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Three Killed In Truck
(rash At Danielsville
[ owell Thomas Bpllins, 24, of Mayodan, N, C., aud two
.oldiers whose identities were not made public pending
gy nearest of kin, were inntantlg killed this morning
gbout 8:48 o’ctock when a Great Southern trailer-cab
. hsport driven by Mr. Bullins, crashed into the west side
U fadison county courthouse in Danielsville,
L e S e
Wl S e -
he impact completely telescop~
od the cab in which the men were
riding and it was necessary to call
a wrecker to disengage the trailer
from the cab and then crow-bars
were used to pry off the cab top
to reach the imprisoned bodies.
Giate Patrol Headquarters here
eaid the accident was “apparently
the result of the driver going to
sleep at the wheel.”
The wrecked transglort was
traveling east and the heavy rig
jumped the three-foot high wall
currounding the courthouse,
knocking off the top of it. Con=~
tinuing across the lawn the truck
gplintered a tree and then crashed
into the courthouse building, mis~
one the Crawford W. Long Monu
ment by only a few feet.
The transport crashed into the
side of the building with such
force that it ripped a hole through
the brick wall of the office of
Madison County School Superint
endent J. K. Brookshire about
twelve feet high and seven or
eioht feet wide. Had anyone been
in the office at the time they would
undoubtedly been killed Daniels
ville residents said this morning.
Heard Crash
Vadison County Sheriff D. G.
Geaoraves told the Banner-Herald
this morning that he was at his
residence some 400 yards distant
and heard the noise made by the
I':‘}“h.
It was said that just a few
minutes before the wreck, another
lorge (trailer-transport, traveling
(oward Athens, passed the ill
fated truck and as is the custom
with drivers on the transports,
hlinked his lights. The driver of
the second truck said he noticed
his signal was not returned and
after he had gone a short distance
turther, heard the noise. He turned
his trensport around and drove to
the scene of the accident.
Bridges Funaral Home received
a call for an ambulance from
Danielsville at 3:55 a. m. and Hugh
Peeler and Sam Hightower made
the trip as the ambulance crew.
Mr. Peeler sald the weather at
that hour was rather foggy.
Mr. Peler said that at first it
was thought that any occupant of
the truck had escaped but it was
shortly gund thatb there vc»igre
three es in ; wrecker
was Cmdmafm
from the cab. It took some tirhe
1o extricate the three bodies from
the cab, crow-bars being used to
prize off the top.
No Identification
Mr. Peeler said identifying the
bodies of driver Bullins and one
of the soldiers presented no pro
blem but that there were nc id
entifying papers or articles on
the body of the other soldier.
D. Weaver Bridges of the fun
eral home at once notified the of
fice of the Provost Marshal at
Camp Gordon, Augusta and was
told that the name of the identi
fied soldier must not be made
public until the nearest of kin
had been notified. The army post
also said it would shortly give
instructions about disposition of
the bodies of the two soldiers, who
were thought to be from Fort
Jackson, S. C.
It is not unusual for vehicles to
hit the wall around the courthouse
when approaching from the east
since the highway is on a down
erade from that direction. However
the approach from the west is
upgrade and crashes from that
side are seldom.
It is not believed that the truck
was traveling at hi(fh speed but
;I was heavily loaded and that
fact accounts for the terrific im
pact with whieh it hit the build-
Pharmacy Meet
Georgia pharmacists will meet
in Atheng glovember 7-8 for the
University of Georgia’s third an
nval Pharmacy Seminar.
The program, featuring discus
£lons on everything from pharma
tical ethics to drug store busi
problems, will be highlighted
an adadress by L. D. Harrop,
-president of the Upjobn Com-~
, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Harrop is scheduled to speak
day, Novernber 8, at 11:30 a.
on “Fair Trade.” He is recog
d as an authority on drug
ems,
cakers for the luncheon and
cr sessions of the seminar will
be W. H. “Tubby” Walton, At
lalta baseball enthusiast, who will
freak on “1f T Were A Pharnmra
( and Wallace Butts, head
: all coach at the University.
