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Florida Drive Develops
As Anti-Kefauver Vote
(tate Political
Forces Pleased
\/ith Campaigns
ATLANTA, May 3—(AP)—
vore than half of Georgia’s law-
Lakers—about 154—will be nom
nated in the May 14 Democratic
<tate primary election.
About 100-house membership is
205 an the senate 54-—are with
" .t opposition or were nominated |
carlier in county primaries. Five
counties will pick legislators in
ile general election without nom
inating primaries.
Seem Satisfied
And both Talmadge and anti-
Talmadge forces seem satisfied
with developments.
Gov. Talmadge vecently calledl
for a cooperative legislature dur
ino the last two years of his term.
And a Talmadge aide said today
“it looks like we’ll be in as good,
or better, shape in the néxt legis
lature as we W > this year.”
John Greer, Lanier county rep
resentative and house anti-Tal
madge leader, said he is well sat
isfied with the situation.
Before the deadline for quali
fying, both sides were active in
cecking to get candidates sympa
thetic to their vjews.
Using the vote on the controver=~
cial electors bill as a yardstick, a
olance at the list of unopposed or
already nominated candidates for
ihe legislature shows most of them
are friendly to Talmadge.
Al of the governor’s house lead
ership-Speaker Fred Hand of Mit
chell eounty, Speaker Pro Tem
George Smith of Emanuel, Floor
Leader Frank Twitty of Mitchell
and Rep. Jack Ray of Warrezs—
were mominated in county pri
maries.
Other Side |
On the other side, Greer is umn- ‘
opposed, as are Rep. Bill Freeman
of Monroe, usually an outspoken
anfi-Talmadge man, and Reps.
Charles Gowen and Bomard‘
Nightingale of Glynn. |
A number of members of the
present General Assembly are
swapping or seeking to swap
houses. One of those is Sen.
Osgood Williams of Crawfordville,
senate an.i-administration leader,
who is a candidate for the house
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Ihenians Win
Livestock Pri
A College of Agriculiure fresh
man took top honors at the an
nual Little International Livestock
Show in Hardman Hall Friday
evening, showing the grand cham
pon animal and winning the an
nual award given to the outstand
ing animal husbandry freshman ifi
the college.
John Bowen, Atlanta, received
recognition for months of careful
fraining of his animal, when the
horse he exhibited was declared
¢rand champion. In addition to a
handsome trophy, Bowen was giv
en SIOO in cash.
Reserve Grand Champion
award went to Jack Legg, Jef
ferson (showing Jersey heifer),
while the second reserve grand
'."’éxmplon went to Billy Braswell,
ninhat (showing hampshire ewe
iamp).
Y“}listanding student awards in
cluded: Genevieve Tucker, per
retual trophy to outstanding Sen
ior Tommy Davis, Shannon; Linton
Pittard perpetual tropby to out
standing junior, Alan B. Garrett,
Dublin; Jack Grist perpetual tro
phy to outstanding freshman
member of Saddle and Sirloin
Club, John Bowen, Atlanta; Sad
fie and Sirloin perpetual trophy
‘0 winner of Saddle and Sirloin
and Swift essay contests, H. Em
mett Reynolds, Arabi,
Sheep .shearing contest prizes
were: First, George N. Sanders,
Avondale Estates, Ga.; second, Mi
"Y‘ ael B, Musachio, Tuchahoe, N.
V_ther showings and winners by
3 ‘; from the Athens area in
¢l ded:
; “":‘(jford heifer calves (1), Don
{'~:‘lS(‘Oe of Monroe, third place;
Hereford heifer calves (II), Stauf
er Vlalcom of Monroe, first place;
champion Hereford, Stauffer Mal
com of Monroe, reserve champion;
£incus bull calves, Timothy Bram
it of Greensboro, fourth place;
thampion beef, Stauffer Malcom
3 fonroe, reserve champion; Po
-;"" China gilts, Phil Thompson
of Bogart, first place.
