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RIOT AGAINST RIDGWAY’S COMING — The Com
munists of Paris have seized upon General Matthew
Pidgway’s coming as good cause to demonstrate in the
«reets. Here a French policeman grabs a Red demon
«rator during anti-Ridgway riots. The general is re
placing General Dwight Eisenhower as Supreme Com
mander in Europe.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Dank Robber Captured
[fzer Intensive Search
15T Considers
Giving Congress
Geel Dispute
WASHINGTON May 26 (AP)—
President Truman today was re
ported considering a new move to
toss the tangled steel controversy
into the lap of Congress if his seiz
ure of the industry is ruled illegal.
The Supreme Court’s decision in
the historic case may be handed
down today. iy
Opinion Session
The nine justices gather for a
regular opinion session but there
was no way of telling beforehand
whether they were ready to an-
nounce their decision in the case.
They will “have another -opinion
day next Monday, the last sched
uled before the court’s summer
recess.
Philip Murray’s CIO steelwork
ers have expressed impatience at
not getting a pay raise since their
contracts expired last Jan. 1, and
e union has paily indicated it
ill launch a new industry-wide
rike if government operation of
e mills is neded by the high
urt,
/ Truman Strategy v
The strategy Truman plans if
e seizure is knocked out and a
rike develops is said to be to con
nue to steer clear of using the
aft-Hartley Act’s emergency
rovisions and again appeal to
ongress-as he has done twice be
re-for legislation dealing with
e situation.
Birthday Notes
Besiege Queen
LONDON, May 26—(AP)—
Jueen Mary was 85 years old to-
he first to deliver’their con
tulations in person were her
al great-grandchildren, Pince
arles and Princess Anne.
he two children of Queen
vabeth II drove from Bucking
n Palace to Marlborough House,
dowager queen’s home, with
iquets of flowers, Charles will
four in November, Anne two
August.
lundreds of bouquets and
usands of cables, letters and
cels from other well-wishers
red in throughout the day.
AFRICAN NATIVES WARRING
CAPETOWN, South Africa, May
6 —(AP)—Two persons were
illed and 35 seriously injured in
- light last night between Zulu
nd Basuto tribesmen on the out
kirte of Johannesburg.
The clash, in the segregated ne2*
10 township of Newclare, was
be third such outbreak in 11 days
! undeclared native warfare be
ween the two tribal factions. The
otal casualties are nine dead and
8 injured
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Vartly cloudy and slightly
Werier foday. Mostly fair and
19t much temperature change
tonight and Tuesday. High to
day 82, low tomight 60, high to
morrow 84. The sun sets tonight
4t 735 and rises tomorrow at
5:24,
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy,
widely scattered thundershow
©rs and littie change in temper
atire in south portion; fair and
2 little warmer in north portion
this afterncon. Fair and not
"uch change in temperature to
night and Tuesday.
. TEMPERATURE
Highest ~ . T
Lowesg o 8 i s 0
:1}(‘:”] GOOO Sees 2est Do -...68
Norma] i e i o 198
‘ RAINFALL
Inches Jast 24 hours .. ... .0
~otal since May 1 ~ ;. .. 2.3
oeliclt since May 1 ~ .... .
polal since January 1 ~ < 92.7"
“Xcess since January 1 ... 1.2
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Youth Is Held
.
In County Jail
William Therell Tucker, 19, of
Oliver Springs, Tenn,, is in Clarke
County jail facing charges of as
sault with intent to murder and a
federal charge of transporting a
stolen automobile across a state
line as the result of an attempted
hold-up of the Bank of Crawford
Saturday morning in which E. H.
Furcron, bank president, was
slightly wounded by a pistol bul
let.
Tucker was captured about mid
night Saturday by Clarke County
Policemen Harold Seagroves and
A. E. Allen. The capture took place
on the Barnett Shoals Road near
Dial’s Barbecue place and Tucker
surrendered without putting up a
fight, though he was armed. *
Intensive Search
The youth had been the object
of an intensive all-day search for
a score .or more officers and-an
even larger number of civilians,
the hunt centering in the Wolfskin
Distriet of Oglethorpe County
near the old Berryman place in a
desolate area known as the “Little
Okeefenokee Swamp.”
