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[/OYS BURIED ALIVE IN TUNNEL — Firemen (topn)
dig for the body of 10-year-old Francis O’Donnell at
Washington; Di C., as another fireman (foreground)
administers oxygen to John Whalen, 12, on a stretcher.
The bove were buried alive in the collapse of a tunnel
they were digging at play. Efforts to revive them were
futile.— (AP Wirephoto.)
130,000 Reds
Killed In Chi
N 9 °
Gov't Forces Claim Complete
Victory In Big Suchow Fight
NANKING, Nov. 18.— (AP)—The government claimed
complete vietory in the Suchow battie today.
General Chang Liu-Shih, official ‘military spokesman
told his weckly press conference:
Other government sources said
the government won at least the
opening phase of the Suchow bat
tle against 300,000 veteran troops.
This victory, they added, means
Nanking is safe at least for a
month or longer.
Great Manpower
The government previously an
nounced more than 1,000,000 men
on both sides were involved in the
battle.
More optimistic officials said the
results of the past week’s fight
ing means | the, ascendency of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s
once waning fortunes.
Foreign observers placed the re
sult of the fighting along the
Suchow front somewhere between
the government’s official claim of
complete victory and the Com
munists’ continued, insistence that
they still hold the initiative.
Gen. Chow Chih-Jou’s rejuve
nated Air Force furnished the bal
ance of power which apparently
threw back Red Gen, Chen Yi’s
troops.
Perfect Air Weather
Favored with a perfect combin
ation of clear, excellent weather,
bright moonlight nights, and an
enemy carelessly concentrated in
the open plains around Suchow,‘
Chou’s warplanes made the Com-;
munist positions untenable by
around-the-clock bombing and
strafing. y e
Operating from Nanking’s mili
tary airfield, more than.loo planes,
ranging from A - fighter
bombers to four-engined Libera
tors, plastered the areas south,
southeast and east of Suchow con
stantly during the . past . week.
Slower planes dropped munitions
and food to the ground forces, be
low.
Red Trap .
It appears certain ‘that Red
Generals Chen and Liu Po-Cheng
—if they have not been defeated
—have been forced to abandon the
immediate conquest of Suchow
and withdraw for regrouping.
Chang said the bulk of Chen’s
nine columns were “enticed” into
a pocket east of Suchow by Gen.
Huang Po-Tao’s Seventh Army
group. After government forces of
Generals Chiu Ching-Chuan and
Li-Mi entered the battle, Chang
said, the Reds were forced to
withdraw. ?
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33 Injured In
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Rail Accident
CHICAGO, Nov. 16— (AR)—
Thirty three persons were injured,
none reported critical, last night
when a Chicago & BEagtern Illf{!OIS
railroad streamliner rammed into
the rear of a three-eoach commu-,
ter train near suburban Dolton.
The injured "were removed in
ambulances to a Dolton elinic.and
to St. Francis hospital in subur
ban Blye Islar:ld. Th;lietbgn_ Ofi‘l:];:
injured, including ° enginee
and fireman of the streamliner, re-
Mained in the hospitdl overnight.
The others were released after
treatment of cuts and bruises,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
iY
'Youth Hurt
In Bike Crash
John Swartz, 14, son of Mr. and
(Mrs. H. M. Swartz of 1690 South
| Milledge avenue, was reported in
| serious condition at a local hospi
‘tal this morning where he is suf
{fering injuries incurred in an acci
dent yesterday afternoon.
The boy was injured in a colli
sion between the motor bike he
was riding and a 1948 Cadilac se
'dan driven by a Doctor Simpkins
of Atlantic City, N. J. Police re
ports of the accident show that the
accident occurred about 3:25 o'-
clock yesterday afternoon at the
|intersection of Broad street and
lMilledge avenue.
Doctor Simpkins, the report
shows, was driving east on Broad
lstreet and young Swartz was go
ing south on Milledge. Doctor
| Simpkins told officers that the boy
did not stop for the red light at
the intersection and ran into the
side of his car.
The injured boy was carried
to St, Mary’s hospital in a Bern
stein ambulance. Hospital attaches
said today that his injuries about
the head were of serious nature,
and that he had not gained con
seiousness.
No charges were made in con
nection with the accident by the
investigating officers, Seagraves
and Maitland.
STREETCAR VICTIM
~ ATLANTA, Nov. 18 — (AP) —
Miss Mary Chatham, a 39-year-old
beauty operator, was killed be
neath the wheels of a streetcar
here late yesterday.
