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TEHRAN, Iran, July 29.—(AP)
pitter attacks on the United
aiates highlighted a debate today
1 which the Iranian Parliament
sverwhelmingly approved Pre
nier Mohammed Mossadegh’s pro
ram for economic and social re
orms to head off national bank
ruptey.
Wwants Americans Ousted
The sericusness of the antis
American demonstration was un
derscored when Deputy Shams
(thanat-Abadi demanded the oust
or of all Americans from the
ounty. Ghanat-Ababi is the right
nand man of Ayatullah Seyed
i“achani, Iran’s leading religious
ticure and a close supporter of
Mossadegh
Anti-U. S. feeling has been rife
here since the July 21 riots which
ousted ex-Premier Ahmed Qavam,
but this wes the first such out
burst in Parliament.
The demonstration began when
a deputy, interrupting his speech
on the new governnrent program,
shouted: .
“We don't need the American
military missions. They only bring
; headaches. I demand that they
be kicked out starting tomorrow.”
They Must Go
“They must go,” shouted anoth
er deputy.
Then Ghanat-Abadi leaped to
his feet, screaming: “Not only
they but'e\'ery American in office
must go.”
Contracts for the American mil
itary missions expire in October
and it is an open secret that Am
erican officials are worried that
they will nct be extended if the
current wave of anti-American
feeling retains its strength.,
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Edsel Benson and Fred Griffith
were selected to head activities for
the staging of a fund raising drive
in Clarke County for the 4-H Club
Center, under construction at Rock
Fagle at an organizational meeting
in County Agent Francis Bowen'’s
office Monday afternoon.
The two civie leaders will serve
as co-chairmen to direct and co
ordinate plang for the drive. Mr.
Benson is connected with the local
Rotary Club and Mr. Griffith is
with the Exchange Club of Athens.
Utilize Clubs
Plans for the staging of the
fund-raising drive are that the
various civie organizations will
be utilized for publicity and for
personal contacts. *
Already well underway, the
drive for money to complete the
statewide meeting place for 4-H
Clubbers, has received the back
ing of the Exchange Club, accord
ing to an announcement by Mr.
Griffith, president of that group.
Francis Bowen, County Agent
and organizer on the local scene,
also announced yesterday that C.
O. (Fat) Baker had make the first
local contribution. His check for a
hundred dollars was presented to
the County Agent even before the
trip of inspection to the camp site
last Friday afternoon.
: Local Benefits
Pointed out at yesterdag’s meet
ing was the faet that Athens and
Clarke County will benefit from
the center at Rock Eagle because
of the large number of people who
will attend the meetings there and
be brought to Athenms for tours of
thé University.
['he construction of one cottage
at Rock Eagle by the citizens of
Clarke County ig the aim of the
drive. The cottages, deseribed at
the meeting as small homes ac
comodating 18 persons, will cast
about SIO,OOO each. Governor Her
man Talmadfe has promised that
the state will match each dollar
f‘ 'rtfird for the construction of the
ock Eagle site. The goal of $7,500
o b;:en set for Athens and Clarke
unty.
Attending the meeting yesterday
were J. Smiley Wolfe, Fred Grif
fith, L. H. Christian, Curtis Dos
ter, C. M. Tuck, E. B. Cook, and
Francis Bowen.
Suggested activities for the drive
included use of. local 4-H . Club
members to tell people what the
proposed center will mean to them.
‘ROME FARMERS STRIKE
ROME —(AP)— Some two mil
lion farmhands were called out
on. strike throughout Italy at
¢twn today in a bid fer higher
mily allowances. The strike is
' continue for 24 hours.
Both Communist and ‘anti'-'Red
ons ordered the stoppage. A
{ minute government attempt
o avert the walkout failed last
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Nominee Pledges
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Fighting Drive
SPRINGLIELD, 111., July 29—
(AP) — Gov. Adlai Stevenson be
gan cleaning up his state executive
duties today after a rousing wel
come home reception by thousands
yesterday for the Democratic
presidential nominee,
A pile of telegrams and corres
pondence awaited the governor at
the executive mansion. In the back
ground were the state political
housekeepini chores he planned to
dispose of ]’QQ‘{'J.‘. he starts his na
tional carr.,v“,‘s . for election,
S o~uges Fight
And, /¢ S 2luctant winner of the
Democ &Y & party’s highest honor
told t)§ *¥ aering throng yesterday,
he W Aight for election to the
pre " secy with all his heart and
m’ ¥ad soul. .
