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TAX PROBE
Caudle Recalled
0f Questioni
BY WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, Dec 3.—(AP)
—Theron Lamar Caudle was re
called today by Congressional in
vestigators for a second week of
questioning about his activities
hefore his forced resignation as the
government’s chief tax fraud pros
ecutor.
The 47-year-old North Carolin
jan already has acknowledged re
ceiving a $5,000 commission on a
plane sale to a private investiga
tor for a New Yorker later con
victed of tax fraud, purchasing a
mink coat at a discount through
a tax lawyer, and taking several
pleasure trips in a plane of a
North Carolina businessman who
gad tax troubles with Uncle Sam.
Caudle resigned last month at
President Truman’s request as
Assistant Attorney General in
charge of tax cases. A White
Jlouse statement said Caudle’s
“outside activities” were regarded
J: incompatible with his official
duties.
Further Investication
Further Investigation
A House Ways and Means sub
conmittee, whose investigation led
t) Caudle's dismissal and the fir
inos of others from tax collection
and enforcement jobs, wants to
lnow more about “two or three
o her cases” with which Caudle
reportedly was connected.
Adrian W. DeWind, committee
counsel, did not identify the cases
Jut he hinted that one of them in
volved a $400,000 tax evasion case
poainst a now defunct Mobile,
Ala,, company. Two of the,part
rers were sentenced to jail.
The resumption of the commit
tec’s hearings today coincided with
the deadline for Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue employes to file de
tailed finaneial statements.
The Treasury Department sent
some 32,000 employes of the Bu
reau & questionnaire about their
{inancial affairs at the suggestion
of the subcommittee chairman,
Rep. King (D.-_Cag.é.).
King, noting Teports of wide
spread irregularities in the Bu
reau, said >he thought the step
would - “materially contribute to
restoration of public confidence”
in the tax collecting agency.
Snyder “Go-Ahead” "
Secretar yof the Treasury Sny
der gs;ve a go-ahead g’)‘r }cai‘ftcula
tion of the questi A
weber 10, Mmz% vbew?fi
would be “helpful and productive
of good.” o :
Some 16,000 answers had been
received here before the week-end
and others had been turned in at
iield offices. A Bureau employe in
Chicago is the only one who has
publicly disclosed his refusal to
fill out the questionnaire. He call
ed it “discriminatory” and said
there was “no reason to pick on
Bureau employes.” He resigned
from the Bureau.
The questionnaire requires Bu
reau employes to supply informa
tion on bank accounts, brokerage
accounts, life insurance, loans,
ks and bonds, cash fromr all
sources, real estate, household ef
fects such as television sets, lia
bilities of all kinds, salaries of the
employe and his wife, and income
from all other soureces.
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By WILLIAM C. BARNARD
TOKYO, Dec. 3—(AP)—Christ
mas is going to be S7OO merrier
for children in Savannah, Ga.
They can thank the wavering
throw of a dart, the happy choice
of a toddler, and the big hearts of
651 American soldiers in Japan.
“Reverse lend-lease” is what the
men in Detachment C of the Yoko
hama Engineer depot called it
when they decided to dig down in
their pockets to brighten Christ
mas for children of some city in
the United States.
“Christmas is for kids—espe
cially American kids,” Capt. John
G. Kirschner, who heads Detach
ment C, explained today. “Every
officer and man in the outfit
ki~ked in for our fund.”
How was Savannah selected?
“That’'s quite a story,” said
Kirschner., “Our men come from
'l parts of the U. S. so at our
b'g Thanksgiving dinner—about
¢OO people were there—we put a
m-n of the United States on the
wo'l and handed a lady a dart.
