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NUMBER 21.—VOLUME 44.
Governor Receives
Wide Comment On
Freight-Rate Suit
Gov. Ellis Arnall is in receipt
of many letters in regard to his
plan to file suit in the Unitted
States Supreme Court in behalf
of freight-rate justice for the
South, and “all letters received
are complimentary,” he declared.
The gist of these communica¬
tions is that the writers appre¬
ciate his doing something about
the matter while others just
talk.
The governor agreed with one
writer who said the race ques¬
tion stems from that of freight-
rate equalization and economic
parity. Arnall supplemented this
by saying that “if the South is
given economic justice, we can
solve the race problem; if the
authorities in Washington want
to help the Negro let them help
the South.”
He asserted “there are three
groups who oppose the effort to
secure freight-rate justice for
the South:
“1. The railways, who for some
reason, do not realize it would
be to their advantage to treat
the South fairly.
“2. Certaih shippers who are
willing to seel the South down
the river to enrich their own
personal businesses.
“33. Some politicians who give
lip service to the South’s fight
but whose heart it not in it.
“What we need in the South,”
he continued, “is enough jobs for
both blacks and whites, and that
derv-rls upon freight rates. The
thD^nical race-relatiohs people
up North should be told that the
South is not being permitted to
have enough wealth for both
races. If the North will give us
economic justice and take the
foot off our neck, we will solve
the race problem.”
The Great Invasion
JUNE 6, 1944
The fall of Rome seems to
have been the signal. Last night,
while President Roosevelt pinned
millions to their radios to hear
his w T orld-wide broadcast, the
cross - channel “invasion”—the
long-awaited Second Front, got
started. By reports, a consider¬
able penetration of German-oc¬
cupied French terriory is now
a fact. Seemingly, the expedition
met no naval, and very little
air resistance. But a report of
the moment (9 A. M, CWT)
speaks of a battle in the chan¬
nel between German and Allied
naval surface units. There can
be little doubt of the issue. If
the Germans shon’d engage with
every fighting ship they have,
they would all be sunk today.
I am waiting to hear what the
Luftwaffe will do. If it is ever
to toe useful to the Nazis it is
now—today. And if they engage
desperately for a finish fight,
the Luftwaffe will be finished
today. mightily
The Reds will strike
again,, and in les" than three
days. It looks like the closing in
for the kill. be!
And a killing it’s going to
Just wait (not long) until the
many “undegtounds” get proper¬
ly going! Wait until the ground
begins to shake!
Allies will occupy all Germany
this time; and they wall need
to be tough as Nazi oppressors
ever were, to convince those
folks once for all that with what
measure they mete, it shall be
meaaired to them again—that
unde; no circumstance must any
peopR think that they can’t be
brouglt to book for crimes a-
gainstihe human race. No, not
even Englishmen in treatment
of Iro^nd. or India, or China,
no4 American in treatment
of IiHians and “niggers”. All are
God’s 5 eople, and He will require
an accounting. Yes; even here
in this world!
W. C. SKAGGS
prmt ®ALE—Fine Jersey Milch
Fawn condition, reasonable
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k Cmuitii
Trials and Tribulaiions Are Being Overcome Georgia Guardsmen
By Weekly Press. Miss Haley Tells Army Men Receive Training
ATLANTA. Ga., June 8.—De¬
scribing them as the “smaller
napers that are doing a big job,”
Miss Frances Haley, secretary
of the Georgia Press Association,
told Army men of the trials and
tribulations being overcome by
the weekly press in order to tell
their readers the story of the
war, when she spoke at the
Fourth Service Command public
relations conference at the Bilt-
more hotel here Monday, June 5.
Editors of the weekly news¬
papers, Miss Haley told the con¬
ference, fully realize the im¬
portance of the news of how the
Army feeds, clothes, equips and
trains the sons of their readers,
to fit them for combat and are
more than glad to give some of
their valuable space to tell that
story.
But those editors, the speaker
made plain, must make sacrifices
in ordeer to use such material.
“In Georgia.” said Miss Haley,
“and throughout the nation, the
small papers’ main problem to¬
day is the shortage of manpow¬
er. The scarcity of newsprint or
other supplies does not puzzle
men in this field nearly as much
Marvin A. Allison Is Name Director Georgia
Committee Brewing Industry Foundation
Former State Legislator and Ex-President of Bar Association
Succeeds Wood; Plans to Push Program
ATLANTA, June 5.— (Special)
—Marvin A. Allison, of Lawrence
ville, immediate past president
of the Georgia Bar Association,
and widely known in civic affairs
throughout the state, today was
appointed State Director of the
Georgia Committee of the Brew¬
ing Industry Foundation. In his
new position, Mr. Allison suc¬
ceeds Judge John S. Wood, who
resigned recently after having
headed the Committee for more
than four years and who is now
a candidate for Congress from
the Ninth Congressional Dis¬
trict.
