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B Y T RO S Raa O TR AR R % e s ¥%PT RN g s S 008 Ul et OAN |IR @N R eAT T ey | R e R gTR SN SA L IRETR R SRR e & \ £ “A* 75 AUTO FALLS TO TRACK, HIT BY TRAIN, 2 KILLED—Two persons were Killed in this automcbile which crashed through a guard rail on a bridge, fell é‘t ‘to the track of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad, nad was struck by ‘@ freight train near Winston-Salem, N. C. The locomotive carried the wrecked cat and its victims about 65 vards. Rescue workers are trying to remove a body from'the wreckage still on the locometive’s cowcatcher.— (AT Photos.) B AN i SAVAGE FIGHTING BY GOV'T TROOPS ROUT CHINESE REDS 37,000 Reported Dead, Wounded As Reds Use ‘'Human Sea’ Tactics NANKING, Nov. 12. — (AP) —- Savage Nationalists attacks reportedly routed nine Red columns at the Grand (Canal today in the mammoth Suchow battle. Extra Session Is Cited For Aid To China WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—(AP) —Senator Bridges (R-NH) today urged President Truman to call an immediate special session of Con gress to consider aid for China.™ Bridges made the suggestion in a statement issued- from his of fice here. Bridges himself was in Des Moines, lowa, for & speéch. The Republican Senator is chairman of the special “watch dog Congressional committee” on foreign aid. That group was set up to keep check on the multi billion dollar expenditures of this country for foreign aid both in Europe and the Far East. Bridges said he fears that un less American air is made effec tive immediately the Communists will take “over the whole of Chi na lock, stock and barrel.” A special session of -Congress, he said, would allow the adminis tration “to place the real facts before Congress and the American public” regarding the Chinese sit uation. LT He said that Congress should be able to take any speedy action necessary on the basis of such facts. £ Pilot Acquitted On Assault Case UPPER MARLBORO; Md., Nov. 12—(AP) — Lt. William Alger Dawes, jr., 28-year-old Air Force pilot, was acquitted of charges of ssault by a jury in Prince Geor e county circuit court last night. The Air Force officer was con- victed, however, on a charge of issault and battery. L v gt A R Dawes, a veteran of eight years in the army and now stationed at Bolling Field, Washington, was accused of assault by Miss Eliza beth A. Corkrean, 24, a nurse ‘at Doctors Hospital, Washington. She testified Dawes assaulted her in a parked automobile on a secluded road near Oxon Hill, I]\/Id.. early on the morning of Oct. Judge Charles C. Marbury said he would pronounce sentence to day on Dawes, holder of the Dis tinguished Flying Cross. Air Fox"ce fecords show Dawes is a native of Atlanta, Ga. WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer with light showers tonight and Satur day, improving Saturday. GE O R G I A—lncreasing cloudiness ang slightly war mer this afternoon and to night with occasional light rain . tonight, Saturday con siderable clondiness and mild With intermittent light rains followed by partly cleudy cooler late Saturday after noon or night, TEMPERATURE Highest @ =7 oo oniens B 0 Lowest: .- (i 4 S N Mean ... ;.05 i o i ian Normal ~ ..\ bie s v 88 RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00 Total since Nov. 1 .. ... 2.35 Excess since Nov. 1 .. .. 1.30 Average Nov. rainfall ~. 2.6! Torai sines January 1 ...50.79 Excess since January 1 .. 7.71 ATHENS BANNER-HERALD The Communists, pro-govern ment newspapers said, withdrew in disorder, leaving 37000 dead and wounded. They hLad tried to sneak 135,000 Tsinan veterans across the canal for an attack on Suchow’s left flank, 30 miles east. of the government bas}ion. 4 (The Communist radio heard in Peiping, said the Reds were anni hilating the Seventh National Army Crops east of Suchow and had cooped up the Second ‘Army Corps west of the town. The Red radio said two national divisions went over-to the Communists on Monday north of Suchow.) The fight at the ‘canal was bloody. The Nationalists were credited with turning back more than 20 Red charges. Thé Reds, reports said, were using ‘what the Chinese call “human sea” tactics —waves of men charging almost shoulder- to shoulder. ; Heavy Toll 2 Automatié'\ivﬂea'pons and low fly ing strafing planes took a heavy toll. The newspapers called it a ma jor victory. But observers agreed that at best it might only delay the Red timetable by three weeks at