¢, asked for “the prayers, at
fe. ® the understanding, of some
of you.”
“I have been called up to un
dertake the most formidable task
in the world, at the cross-roads of
history,” the 52-year-old governor
said. “I hope I can come back at
a time of peace of heart and peace
of mind.”
The governor, in his off-the-cuff
speech to the thousands standing
in the near 100-degree tempera
ture said that “my heart is not
light and I have no elation today.
I have been running away-—not to
ward that job.”
Stevenson spoke from a plat
form on the historic Sangamon
county courthouse lawn, the scene
of Abraham Lincoln’s famed
speech in 1858 in which he warned
against “a house divided” on the
issue of slavery.
Huge Crowd
An estimated 25,000 persons
jammed the railroad station
the route of a 10-block parade, and
the south side of the courthouse
square to give the Democratic
presidential nominee a hero’s wel
come,
“I am deeply grateful to you for
what you have done for me today,”
the governor said. “If I can live
up to the spirit of good will shown
here I will have been more than
well rewarded and my country will
not be disappointed.”
Talmadge Find
ATLANTA, July 29 — (AP) —
Gov. Herman Talmadge is dissat
isfied with the Democratic na
tional platform but believes “the
South got the best deal in 20
years” +in- the recent Democratic
national convention.
The governor, in his office for
the first time since returning
from Chicago, told his news con
ference today that the Democratic
platform is entirely unsatisfac
tory.
Singled Out Issues
He singled out several points
involving civil rights as well as ifs
outright repeal of the Taft-Hart
ley act,
However, Talmadge expressed
approval of the nominaty of Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Il w#s,
“Next to Sen. Russell,” the gov
ernor said, “Stevenson is the best
qualified of the men who were be
fore the convention. He stands in
his own shoes and I don’t believe
he will be dominated by the
Americans for Democratic Action,
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
or the extreme labor bosses.”
Sectional Fight
He commented that the conven
tion started out-as a struggle be
iween the North and South but
ended up as a contest between lib
eral and conservative elements of
the party, and added that in his
opinion the conservatives won a
smashing victory.
“1t was the forces of Russell,
Stevenson and Kerr arrayed
against the Harriman-Kefauver
coalition,” Talmadge said.
The Georgia governor took an
other crack at the liberal faction
when asked for comment on a
Tennessee vote against seating
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Financial Report Shows
St. Mary's Services
St. Mary’s Hospital, institution
of long-standing in the Athens
community, revealed in a financial
statement recently released by T.
H. McHatton, chairman of the
board of trustees, that $32,646.46
was expended during 1951 for
charity hospital service.
The statement in a break-down
of the charity costs divided the
charity service into two classifi
cations, part-pay and non-pay pa-=
tients. Computing costs according
to ward rates, the hospital donated
$12,178.71 to part-pay patients and
$20,467.75 to non-pay patients.
““Covering the period of time
from January 1, 1951 to December
31, 1951 the statement that the av
erage cost per day for in-patient
service is $11.25 and the cost per
visit for out-patient service is
$4.09.
St. Mary’s Hospital Jocated on
Milledge Ave., has operated in
Athens for a number of years,
both as a privately run institution
and later as a Church-owned hos
pital. The average number of em
ployees on the pay roll each month
during the period of time covered
by the report was 86 with an av
crage of 13 Sisters serving each
month. The bed capacity (exclu
sive of bassinets) of the red-brick
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AGENTINIANS PAY LAST RESPECTS TO EVA,
PERON — President Juan Peron (center foreground,
back to camera) looks toward coffin of his late wife,
Eva, as people pay last respects to Argentina’s first lady
who lies in state in improvised chapel at ministry of
labor in Buenos Aires. The whole country was shrouded
in deepest mourning for Mrs. Peron who died after a
long, critical illness wasted away her beauty while she
was still in her thirties.— (AP Wirephoto.)
lke Schedules Address
To VFW Meet August 5
In Daring Theft
SAN FRANCISCO July 29 —
(AP) — Bank manager Walter
Blomberg said yesterday he hand
ed over $20,000 in small bills to a
gunman and accompained him in
his escape in a public bus because
the robber had convinced him his
wife was held as a hostage.
Blomberg, 48, manager of the
American Trust Co. branch at 16th
and Valencia, did not sound an
alarm until a half hour after the
bandit left him in downstown San
Francisco.
Mrs. Blomberg was found safe
at home.
Presented Note
The robber appeared at Blom
berg's desk at 3 p. m. He handed
the bank manager a note and
showed a gun bpeneath his coat.