Mr. Allison brings tc his new
post a name well known in
Georgia. In addition to his ac¬
tivities in the legal field, which
resulted in his election to .the
presidency of the state bar asso ¬
ciation last year, he was elected
for four terms to the Georgia
House of Representatives from
Gwinnett county. He was a
member of the last General As¬
sembly, but did not offer for re-
election this year.
Active in civic affairs, Mr. Al¬
lison is a former Lieut.-Gov-
ernor of Kiwanis in Georgia, and
also has served as president and
as secretary of the Georgia As¬
sociation of Commercial Secre¬
taries.
“I have been deeply impressed
wih the policies of the Brewing
Industry Foundation, and the
progress it has made during its
four-year activity in Georgia,”
said Mr. Allison, upon accepting
the new position. “As state di¬
rector for Georgia, I shall con¬
tinue along the lines already
laid down and shall endeavor
to make the industry’s Self-
OPA District Of f ce Cautions 'A Drivers’
on New Tires Soon
Atlanta District Office of Price
Administration tire rationing of-
ficials today cautoned holders of
“A” gasoline raion books not to
count* ‘too heavily” on new tires
sooh, as indicated in published
reports from Washington.
They added that a few “A”
drivers probably would be elig-
ible for new tires later this year,
but that even then quotas allot-
ted to local B ar Price and -
tioning Boards would necessitate
consideration of applications on
the basis of essentiality.
c r a u r e p n rrtn
recapping busihess, as reported
men, adding that
Free Maternity Care fer 4,221 Serivcetnen’s
Families in Georgia Granted by Health Dept.
Applications from 782 more
servicemen’s wives in Georgia
free medical treatment for them
selves and their babies under the
Government’s Emergency Ma-
•\rnity and Infant Care Progiam
bv7G> were approved in April
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944.
a< the inabilitv to secure train¬
ed employes. Thus, when a small
newspaper says that it has to
cut down on work by reducing
the number of pages, the reason
most often given is the lack of
help to produce those extra
pages.”
Illustrating the shortage of
help among the weeklies, Miss
Haley declared that papers for¬
merly employing five or six peo¬
ple, are now lucky to have two
workers. Many papers, she said,
pi'oposition” and these men work
from 60 to 100 hours a week,
have developed into a “one man
She gave the public relations
men, who write news from the
Army camps, to keep their stories
short and she offered them tips
on the kind of news the editors
are seeking. “The war and it’s
problems,” said Miss Haley, “is
interpreted to most small cities
in Georgia, or in any other state,
by the activities of the boys in
service from that section. Every¬
thing they do, the promotions
they receive, he wounds or med¬
als which come their way, are
sources of sincere interest to the
residents of the community.”
In Quelling Riots
Realistic traihing in mob-dis¬
persal and riot-quelling tactics
is being given several hundred
members of the Georgia State
Guard from six counties around
Atlanta, who are holding their
vigorous exercises in fields near
Adamsville.
The State Guardsmen divide
into two groups, half of them
enacting the part of rioters arm¬
ed with bricks, stones, clubs and
sticks, and the other half taking
the part of soldiers who repel
the advancing hordes with rifles,
bayonets, gas bombs and hand
grenades.
The sham battles between the
mobs and the troopers become
do heated that sometimes real
battles develop. Several men
have been injured, but only
in a minor way. However, the
blistering smoke from the gas
bombs s r » ds all those who do
not have gas masks scurrying
to cover.
Simulated attacks by Mobs on
jails, factories, mine properties
and restricted residental areas
are held. They are presided over
by hard-bitten, tough, young
military police officer, Lieut. El¬
mer Rose, loaned to the State
Guard by the Army authorities
at Fort Benning for the training.
Lieut.-Colonel Frank Fling,
battalion commander, says the
courses will be continued until
every guardsman is efficient ih
the queuing of riots.
Garden Clubs Meets
With Mrs. C. Scruggs
Mrs. R. V. Clemons of the
Missionary Ridge Garden Club of
Chattanooga, and Mrs. A. M.
Patterson of the Riverview Club
were speakers at the meeting
Thursday afternoon of the Gar¬
den Club of Trenton. The meet¬
ing was at the home of Mrs.
Carl Scruggs with Mesdames J.
E. Woodfin, J. M. Carroll and L.
M. Allison as joint hostesses.
Mrs. lemons spoke on roses and
Mrs. Patterson gave a demon¬
stration on arrangement and
told of the National Council
meeting recently held in Atlanta.
