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BUCKNER, 10th ARMY HEAD,
SLAIN BY JAPANESE SHELL
Wholesale Invasion
0f Chinese Goast
May Be Avoidable
BY J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Forign Affairs Analyst
Reports from Chungking this
mo-ning attribute the Japanese
withdrawal northward along the
China coast, and particulaily
their evacuation of Wenchow, to
their fears that Russia wil] enter
the war.
At the same time reports récur
that Amoy and Swatow are be
ing left totheir fate, whilg the
enemy concentrates on holding
from Hangchow and Changhai,
north, plus a narrow connection
with Indo-China and the Malay
Peninsula inland and to. the
south. Japanese reinforcements
have been reporteq landing at
Bias Bal, which lies near Houg
Kong, Kowloon and the Apex of
an important highway system.
Coast Invasion
Meanwhile, Chinese newspa
pers refer repeatedly to what will
happen when Americans are able
to invade the coast and set up
supply routes. They seem to ac
cept it as a foregone conclusion.
As a matter of fact, it was more
or less in the cards some time
ago. Now it appears that if it
comes it will be only a sidelight
to the main campaign against
Japan itself.
However, it is interesting so
note the possibbilities of sea routes
to China which would increase
the hope that, with the fall of
the home .islands, the Japanese
effort in North China would col
layse. In the sout}%the situation
can be left to the British.
Amoy and Swatow mean little,
being flanked by Hong Kopg and
Canton and faced by Formosa.
But from Foochow to Wenchow,
an area already in Chinese hands,
andg on to Hangchow, there are
rea] possibibilities.
Strategic Points
This area t§ within the range
of fighter cover from Okinawa,
offers air bases for all sorts of
duty and particularly for pre
venting the Japanese Air Force
from using Formosa, and pro
vides numerous lesser ports sich
as Siangshan, Sanmepn and Tai
chow.
Wenchow is on an important
coastal highway about halfway
between lfgnchow and Foochow,
and on another which leads inland
to Japanese territory. It is abcut
150 miles from the main Japan
ese-held railroad from Shanghai
to Indo-China, which already
has been cut at Kunging (Nan
ning) in the South.
Thus the Chinese hold a coast
al strip about 350-miles long di
rectly across from Okinawa,
from which our planes and ships
could cover any desired move
ment. {
This route for the delivery of
war material might enable the
Chinese, gided by Japan’s fear,
if nothing more, of Russia in the
north, to make it unneccessary
for us to undertake a real inva
sion, as we came to understand
the word in Europe.
Rain Overcomes
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Prospects are “pretty fair al
though crops are late,” County
Agent D. L. Branyon said today
in discussing the crop situation
in Clarke county. The .86 inches
of rain in the last 24 ‘hours,
heaviest rainfall of any day in
June, should cancel most of the
harmful effects of the drought.
If the rain continues, there is a
fair chance that the 1.65 inches of
deficit since June 1 will be over
come. Despite the dry spring,
there is an excess of 1.96 inches
since the first of the year.
Gardens. will probably bear the
brunt of the dry spell, but later
plantings will do well with plenty
of moisture.
The stand of corn is not as
good as it has been in other
years and some sections are hav
ing trouble with cinch bugs, Mr.
Branyon said. Although the trou
ble is not serious yet, he asked
that any farmer seeing signs of
cinch bug damage report it im
mediately.
Many farmers, he said, have
already harvested good crops of
oats and wheat. Several have
harvested good stands of crimson
clover, &
TRAINING CENTER
WASHINGTON, June 19 -—
(AP) — An army service forces
training center wil be establish
ed at Camp Sibert, Gadsden,
Ala,, on July 11.
Senator Hill, (D-Ala.) and
Rep. Rains (D-Ala.) were in
formed today that the forny”
chemical warfare training center
will be devoted primarily to med
ical training under the reemploy
ment program.
