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Vol. 113, No. 158.
Our Mesn: Aund {Women
o In Service
DARRELL A. MATTOX
TO BE DISCHARGED
parrell A. Mattox, who served
in the Pacific- for 36 months, is
now back in the States and will
pe discharged under the Army
Point system. He has 116 points.
Wwhen discharged, Mattox will
return to Athens and live with
his famliy. He is to be employed
py D. Weayer Bridges.
L E. CARTER TRAINS
AT CAMP_BLANDING, FLA.
private Leonard E. Ca-ter, jr,
son of Mr., and Mrs. L. E. Carter,
formerly of Athens and now of
Charleston, 8. C., is receiving his
pasic training at Camp Blanding,
Fla. e
MARGAR HONEYCUTT
RECUPERATES AT FINNEY
THOMASVILLE, Ga.—Margaret
C. Honeycutt, T-4, Women’s Army
Corps, of Athens, Ga., is receiving
treatment at Finney General Hos
pital for injuries received over-
seas.
She entered the service in Janu
ary of 1943 at Ft. McPherson, Ga.,
and from there received training
at Daytona Beach, Fla., Mac Dill
Field, Tampa, Fla, and overseas
training at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
She went overseas in April of 1944
where she served in England and
France.
T-4 Honeycutt is a graduate of
Crawford High school and before
entering the service was employed
as a stenographer for the National
Farm Loan Association in Decatur,
Ga. She is the sister of Mrs. W.
R. Grimes pf Athens.
WHITEHALL SAILOR b
T 0 ATTEND SCHOOL
ABOARD ‘A BATTLESHIP IN
THE PAClE‘L’C.—Junior P. Toney,
21, gunne{‘}s jflfl,te, second class,
USNR, of Whitehall, Ga., has been
transterred from this battleship to
attend gunner’s mate and electri
cal hydraulicg,’ééhool in Washing
ton, D. C. His elasses will start in
late August. After completing the
course, he will receive.a new as
signment.
Toney was a “plank owning”
member of the crew of this big
ship, having been aboard when
she was commissioned in 1942.
When he left the ship, he was one
of the senior petty officers in his
division. :
Toney was with the:ship in the
Atlantic with the British home
fleet and ip,,t‘,?‘e Pacific during
major shofe bormbardments, many
invasion operations, the battles in
the Philippine Sea, and carrier
task force raids against the main
land of Japan.
Before entering the Navy in
1942, Tongy Was employed by the
Oconee Textile Co. His wife and
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John N.
Toney, livé ih Whitehall. Two
brothers, Johnnie and R. T. are
in the Navy, dand one brother,
QOdis, is in the Army.
AUDLEY C. HARRIS :
TAKING OCS TRAINING
Audley €. Harris, son of M.
and Mrs.' R. F. Harris, sr., 501
Springdale, Athens, velunteered
for immediate induction Febru
ary 13th, 1945, and was sent to
Camp Croft, S. C,, for basie train
ing in infantry. While there he
won the expert infantryman
badge. Upon completion of his
basic training’ he was selected as
officer candidate. He is now at
Fort Benning, Ga., in the 505th
Officer Candidate Class.
ATHENIAN IN BLUE
HOME ON LEAVE
Neal Burger, jr., A. S., son of
Mrs. Lucile Burger, 334 Peter
street, is visiting relatives after
finishing his training in Bain
bridge, Md. He will return there
for further agsignment.
CHARLIE WILSON
HOME ON LEAVE
Sgt. Charlie Wilson has returned
from three years of overseas ser
vice with the First Army Engi
neers and is spending a 30-day
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Wilson. ’
Sgt. Wilson, who has been in
the armed forces for six years,
holds the Presidential Medal, two
Oak Leaf Clusters, the E. T. O.
ribbon and the Purple Heart. He
Participated in the invasions of
North Africa, Sicily, and Norman
dy or. D-Day.