Tucker says he remembers hear
ing a pistol shot but contends that
everything else is a blank since
he got in a car with a salesman in
Aiken, S. C, some time before the
hold-up.
The man who attempted to rob
the Crawford bank walked into
the lobby about 9:15 Saturday
morning. Cashier Marion Faust
noticed he was acting m an un
usual manner and then saw he
had a pistol and was pointing it
at him. He stepped to the office
of bank president Furcron and
told him there was a man in the
lobby with a pistol.
Cloud of Tear Gas
Mr. Furcron reached in a desk
drawer for his own gun and the
man fired, the bullet inflicting a
flesh wound in Mr. Furcron’s arm,
Mrs. Itice Epps, bookkeeper,
pushed a button that automatical=-
ly released a cloud of tear gas and
the man rushed from the bank,
firing at J. W. Stockton, Shell oil
dealer in Crawford, who was
crossing the street. The bullet
went wild.
The man jumped in a car that
was waiting with ‘the motor run
ning and drove off at high speed.
| Some time later officers found
| the car, a 1949 DeSoto, which had
been stolen in South Carolina,
abandoned on & dead-end road
near the swamp. Sheriff Tommy
Huff took the bloodhounds he is
training to the car and the dogs
picked up the scent. Sheriff Huff
said Tucker told him after his
capture that he could hear the
dogs baying and at ohe time
caught a glimpse of them. How
ever, as the chase neared a con
clusion, a torrential rain fell,
wiping out the man’s scent and
| baffling the dogs.
The swamp was searched all
day but to no avail, except that
the officers found two unfired .38
calibre cartridges by the car, and
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Former Athenian
Dies In Florida
Funeral services were held this
afternoon in Atlantic Beach, Fla.,
for William S. (Bill) Strudel,
former Athenian who died from a
heart attack there Sunday.
Mr. Strudel is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Evelyn O’-
Kelley, of this ¢itx, and four chil
dren.
In 1948-49 he was director of
athletic publicity at the University
of Georgia. At other times he was
a member of the Athens Fire De
partment, sports editor of the now
defunct Athens Daily Times, and
was also connected with Arm
strong & Dobbs Coal Company.
At theftime of his degth };f was
editor of the Qce ea
porter, near ?acflgonvffi%.' glgr,
Strudel was 38 vearsg old and a
Navy veteran of \be'?d_War Two.
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A repcri fiom the Florida city
St that Mr. Strudel was returta
ing from a fishing trip in an auto
mobile when he suffered the at
tack. The car was wrecked.
Senate Squares Off In
Hot Foreign Aid Issue
Red Prisoners
Mass Supply Of
Lethal Weapons
By WILLIAM JORDEN
KOJE ISLAND, Korea, May 26
—(AP)—Red prisoners of war are
forging deadly weapons in their
barbed wire enclosures but Brig.
Gen. Haydon L. Boatner sald to
day the time had passed when
they could have captured this
island.
United Nations guard forces now
could control prisoners outside the
island’s 17 POW compounds, the
new camp commander told newly
arrived combat-wise Canadian and
British troops.
Still Rule
But inside the compounds-hous
ing 80,000 North Korean and Chi
nese captives-die-hard Commu
nists still rule, he said.
Abo'.t two weeks ago, the POWs
could have crashed their barbed
wire enclosures, They would have
suffered hundreds of casualties but
probably could have taken over
the island “if they had wanted,”
he said.
Each compound holds 5,00 C to
6,000 prisoners. But within two
weeks the Reds will be divided
into groups of 500 in new, smaller
compounds.
In the larger groups the Reds
can't be controlled “if they don’t
want to be controlled,” Boatner
conceded.
Crude Weapons
In several riots the prisoners
used axe handles, cluks, spears,
barbed wire flails and other weap
ons.
Some camp authorities said the
POWs now have pistols and rifles
seized in riots or bought from ci
vilians, L TR
Within each compound the Reds
have a well organized military
system. Each enclosure is divided
into a battalion, companies and
platoons. Strict military discipline
prevails. The Communist leaders
drill their men-even hold small
scale military tactics using dummy
rifl?s or clubs for mock bayonet
drill.
