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Athens Civilian
Defense Program
BY COL. F. W. WHITNEY .
Knowing how to protect your
self from blast, heat, and explos
ive radioactivity, oniy one major
problem remains: That is how to
avoid harm from lingering radio
activity.
Explosive radioactivity bursts
from the bomb at the time of ex
plosion and lasts for only little
more than a minute.
Lingering radioactivity remains
for a longer time, from a few
minutes to weeks or months, de
pending on the kind of radioactive
material.
Lingering radioactivity may be
come a danger when atomic bombs
are exploded on the ground, un
derground, or in the water. Air
bursts leave no dangerous linger
ing radioactivity.
Most lingering radioactivity
comes from left-over bomb wastes,
or “ashes,” technically called fis
sion products. They consist of
countless billions of fragments, or
pieces, of atoms split up in the
explosion. . Smaller, and usually
less dangerous, amounts of linger
ing radioactivity. may be thrown
off by seattered atoms of uranium
or plutonium that fail to split up
when the bomb goes off,
Acts Like Dust
Thése totally invisible radioac
tive particles act much the same
as ordinary, every-day dust. When
present in amy real quantity, they
are scattered about in patches and
contaminate, or pollute, every
thing they fall on, incluiing peo
ple. While they can be removed
casily from some surfaces, they
stick tightly to others. It Is prac
tically-impossible to get absolifely
211 of them out of household cor
ners and cracks. Most of the time, |
it is far easier to prevent péllu
tion than it is to remove it.
In spite of the huge quantities
of lingering racioactivity loosed
by atomic explosions, people for
tunately are mot very likely to be
exposed to dangerous amounts of
it in most atomic raids.
Since high-level bursts do the
sreatest damage, that is the k-indi
we can expect most often. When
atomic weapons are exploded in
mid-air, the violent, upward surge
of super-hot gases and air quickly
sweeps practically all of the radio
active ashes and unexploded bits
of bomb fuel high into the sky.
Most of them are carried harm
lessly off in° the drifting bomb
clouds. High-level explosions def
initely will not create “areas of
doom,” where no man dares enter
and no plant can grow. In fact,
they will leave very little radie
activity on the und, even near
the point of ex&ion. Fire-fight
ers and rescue teams can move
promptly toward the center of de
struction Jlittle danger of fac
ing h 11 radiation.
And regardless of all you may
have heard or read concerning the
dangers of radioactive clouds,
after the first minute and a half
there is actually little or nothing
to fear from those produced by
high-level bursts. While most of
the radioactive materials swept up
into the sky eventually fall back
to earth, they are so widely and
so thinly spread that they are very
unlikely to offer any real dangers
to humans. Thousands of bombs
would have to be set off in the air
before serious ground contamina
tion would be found over really
large areas. There was no ground
level pollution of any imrportance
following either of the two_ Jap
anese atomic bombings.
It was said earlier that 15 per
cent of the Japanese A-bomb
deaths or injuries were caused by
radioactivity. But not one of them
was caused by the lingering kind.
Explosive. radioactivity caused
them all.
Ground Explosions
Bursts on or near the ground
usually will leave a limited area
of rather heavy and often danger
ous pollution near the explosion
point. In such-cases, the possibil
ity of harm from radioactivity
falling out of the clouds is greater
than in high-level explosions. But
even so, a person could escape
contaminating by simply taking
refuge inside a house or even by
cetting inside a car and rolling up
the windows. And even if some of
the wastes fell on him, he would
lessen his chances of injury if he
promptly shed his clothes and took
a bath or shower.
In upderwater explosions, large
portions of the bombs, radioactive
wastes will be “trapped”’ by the
water and then spread over the
RC Drive His
Two-Third Mark
Red Cross workers in Athens’
1952 fund drive geared for a
mop-up campaign next week to
carry Clarke county over the goal
line.
“We are eager to wind up our
activities,” Clyde Fitzgerald,
chairman of the 1952 campaign
said. “We hope that every work_er
will report to his team -captain,
and that each captain in turn will
report to Mrs. Guy Scott as soon
as funds are collected.”