; ,I,””'OC gilts, Earnest Lowe of
AR third place; champion
;.".“‘e' Phil Thompson of Bogart,
1)7“,”‘”0": Jersey heifers, first
piace, Champion Jersey, and
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Pepper Is Big
Influence Factor
BY DON WHITEHEAD
MIAMI, May 3.—(AP)—Flori
da’s first Democratic presidential
preference primary in 20 years
has developed today into a full
scale drive to “Stop Kefauver” in
the South,
This state’s leading political fig
ures are lined up solidly behind
! Georgia’s Senator Richard B. Rus
sell in his campaign against the
tall, gangling Senator Estes Ke
fauver of Tennessee.
Their goal in Tuesday's pri
mary:
To give Russell a thumping vic
tory in Florida and establish him
as the South’s favorite son.
But while Russell entered the
homestretch as the favorite, Ke
fauver’s homely hand-shaking
campaign was believed to be an
effective vote-getting technique.
There were some who believed he
had a chance to upset Russell.
Spirited Contest
The spirited Russell - Kefauver
contest combined with high inter
est in state races is expected to
bring out a record-smashing vote
of perhaps 800,000.
Deep cross-currents are at work
in this fight between two of the
South’s political strong men whose
social backgrounds are similar—
but whose political philosophies
sometimes are at odds,
Their fight has almost hidden
this development: namely, that
former Senator Claude Pepper is
quietly moving into a position
which could give him new politi
cal prestige within the Demo
cratic party.
Pepper Drive
Pepper was defeated for re
election to the Senate by Senator
George Smathers in 1950 when
Smathers hung a “left wing” label
on Pepper. But Pepper made it
clear to this reporter in an inter
view he has not given up his po
litical ambitions. ;
Today Pepper is working to
have his friends elected as dele
gates to the Democratic national
convention — a move which has
confused the outcome of the Ke
fauver-Russell delegate fight.
Spreading Word
Pepper said he is spreading the
word among his followers to sup
port certain delegates he consid
ers friendly to him and his views.
The 24 Democratic delegates will
not be chosen in Tuesday’s pri
mary — but in a second primary
May 27.
Kefauver and Russell moved
their campaigns today into Dade
county (Miami) for the final
stages of their fight. Dade county
has almost one-fifth of the state’s
1,119,000 registered Democratic
voters. s
It has been an uphill fight for
Kefauver in Florida and only the
count of the voting will tell
whether he has been able to over
come the odds against him. He is
expected to make his best show
ing in Dade county. Russell’s
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Methodist Group
Sets Homecoming
Princeton Methodist Church
will observe annual homecoming
day Sunday, May 18 (Third Sun
day). As has been the custom each
year, a former pastor has been in
vited as guest speaker,
This year the Rev. B. C. Kerr,
superintendent of the Methodist
Children’s Home at Decatur, Ga.,
will bring the morning message.
He is to bring with him a group of
children from the home who will
present a program in the after
noon.
A basket dinner will be served
at one o'clock. The members of
the church extend a cordial invi
tation to the general public to en
joy the day with them.
Curtain Rises Monday
On College Production
Monday night, May sth, marks
the first of five performances of
The Late George Apley, which will
be presented by the University
Threatre at Fine Arts Auditorium.
The final night of performance
will be May 9th.
Of particular interest to local
audiences will be the staging of
the play in.arena style Other
names for this style of presentation
are central staging, theatre-in-the
round, penthouse theatre. They all
mean the same thing. They mean
that the audience is seated on four
sides of the playing area rather
than on one side. In Fine Arts
Auditorium the platforms for the
special seating have been created
and the seats placed on them by
Paul Camp, technical director of
the University Theatre. All the
audience will be seated on the
stage and the large red curtain
will remain down for the entire
pedrformance.
