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RUSSELL OPENS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Senator Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.)
$= congratulated by his colleagues after he
vpened his presidential campaign head
quarters in Washington. Shown, left to
right are: Senators Burnet R. Maybank
Oolitical Guessing Game Continues
fbout Truman, Eisenhower Plans
wayor Wells To
lead Off For
Aidmore Beneit
Mayor Jack Wells will piteh the
first ball in the Atlanta Crackers-
Georgia Bulldogs baseball game
here March 31, it was announced
today.
The game is to be played for the
wenefit of Aldmore Crippled Chil
dren’s Hospital in Atlanta, and J.
W. Matthews, chairman of the
vroject, said that ‘additiona] plans
are being developed to make the
are being developed to make it the
epring season here, :
Matthews continued that a
number of other leading citizens
of Athens are to take part in
ceremonies scheduled 'during the
game. Names and details are to be
announced later, he said.
It was announced too, that this
game is one of the very few ever
played by a University athletic
team under the sponsorship of an
outside organization. The local
Elks Club, of which Henry Rosen
thal is exalted ruler, is sponsoring
the game and paying all game ex
penses. In this way every penny
of proceeds can go to benefit
crippled children whose parents
are unable to finance treatmenfs
which they need so much.
The 50-bed Aidmore Hospital
assists hundreds of children an
nually and has the only ward in
the state set up for taking care of
rheumatic heart patients. Also, the
hospital furnishes braces, crutches
and other equipment to patients
who no longer are required to re
main in the hospital. -
Matthews concluded that the
game here to benefit this worthy
cause is being made possible
through the cooperation of the
University of Georgia Athletic De
partment, of which Wallace Butts
is head. He also commended the
University of Georgia baseball
team and their coach, Jim What
ley, for their cooperation,
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'enate Approves
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iananese Treaty
WASHINGTON, March 21 —
(AP) — The Senate has over
vhelmingly approved a generovs
vhelmingly approved a general
ace treaty with Japan six and
ne-half years after the surrender
n Tokyo Bay ended World War
'wo.
One Democrat, McCarran (D-
Nev), and nine Republicians voted
inst it,
Only the formalities of the sign
ing of a proclamatien by the Presi
ient remains before the United
States completes its action to end
the state of war with its once bit
ter foe.
The treaty is expected to be
flown to Key West, Fla. for the
President’s signature. Officials be
lieve he will act early next week.
The document provides that it
must be approved by at least seven
of 12 nations, all with vital inter
ests in the Pacific.
So far it has been approved by
five of these, in addition to the
United States. They are: Great
Britain, Austrialia, New Zealand,
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Associated Press Service
(D.-8.C.) ; A. Willis Robertson (D.-Va.);
Russell; J. William Fulbright (D.-Ark.) ;
J. Allen Frear, jr. (D.-Del.), and John C.
Stennig (D.-Miss.) .— (NEA Telephoto.)
Wisconsin Seems
To Favor Taft
By The Associated Press
The political guessing game
about President Truman'’s and
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
plans continued apace today as
the active candidates for the pres
idency centered %eir campaigns
in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
These were the top develop
ments in the political arena:
1. A majority of 45 Wisconsin
newspaper editors concluded from
surveys in their own counties that
popular sentiment favors Sen.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the
GOP presidential nomination and
fSen":;:.lstes Kefauver of Tenne;see
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The state holds its prgereme
primary April 1.
N. J. Battle
2. The New Jersey battle be
tween Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll and
Taft was heightened b ya consoli
dation of Eisenhower forces in the
state arid a suggestion that Dris
coll run for vice president on the
General's ticket. Official word
was awaited from the Ohio sena~-
tor before any action is taken to
actually keep his name on the bal
lot.
Taft declared he was pulling
out of the New Jersey race be
cause Driscoll “had broken his
word” in endorsing Eisenhower.
3. An Associated Press poll in
South Carolina indicated the
state’s eight electoral votes may
go to the Republican candidate if
the Democrats nominate a “New
Deal” candidate. A Southern
Democrat such as U. S. Sen. Rich
ard B. Russell of Georgia—if
nominated—was conceded a cer
tain chance for the votes. ’
4. Sen. Clinton P. Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture from
1945 to 1948, predicted Truman
will seek re-election.
5. Gen. Douglas MacArthur is
sued a statement saying there was
no inconsistency between his 1948
statement that he would not shirk
any public call to duty and his un
willingness to enter the presi=
dential primaries.
“Grass Roots” Popularity
6. Eisenhower's national head
quarters was accused of failing to
appreciate the full potential of the
General’s “grass roots” popularity.