“he panel discussion for the
stminar will center around the
brofessional relationship between
Pharmacists and physicians. Par-
Ucipating in this session will be
V' RC. Wilson, dean emeritus
vl the School of Pharmacy; Dr.
Richard Winston, Tifton physi-
Dr. John F. Stegeman, Ath
-2 hysician; George E. Mudger,
‘onchester pharmacist; and
~ewis West, Sandersville pharma-
A second panel expected to be
“" wide-spread interest will dis
cuss whether or mot drus stores
face bankruptey through duplica
110h of manufacturers’ products.
_ Members of this o‘lwirc T. A.
Davis, manager, lfc.fimon Rob
bins, Mlgon; B.nj.mhfi Sm“g& EHu
“\”Q‘,lfl Com ! NOrwo i 3
Meyer, pm”gvh.nd Com
paiy; Johm B. Woodcock, Gaines
{.fi“e pharmmcist; and Charles M.
7aldrop, Savannah pharmacist.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
- rress Service
Scientists Busy
Evaluafing
Atomic Explosion
LAS VEGAS, Nev, Oct. 31.—
(AP)—Scientists were busy today
evaluating a brilliant atomic ex
plosion which shot a towering, ice
topped cloud 30,000 feet over the
Nevada desert.
Yesterday’s spectacular blast,
third in a series being conducted
at the Atomic Energy Commis=-
sion’s Yucca Flat test site north
of here, was unlike anything ever
seen before. It had a dual action.
The fourth explosion, scheduled
for tomorrow, is expected to
launch Operation Desert Rock,
which combines Army maneuvers
with a nuclear detonation.
Very Different
“It cannot yet be accurately de
termined nhow much different this
blast was scientifically,” a source
close to AEC operations said, “But
there’s no doubt it was different
from previcus major atomic blasts
to the spectator.”
To observers on Mt. Charleston,
50 miles away, the bomb appeared
to have a fireball reaction, even
though the total illumination last
ed only four seconds. Two sound
waves were heard a second apart
and the fiery red heart of the ex
plosion rose and burst again.
This phenomenon, which points
to design improvements in the
basic A-bomb which leveled Hiro
shima and Nagasaki, has no ex
act counterpart in the AEC’s own
manual of atomic explosions.
Veteran atomic observers said
the cloud, which soared at least
30,000 feet, provided a spectacle
rivaled only by the 1946 Bikini
underwater tests, in which a great
base column of water rose hun=-
dreds of feet and merged with the
nuclear cloud. There was some
surprise indicated over yesterday’s
icecap formation.
e sodanypressive Sight o e
The sight was undoubtedly an
impressive one for the nearly 2,000
military observers.
Lt. General Joseph M. Swing,
Sixth Army commandant, arrived
from San Francisco to be on hand
for the Desert Rock maneuvers 1n
rwhich 1,000 Gl's will take posi
tions about seven miles from the
'spoi where nuclear weapons will
be tested for the first time in sup
port of troops. ;
" Artillery type shells, guided
- missiles with atomic warheads,
and even atomic land mines have
entered into the speculation of
weapons to be employed.
Mine Explosi
KAYFORD, W. Va, Oct. 31 —
(AP) — An explosion trapped
twelve men three-quarters of a
mile inside the big Truax-Traer
Coal Company’s United No. 1 mine
near here early today.
The State Mines Department
rushed all available inspectors and
rescue teams to the scene, 35
miles southeast of Charleston on
Cabin Creex.
A report from the mine said res
cuers were inside. There was no
word from them immediately
H. B. Glasscock, a bookkeeper
at Truax-Traer headquarters here,
said sixteen men were in the mine
at the time of the explosion but
“four walked out.”
He reported the other twelve
“ynaccounted for.” The men who
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NY Port Tieup Probed
By Federal Officials
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NEW YORK, Oct. 31.— (AP) —Federal labor officialsi
are investigating the vast New York port strike to see |
whether rebel AFL Longshoremen have violated the Taft-1
Hartley Act. i
The National Labor Relations Board launched the probe |
late yesterday after receiving a complaint from the New |
York Shipping Association, an employers’ group. ’
= o VS S wrildeat fied and cannot be rgopened. ‘
FOTK KA L JIAE A e Lok
In the meantime the wildcat
walkdut entered its 17th day to
day with the insurgent stevedores
still in virtual control of the
world’s largest harbor and has hit
other east coast ports.