MAY HIT 90-CENTS A POUND IN SOME CITIES
“Fewer Turkeys At Higher Prices
Foreseen For Thanksgiving Day
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 —(AP) —
Turkeys will cost more this year
than last—if you get one.
It seems there’s a shortage —
more than 10 per cent fewer tur
keys. to go ’round this holiday sea
son than in 1948. That’s one rea
son prices are higher.
Price estimates are based on the
assumption demand this year will
be as strong as last year. If de
mand also falls off, the price
could come down. Right now,
whaolesale trade sources consider
the demand very st_rong. :
You ought not to be too surpris
ed .if you see price tags running
up to 80 or 90 cents a pound on
the Thanksgiving bird at retail
stores. "L
The price will vary from store
to store, from neighborhood ,to
neighborhood, from city to ciyt.
Some stores may cven use tur
ke& as “loss leaders” — sell them
at@a loss in vrder to get customers
Associated Press Service
U.S. Sends More Marines To China
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WASHINGTON, Nov. iB—(AP)
—The United State , bolstering its
marine force in China, left open
today the question of whether
“circumstances” might lead to
armed conflict with Communist
troops.
The Navy said 1,250 Leather
necks will sail from Guam next
Tuesday to reinforce the 3600-man
Marine garrison at Tsingtao.
+The force, said the Navy in add
ing details to a surprise news con
ference announcement by Secre
tary of Defense Forrestal, “will
assist in the orderly evacuation of
United States national through the
port of Tsingtao.”
Forrestal was asked by report
ers whether the Marines will fight
if the Communist armies attack
Tsingtao. That, replied Forrestal,
is a matter for the State Depart-+
ment to decide.
At the State Department, press
officer Michael J. McDermott took
this position:
Unanswered Query
“The answer is that it all de
pends on circumstances and there
is no answer now. I don’t know
what the answer will be. I can’t
pretend to say now what they will
do in certain circumstances.”
On the basis of information
available here, the circumstances
at this time are these:
1. Tsnigtao, yellow sea port at
the base of Shantung peninsula, is
close to Communist - controlled
areas—so close that the water sup
ply for the city is within Com
munist-held territory. Some ex
perts believe that the Communists
can take the city any time they
choose, without much opposition
from Nationalist forces.
2. In the Shanghai-Nanking
areas there are about 8,050 Ameri
cans. In other sgetions, ineluding
the evacuation port g?"%&ingtao,
there are 1,574 others. These fig
ures do not include military peo
ple such as those on the Ameri
can advisory missions to Chiang
Kai-Shek’s Nationalist govern
ment.
Protect Americans
3. The primary reason for the
presence of the Marines in China
is to protect American lives and
property. It is to be assumed that
if shooting between Marines and
Communists should occur it would
be in defense of these lives and
the property they represent.
The current Marine force of
3,600 men at Tsingtao has what is
described in the Navy announce
ment as “supporting aircraft,”
probably some fighters and a few
aerial transports.
The Navy already has ample
facilities in the area to hurry
Americans out of Tsingtao, if that
becomes urgent. Its task force 38
—made up of two carriers, two
cruisers and eight destroyers—has
been in that vicinity for more than
a month on a training cruise from
the United States.
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Polio Foundation
.
In Money Crisis
NEW YORK, Nov. 18—(AP)—
The Natoinal Foundation for In
fantile Yraralysis reported facing
a critical period financially, for
the first time in its eleven years.
Basil O’Connor, president of the
foundation, said last night the
condition was caused by heavy
drains on its treasury by polio
epidemics this year.
Costs of care of victims this year
alone will be $14,000,000, he told
100 delegates to the fourth annual
conference of Women State Ad
visers of the organization. The
foundation spends large sums of
research as well as care of vic
tims.
to buy the trimmings in that
stores.
Prices in the wholesale market
are a good deal higher than last
year — and they're rising. A
young tom turkey weighing 18 to
20 pounds cost 43 1-2 to 44 cents
a tpound in wholesale lots at Chi
cago last year. Today the price for
the same bird is 57 to 58 cents.
Small Birds Costly
Smaller birds cost more than
larger ones, because demand is
concentrated on small sizes and
there aren’t many of them. A
young hen weighing 10 to 12
pounds cost 66 to 68 cents a
pound in wholesale lots today.
