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This dramatic series of photos show the attack of a Jap kamikaze plane upon the escort carrier
USS Suwanee off Leyte on October 26, 1944. The top left photo shows the Jap suicide plane streak
ing down from the sky at an 80-degree dive, as a U. S. fighter plane (lower plane) comes in for
a landing. The top right photo shows the U. S. plane streaking out from the ship after it spotted
the suicider at mast height, as the Suwanee’s crew increases the anti-aircraft fire. The bottom left
photo shows gasoline flames engulfing the carrier’s deck as the Jap suicide plane strikes, while the
American plane clears the explosion and pulls away. The lower right photo shows the huge
columns of smoke rising from the carrier after the direct hit. The vessel, now recovered from the
near-mortal blow is back in service in the Pacific paying back the enemy for the attack.
See Rafification
By First Of Week
WASHINGTON, July 26-—(P)—
enate leaders pointed today.tO
ard ratification of the United
ations Charter by Saturday, or
onday at the latest.
If there are indications tomor
row that the roll-call can be reach
d shortly, Majority Leader. Bark
ey is prepared to call a Saturday
ession. Otherwise, the Senate will
‘ecess over the weekend.
Other Question Pends
While the question of ratifying
he treaty 'itself long has been
nswered, the issue of how the
act shall be fullfilled gave rise
0 considerably sharper discussion.
One group, spearheaded by Seén
tor Lucas (D-I11), contended yes
erday “that international agree
ents defining use of American
roops in' the postwar ‘peace pre
erving set-up can be handled ade
uately by a.joint resolution re
uiring only a majerity vote -of
oth House and Senate.. "
Other senators, including “Re
ublican Leader White of Maine
nd Taft of Ohio, took the wiew
hat only a treaty would do for.
he supplementary. agteements. A
Tealy requires two-thirds ap-
Toval by the Senate.
There war general agreement,
owever, th:", ‘%fi“ere is .no chance
he matter could be taken care of
nrough a purely executive agree
€nt, minus congressional consent
I one form or another.
The Senate fight over the, United
‘ations Charter is really not a
12ht over the Charter. The real
leht seems sure to come months
Tom now. That's when we decide,
"' 4 separate agreement, how’ the
nited Nations will use American
roops. - :
Under our constitution, the Sen
e —+not the House — approves
(Continued on Page Eight)
fThe New Constituion Of Georgia Protects The Inferests Ui Ihe Veterans
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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“Well, You See
Officer . . Oh,ls
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My Face Red!
ATLANTA, July 26—(&)—
Lon Sullivan, Georgia's first
Public Safety director, set up
the method of enforcing the
state drivers’ license law, of
which he was an early advocate.
Yesterday Sullivan, now -an
insurance executive, was driv
ing ‘here when his car suddenly
bumped another. An alert po
liceman rushed over, decided
no damage was done and then
asked to see Sullivan’s driver’s
license. Sullivan blushed.
. He will appear in traffic court
today to explain how he had
forgotten to carry it with him.
Tonight At Eight
Athens Merchantg are urged to
attend a special meeting of the
Sanitary Committee of the City
Council and the Chamber of Com
merce tonight in the Civic Hall at
eight o’clock.
At th, meeting proposed regu
lations . for -garbage collection
and the schedule for the collec
tion will be discussed.
In a statement yesierday an
nouncing the meeting, Chairman
J. Swanton Ivy of the Chamber
of Commerce Planning commit
tee said: “A list of merchants of
the downtown area is being pre
pared and a roll call will be
made at that time. A full attend
ance -of representatives of these
business houses is carnestly re
quested as it will require cooper
ation on the part of all to make
this a success.”
fifls_sociageanress Service. ~ Athens, Ga., Thursday, July 26, 1945.
Europe Traveling
WASHINGTON, ‘July 6—(AP)
(AP)—Unexpected word from
the White Housg put a crimp to
‘day in the traveling plans of
| some European-bound congress
| men.
| It seemg th€y will have to foot
| their own transpo-tation bills un
lless their trips were authorized
specifically by resolulion.
