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SIDENTIAL HOPEFULS GATHER— riman, Vice President Alben Barkley,
cratic Presidential hopefuls gather Senator Estes Kefauver, Senator Robert
her for TV program in Chicago. .Kerr and Senator Richard Russell.—
v are, from left to right: Averell Har- (NEA Tele Y :
urray Gives Wage-Policy Board
eport On 50-Day Steel Walkout
Fu
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I.OS ANGELES, July 21.—(AP)
-At least nine persons died today
as California’s strongest earth
quake in nearly a half-century hit
with sudden violence in sparsely
settled mourtains north of here.
Rescue crews trying to reach the
stricken town of Tehachapi fought
against blocked roads and downed
power lines,
Reports filiering out of the lit
tle mountain community pleaded
fjor doctors and nurses.. s
Sheriff’s Captair F, D. Jones in
Bakersfield, nearest major city to
the quake’s center, said: “It looks
like there must be many injuries.”
Two tunnels, used jointly by the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
railroads were blocked by cave
ins, Jones reported.
He added that the situation on
the nrain highway between Bak
ersfield and the desert town of
Mojave, which goes through Teha
chapi, was so bad that ambulances
and sheriff's cars were trying an
old road through the hills.
“We don’t know whether we can
get through there, either,” he
added. o
One report to the sheriff’s office
said “the whele town of Tehachapi
is down.”
The Ridge Route, (U. 8. 99)
main inland highway between
here and San Francisco, was
closed by a towering earth slide,
which the State Highway Patrol
reported waa 25 feet high at one
point,
“The whole top of a mountain
scems to have slid off,” said one
patrolman. The slide occurred
near Gorman, and officers were
rushed inte the area to try to un
tangle the traffic.
San Andreas Fault
This would seem to put the
quake on the rambling San An
dreas fault, scene of most of Cali
fornia’s severe quakes, San An
as cuts through the mountains
r GOrman,
ehachapi, a town of about 3,000
ilation, has only a few stores
| its biggest buii);iing is an old
hree story hotel. .
I'he first report of loss of life
me from the Kern county sher-
Il's office, in Bakersfield.
ocrgeant Carl -L. Weber said
the whole town of Tehachapi is
@own, according to our reports.”
fire in the Paloma oil field,
‘u.t seven miles southwest of
Bakersfield, swept storage tanks
within. moments after the quake,
Weber said, There was no reported
'oss of life there.
. Chachapi is the site of the
Stale Prison for Women, but
weber said he had no reports
Whatever from the institution.
tmergency calls only were being
iccepted to the city. :
Quake’s Center
A"\l California Institute of Tech
nology, seismelogists gave the first
clue to the center of the quake,
felt over most of a vast area with
a rolling motion.
( altech rated its intensity at 8%
'”l‘ @ scale of eight, compared with
8% for the Long Beach quake
Which killed scores mear here in
2’3 The San Framelsco quake of
1900, one of the worst on record,
TR 8% on that scale.
lions of Californians were
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Associated Press Servige
Group Attempts
To Find Solution
PITSBURGH, July 21—(AP)—
President Philip Murray of the
CIO United Steelworkers charged
teday that the steel industry re
pudiated a strike settlement which
he worked out with officials of
Bethlehem Steel Corporation last
June 17.
Murray told the USW’s 170-
man wage-policy committee that
President Charles White of Re
public Steel previously had urged
the steel companies to accept sug
gestions made by Whbhite which
Murray thought could have led to
a settlement.
Murray’s Report
The potent wage-policy com
mittee was called together to hear
Murray’s report -on the 50-day
walkont - which- has ddled ‘more
than 1,500,000 and to give the
union chief some guidance on fu
ture strategy.
The committee heard Murray
say that negotiations with Vice
President Joseph M. Larkin of
Bethlehem and Bethlehem counsel
John Morse produced a ‘“memo
randum of understanding” in
which the steel company execu
tives “substantially accepted the
union shop.”
Murray said Larkin and Morse
took the memorandum before the
other major producers with the
understanding they would press
for its acceptance.
Were Disappoinhid
Murray said that on June 20,
ithe Bethlehem Steel men returned
and “both expressed considerable
disappointment that the other
steel companies had refused to
accept what they believed to be
a solution of every aspect of this
situation.”
“They stated they had been re
pudiated and told us they felt a
deep sense of humiliation.”