William I. Holbrook, secretary
of “Minnesotans for Eisenhower,”
said Eisenhower’s national cam=
paign cmanager, Sen. Lodge (R.-
Mass.), is close to a “little number
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Shewers and thunderstorms
this afternocon through Saturday
morning, followed by clearing
and cooler Saturday afternoon.
Low tonight 56, high tomorrow
65, low Sunday morning 40. Sun
sets today at 6:45 and rises to
morrow at 6:35.
G E O R G I A—Showers and
thunderstorms with mild tem
peratures over north and west
portions this afternoon through
Saturday, followed by clearing,
windy and cooler.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for period
ending 7:30 p. m., Wednesday,
March 26:
GEORGIA — Temperatures
will average near normal. Cool
er Sunday, warming up Monday
and Tuesday and cooler again
Wednesday. Precipitation will
average near one inch. Showers
and thunderstorms tonight and
Saturday and again about Tues
day.
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. «.« .00
Total since Mareh 1 (. +os 6.717
Excess since March 1 .. «es 8.16
Average March yainfall ... 527
Total since January 177 . I
Truman's Plans
About Election
Are Sfill Cloudy
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
KEY WEST, Fla., March 21 —
(AP{ — President Truman's 1952
political plans were more clouded
than ever today as a result of his
}public rebuke of party chairman
Frank E. McKinney.
Whatever else may be deduced
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from his news conference m
;W&.?fi“mflm three things
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"1 He still {s considering seek
in‘ another term.
. He still considers himself the
boss of the party and isn’t letting
ang one else speak for him.
. He will make his decision and
his announcement is his own good
time, despite pressure from De
mocrats in and out of Congress for
an early decision.
The sharp differences between
what McKinney told newsmen
here Wé&dnesday and what the
President reported to the same
group Thursday puzzled politicians
as well as reporters.
Efforts were being made to con
tact McKinney for a statement.
McKinney had told reporters he
believed that Korean developments
would play a paramount part in
whether the President sought re
election.
Asked about this, the President
declared tersely and without hesi~
tation:
Korea does not enter into the
politics of this country at all. It
has no bearing whatever on what
he may decide to do.
Truman reiterated he will make
his decision prior to May 15.
And he said he would make his
decision on whether there will be
an open convention. This was in
reply to McKinney’s statement that
neither he nor the President want
ed to be a “king maker” and would
leave the convention “open” if
Truman decided against running.
There was speculation that Mc-
Kinney was trying to wraw the
President out by what he said at
his Wednesday conference since
he is under pressure from party
leaders to get a commitment one
way or another from the President.
There also was the factor that
McKinney’'s reference te “optim
ism” over prospects for a settle
ment on Korea may have nettled
the President at a time when he
is anxious to avoid public state
ments which might be seized upon
by Communist negotators to fur
ther prolong the negotiation stale
mate.
West End Church
Has Homecoming
Sunday, March 23, will mark the
celebration of the forty-fifth an
niversary of the West End Bap
tist Church here in Athens, The
day will be celebrated as Home
coming day by the members of the
congregation and their friends, .
Services will be held at the
church at 11 o'clock and will be
followed by dinner on the
grounds, old fashioned and ever
popular phase of church home
comings. The preacher for the
morning worship program will be
one of the former pastors of the
church.
According to the pastor of West
End Church, Rev. W. S. Pruitt,
the congregation numbers about
500. He stated that the people
have outgrown the present church
site and plan to build sometime in
the early summer.
Another of the features of the
Homecoming celebration will be
the memorial service planned for
all of the deceased members of the
church.
All of the friends of the church
and all former members are in
vited to attend “the real home
coming services and fellowship”
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, CA,, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1952,
Steel Walkout Is Postponed As
Clo Accepts Government Pay Hike
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Of Portland, Maine, a member
of the Executive Board of the
National Association of Letter
Carriers.
Bogart Captures
Academy Oscar
Wednesday Night
By JAMES BACON
HOLLYWOOD, March 21 -
(AP) — Hollywood rejoiced today
with Oscar winner Humphrey Bo
gart but the town was still
stunned over “American in Paris”
copping the best picture award.
Of the three awards, Vivien
Leigh was the only favorite to
come through., Her p'cr!ormmg:
as the tarnished Southern belle |
“A Streetcar Named Desire”’ won.
her the best actress award. It Was
her second victory. Her first was
as Scarlett O’Hara in 1930,
Bogie's performance as the un
shaven boatskipper in “The Afri
can Queen” was the popular
choice.