Unique Entrances
Actors making their entrances
and exits through lanes which
divide the seats into sections, will
do so much as a prize fighter pas
ses down through the audience
on his way to the ring. Both for
the actor and audience, arena
staging is a unique experience
since frequently one is separated
from the other by only two or
three feet. The entire production
has been staged by Leighton M.
Ballew, Head of the Bpeech and
Drama Department.
The play, written by John Pr.
Marquand “an%% George §. Kauf
man, deals with a group of tradi
tionally minded = Boston aristor
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RUSSELL WEARS HIS CAMPAIGN HAT — Senator
Richard Russell (D.-Ga.), candidate for the presidential
nomination, wears his campaign hat while talking and
shaking hands with the crowd that attended his speech
in Jacksonville, Fla. The three-cornered cocked hat is
described as similar to those worn by the American Rev
olution’s Minute Men, and commonly recognized as the
symbol of Jeffersonian democracy.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Korean Parleys Seen
Headed For Breakdown
No Progress Is
Seen On Issues
MUNSAN, Korea, Sunday, May
4—(AP)—The prolonged Korean
truce talks-deadlocked as tight as
ever—seemed today to be headed
toward a breakdown. l
It apparently was a question of
which side would be first to an
nounce that the present full dress
secret sessions of the five-man
delegations have been fruitless.
The third plenary session Sat
urday made it clear that, despite
the cloak of secrecy, no progress
was made on the Allied proposal
for an overall solution to the three
knotty problems blocking a truce.
No Agreement
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
United Nations command spokes
man, said after the 24-minute
meeting it was obvious no agree
ment was reached. The delegates
are deadlocked on these three
main issues: Voluntary repatria
tion of prisoners; Communist
nomination of Russia as a neutral
truce inspector and an Allied de
mand for restrictions on military
airfield construction.
Before presenting the undis
closed packge proposal April 28,
the Allies had offered to return
70,000 military prisoners and ci
vilian internees of the 169,000
held. The U. N. command said the
other prisoners do not want to
go back to Red rule.
Held the Floor
Nuckols said North Korean Gen.
Nam Il opened Saturday’s meeting
and did most of the taiking. Vice
Adm. C. Turner Joy, senior Al
lied delegate, spoke briefly.
Otuside the weather-whitened
conference tent, Communist news
men continued to insist that the
Reds will never concede on the
prisoner issue.
The Peiping radio, quoting Alan
Winnington of the London Daily
Worker, said: “This side has made
its last concession on the prison
ers issue . . . and the Americans
have’ to make real contribution on
this.” :
crats residing in Beacon Hill and
traces, in particular, the efforts
of George Apley to reach the cor
rect decision about the future of
his son and daughter. Both of them
feel the necessity for breaking
clean from their father’'s way of
life. The most difficult moment in
Apley’s life comes when he has to
answer his childrens’ demands
that they be allowed to live their
own lives. “The Late George
Apley” is a highly entertaining
comedy largely on the basis of
this indecision of the main charac
ter,
Cast
Appearing in the role of George
Apley will be James Andrews,
assistant professor of drama.
Marge Manderson will play his
wife, Catherine Apley, and Carol
Glassman and Crayton Rowe will
play, respectively, Eleanor Apley
and John Apley. Carroll Conroy
will play Amelia Newcombe while
her husband, Roger Newcombe,
will be played by Michael Sin
clair. The Willing family composed
of Horatio, Jane and Agnes will
be portrayed respectively by Wilby
Coleman, Gretchen Eberhardt and
Ann Phillips, Eston Perkins will
appear as Mr. Dole and other roles
will be played by Katherine Soule,
Dell Spector, Peggy Greene, and
Bryon Eicholz. Betty Greene, and
the assistant director of the pro
duction and Eston Perkins in stage
mansager.
The play is being presented’ for
five nignts imstead of the l;‘s(m
three because of limited zesting
available in the arna se#ffig.
ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1952,
Savings Days
Are Big §
Athens Savings Day—=three days
of attractive bargains offered at
most. local stores and establish
ments—ended yesterday with the
big majority of the business firms
declaring the event a huge suc
cess and some saying their con
_cerns did more business Guring the
period than during any other sim
ilar period in the past.
Clear weather and sunny skies
helped to draw to the city a great
many visitors frorm the Athens
trade territory, a fact borne out
by comments of traffic policemen
on the greatly increased flow of
cars in the downtown area. Satur
day normally sees an increase in
traffie, it was pointed out, but
yesterday went far beyond the
customary increase.
The plan was sponsored by the
Merchants Council of the Cham
ber of Commerce and the idea was
not just to increase sales volume
on the specified days but to draw
visitors to Athens to see that they
not only can buy goods just as
economically here as anywhere
else, but in most cases, more so.
Registration was almost beyond
belief at the stores offering free
prizes and many o fthose partici
pating are the happy owners to
day of valuable articles that did
not cost them one penny.
Winners of prizes included:
Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Brown, 560
Hill street, were the lucky win=
ners of Strickland Television
Company’s prize of a brand new
TV set, while Mrs, F. H. Menden
hal, 185 Woodland, was the winner
at Ernest C. Crymes. Mrs. Men
denhal’s prize was a new vacuum
cleaner. Lay’s Service Station gave
away free tires to Othan Hanley
of Hull, Ga.
Laura Harris was the winner of
Whitmire Furniture Company’s
first prize, getting her choice of a
refrigerator or stove. Troy Sey
mour, 325 Hiawassee, was the
winner of the lounging chair at
Whitmire’s, and Sennie Cason
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Conclave Hears
Native Of India
More than 60 foreign students
from colleges throughout Georgia
closed their two-day annual meet
ing at the University of Georgia
Saturday.
The students, representing a
dozen or more countires, met on
the campus for the forth con
secutive year. This year they em
phasized the similarities of peo
ples around the globe as opposed
to their differences.
One of the speakers at the ses
sion in the University Chapel yes
terday morning was Mrs. Ahmed
Shaw of India, wife of a visiting
lecturer at Emory University.
In her address Mrs. Shaw point
ed out that it is the small experi
ments in international living —
experiments much like the Foreign
Students Conclave—that are the
best hope for the future of the
world.
“Today so many politiclans are
trying to set the affairs of the
world rifht," she said, “But it is
the small cells of Christian living
that in the end will do the most
xoq%;,
@ Convlave also featured an
address by Dr. Thomas R. Risher,
educational staff officer of the
Technical Cooperation Admini
stration of the Department of
State., -
" he Conclave was sponsored by
the University of Georgia’s Cosmo
politan Club, organization for fore
ign students.
Supreme Court Blocks Truman Plan
To Hike Steelworkers' Pay Monday
lke Is Slated
To Give Three
Talks On Return
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
ALLIED POWERS IN EUROPE,
May 4 — (AP) — Gen. Eisen
hower will make at least two or
three speeches in the United States
before the Republican National
Convention opens July 7, one of
his chief poliaical backers said to
day.
Gen. Luicus D, Clay told cor
respondents the only Eisenhower
speech definitely arranged is to be
delivered June 4 in Abilene, Kans,,
but “it is safe to predict that he
will make one, and possibly two,
more than that.”
Lunched With Clay
Eisenhower lunched today with
Clay, a close wartime associate,
and John Foster Dulles, Repub
lican foreign affairs expert who
recently resigned as adviser to the
State Department.
Clay flew to Paris from New
York yesterday to talk with Eisen
hower and his aides about Eisen
hower’s program in the United
States after he leaves his job as
Supreme Allied Commander in
Europe about June 1.
Clay said he himself was con
cerned mainly with hotel reserva
tions and transportation schedules,
adding: “I am leaving political
strategy to the seasoned campaign
ers like Senator Lodge,” the Mas
sachusetts Republican who is man=
aging the Eisenhower-for-Presi
dent movement.