The note said two confederates
were in the bank and a third out
side, and Mrs. Blomberg would
suffer harm if he did not hand
over $20,000.
Blomberg walked 110 feet
through the bank to the vault to
get the money. The robber stayed
close at his heels. Back at his desk,
the bank manager handed over the
money. The robber ordered him to
accompany him out of the bank
and then said loudly:
. “Come on, I'll buy you & cup
of coffee.”
Outside the bank they boarded
a bus and proceeded downtown.
The robber left the bus at 6th
and Mission streets, warning
Blomberg to keep silent for a half
hour, or his wife would be harmed.
Mrs. Blomberg was visiting a
neighbor and never was a hostage.
Blomberg said the robber’s note
warned:
Desperate Men
“We are desperate men. We are
users of drugs and alcohol ....”
Blomberg told police he de
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hospital is 100.
With their 100 bed capacity, the
hospital provided 36,700 bed days
for patients during the year’s per
iod. The average length of stay in
the hospital six days and the insti
tution had 6,419 out-patients dur
ing the same period of time.
Hospital Expenses
Expenses of the hospital for the
‘operating period accounted for
under the statement released
range from the necessary expen=
diture of administration, dietary
costs, laundry, housekeeping, uti
lities and personnel, pharmacy,
and surgical supplies. The total
operation expense for the hos
pital last year mounted to the sum:
of $309,241.41, of which $282,955.—
74 was for in-patient service and
$25,285.67 for out-patient service.
The amount of money received
for in-patient service for the
accounted period of time was
$244,145.55 and the income re
ceived from out-patients was
$10,930.70,
Total cash receipts for 1951
amounted to some $288,102.60.
Assets of the hospital at the
time of the statement's rel
ease were $20,081,37, including
cash in bank, accounts receivable,
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ATHENS, GA.» TUESDAY JULY 29, 1952
Arranges Talk
.
With Taft Backer
DENVER, July 29—(AP)—Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Re
publican presidential nominee,
‘will address the 53rd annual en
campment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars in Los Angelés, Aug: 5.
In announcing eompletion of ar
‘rangements today, Arthur H. Van
denburg Jr., the general's execu
tive assistant, said in a statement
that Eisenhower’s appearance at
the convention will be “entirely
nonpolitical in nature.”
But his remarks to the veterans
are likely to deal with the inter
national situation and the struggle
for world peace—and are certain
to be analyzed in the light of his
bid for the presidency.
First Formal Speech
The VFW convention probably
will be the occasion of Eisenhow
er’s first formal speech since he
was nominated at the Republican
convention July 11. At this point
he has no earlier engagement
scheduled. :
Shortly after arriving in Los
Angeles, the general will review
the annual VFW parade and then
will witness a drum and bugle pa
geant in the Coliseum.
A bit later Eisenhower will re
ceive from the VFW the first an
nual Bernard M. Baruch Medal.
The medal will be presented each
year to the person the veterans or
gaization decides has made the
greatest contribution to the cause
of American unity and world
peace.
Talk With Taft-ite
At his campaign headquarters
(Continued On Yage Two)
M. C. Wallace Is
Marion Carl Wallace, former
Athenian, died Monday in the
Veterans Hospital in Columbia, 8.
c.
Services will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock
from the Baptist Church in Rut
ledge, Ga., and the body will lie
in state for one hour preceeding
the services.
Athens pall-bearers will be O.
D. Hall, Harry Merk, Leon Farm
er, Mayo Buckley, Abit Nix, Tony
Camarata and H. L. Wheeler.
Mr. Wallace is survived,by his
wife, Mrs. Jessie Knight Wallace,
Athens: daughter and grandchil
dren, Mrs. James M. Hayes, Mar=-
jon Hayes, Anne Hayes, Lynn
Hayes and Frances Wilson Hayes
of March Air Force Base, Cali
fornia; brothers and sisters, D. A.
Wallace and Mrs. Walter Spear
man, Atlanta, Charles Wallace,
Rutledge, Mrs. Inez Wallace Ko
ger, St. Augustine, Fla, and sev
eral nieces.
Mr. Wallace was a native of
Rutledge and a resident of Athens
for a number of years, being in
the automobile accessories busi
ness. The Wallaces resided on
Rutherford Street.
He was a veteran of World War
One and a charter member and
first commander of Frank E.
Mitchell Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, being re-elected to a see
ond term. He was also 2 member
of Allen R. Fleming, Jr., Post No.
20 of the American Legion.
