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<FA ISLAND, Ga., April 14 —
/AP)—An American girl had to
o through a lot of screening be
ore being formally presented to a
iy who had been her beach ac- !
uaintance eight years ago.
The Lady was Queen Juliana
¢ the Netherlands. The girl was
Perry Parent of Savannah, Ga.
Terry, a charming girl of 23,
o in New Bedford, Mass., met
uliana, then princess, on the
each of €Cape Cod, Mass., in 1944
shen the royal lady was a war
mile whe had come over from
anada for an American tour with
er two daughters, Princesses Be
ytrix and Irene. i
Terry became a daily playmate '
of the kids and was on “hello”
.nd “m’am” terms with Juliana.
It was “Your Majesty” Saturday
on the patio of the Cloister Hotel l
vhere the queen was dancing
after dinner. |
Savannah Reporter |
Terrv, a reporter on the Savan- |
nah Morning News for 14 months,
iold her boss she knew the queen
when Julianass state visit to the
United States was announced.
He assigned her to cover the
queen’s doings while she visited
Jeorgia.
Last Thursday after the Queen
arrived, Terry wrote an informal
letter reminding “Dear Queen Jul
iana” of the beach episode and
telling her that if the queen want
ed to contact her she could be
reached at the King and Prince
fotel em mearby St. Simmons
Island. {
Terry expressed her doubts tol
the queen whether it could be!
ione because of the line of Amer- |
can and Dutch officials. Knowing |
that the queen wanted strict pri- l
vacy, she did mot withhold thel
fact that she was a reporter, :
Machinery Moves . . |
Saturday st noon the machin- |
ery started to move, Terry was
introduced to and interviewed by
American and Dutch security men
and several members of thé
queen’s staff, all of whom had
read her letter. Then at 11 p. m,,
sitting at the press table on the
patio, Terry was ushered to the
queen by Private Secretary Baron
Van Heeckeren and a renewal of
old acquaintance followed, Terry
making a half curtsy for the
queen.
_ She later was told that curtsy
ing was abolished by the queen
V ‘h.fi;n she ascended tfle throne in
1948.
l'he queen seemed to recognize
the girl and chatted for several
minutes with her, mostly about
her daughters.
Luther T. Bond was installed as
Commander of Frank E. Mitchell
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Friday night, succeeding Truitt
“Doc” Hogan.
Installed with Mr. Bond, mem
ber of the City Council from the
First Ward for several years, were
Valter Milner, senior vice-com=
ander; Roscoe Hansford, junior
ice-commander; John Nunnally,
quartermaster; Albert Sea
ives, post advocate; T. E. Mor
n, chaplain; Dr. Harry Timm,
geon, and Tommy Hanson,
tee,
In his installation talk, Com-=
ider Bond announced a mem
hip campaign with a goal of
500 to 1000 members. He
ted out that there are some
) Clarke County citizens eligi
to join the VFW.
nmander Bond also called
the cooperation of the mem
p in building the post to the
I “it justly deserves in
/ standing” and asked the
tership to join with him to
liote a program that will gain
‘ hold the respect and high es
¢ of all citizens of Clarke
nty.” The membership pledged
imander Bond its full coopera-
I'he” post voted to send three
: bers of the schotflboy patrol
on the annual trip to Washington
and New York City, and also
planned a local beauty contest,
he winner to be sent to the state
test to be held in Savannah in
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Congress May Investigate HST
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Charge Of “Outrageous’’ Profits
BY G. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON, April 14, — (AP) -— Deadlocked steel
wage negotiations between industry and union resume late
today amid signs government seizure of the steel mills
may become a political campaign issue.
Among -other rumblings on Capitol Hill, the Senate
Banking Committee talked of calling witnesses to show
whether President Truman was right when he said steel
plants made “outrageous” demands for higher prices to
finance wage boosts.
The committee also wants to
find out whether Congress really
has taxed . the profits out of the
Korean war, and some believe a
probe of the steel situation may
provide the answer.
Truman’s right to seize the mills
already has brought bitter reac
tion, particularly from Republi
cans, and there was little doubt
the steel snarl would * figure in
campaign oratory this election
year, Ll .
There are no signs industry and
the CIO Steelworkers union are
any closer to an agreement than
they were when talks were recess
ed over the Easter week-end.