Camp officials concede they do
not have control inside the barbed
wire enclosures. Red leaders have
organized prisoners into a crude
but disciplined army, equipped
with stones, clubs and weapons
fashioned from cans and metal
bars. They also have pistols and
rifles seized from guards in riots
or bought from civilians.
At least 115 prisoners have died
from brutal beatings, hangings or
torture in clashes between die
hard Communists and anti-Com
munists within the bavbed wire
enclosures, hospital records show.
Guards suppressing three riots
in this camp killed 97.
Lt. Col. S. M. Gelenger, Flint,
Mich.,, head of the hospital, said
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Archer Services
Are Held Today
Services for Miss Annie Bell
Archer were conducted this after
noon.at 3 o’clock from Bernstein’s
Chapel with Rev. G. M. Spivey,
pastor of Young Harris Methodist
Church, and Rev. W. R. Thur
mond, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church in Jefferson, officiating.
Burial was in Wier Cemetery,
Bernstein Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements, Pallbearers were
Harvey Pledger, DFI B. Martin,
Tommy Graham, Ernest Stephens,
Luther Brock and Albert Archer.
Miss Archer, 64, is survived by
two brothers, C..H. Archer, Ath
ens, and L. H. Archer, Jefferson;
three nieces, Miss Sarah Frances
Archer, Jefferson, Mrs. Nathaniel
Archer, Troy, Ala., and Mrs. Eu
gene Jackson, Atlanta; nephew,
Harvey Joel Archer, Athens; aunt,
Mrs. Sam Archer, Jefferson.
Miss Archer was a native of
Clarke County and lived for many
years in Jackson County. She had
been a resident of Athens for ten
years, being a member of Boggs
Chapel. She resided at 153 Barrow
Street.
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TRUMAN AT ANNAPOLIS — To start off the Army-
Navy baseball game at Annapolis, President Truman
throws out the first ball with his famous southpaw peg.
At the left is Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball. The
President wound up his stay at the Naval Academy
after watching the midshipmen pass in review and at
tending the ball game.—(NEA Telephoto.)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, CA.,, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1952.
Party Lines May
Split In Fight,
WASHINGTON May 26 (AP)—
Sen, Connally D-Tex told the
Senate today in advocating ap
proval of a $6,000,000,000 foreign
aid bill that “a peliey of timidity
is a prelude to disaster.”
As chairman of the Senate for
eign relations committee, Connally
said the mutual security measure
is probably the last major legisla
tion he will pilot through the Sen
ate before he retires next January.
He did not elect to run again.
The Texas senator argued in a
prE€pared Senate address against
any further cuts in the authoriza
tion measure, trimmed by his com
mittee one billion dollars below
President Truman’s uests. The
House has approved 1;.'%6,162,000,-
000 ceiling on foreign aid.
Georgia’s Motian
Before Connallr spoke, Sen.
George D-Ga. told a reporter he
will stick by the one billion re
duction made by the committee
on his motion, although he said
he did not believe a cut of the
House figure would damage the
program much.
A group of Republican senators
has proposed additional slashes
ranging from 500 millions to one
billion dollars.
Asserting that this country must
be prepared to meet its allies
half way, Connally said that any
failure of Congress to act decisive
ly now “might mean that peace
would slip from our grasp and the
lights of civilization would go out
again for a long, long time.
Candidates Back Bill
He noted that three candidates
for the Democratie presidential
nomination-Sens. Brien McMahon
of Connecticut, Richard B. Russell
of Georgia and Estes Kefouver of
Tennessee-are backing the bill en
dorsed by a fourth candidate, Mut
ual Security Administrator W.
Averell Harriman.
Sen. Robert A, Taft of Ohio, can
didate for the Republican nomina
tion has urged a cut in aid funds
to six billion dollars. Gen. Dewight
Eisenhower has said any cut be
yvond the committee’s one billion
slash might call for drastic revi
sion of the European rearmament
program and enda.nger U, 8. se
curity. . A
Connally said he agrees Ameri
can outlays should not threaten
this nation’s solvency. since he be
lieves “if the. American economy
goes to pot, most of the world will
go to pot with it.” But he said the
Russians know that isn’t going to
happen.