Miss Elene Dyer gave a hu¬
morous reading.
Mrs. L. M. Allison presided at
the business session and report¬
ed $15 collected to be used on
the war bond which the club
plans to buy in the next drive.
Visitors besides Mesdames
Clemons and Patterson were
Mesdames Tebe Steele of Cres¬
cent City, Fla.; Mrs. W. E. Steak-
ley of Atlanta, Mrs. James Mor¬
rison of Birmingham and Mrs.
Eloise Wright of Valley Head.
The annual picnic which the
club gives for the families of the
members will take place at the
July meeting.
Sullivan Will Head
Defense Council
Lon Sullivan, former com¬
mander of the State Patrol, has
been appointed by Gov. Arnall
to be director of the Voluntary
War Services and Civilian De¬
fense Council for Georgia, which
ha,s beeh created by the gover¬
nor through executive order.
The organization will serve the
state in connection with emer¬
gency and disasters. The order
calls on the state patrol, state
guard, American Red Cross, lo¬
cal police and fire departments
to cooperate with Sullivan in
setting up an organization of
federal equipment assighed to
the State Civilian Defense or¬
ganization.
The new agency will not super¬
cede any existing civilian de¬
fense group, but is intended to
weld all safety organizations in¬
to a smoothly operating body.
regardless of whether or not they
are legal residents of Georgia,
are entitled to the benefits pro¬
vided for them by Congress in
March, 1943.
Included are medical, nursing
and hospital care throughout
oregnancy; at childbirth and for
six weeks thereafter and care for
illness of the infant until it is
one year old. Application blanks,
simple in form, may be obtain¬
ed from state, county, and city
health departments, public clin¬
ics. most hospitals, private phy¬
sicians who are in the
MARVIN ALLISON
Regulation program an even
more vital force throughout the
state, to the end that the retail¬
ing of beer will be maintained on
a legal, wholesome plane. The
Committee’s policy of cooperat¬
ing fully with civil and military
authorities in the solution of any
problem related to the sale of
beer will be adhered to closely
and expanded wherever possible
and expand wherever possi¬
ble.”
Mr. Allison begins his duties as
state director immediately.
(the drop probably was a result
of false optismism on the the
j situation, brought about by the
statement,
Motorists were reminded that
tires should be recapped just as
in the past, before the casing is
damaged. Such a practice pro¬
longs the wear of the tire to a
very * great extent, the experts
Recent orde rs by the armed
forces fQr more and more m0 bile
have placed another lareg
additional dra j n 0 n the civilian
rubber supply, it was brought
more tires for any but the *1 most
I essen tia l drive rs._______________
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the Children’s Bureau of the U.
S. Department of Labor.
April’s figure brings Georgia’s
total of such cases to 4,221 since
the program was adopted by this
state June 3. 1943. Under the
program, the wives of men in the
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
pay grades of the armed forces,
ALLIED TROOPS INVADE FRENCH COAST;
INVASION STARTED TUESDAY MORNING;
PROCEEDING ACCORDINNG ‘TO PLAN’
FIGHTING ROYS SURGE OVER CHANNEL ON 4.000 SHIPS
AND SUPPORTED EY 11,000 PLANES OF EVERY TYPE
The invasion of Europe is under way.
Starting from English bases, Allied forces swarmed across the
English channel Tuesday morning to land oft the Normandy coast
of France. More than 4,000 ships, British and American, ferried
thousands of troops across the choppy channel. English skies were
filled with bombers, fighters, and transport pianes. The invasion
coast, German airfields, and communications centers in the in¬
vasion area were bombed as a prelude to the landing.
Airborne parachute tloops were reported to have landed in¬
land, behind the beachhead lines.
Hundreds of naval guns, ranging from four-to-16-inchers,
bombarded the beaches before the infantry landed.
Airplane pilots returning from the scene of landing reported
that beachheads and been secured and that the infantry was pour¬
ing inland.
Tlie big armada of ships, which included everything from big
transports to tiny boats, was said to be the greatest array of ship¬
ping ever assembled. Both British and American naval vessels
shepherded and protected the invasion vessels, which formed a
vast stream from English ports to the coast of northen France.
Indications were that the Allies hoped to capture several good
ports so that heavy equipment could be put ashore. There also are
a network of air fields in Normandy. The Allied command failed to
specify the exact si>ot of landings, leaving the Germans to do what
guessing they might. However, German sources promptly reported
that the first landings were in Normandy.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the house of
commons Tuesday morning, telling the English that the great bat¬
tle was joined. He refused to speculate about its course, but he
pointed out that weeks of heavy fighting will ensue.
