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William Bryden, commanding general of the Fourth Service Command, the Legion of Merit medal awarded her husband. Lieutenant Braswell, son of Mr. and Mrs, E. B. Braswell, was fatally injured in an Army plane crash last April at Camp Campbell, Ky., while working on a device to enable planes to pick up messages from moving ground vehicles. The Legion of Merit is the third highest award that can be bestowed upon an officer or enlisted man in the armed services. The hero’s father is publisher of the Athens Banner-Herald, and his widow resides at Griffin. B The nreseritation of the award was a feature of the Armistice Day celebration, —Associated Press Mat Service. UR MEN AND WOMEN R ¥ - <% M. EMORY RUARK I NEW LONDON U. S, SUBMARINE BASE, NEW INDON Conn. — Emory K. ark, 23, Electrician’s Mate, first | ss, son of KEmory L. Ruark, nfi ute 3, Athens, Georgia, has re med here after completing Sv\*‘ il war patrols abeard United ‘ ates submarines in the Pacific, A 1938 graduate of \\'(-sls:\':mi ethodist Acadenty, Central, South’: rolina, Ruark enlisted in the vy in 1939, His sea duty has en exclusively aboard subma- | nes and he has received a Cap- | s commendation for perform- | Ce of duty. Submagines on which Ruark rved destroyed an impertant ount of Japanese shipping -as tested by the.submarine combat D which he wears. Now here Kalting assignment to a new sub arine, Ruark will be a key man the because of his battle perience | HREE ATHENS GIRLS 0W WAR WORKERS | ROBINS FIELD, Ga. — Three fmer Athens girls have: been ae- ‘ ed training -as war ‘.‘.‘Ul'k-‘]‘ " ith Warner Robins Air Ser-| ! nd, Robins Field (Geor ¢ “Keep ‘em Flying” branch the Army Air Forces responsi the repair, ‘maintenance nd v of Army aircraft in all v\ the world. Lpor completion of training A be assigned to the Main ance division where they « will combat and ‘tranSport N { e Oneida Burroughs is 2 : r of Mrs.. Rosa J. Bur- Pugh d the late James R. Bur- Danielsville, Georgia. 1' SLor ing to Robins Field she > 48sociated with the ~Athens I Company,” Athens. Uss Martha Anne Cantrell lis he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al et L. Cantrell, sr., .of 224 Hia-! Fassee A ve Athens, Ga. Before | “Ming to Robins Field she was | “SoClated with the Athens Mig. Miss Gloria Adkins is the Aghter of Mr. and Mps.® Wil -1 H. Adkins, 1125 Pierce Ave., lens, Georgia. Her: work at } Field is her first job. Her e, William H, Adkins, is also e er with Warner Robins -t Service Command. GT. HAROLD MAGUIRE OMPLETES GUNNERY SBt Harold Omer Maguire, of RN 30 October, 1943, has }‘“4 \ !y completed the Flex * Aerial Gunnery Course at the "V Air Forces Flexikle Gunnery "!‘ 0l Laredo Army Afr Field, mll,”] Texas. Upon graduation, - ddition to other ratings, he ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Full Associated Press Service. I received his Aerial Gunners Wings. He is now eligible 'to as sume a positon as a member of an Army Air Forces Combat crew and is fully qualified to aid mate rially in the Gunnery Training i Program. l PVT. MOSEMAN RECOVERS ‘ FORM SERIOUS ILLNESS | | . The many friends of Private { Harry Moseman, jr., and his fam ily, will be greatly pleased to learn that he has l'ecovered'from‘ lu serious illness in an Army hos | pital in India. | Private Moseman some weeks | ago was reported by the Adjutant General's Department as seriously ill- in’ India. It was later ascer tained that he was suffering from meningitis. : } l Son of Mr.. and Mrs. . Harry | oinaaad oe ¢ S G e l *&5 G R L e | . Y T PVT. HARRY MOSEMAN ° Moseman, 846 Hill Street, Private Moseman attended Athens High School and was connected with Anderson Auto Parts Company when he entered the service about eighteen months ago. Bor the past eighteen months he had been on overseas duty. His parents received a lettex from him Friday saying that he was all right-and would try and cable them at inte‘l'vals. Private Moseman has two other lbrothers in service. i MISS NANCY ADKINS IS AT ROBINS FIELD ROBINS FIELD, Ga. — Miss Nancy O'Neill Adkins, Athens, | Georgia, has been accepted for ltraining as a war worker with Warner Robins Air Service Com ‘| mand at Robins Field, Georgia, a |“Keep ‘em Flying” branch of the | Army Air orces responsihle for | the repair, maintenance and sup 'l | (Continued on Page Four) Reds Take Strategic Zhitomur; Winter Shrouds Italian Front STROKE SPLITS NORTH-SOUTH GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS BY JAMES M. LONG \ ; LONDON—(AP) —The western Ukraine rail and highway hub of ZZhitomir, the half-way marker on