Last year the price was 52 1-2 to
53 cents. i
13"A';:he Department of Agriculture
has_ estima is year's turkey
supply at 10 per o Iltt
unt available
}wm be evé m!.g r. More birds
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Voters Select 5 Council
Members: Commissioner
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948.
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WINDY WEATHER IN CHICAGO — Gusty winds reaching 35 miles per hour in
Chicago played haveoe with Eugene Wypych’s car when it was struck by a falling
tree blown down by the high winds.— (NEA Telephoto.)
COLD WATHER
SPREADS OVER
WESTERN U. S.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 — (AP)
—Heavy snow, accompanied
by strong winds, swept over
western Kansas, western Ne
braska and eastern Colorado
today. Temperatures were
above zero.
Light s n 0 W gwess—w
is forecast for s | DIAMOND
parts of the s¥ihii VO\“TA
upper Mississ- 75 B i Blae
ippi Valley and | ¢ < 3
the Northern “vy,.:fl# ‘
Great Lakes 0);/// |
region with a| St
drop in tem-| - & |
peratures. c oGI
A Hass . ofl
cold air spread
over most of the western part
of the country but tempera
tures were about normal in
the eastern section. Rain fell
during the early morning in
Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Two Perish In
Transport Crash
BERLIN, Nov. 18—(AP)—Two
persons were killed and two were
injured last night in the crash of
British C-47 airlift transport in
the Soviet occupation zone, Royal
Air Force officials said today.
The crash occurred three miles
west of Schoenberg. The plans was
returning to Luebeck, near Scho
enberg, from a regular flight to
Berlin’s Gton Airport. 3
It was the second fatal acciden‘i
to a British airlift’ plans and
brought the tollof British lives lost
in the airlift to six. Four persons
were killed in the crash of an
RAF plane near Wunstorf Sept.
20.
are being withdrawn for breeding
purposes this year, they say.
Furthermore, the supply in cold
storage is down about 50 per cent
from a year ago.
Grain Price
Chief reason for the shortage is
the high price of grain last spring,
when the turkey feeding season
got underwya. A turkey gobbles
up an awful lots of grain. A bird
weighting 21 pounds will have
consumed, at the end of 26 weeks
of feeding, 92 pounds of feed.
Turkey feeders thought they
might get caught with high cost
birds they couldn’t sell at profit.
So many simply quit the business.
Result: Fewer turkeys.
Trade suorces said they hadn’t
noticed any increase in the num
ber of small-sized birds, an idea|
urged by the bg%r‘mflmm
ment. m taste the same
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State Highway Suit
Dismissed By Judge
New Administration Expected To
Abandon Some Of Road Contracts
ATLANTA, Nov. 18.—(AP)—Superior Judge Charles
W. Worrill today dismissed an injunetion which had tied
up approximately $17,000,000 in Georgia highway con
tracts.
Worrill’s decision contended
that the question was moot, since
the defendants had resigned and
a new Highway Board, director
and treasurer had been appointed
by Gov. Herman Talmadge.
The defendants were the direc
tor, treasurer and highway board
serving under former Gov. M. E.
Thompson.
Attorney General Eugene Cook
and Attorney B. D. Murphy, who
represented the defendants and
plaintiffs, respectively, consented
to the court order. Cook said he
had no comment.
The new highway administra
tion may now go ahead with the
contracts or they may decide to
abandon them.
1t is believed probable that the
Turtle River bridge, a $7,000,000
project at Brunswick, may be
completed since it is on a military
hieshway. But the Jekyll Island
project probably will be abandon
&a,
The injunction suit filed by
taxpayers, all friends of Herman
Talmadge, was made permanent
by Judge Worrill about three
weeks ago. Several days later the
Federal government suspended the
flow of highway cash into Geor
gia, pending settlement of the
litigation.
Attorney General Cook had pre
viously ruled. that Thompson was
not affected by a law prohibiting
a governor from spending money
for .road building during his last
90 days in office, because Thomp-
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy and slightly
warmer this afternoon and
tonight. Showers tonight and ‘
Friday morning followed by
partly -cloudy and cooler Fri- |
day morning. ‘
G E O R G I A—lncreasing
cloudiness and slightly war
mer this afternoon and to
night, showers in west and
north portions tonight, Fri
day cloudy and mild with
showers, followed by clearing
and cooler Friday night and
over west and north portions
Friday afternoon.
TEMPERATURE |
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
io,m gsince Nov. 1 .. ... 2.68
xcess since Nov, 1 ... .. 109
Average Nov. rainfall ...”261
Total since January 1 ...91.12
Excess since January 1 ~ 7.48
son was not “actually” governor
and had no fixed term.