Mills, nominally under govern=-
ment- management, are operating,
but the union said Friday. its pa
tience is “not inexhaustible.” What
this was meant to imply was not
clear, since technically at least the
union is working for the govern
ment and may not go on strike,
On other fronts:
1. A group of Senate Republi
cans, accusing Truman of illegal
seizure of the steel mills, called
for an investigation of his action.
2. Senator Humphrey (D.-
Minn.), looking askance at the
Republicans’ move, said he will
ask his subcommittee on labor
management problems to consider
.whether new legislation is needed
to deal with mrajor industrial dis
putes.
3. Senator Murray (D.-Mont.)
moved ahead with plans to offer
a bill specifically authorizing the
President to seize any major in
dustrial plant as a spur to stale
mated industry-union talks.
Mrs. John Bush
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Dies Sunday P. M.
"‘Mrs. John Bush, mether-of Ray
P. Bush of this city and a long
time resident of Barnesville, died
at her home Sunday afternoon at
4 o’clock after an extended illness.
Mrs. Bush was 81 years of age.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow morning in the family
cemetery in Barnesville. Survivors
inelude four daughters, Miss Mary
Annie Bush, Barnesville; Mrs. A.
S. Burt, Mrs. Hunter Trammel,
Atlanta; Mrs. Cecil Murdock,
Corinth; three sons, Ray P. Bush,
Athens, manager of the Atlanta
Gas and Light Co.; John Bush, jr.,
Atlanta; and Ralph Bush, Barnes
ville. 1
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Kiwanis Meet To
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Feature Georgia
Author Tuesday
Miss Roxanne Cotsakis, Geor
gia author, will be the featured
speaker at the Tuesday meeting
of Kiwanis Club. The program
will be held at the Georgian Hotel,
one o'clock, with Louis Griffith
in charge of the program.
Miss Cotsakis, a copy writer for
Davison-Paxons of Atlanta, is the
author of the recently published
novel, “The Wing and The Thorn.”
She spoke in Athens some time
ago at the Georgia Press Institute
and will be entertained at Mi
chaels Tuesday afternoon from 4
till 5:30.
' Members of Kiwanis are urged
‘ to be present for the address.
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ATHENIANS ARE NAMED T 0
SERVE ON Y. M. C. A. BOARD
Two well known ‘young Ath
enians, Howell Erwin, jr.,” and
Eppes Suddath, jr., have been
elected -to the Board of Directors
of the Athens Young Men'’s Chris=-
tian Association, it was announced
Saturday. Additlon of the two
brings the board membership to
forty-five,
Mr. Erwin is a native of Athens
and & member of one of - its’ best
known families. He {s a member
of First Baptist Church, member
and’ director of the Rotary Club,
‘director in the Chamber of Com- |
merce, and a member of the Ma- |
Court Convenes;
Smith Foreman
0f Grand Jury
Bryant M. Smith was elected
foreman and J. W. Henry, clerk, of
the Grand Jury at the opening
of the regular April term of
Clarke Superior Court this morn
ing. Judge Henry West is presidini
and Solicitor General D. Marshal
Pollock is represenung the state.
Other members of the Grand
Jury are Bryan C. Lumpkin, as
gstant clerk, Fred Ayers, E. R.
odgson, Heyward Allen, James
I Akins, S. T. Carter, L. A. Clarke,
George K. Jones, Buford Kesler,
Omar C. Dillard, J. T. Weir, B. F.
Grant, W. B. Steedman, jr., Vietor
W. Stephens, John P. Bondurant,
Claude Chance, E. H. Downs, An
thony (Tony) Costa, Ralph M.
Snow, Roy T. Holmes and James
T. Hayes. L R
In his charge to the Grand Jury,
Judge West put special emphasis
on the matter of the numbers
racket, saying that any person con
victed of engaging in such would
be given a straight term, not a fine.
Judge West also charged the jury
on the many various matters with
in its jurisdiction and said he
wished publicly to say that Clarke
County and the City of Athens
at the present time have the best
law enforcement system and per
sonnel within his memory. He also
paid public tribute to the care
ful manner in which records are
kept and protéeted in the office of
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Dr. E.E. Murphey
Dies In Augusfa
AUGUSTA, Ga., April. 14—
(AP)—Dr: Eugene E. Murphey,
77, famed southern diagnostician,
died at his home here last night.