the Russians’ road from Stalingrad to Berlin, fell to Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's northern and southern forces abr;?dgrl"c)ve to within 60 miles of the pre-war Polish | The fall of Zhitomir, taken in a !15-mile frontal advance, was an 'nounced by Marshal Stalin to {night exactly a week after he ,had triumphantly told the Rus | sians and their Allies of the fall iof Kiev, 85 miles eastward. Important Junction . ! Stalin’s special order of the day described Zhitomir, a town of 95,- 000 persons, as “a most important junction of communications and a '.powerful strongpoint of = German defenses.” . Yaa { Three cavalry divisions were lamong the spearhead troops which won back Zhitomir, cutting the | Odessa-Leningrad railroad —the By Hawaii General HONOLULU — (AP) +~— The commanding general of Army forces in Hawaii believes that another Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is likely within the next rour months. ? Vital- installations, Army and Navy hangars and supply dumps on Oahu Island would be the pri mary targets. If incendiaries were used some might be dropped on. Honolulw’s “waterfront. ... - These are the considered opin ions of military experts including iLt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr., commanding Army forces in Ha waii and in the Central Pacific areas, and other military authori ties. Gen. Richardson expressed the views in a conversation after studying reports about the sight ing of an enemy plane the night of October 16. That enemy plane was caught in searchlight beams near Pearl Harbor but it escaped. When, the writer said that he was taking bets that Pearl Har bor would be attacked within six months, the General said that he would be willing to reduce the time to four months. How the Japs would do it is the logical question. The General replied: Cite one example wherein a 100-plane at tack has been stopped. Never, The Germans still raid TLondon. The United Nations, despite fly ing over hundreds of miles of en emy territory containing radio and sound detection devices, fighter planes and antiaircraft pO3 sitions, still get their bombloads to ther targets with a loss of per ihaps five per cent; never more than twenty per cent. In the Pacific, we recently hit Rabaul, catching more -than 100 Jap planes on the ground. Wake, Tarawa, Rekata Bay -— to name a few — are ,oOther examples of catching the Jap with his planes __(Continued on Page Four) Blaze In City Jail Causes Little Damage - Piremens were kept busy about thirty minutes last night fighting a blaze in the city ail started when one of the prisoners set fire to. some mattresses. Choking smoke from the smold ering cotton batting filled the en tire city hall, driving out all the occupants. ‘But little damage was caused ' other - than the loss of the mattresses. No.one was seriously hurt, and the fire quickly quelled. Against Law To Bgm Leaves On Pavement Athenans are requested not to burn leaves on sidewalks and on the street pavement. It is a violation of law to burn leaves or anything else on sidewalks and pavement. The heat damagges the con crete and the City is put, to’ needless expense to repair the paving. Taxpayers who burn leaves on the streets or side walks are, therefore, wmaking themselves liable to prosecu tion as weli as having to pay taxes to repair streets they helped damage. What are you going to do with the leaves? The writer of this story does not know. You’ll have to figure that out yourself. But you'd better quit burning them on the street. - last import north-south link short of the pre-war Polish border for the Nazis, hard-pressed in White Russia and now ominously out flanked in their last Ukraine stand. Just a year ago the Germans were smashing triumphantly on Stalingrad and threatening the Vonlea. Since then the Russians? have driven approximately 1,000 airline’ miles to Zhitomir, and stand about the same distance short of Berlin. The Odessa-Leningrad railroad actualiy was cut Oect. 2 with the Russian capture of Nevel far to the north, but the capitulation of Zhitomir today is of far more im portance to the Germans as it means they will be forced to . use a round-about system of single gauged tracks almost 100 miles west. The fall of Nevel had meant only minor re-routing for the Ger mans through Polotsk a few miles to the southwest. The -cutting of the railrcad at Zhitomir now opens the way for a Soviet plunge into old Poland and the already panicky Balkans, as the front is.only 120 miles from Bessarabia ,which Rumania an nexed after the last World War and which Russia reclaimed be fore the Nazi