Ten years ago, while attending
gessions here of the Department
encampment of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Mr. Wallace suf
fered a stroke and had since been
a patient in various veterans hos
pitals.
Aluminum Settlement, Steel Speedup
Put Nation's Economy On Firm Footing
On State Polic
In Fall Electi
ATLANTA, July 29. — (AP) —
Southern Democrats who refused
to pledge loyalty to the party at
the Chicago convention claimed
today there was still considerable
uncertainty in the South about
Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illi
nois, the Democratic nominee.
South Carolina, Virginia and
Louisiana delegations declined to
sign the loyalty pledge.
South Carolina Democrats will
decide next month whether they
will go along with the party in the |
November election. The Demo
cratic state convention will be re
convened August 6 at the urging
of Governor James F. Byrnes,
Declines Comment |
Byrnes has declined conmment
on the national convention’s pres
idential ticket. He said it still is
his opinion that it is up to the
convention to decide whether
South Carolina Democrats should
‘support the nominee. He said he
would have voted against the plat
form if given the chance. South
Carolina delegates were not seat
‘ed until after the platform was
‘adopted.
In Virginia, Governor John Bat
tle refused to comment until the
state central committee meets. He
said he had very definite opinions
'on the question but would not
make them known at this time.
' William M. Tuck, Virginia Denr
ocratic chairman, took the position
the Virginia delegation’s refusal to
gign the loyalty pledge at Chicago
released the state convention from
' any commitment to support either
platform or ticket. The Virginia
convention of July 17 can be re
convened by the state committee,
if leaders so desire.
Governor Robert Kennon of
Louisiana said the Democratic
state central committee would de
cide whether the Louisiana party
would support the national ticket.
Party Decision
“The decision should be by the
party as a whole,” said Kennon,
who led the first of the Louisiana
delegation against the loyalty
pledges. “The people will make
their wishes known to the 100
member central committee. I feel
it is a matter for the committee to
decide.”
The cominittee has the power to
name the nominees the Louisiana
party will back. Kennon would not
comment on the possibility the
name of Dwight Eisenhower, Re~
publican nominee, might be placed |
before the commrittee. |
In Mississippi there was a move
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WHITEVILLE, N. C., July 29.—
(AP) — Superior Court Judge
Clawson L. Williams was expected
to pass sentence today on 71 de
fendants in Ku Klux Klan flog
ging cases, including Imperial
Wizard Thomas L, Hamilton of
Leesville, S. C.
Maximum Sentence
Hamilton and the other defend
ants were ordered to appear in
court this afternoon, with sentenc
ing due to start at 2:30 p, m. They
‘face a possible maximum sentence
of four years in prison. Hamilton
pleaded guilty last week to com
plicity in two flogging cases.
The state planned to complete
its presentation of evidence early
today in two violence cases. The
victims were Esther Lee Floyd and
groes.
~ Fourteen defendants have
pleaded guilty or no contest to
charges of assault and conspiracy
in the Floyd and Robinson cases.
Charges were dismissed yesterday
against eight other defendants in
the two cases because of lack of
evidence.
Heavy Drinker
Witnesses testified Robinson
was flogged “because he was
drinking too much.”
The Floyd woman escaped the
lash, witnesses testified, because
she said she was pregnant, How
ever, one Klansman took a pair of
clippers and cut & cross in her
hair. Witnesses said she was sin
gled out by the mnightriders be
cause she was running around
with a white man.
More than 100 Klan indictments
were disposed of at last week’s
term of court.
. .
University Has
1200 Enrolled
Twelve-hundred persons regis
tered in the last session of summer
school at the University yesterday
according to Registrar W. N, Dan
ner, The fourth quarter of Uni
versity activities will last for three
weeks and will be climaxed by
August Graduation exereises.
Several dormitories ‘are being
utilized teo house the University
attendant and the school teacher
faction on campus to earn needed
credits under the Minimum Foun
dation is very much in evidence.
First session of summer school
closed here Friday and summer
classés will end after three weeks
with degrees being awarded to se
veral hundred students.
Wage Board Announces Contracts
Give Workers 21.4 Hour Benefit
, BY JOE BRADIS
PITTSBURGH, July 29.— (AP) —Settlement of a threat
ened aluminum strike and speed-up of steel production put
the nation’s economy on firm footing today for the first
time in two months. 5 :
Council Sessi
Occupied With
Licenses Acfi
Mayor and Cauncil revoked the
beer and wine licenses of Brad
ley’s Tavern, Washington street
establishment, last night after a
two-hour hearing of evidence and
summary at a called meeting of
Council, Council Chambers were
changed into a veritable court
room as City Attorney James Bar
row and Howell Erwin Jr., coun
sel for John Bradley, presented
their cases to the eight members
of Council who were present.