The Athenian has one brother
In the service, Pvt. Carson Wilson,
Who is now in Germany with the
tield artillery of the Third Army.
HENRY C. ALLEN
RETRUNS TO STATES i
Pfc. Henry Calvin Allen, is
back i the States after seeing
action in the E. T. O. Pfc. Allen
Was inductfi into the Army
April 29, 1844 at Ft. McPherson.
He received his training at Camp
Croft, 8. C., and other training
at Camp McCoy, Wis.
After leaving the U. S. A., last
N 0.,, Allen fought sir misanns
n Germany and was in five
Countries while abroad. He was
Wounded March 30 in Germany
aite> having received the Com
bat Infantry Badge for his six
Missions. He has received the
Purple Heart and Ribbon and is
€xpected to get the Silver Star
and the Good Conduct Ribbon.
Allen arrived back in the
States June 30 and is now hospi
talizeq at Finney General Hospi
tal, Thomasville, Ga. He is expec
ed home this weend-end for a
30 day furflough. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allen, &t.
No. 3 Athens, and the late Wal
lter Allen. ' i )
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
SGT. JAMES SHIRLEY VISITS
COLBERT . RELATIVES
Sgt. James R. Shirley, 22, of
Westminster, S. C., spent Mondav
with Mr. and Mrs. K. ©. Randall
and family in Colbert
Shirley was in aGf =y pris
on. camp four mont’g: ie was
reported missing ir & @lon De
cember 31st, 1944, "As
He was inducte @&~ the Air
Corps on Februar $ 1943. He
received his traj °~_’7 vat Kesler
Field, Miss; /& nan, Ariz;
Amerillo, Tex &de Peyote,
Texas. -He wen & rseas in Sep
tember, 1944./ ' e 3
Sgt. Shirles gun good heaith
after his 60 1. agh he will re
port to Miami Beach, Florida.
Sgt. W. C. Shirley, his brother
was killed on Jan., 3rd.
Sgt. Shirley is the nephew of
K. O. Randall, sr.,, of Colbert.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W,
C. Shirley of Westminster, S. C.
MAJOR W. E. HUDSON ‘
CROSSES BRIDGE FIRST |
¥ Commenorating its part in the
liberation of Roermond, Holland,
last March, C. Troop was honor
ed along with Maj. Gen. John B.
Anderson, Comminding General
of the XVI Corps in gala cere
monies Wednesday,
High point of ithe event was
the naming of a street in Roer
mond for Gen. Anderson and its
dedication to the Corps Com
mander and to the 15th Cavalvy
Group. : ¢
Ag the first troops to enter the
city and end its occupation by
the Germans, C Troop represent
ed the Group as well as the 15th
Squadron at the ceremones. Ma
|joi‘ Wm. E. Hudsoa, Athens,
squadron executive officer, who
was the first to cross the par
tially demolished bridge into the
city, was also present Wednes
day.
Prior to the dedication cere-~
monies by Dutch officials in the
city square, C Troop passed in
mounted review before Gen An
derson and members of his staff
as well as officials of Roermond,
The parade, which began at
the bridge over the Roer River
angd passed over the principal
streets before reaching the. re
viewing stand includeg the 79th
Division Band and two dismoun
ted platoons of infantry. Beth the
Dutch and Arnerican colors wece
carried, as well ag the 15th Cal
alry colors. -
Combining D-Day observance
with the liberation program, C
’Troop spent two nights and a day
in Roermond.
PFC. H. S. BROCK '
AWARDED AIR MEDAL
AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND
BASE, India—Pfc. Herman S.
Brock, aerial engineer of Route 2,
Athens, Ga., has been awarded
the Air Medal, it was announced
by Brig. Gen. William H. Turner,
commanding general of the India-
China Division, Air Transport
Command.
The award was made upon com
pletion of 150 hours of operational
flight in transport aircraft over
the dangerous and difficult’ India-
China air routes, where enemy
interception and attack was prob
able and expected.