“Indeed, their recent actions
clearly indicate that the Russians
are far more alarmed over the
growing strength in Western Eu
rope than they are encouraged by
the deficit in our national budget,”
the Texas senator said.
Connally said he hadn't always
%een satisfied with the progress
uropean nations were making to
ward rearmament, but that on the
whole they had “responded to the
threat of Communist aggression
vigorously and promptly within
the limits of their capabilities.”
Matthews Rises
To Be Tuesday
Mrs. Ora Damron Matthews,
widow of the late Charles A. Mat
thews, died in a local hospital
Sunday at 12:30 p. m. after an
illness of one week. Mrs. Matthews
was 79 years old.
Services are to be conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Center Methodist Church
with Rev. Cecil Myers, pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church, Atlanta,
and Rev. Pleman Folds, pastor of
the Center church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Center
Cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Pall
bearers will be nephews of Mrs.
Matthews, W. F. Parsons, Edgar
Tolbert, Ralph Damron, Millard
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MAUREEN’S BURNED UP
Motion picture actress Mau
reen O'Hara is treated in the
Universal - International studio
for powder burns. She was
burned on the neck when one
of the cowboys in the western
she is making accidentally fired
his blank-loaded six shooter too
close to the red haired star.
Nurse Isobel Richfield adminis
ters the first aid.—(NEA Tele
photo.)
Tanker Explodes
After Delaware
River Collision
WILMINGTON, Del,, May 26—
(AP)—An oil tanker and a gaso
line-laden barge burst into flames
after colliding in the rain-swept
Delaware River 15 miles south of
here last night. One man is known
dead and eight are missing.
The vessels were identified by
the coast guard as the 10,441-ton
tanker Michael, with a cargo of
crude oil, and the motor barge E.
D. Dodd,
Searing Flames
Searing, gasoline - fed flames
swept the badly smashed Dodd,
which carried a crew of nine. She
was reported split in two with
the stern section sinking. The Mi
chael, also burning, was able to
limp away frorm the scene and
later reported its fire under con
trol,
_ One man, nude except for the
life jacket which kept him afloat,
died minutes after he was picked
up by rescuers. He was not
identified but was believed to be
a crewman on the Dodd.
Other Rescues
Two other men, also Dodd crew
members, were rescued from the
water and taken to Wilmington
General Hospital suffering from
burns and shock. One was identi
fied as Sjur Tellifsen, 29, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
There was no immediate word
of the fate of the other six men
aboard the Dodd.
Athenian Wins
Bia Story Prize
A reporter’s story of a missing
persons alarm with a gruesome
promise will be dramatized on
NBC’s “Big Story” sponsored by
Pall Mall cigarettes on Wednes
day evening, June 4th at 9:30 p.
m., Eastern Daylight Saving
Time,
Radio actor Jim Stevens will
portray the reporter, Richard
Morris of the Washington=(D. C.)
Post. Mr. Morris will receive the
SSOO Pall Mall Award and a spe
cial mounted bronze plaque for
notable service in the field of
journalism. He is a native of Ath
ens, and is the brother of Mrs.
Charles Parrott of this city,
More than 1000 searchers, aided
by planes and walkie-talkie radio
equipment, scanned the woods and
farmlands in the vicinity of Glen
Burnie, Maryland, in an effort to
locate a missing couple. Days after
their blood spattered car was
found, a highway worker discov
ered the severely bruised and bat
tered bodies of the pair, a bullet
hole in the temple of each.
A veteran of World War 11,
Morris was familiar with guns and
recognized the unusual calibre of
the spent cartridge found at the
scene. The reporter joined author
ities in their search for the war
trophy weapon and the men who
thought he had a motive for mur
der.
“The Big Story” is produced by
Bernard J. Prockter. The orches
tra is directed by Wladimir Se
linsky. The script was adapted by
Max Ehrlich.
Services Today
For Mrs. Arthur
Fu!gral services were held this
afternoon; three o'clock, for Mrs.