Revocation of the licenses came
at the end of the two hour session
upon the motion of Alderman
John Bondurant who stated that
he had attempted to suggest to
Mr. Bradley that he could save his
license by closing his establish
ment at 12 o’clock instead of stay
ing open all night, or by putting
in a stronger management of the
place. He added that Mr. Bradley
had considered both suggestions
unworkable.
Unanimous Vote
Vote of Council was unanimous
ly in favor of revocation with
those present including:
Jack R. Wells, Dick Thompson,
John Bondurant, Curtis Lovern,
R. W. Phillips, W. N, Danner, Al
bert Wier, Jr., O. M. Roberts, Jr.,
and Luther Bond. Absent were
Merritt B. Pound and C. 8. Den
ney.
Rev. Paul- C. Howle appeared
before Council prior to the review
of the Bradley revocation action
was presented. As president of the
Athens . Ministerial Association,
Mr. Howle pledged the support of
rAthens ministers to the City in its
drive to eliminate “dives and
places of questionable nature.”
He expressed the opinion that
there was no doubt as to the ques
tionable nature of Bradley’s and
asserted that the records would
bear out his statement.
Dr. E. L. Hill, pastor emeritus
of First Presbyterian Church and
a member of the minister’s group
added his agreement and second
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Air Force Plans
Blood Campaign
A summer blood drive, spon=-
sored by the Athens and Atlanta
divisions of the U. 8. Air Force,
will be officially kicked-off next
Monday night at a meeting of the
drilve heads and publicity person
nel.
The air Corp staff are striving to
make the coming drive the most
successful es reecnt years in Ath
ens. The meeting next week on
August 4, will be for the purpose
of organizing, preparing, and map
ping out publicity and advertis
ing plans. The meeting will be
held in the Chamber of Commerce
Auditorium.
The blood drive will last two
days, August 18-19. All Athens
ians are urged to make plans to
donate blood in the coming drive
to furnish blood to the boys in
Korea who need it so badly.
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HOW TO CATCH ’EM — The Republican presidential
nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, shows his run
ning mate, California Senator Richard M. Nixon (left),
how to cast for fish and bring them in. Eisenhower ended
his vacation at Fraser, Colo., when he and Nixon, the
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paign strategy they hope will net them the nation’s
votes in November.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
A walkout of 15,000 CIO steel
workers at nine plants of the giant
Aluminum Company of America
was averted last night. by an 11th
hour settlement.
The strike set for today would
have shut off more than 20 per
cent of the nation’s aluminum
production, vitally needed in the
manufacture of airplanes and
other defense items.
Weaker Board
The settlement was announced
by the Wage Stabilization Board
on the eve of its final appearance.
The wage board, stripped of most
of its dispute-settling powers by
Congress last month, will be re
placed by a new board lacking
any power to propose settlement
terms in deadlocked labor dis
putes,
The WSB announcement said
the new contracts will give work
ers a 21.4 cents an hour pay bene
fit package. Of that 15 cents is re
troactive to March 10 and four
cents effective July 1. The pact
also calls for a modified union
‘shop where employes must apply
for union membership but ma
‘withdraw during the 15th to 30&
day of employment. Old employes
are exempt.
New Contract
Approval of a new wage cone
tract between Kaiser Aluminum
‘and chimical Corp. and the CIO
United Steelworkers Union af
fecting 5,000 employes in Kaiser
‘plants also was announced.
~ Meanwhile, steel companies
took short cuts to speed up pro
‘duction. By truck and railrcad
‘tinplate and other steel products
‘moved to consumers.
~ But one sour note in the fen
eral back to work story came from
Defense Production Administrator
Henry M. Fowler. He warned it
‘may be two or three months be
fore manufacturers of civilian
‘goods get sufficient flow of new
steel. Fowler estimated steel pro
}duction loss at 20 million tons,
Infant’s Death
niani S Uéa
A coroner’s jury this morning
reached a wverdict of “premature
birth or death due to lack of care”,
following an irquest into the cir
cumstances of the discovery of the
body of a white girl baby in the
Oconee River yesterday. ’iyhe body
of the infant was found in a
weighted sack near the Princeton
District by Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Chadwick who were fishing im
mediately below the old bridge.
The identity of the child is un=-
known and County officers are
conducting an investigation.