Capitol ta , that most of
about SI2,OOWM; federal aid
projects, halted '\{w.%he' suit, now
would be cbmfi‘\l’eted. But many
projects let btybt e Thompson ad
ministration te be paid solely by
state funds may be abandoned.
Many projects negotiated by the
outgoing refi)‘!fixfi"\‘bemre the
Sept. 8 Demoeratit’ primary, with
out competitive ; bidding, were
considered virtually certain to be
dropped.
Typhoon To
Hit Okinawa
TOKYO, Nov. 18—(AP)—A ty
phoon with winds up to 100 miles
an hour at its center is expected
to sideswipe Okinawa this after
noon. -+ =%y
The storm is headed in the gen
eral direction of southern Japan,
where it may strike tomorrow.
Okinawa, .the Far East Air
Force headquarters said, is batten
ed down but expects only the
fringe of the typhoon. Winds in
the outer edges are 50 miles an
hour.
“Wouid De_strloy Business’’
SEN. GEORGE ATTACKS
EXCESS PROFITS TAX
VIENNA, Ga., Nov. 18.—(AP)
—Senator Walter F. George (D.-
Ga.), who will * return to the
chairmangship® of the Senate Fi
nance Comimittee, said today an
excess profits tax would lead “to
destructioh of business.”
~ He said he saw “nc sense” in
re-enactment of such a tax and
if it bßecomes * necessary to in
crease revenue, he will favor 2
hiking of -the normal corporation
rate.
There is little hope for a fur
ther income tax cut during 1949,
due to increased aid to western
Europe and proposed additiornal
funds for national defense.
The Georgia senator said the
1948 income ‘ax reduction meas
ure had not hit government rev
enue as hard as anticipated be
cause increased business made up
for the reduction in rates and in
creases in cxemptions.
| +Treasury figures based on col
{lections from July 1 through Oc
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Wansley Primary Nominees
Casting more than 2,100 votes out of a total regitsra
tion of some 7,500, Athenians vesterday selected nomi
nees for five seats in City Council and one place on the
City Civil Service Commission in the City Democratic
Primary. .
Red Teacher
Set To Leave
Hospital
ospital Bed
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—(AP)—
Mrs. Oskana Stepanovna Gasen
kina leaves Roosevelt Hospital
today, 99 days after her leap
from a third-story window of the
Russian consulate.
A hospital physician says the
53-year-old Russian schoolteach
er, center of an international con
troversy that led to the severing
of American-Soviet consular re
lations, has made a “wonderful
recovery.” -
\ A writer, who edited her life
story for newspaper syndication,
said yesterday she plans so. live
with friends near New York City
unti? she is completely well. He
said she wants “nothing but ob
'scurity” for the present, and
’hopes ot be able later to teach
school in this country, or con
tinue her writing. |
Mrs. Kasenkina last summer
became the central figur¢ in 2
series of dramatic events in
which Soviet officials and anti-
Communist “White” Russians ac
cused each other of kidnaping
her. After her leap from the
Soviet consulate August 12, the
U. S. offered ‘her sanctuary inl
this country, and demanded the
recall of Soviet Consul General
Jacob M. Lomakin. Russia andl
the U. S. then closed their re
spective consulates. 1
During her stay in the hospital,
Mrs., Kasenkina has received
more than 800 letters, including
eight proposals of marriage, and
several offers of homes in various
parts cf the country. i
2 Killed In
Train Blast
CLARK’S HILL, S. C, Nov. 18
—(AP)—The boiler of a locomo
tive exploded today Kkilling the en
gineer and fireman of a freight
train,
The freight train, en route from
Spartanburg, S. C. to Augusta, Ga.,
was a mile from the station in this
little town when tpe mystery blast
occurred.
Those killed were L. Duncan
Cooper, 59, engineer on the
Charleston and Western Carolina
train, and Albert Brooks, Negro
fireman (age unavailable).
The train was running about an
hour and a half behind schedule
at the time. The explosion occur
red 22 miles north of Augusta.
tober 29 zhow a net loss of only
$114,000,000. which Senator
George itermed “surprisingly
small,”
Senator George, who is vice=
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relationns: Committee, said the
foreign situation is bad “but I
still think that we will stop shert
of an ‘actual shooting war.”