invasions ¥ | »" ’ . I _Eleanor’s Coming!. Prue =SN = o R L a [ 'he e ¥ e | Cartoon by U. S. Marine George Ward ot Philadeiphia shows how boys in the South Pacific got ready to welcome First Lady. Rotary Ladies Night Scheduled Tuesday Members of the Rotary Club and their guests will enjoy the Club’s annual Ladies Night Party at the Service Center (formerly the YMCA Gymnasiund) Tuesday night, November 16, The party will get underway at 7:20 o'clock and plates are $1:25 each. Members who intend to brign guests are asked to notify Clarance D. Chandler as quickly as possible so reservations can be made. Feature of the program will be a talk by Ralph McGill, editor of The Atlanta Constitution, who has recently returned from a trip to England. 3 ~ Rotarians are asked to note that the date for the party is Tuesday, November 16, COMMUNITY, WAR FUND SPURTS AHEAD OF GOAL, APPROACHES $40,000 MARK SUCCESS OF ONE-CAMPAIGN PLAN ASSURES ITS USE AFTER THE WAR A spurt in contributions to the Athens Community and War Fund yesterday carried the campaign beyvond the goal of $36,000 and the success of raising the quota for seventeen wartime and five local service organizations probably marked the establishment of the “one cam paign for all” plan in this community, U sgeigvha A SELST TR - Max Michael, chairman of the campaign announced yesterday af ternoon that the “patriotic spirit of Athens and Clarke county has again béen confirmed and we are happy to announce that contribu tions amounting to $38,715.99 have been made to the Athens Commu- | nity and War Fund. We believe that additional contributions which are anticipated will make are grand total approximately $40,000.00. We have mnot for one moment had any doubt as to the sucessful out come of this campaign. And the results obtained justly our. confi dence in the patriotic spirit of tihe ESTABLISHED 832 Athens, G—a_.:Sggaay.A November 14, | 943, Star to Shine for Servicemen e Smtl N B § R : : Q. %4 § . ¥ 5 ! &i% A § S i s v Mgt S : !, 3 b @\ Ead s \B}’ |So S v i S & : 7 ~ T T ¢ o . N A f&= ¢ . : v‘:"m,_ '; j G S . "y ; : Lme e L L o % oa k. % .R BN s » R iST S E. 3o i Hem % % 2 Wawm \ | s Army Signal Corps. Radio-Telephoto From NEA) En route to entertain U. S. troops in the Southwest Pacific, film | star Gary Cooper gets physical check-up in Australia from Capt. ' . Anthony Miles, is pronounced fit for the strenuous tour. Bougainville Beachhead Extended; Rabaul Hit | SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL LIED HEADQUARTERS — (AP) — The American beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay on the west-central coast of Bougainville in the Northern Solomons has Ibeen extended in all directions. Christian Church Convention Here eyt . 4 3 . o Approxtmately 250" out-of-town laymen and ministers are expected to attend the 84th annual conven tion of the Christian churches of Georgia whicp will be held at the First Chrighan church Tuesday through Thursday, November 16« 12. The program begins Tuesday evening when a fellowship supper is being served all delegates by the local Christian Church: At this meoting Rev. 1.. A. Cunningham of Oconee will bring the presi« dent ¢ message. Outstanding amopg out-of-town Spe. S anu guests will be Miss Winona, ‘Wilkinson; missionary who has returned from China; William T, Pearcy, Indianapolis, [lnd.; H. E. Moore, Little - Rock, Ark.; W. B. Clemmer, St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Edith Eberle, Indianap iolis, Ind.; Miss Helen Welshimer, Canton, Ohio; and Dr, H. H. Hil lyl N. C'. ’ lAil the sessions of the conven ition are open to visitors who are interested in hearing the messa~- ges and the Christian Church eXe tend a hearty welocme. l The Christian Church in Georgia has a white membership of - about 28,000 ip its 135 churches. It is part of the communion known as Ithe Disciples. of Christ, or the Christian. Church. Adherents to this church nums ‘ber today 1,800,000, and a mission :ztl‘y program that extends around ‘the world is carried on. It rank: fifth among the Protestant groups |:md believes in the restoration of the New Testament Church and the unity of all believers in Chris lJeéuS. people of this community.” | The success of the Athens Com munity and War Fund in raising $36,000 to be divided on a fifty fifty basis between seventeen war time organizations such as the USO, Seamen’s‘ Relieg Fund, War Prisoners Relief’ Fund, etc., and five local organizations, the Y., M. C. A, Y. WL. C. A., Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Salvation Army assures that in future the money to be raised annually to heip