He had been ill for a long time.
Funeral services will be held at
11 a. m. Tuesday at the residence.
Burial will be in Westover Me
morial Park. 5 o
.Dr. Murphey has not practiced
for a number of years.
He was named a fellow of the
American College of Physicians.
He was a member of several med
ical organizations.
During World War 1 he served
as major in the Army Medical
Corp. and was stationed at the
base hospital at Camp Hancock
here.
At the time of his death he was
president of the Augusta Herald
Publishing Company and was one
of the original members of the
board of trustees of that news
papers appointed by the late pub=
lisher Bowdre Phinizy, ‘
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Willie Roney Murphey, of Au»
gusta and a niece Mrs, George F.
Floyd, of Atlanta, Ga. ? ]
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sons. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin reside
on Dearing Street with their four
children, Mdry Chadwick, Lucy
Deupree, Howell Cobb and Powell
Stephens. i
Mr. .Suddath has been a resl
dent of Athens for the past twen
ty-one years, being . manager of
The Varsity during that time. For
a number ot.,.yeahs‘ he has been a
member of the Elks. Chub, is a di
rector in the Athens High School
Boosters Club, member -and di
roct?& of thed Optimist Club. Mr.
and Mrs. Suddath reside on Hamp
‘ton Cg'urt with tha&(.;ethfiééchfib
dren, George, Abbie and Sonny.
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SINGER VISITS PILOT HUSBAND — Captain John C.
Burn, who piloted the Pan American airliner that
crashed in the sea off San Juan, P. R., smiles at his wife,
singer Jane Froman, as she visits him at a San Juan
hospital. Burn survived the crash, similar to one in Por
tugal in which he met his wife. Miss Froman flew down
to San Juan upon receiving news of the crash in which
652 lost their lives.— (AP Wirephoto.)
CLEVELAND, April 14.—(AP)—A week-old strike of
12,000 Ohio Bell employes was settled today.
The situation was not immediately clear, however, as to
whether 900 striking Western Electric employes in Ohio
would establish picket lines and block a work resumption
by the Ohio Bell workers.
The Western Electric walkout is
part of a dispute involving WE
workers in 43 states. WE is a bell
subsidiary and the striking repair
men and sales employes work in
Bell buildings.
A spokesman for the CIO Com
munication Workers—which rep
resents both WE and Ohio Bell
workers — said the Ohio Bell
workers would respect any picket
lines established by the WE strik-
SRk o oy 4
He ‘said he had been informed,
however, that “no picket lines will
be set up today.”
A pay boost ranking from $4 to
s7—same as settlement terms in
the Michigan strike last week —
ended the Ohio Bell walkout. The
union had asked for $8.40 and the
company has been offering be
tween $3 and $6.
New York Picture
Meanwhile, in New York, an
early settlement of the strike of
16,000 Western Electric workers
was predicted by the head of the
long-distance telephone operators
local.
*John H. Lotz, president of Local
1150, CIO Communications Work
ers of America,.told long-distance
operators that negotiators for the
union and the company are “apart
on only one issue, that of labor
grading.”
“In my opinion the situation
looks very promising,” Lotz said.
Developments at other struck
telephone companies: gt
New Jersey Bell: Negotiations
resume foday.
North California, Nevada: Ne=
gotiations also resume today in
San Francisco. There, the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Co. has
offered a new package raise of 13
Local League On
Nafional Forum
Presidential candidates Estes
Kefauver, Robert Kerr, Harold
Stassen, Earl Warren, and Paul
Hoffman representing General
Dwight D. Eisénhower, are. ex=
pected to participate in an event
without parallel in:-American po
litical history when they jointly
face the national convention of
the League of Women Voters at
the Masonic Temple in Cincinnati
on May llst. f
At this time they will answer
questions of current interest which
have been voted the most impert
ant by the ballots of. thousands of
citizens.” Senators ‘Taft and Rus
sell and Governor Adlai Stevenson
have alos been invited. It is hoped
that General Eisenhower will ap
pear if he is in the U. S. at that
time. . . b 5
The League of Wamen Voters of
Athens has been invited to be one
of the 30 groups conducting this
forum.’ Pldns are being formulat
ed and will be announced soon. A
tentative date is set for Tuesday
evening, April 22. -
The National Broadcasting Com=
‘pany will carry a special network
program reporting this event
which will -probably-be one of the
most significant ‘political meetings
held before the national party
conventions in Chicago in July.