“"7e told her to threw the dart
at the map. She was excitéd and
embarrassed and it took her 11
throws to even hit the map. But
o 8 ihe eleventh—the dart stuck on
orgia,
“Then we wrote the names of
the four biggest cities in Georgia
on slips of paper, put them into a
hat and got a little child to reach
into the hat, That’s how Savan
'7h won. I'm mailing a check to
day to John L. Sutlive of the
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ATOMIC KNOW-HOW PLEASES THEM — Two top
executives of the Atomic Energy Commission at Las
Vegas, Nevada, discuss advances in America’s atomic
know-how as a result of recent test explosions in the
Nevada desert. Dr. Alvin C. Graves (left), scientific
director of the tests, says our knowledge of atomic wea
pons has virtually doubled this year and our stockpile
of nuclear weapons has kept pace. At right is Carroll L.
Tyler, manager of the test explosions. — (AP Wire
photo.)
Eisenhower Flattered
By Solons’ Confidence
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.— (AP) —General Dwight D.
Eisenhower says he is “flattered” to learn he is regarded
by many House members as presidential timber. But, in a
letter: to Rep. Cole (R.-N.Y.), he gave no indication
whether he will be available.
The New York congressman re
centy took a poll of House Re-‘
publicans which gave Senator Taft
{R-Ohio) 71 votes and Eisenhower ‘
54 in frist choice for the President
ial nomination. He sent the re
sults to Eisenhower. 5
In releasing the poll, Cole said
he could “easily understand Eisen~
hower’s ‘position,” and he added:
Cole Assertion
“His entire effort is toward the
effictive organization of the North
Atlantic g’t&flf’ armies and resis
tance ‘to. 2urtht% munisfic ag
gression and 'l"sincerely believe
that he gives little if any thought
to pelitics and the coming nomina
tion. This is his job and his duty
at the present time and he is carry
ing on in an exemplary manner.”
Today Cole made public Eisen
hower’s reply, dated Nov. 23. It
read:
“Thank you very much for your
recent letter enclosing a copy of
the press release announcing the
results of your recent poll.
“I would be less than human if
I did not feel flattered to know
that certain of your colleagues in
the house feel that I have the nec
essary qualifications to fill the
highest post in our country.
“I am also appreciative of your
warm endorsement of the work
we are engaged in here, as well as
your sympathetic understanding of
my present position. It was most
thoughtful of you to comment on
these things in your press release.”
Some of those seeking to get the
general into the Republican Presi
dential race have contended he
ought to make a statement early
next year to help them convince
prospective GOP convention de
legates that he is a Republican and
is available if the nomination
comes his way.
Various Beliefs
On the other hand, some Eisen
hower supporters apparently be
lieve the General can ignore the
political maneuverings and still
get the nomination.
This group argues that failure
of Eisenhower to take his name
out of the March 11 New Hamp
shire primary — where Gov.
Sherman Adams has said it will
be placed — would be enough of a
signal that the General is willing
to run.:» ;
Santor Monorney D-Okla)
told reporters he thinks the Gen
eral’s letter dosen’t commit him
either for or against seeking the
nomination.
Officers Club
Burns At Gordon
AUGUSTA, Ga.,, Dec. 3—(AP)
—Two week-end fires sdestroyed |
the officers club and the laundry‘
boiler room at Camp Gordon,
Damage was estimated at nearly‘
SIOO,OOO.
The officers club was levelled
in a Sunday blaze which defieds
efforts of the Camp Gordon and
Augusta fire departments. Capt. J.
P. Westman, public information
officer, said the damage was at
least SBO,OOO.
The post engineer, Lt Col
Peder G. Petterson, estimated that
$250,000 might be required to re
place the building.
A Saturday morning fire of un=-
determined origin gutted the boil
er room of the base laundry. Dam
age was sst at $3,500.
AIR CADET KILLED A
PENSACOLA, Fia.,, Dec.. 3 .—
(AP) — An automobile went out
of control and wrecked on a high
way near Bronson Field, near
here yesterday, killing Cadet P.
M. Burdétt of Tennille, Ga.
Two othey Cadets wetre injured,
one seriously. They were based at
Pensacola Naval Air Station.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GECRGIA OVYER A CENTURY.