According to Mrs. Scott who
tabulates receipts, the Clarke
county drive is over the two
thirds mark, but many teams
have not reported, or have issued
Incomplete reports.
“Where we have not had re
poris from members and team
captains,” she explained, “we are
trying to contact them. There has
been sickness among workers, and
other matters have slowed re
porting.”
Headquarters for the drive are
maintained at Hutchins, Cox and
Stroud, and Mrs. Scott” may be
contacted there.
“Clarke county is contribgtipg
and contributing generously,
Fitzgerald said, “it is our aim to
give avery citizen an opggflunity
to. take part in. this, {né largest
peace-tirae: Red -Croks :drive.” |
_ The campaign ends, officially,
March 83. ;
immediate area, Under these con
ditions, serious ground pellution is
to be expected,
After a water or underground
burst a cloud of very radioactive
mist or dust might form and
spread, particularly downwind, in
juring people who weren't well
sheltered. "
If the explosion has been under
ground, at ground level, or in the
water, stay in your shelter. If
caught in the open, get indoors
right away. Then stay indoors for
at least an hour or until you get
instructions. It may be necessary
to stay inside for three or four
hours. The reason for this is that
most lingering radioactivity loses
its power very fast. So staying un
dercover for a while will greatly
reduce the danger. \
Any rain or mist that*® comes
right after an atomic explosion
should be considered dangerous,
even though it may not always be
radioactive. Keep from getting wet
if you possibly can.
And rementber that an air burst
will leave no lingering radioac
tivity of importance, so after a
few minutes it will be safe to get
out and help fight fires or to help
people who may need it.
Can’t See Activity
While we cannot see, hear, feel,
smell, or taste radioactivity, its
presence readily can be detected
with Geiger counters and other
instruments. However, you won't
have to know how to use one of
these. Instead, you can rely on
your local radiological defense
teams—a small, specially trained
corps of “meter readers”—to warn
you of the presence of lingering
radioactivity. You also can count
on them to see to it that fire
fighters, rescue workers, and other
people who may have to enter
contaminated places do not remain
there long enough to be injured.
But always remsember our sun
light comparison. There is usually
a whale of a difference between
detectable and dangerous amounts
of radioactivity., The rays and
particles from an ordinary, lumi
nous-dial wrist watcn will cause a
roar in the earphones of a Geiger
counter, as just one example. We
must not lose our heads just be
cause radioactivity is reported as
present.
While attempting to avoid ex
posure to the bomb’s blast, heat,
and explosive radioactivity, also
do wht you can to keep from be=
ing showered by radioactive waste
‘materials. Inside a shelter or
building there is little or nothing
to fear from this source. But if
caught out-of-doors, try to grab
hold of something to cover your
self with whe% you fall to the
(mnd. A board or some sheets of
newspapes might help, but a rain
coat would be better. The object
is, of course, to keep radioactive
dust and raindrops off your body
and clothing. When it’s safe to get
up, throw away your covering.
Help Others
Always do what you can to help
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Bond Almand ls
Estate Speaker
Justice Bond Almand of the Su
preme Court of Georgia will be
one of the featured speakers for
the second annual Estate Planning
Institute at the University of
'Georgia Friday, March 28.
Justice Almand will speak at
‘the luncheon meeting of the all
day conference which is expected
to attract attorneys and trust ex
lperts from over the state.
His subject will be “The Ad
ministration and Judicial Man
agement of Estates arrd the Need
for a Code of Probate Procedure.”
The entire Institute, which will
emphasize Georgia law, will cen
ter on a discussion of law proce
dure by which many people are
hoping to achieve a measure of
financial security.
All of the Institute’s leaders are
authorities in the fields of trust
and tax law. In addition to Justice
Almand, these are Joseph Tracht
man, New York attorney, tax ex
pert and author; and Dr. -Richard
R. Powell, professor of law at Co
lumbia University.
Trachtman will speak to the
Institute on the subject of cur
rent problems in estate planning,
while Prof. Powell will make an
address on “Mitigating the Haz
ards of Trust Practice in Georgia.”
The Institute’s afternoon session
will feuture a panel discussion
based on a typical trust case. Fur
man Smith, Atlanta attorney, will
be leader for this session, with the
panel being made up of S. E.