Invitations "te " the- Republican
and Democratic candidates were
issued by the Ledgue of Women
Voters in cooperation with Life
magazine. Prior to the national
convention these same“organiza
‘tions are joining forces with lead
ing department stores In approxi
‘mately 30 cities to sponsor a series
of non-partisan forums termed
“The Citizens’ View of ’52.” These
public forums will be held from
JApril, 14 t 0,22. Local _dg‘gprtment
ldoféé will i act as 'hosts’ for the
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cents an hour.
The union wants a 25 cent pack
age increase, 19 cents of that in
wages.
Atlanta Picture
A court showdown over whether
striking Western Electric workers
shall be permanently restrained
from picketing Southern Bell Tel
ephone offices in Georgia was
postponed today until Thursday.
Superior Court Judge Ralph
Pharr “granted the delay at the
request of the union representing
the strikers. A temporary re
straining order will remain in
force in the interim.
A hearing on permanently con
tinuing it had been set for 2 p. m.
today. It will be held at the same
hour Thursday.
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KRILIUM EXPERIMENT—Dr. Francis E. Johnstone, jr.,
chairman of the University of Georgia horticultural div
ision, left, and Dr. Harold Morris, agronomy professor,
will conduct Georgia’s first experiments with krilium,
the new soil conditioner. Dr. Johnstone was one of the
first men in the country to workwith krilium after it
was released to land-granx colleges. Krilium will be used
on red soil planted to potatoes in the college experi
ments.
Professor Experiments
With Soil Conditioner
A University of Georgia College
o’ Agriculture professor who aid |
some of the first work in the na- |
tion with the new soil conditioner l
called krilium is undertaking ad
ditional experiments with this ma- |
terial at the College of Agriculture !
Experirient . Station hére, it was |
announced today. - l
Dr. Francis E. Johnstone, jr.,
chairman of the University Horti- !
cultural Division, was cited re-l
cently in reports "given national
distribution for his research work!
with krilium while on the staff|
of Ohio State University in 1950.{
Dr. Johnstone and his associates
at Ohio State were commissioned
by ithe commercial firm that dis- ’
covered krilium to.test the value
of ‘the new material in growing
turnips, carrots, radishes, spinach
and several other crops: These ex
periments were among the first]
in the nation in a Land-Grant Col
lege. - .
Johnstone said today that he
now has 200 pounds of krilium'
which will be used on the experi- |
mental farm near Whitehall, Geor- |
gia, in the production of sweet'
potatoes. Dr. Harold Morris, pro
fessor of agronomy and soils at|
the college, will cooperate with |
Dramatic Struggle Ensues
To Stem Flooding Missouri
GOP’s Are Sef
For Hot Fight
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NN J. Frimary
By The Associated Press
New Jersey Democrats readied
for a relatively quiet presidential
preference poll tomorrow (Tues
day), but Republicans braced for
a hot and hectic three-way bat
tle.
Up to a million ballots are ex
pected from 2,360,000 registered
voters. The record is 913,538, set
in 1940 when New Jersey held its
last presidential primary. Resulls
are not binding on presidential
nominating delegates to be named
also—3B by Republicans and 36
with 32 votes by Democrats.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee is the only entered candi
date for the Democratic nomina
tion as President and there are but
three contests in the party’s dele
gate race,
Republican Story
The Republican story is differ
ent. Three GOP presidential nom
inee candidates are listed on the
New Jersey ballot: Sen. Robert
Taft of Ohio, Gen. Dwight Eisen
hower and former Gav, Harold
Stassen of Minnesota. Besides, the
delegate posts are well conte%ed.
In Washington, friends of Vice
President Alben flarkley said they
believe he is in a receptive mood
about the Democratic presiden
tial nomination. As vice president,
he is reluctant to bid for it now,
they said, but may be available
in case of a deadlock at the con
vention.
Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia
said on a New York television
show (CBS) yesterday there was
no reason Democrats could not
have a Civil Rights plank pleasing
to all party members. This
would “permit the party to be re
united,” said the nominee~-candi=
date.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said,
in a letter to a Republican group,
he is not a candidate for any pub
lic office. He suggested voters
should ”“avoid wasting their votes
on me. Nil
s ‘Hatriman Willlng
W. Averell Harriman, head of
the government’s foreign aid pro
gram, made it plain he is willing
to become a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. He told a group of New York
Demoeérats in Washington last
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him in the reséarch.