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By AL DOPKING ;
U. S. TENTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, OKINAWA, June
19.—(AP)—Lt. Gen. Simon Boli
var Buckner, jr., who had prc_l
dicted that “with any kind of
luck” the fierce Okinawa cam- |
paign would end this week, was
killed yesterday by a Japzmese‘\
shell almost at the moment of |
final victory by his Tenth Army.
The sturdy, silver-haired Ken—i
tuckian, who at 58 had won’a
reputation for aggressiveness and‘
discipline, was the highest rank
ing American to die by enemy\
action in this war and was the
22nd general officer killed ur'
missing against Germany and
Japan.
At Forward Pest {
Death came at a forward ob
servation post as Buckner watch
ed the Marine Eighth Regimentull
combat team — newly-arrived on
Okinawa — plunge suuthwar(l]
against the retreating Japanese in |
a climactic assault on the snuth—]
ern tip of the island.
The first Japanese shell tol
strike that vicinity all day burst
directly on a rock where he wus‘
seated. A large fragment of stecl‘
or coral pierced his left chest at
1:15 p. m. ‘
Several more shells struck the
position, so that Marine officers
had to carry Buckner to shelter
behind a cliff before first aid and |
plasma could be administered. Ati
1:25 p. m. ten minutes after he
was hit, General Buckner died. i
Command of the Tenth Army |
and of the ground forces in the}
Ryukyus devolved immediately
upon Major General Roy S. Gui-‘
ger, commander of -the Marine |
Third Amphibious Corps, a part |
of the Tenth Army. Geiger re
cently was nominated for Lieu-‘
tenant General.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz,
over-all commander of the upera-i
tions, formally am\.oun('e(i"Buck—‘
ner's death today and issued this
message to the forces under his‘
command.
“pay of Victory”
“Although we jpin in grieving
over the loss of your able and
courageous leader, Lt. Gen. Buck»-i
ner, all of us in the Pacific ocean
areas take pride in the day of
vietory on which he ;’,:xllunlly,)m-fl
a soldier’'s death.” ¢ '
Nimitz did not elaborate on his
reference to “the day of victory,”
but Vice Admiral Harry Hill, ,in
a,message of condolence, also re
ferred to Buckner’s “untimely
death in the hour of victory.” ‘
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Associated Press j
Must Relax |
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Admission By-Laws
WASHINGTON, June 19.—(AP)
—A Federal District Court order
requiring the Associated Press to
relax its by-laws on admission of
members bore Supreme Court ap
proval today.
Over a minority protest that
the news gathering cooperative is
being treated as a public utility
and being put under “court tut
elage,” the high tribunal iate
yesterday ruled, 5 to' 3, that the
by-laws restrain trade and there
fore violate the Sherman Anti-
Trust Act. |
The decision came near the
close of a day-long session wind
ing up the court term. The court
recessed until October 1.
The action backed up in full
the 2 to 1 summary judgment of
a spegial district court in New
York igat the AP membership
laws must be amended to prevent
AP members from considering
the competitive abilily of an ap
plicant for membership.
The ‘decision, however, as did
the lower court ruling, permits
the AP to place other restrictions
on membership and leaves in
effect, providing the membership
rules are changed, other by-laws
attacked by the government.
Full Associated Press Service.
iPresident En Route
For Parley Closing
BY ERNEST B. CAVVARO
WASHINGTON, June 19—(#®)—
President Truman sought today to
speed formation of a world peace
organization charter by flying to
the west coast to await final ac
tion by the San Francisco Con
ference.
The President took off at 8:20
a. m. (EWT) for Olympia, Wash.,
where he will pay a ‘“social visit”
to ‘Gov. Mon C. Wallgren until
the conference leadership sum
mons him to San Francisco to wind
up the historic meeting.
May Not Close
Although signs are growing that
the delegates from 50 nations will
not complete the writing of the
charter until next week, Mr. Tru
man proceéded, the White House
said, on the assumption the meet
ing could wind up this week.