2 AHS Gridsters
Accept Bulldog
Grants-In-Aid
Two leading players of this
year’s Athens High School foot
baH tunfi?hmy ‘Williams, fast
havd-running star halfback, and
Bill Saye, star center—have ac
cepted grants-in-aid to the Uni
versity of Georgia, Coach Wally
Butts announced today.
Coach Butts expressed great
pleasure that Williams and Saye,
who were sought by several
schools, are coming to the Uni
versity. “I am very happy that
these two boys are going to join
the team,” he said, “and I am
confident that they will be suc
cessful and will prove a double
asset to the Bulldog aggrega
tion.”
Drive For Scrap
Metal Confinues
This is the week during which
it is hoped that a clean-up cam
paign in Athens and Clarke
county will channel sonre 200 tons
of scrap metal into the defense
effort and at the same time put
the local Community Chest drive
“over the top.”
The business district will be
canvassed during the week, and on
Sunday, Decex#er 9, the residen
tial district will be covered house
by house and street by street.
Merchants and citizens are being
asked to donate scrap metal.
Using 60 trucks and some 400
Boy Scouts and boys from the
YMCA, J. M. Molder and H. C.
“Pop” Pearson hope to bring the
worth of the week’s total collec~
tion of scrap to $6,000
Thucks and drivers furnished
by local firms will assemble Sun
day afternoon at 1:30 at Stegeman
Hall, and the coverage of the Ath
ens area will begin, University of
Georgia fraternities are being
asked to assist with this phase of
the work. Routes to be followed
are being worked out by Gene
Lumpkin of the city sanitation de
partnrent.
All types of scrap metal, excepf
tin cans, are being sought. The
drive is under the direction of
Luther Glass, Clarke county chair
man of the Scrap Mobilization
Committee, and C. M. Ridlehuber,
Community Chest chairman.
Scout Calendar
Given Sheriff
The first Boy Scout Calendar
for 1952 will be presented to Sher
iff Tommy Huff tomorrow morn
ing in his office at the Court
House with officials of the Scout
ing movement and representative
outstanding scouts present. Sher
iff Huff will represent both citi
zens of Clarke County and Athens
in accepting the calendar.
The eeremonies of presentation
will be brief with emphasis placed
upon the ereative force of the Boy
Scouts of America. Present at the
ceremony will be “Josh” Moulder,
Northeast Georgia Council Scout
Executive; Fred Snell, Field Ex~
ecutive for the Athens Area;
James I. Aikins, Chairman of the
Cherokee District; four outstand
ing seouts and Ellis Garrett, map
ager of the Co-operative Cream
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ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1951.
Behind-Line Inspection By-
Neutral Observers Proposed
REDS ALSO SUGGEST "FREEZE"
OF TROOPS, ARMS IN KOREA
BY ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 3.— (AP) —Communist truce
negotiators today proposed behind-the-lines inspection by
neutral obgervers and a ‘‘complete freeze” on troops and
arms in Korea, possibly paving the way for agreement on
another step toward an armistice.
The move appeared to be a major concession on the part
of the Reds. In the past they have refused adamantly to
allow observers behind their lines and have insisted on the
yightfto build up their armed strength while an armistice
is in force.
Big Three Press
For Red Reply
OnDisarmament
PARIS, Dec. 8. — (AP) — The
Western powers tried to pin down
Soviet Foreign Minister Andvei I.
Vishinsky today on whether Rus=~
sia would agree that the prohibi~
tion of atomic weapons and the
start of international atomie con
trol could become effective simul~
taneously. They got no answer.
Following a secret two &nd a
half hour disarmament discussion
among the Big Four—Russia, Bri
tain, France and the United States
—a Western spokesman said U. S.
