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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION The Weather Cloudy with scattered thunder-ghowers. Today's extremes, 63 and 82. Yesterday, 65 to 86. FINAL CITY EDITION For 82 Years the South Standard Newspaper VOL. LXXXII, No.

330. ATLANTA (2), GA WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3IAY 31, 1930. Price Fire Cent buit Part Ottie Aiiaota, Oft. RALPH Vote To Test Red-Hater Batter Fulton View hh New Clash Perils Bus Peace Talks Walton's Praise Of- Suburban Draws GPC Fire Marchers Begging On Manager Commitlee Asks Decision in Primary The Greatest Of Our Champs AN EDITORIAL A Fact-Finding Board Exists In 1916 there was a transit strike in Atlanta. When a deadlock appeared unbreakable, the then chairman of the Public Service Commission, Murphey Candler, acting by vote of the Comrnissiori, requested both the company and Union representatives to appear before them.

It made possible the presentation of the facts. It provided an official, arrd proper, board of inquiry. The duty of the Public Service Commission is to provide transport. While we have recognized and applauded the interest of those who have suggested a fact-finding board be named, we have not felt that was the proper approach. The facts are in the possession of the Public Service Negotiations between the Georgia Power Company and the transit union were im On County System By FRANK MAJORS Members of the Fulton County Democratic Executive Committee have decided, 23 to 18, to put the county manager system to a test vote in the June 28 primary.

The action came after a meeting Thousands Fight in Streets; Blue Shirts, Flags Burned HELMSTEDT, Germany (AP) Milling thousands of Red-hating residents of Helm-stedt fought pro-Communist German youths in the streets last night. The anti-Reds were victorious. Their opponents members of the Communist-controlled Free German Youth (FD J) begged for a truce after their blue shirts were ripped from their backs and heaped on bonfires along with their blue flags. Thus the violence Berlin es- caped in the massive Communist I picked up the paper and taw a picture T. Jones, standing very straight indeed (ii just a mite truculently) for his picture by a news photographer, lie was periled again today after officials on both sides bitterly assailed each other regarding a union statement by Pres.

Jesse Walton. Walton had commended Suburban Coach Line President J. C. Steinmctz for his "friendly and cordial spirit of co-operation" in Commission. lof the Committee at the Court-i house yesterday in which a sharp They can let the public know what it wants to know.

division of the members was evi- back home after an operation to relieve spinal nerve pressure. I fell to thinking about cham Can the Company afford to grant an increase? What is the i rfmmpnts u.hich raed Whitsuntide rally finally erupted1, in this British Zone town. It was the first disorder stemming from last Sunday' show of strength by their present contract negotiations. pions. nearly two hours centered on the Committee's jurisdiction, supporters behind the move, the nearness Those of us who came along to Suburban union operators are the Communists in eastern Berlin.

Th a pntiKl a Vo onn urhon rvri 1 1 report the gaudy, fast-traveling of the primary and the action's. 2-00o FDJ members from Western probable effect members of the same union as striking Power Company drivers. "We have whole-heartedly accepted the company's working con scenes of the tremendous twenties saw a lot of champions. They now call those years "The Golden Age" of sports. And I Germany found themselves temporarily marooned here for lack of transportation on their homeward trek from the Berlin rally.

With the slogans of their Com dition offer." Walton said, "and guess they were. financial status of the Transit Company? What happens when fare increases are granted? Does the Company lose customers? Does the Union recognize ability to pay as a part of the problem? Here is the proper fact-finding board. The sworn, audited figures are in its offices. We suggest the Commission see if it does not have the legal authority, by the very acts creating it, to summon both contestants before it and produce for the public the necessary facts. It was an era of fresh, free are now considering a substantial porting money.

It was a raw wage offer." munist leaders still ringing in 1 1 fWW' time, in a sense. The spectacles The proposal survived, 24 to 17, a motion to table, and a speech by Committee Chairman W. A. Lynn, who vacated the chair to warn that such an action would bring condemnation upon the Committee from the public and the press. The Atlanta League of Women Voters, through its President, Mrs.

Carmen A. Dobbs, made it plain the League felt the public would their ears, the FDJ youths con-1 fidently marched from the rail-! But Power Company Pres. C. B. McManus commented, "The sub way station to restaurants sing-i stantial increase Mr.