Will - See Truman
The only thing that can be said
now about Eisenhower’s schedule,
Clay reported, is that when he
leaves Paris he will go directly to
Washington, where he probably
will see President Truman.
Then Eisenhower will go to Abi
lene. His speech there will be part
of a ceremony dedicating a citizen
ship foundation supported by the
general and his four brothers.
Athens High Has
Class Elections
Bobby Marbut was named sen
ior class president for the ensueing
year in a general election at Ath
ens High School last week.
Elected junior class president for
the 1952-53 school year was Ches
ter Leathers, while John Simpson
was named to the leading spoho
more post.
Sixteen rgmresentatives were
named to serve on next year’s
Advisory Council.
Other Officers
Serving with young Marbut next
year will be: Bobby Duncan, vice
president, Agnes Broadnax, secret
ary; Martha Howe Chandler, trea
surer. The seven students named
from the eleventh grade to serve
in the Advisory Council are Allen
Baber, Ernest Brackett, Agnes
Broadnax, Martha Howe Chandler,
Bobby Duncan, Kenneth Malcom
and Nan Richardson.
Other junior class officers for
next year will be Ann Hailey as
vice-president, Barbara Eidem
as secretary and Jim Hadaway &s
treasurer. Serving on the Advisory
Council from that group will be
Barbara Eidem, Ann Hailey, La-
Boon, Carey O'Kelley and John
Peters.
Sophormore officers serving
with John Simpson will be Nancy
Butts, vice-president, All Harper,
secretary, and George Ramsey,
treasured. Tommy Carter, Ann
Cox, Don Henderson and Warren
Lanier, jr. will represent the tenth
grade on the council.
Faculty Members
Named faculty representative on
the couneil was Miss Frances Mo
ore, while Miss Ruby Anderson
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ver, the type which is thought to have been used in the
revenge killing of New York clothing salesman Arnold
Schuster, is shown beside a police ghoto of John
(Chappy) Mazziotta, an ex-convict bookmaker now
being sought as the key suspect in the slaying. Schuster
was the man who led police to the arrest of bank robber
Willie Sutton.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Tribunal Agrees To Review Case
As Government Control Continues
BY DONALD SANDERS
WASHINGTON, May B.— (AP) —The Supreme Court,
in a swift and unanimous rebuff to President Truman, to
day blocked his plans to give 650,000 CIO steelworkers a
pay raise. ; -
| The President, in an extraordi
nary White House session this
forenoon, had issued a virtual ulti
matum to steel industry leaders.
He told them and union chieftains
to sit down and negotiate a wage
settlement “now” or he would
raise wages “on Monday morning,
or as soon as we can get ready.”
Justices Act
Seven hours later, after a con
ference in their chambers, the
nine justices acted. They ordered
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer,
whom Truman had put in charge
of the seized industry, to make ne
change in wages or working condi=
tions unless management agrees.
By a vote of 7 to 2, the high
tribunal agreed to review the
great legal row over Trunran’s
geizure of the billion dollar indus
try on April 8 to avert a threaten
ed strike. Meantime government
control over the industry contin
ues.
The Supreme Court order
against a government - directed
wage raise—-an order which mark
ed a clash between two high, co
ordinate branches of the govern
‘ment—came while industry and
union leaders were arguing at the
‘White House in the negotiating
‘session Truman had calied.
Declined Comment
~ Whether it would mean another
‘walkout by the CIO union was not
immediately clear. Philip Murray,
president of the CIO and the steel
‘workers, declined comment but
%indicated his union members
would stay on the job at least for
‘the present,
There was no comment from
the White House. Press Secretary
Joseph Short said Dr. John R.
Steelman, presiding over the bar
ganing talks, had told the manage
ment and union representatives of
the court’s action.