Karl Maldin, the disillusioned
lover of “Streetcar,” won th.
award for the best supporting
actor and Kim Hunter, the wife in
“Streetcar,” won the best support
ing actress plum. They were fav
orites.
The biggest upset was the vic
tory for “American In Paris.”
Most experts figured it last in
their selections. .
The musical also won Oscars in
these categories:
Costume design, art direction,
set decoration, cinematography
(all these in color films), musical
scoring, story-and-screenplay.
In addition to these, Gene Kel
ly, the picture’s star, won an hon
orary award for his “brilliant
achievements in the art of choreo
graphy on film.”
The Irving Thalberg Memorial
Award went to Producer Arthur
Freed.
Miss Leigh, appearing on
Broadway with her husband, Sir
Laurence Olivier, was not present.
Greer Garson accepted in her be
half. Another absentee was Miss
Hunter. Bette Davis accepted her
statuette.
Miss Leigh heard her selection
by portable radio in her dressing
room in New York.
The one gure bet of the evening
who came through was George
Stevens who took the best direc~
tion award for his “A Place In the
Sun.”
“In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the
Evening,” also a favorite, won the
best song award for composers
Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmi=-
chael.
School Planning
Session Is Set
Architects and building authori
ties will be in Athens Monday and
Tuesday to help Georgia school
superintendents and board mem-~
bers plan their school plants of
the future. ‘
The superintendents and the
architects will meet in joint ses
sion at the University of Georgia
in a Conference on School Plant
Planning.
Formulas and patterns for the
ideal school plants for communi
ties of all sizes will be mapped,
and many of the questions in
volved in their construction will
be answered. These questions . in
clude the all-important one of
how to get the money for con
struction.
The two-day conference, spon
sored by the State Department of
Education, the University’s Col
lege of Education and Division of
General Extension takes on inr
portance in view of recent money
made available to the State School
Building Authotity.
Covers All Problems
The conference will cover all of
the problems of school construc
tion from the beginning to the
end. It will open with a discussion
of finances and legal requirements
for buildings and close with an
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Lefter Carriers
Convene Here
In District Meet
Several hundred letter carriers
will converge on Saturday for the
annual convention of the Central
District Association convention to
be held at the Georgian Hotel.
The area represented includes
the First, Fourth, Sixth and Tenth
Congressional districts and a
meeting will be held at four
o'clock, following by a banquet
tomorrow night at 8 o‘clock, ac
cording to Clyde R. Ray, Athens,
vice-president of the association.
An interesting program has been
planned, including talks by Athens
Postmaster Hillyer King, John H.
Sullivan, Portland, Me., member
of the Executive Board of the Na
tional Association, and others. Mr.
Sullivan’s address will feature the
banquet.
Another feature will be instal
lation of officers, elected at the
afternoon meeting.
Officers of the Association are
E. A. Davies, Augusta, president;
Clyde R. Ray, Athens, vice-presi
dent; Jameg Higgs, Augusta, sec
retary-treasurer; John O. Wall,
Elberton, chairman Executive
‘Board; Julian H. Shields, Thom
son, member Executive Board, and
Charles Bryan, Elberton, member
Executive Board.
Officers of the Auxilary are
Mrs. Alenee Davies, Augusta,
president; Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley,
Athens, vice-president, and Mrs.
Winifred Minor, Macon, secretary
treasurer,
State President Loy S. Bell, At~
lanta, and Auxiliary State Presi
dent Mrs. Beatrice Orwig, Savan
nah, are expected o attend and
will assit Mr. Sullivan in installa
tion o fofficers.
The tcci'ty carrlg'l é:g:d it nec
-essary to spend pay .
‘Yeceived last Fall from the quy
increase for winter uniforms, ex
tra pairs of shoes, overshoes, rain-~
coats, umbreallas, etc. As a re
sult ft is expected the convention
will adopt a resolution calling for
an allowance for uniforms. Other
resolutions seeking a better re
tirement will also be discussed.
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MR. AND MRS.
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that specific purpose
until 11 o’clock. After
that hour, the office is
closed.
—The Management.
Slayton Rites
Set Safurday
Mrs. Alma {\lberta Slayton,
wife of Grady Slayton of Johnson
Drive Extension, died in a local
hospital Thursday night at 8:30
o’clock. Mrs. Slayton was 21 years
old and had been ill for a week.
Services are to be conducted
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Johnson Drive Baptist
Church with the pastor, Rev.
Johnnie Barrett, and Rev. W. S.