Whatever the closing date, the
President will move into San
Francisco the afternoon before.
Then he will meet all the dele
gates and witness the signing of
the charter beiore delivering a
closing address voicing “God
speed” to the new experiment in
international relations.
The Chief Executive will fly the
charter back to Washington and
submit it immediately to the Sen
ate in the hope of ratification be
fore his meeting next month with
Premier Stalin and Prime Minis
ter Churchill to sketch the pattern
for European peace terms.
His schedule calls for home
coming celebrations at his home
town of Independenc, Mo., June
27, and at Kansas City, June 28.
Meanwhile there were strong
indications Mr. Truman will have
to abandon entirely his earlier
plans to address the Governors’
Conference at Mackinac Island,
Mich., July 3. Pressure of other
engagements and the necessity for
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Mexico Proposes.
To Bar Spain
From League Seat
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19—(#)
Mexico came torward today with
a proposal that the United Nations
permanently bar the Franco gov
ernment of Spain from member
ship in their World League.
Luis Quintanilla, former Mexi
can ambassador to Moscow, plan
ned to put the proposition formally
before a public session of one of
the United Nations Conference
commissions, which are driving
toward completion of a world
charter this week.
His proposal invited argument
as to whether the Conference
should attempt to write any speci
fic ' membership limitations when
it is assigning to a world assembly
the task of admitting outside na
tions.
Quintanilla said he would ask
the commission (meets 3:30 and
8:30 p. m. PWT) to adopt a decla
ration stating that no government
should be admitted which came to
power with the aid of military
forces of countries which have
fought against the United Nations.
Much depends on possible Rus
sian acceptance of a compromise
for limiting the field of subjects
which the assembly may debate
and on which it may make recom
mendations to member nations
and the Security Council which
would be the peace-enforcing
agency.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Urge
Passage Of New CGonstitution
Passage of the proposed new
state constitution upon which
the people will vote on August
7, was urged by unanimous vote
of the Department of Georgia
encampment, Veterans of For
eign Wars in annual meeting
here Monday afternoon.
The action, which came with
out a dissenting vote, further
placeq the active support of the
organization which numbers 45,-
960 service-veteran members,
squarely behind the new consti
tution.
Contained in the new constitu
tion is a provision which expands
the Veterans Service Depart
ment of the state and the organ
ization will mail out immediate
ly to all of its members, includ
ing the 39,000 on overseas duty
letters advocating passage of the
constitution. Anqd in the case of
members overseas, the letter will
explain how the member may
obtain an absentee ballot and
will urge each member to vole
for the new constitution.
“Each letter will carry an
earnest request to all veterans
and their families to vote on Au
gust 7 for ratification of the new
Constitution for thereby they will
protect not only themselves, bwut
their dependents and loved oncs.
officials of the organization said.
The closing session of the an-
Athens, Ga., Tuesday, June 19, 1945.
Okinawa Resistance Crumbles
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President Harry S. Truman is shown presenting General Dwight D. Eisenhower an Oak Leaf
Cluster in lieu of his third Distinguished Service Medal for “conspicious service to the United States
and to the peoples of all the United Nations.” Meanwhile Mrs. Eisenhower plainly shows her pride
as she looks on during the ceremeny which took place in the rose garden of the White House.
Parliamentary Snag
Fight For Survival
WASHINGTON, June 19—(P)—
Senators trying to rescue the Fair
Employment Practices Committee
from a fundless death ran into a
parliamentary blockade today.
Acting Chairman MeKellar (D-
Tenn) of the Senate Appropria
tions Committee said there was a
question whether FEPC could be
given any money without Statu
tory authority for the agency. He
added the matter has been checked
to the Senate parliamentarian for
decision.