Valuable Qualities |
Krilium, says Dr. Johnstone, has
the ' ability to make a soil that |
packs easily, or one that is made !
up largely of clay, become mellow !
and porous. It does much the same |
job for eroded clay soils that ai
heavy application of barnyard |
manure will do. However, 400 to
500 pounds of krilium per acre
will make the soil more porous
and mellow than will several tons
of manure, and apparently the
krilium remains in the soil for a |
considerable time. Experiments
conducted for the past three years 1
show that treated :land has re
tained its improved pnysical struec- |
ture during this period, . i
In explaining what happens to |
the soil when the krilium is add- i
ed, Johnstone points out: The
powdery krilium seems to be able
to make very small soil particles
clump together in loose clumps.
This allows air and water to cir
culate through the soil more easily
and results in a soil that is easy
to cultivate. When this occurs,
root crops, such as cdrrots and
sweet potatoes, grow more satis
factorily than they'do when plant
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Two-Thirds Of Council Bluff’'s
Population Flees Disaster Scene
'OMAHA, Nebr., April 14— (AP) —The mad Missouri
river threw everything it had—its record-breaking flood
crest—at the Sioux City, lowa, area today and gave new
intensity to the dramatic fight against water being waged
in the downstream Omaha-Council Bluffs, lowa, area.
For Sioux City, with 84,000 per~
sons, and neighboring South Sioux
City, Neb., with 5,500, the crest’s
arrival was only insult atop in
jury. Surrender had come days
earlier and inundation had been
‘a creeping, progressive thing.
~ Downstream, town after town
‘was either prostrate or abandoned.
But Omaha and Council Bluffs,
‘ whose combined metropolitan area
takes in 366,000 persons, were
‘righting it out—prepared for the
‘worst but determined to forestall
it,
Twin City Picture
This was the picture in the twin
cities:
About two-thirds of Council
Bluff’s 45,000 persons had fled or
were pulling out of their howves.
Across the river, in the East
Omaha and Carter Lake, Jowa,
areas, homes of perhaps 5,000
more were similarly deserted.
These were ghost areas, patroll
ed only by soldiers, police and
civil guards, Not even the persons
who live there were permitted to
enter much of the area.
Experienced relief workers
called the exodus one of the big
gest disaster movements in mem
ory.
Record Height
The river, meanwhile, was at
record high levels and steadily
climbing toward the 30 foot crest
exgchi ‘Wednesday.
rly today the reading was
2:.4, compared with flood stage of
19.
At 26.6, the river will be at the
level which levees and flood walls
along the two cities were designed
to handle,
Freeboard or safety nrargin
adds three to five feet to the
levee height, however, and today’s
battle consisted of a continued all
out effort to add two feet to the
levee height.
The flood-ravaged Missouri
river area extended all the way
from lower South Dakota, along
the lowa-Nebraska reaches and
into Kansas and Missouri.
~ But other states, and other
‘rivers, also figured today in a
grim midwest flood picture.
The Mississippi was at a record
high and climbing at St. Paul,
Minn. Livestock shipments to the
South St. Paul stockyards were
embargoed. Thousands were
homeless and the St. Paul Muni
cipal Airport was under water,
The Minnesota river, a tributary,
continued to rise menacingly in
Minnesota.
Easter Seal Fund
Athens and Clarke County’s
Easter Seal Fund goal s $4,000.
Total received — $2,311.63.
Short — $1,688.37.
Don’t forget to send your con
tribution. Remember that 91.7
percent contributed will remain
here.
Gidley Instruct
Gardner Gidley, former Ath
enian and Red Cross Field Rep
resentative, will offer a course in
life saving and water safety at
Stegeman Hall during the week
of May 5-9. The course will be
held daily from 7 till 10 in the
evening,
In order to register for the
course, swimmers must have the
Senior Red Cross certificate and
a special refresher course which
is being offered now. 7o get the
refresher course swimmers may
call 4600, extension 241. It was
stessed today that all swimmers
must meet the specified require
ments before enrolling for the
special course which Mr, Gidley
is to conduct.