) Unexpected Move
Speaker Sam Bayburn (D-
Tev) acknowledged that he had
received a letter to this effect
from one of President Truman’s
| aides. He added the decision had
not been expected.
As a result, an 11-man group
that took off in an army plane
last Friday apparently is out on
somewhat of a limb. Another
bateh ‘of legislators reportedly
intends to abandon plans for a
look-around -in Europe.
Rayburn said he didn’t know
if the White House directive had
‘('uused any represertatives 1o
change their plans. But he addad
that it meant no army or navy
funds will be used to transport
congressmen -abroad.
Those going with commitiees
| authorized by resclution will’
have their way paid out of con
gressional contingent furds,
cthe-s will have to dig into tnciri
own pocKets. ‘
Earlier Understanding |
An earlier undersfanding was
that ser-vice.planes would fumish;
free rides for any committces
okayed .by Rayburn, provided
space was available. It was on
this basis that the 11-man group
headeq by Representalive Wick
ersham (D-Okla.- toox off ‘last
Friday. : W |
i Othe-s include Democrats Hu
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BRITISH-AMERICAN CARRIERS ROAMING l
ENEMY WATERS; NAVY PULVERIZES COAST
BY LEONARD MILLIMAN ‘
Associated Press War Editor.
Tokyo pleaded for leniency today under the mer-l
ciless poundings of Allied naval guns and planes
which are rapidly knocking out Japan’s air, sea and
coastal defenses. \
Twenty Japanese warships and 82 other surface
craft have been knocked out in a single day’s air raids
by combined U. S.-British carrier forces, presumably
still roaming Japanese waters. i
On distant fronts strong British
scouting }'rti:kx were reported
feeling their way toward Singa
pore in an amphibious operation,
while Chinese troops overran the,
enb)&tforxner U. S. air base in
scxl'ma to be retaken in recent
months, ° .
. Nation Without Cities fJ
ifessant aerial pounding will’
reduce .Tq’_pan to “a nation without
cities — a nomadic people,” Lt.
Gen. Doolittle promised from his
new Superfort headquarters ini
Okinawa. His confidence, echoingi
comments of other ranking Am
grican air, sea and army dom—;
manders in the Pacific, was ex-!
pressed shortly after B-29 head
quarters on Guam announced 43
square miles of 39 Japanese in
dustrial cities have been reduced
to rubble or ashes.
Simultaneously{_ Russia’s Stalin
was reported to' have carried a
Japanese peace offer to President
Truman at the Potsdam confer
ence. This report, published by
Newsweek Magazife, said Japan
offered Manchuria to the Soviet
Union for non - intervention,
agreed to withdrawal from Asia,
and American occupation of Ko
rea and Formosa, but no occupa
tion of the saered islands them
selves.
1,200-Plane Raid
Japan’s desire 1o quit is re
ceiving a provocative boost from
Admiral Halsey's Allied Fieet: On
‘Tuesday alone, some 1200 planes
from the fleet’s carriers damaged
the greater part of the bedrag
gled Tlmperial fleet and knocked
out 150 planes. X
Twenty warships were bombed
or torpedoed, including three bat
tleships, six aircraft carriers and
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Slight Earthyuake
4 s
Felt By Athenians
A number of Atheniary were
greatly disturbed early this morn
ing about 6:30 as they felt the
results of sorne movement within
the earth. Many residents were
awakened when the windows of
houses began to rattie and the
houses themselvs to shake some
what from the disturbance.
However, no damag. has been
reported.
- Dr. E. S. Sell, of the Universi
‘ty of Georgia Geology depart
ment, told a Banner-Herald re
porter that he haq no kiowledge
as to the central location of the
movement. He reperted that a
number, of people hag ~alled him
to inquire about the disturbance.
Dr. Sell said that the geologic
structure of the land around
Athens made it very unlikely
that the movement wag a local
one. The topography of this sec
tion is.in old ag. and thus ithe
land is pretty well settled. When
a section is topographically in
old age, a sudden movement is
unlikely, he continued. Asked if
it were not possible for the land
to become ' rejuvinated into a
youthful stage, he replied that an
unlift of the topography might
cause that to happen, but that
such action is a slow process and
this section has shown no signsl
of rejuvination. |
A number of Athenians in
scattered secion of lown called
the Banner-Herald of‘.ce to re
port that they had felt the tre
mor and wondered if Athen:
had been the cenier of a ’'quake.