FDR Idea
FEPC was established by the
late President Roosevelt by execu-~
tive order and chqrged with prgz‘
hibiting employment discrimin
tions because of race, color or
creed. The House has denied the
agency funds wuntil it acquires
legal status. ‘A bill to do that is
bottled up in the House Rules
Committee.
Senator Chavez (D-NM) a lead
er among senators to have FEPC
funds inserted in the pending war
agencies supply bill, told a re
porter “We intend to battle both
in committee and on the floor.
If it is ruled that FEPC can not
get any funds because it is not
an established agency, then we’ll
ask the'Senate to suspend its rules
to allow the allocation of $599,000
recommended by the Budget Bu
reau.
Two-Thirds Vote
A suspension of Senate rules,
however, takes a two-thirds vote.
The bill comes up before a Sen=-
ate subcommittee today, and Mc-
Kellgr said he believed ' there
would be some restoration of funds
for'the Office of War Information.
OWI was cut from an original
request of $42,000,000 to $37,000,~
000 by the House Appropriations
Committee and then to $18,000,000
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nual encampment, which opened
here Sunday, was highlighted by
the passage of the resolution
urging passage of the constitution
and the election of officers.
For the third consecutive year,
Mayo C. Buckley, of Athens, was
elected state commander, an
honor that has not been ac
corded any other state comman
der in the nation.
* Other officers elected to serve
with Commander Buckley, are:
Basil Stockbridge, Atlanta,
senior vice-commander; R. E.
‘Miller, Valdosta, junior Xice
commander; Tony Postero, Ath
ens, quartermaster and adjutant;
H. B. Edwards, Valdosta, judge
advocate; George Fry, Atlanta,
surgeon; J. B. Lively, Augusta,
chaplain; J. N. Crotty, Savannah,
First District commander; T. M.
Hildreth, sr., Third District com
mander; R. E. Bevel, Forest Pavk,
Fifth District commander, and J.
C. Owens, Nintp -District com
mander. District commanderg are
elected for two-year terms and
comrhanders in districts other
than those listed above are hold
overs. E -
J. Frank Bell, Atlanta, was
elected chief of staff; T. R.
Koestline, Augusta, inspector; H.
M. Perkins, Madison, historian;
D. W. Shader, Brunswick, patri
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Roosevelt Escort
USS Emmons,
Victim Of Japs
WASHINGTON, June 19—(/)
The USS Emmons, which help
‘ed escort President Roosevelt
en route to the Teheran Big
Three conference, has been lost
off Okinawa—victim of Japa
nesge suicide planes.
“'Hit by five kamikazes within
afew minutes, the Eim{noas was .
so badly damaged she had to be
sunk by sister ships 12 hours
after the attack last April 6.
She suffered 139 casualties, in
cluding 59 killed, 78 wounded
and two missing. :
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Mayor, Council To
.
.
Meet At 6:15
o'clock Tuesday
A meeting of the Mayor and
Council will be held today at
6:15 o’'clock for the purpose of
making plans and setting a day
for a “Clean-Up” in Athens,
weed-cutting on the sidewalks
and removai of trash and paper
from the streets.
Called by Mayor Bob McWhor
ter, the meeting is also expected
to consider a proposal by the
Mayor for Council to authorize
him to employ an architect to
prepare plans for remodeling the
City Hall building, to hotise grow
ing city departments, and to
launch a program for street im
provements in Athens.
The Mayor invited the Board
of County Commissioners and the
members of the Chamber of Com
merce Planning Committee, as
well as other citizens, to attend
the meeting.
A “Clean Up” campaign in
Athens was launched at a eiti
zens meeting several weeks ago
and given added impetts by the
Chamber of Commerce Planning
Committee. .
Six Legislators
Introduce Bill
For Psychiatry
WASHINGTON, June 19 --
(AP) — Sen. Pepper (D-Fla.;
and five coileagues have intro
duced g bill to create a national
psychiatric institute to study the
causes and treatment of menta!
diseases.
The institute would be under
the administration of the Public
Health Service.
