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THE ANTA CONSTITUTION Folir, XVairmoir Today; Hig 92. Low, 64. Friday: High, 88. Low, 62. For 80 Years an Independent Georgia Newspaper Georgia Owned and Georgia Edited Prict Five Cents ATLANTA (2), SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1948 VOL LXXX, No.

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r-i ft i mm II mm mlm i 11U1M11 WCOH OFFERS VARIED PROGRAM Breakfast and baseball top today's menu at 55 on your radio dial when WCON salutes ABCs "Breakfast Club" cast upon their arrival in Atlanta and later serves up a major league game complete with all the trimmings. From 9 to 10 a. m. listeners will hear the welcome festivi Essie Seei BIRMINGHAM, June 11 As predicted exclusively by The Atlanta Constitution in an editorial page column eaTlier this week. The Constitution is informed that Na (UP) A Girl Scout official revealed Friday night that a band of white-robed, hooded men had warned two white girls to leave, a camp in which they were instruct tional Committeeman E.

D. Rivers today will announce from Vat dosta, that he will turn over to State Executive Committeeman ties accorded Don McNeill and his Breakfast Clubbers, including Don's "campaign" speech and the brilliant parade up Peachtree Street At 1:45 this afternoon WCON's Jim Woods will give a play-by-play re-creation of a crucial double-header, the Cleveland Indians versus the World Champion New York Yankees, with baseball pre-view by Les Henrikson at 1:30. Tune 55 for the fun. 1 ing a score of Negro Girl Scout ir Korean Fishing Boats Strafed SEOUL, Jan 12 (Saturday) (INS) SInkinr of 11 Korean fishing boats in a strafing attack by nine unidentified planes was reported today by the Korean News Service and the Korean Pacific Press. The reports said nine fishermen were killed and 1ft others wounded June 8 when 15 fishing vessels were attacked while en-; gaged in fishing operations off the island of Ulneung Do on Korea's East roast.

Five others were listed as missing and damage was estimated at 5,000,000 yen. Macon Detective Killed by Riile Bullet Constitution State News Service. MACON'. June 11 City Detective W. L.

O'Cain was fatally wounded Friday night while answering a prowl call. He was struck in the stomach by a bullet allegedly fired from a rifle by Junior Moore, 24-year-old Macon Negro, who fled the James Peters, of Manchester, all the data, badges and authority for the Georgia delegation to the Na leaders. The girls reported that the men looked like Ku Klux Klansmen, tional Democratic convention at Philadelphia July 12. Despite denials of a Constitution story of a week before that said Mrs. L.

E. Geohegan, a member of the Birmingham Girl Scout Council. Mrs. Geohegan com National Committeeman Rivers A A if N--. Vv I II- i had the badges, data on hotel reser plained to authorities Friday.

She said that two white girls, vations, and authority in his con-j trol they have been sent to all from Memphis, Tenn- were National Committeemen in routine 1 a .1 charge of a "leadership training" Detective O'Cain died shortly 'unit at Camp Pauline Bray Fletch fashion he has had them. His official and formal relinquishment scene of the shooting, police said. 9 Injured In Traffic Collision ler. south of Bessemer, Ala- and after being taken to a Macon hospital. of same, by mail, is anticipated to 'that ahniit 9(t ffirls frnm day.

rouce qmcKiy oiangeiea souin macon in searcn oi moore. fjve Southern States were there. was believed he boarded a northbound freight train in making They had separate sleeping and This will mean, if it develops as anticipated, that Georgia's pre- convention political tempest is done and the issue is drawn as Talmadge versus Rivers. I I The body of a man was removed eating facilities. Late Thursday Mrs.

Geohegan said, "eight or 10" men white robes and hoods, carrying flashlights, entered the girls' tent, wakened them, and questioned them about camp operations. They even went through their personal Conitituti SUff Phf CH Dixi late Friday night from debris of a terrific collision between an ambulance and -an -automobile at There will be no effort to produce a second delegation. The National Committee has no need of one, President Truman's renomina-tion being assured without any his escape, police said. Ocean-Flying Commercial Dirigibles Nearer WASHINGTON. June 11 UPy Plans for huge commercial dirigibles capable of flying oceans with hundreds of passengers and tons of freightadvanced a step Friday.

7. "tr A Senate-House Conference Committee agreed upon legislation directing the Maritime Commission to make a study for Congress en development and operation of the super-airships. REPUBLlCiMfcDrXIE Harold StassehHIf trRepublican presidental aspirant: waves t6'the4hfongsrthat greeted hirnriitAtlantazFriday: Others, left" to-right, are Mayor Hartslield Alex his Southern and Ralph Stafnesj; Georgia Avenue, and Washington further Southern votes. Maryland; belongings, the council member said she had been told, and warned them to out by to-' moiTow night." Mrs. Paul Tfittenhouse.