Walton refers ing the Internationale. I Townspeople out in droves to to amounts to about six cents an hour. That will raise the Suburban operators from their present 99 cents an hour to $1.05. The i 1 mi witness he influx of the highly-j publicized blueshirts responded have sufficient time to study with Deutschland Ueber Alles, the Power Company drivers already get $1.35 an hour and they are former German anthem. The sing-l ing changed to jeering then to striking for eight cents more." fist fighting.

r'-rru iwmtmiiriin'n tt ti umimoii Battered and beaten the out and discuss the matter before the primary. The League's members thought it it was to be put to a vote it should come later. The motion to place on the ballot the question "whether or not the County should retain its county manager system was made V. 1 A 11- A 1 Girl Reports Attack By Tivo Ride-Offerers numbered FDJ members promised i to leave their blue shirts behind or as many of them as they still 1 i if5 possessed and get out of town if their opponents would guarantee "If the Georgia Power Company were paying its operators 99 cents instead of $1.35 an hour, it could also afford a substantial increase and thus earn Mr. Walton's approbation for being 'extremely friendly and cordial'." "One line on the Power Company makes more in a day than most Suburban runs make in a month," Walton fired back.

1 Detectives today are investigating a criminal attack Si5aSSSS their safety. No serious injuries were reported. port made by a 23-year-old beauty operator who said shecowart, of Double Branch. For a time Helmstedters blocked accepted a ride with two young men because she thought A petition containing some 400 signatures also was presented to the committee's secretary and they occupied a courtesy car '5 off streets around the main body of FDJ youths in a park near the railway station. A smaller group of about 40 05 50 were hemmed in This was the first such incident "There's the difference: treasurer, Neill Leach.

The peti "But Mr. Walton fails to 4 tioners favored the action. Leach stated the petition had not been plain." McManus continued, "that "-e I hA nun ef rr The young woman said she was employees of other organizations certified to determine if the names waiting at Peachtree and Ellis Dav the same living costs and work on it were aU registered voters. Streets Monday night when the a restaurant. Police escorted the group from the restaurant, and the townspeople began to drift away from the park.

Then a number of special busses began arriving without notice. There was no interference as the blue shirts swarmed under the same conditions, as the transit employees of the Power Company. After all, the bus driv Proponents of the measure were critical of the county manager auto pulled to the curbing, Fulton Det, Capt. W. L.

Duncan related. He said one of the occupants system as "costing too much mon ers in other organizations pay the mm mmmm st mhm ey," causing runarounds in getting same amounts for food, clothing, asked where she was going. When she gave the address, the States' Rights Loses Vote In Alabama Committee Posts Won by Democrats things done by the County and not rent and other necessities of life." working out as it was intended. Walton answered, "If that's the Several opponents said the worth driver opened a door and invited her inside. As the machine sped out toward the river she said she noticed for the first time that it did not bear the "Courtesy Car" sticker on the windshield.

Auociatcd Prmi Wlrcphet UNKNOWN SOLDIER HONORED Capt. Adam Eisenhower, a White House military aide, places President Truman's wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery as Americans throughout the world honored their war dead in the traditional Memorial Day ceremonies. (Story on Page 6.) case, why doesn't the Power Company pay its employees the sme wage as the company in Birmingham or Memphis pays?" of the county manager system was not a matter for the committee to determine and should properly of sport had more spontaneity and were less regimented. The dawns came up like thunder and it was the fashion to be pop-eyed about champions and contests. Four Horsemen It was a time of naive, vital dolescence in sports.

Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen changed football from a game played before alumni and friends Into a great national spectacle in which the Notre Dame shift and the doings of "Rock" were household subjects for thousands who had never made passing grades in readin. 'ritin' and 'rithmetic. Man War, the greatest four-legged machine called Big Red, was king of the turf. Bill Tilden's tall form towered over the tennis courts of the world. John J.

Mc-Graw was managing the Giants. Babe Ruth was hitting 60 home runs for the Yankees, and compiling a lifetime average they will shoot at for a lonfc, long time. Ty Cobb was terrorizing pitchers and the base paths. Walter Johnson's fast ball still smoked down the path toward the plate. Jack Dempsey ah.

Jack, there was really never another ringmaster like you in our time. There were better boxers before and after. There were hitters as hard. Bui there was never another Dempsey, unshaved and snarling, bobbing and weaving, and driving in for the kill, taking two punches, whn he had to, to land just one. Dempsey of the $1,000,000 gates.

Dempsey knocked out of the ring by Firpo and climbing back in to win. Ah, Jack, you were the boy in the ring. Champion There were many champions of that time and the adjective great fits easily before that title. I saw all of them. I left out golf? Yes.

but I come back to it The greatest champion of them all was Jones, the fellow who was standing very straight for his picture, which he likely didn't want made. He never did. But he al-wavs played the game. Of all the champions he alone came through with never a snide thing marked against his name or record. In his early years he was undisciplined.