Murray said that on June 9,
President White of Republic made
several union shop suggestions
which might have been a basis for
settlement but the industry re
fused to consider them and White
disappeared from following nego
tiation meetings.
The union shop requires mem
bership in the union as a condi
tion of employment. As outlined
by Murray, White’s - proposal
would have allowed employes to
withdraw from the union after a
stated time.
Turning to the most recent
White House prodded negotiations
held during the past weekend
with Larkin -and Vice President
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To Head Legion
MACON July 21 (AP) — The
American Legion closed its 1952
Georgia convention by naming J.
Ben Warren of Monticello as state
commander.
At the final session yesterday.
the Legionaries warmly praised
Ben. Richard B. Russell, but their
retiring commander ruled out of
order a motion to endotse his pres
idential aspirations.
The convention adopted by voice
vote a resolution praising the
Georgla senator for his work on
the senate Armed Services Com
m%tee.
ommander James K. Powers
said the Russell endorsement mo
tion was mot in order because “the
ilp!ion does not endorse any ean=
didate for any effice.”
Other officers elected by the
eenvention included:
A. Sydney Dodd Jr., of Stn%ol
m, senjor vice commander; Tom
anty of Savannah, junior viee
o der; Leon Hobby, of Moul
:u;?ix, and Mrs. Mary B.
da ugusta, historian.
QW Au;iiiary named Mrs.
%‘ s %on of Atlanta as presi
-1 .8. C. Moon of Gaines
vice president, Mrs.
oJ, er of omasville as
d viee rx( t, and Mrs.
mn Drowx acon as chap-
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Youth Shoots
Father To Halt
Brutal Beating
ROME, GA. July 21 —(AP)—
An 111-year-old boy told police
he shot and killed his father early
today to halt the man’s prolonged
beating of the lad’s mother.
Charles R. Ross, 48-year-old
former case operator, was killed
at his home about 1:30 this morn
ing. The son, Charles A. Ross, was
held by juvenile authorities pend
ing an inquest.
Police Chief Smith Torton said
the boy told officers his father
came home about 10:30 last night
and started beating his mother
with a stick. Then, the youngster
said:
“1 stood it as long as I eould
and then I shot him.”
After shooting his father once in
the side with a .22 caliber rifle,
the boy and the beaten wgman
fled to a neighbor’s house where
they phoned police to report Ross
shot and to ask protection.
Officers came to the Ross home
with a peace warrant and found
the man dead. Mrs. Ross was tak
en to Floyd hospital for treatment
of her injuries.
Young Charles told police his
father had beaten his mother re
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Woman Struck By
Car This Morning
Mrs. Zula Smith, Big Ace
Overall Company employee, was
injured today at the intersection
of Hancock and Thomas st. as she
crossed from the overall %lant to
her brother’s parked car. The ac
cident occurred shortly after
twelve o’clock.
Mrs. Smith was struck by a
black coupe driven by James
Clark, colored, and her body was
thrown some distance by the im
pact of the collision. Picked up by
Bernstein’s ambulance, Mrs.
Smith was taken to General Hos
pital where she received emer
gency treatment.
The accident attracted a .large
crowd of people, none of whom
were able to furnish eye-witness
accounts of the happening. Police
arrived on the scene shortly after
the accident occurred and Clark
was taken to police headquarters,
pending further investigation, He
was charged with reckless driv
ing.
Mrs. Smith’s brother, a resident
of Nicholson, stated that the color
ed man had run the caution light
and had struck his sister with
some force. The driver of the car
denied that he was driving fast.
The front left fender of the car
struck Mrs. Smith and the fender
was dented where her head struck
it. Injuries included a broken leg
but at Banner-Herald - presstime
the full extent of her injuries was
not known.
Former Athenian
Taken By Death
Athens friends will fegret to
learn that Mrs. D. B. Evans, the
former Miss Clara Barwick of this
oity, died unexpectedly at her
home in Hapeville, Ga., early Sun
day morning. She had apparently
been in her usual good health
until death struck.
She wag preceded in death six
months ago by her husband.
Funeral- arrangements have lfi:t
been annouficed but burial will be
in Oconee Hill Cemetery.
Bhe is survived by a sister, Miss
Mary Barwick, Athens; two bro
thers, T. L. Barkick, Beverly Hills,
Calif, and Willlam Barwick,
Hapeville, a step-daughter and
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, [ULY 21, 1952,
Democrats Assemble In First Wide
Open Convention Seen In Many Years
Filibuster Issue
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Is Big Problem
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
CHICAGO July 21 — (AP) -
Democrats winding up hearings on
a 1952 platform jugged demands
today for a civil rights plank even
stronger than the one that caused
a Southern revolt four years ago.