Pruitt, pastor of West End Bap
tist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Oconee
Hill' Cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Pall-bearers will be Harpld Cham
bers, Howard Burt, Leonar Mize,
R. F. Doster, Joknnie Brooks and
Raymond Akins.
In additien to her husband, Mrs.
Slayton is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Willie Payne, Athens; sister,
Miss Betty Mae Payne; six broth
ers, James Edward Payne and
Willie Lee Payne, both of Atlanta,
Harold, Richard Oliver, Jerry and
John Calvin Payne, all of Athens;
grandmother, Mrs. John Payne,
Athens; three aunts, Mrs. J. G.
Strickland, Athens, Mrs. C. G.
Peterson, Marietta, and Mrs. W.
H. Rush, Clarkesville, _ s
“'Misfl.wéla_yton was a native of
Athens and a lifelong resident
here.
~ The body will lie in state in the
church from one o’clock until the
hour for the services.
TOURISTS OFF TO EUROPE
NEW YORK, March 21—(AP).
The spring tourist exodus to
Europe began today with 4,600
passengers scheduled to sail with
in 24 hours.
Shipping officials said this was
the greatest number ever for so
early a date and that it augured a
busy trans-Atlantic ship travel
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Carriers.
Reds Are Ready
To Compromise
On POW Issue
MUNSAN, Korea, March 21—
(AP)—Communist truce negotia~
tors indicated today they may be
ready to compromise on the dead
locked issue of exchanging pris
oners of war. :
The Reds submitted a formal
two-sentence version of ' their
March 5 plan for trading prison=
ers. It made no mention of volun
tary repatriation, the only impor
tant issue blocking agreement,
There is ‘“absolutely nothing
new” in the Communist proposal,
said Brig. Gen. William P. Nuc
kols, U. N. spokesman,
On the surface, he said, it does
nothing” to break the deadlock
over whether prisoners should
have the right to choose whether
they are to be repatriated.
However, other observers in
terpreted what the Communist
proposal did not say as significant.
They said the Reds may want to
compromise, but are not ready to
say how.
The Reds suggested that nego
tiations proceed on the Dasis of
prisoner rosters exchanged Dec.
18. Under the Communist plan the
U. N. command would return 132,
472, and the Communists 11,559.
Neither side suggested secret
talks to speed agreement.
A second group of staff officers
working on truce supervision ex
changed maps of 10 ports of en
try through which troops and sup
plies will move into Korea during
an armistice.
The Communist maps failed to
show exact areas in which neutral
inspection teams would be al
lowed to operate. But the Reds
promised to ink in the necessary
details overnight.
An Allied staff officer said he
expects “no trouble” in reaching
agreement.
Broun Speaks On
Housing Matter
Speaking- over both local radio
stations last night, Paul Broun, lo
cal business man and representa
tive of The Citizens Committee,
took issue with the statement of
Mayor Jack R. Wells that Mayor
and Council has no authority over
the Athens Housing Authority, and
appealed to the Mayor and mem
bers of City Council to reject the
proposed low cost housing project
sites “until a fair-minded Hous
ing Board, composed entirely of
local people holds a public hear
ing.” |
As a basis for his contention
that Mayor and Council does have
authority over the Housing Au
thority, Mr. Broun read from the
United States Code, Ahnotated,
Title 42, Section 1411 A, approved
by the President on August 31,
1951, quoting the code as follows
“Phohibition of projects in lo=
calities where rejected by gov
erning body or vote, ‘
“The Public Housing Adminis
tration shall not, after August 31,
1951, authorize the construction of
any projects initiated before or
after March 1, 1949, in any lo
cality in which such projects have
been or may hereafter be rejected
by the governing body of the lo
cality or by public vete, unless
such projects have been subse
quently approved by the same pro
cedure through which such rejec-l
tion was expressed.” '
“To me,” Mr. Broun said, “what
T have read means that the Mayor
and Council do have the authority
and the duty to reconsider the
question of sites for these two
projects.” _ ,
Criticizes Methods
In his talk Mr. Brun criticized
the harassing methods he said
were employed by agents for the
Housing Authority in attempting
to get homeowners to' sign papers
relating to the sale of their prop
erty.
He said The Citizens Commitiee
holds a petition with 1200 names
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Strike Danger Sfill Possible If
t Industry Refuses To Accept Terms
WASHINGTON, March 21.—(AP)—Elated CIO Stéel
workers early today accepted a government pay boost pro
posal and cancelled a week-end strike threat, but a new
walkout danger loomed on April 8 if the steel industry,
turns down the recommendations. I
Philip Murray’s union jubilant
ly approved a Wage Stablization
Board (WSB) plan for settling the
steel labor dispute which has been
going on since last November,
Voted by public and labor mem=
bers over stiff industry objections,
it calls for a three-installment pay
boost that will eventually total
17%. cents an hour, plus other
concessions including the wunion
shoyp.