A similar measure was intro
duced in the House by Rep.
Priest (D-Tenn.) :
“Mentgl hygiene,” Senator
Pepper said, in a statement, “is
one of the most neglected fields
in modern medicine. Today there
are not 1,000 qualified physichiat
rists in the whole United States.”
‘ He said selective service rec
ords show that, up to June I,
1944, nearly 750,000 men had
been rejected for military service
because of menta] disases.
He declared that about 40 per
cent of the men discharged irom
service are unfit because of neu
ropsychiatric disorders.
Co-authors are Senators Thom
as (D-Utah),” Murray (D-Mont.)
Tunnell (D-Del.), Hill (D-Alu.)
La Follette (Prog.~-Wis.) and
Aiken (R-Vt.)
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,iElsenhower Gels
} Tumulfuous Acclaim
i NEW YORK, June 19—(#)—
Flag-decked New York, its streets
lined wih cheering millions, gave a
conquering hero's welcome today
{to General of the Army Dwight
D. Eisenhower. : :
A 17-gun salute boomed out at
LaGuardia Field after the supreme
Allted comm?nder‘s‘; silver 'réi%il
‘transport, bringing him from
'Washington, swooped out of the
overcast sky and taxied to a stop
at 10:12 a. m. (EWT).
Smiling broadly, Eisenhower
[greeted Mayor F. H." LaGuardia
and high Army officers a sa ser
vice band played four flourishes
and “The General’s March.”
“The admiration of seven and
one-half million people is extend
ed to you, Gen. Eisenhower,” La-
Guardia said. Eisenhower leaned
over slightly to shake hands and
replied, “Thank you very much.”
Then Eisenhower and the Mayor
entered an automobile, flying the
I(icnorul's five-star flag, and left
ithe fog-shrouded field on a 35~
‘mile tour of the city. |
(Change Succession
To Presidency
Congress Asked .
WASHINGTON, June 19—(#)
President Truman, embarking on
{the first of a long series of plane
flights, today asked Congress to
make the speaker of the House his
successor if anything untoward
should happen to him.
As the House is now organized,
this would throw the succession
to 63-year-old Sam Rayburn of:
Texas.
Under present procedures, Mr.
Truman would be replaced in the
White House by the Secretary of
State, the post now held by Ed
ward R. Stettinius, jr., should he
be unable to complete his term.
The speaker of the House of
Representatives, Mr. Truman told
Congress, is more truly represen
tative of all the people. :
In a special message to both
houses of Congress sent shortly
after he took off on a non-stop
'flight to Olympia, Wash., the
President said the question of
| succession “is of great importance
'nuw because there will be no
elected vice president for almost
’fuur years.”
State Debt To Be
Further Reduced
ATLANTA, June 19—(#)—The
(State of Georgia will reduce its
'dwindling state debt by $1,833,000
June 30. |
Governor Ellis Arnall said sl,-
698,000 would be paid on the
bonded debt created in 1938 for
construction of the Western and
| Atlantic Railroad and $135,000
jwould be paid on Western and
'Atluntic’s railroad rental dis-;
jcounts,
| State Auditor B. E. Thrasher,
Ijr., said the payment on old W.
and A. bonds would leave $863,702
‘()f that original debt to be paid
on July 1, 1946. Of these bonds,
]tho University System of Georgia
{owns $637,702 worth. and the
public holds $226,000 worth. |
‘ WATCH TRAINING |
FORT SILL, Okla., June 19—
Seventeen Latin-American mili
tary attaches, who represent 14
countries in Washington, were on
tour of Fort Sill today to see
United States soldiers learning to
be artillerymen.