Just as in 1948-when the Dixie
bolt cost President Truman 39
electoral votes-civil rights was
emerging as the knottiest plat
form plant before the convention.
This time, Northerners like Sens.
Herbert Lehman of New York, Hu
bert Humphrey of Minnesota and
William Benton of Connecticut are
saying a strongly worded civil
rights statement of prineiples is
not enough. They say the plat=
form must spell out preecisely how
the Democrats plan to follow
through in Con%ress.
Southerners, for the most part
are watching and waiting an(i
preaching harmony. But some al
ready have opposed having a plat
form which proposes, mnot only
prineiples, but af,so the muchian
ics for carrying them ::2
Fight Filibus
The Lehman - Humphrey - Ben
ton demand is for a change in
senate rules aimed at halting fili
busters. Marathon speech-making
has been used effectively by some
Southern senators to block action
on civil rights bills.
The proposed change would re
duce the number of Senate votes
required to limit debate. The rule
now requires two-thirds of the
total Senate membership; that is,
64 of the 96 total.
Rep. William Dawson of Illinois,
only Negro on the Demoeratic
Platform Committee, said he will
support demands for an anti-fili
buster plank.
Ledford Youth
Succumbs Today
James Ledford, 16 year old Ath
enian died this morning at
o’clock in the General Hospital
from injuries incurred Saturday
when the motoreycle which he
was riding ran over an embank
ment after failing to make a turn
zt the corner of Mitchell and
Williams streets. >
The accident occurred about 8
p. m. Saturday. Ledford was found
after occupants of a nearby house
heard the motor running and in
vestigated. ]
Services for young Ledford will
be conducted Tuesday afternoon
at 8 o'clock from Whitehall Bap~-
tist Church with the pastor, Rev.
Homer Brown, officiating.
Burial will follow in Whitehall
Cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
pall-bearers will be Elbert Led
ford, J. W. ‘Mize, George Faulk
ner, Bobby Joe Fuller, Charles
Roberts and Cleveland Cooper.
He is survived by two uncles,
Robert C. Nix, Athens, and Eddie
Ledford, Whitehall; and three
aunts, Mzs. Vesta Ferguson,
Whitehall, Mrs. Ernest Duncan,
Athens, and Mrs. Paul Morgan,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
He was a native of Whitehall
and had been a resident of Athens
for the past three years. Mr. Led
ford was a member of Whitehall
Baptist Church.
Masons Conduct
Outdoor Rites
A number of members of Mt.
Vernon Lodge No, 22, F. & A. M.,
will .leave Fridaysafternoon at 2
p. m. in a sp r conditioned
bus for% 7 Rest, near
Greenville, § here they will
witness the rd Degree put on
in the huge rock quariy nearby.
The annual event ha§ become
one of Masonry’s outstanding at
tractions and last year was at
tended by 6,500 members from
twenty-three states and five for
eign countries. The event is held
under supervision of the Grand
Lodge of South Carolina and is
thought to be the only one of its
kind in the world.
Worshipful Master Raymond
Yearwood urges all members of
Mt. Vernon Lodge who wish to
attend the occasion to contact Jack
Maguire at telephone 137 not later
than Wednesday in order to make
a reservation on the bus.
Red Dean Still
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Voices Charges
CANTERBURY, England July
21 (AP) — Dr. Hewlett Johnson,
the “Red” Dean of Canterbury,
last night carried his charges of
American Berm warfare to the
pulpit. of Canterbury Cathedral,
the 1,000-year-old main seat of
the Church of England.
A small, elderly woman tried to
bar the pro-communist Dean from
speaking. “I defy you to %o into
the pulpit” she said, ut he
brushed fior aside. Then, in a 40-
minute sermon, he repeated his
allegation that on a recent trip to
China he saw proof U. S. glanes
have dropped germ-laden bombs
in China and North Korea.
The charges have been denied
by top U, S., British and U. N.
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Knotty Problem
Union Leaders Discount
Barkley As Demo Choice
Would Endorse
Truman Draft
By NORMAN WALKER
CHICAGO, July 21—(AP)—La
bor union chiefs plugged hard to
day to have the Democratic Na
tional Convention choose a New
Deal-type presidential ticket and
platform.