Willie P, Arthur, 69, who died
Sunday, May 25, at 4:15 at her
homeé on the Watkinsville Road.
She had been ill for several weeks.
The service was held at the
graveside in the Watkinsville
cemetery and the Rev. Dan Join
er, pastor of the Watkinsville
Christian Church, officiated.
Bridges Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. Frank Miller, Athens;
Mrs. Jim Prichett and Mrs. Wes
ley Prichett, of Ashland; four sons,
Chester Arthur, Athens; Hulam
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West Germany Signs Pact
To Become Ally Of Big Three
Close Contests
Appear Evident
In GOP Vote
By The Associated Press
Lone Star state Republicans
meet today for decisions that
could make the Texas delegation
to the GOP convention in Chicago
a crucial hot potato.
The Texas state Republican
convention meets temorrow to
name 38 delegates to the conven
tion. But by that time an intra
party fight between backers of
Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Re
publican presidential nomination
may have developed into a Texas
GOP split that will keep the issue
in doubt until the Chicago con
vention meets.
Threaten to Bolt
The state GOP executive com
mittee was to judge today between
rival Taft and Eisenhower backer
claims to control of 31 of 38
county delegations to tomorrow's
state convention. Eisenhower Re
publicans said yesterday they will
bolt Tuesday’s convention “if the
state executive committee runs
roughshod over us and the state
convention upholds them.”
Florida voters decide tomorrow
whether Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee or Sen. Richard B. Rus
sel of Georgia will be their choice
at the Democratic national con
vention.
They will choose 24 delegates
from a field of 86—some pledged
to Kefauver, some to Russell and
some not pledged at all.
Russell came out ahead by 82,-
600 votes in the popularity con
test between the two men on May
8 but that was unofficial and to
morrow’s voting is what counts,
Ike Advances
Eisenhower moved up 16 dele
gates on Taft over the weekend,
in the Associated Press tabulation,
but still trailed. The AP count,
based on delegates pledged, in
‘structed or willing to state a_ first
‘ballot preference, and on candi
‘date concessions, listed 399 dele-~
‘gates for Taft to 359 for the gen
eral. Eisenhower made his gain of
16 in Washington state, where he
won 20 delegates to four for Taft.
Chances appeared strong for
Eisenhower to make another gain
in Connecticut, where the state
Republican convention opens a
two-day session tonight. Gov.
John Lodge is an Eisenhower
backer and a brother of Sen. Hen
ry Cabot Lodge, jr., one of the
general’s national organizers,
Connecticut names 22 delegates.
Two Democratic senators,
George of Georgia and Murray of
Montana, told a reporter today
they think the bitter Taft-Eisen
hower fight may help the Demo
crats in November by leaving.
wounds in the Republican party
that cannot be closed in time. |
Texas Democrats |
Texas Democrats also were
threatening a party bolt. The is
sue in the Democratic party there
was between pro-administration
Loyal Democrats and the faction
led by Gov. Allan Shivers, who
wants an uninstructed delegation,
Texas Democrats name 52 dele
gates to the big convention.
Fagan Dickson, pro-administra
tion leader, said his faction is pre
pared to walk out of the state con
vention tomorrow at San Antonio,
and send a rival delegation to
Chicago. s i
Minnesota Republicans pulled
an upset Saturday by voting to
change their national cofnmittee
man after 16 years. The Minneso
tans chose an Eisenhower backer,
George F. Etzell, in place of Roy
E. Dunn, who is Taft’s state man
ager. However, Dunn’s term does
not end until after convention
time.
Reds Repelled
In Bitter Fight
SEOUL, Korea, May 26—(AP).
United Nations troops today threw
back a change-of-pace assault by
iwo reinforced Chinese companies
on the Korean western front. The
U. S. Bth Army said they killed or
wounded more than 100 of the at
tacking Reds in a furious five
hour fight.
It was the first time in weeks
that the Reds had struck in great
er than platoon strength.
A Chinese company normally
contains about 150 men. No esti
mate was made of the number in
the reinforced companies.
The Army gave this account:
The Reds opened this assault
with an artillery and mortar bar
rage on three U. N.-held hills west
of Chorwon a half hour before
midnight Sunday.
