mimi,” from “La Boheme,™
Giacomo Puceini,
IV. “Nocturne in C minor,” Chopin; “Caprice in 'Dlden
Style,” Templeton—played by Miss Munsel's accompan
ist, Stuart Ross, at the piano.
V., “T Wait for Thee,”” Rachmaninoff; “Go Way From
My Window,” Niles; “Norwegian Echo Song,” Thrn:
(as arranged for Jenny Lind); and “Lucy’s Ariette
from “The Telephone,” Menotti.
VI. Aria: “Roberto, o tu che adoro,” from “Roberte
il Diavolo,” Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Tickets, both season and individual, remain on sale at
the Music Department office in Fine Arts Building. Res
ervations may be made by phoning 4600 — 2486.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
U. N. TROOPS TAKE OVER 4 |
HILLS IN FIVE-DAY ADVANCE
By The Associated Press
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Oct.
17— (AP)—Allied troops today smashed to within three
miles of Kumsong and denied the use of that central Keo
rean base to the Reds.
American 24th Division infantrymen sprang a trap en
an estimated 800 Chinese on the highest peak guarding
the approaches to Kumsong.
“We're going in and clean them out,”” said Lt. Colonel
Albert L. Thornton of Birmingham, Ala.
U. 8. #roops and Colombian in
fantrymen began the assault. Ar
tillery covered them from newly
captured flanking hills.
More than 40 hills have been
captured in the five-day advance
on Kumsong. Three (g\ited Na
tions divisions have advanced
seven miles along a 22-mile front.
Allied artillery moved up to stra
tegic peaks where it could blast
Kumsong, the main Communist
bastion on the central front,
To the east, the Republic of Ko~
rea .(ROK) Eighth Divisien drove
against 2,000 to, 3,000-foot ridges
in an effort to ep pace with the
central push. N
Rockets Used
A Marine Corsair Taunched
“Tiny Tim” rockets against Red
bunkers gouged out of rock in the
high peaks north of the punch
bowl in East Korea.
The 200 pound projectiles have
the bursting power of a battle
ship’s 16 inch shells. Five of the
nine foot long Tiny Tims were
fired. Results were not disclosed.
The U. S. First Cavalry division
attacked with flame throwers, gre
nades and bayonets northwest of
Yonchon on the western front.
Fiercely defendinfl Chinese on
high ground held the attack prac
tically to a standstill.
The daily artillery duel in the
Yonczhon sector continued, with U.
N. guns firing ten rounds to every
one by the Chinese, Allied big
guns fired 19,000 rounds Wednes
day.
U. 8. Sabre jets paraded in MIG
alley for 25 minutes Wednesday
morning in full view of Red jet
bases at Ant‘fl. Manchuria. But
Red jets did challenge the Sa
bre pilots, who on Tuesday shot
down nine Russian-type MIG 15s
and damaged five.
The Wednesday morning fl.fifi
of Sabres was flying cover
more than 150 U. N. mr;
bombers attacking North ]
railways. Seventeen Communist
trains were attacked by nght
raiders in intensified round-the
clock smashes on rail lines.
1,370 Sorties
The Allies flew 1,370 sorties
Tuesday from land and sea bases.
B-29 Superforts from Okinawa
rained 560 quarter-ton air-burst
ing bombs on Red front line
troops. -
Far East Air Forces announced
335 U. N. planes have been shot
down by ground fire or in combat
during the Korean war. Allied
pilots reported shooting down 241
Red planes, probably destroying
89 and damaging 264—a total of
594, The figures do not include
losses of carrier-based planes or
damage inflicted by them.
New Allied ground gains on the
central front “will deny to the
enemy use of Kumsong and their
supply base,” said Thornton, 24th
Division operations officer.
Big Allied guns were in posi
tion to concentrate their fire on
the city, 20 miles north of the 38th
parallel. It was a central base
from which Reds shifted troops to
the eastern or western fronts to
slow those phases of the U. N. fall
offensive.
American infantrymen eclosed
the trap on Kumsong's fortress
mountain after U. N. officers re
ported the three Allied divisions
on the central front had hit the
Reds’ main line of resistance. |
Doughboys seized two hills to
the east of Fortress Mountain
Tuesday and two to the west.!
Then, Wednesday morning, they
swung around the peak from both
sides in an encircling movement.
“It's easier to go around them
than to make a frontal assault,”
Thornton said.
One narrow passage linking
Fortress Mountain and Kumsong
was left in Chinese hands. But,
Thornton said:
“The trap is shut. We can stop
any, Chinese from going ‘thygugh,
that passage with our machinegun
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EDITION
1,30 Convicts ‘
Stage Revolf In
W. Va. Prison
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Oct.
17.—~(AP)—Cold and hungry con
victs carried on their revolt at the
West Virginia State Prison today
::ter tlu:mg rep:x:ag. by gunlive
rom taking ovi prison pow
er plant and commim;
About 1,300 pri sat out
the chilly night in the big emercise
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Det.
17 — (AP) ~ An 18-hour revelt
of 1,300 prisioners at the West
Virginia State Penitentiary emd
ed without casuauties at 9:45 a.
m, (EST) today.
yard, trying to keep warm im the
two-acre enclosure. The more ac
tive ones hurled abusive shouts at
the guards covering them seia
every gun turret on the high
prison wall.
All but about 400 of the some
1,700 imprisoned here took part in
the mutiny. g ‘ :
When the prisoners first begsn
the revolt yesterday, Wardem Orel
J. Skeen told them over the prison
public adadress system that they
would be given the choice of re
turning to their cells or spending
the night in the yard. -
“They chose to stay in the yord
and that's where they'll stay,” he
declared,
There were no casualties during
the assaults on the power plant
and commissary as guards aimed
over the prisoners’ heads.
The prison’s guard force of #0
men was withdrawn from the
prison and placed around the
walls. State police backed them
up outside the walls,
The revolt started as the men
were to file into the big mess hall.
They wouldn’t go. They said they
were enforcing their demands
that the prison officlals cleam wup
a cook they said was dirty and
that they be given more clothing.
The mutineers for the first few
hours were noisy but started no
real violence: As the night chill
and hunger painsg overtook them
—their last meal was at noontime
-—they tried their attacks.
Both assaults on the power
plant and commissary were bro
ken up by heaving firing from the
guards. Some tear gas alse was
used.
After the firing stopped, prisen
officials inquired over the public
address systemr if anyone was
hurt. If they were, bring the in
jured ones forward, and’ they
would be cared for.
A brief silence followed, then a
single voice: “Nobody hurt.”
After that it settled down te an
endurance test, with neither side
asking for a compromise.
Eidson Servi
Mrs. Rose Lee Eidson, one of
Clarke County’s most greatly ad
mired citizens, died in a local hog
pital Wednesday morning at ene
o’clock. Mrs. Eidson was 62 years
old and has been ill since last May
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Services will be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from Tuckston Methodist Church
with Rev. A. Eugene Barton, pas
tor ‘of Stewart nfivenqg Methaodist
Church in Atlanta, and Rev. H. C,
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