Kelly, jr., Columbus, and Robert
C. Norman, Augusta.
The Institute will be sponsored
by the Univexgity’s School of Law
and the Division of General Ex
tension. The program will be
keyed to the interests of attorneys,
' {rust men, accountants, insurance
’underwriters, and investment
| counselors.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Sunday clearing and cooler.
High afternoon temperature 54.
Sun rises at 6:33 and sets at
6:47.
GEORGIA — Sunday, clear
and windy and turning colder
preceded by showers in coastal
areas.
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Inches last 24 hours .. ... 1.28
Total since March 1 .. ... 805
Excess since March 1, .. .. 4.50
Average March rainfall BN
Total since January 1 341088
Excess since January 1 o 1.1
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TORNADOES RAVAGE FOUR SOUTHERN STATES
Spring tornadoes, in all their fury,
blasted four Southern states on the Mis
sissippi river, leaving 174 dead and more
than 1,000 injured. Damage to homes,
factories, utilities and farms in Arkansas,
west Tennesse, Missouri and northern
Mississippi was expected to run into
millions of dollars. The photo shows what
Dutch Airliner “Queen Juliana™
Crashes Killing 34 Passengers
Ticket Closes |
State’s Pri
Closing of entries at noon yes
tterday for the State Demoncratic
Primary feund three candidates
for one house of Representative
post and Rep. Chappelle Matthews
unopposed for the other post.
A three-way race developed be-
Rep. Grady Pittard, incumbent,
tween Rep. Grady Pittard, in
cumbent, former Reperestative C.
O. (Fat) Baker and Robert G.
Stephens, jr.
Mr. Stephens served as Senator
from this district in the recent
General Assembly but since the
office rotates and it is Wilkes
County’s time to supply the Sen
ator, Mr. Stephens could not run
again for that office. He, therefores
chose to seek the House seat now
held by Mr. Pittard. Mr. Baker, a
former member of the House says
he wants back the seat he former
ly held, which is the post also now
occupied by Mr. Pittrad. The dis
trict includes Clarke, Oglethorpe
and Wilkes counties.
Incidentally, in Wilkes County
yesterday, Jack A. Stoddard, for
mer Adjutant General of Georgia
and editor of the Washington News
Reporter, qualified as a candidate
for Senator, as did G. N. Byrum,
of Ficklen community. Henry G.
Garrard, incumbent, is opposed for
the House of Representatives from
Wilkes County by Lawson Thomp
son, attorney.
In Madison County, Harold Ar
thur Boggs, young attorney, and
Jerry Ayers, editor of The Coner
News are candidates for Represen=
tative.
Oconee County returns Rep. J.
Phil Campbell, jr., to the State
House of Representatives without
opposition, but there are three
candidates for State Senator. They
are E. N. Anthony, William Breed
love and Henry Marshall Fullilove.
None of the three has ever served
in the General Assembly.
“In Oglethorpe County. Rep.
George B. Brooks is unopposed for
re-nomination te the State House
of Representatives.
D. Marshall Pollock, of Monroe,
is unopposed for Solicitor General
of the Western Judicial Circuit,
comprising the counties of Clarke,
Oconee and Walton.
Tenth District Congressman Paul
Brown is unopposed for another
term in the National House of Re
presentatives, being one of only
four out of ten Georgia congress
men so honored.
The others unopposed for Con
gress are E. L. (Tic) Forrester of
the Third, Prince Preston of the
First and Carl Vinson of the Sixth
(Centinued On Page Two)
Minstrel Plans
For Hi-Y Told
H. C. “Pop” Pearson, general
secretary of the Athens YMCA,
has announced the completion of
plans for- the third annual Hi-Y
Blackface Minstrel which will be
held in Fine Arts Auditorium on
April 11. Rehearsals have already
begun for the event which draws
numbers of Athens people each
year for an evening of hilarity and
fun.
The show is being written again
by Bill Simpson who is also to
serve as director. Mrs. Harris Par
ham will direct the singing and
Mrs. Dick Ferguson for the third
year will be at the piano to ac
company the chorus.