Mrs. Alice Limehouse, on Wad
dell, reported that she felt the
mgvement ip her home. E. C.
Westbrook, on Dearing, said that
it was noticeable at his home.
Similar reports came to the Ban
ner-Herald from Hattie Lee
Smith, who lives on Boulevard.
Professor Clifton Harper said
that the tremor shook the earth
for a few seconds and then re
peated the process after a mo
ment. :
FELT IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.,, July 26—
(AP)—Earth tremors caused
(Continued on Page Eight)
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JAPAN — Allied carrier pilots
damaged 20 warships including
three battleships, six aircraft car
riers and five cruisers; destroyed
209 aircraft; sunk or damaged 32
merchantmen and 53 small craft,
and damaged factories and air
fields along the Inland Sea. 100
Superforts hit oil refineries in
Japan; 250 Okinawa-based planes
attacked the Shanghai area, re
ported radio Tokyo.
MALAYA — Radio Tokyo an
nounced 500 Allied troops landed
on Puket Island off the west coast
of the Malay Peninsula.
BORNEO—Aussies thrust seven
miles inland along the Manggar
river, northwest of Balikpapan.
PHILIPPINES — American and
Filipino forces met at Banaue,
northern - Luzon, splitting the
strongest Japanese forces left in
Philippines.
~ CHINA — Chinese recaptured
Namyung, 155 miles northeast of
Canton, - seventh regained U. S.
air bage in China.
1 BUTA—AIlied forces have
ikilled ,500 of 5,000 trapped Japa
nese trying to escape over the
Sittang River in lower Burma.
'Taung , 100 miles southeast of
'[rl\ean? ¥, captured.
Pl B 2 Tl s eet
Meat:
eat-Supply Boost,
Lower Point Values
Promised By OPA
omised by *
WASHINGTON, July 26—~UP)——‘
OPA, reporting “definite improve
ment” in meat supply and dis-|
tribution, today announced reduc-’
tions in red point values for almost |
all cuts of beef, lamb and veal
’beginning Sunday.
The agency estimated that for
the August rationing period about
.9.5 per cent more meat will be
available for sale over retail count
ers than in July. Compared with
June, when civilian supplies were
at their lowest level, the increase
will be about 11" per cent.
Cut Steak Points I
With one exception, the reduc
tions amount to one to two points
a pound. The reduction for bone
less rump roasts is three points.
Most steaks are cut twe points.
Present point values of all cuts
(Continued on Page Three,)
MAY APPOINT CHAPMAN
MISS. COLLEGE HEAD
JACKSON,’ Miss., July 26—
(AP)— Paul Chapman, dean of
Agriculture of the University of
Georgia, is among the seven can
didates being considereq for a
position as president of Missics
ippi State College.
The post was left vacant by the
regsignation of Dr. G. D. Hum
phry.
Chapman was invited to ap
pear for an interview yesterday |
with a sub-committee of the
Board of Trustees of State in—’
stitutions, but wds anable to at-l
tend.
President Trumsan }
|
During Parley Lull }
FRAUKFURT ON THE MAIN,
July 26,(AP)— President Tru
man arriveq here today to in
spect American troops and have
lunch with Gen. Eisenhower, af
ter a 268-mile, 90-minute flightl
from Potsdam. i
The President took off from |
the Gaton Airport, ang flew at
6,000 feet all the wey.
Mr. Truman arrived at the
Eschborne Army Airport shortly
after 9:30 a. m., a few minutes
behind Secretary Byrnes, who
came on another plane.
The President began a round
of inspections with a review of
an honor guard made up from
the 508th parachute troop regi
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Definite Possibility
Of Quitting W
UITHNG war
By JAMES D. WHITE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26—
(AP)—Japan ,backed against the
ropes in a fight she started some
time back, today spoke of quit
ting the war as a definite possi
bility.
