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Dutch Forcesßace Unchecked into ladonesia
Ahead Of Schedule In Bloodless Occupation
House Spy Probers Wait;
Approval To Quiz Eight
Investigators
Are Racing
Against Time
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—(AP)!
—Racing against time, congress—!
ional spy investigators hope toi
find out today whether the Justice |
Department will give them a|
chance to quiz eight keéy witnesses!
before the year ends.
The House Un-American Activi
ties Committee wants to add tes
timony of these witnesses to its
espionage inquiry report before
the new congress takes over on |
January 3. i
First, it wants to question the
eight, or as many of them as the
Justice Department says aren’t
needed in prosecuting indictments
returned by a New York Grand:
Jury.
These indictments are against
(a) 12 Communist party leaders on
grounds they. conspired to over
turn the U. S. government; and (b) |
Alger Hiss, former State Depart- |
ment official, on grounds he lied in |
saying he never turned govern
ment secrets over to Whittaker
Chambers, former courier for a
Communist spy ring.
Mundt Makes Statement l
Acting Chairman Mundt (R.-!
S.D.) got out a statement—on pink |
paper—last night saying the com-|
mittee would appreciate it if the;
Justice Department would let it'
quiz:
Donald Hiss, brother of Alger;!
Mrs. Alger Hiss; Miss Elizabeth T.!
Bentley, who admits she was a:
messenger for a pre-war Red net-l
work in Washington; Chambers;
Henry Julian Wadleigh; William
Ward Pigman; Franklin Victor
Reno; and Hedda Gompers.
That was the first time the com
mittee had mentioned the last two.
All the others except Pigman, a
former worker at the National
Bureau of Standards, have appear
ed previously before .the commit-l
tee,
Mundt told reporters that Reno!
might be able to throw some light -
on “the Aberdeen Proving Ground |
situation.”
That was a reference to state-‘
ments of committee members that
around 1938 the Russians evidently
got information on the super-se
cret Norden bombsight out of a
civilian at the Army’s testing sta
tion at Aberdeen, Md.
Mundt said Hedda Gompers can
“throw a lot of light” on Com
munist activities here in Wash
ington about 10 years ago. He
added that she is no suspect. ’
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Honduran Ship
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Being Sought
MIAMI, Fla.,, Dec. 20.—(AP)—
A widespread search was under
way today for the Honduran ves
sel San Luis and members of her
crew.
At least three vessels were in
the vicinity of Cape San Antonio,
Cuba, combing ' the waters for
some trace of the 607-ton craft
and the undetermined number of
men who were aboard her.
The Coast Guard said the last
message received from the ship
reported the men were taking to
the boats. This was last night
and no further word had been
heard from her at an early hour
tbday.
Barkley To Visit
Airmen In Berlin
PADUCAH, Ky., Dec. 20—
(AP)—Vice President-elect Alben
W. Barkley is going to spend
Christmas with American airmen
flying the airlift to Berlin, he
announced at his home here last
night.
The senior Kentucky senator
said he had planned to attend a
meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Interpariiamentary
Union, of which he is a member,
in Paris December 28 and, 29. .
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IN ACCIDENT—Mrs, Whit
taker Chambers, wife of the
amitted former Communist
espionage agent, leaves police
statieon in Baltimore, Md,,
Saturday after being released
in SI,OOO bail for further
hearing. Mrs. Chambers is
charged with causing the
death of a 70-year-old woman
in an automobile accident.
In background are her attor
rey and his wife, — (AP
Wirephoto.)
China Forms New "No
Surrender’”’ (abinet
NANKING, Dec. 20.—(AP)—Heavy fighting was re
ported today on the flatlands around Tiientsin, teeming
metropolis of North -China. g
Premier Sun Fo announced the formation of a new cab
inet pledged to fight on until honorable peace could be
obtained. Although he called it a ‘“no surrender” cabinet,
he did not rule out the posgibility of a compromise with
the Communists.
Red forces severed rail and
telegraph communications be
tween Tientsin and its port. city
of Tangku, 27 miles down the Hai
River, pro-government newspa
pers said.