Members of the Athens High
School Hi-Y Club will take part
in the Minstrel, the higl'xlighiJ of
every YMCA year. New songs as
well-as the old ones will be fea
tured on the program,
Comedy will as usual play a big
part in the minstrell with a galaxy
of local endmen and stunts by
local Hi-Y participants.. =
_ Proceeds from the Minstrel will
again go to the Boy’s Department
of the Y. M. C. A.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GCEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
Associated Press Service
is left of the home of J. W. Stafford in
Moscow, Tenn., after the tornado passed.
A rocking chair stands in the kitchen, a
china closet stands undamaged in the
dining room. The Staffords escaped with
their lives and minor injuries, but at least
six others weré killed in Moscow.— (AP
Wirephotos.)
Two Survivors
May Not Live
By DON DEANE
FRANKFURT, Germany, Ma:ch
22 — (AP) — The Royal Dutch
Airliner “Queen Juliana” crashed
explosively in a suburban woods
today and killed 43 of the 47 per
sons aboard. It was the worst plane
disaster in Geérman history. |
Bound from Johannesburg to
Amsterdam, the four-engined DC- J
6 mowed treetops for a quarter
mile in an instrument approach to
the Rhineé-main Airport through
murky weather and then slammed
into the ground with a loud ex=-
plosion two miles short of the mn—-]
way.
Flames licked swiftly across the
wreckage and inte spindling ever
greens around it, hissing under a
drizzling rain. Two engines and
parts of the wings lay to the rear.
All four survivors, two men and
two women, were injured. Three of
these were passengers. The other
was the Dutch Stewardess, Miss
A. J. G. Gautier. All were rushed
to a U. 8. Air Force Hospital at
the Airport, which handles both
military and ecivilian traffic. Psy
sicians said they did not expect the
two men, a Germén and an Egyp
tian, to live. @ e -
Royal Duch Airline (KLM) of
ficials said the craft carried 37
passengers and a crew of 10 on the
fatal flight.
The plane’s pilot was L. E. J.
Poutsma, a Dutchman. One of the
victims listed by Rome Airport
authorities was an American, John
Bickford. They did not have his
home address. He was among 13
who boarded the plane at Rome.
Dutch, Englishmen, Frenchmen,
Italians, Germans and Egyptians
were among the dead.
The German truck drivers, Will
ibald Hoffmann and Konrad Beu
tel, saw the crash and hustled to
the rescue. They risked their lives
to pull survivors out of the burn
ing fuselage.
Hours after the crash, which oc
curred about 11 a. m., mangled,
charred bodies were still being
pulled oug of the smoldering
wreckage. Some were decapitated.
A U. S. Air Force Chaplain, Lt.
Col. James H. Grad of Savannah,
Ga., administered last rites as the
bodies were nfived to Air Force
ambulances, N o
Steel Firms May
Talk Separately
With ClO Union
NEW YORK, March 22—(AP)—
A possible break in the solid front
of the steel companies appeared
today with announcement they
would negotiate separately with
the' CIO United Steelworkers on
Wage Stabilization Board recom=-
mendations. y
The union accepted the WSB
recommendations, including an 17
1-2 .cent-an-hour basic pay in=
crease and a union shop, and
threatened an industrywide strike
of its 650,000 steelworkers on
April 8 unless the companies com=
plied,
The announcement they would
negotiate separately, starting Mon
day, raised the possibility the com=
panies might come to varying de
cisions.
This could mean that a strike,
if called, would apply cnly to com
panies which did not come to
terms with the union instead of
to the steel industry as a whole.
The steel companies acted in
concert throughout the lengthy
Washington and gew York hear
ings before a WSB panel on the
contract dispute. Only yesterday
they issued a joint statement de
nouncing the WSB recommenda
tions.
But today a spokesman for the
steel industrY said:
“There will be no industry-wide
bargaining. The ~bargaining will
be company by company.”
He said the negotiations would
be held in various cities at the of
fices of the firms—U. S. Steel in
Pittsburgh, ‘Bethlehem Steel in
New York, and Inland Steel in
Chicago, for example.
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1952, Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
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LEE PRICE, JR.