MAJ. HARRY TRIMBLE -
HEADS AIR GROUP
A NINTH AIR FORCE RECON
NAISSANCE BASE, Germany—
Major Harry W. Trimble, whose
wife lives in Athens, Ga., has
been appointed commanding of
ficer of a photographic recon
naissance squadron based with
Col. Leon H. McCurdy’s 67th Tac
tical Reconnaissance Group east
of the Rhine.
Major Trimble is the son of
Col. Richard B. Trimble, profes
sor of military science and tactics
at the University of Georgia.
Following graduation from the
United States Military Academy
in 1941, Maj. Trimble entered the
Air Corps, flying at Tulsa’s Spar
tan School of Aeronauties, at Ran
dolph Field and graduating in
March, 1942, at Brooks Field Tex.
Maj. Trimble holds the Air
Medal wtih five clusters and wears
the ETO ribbon with six battle
participation stars.
He is a graduate of Athens high
school and the Army Prep School
at Ft. McPherson, Ga. He was a
member of Kappa Alpha while
attending the University of Geor
gia. At West Point he was on the
pistol team, was president of the
Camera Club, photo editor of the
“Pointer” magazine, a copy writer
on the yearbook, the “Howitzer”
and was a member of the tennis
team. ‘
SAM M. BARKER'S
OUTFIT SLAPS JAPS
WITH THE 24TH INFANTRV
(VICTORY) DIVISION ON M!N
DANAQO = The crack artillery
battalion of Private First Class
Samuel M. Barber of Rfd. No. 1
Winterville, Georgia, - knocked
out a bothersome Japanesg gun
with three well-place shots dur
ing one of many artillery duels
in the battle around Davao.
Barber’s battalion {feught in
support of infantry troops smash
ing their way across Mindaaao.
One day, at dusk, the canoncers
had dug in for the night when
Jap shells suddenly raked theéir
position.
High up in thg hills the Japs
’had infilt~ateq through infantry
lines to a cave overlooking Bar
}ber’s guns. The Nip’s shells burst
dangerously close.
Private Barber and his fellow
lcanows swung into action.
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Full Associated Press Service.
Leaders Planning
To Stop Payment
0f Food Subsidies
Will Shift Costs
Of Production
Onto Consumers
BY OVID A. MARTIN
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—The administration is working
on plans for shifting $1,500,000,-
000 in food costs to consumer
pocketbooks next year, eliminot
ing subsidies.
The objective is to ease ad-(
justment of farm prices to post- |
war conditions and 1o reduce
government expenditures. |
The subsidies involved are
largely those which the govern
ment established to preveéent in
creases in consumer ceiling
prices on important food' items
while at the same tim, providing
greater incentive for farm pro
duetion, and the so-called *roll
back” subsidies set up in 1943
when prices of some foods were
reduced 10 per cent.
The plan calls for increases in
ceiling prices of the affected
foods to replace the subsidies.
Secretary of Agriculture An
derson is leading inter-agency
discussions on the plan. Frierds
say he believes it could be ac
complished by an upward ad
justment - ip industrial wages,
now controlled unders the “Lit
tle Steel” formula, without ad
ding any new inflationary threat.
Elimination. of the subsidies
would increase the nation’s total
food bill about 5 pér cent, agri
culture department economists
estimate. Consumers are buying
food at the rate of about $30,-
000,000,000 a year.
Food items on which the gov
ernment is paying subsidies in
clude meats, butter, fluid milk
and most manufactured dairy
products, flour and, indirectly,
‘bread and bakery products, can
ned fruits and vegetables, sugar,
dry beans, peanut satter, lard,
and soybean procucts.
Supporting the subsidy aban
dcnement itfea are several major
farm organizations and a strong
block in Congress. :
Georgia Alumni Now
In Service Tolal
More Than 6,000
Here is the latest report from
the “fighting University” of a
fighting state which sent its first
soldiers off to the war of 1812.