Both the Berlin and China sit
uations were described as dis
couraging but the Senator said
he believed the U. S. would
“stumble through.” A factor in
favor of the European situation,
he said, is that *“Russia can’t
start a war in the winter time
because of transportation and |
production difficulties.” :
Sepator George served as
chairman of the Finance Com
mittee from 1940 to 1947 when
Republicans took over control of
?onlgre:s. The Demoertaic major
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Dick Wansley was nominated by
a 41-vote margin over incumbent
W. Frank Betts as representative
of the Third Ward on the Civil
Service Commission. While the
two candidates ran from the Third
Ward, they were voted on by the
entire city.
In the races for City Council,
Box Seagraves was re-nominated
over Ernest Aaron in the First
Ward, the vote being 327 for Sea
graves to 283 for Aaron. Mr. Sea
graves reecived 285 votes in Box
No. 1 to 218 for Mr. Aaron. In Box
No. 2, Mr. Aaron reecived 65 votes
to 42 for Mr. Seagraves.
There was no council contest in
the Second Ward, Councilman F.
H. Williams receiving 227 votes
without opposition.
In the Third Ward there was
also no contest for City Counci,
Merritt B. Pound being unopposed
and receiving 384 votes.
R. W. Phillips was nominated
for council in the Fourth Ward
over Ralph M. Saye, the vote be-
Ving 325 for- MePhilhips and 156 for
Mr. Saye. Mr. Phillips is a former
tmember of council.
Votes Recounted
In two of the wards there were
extremely close races. In the
Fourth Ward the candidates for
Civil Service Commission were
only seven votes separating Mr.
Betts and Mr. Wansley in Box No.
1, and the managers recounted the
vote in this race before announc
ing the result: Mr. Warsiey got
211 votes to 207 for Mr. Betts.
, Election ofticials in the Fourth
Ward were Mrs. Golden Michael
]and Mrs. R. W. Woods, managers
and Mrs. G. M. Honea, Mrs. G. C.
Brown and Mrs. T. C. White for
Box No 1, and James Storey, man-
Sger, and G. M. Honea for Box No.
The other close race was in the
Fifth Ward where Dick Thompson
received one more vote than did
H. H. (Bill) Giles. Mr. Thompson
got 204 votes, Mr. Giles 203 and
Marion L. Gilbert, jr., 38. The vote
in Box No. 1 at Cody David’s Drug
Store was 194 for Mr. Thompson,
185 for Mr. Giles and 38 for Mr.
Gilbert. In Box No, 2, at Smith’s
Grocery Store, the vote was 10
for Mr. Thompson, 18 for Mr. Giles
and none for Mr. Gilbert, In view
of the closeness of the vote in the
Fifth, the entire election staff of
Box No. 1 made two separate
counts of the vote, getting the
same totals each time. The election
officials in the Fifth were, for
Box No. 1, Mrs. Preston Almand
and Mrs. J. W. Firor, sr., mana
gers, and Mrs. H. J. Wallace, Mrs.
Ben Oliver and David Firor. For
Box No. 2, officials were L. L.
Lester and S. N. Hill, managers,
and Louis F. Bailey.
Vote Breakdown
A breakdown of the vote in the
Wansley-Betts race by wards fol
lows:
Rirst Ward—Box No. I—Betts
238, Wansley 250; Box No. 2—
Betts 47, Wansley 40.
Second Ward—Box No. I—Betts
103, Wansley 115; Box No. 2 —
Betts 3, Wansley 1.
Third Ward—Box No. li—bDetts
201, Wansley 139; Box No. 2 —
Betts 17, Wansley 26.
Fourth Ward—Box No. i—Betts
204, Wansley 211; Box No. 2 —
Betts 18, Wansley 35.
Fifth Ward—Box No. I—Betts
193, Wansley 233; Box No. 2 —
Betts 5, Wansley 25.
Officials of the Clark County
Democratic Committee meet Sat
urday at City Hall when the bal
lots, voters lists and other election
material will be taken from the
sealed boxes and destroyed unless
a contest is formally filed, in
which case the boxes will be held
intact until the contest is decided.
Solesbee Granted
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Stay of Execution
ATLANTA, Nov. 18—(AP)—
Attorneys today obtained a sec
ond stay of execution for George
Solesbee, who was sentenced to
die November 20 for the slaying
of Buel L. Webster of Greenville,
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‘{ Solesbee’s lawyers halted the
‘execution through a writ of ha
ibeas corpus, the State Prison
Board was informed. He o
}cently been re-sentenced tz;
after a -sanity hearing d
lwhich he was declared sane."gx
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