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The Chicago star., 1948-05-15
MISSION OF MERCY
Mars. Cole sought ! Justice
In Georgica caEad Greece

had supposedly been seen talking
in a restaurant to alleged left
lists This conversation was not
recorded. For this-she was
doomed to die"
Mr.. MARCY. the self-styled
"expert on Greece" explained
that the U. S. Embassy could do
nothing to help Mrs. Kitsikis.
HE told me. We u. S. repre-
sentatives) have nothing TO do
with the case. We are only here
to loan Greece little money He
said that he believed the mass
execution of Greek democrats
was justified because they are
all tools of Moscow-and there
fore must be killed
''He said that the Greek gov
ernment had decreed that all ac-
tivity of protest against the
British and Americana occupa-
ton was treason; that Mrs. Kit
skis was working with the Greek
guerrillas and had to die"
DOROTHY Bushnell Cole stay
ed in Greece only SO hours. Be-
fore she left, a panel of five
jurors voted 80 for Mrs. Kitsikis'
execution. Because of this she
appealed her case. When she re-
turned to this country May 3,
she learned that organizations
around the world were protest
ing Mrs. Kitsilis' execution.
She learned that the Greek
reign Of terror was mounting,
that ON May 6, the Greek govern
ment ordered 1000 veterans of
wartime resistance against Ger
many before firing squads in re-
taliation for the May Day killing
Of Minister of Justice Christos
Ladas. Ladas had administered
oppressive laws, including death
penalties for strikers, and order
ed 125 previous executions.
ON ONE day last week 154
were executed by the Greek gov
ernment. One out of every five
was a woman.
Even the British Foreign Of
flee, which installed the present
Greek Royalist regime, has ex-
pressed concern" But no criti-
cism has come from Dwight P.
Griswold, chief of the U. S. Mis-
sion, without whose financial and
military aid the Athens govern
ment could not 'last a month";"
by Washington's own admission.
Americans must rise up and
protest these murders in the
name of democracy, says Mrs.
Cole 'What I saw in Greece was
fascism in its most violent form.
We've got to protest the Marshall
Plan and our occupation of for
eign lands.
Greek justice and Georgia
jusfice-must be improved"
The Chicago star., 1948-05-15
By SARA R1cc1


An American woman mounted
the steps of the white stone five
story palace near Constitution
Square in Athens, Greece, hous-
ing the American Embassy, filled
with determination and conf
dence.
She was on a mission of mercy;
an innocent woman's life was at
stake.
Dorothy Bushnell Cole of Chi
cago was not unafraid. The
streets of Athens swarmed with
Americans, British and Greek
soldiers. Less than 100 miles
away, fighting ragged between
Greek guerrillas and the Greek
Royalists army.
At the Embassy, Mrs. Cole was
put in charge of an American
expert on the Greek situation"
named Marcy. He wanted to
know "what brought an Ameri-
can woman all the way to Athens,
alone" says Dorothy Cole. "I
told him We talked about
the imprisonment of Madame
Beata Kitsikis, and her impend-
ing execution.
BUT he couldn't have known
my real feelings when was told
that Greek justice cannot be
changed That story begins
in Americus, Georgia-U.S.A."
The story began when Mrs.
Cole went to Georgia recently as
a member of a national delega-
ton protesting the scheduled ex-
ecution of Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram,
Negro tenant-farmer, sentenced
to death for the crime of defend
ing herself against the attack Of
white neighboring farmer.
''In Georgia." says Mrs. Cole,
II was told: Georgia justice can
not be improved upon. -
But I acquired the tremend-
Gus sense of the effectiveness that
even only one person can have
when she's aroused about some
thing. Our protests resulted in
the reduction of Mrs. Ingram's
death TO life Imprisonment"
MRS. Cole learned of Madame
Kitsikis while visiting friends in
London. The 9th Congressional
District Progressive Party cam
didate left the US. April 6, to
attend the international confer
ence of the American Council for
Democratic Greece, in Paris.
''The weekend of the italian
elections" she explained, "the
British-Soviet Society British
branch of the American-Soviet
Friendship CounciD sent it's lob
by to Parliament to protest
Madame Kitsikis' death sentence.
Greek exiles in London told
me that Mrs. Kitsikis had been
sentenced to death because she
The Chicago star., 1948-05-15
y. Of |. recruits
Armour Scobs!