He became Spartan-willed and only the man himself may do that. Inner discipline may not be taught. He never really enjoyed com aboard. The buses took off for various West German cities. Police said they did not know who sent them.

Regular trains also helped carry away FDJ members-. Police estimated that by early today the number of blue shirts had been reduced to fewer than 1,000. Helmstedt, situated at the bor come in the County general elec tion. They felt the county manag er system had not had sufficient McManus said the Birmingham system was losing $411,000 a year. "Mr.

Walton also fails to explain why men who are earning $1.35 an time to prove its value and doubt ed the referendum's legality since some absentee ballots reportedly hour are called on to strike by der of the British and Russian zones, remained tense, however. An unknown number of other West Zone blue shirts is expected the Union and enforce an eight-cent increase, while men earning At a secluded spot near the river, the young woman said, she was assaulted. Then the driver and his companion drove her to her home, she said. Police said they were receiving reports that striking operators were stopping other marked courtesy cars and asking the drivers to show their union cards. H.

H. Bennett, Fairburn painter, said he was halted on Alabama Street by a courtesy car operator who asked to see his union card. A young law student, who said stepped into a courtesy car in WCON Will Cease Operations Tonight BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) States' Righters failed in a final bid for control of Democratic Party machinery in Alabama yesterday. On unofficial but apparently conclusive returns, Democrats opposing a break with the National Party won a clear majority of the 72-man State Committee.

to arrive here today and tomorrow. No one knows how the new arrivals will take the news of the beating of their comrades. Meanwhile hundreds of FDJ members made a peaceful invasion of West Berlin. They ate gift food 99 cents an hour doing the same work find it a pleasure to 'confer in a spirit of co-operation' over a six-cent offer." Meanwhile, as leaders on both sides continued their harangue over the disputed issues, no new developments were reported in the two-week old tie-up. Still in dispute are an eight-cent wage hike demand, pension changes and the question of turn-in receipts for bus operators.

Federal conciliators continued to watch are already in the mail. After the vote, Chairman Lynn asked the Secretary to contact the State Democratic Committee to seek approval of the question being placed on the ballot in accordance with a ruling three years ago by County Atty. Harold Sheats. Leach read Sheats ruling, then explained the county manager plan originally was placed on a ballot without the State body's approval. However, he said he felt this time that since the State and County were using a joint baUot, approval had to be forthcoming.

An effort by Leach to find out what the committee should do about the matter of absentee bal Radio Station WCON (ABC) will discontinue with the close of its regular schedule tonight. which turned out not to be poi iWest End while it stopped for a soned as Communist propaganda WA A 1 1- had asserted myj till vviii tilt viia iraiiic ngnt, reported me aaver informed him "I don't want any About 600 jammed the mess hall from heads of Atlanta Newspapers, as details were be- Rcgluar Democrats were well ahead for five of the seven Committee seats at stake in yesterday's runoff primary. States' Righters won the other two. of West Berlin's Technical Uruver- in completed for consolidation of The Atlanta Constitution sity for free food, drinks and J. Atlanta Tnnmal woctom oc and The Atlanta Journal.

Western newspapers as guests of damn schoolboys in my car." The student said the driver told him, "Smart alec schoolboys haven't been paying me." After hearing further complaints The announcement said WCON to conduct a series of television Regular Democrats won 38 of the 72 Committee seats in the May American Broadcasting Company on Channel 2. During the 2 primary, but four seats were con- and wait for some new angle jwhich will warrant another joint 'meeting. I The 75 Suburban Coach operators received a 30-day extension their 1949 contract Monday night following a request by Wal lots went unansfered as the meet- Continued on Pate, 18. Column 4 ing adjourned on students, the passenger said, he ordered the driver to let him out. He said he left a nickel, which the driver unsuccessfully tried to affiliation would be assumed by jtest period viewers will see on Radio Station WGST effective to- their screens nothing but test pat-morrow terns when they dial Channel 2.

WGST. the Georgia Tech sta-(The regularly scheduled program, tion, will now have Mutual and of WSBTV will continue on return. University students. After dinner they danced one samba after another although this is branded "rotten Western music" in the Soviet Zone of Germany. Proprietors and customers In many restaurants invited East Zone youths to have dinner with them.

Most of the weary youth army of nearly half a million was withdrawn by its Communist bosses with promises that they would meet the next time in capital of West Germany. Ann ot o- "nver iineiuiuic, Aft WO i -r Radio Station WAGA has an- programs. i i m. a tirr-z-iM r.r ff re lor iransier irom US aU ton to "continue negotiations" which he said are near completion. 'A former City Councilman, Roy Bell, stated yesterday that according to the City Code "jitneys" or "jitney buses" fall under the classification of motor buses.