Several cracks appeared in the
strike front yesterday. However,
roving pickets apparently plugged
all the gaps by nightfall, leaving
only military docks working
normally.
The employers’ group charged
in the NLRB complaint that the
strikers were guilty of breach of
contract. The charge Wwas filed
against five New York locals of
the AFL International Longshore=
men's Association (ILA).
Some 20,000 striking stevedores
in these locals are demanding
changes in a new contract negoti
ated between shipping and steve
doring firms and ILA just before
the walkout started.
ILA President Joseph P. Ryan
has sided with the employers in
saying the contract was duly rati-
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CGCHORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
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cider, a little ingenuity and those spare radar
parts gathering dust in the attic, you, too, can
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DEVICES TO FOIL PRANKSTERS — (1) Keep
ghosts away by draping small trees with sheets,
Wandering spooks will assume house is already
being haunted and pass on. (2) Wooden dog will
keep witches’ cats away. (Live dogs as scared as
you when it comes to witches' cats.) (3) Tune
your TV set to a mystery chiller and place it in
the window to frighten away window tappers.
(4) Small boys intent on soaping windows can be
distracted by doughnuts suspended from the
Prowling, Howling Junior Grade
Elves, Goblins To Roam Tonight
|
Russelr Hobbs,
Athenians’ Kin
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Taken By Death
Athens relatives were notified
today of the death of Russell T.
Hobbs, of Ellicott City, Md., last
midnight at the University Hos
pital in Baltimore where he had
been critically ill for several days.
Mr. Hobbs was the husband of
the former Miss Mary Fred
Broughton, who resided in Athens
prior to her marriage.
A native of Clarkesville, Md,,
| Baltimore suburb, Mr. Hobbs was
;the son of Mrs. A. W. Hobbs and
}the late Mr. Hobbs. In addition to
Ihis widow and mother, he is sur
vived by three brothers and two
sisters. Athens relatives include
his brother-in-law, and sister-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Braswell,
and his niece, Mrs. Braswell
Cushman.
At the time of his death, the
deceased had for a number of
years been manager of the Balti~
more headquarters of the Empire
Construction Company. A con
struction accountant by profession,
he had been associated with a
number of large developments, in
cluding the mammoth Fontana
Dam in North Carolina.
A man eof pleasing personality
and endowed with sterling attri
butes that earned the admiration
of all who knew him, Mr. Hobbs
was also known for a gentle,
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F De sl el SEEL L 0 LN,
‘fied and cannot be reopened. l
. The new pact granted a 10-cent- |
an-hour wage boost. The strikers |
want 25 cents and other changes.l
Pre-contract pay was $2.00 an
hour. !
NLRB Regional Director Char
les T. Douds assigned two aids 1o |
' the inquiry into the break-of- |
contract charge, which is a viola
tion under the Taft-Hartley act.
1f the charge is upheld, the gov
ernment could go to court for a!
cease and desist order to force the |
strikers back to work. Should the |
wildcatters stay out, the flrmsi
could seek damages against the
locals in a federal court suit.
’ Non-strikers managed to work
some 24 ships yesterday morning,
but by the afternoon commercial
piers were just as paralyzed as
they had been the (&aat “several
days. Some 2,000 ? ets cruised
the Manhattan &nd’ Brook.lyn.]
docks in automobiles and managed |
to disperse the back-to-workx
movements, 4
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1951,
witches, banish banshees, and seare away the
most intrepid spooks of all — tousle-headed
youngsters armed with chalk, window tappers
and a desire to make this Hallowe'en the most
shuddery of all,
eaves. (5) Ragamuffins addicted to ringing door
bells and running away can be sidetracked by
eider placed near the front door. (6) Rooftop
radar tracks down broom squadrons and (7)
focuses searchlight on them. (Bright light
gives witches the twiches.) (8) By okaying tres
passing, you may discourage pranksters who feel
that the fun of Hallowe'en is in outrunning
shotgun barrages of rock salt. 2
By ROBERT FARRINGTON
- NEW. YORK, Oct. 31—‘-(3.?)@-1
This is the night that elves and
goblins (junior grade, that is) are
abroad in the land.