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BY LEONARD MILLIMAN
. Associated Press War Editor
Marine veterans of Tarawa today paced the final American drive
to crush crumbling Japanese resistance on Okinawa, where Lt. Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner, jr., was Kkilled yesterday on the eve of
victory for his Tenth Army troops. i
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Reds Considered
‘Enemy Aggressor’
Says Pole Witness
" By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, June 19 —(AP)—A
PolisH journalist testified today in
the Fifth Column trial of 16
Poles that the Polish underground
army’s propaganda = minister hqd
~directed that the Red Army in
‘ occupied Poland be considered an:
“enemy”’ and “aggressor.” .‘
The journalist, Stanislaw Kuy
avingki, the first witnesg called at
the second session of the military
trial,. said he saw such a direc
tive in the underground office of
| propaganda on May 15, 1945, Hel
' said the general line of under
l_grour.d propaganda was "against;
the Soviet Union.” |
i “Enemy Occupied” |
He asserted the propaganda of
fice had stated that all eastern
Polish territory “should be con
sidered occupied by the enemy.”
~ Three of the principal defend
.ants and six of 22 witnesses in
the trial were heard yesterday,
indicating that the trial still has
(some time to run. ;
} Kuyavinski said that he was an
;employe in the Polish under
- ground, working’ in the eastern
larea, and :that sometimes he got
directives “fromn Warsaw.
I Witnessed ~ testified = yesterday
that members of the underground
regarded the Russians as worse
foes than the Germans.
Major General Afanaseev, the
- prosecutor, contended the defend
ants had admitted a Polish home
army plot to form a western Eu
ropean bloc after victory in Eu
rope, aimed at the Soyiet Union,
directed by the Polish exile gov=
ernment in London and including
Poland and defeated Germany as
partners.
Britain Uninvelved
There was no insinuation, eith
er in the testimony or in state
ments. by the prosecution, that
Briain or any of her leaders were
involved with the alleged plot to
form an anti-Sdviet bloc.
Witnesses testified that the
home army command had prom
ised its followers that Poland
would receive all of the Ukraine
up the Dneiper river, including
Kiev.
Several of the defendants, who
included the. 'chief of the Polish
underground government, Jan
Jankowski, and numerous minis
ters, confessed themselves mor
ally and politically guilty of false
attitudes toward the Red Army,
but it was understood they would
deny any implication in the al
leged killing of 594 Russian offi
cers and seoldiers.
None of the testimony yester
day linked the. defendants with
any of these killings.
Hail Court Action
On Freight Rates
As Georgia Victory
ATLANTA, June 19—(#)—The
Supreme €ourt ruling granting in,
part a request by 20 railroads that
Georgia sbe required to give more
specific information in its com
plaint that freight rates are dis
criminatory was hailed by Gover
nor Ellis Arnall and Attorney
General T. Grady Head today as
a victory for the state.
Head said the court granted the
railroads only three requests oul
right and part of four more. It
upheld Georgia in 31 instances and
part of four more.
The ruling requires Georgia to
provide more specific information
on its charges of the manner of
vperating rate bureaus and com
mittees maintained by railroads
for rate fixing. It also must ampli
fy allegations that the rates un
fairly discriminate against the
state.
The bill of particulars must be
filed with the court by Aug. 15
and the state officials said there
would be no state delay. They said
the case could get into trial dur
ing the October term.
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Sean O’Kelly Elected
President Of Erie
Succeeding De Valera
DUBLIN, June 19 —(AP)—
Sean O'Kelly, deputy Prime Min
ister, was officially declared the
new president of Eire last night
after tabulation of second choice
ballots gave him a clear majori
ty. <1
HOME,
Japanese fled toward southern
cliffs as the Yanks, reinforced by
the fresh Marine troops who had
fought on Tarawa, Guadalcanal,
Saipan and Tinian, broke through
in all sectors yesterday.
Gains In Every Area
Like gains were scored in every
other battle area. Chinese re
occupied the port of Wenchow,
220 miles south of Shanghai, and
drove to within 21 miles of
Liuchow, key southeast China
transportation center.
