Klansmen Try To
Kidnap Mayor Of
Donakonville, Ga.
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miles from Florida.
In Atlanta, Grand Dragon Sam
uel Green said Ivis association of
Georgia Klans does not operate at
all in 1he south Georgia area. Dr.
Green said he believed a Klan or- j
ganization with headquarters at
Columbus, Ga., was responsible.
Sheriff C. L. Chandler of Sem
inole county said the mayor him
self had not reported the attack,
but that a relative had.
“It’s a pretty ugly thing here,”
the sheriff said. “I don’t like it
and the better class of people
don’t like it.
“It started off pretty bad. but
has cooled down. I think we have
♦ things under control.”
Mayor Drake said there has
been a persistent effort to intimi
Ecuador Smashes
Revolt Attempt
QUITO, Ecuador, </P)—The gov- j
ernment of President Galo Plaza ,
Lasso said it smashed a revolt at-,
tempt yesterday.
Army troops beat down an at
tempt to attack the Presidential
palace. A government announce- !
meat said the revolutionists were
led by Col. Carlos Mancheno. for
mer dictator.
Guayaquil a major post for Ecu
ador, was quiet.
One group of rebels in Quito, i
the nation’s capital, tried to at
'ack the Presidential palace while 1
Mancheno made an effort to take
control of a group of army tanks.
The government announcement j
said “both manevuers” failed in
the face of quick action by the
army and civilian authorities.
date him. He said he attributed it
partly to local and state politics.
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French Newspaper
Claims Russia Has
Atomic Bomb
PARIS, (^P) — A Paris weekly
newspaper claims in its current
edition that Russia has exploded
an atom bomb.
The story appeared in Samedi
Soir, weekly noted for sensation
alism.
According to the newspaper.
United States recording devices
showed an atomic explosion in Si
beria July 10.
This, said Samedi Soir. is the
reason President Truman called a
top-secret conference of military
scientists and Congressional lead
ers.
“The United States,” said the
weekly, “which had managed un
til now to keep monopoly of the
atom bomb and of the material
necessary for its production is in
a frightful scare since the moment
it knew the U. S. S. R. had pierced
the secret of the bomb."
Samedi Soir said the United
states established a listening post
Senate Ignores
Anti-Poll Tax Bill
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(By William F. Arbogast)
WASHINGTON. — An anti
poll tax bill was laid today on
the Senate’s doorsteps, with indi
cations that it would be abandoned
there.
A 273 to llfi House vote sent it
over, ignoring arguments by
southern opponents that it and
other civil rights bills are likely
to bolster the Ku Klux Klan.
It was the fifth time in less than
ten years that the House has gone
through the formality of passing
tich a bill. Four times previously
the Senate has refused to consider
the bills in the face of threatened
filibusters.
in the Arctic alter being alerted i
by British intelligence who had
i received reports from Russia re
1 fugees that the Soviets were on
the point of unlocking the secret
of the atom bomb. I
RECEPTION HONORING NEW
FEDERATED MINISTER
The ladies of the Federate'
church are hostesses Tnursd;
evening at a reception which i •
! being held at t ie Federate
l Church for the new mi roster and
his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Treat, who arrive I la-* Friday
from Juneau to take over the work
of the church here.
Everyone in the • immunity has
been invited to c >me to the
church on Thursd; y even.ng from
seven-thirty until uin to extend
a welcome and g- • qu iinted
with the Treats. Refreshments
have been planne i by the ladies.
THIS CATCH W; SN'T FISHY
CAIRO. 111. t.P. A small boy
thought he had a whopper on his
fishing line but hauled in a hand
truck. The catch piqued the curi
osity of the police and they went
fishing too. They pulled in a
cracked safe. It had been missing
since a $400 safe burglary at a
bottling firm several days before.
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