Delegate Philip C. Jessups asked
Vishinsky:
“Would the Soviet Union admit
inspectors. the very day after the
United Nations General Assembly
passed a resolution on prohibi
tion?”
Vishinsky did not reply, he said.
The West has always maintained
that there can be no unconditional
prohiibtion of the atomic weapon
without a foolproof international
inspection systemx to guarantee
obedience. Russia demands ;mm
diate prohibition-of the bomb |
then a discussion of controls.
-Despite this stumbling block,
Western sources described the
meeting, held under the chair
manship of U. N. Assembly Presi
dent Luis Padilla Nérvo of Mexico,
as “helpful” and held in a “sober
and constructive atmosphere.”
The three spokesmen, repre
senting Britain, France and the
United States, told a joint news
conference that the Big Four be
gan a paragraph by paragraph
dissection of the three-power dis
armament resolution and the So
viet amendments.
There was no news fronr the
Soviet delegation which took part
in the meeting. G sk
Today’s meeting was the first
one which got down to brass tacks
on how to end the world’s arms
race. The four had a cordial one
hour procedural meeting last Sat
urday.
Federal Court
Now In Session
Regular December term of
United States District Court for
the Middle District of Georgia
was begun this morning in the
Post Office Building at 9:30
o’clock. S
Federal Judge A. B. Conger is
presiding over this term of court
with Distriet Attorney John Cow=
art representing the government.
G. W. Hawkins, son of Vane G.
Hawkins, who served as Deputy
Clerk for twenty-five years, and
who succeeded his father in the
post, today enters service on his
first regular term of the court
here.
Twenty-two criminal cases and
sixteen civil cases are on the
docket, with a majority of the first
named excepted to enter pleas
Action Promised
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — (AP)
~—The State Department said to
day the United States will take
“immediate action” to free the four
-man crew and an American Army
plane reported forced down in
Communist Hungary.
The Department at the same
time rejected a Moscow charge
that the plane was carrying equip
ment to help anti-Communist
“spies and saboteurs” behind the
Iron Curtain. The blankets, para=-
chutes, maps and portable radio on
the plane were described as stan
dard émergency equipment.
WEAT =R
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Considerable cloudiness and
mild tonight and Tuesday.. Scat
tered showers Tuesday, probably
beginning fonight. Wednesday
partly cloudy and a little cooler.
Low tonight 56; high tomorrow
68. Sun sets foday 5:23 and rises
tomorrow 7:23.
GEORGIA - Partly cloudy
and mild today with scattered
showers in northeast portion
this morning, Mustly cloudy and
mild tonight and Tuesday with
showers Tuesday beginning over
norih and west portions tonight,
The lurtpriu compromise fi}an
immediately drew from Allied
envoys more than a score of
}learching questions.
~ The big one—an Allied spokes
‘'man called it the $64 question —
'was what neutral nations do the
Communists have in mind to police
‘the truce?
~ The Communists said they would
answer 21 questions posed by the
U. N. command when the negotia
tors meet in Panmunjom at 11 a. m.
Tuesday (9 p. m. EST Monday).
Big Red Concession
The offer to permit inspection
teams behind Communist lines was
the Red’s biggest concession, even
though they stiplated that any
such inspection should be limited
to “mutually agreed upon ports of
entry.” ol e
The %“$64 question” — which
Nationg the Communists consider
neutral — miiht prove & major
,tumbling block.
Among countries officially neu
tral in the Korean war are such
Russian satellites as Czechoslova
kia, Poland and the Balkan Nat
jons — not to mention the Soviet
Union itself.
On the other hand, there are
relatively few western countries
which have not participated dir
ectly in the war or supported the
Allies through votes in the United
Nations. A
The United Nations command
interpreted ports of entry to mean
seaports,” airports and rail high
‘way centers. '
Joy Suggestion
After handing Communist neg
otiators the list of 21 questions,
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, Chief
U. N. delegate, suggested that the
entire matter of supervising the
armistice be turned over to two
man subcommittees which would
meet Tuesday at 2 p. m. (midnight
Monday, EST)
North Korean Lt. Gen Nam Il
replied that he would answer the
questions Tuesday and that sub
committees could be named if the
Allies accept the proposal.