most. The big battle of Schow, largest in Asiatic history, is still to be decided. More than 1,000,00 combatants have been committed by the war ing Chinese factions. The Catholic newspaper, Yi Shih Pao, said President Chiang Kai-Shek flew to Suchow, 170 miles to the northwest, during the canal battle. This reports was not confirmed. But it was obvious that the government was now throwing as many planes as pos sible as possible into the struggle. Foreign diplomats in Nanking generally expected Chiang to or der the capital transferred south ward in view of his decision to carry on what he calls his “eight years of war” against the Reds. Quick Move Several said, however, that such a move “must be made soon dr no diplomats will be able to accom pany it.” That was how critically they viewed Nanking’s future. American dependents were leaving in U. S. air force and Ma rine transport planes operating from the same busy Nanking air field used by Chinese war craft. They were being flown to Shan ghai and Tsingtao to board ships for home. B Farmers [lncrease Feed Rations; Using Shovel Instead Of Spoon Abundant Livestock Foods Means More To Eat For Consumer Later CHICAGO. Nov. 12.—(AP)—Corn today is fed to hogs with a shovel instead of a spoon. That’s the opposite of last year at this time. And it’s all right with hogs, which don’t mind eating anytime they aren’t sleeping. Furthermore, the little pigs of next spring’s crop are going to find living — and eating — just} grand. In comparison with the number of animals to eat it, there’s never been so much food around| for livestock. | It isn’t just hogs which will en-} joy this increased feeding, Cattle|. and poultry also will share in it And, eventually, it will meanj more food for humans. | By now, nearly everyone knows f about the record-breaking corns crop. But there’s a lot of oats, i bariey and sorghum grain. There ; probably will be a good supply of ‘molasses—it’s sprayed on coarse grains because then the livestock | ‘eat more of them. : Associated Press Service * * * BIG TOWN BELL SUMMONS COPS; BEST ALARM YET GLENNVILLE, Ga., Nov. 12 —(AP)—When the big bell in the middle of Glennville starts clanging, step back. If you don’t you might be ac cused of obstructing justice. The bell’s noisy pealing sets Glennville police to running —for a telephone. Maybe there’s been a robbery. May be a murder. Or maybe the chief’'s wife just wanis him to to corne h?me to dinner. Whatever it is, the bell gets action, and quick. H is located just outside the telephone exchange and a rope runs into the ‘building. When the operator gets a call for the police, she gives the rope ahefty pull. - University Profs Seek Salary Hike The Athens chapter of the American Association of Universi ty Professors is asking for an im mediate salary increase for teach ers at the University of Georgia. The group passed a resolution calling on the University Admin istration to apply the $250,000 emergency appropriation granted by Gov. M. E. Thompson to gen eral faculty wage hikes. Copies of the resolution were sent to the Chancellor and the Board of Regents of the Universi ty System. In 1946, the Reegnts announced that salaries would be increased unless prices declined during the following academic year, the reso lution stated. “The cost of living in Atlanta (the nearest place for which fig ures are available), according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor, has in creased 32 percent since that time,” the resolution said and added: . The Agriculture Department to 'day estimated “the total supply of iall feed concentrates for the year ‘which began in October is 23 per cent larger than the 1947-48 sup ply. ‘ “The big supply of feed in rela tion to livestock probably will ‘mean a substantial increase in to tal guantity of concentrates fed to livestock. This increase will re sult principally from increased }feeding per animal, although live stock numbers may also increase ‘somewhat.” I | ‘ Lower Prices Help ~ Much lower prices ;ﬁ:sdy have ‘lmnde it more profita to feed corn to livestock than eell it ac SERVINGC ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY A seventeenth, Shigenori Togo, foreign minister at the time of thg Pearl Harbor attack, drew 2 years in prison. g Aging, peg-legged Mamoru Shi~ gemitsu, the statesman who hob lbled aboard the battleship Missou= ri to sign the surrender terms in Tokyo Bay, get seven years ims prisonment. : An 11-nation court convicted