A handful of candy, paid in tri
bute to the masked small fry of
the neighborhood, will save you
from the fearful depradations of
“trick of treat” night.
Failure to come across may re
sult in soap smears on your screen
door, front step or car windows.
The Halloween goblins of 1951
hang few fence gates on church
steeples as their fathers did in an
earlier, simpler era.
Parties, Parades
To cut down on the Halloween
urge to smear, break, overturn and
confuse things in general, many
communities stage ragamuffin pa
rades, parties and dances.
On the theory that if you know
where they are, you know where
they ain’t, teenagers are lured to
these affairs and even encouraged
to soap store windows (with mer
chants’ permission). They are
given prizes for the best hobgoblin
design.
Some of these self-protection
gatherings assume major size. A
parade in Yonkers, N. Y. will
feature 15,000 costumed kids, 16
band floats and a king and queen
selection.
Halloween began in the dim past
before Christianity, and was
marked by the lighting of bonfires
and the established beliefs that
this was the night that ghosts and
witches rose from the netherworld
to harass mankind.
All Saints Eve
In the Christian world it is the
eve of All Saints Day, an autumn
festival of the first rank, and in
ancient times regarded as a night
of magic happenings.
Just where the “trick or treat”
chant of small children originated
is uncertain, but the terrorized
home owners of America certainly
give out more treats than they
suffer tricks from the ghosts too
young to go to the organized fes
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and slightly
warmer this afternoon, follow
ed by cooler with occasional
light showers tonight and
Thursday. Low tonight 48; high
Thursday 60, Sun sets today
5:41 &ond rises tomorrow 6:53.
GEORGIA — Partty cloudy
and warm today except scat
tered showers followed by cool
er in extreme northwest portion
this afternoon; partly cloudy,
occasional showers in north and
central portion tonight and in
south and central portions
Thursday; cooler in north por
tion tonight and north and cen
tral portions Thursday.
TEMPERATURE
h &ty et D
B e o,
MEBE iis »oes srss wees yesiOP
NOFIBRL . ... o - iok iy DO
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .54
Total since October 1 .. ... 1,64
Deticit since Ootober 1 ...y 132
Average October raipfall .. 2.96
Total since January 1 .. ..34.02
Deficit since January 1 ... 8.68
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" men do-—-only women get blamed
for it. © 1951 by NEA Service, fne.
Brifish Seize
Port Said $
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 31—(AP)—
A British Army spokesman said
today British troops have seized
the road and rail bridge outside
Port Said, at the Mediterranean
end of the Suez Canal, and are
operating it “without interference
or trouble.”
The bridge was seized yesterday
by a Cheshire regiment patrol
after Egyptian authorities “refused
to keep it open more than 50 min
utes every day,” the spokesman
said.
The British also seized an Egyp
tian government girls’ school at
Ismaila for use as a school for
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Democrats Gather For
Election Of Chairman
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—(AP)
‘The Democratic party organiza
tion, with Truman administration
forces firmly in control, gathered |
here today to elect a new chair-|
man and get some “new ideas” in |
campaigning. t
As talk of another Truman-
Barkley ticket continued, despitel
rumblings of Southern revolt, the
party’s National Committee gath
! ered to ratify President Truman’s
choice of Frank E. McKinney, an
Indianapolis banker, as chairman
to succeed the resigning William
|M. Boyle, jr. The job pays $35,000
a year.
‘ There was no evidence of vppo= |
sion to McKinney. And should
any develop, his supporters preé
dicted it would not get anywhere.
They said, too, that the 47 year
i old businessman and sportsman
| would have some “new ideas” to
i impart for the 1952 campaign it
' his past successes in business are
i any criterion.
: Praises
| Resolutions praising the Truman
administration were anticipated
from the meeting.