There will be no last minute
registrations but interested per
sons are requested to make their
arrangements to take the refresH
er course in order to be eligible,.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy, windy and colder to
day. Clearing late this after
noon. Clear and cooler tonight.
Tuesday, fair and cool. Fair and
warm Wednesday. Low tonight
40, high tomorrow 65. The sun
sets today at 7:04 and rises to
morrow at 6:01.
GEORGIA—Windy and colder
this afternoon with cloudy in
north and clearing in south por
tion. Clear and colder tonight
with low temperatures 40 to 45.
Tuesday fair and cool.
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .65
Total since= Aprilt .. .. .. 2.03
Excess since April 1 .. .... 2§
Avetrage April rainfall .... 3.95
Total since January 1 .. .. 20.40
Excess since January 1 ... 3.53
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EDITION
Trucemen Again
Set New Records
In Brief Talks
MUNSAN, Korea, April 14—
(AP)—Negotiators of a Korean
truce set another new record fer
brevity today. They met only 1§
seconds, including time for trams
lation,
United Nations command sub
delegates gave no indication when
they would be ready to résume the
recessed talks on the prisoner es
war question—one of three major
stumbling blocks before an armis
tice—as requested by the Reds
Sunday in a 50-second session.
It was the fourth straight day
the negotiators had lowered the
previous day's length of time im
session.
The sub-delegates have been
deadlocked two weeks over the
two other chief issues—Commumist
irsistence that Russia help pelice
a truce and a U. N, demand for &
ban on military airfield construec
tion during an armistice.
More than 6,000 words of a Ko~
rean armistice document hawe
been written and agreed upen.
In Washington, officials express
ed hope that an armistice eould
ke reached possibly by May 1.
They based this on a belief that
solution was near on the prisoner
of war deadlock.
But nine vital paragraphs still
are in dispute.
TV Assignments
WASHINGTON, April 14—(APY
—Fifty~three television stations
have been allotted Georgia in =&
I final distribution of TV channels
across the nation. Included in the
| list were assignments for two sta
tions in Athens. One, according to
a chart issued by the Associated
Press, will be reserved on the wery
high frequency channels for nen
commercial education telecasting.
The other will be placed in the
| ultra high frequency group.
| The Federal Communications
Commission ended the long freege
on new station grants by announec
ing the allocation table yesterday.
| The fial allotment for Georgia is
the same as that tentatively pro
‘ posed for the state a year ago.
] Georgia now has three TV sta
| tions—WSß-TV, WAGA-TV and
iWLTV—aII in Atlanta. Apyplica
' tions are pending for nine eother
' outlets in the state. The final ail
' location chart will require WLTV
'to switch from channel eight te
channe! 11.
| The assignment for Georgia in
|« udes 13 channels in the very high
frequercy (VHF) now in general
use and 40 channels in the ultra
high frequency (UHF'), which the
FCC is opening up for commerecial
use for the first time. Five out
lets are specifically reserved for
non-commercial educaticnal tele
| casting.
| sk
.
US Red Assails
lke In London
LONDON, April 14—(AP)—A
U. S. Communist leader told
cheering British Reds yesterday
that General Eisenhower is “re
actionary, a jingo-militarist and an
aggressive imperialist.”
The general was assailed in a
message to' the 22nd National
Congress of the British Commun
ist Party from William Z. Foster,
chairman of the U. S. Conrmunist
Party.
: .
Retail Sales
Drop In State
Retail sales in Georgia dropped
25 per cent in March from the
same month'of 1951, according to
a preliminary estimate of the Bu-~
reau of Business -Research, based
on- early returns from merchants
cooperating in the Monthly Re
tail Trade Report.
Last year Easter fell early, and
March also was last month Geor
gians could buy without paying the
3 percent sales-and-use tax. The
decrease was heaviest in the lum
ber - building - hardware group.
General (rural), general merchan
dise, apparel, jewelry, and auto
stores were all down around 20 er
25 per cent.
Drug stores reported 9 per cent
more business this March than
last. An inadequate sample of ne
ports was reczived from filling
stations, but the few that came in
early enough to be included in the
tabulation showed slightly higher
sales than last year. 2
Retailers appear to have grossed
some 9 per cent more in March
than in February, the apparel
group taking a big lead. e
The food group, which has been
unusually active for many months
sold 13 per cent more, in
than a month ago, and ‘the’ 1)
amount as &' year ago.