Joy said he could not even con
sider the Red plan until he had
the answers to the 21 gquestions.
~ Joy’s questions concerning the
proposal to freeze troops and wea
pons during an armistice includ
ed: ’
Would the prosposal prohibit
the replacement of soldiers ev
acuated for illness or injury or
sent home on rotation? :
~ Would it bar the replacement of
one military unit with another of
the same strength? T
Would it prevent replacement of
ammunition used in training or an
exchange of weapons of the same
type?
Would it permit unlimited con
struction of airfields?
And what did the Communists
mean specifically by “military
forces” and “weapons?”
In all previous arguments on the
question of behind-the-lines in
spection, the Reds have asserted
it would be “brazen interference”
with the internal affairs on North
Korea.
They also have charged that the
U. N. command insisted on prohi
biting any increase in arms and
troops—and construction or im=
provement of airports — to keep
North Korea “in ruins” and to
stifle industrial development of the
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One of 15 Communists being
held in Los Angeles for want of
$50,000 bail, Mary Bernadette
Doyle was released to the cus
tody of relatives without bail
beeause of serious iliness. She
suffered a heart attack, Her at
torney, Norman Leonard, wheels
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US Plane Forced Down Over
Hungary By Soviet Fighters
U.S. Sabre Jess
Score Swee 'ng
Victor Y Sunday
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 3 — (AP)
- American sabre jets, outnum
bered four to one, scored a sweep=
ing victory Sunday in the mount
ing battle for aerial supremacy
over Korea.
The Far East Air Forces report
ed five MIG jets were shot down
and three damaged without loss of
any sabres,
Allies and Communist jets tan
gled in two brief air scraps high
over Northern Korea Monday. The
Fifth Air Force said two Commun-~
ist MIGs were damaged and all
Allied planes returned safely.
It was the eighth day of jet-to
jet combat.
U. N. pilots said the Red fliers
were far less eager to flight Mon~-
day than on previous days.
684 Sorties
The Air Force said .684 sorties
had been flown up to 6 p. m.
The calm along the Korean
ground front remained unbroken
Monday. The Eighth Army report
ed no significant action up to noon.
There were a few light contacts
of the eentral and eastern fronts.
Th‘:&ghth Army said the Reds
suffered 44,700 casualties in Nov
ember — about 30,290 killed, 13,-
480 wounded and 966 captured.
e dring A 5 Eo
No er which a provi
fi%&a’s«fln line \n;zéhd
upon at Panmunjom armistice
negotiations and a lull settled over
the ground front, 3,800 wounded
and 89 captured.
The Army said its figures were
evaluated. This means front est
imates had been adjusted and du
plication removed.
~ Allied losses for the month were
not given but the Army said they
DeEe Nt . e
A low cloud blanket cut down
aerial strikes after Sunday’s jet
victory, e
Jet Battle
Forty-seven F-86 sabre jets took
on 175 MIGs in that battle be
tween Sinanju and the North Ko~
rean capital, Pyongyang.
All told, Allied planes flew 965
sorties Sunday against air and
ground targets. B-29 superforts
blasted six Communist railyards.
The Republic of Korea (ROK)
said Monday its forces are closing
in on some 5,000 Communists deep
in South Korea. Rok troops are
using planes, loudspeakers, pro
paganda leaflets and mine detect
ors to locate hidden arms caches.
The Reds are all that remain of
some 100,000 long ago cut off by
U. N. advances northward.
Communist guerrillas and bandit
gangs have been terrorizing parts
of southwest Korea since the
breakup of the North Korea Army
last year.
Rok headquarters estimates
some 8,00 gurillas are opearning
in South Korea.