all 25 deefndants of war crimes. It sat for more than two and a ‘half years. It took only 21 minutes to read the sentences. f Sir William Webb of Australia, president of the court, pronounced ‘the sentences in a deathly silent ‘and packed courtroom. Each man filed in separately and stood in an otherwise empty prisoner’s dock’ to hear his sentence. Each at tempted to subdue emotion, but varied reactions were noticeable. . Tojo took his death sentence with a wan smile. He bowed po-. litely to the court as did most of the other men. : Seventy-four year old Gen. Jiro Minami, former War Minister, seemed befuddled and surprised with his sentence of life imprison ment. Gen. Hiroshi Oshima, form er ambassador to Germany, stood arrogantly as he was sentenced to life and stalked away without the polite bow. Japanese greeted the sentence in varied ways. Some said they thought more would be hanged and others said they were sorry for the defendants. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Allied occupation commander, set Now. 19 as the deadline for petitions in‘ behalf of the defendants to bhe submitted to him as reviewing of ﬁég: of the tribunal’s decision. = " No date for the carrying out of the sentences was set. A close guard was placed on all of the Japanese for fear some might try to take their own lives. Death Sentence Sentenced to hang were: Former Premier Tojo, known as the Razor during the war. The balding little man tried to com mit suicide after the war. Ameri can blood plasma saved his life. Gen. Kenji Doihara, 64, the Japanese undercover expert in China and Manchuria. He was nicknamed “the bird of evil omen” by the Chinese and helped to seat Pu-Yi on the puppet throne of Manchuria. Former Premier Koki Hirota, a career man who was present at the pre-Pearl Harbor Conference of former Premiers when war plans were laid. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, former war minister and ranking Kwan tung army officer at Mukden in | the 1931 incident that started the Asiatic war. Gen. Heitaro Kimura, Vice Min ister of War throughout Tojo’s premiership. Gen. Iwane Matsui, who com manded Japanese troops in the rape of NankKing, S Lt. Gen. Akira Muto, Armyl Chief of Staff in the Philippines. > Life Sentences Sentenced to life imprisonment: Gen. Sadao Araki, a veteran of the Russo-Japanese war and War Minister during the Japanese con quest of Manchuria. Col. Kingoro Hashimoto, known to the world mainly as the Com-: mander of the Artillery that firec on the British Gunboat Ladybird and - shelled survivors of the bombed U. S. Gunboat Panay on (Continued On Page Two) grain, even though hog prices are slipping. The careful spooning out of corn last winter, following the short crop, is no longer necessary. In October, the Agriculture De partment said, the average price reecived by farmers fqor each 100 pounds of live hog was equal to about 17.8 bushels of corn. This compared with the long-time Oc tober average of only 12.7 bush els. Prices of dairy products are much higher than average in re lation to feed prices. The depart ment said in October dairymen fed their milk cows about 13 per cent more grain per cow than a year earlier, and about 10 percent more than in 1946. Result: More milk per cow. ; ¢ Eggs produced per hen in Sep tember, the department said, aver aged about 8 percent higher than last year, *and. this also may be due partly to more liberal feeding per bilfd." "At least as many cattle will be grain-fed this winter as last,” the department added, “and the num bers of hogs and chickens are ex pected to increase in 1940” ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1948 Tojo Sentenced To Die On Gallows.. For Crimes Six Others Will Be Hung; 16 War Chiefs Given Life TOKYO, Nov. 12.— (AP) —Death on the gallows was decreed today for Hideki Tejo, the cold, caleulating Jap anese who led his country to ruin in the world’s bloodiest war, and six of his 24 top leaders. Life imprisonment was meted out to 16 others, includ ing the Marquis Kochi Kido, close adviser of the Emperor. RECORD ‘SHOWER’ PRINCESS TO SHARE BABY GIFTS LONDON, Nov. 12 —(AP)—A world-record baby shower for Princess Elizabeth’s first born may overflow into many humbler Brit ish homes, ! The Princess has let it be known she would like other babies arriv ing the same day as hers to share 'many hundreds of layettes given to her by loyal subjects and ad mirers the world over. The birth of Elizabeth’s baby