The University of Georgia,
whose alumni, undergraduates and
faculty recently voted 9-1 in favor
of compulsory military training,
gave an estimated 6,000 of its sons
(and daughters) to the armed ser
vices during World War 11, ‘ac
cording to statistics recently re
leased by Secretary William Crane
of the Alumni Society.
Of 'this number, approximately
4,800—0 r 80 per cent—reached the
status of commissioned officers.
Eight Generals .
The nation’s oldest chartered
state university which has furnish
ed its quota of high leadership in
all the nation’s wars, gave eight
generals, 29 colonels and 101 lieu
tenant-colonels to the Army alone
in the current struggle. The Uni
versity also contributed its share
of high-ranking officers to the .
S. Navy with two captains, six
commanders and 19 lieutenant
commanders.
All branches of the armed ser
vice, including Marines and Coast
Guard, are represented on the
University’s alumni rolls. One
alumnus of the class of '35, Lt.-
Col. Hillard Clay Seaton of Co-,
hutta, recently received a citation
for his,work as an engineer onl
the Stilwell Road in Burma.
A hero of bloody Bataan wasl
Major General Edward P. King |
of Atlanta, brilliant ‘chief of Mac-
Arthur’s artillery, now a prisoner
of* Japan. General King was gradu
ated from the University in the
class of 1903. : -
Other University men to win
high honors with the Army are
Major General Gilbert X. Cheves
of Atlanta, class of ’l7, recently
commended for his work as Chief
of Supply in the China-India-
Burma theater, and Brig. Gen.
Robert F. Travis, ‘27, of Savannah,
holder of several Air Corps deco
rations. General Cheves is a broth
er of “Buck” Cheves, prominent
southern football official and Gen
‘eral Travis is the son of Maj.-Gen.
Robert J. Travis (retired) of Sav
annah. |
Maj.-Gen. John H. Hester of Al
bany, ’O6, is commanding officer
of Camp Croft, S. C. !
Hawes Outstanding |
Of an estimated 1,500 Georgia
alumni who went into the Naval
service, a total of 25 reached the}
rapk of Lieutenant commander or
higher. Outstanding among these
is Richard E. (“Fighting Dick”)
Hawes of Thomson, class of ’ls,
now a captain. Captain Hawes
won a presidential citation, a gold
star, and Navy Cross for his mag
nificent maneuvering of the little
minesweeper Pigeon in Manila
Bay during the battle of Corregi
dor. He has a daughter, Ruth, at
tending the University of Georgia.
Besides its living heroes, the
University also had its share of
the killed, wounde% .and prisoners
of this war. Of ) killed in
(Continued on Page Two.)
Athens, Ga., Sunday, July 15, 1945
Bold Third Fleet Shells Jap Homeland
As 1,000 Carrier Planes Strike
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Rescue rather than destruction becomes a growing job for U.
S. subs in the Pacific as streams of American airmen bombard
Japan from islands and carriers. The subs roam hostile waters
snatching downed American airmen from the sea. Here is a
typical rescue scene as the sub crew gives a helping hand to
members of downed PBY plane in rubber raft alongside of the
sub, U. S. Navy Photoe.
500,000 IN ARMY WILL BE AMPLE
AFTER THE WAR, SENATOR SAYS
WASHINGTON, Juiy 14—(AP®
Posiwar reduction of the arriy's
steength to a half million men
was forecast to-iny by Senator
Burney (R-SD) in view of the
¢ erate’s expe-tec. razification of
the United Nations charter.
The Sout\x Dakota senator, a
member of the military affars
committee,. told a reporter he
believes a regular force of that
slz> will be ample to supply the
men needed for this country’s
chae of policé “work unde~ the
new internationai organization
and tc garrison th far-flung out
posts the United States may re
tain 13, the Pacific.
CGurney’s estimafe came in the
midze of discussicn by chacter
supporters of when a decision
shall be made on the number-of
men, planes, tanks guns and
other equipment the nation shall
assign for peacekeeping opeia=
tions under the proposed World
Security Council.