Found yesterday afternoen at
about 5:30, it was estimated by
Dr. D. F. Mullins, pathologist, that
the body could not have been in
the water for more than three
hours before discovery as there
were no signs of of decomposition.
The inquest was held this morn
ing at Bridges Funeral Home and
the verdict as announced by S. C.
Cartledge, Coronor was: “\%e, the
jury, finc{ that the deceased un
known girl baby came to her death
from be born prematurely or from
lack of care after birth”.
Weighted with a rock. pre
sumably to minimize possibility
of discovery, the body was found‘
in shallow water where the Chad
wicks were wading to fish. |
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New WSB Awaits
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Appointments As
Old Board Dies |
WASHINGTON, July 28-1 AP)‘
The old Wage Stabilization
dies at midnight tonight but a
new one, with less power, s ex
pected to be named shortly by
President Truman.
Members must be eonfirmed by
the Senate, but as it is not in ses
ision Truman may name board
members to serve until Congress
convenes in January.
Center of Batile
It is reported he is havlfm dis«
ficulty finding men to the
posts. The old WSB was the een
ter of heated controversy dw-inz
the steel strike because some sai
certain recommendations it made
favored organized labor.
Until a new board is mamed,
Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Put
nam could take over as wage sta
bilizer.
The new board, like the old one,
| will have equal representation
from industry, labor and the pub
lic. Whether it will also have 18
members has not been made pub
lic. It will not have the old board’s
power to handle labor disputes.
The American Federation of La
bor yesterday ended one govern
ment worry; it announced it
would cooperate with the mnew
board, despite the loss of some of
its fiower.
There had been speculation or
! ganized labor might boycoit the
weakened WSB.
AFL President William Green
wrote the Predident yesterday ask
infihim to reappoint the present
AFL members: Harzy C. Bates of
the Bricklayers, William C. Birth
right of the Barbers, and Elmer
Walker of the International Asso
ciation of Machinists.
Criticized Law
'{;ho AFL’s executive council,
although votini to go along with
the new WSB, took opportunity to
criticize the new stabilization law,
which it saild has “materially
weakened both price controls and
wage stabilization policy.”
Athenians Feel
Athenians Monday sweltered
through its hottest day since July
19, 1939 and the hottest July 28
on record, meanwhile looking for
ward with hope to a chanee of a
break in the heat as a ¢ool air
front is scheduled to move into the
section tonight.
The mercury hit 103 degrees at
2 p. m. at Municipal Ailrport
]Weather Bureau and recorded a
high of 102 degrees on the instru
ments es Dr. E. S. Sell in the resi
dential section,
' Both recorded a low of 78 just
before sunrise this morning.
As for rain, the forecast sees
some hope tonight or Wednesday.
There is now a deficit of 3.95
inches of rainfall for the month of
July and a total deficit since Jan
uary 1, of 3.11 inches.
However, just to keep things in
line, the U. S. Weather Bureau at
the airport early this morning said
a high of 104 is forecast during the
day.
At 12 noon the Bureau stated
the reading was 100 degrees break
ing another record fer the hottest
July 29. The other two dates re
corded are July 29, in 1915 and
1980, both with temperatures of
| 97 degrees,
SUBWAY TRAINS COLLIDED
l NEW YORK July 29 (AP) —
Nine persons were injured today
when two subway trains collided
while attempting to comple at the
241st street terminal of the Inter
borough Rapid Tranist line.
The Board of Transportation
said the injured included four em
ployes and five passengers. Chair
man Sidney H. Bingham termed
the accident “a case of men fail
ure.”
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and continued hot
this afternoon and tonight.
Chance of a thundershower this
afternoon. Wednesday, partly
cloudy and not so hot. Lew te
night 76 and high tomorrew 96.
Sun sets 7:37 and rises 5:42.
GEORGIA — Mostly fair and
continued hot this aftermoon
and tonight, except for widely
scattered thundershowers im ex
treme north portion late this
afternoen and evening; Wed
nesday, partly cloudy, not quite
so hot over north portion and
little temperature change in
south. Widely scattered thunder
showers in central portion Wed
nesday afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Pighest iy vainiwods il
LOWORE . iis Gitv aini seb il
MEBIL 4 iss. wess 2aav Rend chailil
Normal .. .7 it iias iel
RAINFALL o
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since July 1 .. +. .. 41
Deficit since July 1 ~ .... 398
Average July reinfall ~ .. 8.0
Tota! since January 1 ~ ~27.1%
Deficit since+January 1 ... 8.5