Observation-Disclosures
that "the University of Illi-
nois will not refer any
students to employment oppor-
tunities when 4. these have
the effect of defeating the or
derly process of negotiation and
arbitration" was the first intima-
ton students received that their
college had been supplying
strike breakers for Armour & Co.
This announcement was made
Tuesday afternoon by University
Provost Coleman r. Griffith. Pre-
viously student job-seekers on
file with the univerSity's pace
ment office had been offered jobs
in Armour plants.
Wages offered were Sill per
hour. ten hours per day. seven
days per week. Time and half
was TO be paid them for all work
over 40 hours. and double time
for Sunday work. Free room and
board was also included while
the strike LASTS"
=
U. OF I. placement officer
Dean Peck told reporter that he
"didn't think it was dangerous
to send students up there to
work"
Reminded that there had al
ready been some police violence,
as the result of which one man
died, Peck said:
IF we didn't send students TO
work anywhere that man had
been killed. we couldn't send
The Chicago star., 1948-05-15

Write letter to each Senator Senate Office Build
ing Washington Address the Representatve-atLarge and
the Representative of district House Office
Building, Washington.
II you don't know Congressional District
Board of Election Commissioners, 1850
The Chicago star., 1948-05-15
Tell these Congressman
to fight police state bill

THE II Congressman who have joined together to fight
of the poice-state Subversve Activities Con-
troll Act of 1948 CHR $780, the bill only stopped
by barrage of letters, kilograms, and postcards
Here is list of Illinois Congressman Contact your Con-
gressmen Immediately Tell them against danger
ol1s1 1eoisIat
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15

Carolina State visits William and
Mary.
Clemson will battle Duquesne
at Clemson, S. c.
Last weekend's highlights:
North Carolina 40 Maryland
20-Maryland's Terps made too
many mistakes, and the unbeaten
Tar Heels were quick to capital
ize on them. After the Terps
scored first, Carolina broke
loose. Charlie Justice, the Tar
Heel great, Tipped two touch
down passes and took a pass
from Hosea Rodgers for anoth-
er. Rodgers scored, too. Bill Ma
ceyko tailed twice for Carolina
as did Bob Kennedy. Ken Pow
ell went over for the other Tar
Heel six-pointer. The Terps
moved So yards in four plays
to open the scoring, Johnny
Idzik crashing over from the
three.
Clemson 81 Wake Forest IA
Fullback Fred Cones one-yard
plunge in the fourth quarter de-
cided the game. Earlier, Tailback
Bobby Gage had pitched two
touchdown passes, one three
yard toss to Ray Mathews and
a 40-yard throw to Oscar Thomp-
son. Wake Forest scored on Bill
Gregus' one-foot smash in the
second and Mike Sprock's H.
yard end sweep in the third.
Duke 81 George Washington o
|-Fullback Jack Mounie showed
over two touchdowns, Fred Fol-
ger, Jr., got two, and five other
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15

III Lne IlUsS AouA.
That extra yard which failed
showed up early in the first quar-
ter when fullbacK Art Murakow-
ski herded the Wildcats on an
inspired 81 yard drive to the
Irish 9. Then Halfback Frank
Aschenbrenner hit a brick wall
and failed to pick up the needed
So inches for a first down.
"That was the big play" OBJ
served Vigots. "If we had made
that first down. 1t may have been
different"
"If" is the biggest word in
the dictionary. especially follow
ing a football game. If Emil
(Red) Sitko, Notre Danes chief
ground gamer with a 6.3 yard
average in 104 carries, had been
able to play the Irish mey have
made the prognosticators look
better.
A half hour before the kickoff,
Sitko told Leahy that he did not
feel Ike playing. He was nur-
sing bruised ribs.
With Sitko sitting on the bench
the Irish rolled up their 20tf
straight victory and ran their Sc
quence without defeat through q
concentrating Knute Rock
mes greatest record, in 1929 ane
1890. In 1946 Army held Notre
Dame to a scoreless tie.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15