This is the central fact which
observers are able to pick out of
the Tokyo radio’s startling broad
cast today urging the United
States to take a more lenient at
titude about this business of
peace.
The appeal was carefully hedg
ed about with qualifications
which fitted it nearly into To
kyo’s usual propaganda line. Nev
ertheless, it gave the impression
that Japan would be definitely
interested in peace if only the
unconditional surrender formula
could be softened. gt
Follow Allied Onslaught
The broadcast, heard by the
U. S. POLICY UNCHANGED
WASHINGTON, July 26—
(AP) — Acting Secretary
of State Grew, declared today
that the policy of this gov
ernment toward ending the
war with Japan remains un
unconditional surrender —re
gardless of the latest enemy
peace feelers,
Grew was asked for com
ment on the enemy broad
cast last night in which the
Japanese in effect begged for
more lenitent terms of sur--
render,
Through his press officer,
Grew replied that he had no
comment to make directly
on the broadcast but that his
July 10 statement leisterat
ing the United States govern
ment’s position still stands.
\a that statement he rve
peated previous warnings
against what he called ‘“a
compromise peace with Ja
pan, no matter how alluring
such a peace may be or how
desirous we may become of
ending this terrible confliet.”
Federal Communications Com
mission, came on the heels of the
most disastrous two weeks the
empire has undergone.
Mammoth Superfort raids, par
alyzing land-based aerial strikes
from Okinawa, and the great
fleet bombardments and carrier
attacks since July 10 have ripped
the empire from stem to stern
and further mangled the Japan
ese war machine ‘in China and
elsewhere. :
So much so that earlier today
Tokyo radio agreed with Admiral
Halsey that American sea and air
power indeed had opened the pre=
invasion phase of warfare against
the Japanese homeland.
The Japanese peace feeler said
there really are no “problems”
between a “liberal America” and
Japan, and claimed that a “libs
eral America has never given
occasion for Japanese militarists
to rise, but America now talks ot
unconditional surrdnder.”
The implication is that Amer
ica is not now “liberal” and that
the unconditional surrender for
mula is an' outgrowth of the lack
of what the Japanese consider
liberality. :
“In short, they (American offi
cials) intend to mete out such a
(Continued on I-age Eight)
BY DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
For some three weeks Tokyo has been nervously forecasting a
British attack on the mammoth naval base of Singapore which for
nearly three and a half years has been one of Japan’s key positions
for offense and defense.
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Frequently when the Mikado’s
spokesmen broadcast prophesies
like that they ave fishing for in
formation from the Allies—hop
ing that we shall be . foolish
enaugh to make a retort that will
divulge our plans. In this cose,
however, the Japs undoubtedly
are sincere, as witness that they
have been evacuating civilians
trom the island to the Malayan
mainland and .re preparing ior
attack. )
Set For Action
Well, they may be right. My
information from good sources i 3
that Admira] Lord Louig Moun
batten, Commander-in-Chief in
the southeast Pacific, has been
getting a lot of ships and mate
riel from Europe and is faily well
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS :
LONDON, July 26. — Britain, surging strongly to
the left, threw out the Churchil! gevernment in elec
tion returns counted today and called the Labor
Party, headed by Ciement R, Attlee, to lead the na
tion against Japan and through reconstruction.
The Labor Party’s victory was smashing. Its lead in
Commons seats over Winston Churchili’'s Conserva
tives was nearly 2 te 1, in compilations at mid-after
noon.
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To Lt, John Taylor
BY VIRGINIA WOODALL
Lt. John Taylor will more
than likely give a stiff argument
toc that person who started the
rumor that became & proverb—
the one about “rest for the weary
is a boon indeed.” For the Ath
}ens Lieutenant, who fought with
the 3rd Cavalry in the European
theater, after 117 days of con
tinuous combat finally got a 3-
id:xy rgst that didn’t turn out to
be such a “boon.”
He was sent about 6 miles back
of the lines for his well deserv
ed “time out” period. During
llhut 3 days, he gathered one
day, with about 250 other men
\m a little school nouse to hea: a
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set for a major action. It’s worth
noting, too, that Mountbatten at
tended the Big Three conference
at Potsdam yesterday. Certainly
it’s a position for us to watch.