National In it Eleire 1 1HSSS1 HI II Street 5. vl Nine others were injured and a side of a Jacobs drug store demolished. I. Chappell, of Thomaston, said he was hurrying a patient to Atlanta. He said the patient.

IT UUUVJI Sen. Brewstrr, Republican, one of the conferees, said Girl Scout Director, said in New has pledged her votes to the President. Rivers and Arnall conferred in Washington Thursday, but did not see any Democratic National Party officials. Whether National Committee-marrRfverf will announce, official- York that the threatened girls the proposed aircraft would cost between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000 listed as Rooert Mathews of Thom each. were Miss Katrine Nickel, of Birmingham, v'and fc Miss Elizabeth aston, was aiieady dead at the time' of tre Dr; RtfE.

I i Tenn in jxuias 01 Thomaston, a passenger was Hehtlv, Arnan are handling the campaign Defendant Cuts Throat in Court Room in xne amouiance, i -v in By, LUKE GREENE 01 Acung uov, xvi. cj. inompsun. structors on the Girl Scouts national staff, She said the intruders told them they.Vwere looking for "cards with a hammer and sickle on them." Republican Hopeful Harold btassen grasped the hand is problematical. But, actions speak louder than words.

It is known ODESSA, Texas, Junt 11 (T) A 63-year-old man cut his throat In the District courtroom Friday as a judge was about to sen the Democratic South in Atlanta Friday, flashed his broad i A. I 1 He died shortly tence him to 10 years In prison and direction, as was announced I smile and beckoned Southerners to the Philadelphia Repub-4 11 WASHINGTON, Jane injured. -J. Others injured include'! Chappell; Mrs. Louise, Stephens, of Thomaston: Miss Mary Louise Quillian, 253 Washington S.

Henry C. Breazell, 27, of 710 Piedmont N. head and lacitl cuts; Miss Elizabeth James, 26, of 57i Willow N. in t-J 1 1 1 1 1 V.H 'U lican Convention. Friday morning by The Constitu o.

Hoswiwr usi own CTHriru uj a jury uii.to safeguard the lives and proo- facilities and health opportuni- the Van(Jenbe reSoluUon holdup tion. The beaming, confident, fast ine reaming, comment, erty of students and instructors, 1 last- ties the latter including housing I It also is assumed there will be moving Stassen glibly predicted I S'0Ut toe PBPtrf Congrttnl u-i I would favor a fair balance er aDDrovc3 of American military radical in the his nomination the ninth vhw- with intent to murder in the shooting last year ot Francis Bell, who recovered and married Hostetter's divorced I dont want to go," Hostetter jumped op and shouted as Judge 'Alton Chapman, of Floy dada, ordered him to stand for she said. She added that Federal Bureau of Investigation was checking into the incident. The camp was broken up Fri- no more changes on bal-1. -M- State Departments as the Highwavilot.

If he is nominated, he said hejmthls very delicate problem of aid to non-Communist nations, and Revenue Departments are re-; planned to campaign actively in' states' rights and human rights,) Tlws vote was 64 to garded as the key departments in. the South and strive to build a he added. While not a "compla Th resolution, which, requires political organization -by a gov strong two-party system. I action by the House or Presi- sentencing. The jury had set the penalty at It years' Imprisonment.1 day and the girls of both races ernor in office.

The former Minnesota dent Trunin, calls on the United cent gradualist," I never violated any Jaw. None of my family ever went to 'returned to their homes. the penitentiary I The twa girls reported that k' about 20 automobiles were parked not favor the violent approach. Nations to drop the Security Coun- Valdosta is Acting Gov. Thomp-jnor arrived by plane at 1 o'clock, son's home city.

Whether he will He was ercortec1 by motorcade to be present with Committeeman a downtown hotel where he talked nosvener inen wnippea Kniie irom nis pome ana siasnea outside the camp during the visit his He was rushed to a hospital, but died immediately after Continued on Page 8, Column 4 with Republican leaders, then with from the men, indicating that a large number took part in the and radio representatives. press Stassen cited Atlanta's veto on "racefuL settlement el ment of Negro policemen as 'a 'disputes and on' admission of new' significant development that members. 1 -would correspond with the type It was sponsored by; Chairman of "step-by-step" progress he ad- Vandenberg, Republican, Michi-vocates for the South. gan, of the Senate Foreign Rela- -He said he felt the Republicans, tions Committee. Approval came would prrv some Southern States after more than seven and a half juries to her right side; her sister, Miss Lois James, of the same address, injured left leg.