Allied commanders reported that the invasion was “proceeding
according to plan.” the fight¬
It is too early to get definite reports on the course of
ing, but a constant stream of press and radio reports from England
is bringing details of the landing. The hard fighting will come, it
is predcited, when main German positions are reached, several
miles inland. . 1
Hunter Dalton In Race for Judge of Cherokee
Circuit’ Has Addressed Citizens of 6 Counties
Col. C. Hunter Dalton, a local him.
attorney of Dalton, Ga., enters
his announcement with this
paper for the office of Judge of
the Superior Court of this cir¬
cuit.
Col. Dalton is by no means a
stranger in this county. He, as
you know, spoke to the people
of this county at the last term
of our Superior court, and also
appeared oh the stage of the
Dade County High School audi¬
torium with his violin and as¬
sisted in the making of music
for the Red Cross drive, which
his opponent was the chairman.
Mr. Dalton states that he has
had his eye on this office for
some time, as his announcement
shows, and he is making an ac¬
tive race over the circuit for this
office.
Col. Dalton was reared in the
county of Catoosa, and says that
he broke into the speech making
contest by giving the welcome
address at the Confederate Sol¬
diers Reunion which was held at
the Georgia Monument in Chick-
amauga Park the 20tth of Sept.
1906, at which time there were
hundreds of veterans present,
and which speech was followed
by the late Honorable Gordon
Lee, who for many years was
Congressman for this district.
Mr. Dalton worked for about
17 years as telegraph operator
and depot agent for the N. C.
& St. L. railroad, and worked at
many stations between Chatta¬
nooga and Atlanta.
Married at the age of 18 and
has raised five children, three
girls and two boys, having be¬
come a grandfather nearly two
years ago.
Mr. Dalton has resided in
Whitfield county for the past
15 years, was a resident of Bar¬
tow for the year preceeding,
havihg moved to Cartersville
from Calhoun, where he and
family resided for nearly three
years.
Mr. Dalton was admitted to
the Bar of Georgia and began
active practice in Gordon county
at Calhoun in 1929, maintaining
offices in the City of Cartersville
and on leaving railroad work
permanehtly, located in Dalton
and maintained offices in the
same building for the past four¬
teen years, and has handled sev¬
eral outstanding cases on the
criminal side of court, always
working hard for those whom
he represented.
Mr. Dalton has a keen sense
of humor and a warm feeling
for his fellow man. To fully ap¬
preciate him is to know him.
Mr. Dalton claims to have no
hobbies, but 11 some extent is
interested in music. He has. rais¬
ed no issue in this, his race, for
the office of Judgeship, with his
opponent and says that he has
none to raise. In fact, he speaks
Mr. Dalton’s statement is as
follows:
To the Citizens of Dade Couhty:
After careful consideration on
my part I decided to make the
race for the office of Judge of
the Superior Court of the Chero¬
kee Circuit, and on the 30th day
of last June I made my formal
announcement over Station
WBJL in Dalton.
Since that date I have address¬
ed the people of each of the
six counties at the court house
and elsewhere in regard to my
race for this high office.
I have received many letters
and thousands of hearty hand
shakes commending me for run¬
ning for this office.
I have raised no issue with my
opponent in this race and have
none to raise.
I have said these words in a-
bout all of my speeches: “If you
elect me as your Judge, my of¬
fice will be here in the court
house during my term, and there
you will find me when I am not
in attendance on other courts
over the circuit.”
“I will organize your courts as
soon as possible after the ap¬
pointed hour and give to your
Grand Jury a fair and full
charge relative to our laws and
not “politic” during the time I
do so, or fail to charge on some
law which I know is being flag¬
rantly violated for the benefit of
someone who may stand high in
the community.
“I will, however, ask the Grand
Jury in each county in the cir¬
cuit to make recommendations
to the representatives for the
purpose of guaranteeing to our
court officers a living salary
while our business is so extreme¬
ly light.
“To the poor and unfortunate,
I shall deal with mercy and to
the intentional law violator, I
shall deal very harsh.
“At no time will I disturb the
verdict of a Jury in order to
.oermit the party who has been
found guilty to enter a plea to
gaih a smaller sentence, or will
I permit an indictment to stand
wheih has not been properly in¬
vestigated before a Grand Jury.
“I will not permit an indict¬
ment to be done away with
which has been found by a
Grand Jury to accomodate some
member of the Bar, nor will I
permit an intentional violator
of the law to go into the service
of our country without first pay¬
ing to that same society which
others are governed by after the
Grand Jury acts upon his or
their case.”
I have entered this race and
paid my own expenses and if
elected, I will owe no special
orivileges only to you as the
people of this circuit.
Continued on Page Four
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