Leaders of both the AFL and
CIO have turned thumbs down on
three of the candidates, Vice Pres
ident Alben W. Barkley, Sen.
Richard Russell of Georgia and
Sen, Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma.
Gave Choices
The AFL and CIO men handling
the political maneuvers for their
labor groups have endorsed none
of the other candidates. But they
made 1t clear that either Averell
Harriman, Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee or Gov., Adlai Steven
son of Illinols is the man they
want. .
They are all out, too, for Presi
dent 'f’,ruman it the name of the
Chief Executive—who has said he
won’t run again—should come be
fore the convention.
In trying to put over what they
regard as a liberal party stand on
candidates and platform, the AFL
and CIO sent representatives be
fore the convention’s platform
committee today to present their
views.
Union Complaints
Both unions complained bitter
ly that past party pledges have
failed to be carried out by Demo
cratic administrations.
And both ecalled for drastic par
ty steps to stop Dixie Democrats
in Congress from siding with Re
publicans te block hills the labor
unions ‘want enacted. One such
piece of legislation is eivil rights.
Kiwanis To Hear
About 4-H Camp
W. A. “Bill” Sutton, Universi
iy Extension worker and 4-H Club
sponsor, will be the featured
speaker at Tuesday’s Kiwanis
Club meeting in the Georgian Ho
tel, July 22. Dr. Sutton’s subject
will be the development of Rock
Eagle Park area for state 4-H
boys and girls.
The Rock Eagle area with full
development has long been one
of the character building farm or
ganization’s primary dreams and
projects. Now nearing completion,
the area promises to be most ac~
ceptable for work with the mem
bers of the organization.
Dr. Sutton will speak to the Ki
wanians on Tuesday and plans are
for a group .of some twenty-five
local men to spend the day at the
area development on Friday, The
men who attend this field day,
leaving County Agent’s office at
9 o'clock Friday, will inspect all
facilities, eat lunch as guests of
the Club, and have use of all lake
facilities.
FRED ALLEN STRICKEN
HARWICH, Mass., July 21 —
(AP)—Fred Allen, wry-faced ra
dio comedian, today was reported
recovering from an “overdose of
sun.”
He was stricken yesterday after
a day on the beach. Friends said
Allen recently suffered a virus at
tack.
Dr. James P. O’Hare, friend and
physician for Allen, said the
comic “is an enthusiast for the
sun and he just got a little too
much.”
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ONE STUBBORN DEMOCRAT — Jere LaFollette, 8,
(left) and his sister, Martha LaFollette, 7, of Albuquer
que, New Mexico, tug at a stubborn Democratic donkey
on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Delegates to the Demo
cratic Convention continued to arrive for the opening.—
(NEA Telephoto.)
Tobacco Price
&
0f Short Crop
By The Associated Press
Prospects of a short crop sent
first prices on the Georgia-ll’lorida
flue-cured tobacco markets today
sprinning up as much as $lO a
hundred above 1951 first day av
erages.
A bold rising trend appeared at
Fitzgerald where the first 20 piles
averaged $60.14 and the first row
of nearly 100 baskets $63.02. This
was a climb of approximately $lO
over the $53.22 prices averaged
the opening day last season,
At other markets the early fig=-
ures registered margins of around
$2.50, $4.26, $7 and $8 over full
first day sales of $94. The tobacco
was described as somewhat light
in body but generally of good
quality.
Excitement In Claxton
Claxton, Ga., was rife with ex
citement with an early top of $66
'and an average of about $56, or
more than $8 above the 1951 open=
ing day.
The first two rows at Pelham
averaged S6O, a $7 margin, and
the first 56 piles at Blackshear
$54, a $2.50 advantage,
The South Georgia market at
Tifton chalked up an early sale
high of S6B with poorer grades
going as low as sl2, Two million
pounds were on the floors of six
warehouses there. e
Prices as good or better than
the 1951 opening were reported at
‘Moultrie, Metter and Sylvester
while Hazlehurst showed about a
$2 gain with an early average of
$57.68.
Florida Markets
On the three Florida markets—
Live Oak, Lake City and Jasper—
the top prices were about the same
as in 1951 but medium and eom
mon grades brought more.
The U. 8. Department of Agri
culture estimated the general av
erage for the first hour on several
representative markets at between
$52 and $56.
This compared with a belt-wide
opening day 1951 average of $54.11
for 9,016,233 pounds.