It is true that the monsoon sea
son, with its fierce winds and
raing, is now in full blast over
the Indian ocean. = But this
wouldn’t necessarily prevent an
operation against Singapore,
vince the lower Malay Peninsula
is outside the monsoon belt. As
I see it, the British could make
an amphibious ‘invasion of the
na-row part of the peninsula, es-.
tablish a base through which to
funnel reinforcements and Sup
plies, and then fight their way
down to Singapore, which lies
(Continued on Page Eight)
HOME
Churchill himself and Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden escaped
the tidal wave and were returned
to their seats in Commons, but
a dozen of 'their most prominent
colleagues were defeated.
The returns were from the July
5 election, the nation’s first general
poll in 10 years. b
Nationalization Platform
The Labor Party campaigned on
a platform calling for nationaliza
tion of basic industries. King
Geéorge VI likely will call on Att
lee, the party’s mild-mannered and.
Oxford-educated leader; to form
the new government on reconven
bAoA A
BULLETIN
LONDON, July 26—(AP)
¢+ —Winston Churchill resigned
tonight as Prime Minister in
the wake of a voting tabula
tion which showed the
strongly socialistic Labor
Party had won a 2 to 1 land
slide over Churehill’s Conser
vatives in the July 5 election.
Clement R, Attlee, who
spearheaded the Labor Party
triumph in the first general
election Britain has had in
10 years, was due to succeed
Churchill, o, Y
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mi &f}::arlimgent Aug, 8.
, who was De ; ime
‘Minister. in the éhmm&gfi
M until after tbe'diifet of Ger
.many, presumably will return ta
Potsdam to take up the Big Three
dehber%W Wére inter
rupted 'yes & w&v‘m‘fi%cfi«
ill and his colleagues to return
toAre'ceivg lthei election ‘returns,
compilation from official re
'turhs said. Labor had won 344 of
the 640 Commons seats, Conser
vatives 168, Liberals 10, Liberal
Nationals 12, Communists 1, scat
tered votes for other minor parties
and still doubtful 105,
It appeared certain that the
“THAT’S A SHAME”
LONDON, July 26—(AP)—
The general reaction of Lon
don’s man-in-the-pub to the
election returns today was
approval of the Labor victory,
but regret at the blow to
Prime Minister Churechill.
“Well, old Winnie is out and
that’s a shame that is,” sum
med up the expressions of
many. “But we’ll get along all
right.”
Labor Pariy alone had won a good
working majority, releasing it from
the necessity of depending on other
lopposition parties to form a gov
ernment. '
Latest popular vote figures gave:\
~ Labor 5,806,067.
Conservative 4,115,887.
The Labor Party lasi formed the
'government in 1929 under the late
Ramsay MacDonald, and held
power until 1931 when it was
forced to go to the people on the
gold standard issue.
Following that election it was
forced to lean heavily on the
Liberal Party section of the gov
ernment coalition and in 1935,
'Britain’s last general election until
July 5, Stanley Baldwin led the
Conservatives into power.
In one of the most acrimonious
campaigns in Britain’s history, the
Labor Party pledged itself in this
election to support a program of
national socialization of heavy in
dustry, transportation, mines and
the Bank of England.
The first thing Attlee and his
party probably will jattempt to
'dc when they take over the gov
’ernment will be nationalization of
these enterprises, including the
iron and steel industry and all
| (Continued on Page Eight.)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy with little
change in temperature tonight
and Friday. Possible showers
Friday evening. .
with rot mu %hanze m
perature tonight and Friday.
Scattered afternoon showers.
TEMPERATURE
Highest . Cii tev i o 0
Lowest ... g isi .. 1
Mean ....«.icihes i DB
Normal .« il iaics oo aßa
RAINFALL Y
Inches last 24 hours ........ .00
Total since July 1 ... .:. 289
Deficit since July 1 ....... ..71
Average July rainfall ...... 513
Total since January 1 ......29.84
Deficit since January 1 ..... .19