! At least one committee member,
however, believes it is time the
party takes note of eriticis too. He
is M. P. Hogan, new member from
| Towa. He issued a statement say
| ing: l
“Although the people of lowa!
still retain their high regard fori
President Truman, they are seri- |
ously disturbed about recent dis
Reds Proffer 'Last
And Best Proposal’
No Significant
Action Reporfed
On Battle Front
By SAM SUMMERLIN
U. 8. BSTH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, Oct. 31 — (AP) —
Marauding patrols took over the
quiet, rain-swept Korean battle
fronts today.
Fighting aimost vanished as
hopes for an end to the shooting
were lifted by a new Communist
truce zone proposal. The Reds
called it their *“last and best pro
posal” for a cease-fire buffer zone.
The largest fight reported by
the U, 8. Eighth Army in a com-~
munique involved only a company
of Chinese, The Reds attacked at
4 a. m. southeast of Kumsong in
the center of the front behind a
heéavy mortar barrage.
They forced Allied outposts to
ratreat to their main lines, but
the Reds in turn were beaten back
in an hour-long fight.
Otherwise, the Eighth Army
said, there was “no significant ac
tion.”
Heavy Rains
Rains almost washed out the air
war. The Fifth Air Force report
ed only 818 sorties uF to nighttall.
Seventy-nine were in support of
ground troops. ;
During the night B-29 super
forts blasted Red bunkers with
500-pound fragmentation bombs.
The superforts hit Communist
positions at 20 points, aiming their
bombs by radar.
More than 100 light bombers
hunted down Red trucks by the
glow of flares during the night in
the Allies’ round-the-clock attack
on Red efforts to supply their front
lines. They spotted more than
2,000 trucks; reported 260 de
stroyed,
Strafing Attacks
In daylight, Marine fldghters
ducking through low clouds re
g;)rted they inflicted 45 casualties
in strafing attacks on Red bunkers
near Kumsong. Shooting Star sets
‘blew up a big fuel dump north of
Kumsong. Other Shooting Star
attacks blasted and burned 25
buildings, includinf a barracks
near the Red capital, Pyongyang.
Twenty F-84 Thunderjets
clashed briefly with about 55 Rus
sian-type MIG-15s just before
dusk Tuesday. One Thunderjet
and one MIG were damaged.
At sea the Canadian destroyer
Cayuga won a duel with Red shore
batteries on the west coast while
the American destroyer Dehaven
blew up ten Communist supply
dumps on the west coast.
CHIANG BIRTHDAY
TAIPEH, Formosa, Oct 31.—
(AP) — Nationalist China today
celebrated Chiang Kai-shek’s 65th
birthday—without Chiang.
The president was in hiding, as
is his custom on his birthdaly, to
spare government officials the
trouble of congratulating hinr.
Some governmept offices and
many business houses closed, de
spite the fact Chiang’s birthday is
not a national holiday.
Beflagged Taipeh looked as if it
were on a holiday.
Parks were jammed. Sidewalk
troupes of actors and magicians
put on their hest shows. Costumed
stilt-walkers helped block traffic.
Firecrackers burst everywhere.
A five-story picture of Chiang
appeared on one department store.
Newspaper issued special sup
plements on his life and accom
plishments.
closurés of questionable practices
in the administration of our na
tional government.”
He went on to say the Demo
crats should make an “examina
tion of conscience,” condemn ‘“‘any
semblance of dishonesty,” and take
“affirmative steps” to weed out
any “dishonest or corrupt indivi
duals” in government.
McKinney arrived late yester
day by plane and went immediate
ly to party headquarters for a pri
vate conference with Boyle. He
would not discuss with reporters
any personnel changes in the com
mittee staff. He said he wanted
to be elected first. He added a
belief that the party’s chances in
1952 were excellent.
McKinney L 8
Except for his presidency of the
Fidelity Trust Co., of Indianapolis,
and his radio interests, McKinney
is giving up his other business
connections to avoid any possible
charge that he might influence any
relations these concerns might
have with the government.
Frank McHale, Indiana com
mitteeman who sponsored McKin
ney, told newsmen he had not run
into any opposition to his ecandi
date. In the same interview he
said he believed Mr. Truman “is
our best bet” for 1952. Asked
whether he believed Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower would run on the
GOP ticket, he replied he thinks
Senator ‘Robert A. Taft of Ohio
will be the Republican nominee.