The department listed the pyrac
tical top price as $65 but some
baskets of fair lemon cutters
brought as much as S6B, these
purchased by warehouses.
Quality was described by the de
partment as slightly lower than
last year on opening. The tobacco
was thinner-bodied. However, the
color ‘wag predominantly lemon as
last year.
The condition, the offerings was
very good and volume extremely
heavy. There were few rejections
by the farmers for re-sale.
Tobaeco going into the govern
ment loan ranged from 4 to 20
per cent by markets compared
with a belt-wide 9.7 for all of last
season.
Reports from individual markets
tended to be more optimistic than
the Government estimate.
Waycross reported prices run
ning as high as $6 above the loan
rate. The first 20 baskets there
averaged $60.20, nearly $6 above
1951 first day figures.
DIRECTORS SET MEETING
A meeting of the directors of the
Athens Fair Association will be
held at five o’clock Tuesday after
noon in the office of the County
Commissioners in the Court
House, according to A. P. Wins
t?n, president of the fair associa~
tion.
“Tead Buly by 35,000 Feaple T Kihens Yiade Aiia
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Leaders Shift Program To Avoid ‘
Delegafe Battle For 4 Hours ¥
By JACK BELL
CONVENTION HALL, Chicago,
July 21—(AP)—Democrats came
to the start of their 31st national
convention today, = pulling and
hauling in uncertainty over plat
form and candidates.
As to :he platform, it was again,
as it has been for years, a North-
South battle over “civil rights.”
This sectional war threatened
for a time to break out on the
convention floor at the opening
session in a scrap over seating of
rival delegations from Mississippi
and Texas. But convention leaders
put the issue over for at least 24
hours by a program shift.
Wide Open Meet :
As to candidates, it was wide
open. Five hopefuls were working
hard for the presidential nomina=-
tion, and there were a dozen “save
orate sons” in the field.
Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois,
the man who has said repeatedly
he doesn’t want it, was still get
2ng a lot of talk for the nomina~-
on,
The delegates, trooping inte this
bunting-draped arena at the
stockyards, were certain of only
one thing: They know Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower lfithc man
they must lick if the Democrats
are to stay in power.
Consequently, much of the ora
torical fire of this warm-up con
vention session was turned toward
§he Republican presidential nom
inee.
Sen. Paul Douglas of Illineis,
mindful of GOP attacks on the
Truman administration’s Korean
policy, said in a prepared speech
that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had
reported in 1947 that Korea had
little strategic value to the United
States.
" He asked:
“Now, who do you suppose was
chief of staff of the Army when
this military advice was given? It
was Dwight D. Eisenhower,”
Platform Drafters
Downtown, the platform-draft
ing committee was working on a
document they hoped to present
to the convention on Wednesdafi
Hanging over the convention
the threat that some Southerh
delegations may walk out if they
don’t like the “civil rights” plank.
A bolt in 1948 cost President Tru
man the 39 electoral votes of four
Southern states which gave them
instead to a States Rights ticket.
The convention won't get
around to picking its presidential
nominee before Friday, at the
earliest. ‘
In the meantime, the delegates
are waiting:
1. For a sign from President
Truman as to whom he favors.
2. For some development which
could turn sentiment toward one
of the candidates now in the field,
or possibly to some one not yet
mentioned.
Out of the wide-ranging field of
candidates there emerged at least
one man with a convention
strategy plan—Sen. BEstes Ke
fauver of Tennessee,
Shoot The Werks
Winner of most of the Demo
cratic primaries and self-styled
peoples’ choice for the nomination,
Kefauver appeared ready to shoot
the political works on an effort to
win the nomination by the fourth
ballot. ;
If his self-propelled bandwagon
stalls—as many in opposing camps
were predicting it would—the top
runners for No. 1 place on the
ticket seemed to be 74-year-old
Vice President Barkley and reluc
tant Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of
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Nine Escaped
Missouri Jail
KANSAS CITY, July 21—(AP).
Nine prisoners including an ac
cused slayer escaped in a daring
preak from their 12th floor cells
in the Jackson county jail in
downtown Kansas City early to
day.
Police said acetylene torches
were used to cut through steel
doors on the 12th floor. A jailer
was tied up, and the prisoners fled
down the stairs.
The accused slayer is Joseph
Nastasio, Jr., 25, who police said
had squeled on many persons in
the underworld shortly after his
arrest last November.
Imposing Structure
The jail is on the 11th, 12th and
13th floors of the county court
house, an imposing stone structure
built during the days when Presi
dent Truman served as a Jackson
county judge.