Donald Brown, of McDonough, driver of the passenger car, and Miss Inez Druthit, a Willow Street address, also were injured. Three others were injured earlier Friday night when their car went out of control on McDonough Boulevard, between Jonesboro Road and Lake wood Avenue and crashed inlo a utility pole. Cedric Slater, 27-year-old floor sande of 1012 uster S. was unconscious upon arrival at Grady Hospital. Two Georgia Power Company employees, Lon-nie Willie Thompson, 1874 Mur Promptly at 2:30 he shifted to his "raid." The Negro girls, sleeping some distance away, were not aware of the visitation until the men had goneSr reaching Grandmother, Daughter Named Shoplifters MILWAUKEE, June 11 (JP) A 62-year-old grandmother, her Southern headquarters at 240 Peachtree where a throng of ad-miders awaited him.

For 45 min- Mrs. Geohegan and Mrs. Flor daughter and 17-year-old granddaughter were arrested Friday Adams, of the Birmingham Don McNeill Show Today; Tune to 55 charges resulting from the shoptlifting of thousands of dollars' Community Chest, called on Dep. Sol. H.

A. Sullinger, of Bessemer, for an investigation of the affair. A full report was also made to worth of merchandise. Det. Lt John Zilvay said loot found in the trio's home required two trucks te remove.

It included an $800 mink fur coat, two $250 uxes, smumg ana laiituig iniorm- the national election adding "irl- ally, he shook hands with them a lot depended on the campaign: The Michigan Senator told his as they filed past. About 4 m. and "what the President does be-icolleaSues that passage of the res-he boarded a plane for Indianap- tween now and Nevember. jolution in the wakeof Craft Law olis, encoufaged, he said, by his, At public reCepUon one 0t Dixie welcome. wasF heard to Fay.

preoccupied with bombs and bay- Stassen opened his press confer-; a personal magnetism about theone, ence by saying he was headed man like Roosevelt" down the "home stretch." As news- Another walked un to the minch Vande.nberg sid the en ate men fired questions he indicated yjl. menc t1 phy S. and George J. Towns 21, 'of 1012 Gilbert N. received head injuries.

Girl Scout headquarters. There were originally three white girls at the camp, but the third, also from Memphis, was Atlantans who loVe a parade have a thrill in store this morning a brass band. Shrine Mounted Patrol, and all the fixin's will be in the big "Welcome Don McNeill'' parade down Peachtree his method of dealine with the VuV rX-TiT iecuv" his method of dealing with the 'Is this Stassen cocktail? Let; a fur pieces, about 52,000 worth of women's clothing and $600 in phonograph records, he said. Mrs. Jean Brautigan, 36, and her daughter, Diana Mtee, were arrested on warrants charging shoplifting.

Mrs. Valentina Piasecki, 62, mother of Mrs. Brautigan, was charged'with aiding and abetting a felony. Fortner Gets I oen. ureorge, uemocrai, oeorgia.

me see if there's any fire in it" South if he receives the nomination. a member or the Foreign Relations Thursday by illness in her family. Sullinger promised an investigation to determine if any State laws had been broken. 'Committee, said he had "no doubt Stassen proposed that problems 1 HSJ Street. McNeill, genial host of the popu-'of the South be solved through thelUOX OccKS nOdU JtllQ Year's Term but what in some great crisis we would give 'moral and military support to Western Europe." Meanwhile Sec; of State Mar lar 'Breakfast Club radio program, and his zany staff are sched- "stepbystep" process, with the; WASHINGTON, June 11 (JP) help of Southern leaders.

iRep. cox, Democrat, Georgia, in- Asked if he had a civil rights troduced a bill Friday asking shall and Economic Corporation program, he said, broadly-speak-; $4,000,000 for repair of bridges onl Administrator head Hoffman i ing, it would embrace four fields jcounty. roads in flood-damaged (pleaded against House cuts of the pou tax, lynching, educational areas or ueorgia. I allotted funds to aid Europe. Convicted of participating arrive on tne new stream-the flogging of Joe Berry, Law- at Lhu rence Fortner, steel worker, Fri a 8:35 day was sentenced by Judge Bond show at the Municipal Audi-Almand, of Fulton Superior Court, 1 toriun tonight at 8 clock for the to serve a year in prison.

2 Club. T. But before tne main show, His lawyer, Franc.s Fife, immedi-1 there.u be lots of fun Don will ately filed a motion for a newlmake a campaign speech" from iriat ana roruier posiea a 4rain nlatform on his arrival Ex-Governor Hugh Manson Dorsey, Prominent Fulton Jurist, Succuiribs appeal bond. here. Atlantans can see Sam, Pat Two others have been sentenced to prison for flogging Berry, and a.

i. IB uiuu auspeev iuum. ins uwu inc. A fourth man alleged to have been a member of the flogging party was tried, but the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. sy Lee, Singing Star Jack Owen and other Breakfast Club favorites in the big parade to follow.