Kead Dafly by 15,000 Peopls In Athens Trade Aes
BY NATE POLOWETZKY
MUNSAN, Kored, Oet. 81,
— (AP) — Red truce nego
tlators offered today to cre
ate a buffer zone along their
versicn of the present battle
line in Korea.
They called it their “last
and best proposal.”
The surprise Red offer ap
proached demands of the
United Nations command. It
brought the two sides closer
together than they ever have
been on the question.
Hopes soared in this truce camp.
But a U. N. Command spokesman
saild there were two important dif
ferences between the new Red of
fer and the Allied proposal:
Differences
1. The Reds want to keep Kae
song, former truce talks site. The
Allies want to take it over,
2. The Communist version of the
battle line is two or three miles
south of where the Allies place it.
These differences were pointed
out by Col. Andrew J. Kinney,
chief U. N, liaison officer,
Kinney sald there were certain
other things the U. N. negotiators
could not accept immediately.
But, he added, the Communist
offer brought the buffer zone
question nearer to a solution than
at any time since truce talks first
started July 10.
Red negotiators submitted their
plan unexpectedly near the close
of Wednesday's meeting of truce
subcommittees in a rain-soaked
tent at Panmunjom. The plan was
outlined on a map.
Three times, Kinney said, the
Red delegates said this was “their
last and best proposal.”
“This makes us very suspicious,”
Kinney said.
Nevertheless, Kinney said, the
new Red proposal “is the biggest
step I've seen” for solving the buf
fer zone question.
The Communist proposal was
based on their version of the cur
rent battle line. Negotiators ecall
it “the line of contact.” The buf
fer zone would be 2% miles wide.
The U. N. command has insisted
all along that *he cease-fire line
be based on the battle front. The
current Allied proposal is for a
buffer zone 2% miles wide.
Originally, the Reds demanded
a buffer zone on the 38th parallel.
That ig the old political boundary
between North and South Korea.
Most of the battle line is north of
that. Last week the Reds modi
fied their plan to a demarecation
line running five to 15 miles south
of the battle line.
New Red Proposal
A U. N. command communique
said the Communists’ new propo
sal was “based on a slightly al
tered Communist version of the
line of ground battle contact.”
There was no immediate indica
tion of the military importance of
these alterations, or the difference
in the two proposals where they
follow the battle line.
The U. N. command position has
been that it needed a buffer zone
along the battle line to provide a
cushion to protect ground troops
against a possible surprise attack.
The new Red proposal was con
sidered an important departure
from all previous Communist po
sitions on where to stop the hgf\t
ing in Korea.
TITO PLEDGE
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Oct.
31. — (AP) — Premier Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia declared today
he is willing to cooperate with—
but not to join—the Atlantic Pact,
and said the West could count on
him as a friend in the event of
World War IIIL
Tito, wearing his marshal’s uni
form, met with 125 foreign and
local newspaper men in a -four
hour news conference, his largest
and longest since becoming chief
of state, and answered & barrage
of questions.
These were some of his answers:
He hopes for better relations
soon with Italy and Greece.
He supports' the rearmament of
Western Germany.
He warned repeatedly that there
is danger of war, but said . the
people should “not despair” of
preventing it.
Marion Davies
Married Today
| LAS VEGAS, Nev,, Oct. 81 —
| (AP) — Former Actress Marion
Davies was married in a surprise
ceremony early today to Horace
G. Brown, skipper of a military
transport ship.
The blonde, blue-eyed ex-star
gave her age as 45 and sald it was
her first marriage. (The World
Almanac lists Miss Davies’ birth
as 1897.) Brown, 46, was divorced
from Mrs. Grace M. Brown, for
mer wife of singer Lawrence Tib
bet, in 1947,
‘ The ceremony was performed at
' the El Rancho Vegas Hotel by Jus
ltice of the Peace James Down.
HOME
EDITION
Washingfon Set
For Visit Of
Brifish Royalfy
By ED CREAGH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 — AP
—Official Washington put em its
best bib and tucker today Bour.‘t
Princess Elizabth and the e of
Edinburgh.