National President, Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees To Hear
National Head
Speak Tuesday
Local Jaycees will fnther Tues
day night, March 25, in the Geor
gian hotel, to hear an address by
their national president, Lee
Price, jr., a native of Swainsboro.
Price, who was elected to the
presidential post at the 1950 con
vention in Miami, Fla., appears in
Athens as main speaker for the
local .Jaycee “Boss’ and Ladies
Night.” For the occasion, all Jay
cees have been asked to bring
their employers or a business as
sociate as guests. The night has
also been designated as ladies
night and all wives of the Jaycees
are invited.
The national president of the
group will be accompanied on this
trip to Athens by Horace Evans,
Georgia Jaycee President, and
John Black, National Jaycee Di
rector. The 33-year old Price is a
veteran of World aWr 11, having
spent two years overseas in the
ETO.
He graduated from the Univers
ity of Georgia in 1932 and re
ceived a law degree in 1940. A few
months later, he became an F, B,
1. agent and spent two years in
South America on a confidential
assignment so rthe government.
He then entered the army with
the O, S. S. and served in England,
France, Germany and Norway un
til the end of the war.
Price is a member of the execu
tive staff of the Coca-Cola Cort
pany. He is, at present, on
year’s leave of absence while he
is serving with the United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
During his term as president, he
will visit all 48 states, Alaska, and
Hawaii.
TORNADO PROBE ASKED
KEY WEST, March 22—(AP)—
President Truman tonight direct
ed an immediate federal survey
of tornado damage with a view to
extending relief to the mid-south
area, =«
The White House announced the
President has ordered Raymond
M. Foley, administrator of .the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency to investigate and report
to him whether the emergency
disaster act is applicable to the
stricken areas.
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New Flurry Of Tornadoes
Hits Six States In South
Puzzled Allies Glance
Again At Red POW Plan
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Commies Insist 1
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By SAM SUMMERLIN
MUNSAN, Sunday, March 28 —
(AP) — Puzzled but patient Allied
negotiators today have another
careful look to the newest Com
munist plan on prisoner exchange
in hopes of finding a solution to
the truce-blocking issue.
The Reds insisted their two-sen
tence proposal of Friday eontained
something new and embodied a
§olution to the exhausting dead~
ock, -
Allied negotiators had another
chance to %ustion them in talks
})eginning (Saturday) at Panmun
om.
Deligent searching earlier had
failed to unearth any switch in
the old Communist demand for
forced lglttiation of all prisoners
of the Korean war,
A U, N. command spokesman
Saturday night called it “almost
a ludicrous situation.”
“We have a fine treasure hunt
going on,” the spokesman said.
“The Communists keep saying
there’s a treasure in their proposal.
We say we’'ve looked and can’t find
it. They say look again—it is there.
No Treasure
+“We have yet to find it. That
is why we are being much slower
to give another categorical inspec
tion. It is the job of the staff of
ficers to ferret out that something
MW'"
The proposal’s exact wording is:
“After the armistice agreement
is nigned and becomes effective,
the Korean people’s army and the
Chinese people’s volunteers shall
release and repatriate all of the
11,559 prisoners of war in their
custdy, and the United Nations
command shall release and re~
patriate all as the 132,474, pri
”“elfg«?‘ war in its custody.
“The lsts of the names of the
prisoners of war staaed above shall
be finally checked by the staff of
ficers of both sides.” %
~ The 'fig—u;é-s ‘are the number of
names carried on the respective
pgisoner of war lists traded Deec.
18.
Broad Hint
This proposal earried a broad
hint by the Reds that they were
willing to wipe off the books many
thousands of men on both sides
whose names failed to appear on
the December list.
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REV. LOUIS F. KENNEDY
Evangelistic Services
Begin At First Baptist
Evangelistic services begin this
morning at First Baptist Church to
continue through next Sunday.
The Revival services climax a
week of prayer services in the
homes of the Church members,
sponsored by the Woman’s Mis
sionary Society in the interest of
a successful week of services.
Prayer meetings were held in
all the neighborhoods of the City
in which live members of the First
Baptist Church and all interested
persons were invited to attend.