Blue Devils scored in the Duke
tuneup for this weeks clash
with North Carolina.
William and Mary IA Boston
College-14-William and Mary
streaked ahead, 40, in the first
and second quarters on touch
downs by Henry Blanc and Jack
Bruce. Blanc raced SO yards
with an intercepted pass and
Bruce moved 81 yards. Boston
College got its first score near
the end of the first half on a
pass play that covered As yards.
The Eagles tied up the game
late in the fourth quarter on a
two-yard plunge that climaxed
a 53-yard march.
Washington and Lee 81 David
son 20-A blocked extra point
attempt cost the Wildcats the
game. After Auburn Lambeth
passed to Williams for the sec
ond quarter score, Harry Cow
ems, Washington and Lee tackle,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15
Saturdays Grid Games End In Fairy
Story Finishes And Lop-Sided Scores

ter the lead had changed hands
three times.
Notre Dame came from be-
hind in the last nine minutes to
edge Northwestern, 1877.
Gil Johnson's desperation pass
to Paul Page gave Southern
Methodist a 14-l2 verdict over
Arkansas on the last play of the
game.
With less than three minutes
remaining Bob Dean scored for
Cornell ad then kicked the extra
point that gave the Big Red a
27-2e margin over Dartmouth,
which had led, 26-14, at the start
Of the fourth quarter.
Princeton Nippeo Yale, 20-14
with two last period touchdown
and then had to halt the deter
mined Ellis within the shadow OF
the goalposts in the closing sec
onds.
Iowa refused to stay down a
gainst Minnesota. The Hawkeyes
were never ahead, but they tied
the Gophers three different times
before Minnesota finally pulled
it out in the last quarter, 1921.
Joe McCary, playing despite
injuries, travelled As yards in'th "
last quarter for the only score
Virginia nosed out West Viz
GINA. 10.
Bottom College by far the be.
in everything but points. had
come from behind in the closin
minutes to gain a 14-14 tie wit
William and Mary.
And unbeaten Clemson, a.
underdog despite its untarnishec
record, moved past wake
Forest, 21-14, with a fourth per.
iod counter.
There were some 1op-sided at
fairs, too.
Michigan scored and scored
and scored against Indiana, fin,
ally winding up with a $40 YER
dict that probably will make /,
first by a wide margin in the
Associated Press poll of leading
teams.
Unbeaten California found
Washington State a soft touch
and breezed home in front, 44-14
Once-Tied Penn State ronped ov-
er temple, 47-0. Georgia stayed
on top in the Southeastern Con-
ference by rolling over Auburn,
42-14, and Oklahoma, Big Seven
favorite, had it just as easy a
gainst Nebraska, winning, Al
IA. North Carolina brushed aside
Maryland, 1920, in what was
supposed to be a defensive bat.
| tie.
The South provided a couple
Of surprises.
Alabama upset Georgia Tech
1912, virtually knocking the en-.
gineers from bowl consideration
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15
Defeat 49ers
To Take Over
Leadership