Three of the prisoners were re
captured shortly after the break.
One of the three, Tony Barcus,
17, Dayton, 0., said two men in
civilian clothing used the torches,
indicating the escapees had outside
help.
Give Information
Nastasio, after his arrest last
Nov. 29, spent many hours giving
police his version of underworld
life in Kansas City.
As a result, he was charged.with
murder in the slaying of a service
station manager and was denied
bail because officers said they
;hought he might be killed if set
ree, :
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TEHRAN, Iran July 21 (4F)-
Premier Ahmed ?fim egigned
tonight after vielent hou e
rioting in Tehran and othé . 1
subsided. He gave \ wo
days, his attempt to%g‘ 2 o
ernment pledged to sol s
oil deadlock.
Before Qavam quit, near: -
tionary violence ?luei. Wit ‘ e 1
munists strengthefing &Zjfi' f
mobs. Government .“’n o
gunshots, tear gas and bayemets |
fought to keep conftrel.
Twenty Killed ‘
Twenty persons :
killed in the bloody ¥
official reason was
Qavan’s quitting but i’
he acted to step bloo . i
As news of Qavam s regigmagien
spread crowds w mardiig
towards the residenee of # >
Premier Mflo;x:mmd VMoss 3
Today's i rokie out Wihe:
'a crowd of so:l" ), 001 "”‘ i
tried to storm the Pesfiaatent |
building.
Wild disorder re d threugh- |
- out the eity. “"’:I,, ere of |
demonstrators were Rjures gF s
rested. In many ingé "‘-‘,,;‘ : fi
charged into mm?g ergwds With
fixed bayonets. leaving bloo® s |
jured behind. i
Wild Mol
h“Defldth ii%} %fl ‘,’ > o) !
shouted wildly, venting Their '-
‘at the premier's »,_".’- tHon et
a settlement Iren’s lOng a 0
orippling oil vith k 3
would be a i 8 £ NN e
gime and that Y v icer ,
wot;lg not stop him. !
Today's demonstpaters f
porters of ‘” {
members of the outlaw 3
;munist Tudeh party & :
' crowds.
Russell Camp
In Full Swing
By WILBUR AN
CHICAGO (AP) — Caj
gers tior a’:gn. Richard Rws A 35
eorgia, discoun IHnolg ¥
Adlai stevenson:.: nießd l -
the Demeocratic pregidéntis :
ination, shifted today ibfe g
ggar.th&nk o ¢
“F 4 eve, S ¢ Ie
out of the race ¥ R well -
paign manager, Sen. Ldwin Johns
son of Colorade, teld repotiers
Johnson added that K
whatever support } ensoY
“is more for a hel h}g operation
than a bonafide draft.’
Russell, after 13
delegate groups and r
vision appearances ¥
planned-to continue today ‘
a letup.
Russell’s recent statements xt
he would support Pres -
man if the president ) re
"nomination, and that he favi a
revision of the Taft-Hartley
has made a breach between hin{
and many Southern Democrais.
But that may have been healed
today in Chicago where Byrnes
and other Southesn govemm
senators conferred with
and came out saying differences
were patched up.
MARION, HUBBY RECONCILED
HOLLYWOOD, July 21—( ¥
Marion Davies says she and a:i
Horace Brown have become re
conciled. The former actress sued
the merchant marine officer for
dtvorce last Wednesday, charging
mental cruelty.
Miss Davies said they had sep-.
arated a week ago after an eight
month marriage. She was the
long-time friend of the late Wil
liam Randolph Hearst,
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
hot and bhumid tonight amd
Tuesday with slight chance eof
an afternoon thundershower.
Low tonight 74, high tomorrew
98. The sun sets this evening at
7:42 and rises tomorrow at 5:37.
GEORGIA - Clear to partly
cloudy and continued hot this
afternoon, tonight and Tuesday;
widely scattered thundershow
ers this afternoon and Tuesday
afterncon but most localithes
will get no rain,
TEMPERATURE
Hihoot ".. Yo v e
LOWEIE oy i TR i
MOaN ..o cooi sons anva kiks
Rormdl . ciiiiines fuce
RAINFALL %
Inches last 24 ROWIS .eo oo
Total sinee July 1 .. oo o
Deficit since July 1 .. «oss
Average Ju):’y rainfall ~ ..
Total smee Japuawy 1 ~ ..
Deficit since January 1 ... ;