is expected some time this week-end. " In London alone it is estimated ‘that at leas! 350 to 400 babies will ‘be born this week-end, in hospi tals, nursing or private homes. * Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, may share their baby presents with perhaps 100 or more of that number. A similar course with wedding presents was followed by the Pincess when she married last No- | vember. Overwhelmed with gifts from all over the world she gave away some two dozen frocks and suits to other late November brides of her own age. Months ago, even before Buck ingham Palace confirmed reports that a royal infant was expected, women of Britain and the Com lm,&nwea.“got It':mds srt‘grted making nursery. es a organizing. ‘Elzabeth Neéedtework Clubs. U 0 Idew Spreads The idea caught on, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, which the royal family expect to visit next year. Sydney has sent 900 baby garments, hand made embroidered. Melbourne, Brisbane a{ld other cites are contributing also. - Many commonwealth inhabi tants as well as homeland sub jects have sent _gifts‘in‘dividu_ally. From donors close to home have gone lamb’s wool and kid leather baby shoes, fancy shawls and crib covers, embroidered silk and knit ting wool. An American firm is rumored to have offered daily diaper ser vice by airlift, each diaper to bear the royal crest. Much as Elizabeth might appreciate the offer, it no doubt will be turned down. Clubs and organizations throughout Britain have sent mas sages pledging loyalty to the royal couple. Elizabeth, who remains in ex cellent health and spirits, strolled in the spacious Buckingham Pal ace gardens yesterday making the most of the hazy autumn sunshine. Last Boost Seen In Pay WASHINGTON, Nov. 12—(AP) —Predictions of a fourth—and final — round of postwar wage boosts came today from an ad ' mninistration official weighing wveighing prospects for labor seace during the new Truman term. The policy shaper, who asked not to be quoted by name, said he looks for the pay increases to average between seven and ten cents an hour. But he qualified his final round forecast by pegging it to another —that living costs are about to level off. . Beer Trucking - Strike Settled NEW YORK, Nov. 12— (AP)-— New York City’s month-long brewery truck driver’s strike has been settled and the beer drought is ended. Rank-and-file strikers voted to a stormy meeting last night to ar bitrate their dispute with the breweries and to return to work at once. An agreement ratified by the strikers provided for dropping a stepped-up time delivery schod ule, chief issue in the unauthori zed strike, A new formula for balancing the employers’ complaint that the drivers and helpers do not work hard enough and the men’s com plaint that they have been over worked will be sought by an arbi tration board. WALL STREET NEW YORK, Nov. 12—(AP) — The stock market moved ahead at slow speed today. ~ Gaing of fractions to more than a point were liberally scattered. asancanconen | b poe e T R R R AR R 3TP SRR &%& { £ \(3@> BTN U B By S e RN R BRI D §v 00 : R e o G M SRR R e il 3 R e P SR CEIRE RO SRR R A 3 R R 3 S *,:%,g:é,;g-* 2R PG YR R R R B N RS :-:;;{5-;932 &g* G e e R 5l S LA e R RSy N - i R ~{&“\:; e ) S L § a*?*@:?f‘?ﬁ%i- W R S LS e RR N R { Lol AR e e i‘ SRR R § BRI R R LR PARSOTR SR O SRR R R )TR % 2 B 7 PO R SR 4 T Ie“ R 2 \ AR e e RN SRR SRR S PRI B e R ; R T B BRI e L . 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West Braces For New Red 'Peace’ Offensive U. N. Delegate Says Allies Set To Meet Move On Every Front PARIS, Nov. 12.— (AP) —High Western delegation sources <aid today Russia has launched a new “propa ganda peace offensive” around the world. The West, they said, plans to meet it at every point. : » W. J. Gardner Died Early This Merning Friends of Walter J. Gardner will be saddeq% learn of his death early this r ng at a local hospital after amn iliness of one week. Wl . 3 Mr. Gardner, 68, who resided at 480 Cloverhurst avenue, has been in failing health for a year. He was for many years operator of a radio shop here. His wife died sev eral years previous to his death and he retired from active work soon thereafter. p 2 g He was the son of the late Jule E. and Mamie Mitchell Gardner. His father was well known in the newspaper field having been ed itor of the former Clarke County Courier. ERL e B Funeral services for Mr. Gard ner, who lived in Athens all his life, will be held Saturday morn ing at 10:30 in Bridegs Chapel with the Reverend J. W. O. Mec- Kibben, pastor of the First Meth~ odist church, officiating. Inter ment will be in Oconee Hill ceme tery. Survivors are: sister, Mrs. L. G. Price, sr.; niece, Mrs. Billy Egps; three nephews, Julian Price, Olin Price, and Walter Price all of Athens. 