As Six European Nations Okay Coal, Steel Pool petitive golf. He detested being such they are liable to licensing sum urcjr mi iiauie vo licensing in the Constitution Building, had assignment to one of been operating under a construe-(550 kdocyclei The object is to tion permit. The station did not Pf Cuban interference have a regular license because, 590 kilocyclea in Atlanta, starting in December of 1947. all (Should the transfer be approved of its engineering problems had FCC, StaUon WAGA will not been completely solved. over existing WCON trans- WCON-TV had been given a jm'tter facilities on DeFoor'a Ferry EST? 'and the approval of the Mayor and autograph fiends.

He espe the Council. One courtesy car driver was charged with improper start from a parked position yesterday following a minor accident at White-hail and Alabama Streets. Sgt. C. R.

Fleming and PU. R. B. Moore said. The, courtesy car pulling away from the curbing on Whitehall Street collided with an auto operated by Mrs.

Annie L. Sullivan, 43, of 878 Gilbert SU S. patrolmen related. They said the courtesy car driver, William E. Glenn.

54, of 411 Boulevard, N. was booked for improper start, while Mrs. Sullivan was charged with making an improper turn. PARIS (AP) Six European nations have agreed to pool their coal and steel wealth "for the common good," the nn(lnirinn rwnrmit fin Channel Bell, who says he "isn't mad at anyone and Isn't gunning for anybody," said he was speaking "for the good of AUanta's half million people." Under City Code articles. Bell cially disliked being called "Bobby," but thousands did it and he never let on it irked him.

In His Day lie played at a time when the for a limited amount of power French Foreign Office said yesterday. Delegations from the six nations Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, The Netherlands, France and Western Germany are to meet next month to work out details of the merger South Korea Snubs Old Ties At present there is a freeze on television grants and the Federal Commission will not act on applications for changes contends there is authority for the weapons iri, and put it into effect. Keep Oat Rain. Gear A French Foreign Office spokes hafts. That meant each suck naa to be learned as a violinist learns badges to drivers who have made kj Attrn application for public-hire vehicles.

SEOUL JP) South Koreani television frequency and power. voters threw major political par plan by the six other countries, a French Foreign Office spokesman said: "These countries have agreed to ine nas wnai is canea a duopoly rule prohibiting an individual or concern from operating uuw' "It states quite plainly in the The 'field in his time was chit- jbook" Bell "tha these neys are to be considered motor ties overboard in electing a new National Assembly yesterday. man said Britain so far has refused to accept "clearly and definitely" the idea of a common pool of coal and steel production. London dispatches quoted an informed British source yesterday more than one radio and teievi earlv return inrtiraferl tnHiv Smuts Felled ByPneumonia come to a meeting with the pre l'ns; buses. As such, they should be wheth- Prudent Svn-man Ph sion station in any single market The hitchhikers of Atlanta are likely to get all wet again today, the weatherman indicates, but tomorrow should bring relief.

Skies will be partly cloudy tomorrow, he villi still would control the Legislature 1 Under that ruling Atlanta lYews- ruc mru uj lit- ad ui icrguia tions." could not be determined as saying Britain is eager to join ter Hagen, Jock Hutchison. Tommy Armour, D. E. Holderness, Cyril Tolley, Leo DiegeL to name the field in which he was entered. JOHANNESBURG.

South Afri- "I'm not in politics and Fm not papers, can operate only one radio and one television station in Atlanta. These will continue says, but no rain is The vote was running heavily for non-partisan or independent running for office." Bell contends. 'caWV-Field Marshal Jan Chris- the Plan but will it i.e. i- tia-, nnen. not sign a public declaration be- r-- It has never been tougher since.

wn toucner since, conceived idea of making a plan work. Their interest is to put their shoulders together for the common good. We hope other nations will join in the same effort." The plan, as outliried by Schu-man in a statement May 9, provides for a merger of coal and steel production under and international authority whose decisions would be binding on member Maybe never ruceed Thev i strictly the Mayor against Labor an official buUetin said last ThfT nlaved Leader Jesse Walton. The He is 80 years old. Foreign Minister Robert Schu- were all champ candidates with party warhodsesi10.1 WSB nd SB-TV.

trailing. This means the new As-1 In Congress and among mem-sembly will contain many new the FCC there is strong members of uncertain political al-ifeehn against the practice known legiance. Its complexion will not trafficking in i construction per-k vnn- until aft.r th nw mits. Since WCON and VfCON- the British and Scottish courses. the strike lasts the better are Wal- The bulletin said South Africa man handed British Ambassador ton's chances for defeat at the elder statesman and war hero is Sir Oliver Harvey a new memo-polls.