Two Cities Isolated
The stepped up North China
fighting left both Tientsin and
ancient Peiping, 90 miles south
west of Tientsin, isolated.
The Tientsin airport, 10 miles
from town, was under Commun
ist artillery @ fire. ~Ships, the
newspapers said, were not per
mitted to leave Tanku, although
the town itself was still in Nat
ional hands. :
At least two divisions of Nat
ional troops.were: said to be
trying to retake Peiping’s south
airport, which the Communists
had wrested from ' government
forces.
Spencer Moosa, Associated
Press correspondent in Peiping,
said a battle for the southern
suburbs was shaping. He added,
BLANKETS CITY, SNARLS TRAFFIC
Near - Record Snowfall Hits New
York City, Then Moves OQut To Sea
NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(AP) —
Millions struggled to work today
through 19.5 inches of snow that
blanketed the metropolitan area.
The snowfall—only an inch and
3 half less than the great blizzard
of 1888—Ileft some people snow
bound in the suburban areas.
Many commuter buses and some
railroad service were tied up by
snow-clogged roads and ra;ls.
- Subways and elevated lines
were operating near normal, how
ever, and surface transportation in
the center of the city kept moving,
although slowed.
The Long Island Railroad, which
was paralyzed by the record snow
fall of 25.8 inches last Dec. 26 and
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Spy - Hunting
Grand Jury
Calls Sayre
NEW YORK, Dec. 20—(AP) —
Francis B. Sayre, former Assistant
Secretary of State, has been called
to appear before a spy-hunting
Federal Grand Jury here and be
fore the House Un-American Ac
tivities Committee in Washington.
Sayre said yesterday that so far
as he knew, no documents were
filched from State Department
files under his jurisdiction a de
cade ago, as charged in the current
Rfrwm investigation- of spying for
Russia.
Sayre, 63-year-old career dip
lomat, said he had had “implicit
confidence” in -Alger Hiss, his
former departmental chief aide,
who has been indicted on two
counts of perjury.
Hiss was indicted last week by
a preceding grand jury after deny
ing before it that he gave secret
State Department documents to
Whittaker Chambers, former Com
munist courier.
A subpoena calling for Sayre’s
appearance before the grand jury
here today was served on him yes
terday as he arrived in Hoboken,
N. J., from the recent United Na
tions Assembly meeting in Paris.
Sayre attended the session as a
United States delegate.
Sayre said he was en route to
Washington and would ask De
partment of Justice officials for
postponement of his appearance
before the grand jury investigating
spionage and “subversive activi
ties.
~ He said he would appear before
the congressional committee at a
hearing in Washington Wednesday.
The committee had sent him a
radiogram at sea requesting his
appearance.” .
'however, that Peiping’s = future
probably would be determined
around the conference table
rather than on the battlefield.
Coolies worked inside the old
walled city to open Peiping’s
only airfield avaiable to the Na
tionalists.
Surprise Raid -
’ Canton newspaper, far to the
south, reported Red guerrillas in
}a surprise raid had struck Kang
§chouwan. Some street fighting
was reported in the southern
city.
Nanking’s approaches were
quiet. Sporadic fighting on the
Pengpu front was reported.
Nationalist commanders, al
ready -forced to draw in their
major defense line for Nanking,
may have to face a new mancu
ver threatening the heart of
Chiang Kai-shek’s regime.
Unofficial reports said Red
General Chen Yi was swinging
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27, announced at 4:30 a. m. (EST)
[;he cancellation of 24 regular
'morning rush-hour rtrains to al
low operation of snow-removal
trains.
-Mechanical Failures
The important commuier line
had met increasing difficulties in
the early morning hours, caused
by mechanical failures of equip
ment and drifting snow.
The snow, which started falling
in the city at 6:20 a, m, yesterday,
began to #bate at 8 p. m. and ended
at 2:10 a. m. today.
The storm, which roared up the
Atlantic Coast with high winds,
was moving farther out to sea to
day after sweeping much of the
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oled wreckage of two large passenger buses which crashed and burned on U. S.
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At least 13 persons were killed and an estimated 40 to 50 injured in the accident,
according to police.—{(AP Wirephoto.)