Chairman Connally (D-Tex.)
of the Foreign Relaiions Com
mittee has said that the issue
should be settled in sepaiate
legislation and has asked the
state department-to assist in pre=
paring a measure of this kind.
Subsequently, Connally told a
news conference he did not’ be
lieve Congress would attempt to
define the authority of the
American delegate, on' the Secyri
ty Counci] until the internation-
(Continued on Page Five.)
Athenians Invited
To Attend Special
Navy Chapel Tonight
All Athens citizens are cordial
ly invited to attend a special
“Athens Night” Navy Pre-Flight
Chapel ceremony tonight by Cap
tain C. E. Smith, commanding
officer. The service, which begins
at 8:20 p. m., will be held in the
Amphitheater on Ag Hill. The
impressive Cadet Chapel parade
starts at 8:00.
Lt. R. D. Crandall, station
chaplain, planned the special
ceremony at < the suggestion of
Robert Watterson, prominent
Athens banker, in order that local
persons might become more fam
iliar with the work being done at
the Pre-Flight School. Athens
churches will be closed *‘Sunday
night upon the recommendation
of local pastors that their con
gregatoins attend the amphithea
ter rites.
A special section has been re
served for local pastors attending
the service, arild hundreds of ex
tra chairs have been placed in
the amphitheater to accommodate
the large crowd expected. The
Cadet choir, directed by Michael
A. McDowell, jr., will sing. ‘
101 Rural Industries
To Be Discussed
In Conference Here
One hundred and one possible
rural industries for the state of
Georgia in the post-war expan
sion era will be discussed and
studied at a two-day agricultural
industries conference sponsored
by the University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture here July
24-25.
Dean Paul Chapman announces
‘that invitations have been extend
ed to bank officials, county agents,
‘officials of farm coope.atives, farm
editors, newspaper editors, farm
‘bureau officials, chamber of com
merce secretaries, school teachers,
‘business and civic leaders, small
’manufact,urers and other interest
ed groups. o %
“The objective of this confer
ence is to present and discuss ways
and means of adding to the stage’s
wealth and income through busi
ness enterprises related to farm
ing,” Chapman stated. ’
All discussions will be open to
the public. s
Dean ~Chapman agrees with a
recent statement issued by the
United States Department of Com
merce which urged small indus-
(Continued on Page Three.)
Navy Shifts Pacific Commands
[n Preparation For Showdown
WASHINGTON, July 14—(&)—
The Navy today shifted commands
in its cdrrier-borne air arm in the
Pacific in apparent preparation
for the showdown phases of the
war against Japan.
Secretary Forrestal disclosed the
changes.
Rear Admiral Frederick C.
Sherman, now commander of a
carrier division, was named so
succeed Vice-Admiral Mare A.
Mitscher as' commander of the
First -Carrier Task Force.
Vice Admiral John H. Towers,
now deputy commander in chief
of the Pacific Fleet, was named
to succeed Vice Admiral John S.
McCdin, commander of the Second
Carrier Task Force.
Mitscher, who with Adm. Wil
liam F. Halsey developed the
present fast carrier task force
iwhich wields a flexible fleet of
1,500 planes, returns to Washing
ton as deputy chief of Naval Oper
ations for Air. .
No announcement was made of
Vice-Adm. McCain’s new assign
Ships Bombard Steel Plant
Finding Resistance Meager
America’s bold Third Fleet has given the Japanese
homeland its tirst naval bombardment of the war.
As 1,000 carrier-based planes lashed northern ja
pan, men-of-war of Admiral William F. Halsey’s
mighty armada moved almost to within rifle shot of
Nippon shores and heavily damaged a great steel mill
at Kamaishi, on the northeast coast of the main is
land of Honthu.