The Evangelistic services, be
ginning with the morning worship
at 11 this morning, will continue
through next Sunday’s morning
service and will be conducted by
the Rev. Louis Franklin Kennedy,
pastor of the Brookhaven Baptisti
Church in Atlanta, and Rev, Girod
Cole, jr., pastor of the Correr Bap- J
tist Church, will conduct the sing+
ing. ]
Services will be conducted on
all mornings with the exception of
Saturday at 11 o'clock and. at 8
o’clock, nightly. All services will
be broadcast over Station WRFC,
sponsored by the Keystone Bible |
Class. . : .
Rev. Kennedy
The service leader for the Evm;
gelistic services at the Bap
Church, Rev. Louis Kennedy, is
one of the outst#ding young min
isters of the South. He has an un
usual and = striking appeal for
young people although he will
prove a vibrant and challenging
speaker for old ;and young alike.
Born at Wilfiseon, S. .C. Rev.
Peace Officers
Meet In District
Conclave Here
All roads will lead to Athens
next Thursday for approximately
300 members of the Ninth and
Tenth District Congressional
Peace Officers’ Convention, which
will be held at the Athens Coune
try Club,
Presiding will be Col. E. 8.
Burke, president, while addresses
of welcome will be given by May
or Jack R. Wells and Superior
Court Judge Henry H. West, with
the response given by G. Allan
Maddox, Vice-President of the
Peace' Officers Association of
Georgla,
The main banquet address will
be presented by the Honorable
Abit Nix.
Program ' committea for the
meeting is comprised eof Police
Chief Clarence O. Roberts, vice
president; Sheriff Tommy Huff,
Warden W. B. Looney, jr, Bill
MecKinnon, and Sgt. L. E. Floyd,
of the Georgia State Patrol,
Registration. of officers and
guests will be held from 5 p. m.
to 7 p. m. with special entertain
ment from 6:45 to 7:30 p. m.
Registration’ committee includes
Secretary E. D. Mink, Sgt. J. T.
Davis, GSP, Lt, Woody Gann and
Deputy J. H. Williams.
Entertainment committee Is
composed of Lt. E. E, Hardy, Cpl.
Joe Lowe, GSP, Tpr. G. H. Stan
dard, GSP, Deputy Warden Sam
Harmon andi,,&eorn Farmer, a
member of the county poi.lco
force, : )
Colonel Burke will gpeak (:f; the
history, progress and ;flnns the
association for the future, fol
lowed by a report on the Officers
Pention, Annuity and Benefit
Fund by Secretary John Ham.
Announcement will be made of
SSOO prize money to be given to
the student naming the School
Patrol Training and Recreation
Camp at Lake Blackshear in Crisp
County. :
Also, some member of the P.
0. A. will be awarded a S7O police
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REV. GIROD COLE
Kennedy was educated at Mercer
University at Macon, and the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, Ky. In
addition to holding the pastorate
at Brookhaven, he has served as
pastor at Cross Keys Baptist
Church, Macon, Sulfur Baptist
Church, Sulfur Ky., and First Bap
tist Church, Roswell, Ga.
The father of three children,
Rev. Kennedy is married to the
former Miss Evelyn Wheat of At
lanta, He is a member of the
Executive Committee of the At
lanta Association.
Rev. Cole
Song leader for the Evangelistic
services will be Rev. Girod Cole
who recently accepted the pas
torate of the Comer Baptist
Church. A native of Birmingham,
Ala., Rev. Cole was educated at
Howard College, receiving his A.
B. in 1948, He will complete his
work at the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Leuisville,
Ky., in May and has accepted the
post of Pastor of the Comer con
gregation,
Ordained in 1946, Rev. Cole,
has served churches in Onecnta
and Hueytown Alabama. He is a
veteran of World War 11.
Rev. Howard Giddens and the
entire-congregation of the First
Baptist Church extend to all Ath
enians a cordial welcorne to all of
the Evangelistic services of this
week. Congregation and special
music will be offered at each of
the services which will prove high
1y inspirational to all attendants.