4 2O Pall-bearers will be Dewitt Wilkes, Fred F. Lunceford, Olin Price, Garland Hulme, W. G. Cur= ry, Julian Price, Walter Price and Billy Epps. Mr. Gardner was a member,of the First Methodist Church and took an active interest in the Tuck Sunday School class until his last illness. Bridges Funeral Home is in charge. Vet Fund Probe Urged By Truman KEY WEST, Fla, Nov. 12— (AP)—President Truman today directed Defense and Veterans Administratior authorities to make a full investigation into dlleged delays in the payment of veterans disability and death benefits. ' He asked Secretary of Defense Forrestal and Veterans Adminis trator Carl R. Gray to report specifically on reported delay in compensation the widow of an Army civilian employe—a veteran —killed in a Paris plane crash last Jan. 6. Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area One leading delegate to the United Uations Assembly told re porters privately that Russia is exploiting the reported possibility of a meeting between President Truman and Prime Minister Sta lin for such propaganda purposes. The source, who refused to per-; mit his name or nationality to be, disclosed, said the Russians ap parently were disturbed over the! the effects of the big majority lineup against them in the Unit ed Nations. ‘ He said everyone wants peace and that the reports of the possi ble Truman - Stalin meeting amounted to a campaign to wea ken the position of the Western Powers. 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Concentration Camp wer= hanged today for slay~ ing more than 4,600 war-timé in mates, including 47 British and American airmen. They had been convicted by an American war crimes court of ex terminating inmates by various ngethods, including shooting, hanging, beating, trampling, drowning, suffocation and injec tions. Thirteen of those sent to the gallows this morning were 8. S, (Storm troops) men, Two were in mates who turned on their féllow prisoners, i The executions raised to 58 the number of war criminals hanged at Lansberg prison in the ‘past month. i The hanging of 15 men today set a new high for the series of exe cutions which began at Landsberg four weeks ago. Fifteen had been scheduled to be executed last Fri day but one man won a last-min ute reprieve. 81 Left Today’s hanging left 81 of an original list of 139 convieted war criminals awaiting execution, Despite protests from German church leaders the U. 8. army has refused to halt the hangings. A few men have been reprieved be cause the judge advocate general certified a stay was warranted by new evidence. One of those hanged today, S. S. Corp. Josef Kisch, 36, was con victed of aiding in the slaying of British and American airmen and committing other atrocities. He also severely beat .an American flier at the camp, Slave Laber - Others included: Hans Boehn, 44, an S. S. Ser geant who was convicted of beat ing inmates 1o force them.into un derground tunneis to dig fighter planes factories. An army report said 3,000 inmates died, many be caal.lse of the foul air in the tun nels. . Karl Fleischer, 34, an inmate who became leader of an exter mination section. Ewald Woltzka, 39, an S. S. ser geant said by the army to be known “throughout the camp as a sadist.” Emil Andreas Gay, 44, an S, S. sergeant who “beat at least seven inmates to death.” Karl Horcicka, 81, an inmate who participated in beating to death and drowning 700 inmates. Wiiheim Kaupp, 45, an S. S. corporal who “shot at least five inmates to death.” : Self Killer Kurt Kirchner, 35, an S. S. ser geant who made inmates stand up for two days and “then had them killed by injections.” Wilhelm Mueller, 44, an S. S. sergean who beat four inmates to death, shot two and hanged one. Max Pausch, 54, an S. S. cap tain who was in charge of a train load of inmates on which inmates suffocated. - Alexander Peroutka, 42, an S. S. guard who “kicked inmates to death.” Karl Schopperie, 57, an S. S. lieutenant who exterminated in mates by starvation and by order ing them under hot and cold showers “after which they were exposed to the weather.”

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