For two hours Saturday, Toky?
time, battleships, cruisers and de
stroyers ‘sent tons of hot steel in
to a rolling mill' and its nearby
coke ovens. Heavy explosions and
great fires marked the target area
as the battlewagons turned their
16-inch guns against the sprawl
ing plant 275 miles north of
Tokyo.
The Yank warships drew only
meager opposition. g
The carrier planes blasted the |
Kamaishi area and also struck
against northern Honshu and the
southern part of Hokkaido Island,
regions in whick some 50 air
fields are located.
Destroy 109 Nip Planes
Fleet headguarters announced
that additional’ reports on the
raids by carrier planes last Tues
day, Japanese time, showed that
109 Japanese - aircraft were de
stroyed on the ground while 231
were damaged. Ten American
- planes were lost. - y
Japanese imperial headquarters
admitted that American warships
\and carrier-based planes bom
parded northern Japan but the
Domei Agency said “at present
hawever, there are no indications
pointing so enemy plans to un
dertake landing operatiens in this
part of the Japanese mainland.”
Tokyo said 'warships blasted
Kamaishi and the ' surrounding
area while 500 U. S. Navy planes
srtuck air bases, harbor installa
tions and other targgts in the To~
hoku district of northern Honshu
and the southern part of Hok
kaido Island. . & I
The Japanese radio boasted
that a People’s Volunteer Corps
of more than 46,000,000 stands
ready to aid the army against &
homeland invasion.
Smashed to Smithereens!
Tokyo also reported that Am
ericans Superforts have “smash
ed to smithereens” the industrial
city of Kofu' in the Tokyo area.
An indication that Chinese
forces were battling the Japanese
in French Indo-China-came from
American headquarters at Chung
king. A ' communique said U..S.
planes had attacked Trunk Khang
Phu in support of ground forces.
This would indicate the Chinese
were preparing to attack the town
which they have twice won and
lost. The town is four miles from
the Chinese border.
Other Chinese forces, headed
for the former American air base
at Kweilin, gained ground on the
road at Hsiujenhsien, 47 miles
from the recaptured rail hub of
Liuchow. .
Suffer 3,000 Casualties
In coastal Fukien province the
Japanese were reported by the
Chungking high command to have
suffered 3,000 casualties as the|
Chinesé hit their flank near
Yunsiao, highway town 55 miles
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MARC A. MITSCHER
A.B.C. Paper - Single Copy, 3¢ — 5¢ Sunday
"BY RAY CRONIN
Associated, Press War Kditor.
Amall Points Out
Several Reforms
In New Constitution
(This is the first of a series
of articles written for the
Ascociated Press by Governor
Ellis Arnall, setting forth the .
salient points of the proposed -
new Constiuttion to be voted
on hy Georgia citizens Aug- |
vie 7). : |
By GOVERNOR ELLIS ARNALL
ATLANTA, July 14—(AP)—
The necessity for a general revis
ion of the State Constitution,
which has been amended 301
times since its adoption in 1877,
is so widely recognized and so
thoroughly understood and ac-!
cepted that it requires no addi
tional explanation. Most of the
work of coordinating and harmo
nizing the various sections of the
document was done by the Revis
4on Commission, and the General
| Assembly made very few changes
in this phase of the work.
| Certain reforms, however, long
‘demanded by the people of the
state, .were written into the new
Constitution by the Assembly.
Every effort was made, quite
properly, to put into the docu
ment only those reforms upon
which there was general agree
ment among the people. There is
little that is controversial about
home rule, budgetary control,
electoral reform, the veterans
service department or the elimi
nation of special tax exemptions
to favored vested interests,
Long Overdue g
These reforms were long over
due. It was imperative that they
be obtained before the start of
(Continued on Page Five)
MAJOR OWEN M. ROBERTS FLOATED
FOR HOURS IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
Monday Last Day
i /
To Get ‘Maroons
“Monday afternon between 2
and 3 o’c¢lock will be: the last
time students can obtain their
copies of the ’45 Maroon with
out making special arrange
ments,” Bobby Gibson, editor
in-chief of the Maroon told a
Banner-Herald writer yester
day. After Monday students
must contact either Gibson or
Sam W. Wood, A. H. S. princi
pal, for a special appointment.
ment. Secretary Forrestal was
asked about reports that he would
become deputy Veterans Affairs
Administrator under Gen. Omar
Bradley, but the Secretary de
clined comment, noting that such
an appointment would be under
presidential authority.