And in spite of possible showers,
thousands of men and women in
the street planned to join in the
capital’s televised welcome for
British Royal coucfle on their first
visit to the United States.
President and Mrs. Truman and
their daughter Margaret headed
the list of government officials,
foreign diplomats and other dig;
itaries meeting Elizabeth and
blond, handsome husband o;r
arrival by glane from Mon at
4 p. m. (EST).
Television and radio networks
set up ccoast-to-coast coverage of
the event.
21-Gun Salute =
A 21-gun salute was to tough
off a rapid-fire succession of re
ceptions, dinners and other QE;
monies fqr the Royal visitors.
first: A reception by some 800
news correspondents as soon &s
the ~ouple had a chance to freshen
up and sample American-style tes.
Elizabeth and thg are m
of President at Blair House
their 45-hour yisit.
Tonifht at 8 p. m. (EST) fig:l
a Presidential dinner—very -
mal, limited to about 20 guests
because of cramped dining space
in the Truman family's temporary
residence. The gold table service,
and the blue-bordered ehina
bought by Franklin D. Rooseveit,
will be used.
Afterwards there’s a reception
for some 100 Ersom—lw
Court Justices, Cabinet members,
other high officials and their
wives.
Then Elizabeth and her consort
will be free to retire to their ad
jacent t;wo-rooml{-hand-;‘lt)‘ath uite:
(one pale green, the o er peach
and rest gr a second round of
official entertaining tomorrow.
j Yesterday Montreal put on the
greatest show in its history for
}the Royal coupe. An estimated 1,
500,000 persons caught a glimpse
‘of the smilin'F pair on a 40-mile
procession. he crowd was so
dense the cavalcade was foreed to
a comglete halt several times to
have the way cleared.
This is the first visit of British
Royalty to Washinton since the
Princess’ parents, King Geortand
Queen Elizabeth, came here in the
tense summer of 1939,
Capital Impressed
And you don't have to be pro-
British to see that the capital is
curious and somewhat !mm
Society pages have been -
less for days with details of L.»
big, formal doings such as tomor
row’s reception for 2,000 at the
British Embassy. All members of
Congress, as well as representa
tives of business, labor, and other
groups, have been invited.
Since Elizabeth isn't a reigning
soverign, but only next in line, the
official welcome isn’t quite on the
Royal scale—no flafis in the streets,
no presentation of keys to the eity.
Otherwise, she and her husband
will get the fullest V. I. P. (very
important person) treatment, in
cluding early dismissal of most
government employes so they's be
on the streets when the Royal
motorcade glides past on the way
to Blair House today.
Highlights of the Royal visit,
besides those alreacfi;' mentioned,
will include wreath-layings at
Mount Vernon and the tomb of
the Unknown Soldier tomorrow; &
dinner for the Trumans at the
Canadian Embassy tomorrow
night; and a round of sightseeing,
following by a call at the White
House, just before they fly back
to Canada early Friday afternoon.
Edward C. Long
Edward Crawford Long, de~
scendent of the world-renowned
Dr. Crawford W. Long, died un
expectedly at his home at 857
South Milledge Avenue thig morn
ing at 3:40 o’clock. Mr. Long was
70 years old.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Bernstein Fun
eral Home. Burial will be in Oco
nee Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Long is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Vernada Vickery Long;
two daughters, Miss Marfan V.
Long, Baltimore, Md., and Mrs.
Frances Sachs, Oak Ridge, Tenn.;
son, Edward E. Long, jr, Oak
Ridge, Tenn.; two step-daughters,
Mrs. L. R. Woods, Savannah, and
Mrs. James V. Webb, Asheville,
N
A native of Athens, Mr. Long
was a lifelong resident here. He
was a member of family lines dis«
tinguished in Georgia and the
South.
His illustrious ancester, Dr.
Crawford W. Long, won world
fame as the discoverer of the use
of sulphuric ether as an anesthetic,
and is one of Georgia’s two repre
sentatives in the Statuary Hall in
the National Capitol in W -
ton, the other being Alex L M,
Stephens, who was Dr.
roommate when the two yomg
men attended the University
Georgia.