maintain these local organizations and, as long as the war lasts, the wartime organizations, will be ob tained. by holding a simultaneous General MacArthur's headquar ters reported today that the Jap anese have left 300 dead in fight ing there. The beachhead, ‘'where the Mae rines landed on Nov. 1, is on the last big Solomons Island barring the eastern approaches to Ra baul. Headquarters reported today the second roundtrip flight of more than 2,000 miles within less than a week by Liberators for a night attack on Soerabaja, former Dutch naval base now now held by the Japanese of Java. Twenty two. tons were.dropped, duplicating the earlfer raid,” - o American dirmen, pounding the big Japanese naval and air base 6 . svew Britain, with in creasing fury, have clipped three more warshups and 88 ptanes from (Continued On Page Three) Ch 1 : oose Managers, J Clerks On Monday Election managers and clerks to staff the various polling places in the City Democratic Primary to be held on November 23, will be selected at a committee meeting to! be held Monday morning at ten o'clock. Managers and clerks for each of the five city wards will be chosen by a sub-committee of the Clarke County Democratic Executive Committee from lists submitted by the various candidates for City Council and from applications of citizens who wish to work in the [pomng booths that day. | The sub-committe is composed of Chairman T. 8. Mell, Vice-Chairs 'man A. G. Dudley, Treasurer Robert Hamilton, of the county committee, and B. C., Lumpkin, secretary of the county group, is secretary to the sub-committee. Candidates for cguncil may communicate recommeéndations of their representatives to an® mem ber of the sub-committee or sec retary, prior to thie hour for the meeting. Any qualified citizens may also list their names with the above and from the total list the poll workers will be selected. e — campaign for all of them. Held Separate Campaigns Heretofore, eaeh loeal service organization and, since the war be gan, the wartime — organizations, have conducted separate campaigns to raise funds, thus subjecting the community tc possibly a dozen “drives” annually, taking up the time of citizens who usually work in all of the campaigns. Contributors té the Fund will each be awarded a . Victory Share Certificate which will be turned over to team chairman for distri bution %o businesses and groups who will insert the names of the givers. The Victory Share certif icate is based upon President Roosevelt's declaration that a share in the National War Fund is a share in winning the war. Of the $38,715.99 subscribed to pledges, most gs it is in cash, it is the Fund not over SSOOO is in estimated. Approximately 6,000 in dividual contributions were made, although a breakdown of all busi ness- and industrial establishments A.B.C Paper—Single Copy. 3c—sc Sunday ‘A T ye—p—— 3 AMERICAN FIFTH IS ENGAGED IN GRIM, SEE-SAW BATTLE BY NOLAND NORGAARD " . .ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Algiers— (AP) —Win ter descended on the Italian front in earnest Satur day with the American Fifth Army locked in grim, see-saw fighting with the Germans on the main road to Rome and the British Eighth Army still moving into position against enemy lines along the Sangro river. The Fifth Army made what] headquarters described as "tur-? ther local advances against stiff resistance and in difficult coun- | try,” occupying the towns of Filli- ! gnano and Pozzili, respectively four mile north and two miles northeast of Venafro and about 25 miles inland from ‘the Tyrhenian coast, Tough Resistance I The Germans in their determin ed resistance have struck out at several points, and headquarters disclosed for the first time today that on Thursday the Germans had beaten the Fifth Army back and occupied high grounds on Mount Camino, north of the town of Mignano strategically guarding the road to Rome. | The Allies had taken the heights on Wednesday. After losing them to the Germans in Thursday’s counterattacks, they smashed for-' ward Friday and not only regained the lost ground but won new po-. sitions. The Eighth Army was engaged principally g sending out patrols one of whirh ecrossed the Sangro river and wipad out a German ma.