Shortly after midnight, the Reds
drove on an advance U. N. posi
tion from two sides. Allied rein
forcements were stopped twice by
the flanking Reds but finally
smashed to the outpost.
U. N. Artillery and mortar fire
kept the Reds from overrunning
the outpost until help arrived.
The Army said the Reds left
behind 27 dead and lost an esti
mated 45 additional killed and 40
wounded.
‘ U. S. jet pilots reported they
shet down four Communist MIG
-15 jets Sunday and damaged an
other.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Pact Is Blasted
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By Communists
By RICHARD KASISCHKE
BONN. Germany May 26—(AP)
—The Allied-West German peace
contract to all West Germany
with the free world was ceremon
fously signed here today by Chan
cellor Kornard Adenauer and the
foreign ministers of the United
Britain and France .
Silent Crowd ¥
As a silent crowd of seceral
hundred Germans stood roped off
in the rain outside theWest Ger'-
man Parliament Building, the four
men put tehir pens to the historic
pact in the Bundersratsaal, the
chamber of the upper house. About
500 spectators wached inside the
room.
The peace contract, which faces
high parliamentary hurdles before
ratification can make it effective,
gives West Germany mnear sov=-
eneignty in exchange for German
troops in the projected European
army.
Before the signing, Adenauer
spoke briefly and France's Robert
Schuman replied for himse® and
the other two Allied signers-Dean
Acheson of the United States aind
Anthony Eden of Britain.
Blasted Pact
Acrosg the Iron Curtain, Pravda,
the Moscow mouthpiece of East
Germany’s Russian Communist
controllers, saluted the paect with
another blast at the “fatal, anti
national policy of the Bonn gov
ernment of Adenauer which is
trying to transform the Germans
inte cannon fodder for the Ameri
can imperialists.”
The four ministers completed
the contract yesterday after long
hours of negotiations to overcome
11th hour French objections.
In doing so they ignored a new
Russian -demand yesterday --the
tird in three months-for a four
power conference to write a peace
treaty for a united and “complete
ly siverign” Germany. But obser
vers here thought the new Russian
note would strengthen the hand of
powerful opponents of the peace
contract in Germany, France and
Britain.
Before it takes effect, the West's
contract must be ratified by the
U. S. Congress and the parliaments
of the other three countries, Rati
fication will mean long and bitter
debate, especially in Bonn and
Paris, where there Is strong oppo
sition.
Remoyes Control
~ The contract removes most oc
cupation controls from West Ger
many and gives to the 38 million
Germans west of the Iron Curtain
as much soverignty as the West
ern Allies feel they can concede.
It opens the way for West Ger
many to rearm and join in the
defense of the free world through
the related European army treaty
scheduled to be signed in Paris on
Tuesday. The Germang still will
not be permitted their own nation
al army but will furnish troops to
the projected international force.
After the ceremony the four
ministers met with newspapermen
and declared both the peace con
tract and the European treaty have
the preservation of peace and free
dom as their aims. S
Acheson said “the unhappy fact
is that Germany ig till divided.
The United States regrets deeply
the absence of those parts of Ger
many in the East. It would have
been a joyful feeling if they were
represented here.”
New Partner
Acheson said the three Western
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Clarke 4-H Has
Talent Contest
Clarke County 4-H Club mem
bers held their annual talent
show at Lyndon House last Satur~
day morning at 10 o’clock with
eight exceptional numbers en
tered in the competition. Winners
in the girls’ division were Rebee
ca Starr and Linda Flanagan of
Gaines School Club with a tap
dance number, Boys’ winners were
Freddy White and Edwin Carruth
with a vocal and instrumental hill
billy number.
Good Competition
Gaines School had a good day
in the competition with both the
boys and the girls winner being
from their club. Second place in
the boys’ division was also won
by the Gaines School, the partici
pants being Harold Hubert and
Robert Hancock. Their number
was ‘‘Chattanooga Shoe Shine
Boy.”
Second place in the girls’ di
vision was won by Doyle Malley
and Carolyn Adams with a piano
duet of “Stars and Stripes For
ever.”