+ 29 Major Shifts
These changes led a- list of 29
major shifts among flag rank of
ficers which Forrestal said would
become effective at varying dates
within 30 days. The changes were
not a “shakeup,” Forrestal said,
but were normal shifts which oc
cur periodically and by coeinci
dence these occurred simultane
ously.
While no announcement was
made, Vice Adm. Mitscher’s new
assignment is expected to carry
with it the rank of a full admiral,
and Rear Admiral Sherman is ex
pected to be elevated to vice
admiral.
Forrestal also announced assign~
ment of Admiral Henry K. Hewitt,
& (Centinucdé on Page Five)
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Who Will Dominate -
Europe’s Affairs?
Confronts “Big-3”
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—Whether tfi;a affairs of Europe
ore to be dominated by one pow
er alone or by all*the nations
under joint big power leadership
is a prime question confronting
the Pig Three conference. ‘
It is considered here as a mat
ter President Truman, Prime
Minister Churchill and Premitj.r.
Stalin must take up at their
Potsdam meeting if they are to do
anything about establishing a
firm basis for peace on the con
tinent. S- i b
Roosevelt Soug Agw er
It is the same quéstion for
which President Roosevelt sought
an answer at Yalta early this
year. - 3
Mr. Truman probably will try
to win concessions from Premier
Stalin with respect to political
and economic developments in
eastern and southeastern ' Europe
where Russia so far has exer
cised absolute control despite the
agreement for Big Three cooper
ation when necessary. -
In actual practice the Yalta
agreement has been used only in
the case of Poland. And in that
situation, direct negotiation be
tween President Truman and Pre
mier Stalin was. necessary. ~°
Washington authoirties say
quite frankly thaf if Europe is to
be prevented from becoming an
area of conflicting pressures from
the great powers in the immedi
ate future, machinery must be
provided which really will solve
political problems as they arise
‘and on a basis of true coopera
‘tion among Moscow, London and
Washington.
It is against this background
’thlt My, Triunan is gxpected to
propose creation’ flfixmachinery
for handbimg of day-to-day polit
ical problems. _
Use Germany for Base -
Coincident with those discus
sions the Big T}tree are expected
to consider development of Ger
many as a military base from
which to police Europe. Such a
plan would mean from a practi
cal standpoint that the Allied oc
cupation forces in Germany
would be kept in readiness to put
down trouble elsewhere when
necessary,
Should President Truman be
able to achieve a' new accord
with Stalin and Churchill to sup
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By VIRGINIA WOODALL
Imagine drifing aimlessly for
hours whigh seemed like days in
the English Caannel shortly af
ter D-Day! That was the exper
ience of Major Owen M Roberts,
ir, who was stationed *for 4
months in England and 9 months
in France with Maintenance
Maops of the Ordnance service.
In the latter part of the sum
mer, shorily after D-Day, Major
Roberts and his men left the En
glish coast in two LCT’s, headed
for France. Trouble sogn reared
an unwelcome head in the form
of a broken rudder on the com
panion LCT taat was acompany
ing the Major’s boat. The night
was_black \as that proverbial ace
of spades and that broken rud
der must have caused a few
choice phrases to run through tae
minds of the men con it. The prob
lem was solved with Major Rob
ert’s LCT towing the other as they
continued on tlueir way toward
the French coast. But friend
Trouble, not to be outdone again
made his presence known. The
injured LCT began to rub against
the other boat and soon a gaping
hole opened and a stream of wa
ter began to flow into the boat
Tae only thing, then, left to do;
was for everyone to pile into the
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