The Atlanta Constitution's Radio Station WCON will transcribe the whole hilarious arrival and broadcast it from 9 to 10 a. m. in an hour-long "Don -McNeill Salute." The parade will start at the Union Station, go down Whitehall, then up Peachtree and Baker 4 Sol. Gen. Paul Webb and Asst.

Sol. Carl Copeland prosecuted Fortner. Fine Outing Weather Streets, ending at the Ansley Hotel. Breakfast Club stars are being Judge Hugh Manson Dorsey, 77, noted jurist who served two terms as Governor of Georgia, dd in a private hospital here Friday after an illness of several months. Judge Dorsey, who resigned Mtarch 4 as Judge of the Fulton Superior Court, where he had served since 1935, is survived by his wife, the former Miss Adair Wilkinson, and two sons, Hugh Manson Dorsey, and James Wilkinson Dorsey, all of Atlanta.

A brother. Cam D. Dorsey, and a Mrs. Luther Roser, of Atlanta, also survive. ldf l-.

1 1 ViM Half 'J)fff With Hlffh Of Hll SPPnlbrouSht to Atlanta under auspices U1U1U1UU Ul gu UCCU the Atlanta Optimist Club. Tickets for tonight's show are on XT' Planning a weekend outing? Class of 1893. After studying law at the University of Virginia, he was -admitted to the bar at ray etteville in 1894. He became Georgia's. Governor during World War I and until 1921.

In 192ft he was appointed Judge of the Civil Division of the Atlanta Municipal Court, serving unci 1935 when he became Judge of the Superior Court Judge Dorsey was a -member of Peachtree' Road Methodist Church. Fraternity and of the Piedmont Driving Club and the Atlanta Athletic Club, and resided at HI Boiling Rdn N. E. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p. m.

today at Spring Hill, with Dr. Nat Long officiating. Burial will be in West View Cemetery. Henry L. Bowden, President of the Atlanta Bar Association, and Herbert Johnson.

President of the 7nr PMchtree N. E. Skies will be fair today and proba- IT T)w! biy Sunday over the entire State. UlVe Up VII VC On Territory Hinted ine tnermometer is expected to hit 92 degrees in Atlanta today, after an early low of 65. The range Friday Was from 62 to 88 degrees.

GRINNELL, Iowa, June 11 (JP) First elected as Georgia's Chief Executive in 1917, Judge Dorsey was re-elected in 1919 and served until 1921. A Zionist leader Friday predicted IN OTHER PAGES that a campaign will be launched in the next few weeks to Induce He had attained nationwide rec- the new State of Israel "to give 'ognition when as Solicitor General up the Negev with the part of of the Atlanta Circuit Court he led Akaba on the Red Sea." tn tne prosecution and conviction fc" 1 Atlanta ArA iik mt. Centtitutien Staff fhot Hugh Stevall Pages Classified ads 11 -13 Comics 14 Cross-word puzzle 14 Editorial page 4 Financial news 11 Obituaries Radio programs 3 Railroad schedule 11 Sports 6-7 Theater programs 10 of Leo M. Frank in 1913 for the murder of Mary Phagan. Mr.

Dorsey was born in Fayette-' ville, July 10, 1871, son of Rufus T. Dorsey and Sarah Matilda Bennett Dorsey. Brought to Atlanta by his parents, he attended public schools here Until 1884, then studied for a year at Hartwell, and Eliahu Ben-Horin, adviser on Middle Eastern affairs for the American Emergency Council, said in an address at an evening session of the National Conference for the Prevention of World War III that the move will be "launched by Great Britain and supported on the quiet by the United States." HUGH MANSON DORSEY VJT "1 Jl r-, pointed tn honorary escort con-Former Governor ot; lephens Mitcheu, WaK returned to AUanta to enter theater LeCraw. John Dennis, Arthur employ ot Chamberlain-Johnson-jHeyman, Hugh Howell, Arthur Dubose Company, department! Powell, Philip H. Alston.

Edgar stores. A. Ncely, Wightman Bowden, In 1889 he entered the Universi- Clarence Calhoun, W. A. Fuller ty of Georgia, graduating with the land Hal Lindsay.

"GOVERNOR" EXHIBITS RABBIT FOOT Bill Smith, 17, left, of Macon, newly, elected "Governor" of Boys State, shows other mock State officers at Georgia Military Academy the rabbit foot to which he attributes his political victory. Winners include, left to right, "Gov." Smith; Don Roberts, of Brunswick, Secretary of State; Trafton Fleetwood, of Atlanta, Comptroller Athens. State Treasurer..