Held in conjunction with the
talent show was a bread con
test. The winner in the biscuit
contest was Jean Benedict of Win
terville and Nezzie Jo Fleeman
won first prize for muffins.
Mrs. G. 1. Johnson was the
judge for the bread contest and
judges for the talent show includ
ed Mrs. Mary Ferguson, Mrs. Flor
rie Oldham, and Royce Brewer,
director of city recreation depart
ment.
Winners in the contests will at
tend the District 4-H Club
Achievement Meet, scheduled for
Athens during June. The bread
winners and the talent show win
ners will be eligible for competi
tion in that meet.
Other interesting and entertain
ing talent presentations included
a puppet show, solos, and read
ings by the youthful performers.
HOME
EDITION
WU Strike Ends
As Workers Get
Back To Jobs
WASHINGTON, May 26—(AP),
The 52-day Western Unien m
ended today and workems
back to telegraph offices sevoss
the nation.
Union and company officiele em«
pected the flow of messages %o re
turn to normal quickly,
Voted Acceptance
The official end of the strike
came at 12:01 a. m., local time,
after the AFL Commercial Tele
graphers Union announced that
its Western Union membewrship
had voted 8,685 to 5,468 to accept
a strike settlement.
Pay raises or reduction of work«
ing hours provided for under the
ratified agreement dre depemdent
on government permission for
Western Union to raise its rates.
Union officials said they under~
stood the company may ask the
Federal Communications Commis=
sion for rate hikes of 10 per cent,
Western Union officials have not
said how much of a boost in rates
they need to meet the proposed
pay increases.
s Union Support
The union agreed to support
Western Union’s application for
higher rates.
The union said the new agree=
ment would raise the average
workers earnings to $1.54 an hour,
except for messengers. Messengers.
would get an average of 88 cents
an hour.
The company said the agree
ment would raise the average pay
of all its employes to $1.78 an
hour,
Talmadge Backs
Carlisle For
Senafe Leader
ATLANTA May 28 (AP) -—
Gov. Herman Talmadge today en~
dorsed Douglas Carlisle of Macon
for president pro-tempore of the
Georgia Senate in the 1958-54 Le
gislature.
Carlisle was nominated as state
senator from the §lst Distriet in
the May 14 Democratic primary.
He defeated Bibb County Rep.
Horace Vandiver, an anti-adminis
tration member of the House.
Other Candidate L
The only other announce® @i~
didate for Senate presidemt pro
tem is Bill Dean of Conyers, who
held the posjtion during the two
governor dispute in 1947 and be
came acting president of the Sen
ate when M. E. Thompson was
seated ag governor, Dean was a
Thompson lieutenant.
In endorsing Carlisle, Talmadge
said he is an able lawyer, has
had previous service inwt{ne Gen
eral Assembly and has “every
qualification for this most imper
tant office.”
House Speaker
Talmadge also today in a pre
pared statement called for re
election of George D. Stewart of
Atlanta as secretary of the Senate
and Fred Haniil of Pelham :
speaker of the House, George
Smith IT of Swainsboro as :rfia‘
pro-tem and Joe Boone Mil
ledgeville as clerk of the Mouse.
SOBBED INTO MATRIMONY
~ NEW YORK, May 26—(AP)—
Crooner Johnny Ray, who sobs his
songs, and his bride, the former
Marilyn Morrison, settled down to
married life today with their
honeymoon put off until July.
The 25-year-old singer and the
pretty 22-year-old daughter of &
Los Angeles night club owner
were married here yesterday by
Special Sessions Judge Hermas
Barshay.
Miss Lowery Is
Kiwanis Guest
Local Kiwanians will hear Miss
Rhonwin Lowery outline her ex
periences as an Exchange student
in Europe at the regular meeting
of Athens Kiwanis Club at the
Georgian Hotel Tuesday. The hour
for the meeting is one o’clock.
Miss Lowery was in Europe
during 1951 as a 4-H Club Ex
change student and has many in
teresting experiences to relate.
The program was planned and ar
ranged by Walter Brown.
- Members of Kiwanis Club are
urged to attend the meeting.
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