The union had asked for 18%
cent hourly pay boosts with other
concessions estimated to bring the
overall increased costs to around
Battey May Be
Used In Study
0f New TB Drug
WASHINGTON, March 21—
(AP)-—Battey State Hospital at
Rome, Ga., is under consideration
by the U. S. public for large-scale
tests of a new anti-TB drug.
Dr. Robert J. Anderson, chief
of the Service’s Tubercylosis Di
vision, said yesterday that results
of experimental studies at Battey
would be compared with findings
in other tuberculosis hospitals.
Anderson reported that the tests
have been discussed with officials
at the Georgia hospital but no date
for their start has been set,
Under the program, the drug—
isonicotinic acid hydrazide-~would
be given to sufferers of all types of
tuberculosis in & broad study of
its effectiveness. |
Health officials said the drug
would be used in combination
with other drugs as well as in
combination with surgical pro
cedures in some of the experi
mental tests at different hospitals.
At Rome, Dr. Rufus Payne, su
perintendent of Battey, has dis
closed that limited tesis already
are being made, He said about 20
patients are taking the new drug,
called “Inah” for short.
He said that the first patients
to get the drug were those “who
are not doing so well on other
methods of treatment.”
He stressed that the drug is still
in the experimental stage and said
he does not want to arouse “false
hopes among the patients.”
““T am hopeful,” he said, “but
about the most that I personally
expect from the drug is that it
will be possibly as good as strep
tomycin.”
Dr. Payne said he doubted that
the drug actually will kill the TB
germ. He said, however, that it
appeared to have one advantage
over streptomycin in the that
patients do not develop resistance
to it as rapidly as they do to strep
tomycin.
He added that it will be about
two weeks before any results of
the Battey tests will be known.
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'KOREA NOT TO INFLUENCE DECISION — President
Truman walks with Captain C. C. Adell, Commandant, -
Key West Naval Base, enroute from the “Little White
House” to a press conference. The President declared,
Korea has no bearing whatever on what he (the Presi
dent) may decide to do.—{NEA Telephoto.)
BY NORMAN WALKER
35 centg an hour.
Steel companies gave ne ime
mediate reaction to the WSB plan, )
promising to do so later foday.
But WSB's industry members ®
earlier denounced the propesal im'
a blistering statement as gnfair
and inflationary.
New Talks Monday
Murray, announcing his fourth
delay in strike plans, called for
renewed negotiations starting
Monday with steel companies here
and at Pittsburgh.
The chief of both the CIO and
the million-member steelworkers
union said if no settlement with
steel firm is reached by April 4,
the unions will give 96 hours ne
tice and strike April 8.
Thus if the industry refuses te
go along with the WSB recom
mendations an eventual strike ap
pears inevitable. The steel firms
have claimed all along they gould
grant no wage boosts unless they
were accompanied by compensat
ing price increases. :
Steelmakers have said an ex
pected $2-a-ton additional price
allowance is too little to cover
anticipated extra labor costs,
The. statement of WSB industry
members said the proposals are -
‘“union appeasement” and esti
mated they would cost the steel
industry 30 cents an hour direct
added labor costs immediately and
eventuallx' 60 cents.
These figures were disputed by
WSB Chairman Nathan P. Fein-
sinller who estimated the WSB’s
public-labor majority recommen
dations would cost only about §
cents hourly added labor e?, in
ggdition to the 17%-cent’ pay
ost., .
Steelworkers presently have
averaged earnings including ever
time of close to $2 an hour. Their
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Sewing Machine
Need Of Family
Captain John Kroeze of the Sal
vation Army, said today that while
the response to a call for aid for.a
Winterville family whose home
and all possession were destroyed
by fire, has been generous, there
are several items still needed.
Amony the needed items are twe
beds with springs and mattresses.
a chest of drawers, a dresser, hd
linen and bed clothing, chairs,
underclothing and infant clothes.
Especially needed is a sewing
machine in order that the mother
and wife can make many items of
clothing usuable. If nobody feels
like giving a sewing machine, it
is hoped that somebody will lend
a machine, Captian Kroeze said.
Captain Kroeze also asked the
Banner-Herald to express the
thanks of the Salvation Army and
the family to kind-hearted Athen
ians who have helped out in the
emergency.
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