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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
5
Washington June 20 AP Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles declined to say if he would resign should inflationary price control bills pass. He warned against “booby trap” amendments, urged a veto if needed, and stressed keeping controls to curb inflation while predicting higher costs with weaker bills.
Georgia to remain partly cloudy and hot today through Friday. North portions see cooler partial relief Friday. Scattered thundershowers expected in northwest and extreme north this afternoon and tonight, then statewide Friday. Extreme Northwest Florida also partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and moderate south winds.
Alpert Speer former German Munitions Minister testified to the Nuremberg tribunal that in March last year he intended to kill Adolf Hitler in the Berlin chancellery bunker but could not slip poison gas canisters past guards. He described obtaining a new gas in February 1945 and said Hitler must die to save Germany from ruin.
Senator Johnston urged quick Senate action on a terminal leave pay bill to aid armed forces personnel. The measure, passed by the House without dissent, stands in the Senate Military Committee. The bill would grant pay to officers after leaving active service for furloughs under an 1864 law.
Henry Hester Sr prominent Cairo banker and former councilman won the mayoralty with 702 votes to 417 for R R Van Landingham and 15 for Hubert Griner. Other city races favored Walter Williams 636 and Albert Walker 494 for Councilman-at-Large with wards names and vote totals listed. Voter turnout was 1,158 of about 1,700, with 325 black residents voting for the first time in nearly fifty years.
The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission weighed a Russian plan for a world convention to outlaw atomic weapons. If adopted it would require the U S to destroy all its bombs within three months. The plan differs from Baruch’s American proposal which linked sharing secrets to world control.
Paris June 20 AP British informant says the foreign ministers council agreed to evacuate British and American troops in Italy and Russian troops in Bulgaria within 90 days after peace treaties take effect. A four nation commission will supervise treaty terms in Rome. Other talks postponed on the French Italian frontier and ongoing Italian peace treaty issues.
Macon Ga June 20 AP Rep Vinson D Ga says if the OPA is extended beyond June 30 it should be restricted He opposes price control on items with a surplus and opposes drafting men under 21 for the armed forces He faces renomination in the July 17 primary by Harvey Roughton of Sandersville
Raymond Frank Dziewiantkowski of Three Lakes has filed in circuit court to change his name to Harry Frank Dziewiantkowski, according to a Well Naturally dispatch from Rhinelander Wisconsin dated June 20.
Albany Georgia June 20 AP In Georgia second district voters face two candidates Cox 66 year old congressman opposed by J N Peacock Jr Albany attorney 39 in July 17 primary Peacock touts veterans aid and parity price legislation while Cox highlights opposition to CIO PAC control and pledges no formal platform Cox alleges PAC opposition record and notes past PAC spending while Maia Georgia PAC director says the party stays out of the race Peacock promises fair labor management terms and farm parity price inclusion
Georgia filed quo warranto proceedings in Fulton County Superior Court seeking to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan charter. The suit accuses the Klan of aiming to seize state government by force and to organize police and other workers to enforce its doctrines, with a May 9 1946 Stone Mountain ceremony cited as evidence of illegal acts against citizens.
Cairo June 20 AP Egypt's foreign minister said the Nile Kingdom will grant asylum to Haj Amin Al Husseine the Mufti of Jerusalem. King Farouk reportedly advised the British of the decision and the foreign minister called him a political refugee.
Washington officials report Housing head Wilson Wyatt seeking a six month no-strike pledge from building trades to speed veterans housing. Bowles says a labor-management peace could move the economy from disruption and toward full production if costs stabilize. Subsidies on plywood bricks and tiles aim to boost output under a $400 million plan.
Washington reports three sharp disagreements between American and Russian plans for atomic energy control. US hopes UN Atomic Energy Commission talks will clear differences though Paris ministers and Middle East issues loom. Key clashes: veto rights, timing of dismantling existing bombs, and outlawing weapons.
In Columbus Georgia jurors in Muscogee Superior Court found Patrolman Robert T Bolt not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of private George A Janes Jr of Fort Benning. The verdict followed deliberations by the jury after the July incident in Columbus.
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