New York, Nov. 15-(P)-The
mighty Cleveland Browns, I'M
accustomed to sharing leadership
with anybody, finally booted the
San Francisco 49ers out of CO.
partnership atop the All Amer
lea conference pro football
standings yesterday.
Divisional and playoff cham
pions the past two years, the
Browns gained undisputed pos
session of the lead by downing
San Francisco's previously I'M
beaten 49ers, l4-7, at Cleveland
yesterday before 82,768 fans,
largest crowd ever to see a reg
ular pro game.
The triumph left Coach Paul
Browns Titans the only I'M
beaten team in pro football. The
Browns have 100 mark and
lead the 49ers by a half game.
Cleveland, however, is not
Tin" yet. The Browns clash
again with the 49ers, who had
led the parade since Sept. 10, in
San Francisco on Thanksgiving
d. as one of four remaining
road games scheduled for a IA
day span.
Should the two Goliaths wind
up the season tied for the lead
a playoff game will be staged
in Cleveland Dec. II.
While the Browns assumed
command in the west, three
teams pulled into a tie for the
conferences eastern division
lead. The Baltimore Colts whip
ped the Chicago Rockets, 1924,
and the New York Yankees
downed tie Booklyn Dodgers,
21-7, to deadlock the Buffalo
Bills for the top rung. The Bills
bowed, 27-20, t. the Los Angeles
Dons. The three teams sport
identical SO won-lost records.
The pennant picture in the ri
val National League remained
unchanged. The Philadelphia
Eagles crushed the Boston
Yanks, $50, to maintain their
haf-game bulge over the run
ner-up Washington Redskins.
The Skins, who take on the
Eagles in Philadelphia next
Sunday, lumbled the Detroit
Lions, 1921. In the west, the
Chicago Bears and the Chicago
Cardinals remained tied for the
lead. The Cards turned back the
Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-7, and the
Bears beat the Packers, rs.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15
Clemson Appears To Have Taken
Southern Loop Title; Justice
Still Leading In Scoring Race

Richmond, Va, Nov. 15-(P)-
The fast-fading Southern Con-
ference football campaign today
found North Cardinals Charlie
Justice still leading the point
making derby and Clemson's
Tigers virtually lin" in the
scramble for the league crown.
Justice was pacing the point
producers with a total of 48
points, just six more than Glenn
sons Ray Mathews and Wake
Forests Bill Gregus. All three
managed to score one touchdown
in the past weekend's tits.
Fourth place was held by Bob
Cox, North Carolina end, who
had a perfect extra point kicking
day Saturday in the Tar Heels
1920 rout of Maryland's Terps.
Cox booted seven placements
through the uprights to boost his
seasons total to q and increase
his scoring to SO points.
Clemson's the loops only un-
defeated and united outfit, won
its fourth conference game Sat
urday when the Tigers downed
Wake Forests Deacons, 21-14.
The triumph practically gave the
Bengals the league flag although
they must 60 through the for
mality Of beating the Citadel in
a game December 4. The Citadel
currently is in last place in the
conference standings.
Two family feuds are on the
program for this week. North
Carolina will entertain Duke at
Chapel Hill, Saturday. North
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15

and Tennessee, which had dunn
ped Vech from the unbeaten rank
only the Saturday before, wound
up on the short end of 1913
score against Mississippi.
Kansas State came within six
yards of winning its first con-
ference game snce 1914, but its
hated rival, Kansas University,
prevailed, 20-14.
Ohio State warned Michigan,
that it may furnish trouble this
Saturday. The Buckeyes troun-
ced Illinois, 34-7, with three
touchdowns in the last quarter.
Tulane remained in the running
for a possible Sugar Bowl bid
by defeating BAYLOR, 35-1.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15

New York, Nov. 15-(AP)-Col-
lege football teams squeezed
through Saturdays proceedings
with a minimum of upsets,
but with enough fourth quarter
thrills for a whole season.
The top two games of the day
weren't settled until the final gun
sounded. More than a half-dozen
others were seriously in doubt up
to the last play.
Take a look at these stranger
than fiction finales:
Army marched 70 yards to
beat the clock by 80 seconds in
whipping Pennsylvania, 1920, af-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15
Ii Unbeaten
Grid EIevens

New York, Nov. Is ZAP -
Eighteen senior college football
teams remain unbeaten and I'M
tied in the nation with the sea-
son rapidly drawing to a close.
Two Of the clubs-Alma (Mich)
and Michigan Tech - already
have finished their schedules.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15
Cats One Yard
Short OF Win,
Voigts Saws