The White House talks recessed
for dinner without comment from
any of the parties, anw a new ses
sion was scheduled tonight,
Qxcu tion Resumes
“The stéel mills today were only
beginning to gét back into opera=
tion after a three-day strike
}which started Tuesday after Fed
era] District Judge David A. Pine
ruled that Truman’s seizure of the
mills was illegal. Murray ordered
the strike ended after the Presi
dent made a personal appeal to
him Thursday night.
The union had joined in the
government’s appeal to the Su
preme Court for a free hand in
regard to wages and working
conditions. The union said that if
seizure continued and the govern
ment’s hands weer tied, the union
in effect would have no employer
to bargain with and would be left
“polding the bag.”
In reply, the companies said
they were willing to bargain at
any time. |
Hunt For Couch
Youth Confinues
“BEvery effort possible has been
made to recover the body of
Hampton Couch from the Oconee
river with all available equip
ment,” Sheriff Tommy Huff said
late Saturday night.
Sheriff Huff informed the Ban
ner-Herold that a professional
diver from Marietta arrived Sat
urday to join in the efforts to re
cover the body and he will con~
tinue diving throughout today.
“T would especially like to com~
pliment the people who have been
faithful in making an effort to re
cover his body, but it is with re
gret that their efforts have been
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Grady Pitfard
Elected To Head
District Civitans
’ Grady Pittard, jr., was installed
as District Governor of the Geor
gia Civitans at the district con
vention of that club held in Gaine
esville on Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Pittard, active in civic affairs
in Athens, was installed at 2:30
Saturday afternoon by Past Inter
national President R. Kelvern Shi
vers, of Washington, D. C.
Other local - Civitans attending
the convention were Robert H.
Brown, new local club president,
and Larry Morgan, club secretary,
both of whom were installed in
their offices here Monday.
~ Other officers elected at the
convention were Fred Dover, sec
retary, member of Gaines Club;
Lieutenant Governors, Harry P.
Palmer, Savannah; W. W, Green,
Albany; George P. Fletcher, Rome;
W. E. Zachary, Decatur; G. A.
Huddleston, Greenville; Fred E.
Stevens, jr., Atlanta; and R. D.
Jones, Eastwood. ‘
Saturday’s activities included a
banquet at which awards were |
presented to the individual clubs
for services and achievements of
the past year. L. M. Shadgett,
Athens, vice-president of Georgla
Power Company, was on hand to
present for the first time a new
Georgia Power Company trophy to
the Civitan Club with the out
standing service record.
The two day session of the
Georgia District of Civitan Clubs
drew members of local clubs from
all over the state, includirw Frank
Stancil, president of the Watkins~
ville Club; Elmrer Weatherford,
past president of that club; and
Edgar Weatherford, newly elected
District Lieutenant Governor. W,
R. Coile, jr., president of the Win
terville Club; and Harold Kick
lighter, presiednt-elect of that
club, were also present, as were
E. H. Massey and Fred Dover of
the Gaines Ciub, and Howard
Landsford of Crawford.
Phi Kappa Phi
Names Athenians
Ten Athenians were tapped for
membership this week in Phi
Kappa Phi, national honorary
scholarship fraternity on the Uni
versity of Georgia campus.
Membership in the organization
is restricted to students with out
standing scholastic records who
show promise of leadership and
service, A total of 65 students,
four faculty members and two
alumni were given membership in
the organization this week.
New Atheng members, by de
gree groups, include:
Bachelor of Science in Pharma
cy, Maynor Hansel Belcher; Bach
elor of Science in Agriculture,
William Jackson Corbett and
Wayland Lannie Johnston; Bache
lor of Science in Education, Jean
ette Jent Newton; Bachelor of
Business Administration, Thomas
Stansell Bentley, and William
Daniel McDonald of Monroe;
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism,
Martha Jean Butts; Graduate de
grees, William M. Bruce, William
Claude Causey, Samuel Glasner,
and Julia E. Tolbert.