Of Utah Bus Accident
TOOELE, Utah, Dec. 20.— (AP) —Thirteen persons
lost their lives and 43 others were injured Saturday in a
collision involving two buses, one of them carrying serv
icemen home for holiday furlecughs.
Johunson Drive
Community To
_Meet Tuesday
A meeting of the Johnson
‘Drive Community will be held
at the Jochnson Drive Baptist
Church at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday
night, it was announced today.
J. Raymond Akins will be
temporary chairman of the
meeting, assisted by Jim Mur
ry.
The purpose of the meeting
is to organize the residents of
the Johnson Drive Community
in a movement for community
improvement, Johnson Drive
Community is located between
the Lexington road and Bar
nett Shoals road, outside of the
city limits of Athens.
All residents of the commu
nity are urged to attend tomor
row night's meeting,
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Parties Put
On By Classice
City Legion
Christmas cheer was brought
into the hearts of more than 100
Athens children yesterday, as the
Classic City Post No. 185 of the
American Legion and its Auxiliary
staged their annual Christmas par
ties at the Classic City Post and
the Howell Cheney Post No. 535.
The parties are put on each year
as a joint operation of the Post
members and Auxiliary.
Every detail was complete, even
to the appearance of Santa Claus
at both the Classic City Post and
Howell Cheney post. Oranges,
nuts, candy, ice cream and cake,
and other presents were given
every child who atfended the par
ties.
A lighted Christmas tree was
the center of attraction at each
party, around which the children
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northeast and giving many sections
their heaviest snowfall of the sea
son.
Areas hit included large parts of
New York State, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, New England,
Maryland, Virginia, The District of
Columbia, and West Virginia.
The storm closed the metropoli
tan area’s three major airports—
La Guardia Field, New York In
ternation Airport and Newark (N.
J.) Airport. ;
Schools were closed today in
some metropolitan area suburbs
and in other states.
A number of deaths here and
elsewhere were blamed on the
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Four of the 34 servicemen
aboard an eastbound bus were
killed as two Burlington Trail
ways vehicles crashed and burn
ed on a fog shrouded highway 63
miles west of Salt Lake City.
Seven of the 18 injured service
men were reported in a critical
condition.
r % . “Two Unidentified
Authorities today still sought
the identities of two of the vic
tims.
Names of four military men
killed in the smashup were with
held pending notification of next
of kin. Officers said one of the
two unidentified dead was burn
ed so badly they could not pesi
tively establish the sex.
Most of the injured had been
released’ from Salt Lake City
hospitals. Seven servicemen in
Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake
City were listed in critical condi=
tion.
Eleven others still hospitalized
were reported in fairly good con
dition,
Relates Story
Thomas H. Johnson, 19, of
Thomaston, Ga., a Navy radar
man, said “the accident happen
ed so quickly we didn’t know just
how it happened.
“Flames shot up right away.
We broke out windows and got
out any way we could.”
The known dead: Daniel W.
Eggers, Salt Lake City; Kari Ar
vidson, a Norwegian national;
Sherry Ann Cook, 12, Gold Hill,
Utah; Mrs. Inez Magtonos, 45,
Elko, Nev.; Mrs. Catherine Hen
drix, Akron, Colo.; Albert Wars
chka, 53, Toledo, Ohio; Joelene
Bowcutt, 11, Midvale Utah.
Investigations were being con
ducted by Tooele county officers,
the Navy, the Army and the
company.
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| ™BY LUCRECE HUDGINS
ONE MORE CHANCE
Everytime Danny had a chance
to cure his crooked leg Flournoy
spoiled everything. And why?
Because the wicked elf hated San
ta Claus and wanted to hurt Santa
by hurting Danny.
Now the little boy stood in the
empty wishing pool and looked
miserably at his still twisted leg.
lAnd finally he began to cry. Oh
ivery quietly so no one saw oOf
| heard him—but crying all the
same.