Chicago, Nov Is -(AP) -
Northwestern gained 101 yards
rushing against Notre Dame and
i it had been 102 the outcome
NAV have been different.
Anyway, that's the way Wild
W --A- 1;Les ia
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-15
Cleveland Browns Hold ndspute Lead in AAC Pro Grid League

blocked Hal Mapes' kick for the
seventh point.
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
ESTABLISHED 1896
Caplan Attends All Meetings
Of Mcdowell County Commissioners
For The Past Fourteen Years

I. L. Caplan, county commissioner
for IA years including IL years as
chairman of the Board, completed
a perfect attendance record when
he attended a special meeting of the
c m m S / o s here Tuesday.
Throughout the IA years he has
never missed a meeting.
When Caplan began his tearm of
office the net debt for the county
stood at approximately $1,3OO,O00.
Today the net debt is 100000 not
withstanding the fact that the tax
rate has been reduced and last year
was reduced to S1.00 on the hun
dred dollar valuation. Mcdowell
county is one Of the top four coun-
ties in the state in its financial
standing.
Caplan has the longest record
known for holding county office.
During his term of office every
school in the county has been in
cluded in some kind of building
program, he said
The Home Demonstration club work
was one of the outstanding improve
ments launched while he was chair
man and county agent was en-
ployed to organize and supervise the
work. In appreciation of his CO.
operation, the members Of the Home
Demonstration clubs recently pre-
sented him with a fountain pen.
Other improvements included the
founding of the County Health
Unit. The Florence Thomas Mem
orial Library was taken over and
supported by the county, state and
town, permitting a substantial in
cerase in services, improved quar-
ters and employing the services of
a full-time librarian. One of the first
additions to the library was the pur-
chase of the bookmobile by the
county.
The work of the County Farm
Agent has shown a steady increase
and farmers are given more assist
ance today than at any time in the
history of the county. The Agent
Continued on last page)
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
Nichols Rites
Held Tuesday

Funeral services for Staff Ser
geant James Russell Nichols, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Nichols of
Erwin, Tenn, grandson of Mrs.
Dora E. Nichols and nephew Of Mrs
l.. L. Bolch Of Marion, were held
Tuesday afternoon at McCall's Flu
neral Home, Marion. He was killed
in SARDINIA on December S, 1943, in
an airplane crash son an authorized
flight.
Rev. M. O. Owens, Jr., pastor of
the First Baptist church and Rev.
James B. McLarty of First Meth
odist church, officiated and burial
was made in Oak Grove cemetery.
Members of the local American
Legion served as pallbearers and the
Legion Auxiliary had charge of the
flowers.
Sgt. Nichols was born in johnson
City, Tenn, January IA, 1920. He
was a graduate of Unicoi County
High School, Erwin, Tenn, and at
tended East Tennessee State Col
Continued on last page)
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
Pleasant Gardens
Is First School
To Complete Drive

The Pleasant Gardens school is
the first school in this county to
complete it's annual Junior Red
Cross membership campaign and has
the largest donations to date, ac-
cording to report by Miss Ruth
Greenlee, county Junior Red Gross
chairman. The Pleasant G n s
school completed its campaign with
donations totaling $40.11.
Members of the Junior Red Cross
throughout the county will assist" in
packing Christmas boxes for chill
dren overseas this week. The gifts
will be purchased with funds de-
rived from membership donations.
Each elementary school room in
the county pays fifty cents as a
contribution to the National Red
Cross headquarters and each high
school room pays 81. The remainder
of the money subscribed from those
who join the organization remains
in this county.
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
Marion P. I. A.
To Have Meeting
Next Tuesday