Mr. Hartsfield would be responding to treatment and hisirandum last night The contents the world's most difficult. What did he do to that field? thankful for Walton's defeat." i progress is satisfactory. rday late afternoon a instorm, which caught many footsore Atlantans with their umbreUas down, tent a thunder bolt into a 4.000-volt power line at Wieuca Road and Dudley were not disclosed fn detail. But 'officials said it emphasized that sion begins June 19.

riv ia noi possess licenses, me heads of Atlanta Newspapers, acceptance of the plan "in princi felt the only course open was to return to the Commission the con ple would not bind Britain to accept the results of discussions Coine Inside With struction permit of WCON. on details. This action was approved by the Commission, and accordingly WCON is discontinuing operations. RAIN Lane in the The tower constructed at 780 Tim-th Kvrinr nf Atlanta Hirmirr The purpose of the memorandum, officials said, was to eliminate a misunderstanding that arose from British interpretation of the proposal. Announcing acceptance of the yr --f CZECHS ACCUSE 21 PERSONS of Western nation! as links in espionage ring.

Page 12 GRAIN TRADE AGREEMENT with Western Europe favored, Soviet Union advises. Page 2 wuiougnDy way. ior area for by WCON-TV will eventually bemately two and one.half hours. used to transmit programs of High temperature today is expected to be a humid 82 following: a low of 63 this morning. Yesterday the mercury began at 65 and climbed to a peak of 86.

STARS AND BARS FLUTTER over Massachusetts State House for a short time. Page WOMEN'S CLUBS PRESIDENT urges four-point program to WSB-TV and WSB-FM. This is the world's tallest television tower. When that time arrives. WSB will cease transmission of television and FM programs from the The Record He won the U.

S. Open in 1923. 19:6. 1929 and 1930. He tied for It in 1925 and 1928 but lost in playoffs.

Forget the years he was runner-up. He won enough. He captured the British Open three times, 1926. 1927 and 1930. The U.

S. Amateur title was his In 1924, 1925. 1927, 1928 and 1930. He took the British Amateur in 1930, the year he won all four of the major titles to smash what was called "The Impregnable Quadrilateral of Golf." which American writers shortened to The Grand Slam." That's the record. Add to that the fact that of all those thrown into the hot and constant spotlight of public adulation, examination and critical speculation, he was the only one in whom not once was found a flaw in his discipline nor any clay in his feet.

That'a why the fellow was the greatest champion of our time. And why he still acta like one. Important Notice To Sunday Subscribers If you have been taking BOTH Sunday newspapers, this announcement is important to you: Effective Sunday, June 4, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution will be combined and published as ONE SINGLE SUNDAY MORNING NEWSPAPER. In order to assure residents of Metropolitan Atlanta of continued, uninterrupted delivery service and to avoid duplicaUon on carrier-delivered routes, it will be appreciated if you will telephone not later than Friday afternoon of this week to whichever newspaper office you paefer, asking that they continue delivering your new, combined Sunday morning Atlanta Journal-Constitution. If you have already made arrangements with your carrier, it will not be necessary to call and you may disregard this notice.

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232-3-4-5-6-7. Page 2 keep America strong. Adenauer Suffers Slight Relapse jtower at WSB-TVs new building 'at 1601 West Peachtree St, N. E. lAt this site, one of the most at- 14 22 18 in the city, all of WSB's 19 i radio and television studio and BONN (INS) West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer last night was reported by his doctor 24 'office operations will be concen trated.

to have suffered a slight relapse. 7 11 11 19, 20, 21 22, 23 22 14 14 10, 11 22 23 19 Bisher Celestine Sibley Charming Cope Classified Ads Comics Cross-word Puzxle Doris Lockennan Dr. Brady Editorial Pages Goren on Bridge Ida Jean Kain Jack Tarver Mary Haworth Mirror of Your Mind Obituaries People Photo Quiz Radio and Television Society Spqjft Star Gazer Theater Programs Today' Events Women's Page Features Liberty Torch Out NEW YORK 6P) For the first time in 10 years no light burned last night in the torch of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. N. H.

Foster, Superintendent of the monument, said a power failure in an electric cable was the cause. A similar failure caused the previous blackout. 13. 16 7-9 16 16 Plans call for erection of a new ibuilding at the 1601 West Peacb-jtree site. It was also announced today out not a dangerous one, in ms siege of pneumonia.

As a precaution the 74 year-old Chancellor's Christian Democratic Union faction has nominated Ludwtj Erhard as a possible successor. 6 that application will be filed questing permission from the FCC.