-‘ chineeun nest. To the south they repelled a Germap counterattack in brisk fiehting between Allied held Casalagnida and Nazi-held Atessi. and evecasded in gecupy ing important high ground: g ' The struggle during the past week: hag---demonstrated econclu Banner-Harald To Publish Dr. Fosdick’s Famous Book The Banner-Herald is pleased to announce that it has arranged to publish a series of articles by Dr. th‘l‘y Emerson Fosdick, sone o f America's great'est clergymen. | These artcles are taken from his - book, “On Being a Real Person,” one of the very latest sellers in re cent months. The first appears Monday, November 15. With the greatest war in history raging, and millions troubled in mind and spirit as never before, it seems a most appropriate time or a series such as this, which is full of inspirational guidance, This newspaper believes the articles will prove very helpful to its readers. Counselor For 20 Years _ Dr. Fosdick, pastor of Riverside Church, New York, stands out in the popular mind as a great preacher, but it is not generally known that for .20 years he has been consulted by thousands of persons with problems, many of which have no relation to re ligion. Thousands more wrote to him for help during his 15 years of radio broadcasts. Out of this vast experience came his book; “On Being a Real Person.” Dr. Fosdick explains that 29 lyears ago when he first announc which gave as a unit including the emnloyes has not been made.: Expressing -appreciation -of the campaign organization to the coms munity, Chairman Michael said: “The community’s appreciation is due The Banner-Herald and Dan Magill and Bryan Lumpkin who conducted the publicity for the campaign, to Mrs. Elmer Lampe, chairman of the women’s division and Mrs. Ruby Hartman, county chairman; to all team captains and members, to Captain C. E. Smith and Col. F. M. Armstrong whose cooperation resulted in one hun dred percent contributions from the ASTP and the Pre-Flight School, to “Pop” Pearson ®f the YMCA and Miss Annie Foster whose Speedy compilation of daily campaign records greatly aided in carrying it forward smoothly.” To Meet Tuesday Mr. Michael said that a meeting of directors of all local organiza tions takirg part in the campaign will be held Tuesday at 4:30 in Civic Hall to decide whether to (Continued on Page Four) LOCAL COTTON 1-INCH MIDDLING .. .. .. 20%a 15-16 INCH MIDDLING ... 20c sively that the Germans still cheyu ish the hope of staving ofp a real attack on Rome for months, therg by nullifying any prospects the Allles: have of using Italy as a jumping off point for further ass saults against Axis-held Europe in the spring. . The Terrian and the weather as well as reinforcements of several divicions which the Nazi command moved into the line during the past waek combined to give GCenerals Clark and Montgomery one of the toughest - assignments any Allied commanders have yet faced. i 2 L ‘ &K ¥ “ ’ S Skv Dracons” Aid Drive To Qust Japs On Yangtze CHUNGKING ~— (AP)—Chinese troops aided by American “Sky Dragons” have forced the Japan ese on the central Yangtze front to retreat in several sectors, the Chinese - High Command announc ed Saturday. ; The Japanese suffered severe casualties and many towns were recaptured, the communique add ed. YT . Fighting raged on a front which zigzags from Tuntgting Lake in China's “rice bowl” to the rugged’ mountains south of the Yangtze port' of Jchang. - - : s ' | £ r‘? L ~ 4ALYg oew I‘- A g o x 4 Y P Vi ’ i ot ] P \ P / o g . ACe | ! - o ﬁ. B, ke 7 P ; ; ) 44 i X R > : y \ S o : al gi"; g_’ v 3 & 4 IR, A ' e .; ;T“ ’(.’ 7.‘ [ ; 'f' 4 il W 4e : _ e \ i f - Lt N " . oy iy X :.l' 3 "'\ % & 1 PEEUN e v ‘i,‘\ 2 ] AT ) b A L Mgz i ,%3'».) X j ' .‘; % ;,:‘:ﬁ SR SR ; e iy IENEETN : \ ﬁx.«’!« i DR. FOSDICK ed definité conference hours for peopie to talk over their individual problems, h esoon found he had problems, he soon found he had gained for. “Having recelved my -education in pre-psychiatric days when the academic study of psychology wa’; a' very dry and formal dlscip% and such matters as mental ther= apy, s 6 far as’l recall, were never even mentioned in college or W nary, I was utterly untrained for personal counseling,” Dr. Fosdick writes in an_ intreduction to . the book.” “Some: cases, of course, o= dinary good sense could deal with, and -some ~were concerned with famitiar . problems: of religious faith; but thére were many others, .Continved.on Page Four) W-E-A-T-H-E-R M GEORGIA: Fair with little temperaturg change Sunday, ° increasing cloudiness, warmer ' Sunday night and Monday. 7 TEMPERATURE e Highest . aigssn sobnasen: BEN LOWEBt sisi o fih ‘mansseds S Mean seegrecss susassses 480 - Normal & iiciibn ide wase RAINFALL: Inches last 24 hours ...... .00 Total since November 1 ... 1.97 Excess since November 1 ~ 91 Average November rainfall 32.61 Total since January 1 ....46.21 Excess since January 1 ... 219

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, November 14, 1943, Home Edition, Image 1