The Marion Parent-Teacher asso
ciation will hold it's December meet
ing at 8 p. M, Tuesday, December
7, in the school auditorium, Mrs
P. J. Story, publicity chairman, an
nounced this week.
Parents are asked to note that
this meeting will be limited to one
hour to make it possible for more
parents to attend.
The program will feature holi
day theme with carols by the Glee
club and a Christmas reading By
c. C. Elledge, principal.
A movie will be given for the
children while their parents are at
tending the meeting. .
Prior to the. P.T.A. meeting,
the high school room representa-
tives and teachers will meet at
7:15 in the room just at the rig ght
of the auditorium on the first
floor. They will be dismissed in
time for the regular P. 7. A.
meeting.
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
Friendship Train
Drive Launched,
Response Good

A good response from the people
Of Mcdowell county is being made
to the Friendship Train movement
organized in Mcdowell County as a
unit Of state organization to pro-
vide food for hungry children in
several European nations, VIII c
have not as yet recovered from the
ravages of the recent world war, &C
cording to an announcement made
by local officials.
A quota of one carload lot of food
has been set for Mcdowell county.
The slogan ga Bushel of Corn or a
Bushel of Soy Beans from every
Farm in Mcdowell County" has been
set as a goal for the Friendship
Train. The various schools of the
county have agreed to accept dona-
tions of corn, soy beans, or other
staple farm products, which will be
transported to Marion for shipping.
If you have not already made your
contribution, you are requested to
do 50 today or tomorrow. Send your
contributions to the nearest school
in your community.
The Friendship Train is an organ
ization sponsored largely by the
Protestant churches of our commun-
ity. The churches of Marion and Old
Fort will be asked to make cash
contributions to d fray shipping
charges, and if Necessary, to pur-
chase grain to meet our quota in
reaching a carload lot of food. Nc
Dowell county's Sc c ii on Of the
Friendship Train will leave Marion
for Norfolk, Virginia, the port of
embarkation, on or about Decem-
Der II.
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
Runge Addresses
Marion kiwanians
On Christmas Customs

R. w. Perkins, program chair
man of the Marion Kiwanis club,
presented as guest speaker Reverend
Edward G. Runge, pastor of the
First Lutheran Church of Asheville,
at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis
club held in the community building
Tuesday evening.
The speaker used as his topic,
"The Christmas Festival, and dis
cussed Herewith various customs
and practices in connection with the
Christmas festival as it is observed
in different sections of this country
and in some foreign territories.
In a very interesting and instruc-
tive manner, the speaker traced
many legends of various customs
observed at Christmas time Among
the customs he traced were: the use
of fireworks, mistletoe, the burning
of the Yule log, the Christmas tree,
and Santa Claus.
Announcement was made that the
second annual> l. Kiwanis minstrel
show would be staged at the Marion
High School auditorium tonight and
tomorrow night. The public is cor
daily invited to attend these pro-
grams and enjoy the fun and songs
presented by members of the XII
wants club.
Marion progress., 1948-12-02
Marion Hunters
Kill Two Deer
And One Bear

Nine nimrods killed buck and deer
and one killed a bear during yester-
days hunting in Pisgah National
Forest
The bear, weighing 12O pounds,
was killed by David E. Burnett of
Marion. Hunters killing deer are
listed with weights and antler points
of their kills:
Ola G. Martin of Spartanburg,
S. c., 122 pounds, seven points.
William G. Nancy of Asheville, 80
pounds, spike.
Clarence Wilkie of Henderson
vile, 56 pounds, spike.
M. NJ. Driskill of Woodway, Va,
100 pounds, four points.
Reuben Vernon Woody of Cand-
Ter, 68 pounds, six points.
c. M. Pool of Marion, 1O8 pounds
three points.
Ed. Hicks of Marion, 167 pounds,
eight points.
L. E. Biggerstaff Of Bostic, 1852
pounds, eight points.
w. Andrew Cloer of Hayesvilie,
SO pounds, spike.
Hunting will be concluded in the
Davidson River section of the forest
today and will move to the Mills
River section tomorrow.