AIRMAN KILLED
PANAMA, Panama, May B.—
(AP)—Marcos A. Gelabert, Pan
amra’s foremost airman, was killed
last night in the crash of a twin-~
engined plane which Slunged into
a cow pasture near Calobre, 190
miles northwest of here, during a
rainstorm.
Police said the 46-year-old pilot
was believed the only decupaiit of
the small Cessna plane.
HOME
EDITION
Army Suspends
Free Services
For Occupation
FRANKFURT, Germany, May
3—(AP)—The U. 8. Army =~
nounced today it is knocking off
some 45 million dollars worth of
its frills in Germany by doing
away with free maids and other
personal services,
The Army bowed to a State De
.partment demand that it eut off
several thousand free sarvants
whose wages came from West
German government funds as ce~
cupation costs.
Immediate Release
The announcement said the re
lease of servanis would begin im
mediately and would be ended
next June 30. It did not go inte
detail, =
Nothing was said about special
non-duty trains, also regarded
coolly by the State Department,
which take troops to reereation
centers, i
It was indicated this matter is
still being negotiated.
Army authorities at Heidelberg
sald it had been decided @ aet
unilaterally because plans fowr
three party action to introduce am
austerity program for personnel
had not materialized.
French Silent
! The British say they have
hacked off their luxury Jjtems.
The French are silent about hew
many frills decorate their eceu
pation picture.
It eould not be learned imme
diately just how many servants
would be affected bf’ the U. 8.
order, but free maids are in
stalled in quarters of soldiers from
non - commissioned officers up.
The Army had budgeted for 29,060
servants for the ecoming fiscal
year, ®
The Army sald its action would
include ‘‘several categories, prin
cipally for personal. services,
clubs, messes, ete.” ¢
U. 8. Pay Best
Despite the fact officers and
non-comg will have to dig into
their own pockets to see the billet
is cleaned or a Scofch and soda
mixed right, the U. 8. Army sol
dier is still the best off im Ger
many. His Post Exchange eoffers
him luxury goods, commissaries
are well stocked and his pay rate
makes other Allied soldiers green
with envy.
Young Harris T
g
Give ‘Cue May 14
First of the big-scale ‘;glurch
barbecues of the season be
given Wednesday, May 14, at
Young Harris Memorial Methodist
Church on Prince Avenue from €
to 8 o'clock.
Tickets will be sold starting
Monday by members of the
church at $1.50 for adults and 75
cents for children. No tickets will
be sold at the church, thus assur
ing that everyone who buys a
ticket in advance will be accomo
dated.
Asg in the past the barbecue will
be cooked by the city firemen and
the delightful “extras” will be
provided by the ladies of the
church; but at no additional ecost.
Young Harris Church has wen
a high reputation b{ its tg:st bar
becues due to the fact t more
than enough is always cooked to
provide those attendin‘f with all
they wish to eat, and also the
lovely setting for the ’cues, which
are held in the beautiful garden
spot behind the church. When all
the tickets are sold, there aren’t
any more and none will be seld
at the church. For that reason it's
a good idea to gl;st your tickets as
quickly as possible.
.
WU VWithdraws
. .
From Mediation
NEW YORW, May 3.—(AP)—
Western Union announced today
it has withdrawn from a media
tion meeting scheduled Wednesday
in Washington in an effort te end
the month-old telegraphers’ strike.
It accused the union of misrepre
senting ecircumstances of the
meeting.
Western Union said officials of
the AFL Commercial Telegraph
ers’ Union had informed company
employes that both the company
and union had agreed to abide by
findings of a three-man coneilia
tion panel get ug for the m-lfi;g‘
The Telegraphers struck Al
8 demanding & 16-cents hourly
wage increase plus reduced work=
ing hours for some employes. The
company has said it cannot afford
any kind of a pay boost.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair zund continued warm.
through Sunday, with high
temperatures ranging in the
low 80's.
GEORGIA - Generally ' sale
and continued warm Sunday.