Australians broke into Touton
oil refinery area in Sarawak, west
Borneo territory ruled by the
white Rajah, in a 25-mile advance
since their June 10 invasion of
Brunei Bay. :
Three U. S. divisions pushed to
ward the northern tip of Luzon
Jsland in major Philippines ac
tion. :
Gen. Doyglas MacArthur creat
ed a new supply command today
for Army ground forces which
will invade Japan.
Tokyo predicted Japan wouldp’t
be invaded until after a “long
period of preliminary bombing,”
and reported there was still no
sign of a third invasion of Borneo
although Allied warships were
continuing a bombardment of
Balikpapan. Yo
Due west of Okinawa, and with=
in range of its bomber fields, Jap~
anese troops pulled out of Wen
chow., That is the second east
China port t 6 be regained by the
Chinese this summer and indica
tions were the enemy would also
abandon Swatow and Amoy, giv
ing the Allies almost the entire
coastal area lying between Shang
hai and Hong Kong, ;
| Parallel Advances
~ln the northern Philippines/ Jap~
anese got out of the way of the
iU. S, 37th Division which res L.
the banks of broad Cagaye '
[in its push up Cagayan valley to
‘'ward -the northern tip of Luzon
Island. Parallel advances against
stubborn resistance were scored
by the Sixth and 33rd Divisions.
Filipino guerrillas harried Nip
ponese in the hills flanking the’
valley.
Organization of a regular Fili
pino division to join in the Allied
conquest of Japan was ordered
by President Sergio Osmena.
Besides reaching the Touton oil
center, Australian forces on Bor=-
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Five Athenians In
infantry Division
Of the 315 Georgians in the
Eighty-Sixth Black Hawk Infan-'
try Division which received such
a big welcome in New York on
arrival from Europe Sunday, five
were Athenjans, and 19 others
from the Athens area.
The soldiers entrained Monday
for Fort McPherson, where they
will be given 30-day ' furloughs
prior to redeployment against
Japan. %
Athenians arriving with the
Black Hawk Division included
T-5. Joseph D. Burch, Sgt. Marion
' S. Doolittle, Cpl. Mitchell Scrutch
in, Pfc. Henry W. Adams, and
Pfc. Henry H. Park.
Others from the Athens area
included Pfe. Allen D. Brown,
Washington; T-C. Phillip D. Bris
coe, Monrge; T-5. Billy W. Pat
'rick, Monroe; Pfc. Ralph C. Par
ham, Elberton; Pfc. Slmer C.
Myers, Winterville; Pfe. Guytrell
'H. Martin, Commerce; Pvt. Tho
‘mas G. Malcom, Madison; Pfec.
‘l,n_vd L. Latham, Elberton; Staff
' Sgt. Ralph G. King, Royston; Pte.
' Clarence Hayes, Winder; T-5.
Claude R. Gaines, Elberton; Pfe.
Andrew E. Hill, Elberton; Pfc.
George A. Fowler, Danielsville;
Pfe. Jim H. Purcell, Toccoa; Pvt.
Hugh E. Roberson, Hartwell; Cpl.
Charles W. Ruff, Elberton; Pfe.
Lewis V. Hill, Bogart; Pfc. James
L. Witcher, Monroe; Pfc. Lonnie
H. Watsen, jr., Toccoa; and Ple.
William F. Harper, Monroe.
Rt
ATHENS AND VICINITY i
Cloudy and cool tonight.
Warmer Wednesday.
GEORGIA — Considerable
cloudiness and mild, scattered
showers in south and east por
tions tonight. Partly cloudy
Wednesday with little change
in temperature.
TEMPERATURE
Highest . viivcinivns van 84
Lowaal . vic. i saviasus 65
MBGR 1i e
Normal =ot o 5 ssrsainedy 7
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ........ 32
Total since June 1 ........ .86
Deficit since June 1 ........ 1.65
Average June rainfall ...... 398
fotal since January 1 .....26.09
Excess since January 1 .... 1.96