Interest Increases In
City General Election
With interest on .the increase,
preparations went forward today
for holding the City General Elec~-
tion in which five members of City
Council and the Mayor, nominated
in the City Democratic Primary,
as well as five proposed amend
ments to the City Charter are to
be voted upon by the qualified
voters.
Polling places are to be set up
in each of the five wards of the
city and location of the polling
places with the officials who will
be in charge of each will be an
nounced Tuesday. :
Since nomination in the pri
mary is tantamount to election,
chief interest in Wednesday’s vot
ing centers is the five proposed
City Charter amendments.
In the City Primary Mayor Jack
R. Wells was re-nominated to a
two-year term without opposition.
Members of City Council who
were primary winners are Luther
Bond from the First Ward; Owen
M. Roberts, jr., Second Ward, un
opposed; Walter N. Danner, Third
Ward, unopposed; Curtis L. Lov
ern, Fourth Ward, and John P.
Bondurant, Fifth Ward. T. M.
Philpot was re-nominated without
opposition as representative from
the Second Ward to the Municipal
Civil Service Commission from the
Fifth Ward.
Five Amendments .
The five amendments to the City
Charter were proposed by Mayor
and Council and chief ‘lnterest
centers on the amendment which
would provide for the office of
Tax Assessor to take the place of
the present tax evaluation expert,
and a Board of Tax Appeals to
take the place of the present Board
Rezd Daisy by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Russians Charge Plane Was Sent
To Carry Spies From Yugoslavia
BY ENDRE MARTON ;
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. B.— (AP) —The Hungarian
government confirmed today that a U. 8. Air Force glcne,
missing since November 19 with four crewmen aboard, is in
Hungary.
A Tass report broadcast by the Moscow radio earlier
said the plane had been forced down in Papa, in western
Hungary, by Soviet fighter planes and the four e¢rewmen
had been turned over to Hungarian authorities.
The Soviet News Agency ac
count claimed the American C-47
—on a flight from Erding, Ger
many, to Belgrade—had been dis
patched to carry spies and sabn
teurs from Yugoslavia into the
Soviet Union and her East Euro
pean allies.
Confirmation that the plane was
in Hungary was given the U. S.
legation here by the Hungarian
Foreign Minister, a legation
spokesman said,
The Foreign Ministry gave no
further information and the lega
tion has as yet taken no steps, the
American spokesman said.
The legation asked the Hun
garian government about the plane
on Nov. 20, but the latter replied
at that time that it had no infor
mation about the missing aireraft,
2nd Incident
It was the second incident with
in a:inonth involving a U, S. plane
and the Soviets. The Russians
have charged that an American
bomber early in November violat
ed Siberia’s eastern coast and was
driven off by fire from Red fight
ers. The U. S, in a complaint to
e United Nations, said that the
gafl was a meteorological eraft
and was fired on without warning,
apparently over international wa
ters, 5
Tass today gave this account of
the downing of the C-47 in the
Balkans:
The plane “violated the Roman=
ian state frontier in the vicinity of
Recita and then, after flying over
the territory of Romania, violated
Hungarian territory in the area
of the town of Gyula and tried to
fly over Hungarian territory.”
Soviet Air Forece fighters, “sta
tioned in Hungary on the strength
of Article 22 of the (Hungarian)
peace treaty,” forced the plane
down near the Hungarian town of
Papa. The crew was turned over
to Hungarian authorities.
Tass identified the crewmen as
Capt. Henderson, commander (pi
lot); Capt. Swift, second pilot;
Senior Sgt. Dose, air mechanic,
and Sgt. James Albert Illham, ra
dioman, 5
The Air Force in Washington
has listed the crewmen as Capt.
John J. Swift, Glen Falls, N. Y.;
Capt. Dave H. Henderson, Shaw
nee, Okla.; Sgt. James A. Elam,
Kingsland, Ark.; and Tech. Sgt.