Arkansas Death
-
Total Hits 149
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 22
— (AP) — A new flurry of tor
nadoes, small but destructive and
deadly, struck the South late to
day ag & widespread area from
deep in Dixie northward te Mis
souri counted 232 persons killed by
sto;‘rln% and liampa:xtidfl;?dfi'.“n.
abama, from ~-sta wh -
westward almost to the T-:&
border, shouldered the onslaught
of the latest stoms—three within
a few hours.
The toll: Three dead, 80 left
homeless.
In the six-state storma area,
stricken first late Friday after
noon, several thousand persons
were homeless and more than a
thousand were injured, many
seriously.
Hardest Hit
Arkansas, hardest hit by the
| vicious storms, reported 148 killed
iand between 2,00 and 8,000 home
ess.
i The latest town to be added to
the growing and gastly list of
stricken communities was Harts
elle, in northwest Alabama. The
three dead there were remd by
the Alabama Highway 1. In
a revafed section about twe miles
east of Hartselle, 12 dewellings
were torppled by mighty. winds. In
Hartselfe itself, between 30 and
‘li)o homes were churned inte de
ris.
Mayor John Burleson said the
dead included two prominent eiti
zens.
Earlier, Jemison in Ceatral
Alabama and Tusealoosa to the
west were struck by tornadoes,
Damage was reported, but no fa
talities.
Death Roster
The roster of the dead, by States
| was: Arkansas, 149; Tennessee, 49;
Missouri, 13; M.iuinigpi. 11; Ken
tucky, 7; Alabama, 3.
The dread task of counting and
burying the dead, and mfli
through the twisted wreckage o
{xom:; ta;lnd :ltlhert bufldix:,. eon
inu roughout yesterday.
D}l'n %ne are'; dam%hcmmd at
ersburg, Tenn., the ?urt y
damage was estimated City
Judge l.:mm Ungram was dfi
toward $1,000,000. This huge
included a quarter of a gflm
dollars worth of property led
by the h:fh winds md-flg'l: the
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School Planners
To Meet Monday
School m?erinundontl and ar
chitects will meet in Athens to
morrow for & Conference on School
Plant Planning at the University
Otlg}e?;mafi two days meeting
uring the two days the
building authorities and the scifel
men will put their heads together
in an effort to determine what goes
into the ideal school building.
~ Ideas coming out of the meeting
will probably be used in a state
wide school building program
made possible by recent appro
priations to the State School Build
lin%fi&uthority.
e conference will open to
morrow morning with a session on
the financing and legal require
ments of school construction.
Playing an important role in
planning the School Plant Plan
ning Meet opening here Monday,
is Miles Sheffer, son of Mrs. L. M.
Sheffer of this city. Mr. Shefer is
a graduate o Georgia School of
Technology and is Director of the
School Building Division of the
Georgia Department of Education.
Participating in this discussion
will be Claude Purcell, director of
the Division of School Administra
tion of the State Department of
Education; Attorney General Sug
ene Cook; Dr, M. D. Collins, State
Superintendent of Schools, and R.
L. Cousins of the State Departmeiit
of Education.
Other conference sessions, all of
which will be held in the Univer
sity Chapel, will feature discus
sions on the building of scheols
from the selection of ?Ev site to the
final installation of light fixtures.
Dr. Joseph A. Williams, assistant
to the President of the University,
will preside over the sessions to
morrow morning.
Among those " attending gxc
meeting, sponsored jointly by the
State Depariment of l!?dmhon
and the University’s College of
Education and Division of General
Extension, will be school superint
endents, architects, and members
of school boards.
“’Elijah” Music
Sunday On WRFC
Sunday night’s Music Apprecia
tion Hour from the studios of ra
dio station WRFC will feature
music from the “Elijah,” forth
coming presentation of the Uni
versity Music Department. The
selections ‘of the “Elijah” that will
be heard Sunday night at 10
o’clock will be the same as the
ones to be presented on April 17
under the overall direction of
Frederick Kopp and the choral di
rection of Ed Blanchard.
The Musiec Appreciation Hour
will feature the “Elijah” em Co
lumbia records under the diree
tioniof Shi Malcolm ggfl and
music will be provi N
Liverpocl Symphony &m
and the Huntersville Chorale.
A rehearsal of the University
presentation :fj the ;Elijhah" is set
for Monday t eWI
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