Jess A. Duff, Spokane, Wash.
Russian Account
The Russian account continued:
“A study of the route of the
flight and the presence of a skilled
crew shows that in this case we
have a deliberate violation of the
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so Tax Assessors.
* The change does not create any
additional jobs, nor does it neces
sitate any additional expense.
The amendment would repeal
an act approved in August of
1872, which, though outmoded, is
still in effect, and which gives to
Mayor, any two members of City
Council, together with the Clerk
of Council, very great authority in
the matter of taxation.
Section 25 of the present char
ter that the Mayor and any two
members of council (who can be
named by the Mayor), together
with the clerk of Council, shall
have the authority to review any
personal property tax return and
if it is deemed to be incorrect, can
revise or increase that return.
1f the citizen feels he has been un
justly treated, under the present
law, he has no appeal other than
to the courts, with attendant ex
pense to himself.
Curtails Authority
Under the proposed amendment
the Mayor and members of coun=
cil are completely divorced from
any authority in the matter. The
proposed office of Tax Assessor
does the work now cone by the
presently employed tax evaluation
expert and at no increase in cost.
He would assess property and if
the citizen felt he had not received
justice, he could file an appeal
with ‘the proposed Board of Tax
Appeals, which- would take the
place of the present three-man
Board of Tax Assessors, with no
additional persons being employed
and at nu additional expense.
Another amendment proposes an
Absentee Ballott, something the
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Annual Amateur
Show Planned
By Lions Club
J. W. Henry, gresident of the
Athens Lions Club, has announced
that preliminary &lans have been
made for holding the Annual Lions
Amateur Show in late’ January,
and Judge of City Court Arthur
Oldham has been selected as master
of ceremonies for the event, °
Judge Dldham is former presi
dent and secretary of the g.ions
Club and is serving on the Board
of Directors at Sfesent.
The Amatcur show, always held
at the Fine Arts Auditorium on
the University of Georgia campus
in order to accommotate the large
number of people wishing to see
it, draws talent from within & 50-
mile radius of Athens. Auditions
‘are held prior to the show and a
two-hour entertainment feature
is arranged, Prizes are given to
winners in three grozg: of dp:ter
tainers. . ..young people un 16
years of age adults, and students
'from the University of Georgia.
Winners in these three groups do
not compete for a grand prize.
Profits from the show are used
by the Lions Club to promote
sight conservation work in this
area. A telebinocular visual sur
vey machine is used in schools to
locate patients needing attention,
and as far as possible the club as
sists in financing eye examinations
and the fitting of glasses for needy
children.
President Henry pointed out
that additional announcements
concerning the annual Am% 2
Show will be made at an .;
date, including the exact day of
the show, prizes to be awarded
winners, and appointment of com
mittees in the club to supervise ar
rangements.
Miami Rocked By
Dynamite Blasfs
MIAMI, Fla.,, Dec. B—(AP)—
Authorities moved swiftly today
to halt a wave of dynamite blasts
that have rocked Miami in recent
months. oy
A Jewish center and the Carver
Village negro housing units were
among targets of three explosions
Sunday morning. No one was in
jured but 44 memorial windows
were shattered at the Miami He
brew School and congregation
where damage was estimated at
S4OO. '
Assistant Police Chief J. A.
Youell promised a group of pro
testing rabbis that increased po
lice protection would be provided
for synagogues. . i
Mayor Chelsie J. Senerchia cut
short his vacation in Nassau to re
turn to Miami today.
F. B. 1. Brought In S
The FBI was asked to investi
gate the incidents.
Youell promised that securily
patrols would be established to
check all synagogues in Miami at
least every 15 to 20 minutes.
Mrs. Senerchia revealed that
she had received two threatening
telephone calls in the past week
“saying if we didn’t get the ne
groes out of Carver Village with
in a month they would bomb it to
pieces.” :
Police Chief Walter E. Headley
said he thought the negro and
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