“It really isn't any use,” he
thought wretchedly. “I guess 1
was just meant to be crippled for
ever and never, never have fun
|like other boys and girls.” |
’ Now all this time the Snow Man
'and the four brownies were work- |
ing over the broken gate. Finally
they set it back in place but it
wasn’t any use: the pool was emp
ty and there was no more magic
water to be had. To this day the
lovely little pool had stood empty
and that is why you could never
bathe there and have a wish of
yours come true.
“Never mind,” said the Snow
Man to Danny. “Worse than this
has happened to us and we have
come through it. Cheer up, now,
for we will surely, think of some
thing else.”
But the Snow ban wasn't so
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Hayworth, Flynn
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Named “Least
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Cooperative
HOLLYDOOD, Dec. 20—
(AP)—Rita Hayworth and Er
rol Flynn were in the headlines
again today—with pats on their
back that closely . resembled
spankings.
The Hollywood Women’s
-Press Club yesterday named
them “the least cocperative”
actress and actor for the year.
The club’s “Golden Apples”
as the most cooperative aectress
and actor went to Dorothy La
mour and Glenn Ford.
STRANDED ON GREELAND
Ski-Plane May Be Used
To Rescue U. S. Airmen
St. John’s, NFLD., Dec. 20—
(AP)—Officials directing rescue
operations said last night they
may use a ski-equipped transport
plane to try to pick up 10 or more
U. S. airmen stranded on Green
land’s ice cap.
Seven of the stranded men
have been marooned since Dec. 9
when their C-47 made a forced
landing. Two others tried to res
cue them in a B-17 but it nosed
into a snowbank,
Another one or two men were
stranded in the failure of a glider
C-54 had picked up the glider
with all aboard. The glider got
back to the ice safely.
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BLIND TOT MEETS SANTA CLAUS—Kathleen Dob
bin, 4, runs her fingers over the face of Santa Claus,
her only means of seeing the fabulous old fellow. Kath
leen is blind. To her, “seeing’” Santa was the high spot
of a visit to a Minneapolis toy store Friday by pupils of
the nursery school operated by the Minneapolis So
ciety for the Blind. Kathleen told Santa Claus she would
like to have a doll buggy for Christmas. — (AP Wire
photo.)
Read Daily by'35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Troops Take Republican
Capital Of Jogjakarta
BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 20.—(AP)—Dutch forces con
tinued to roll unchecked through Indonesia today in what
so far has been an almost bloodless ocecupation.
i In Java the Dutch raced ahead
of their own time table yester
- day when airborne troops took
the Republican capital of Jogja
karta in the first hours of fight
ing.
. Dutch casualty figures show
they are meeting little Indones-
Jdan resistance.
Netherlands army headquar
ters said so far six Dutch sol
diers have been killed and eight
wounded, in both Java and Su
matra, Three Dutch were wound
ed in the Jogjakarta seige, the
report said.
l A Dutch communique said vir
tually all the high Republican
leaders were in Netherlands cus
tody. Among those taken were
QDr. Soekarno, president of the
'republic; Premier Mohamed Hat
ta, Foreign Minister Agus Saiim,
[former Premier Sutan Sjahrir,
and General Soederiman, com
mander of the Republican army.
~ The Dutch also announced that
their forces had broken through
i'Old truce lines at several points
in Java and Sumatra.
| The Indonesian government,
before Jogjakarta's fall, branded
the Dutch land, sea and air of
fense as a ‘“dastardly” attack,
comparable to the Japanese as
'sault on Pearl Harbor, |
“Police Action” |
Dutch authortiies have describ
ed their offensive as “police ac
tion” against Indonesian terror
ists, ‘
Dutch paratroopers paved the,
way for capture of Jogjakarta by
dropping down on Magowo air
{ield, five miles east of the city.
They took the field without re
gistance and flashed an_“all
clear” for airborne reinforce
ments to come in.
. Only one fire was obsérved in’
the capital. The Indonesians said
earlier that Jogjakarta had been
That was the third rescue at
tempt with a glider. First at
tempts failed because the glider’s
wheels had broken through the
snow crust. The wheels were re
moved for the third -try.
Then men are said to have
plenty of food, clothing and heat
ing equipment to combat the 40-
below-zero coid.
Rescue officials aid if less dan
gerous methods fail to accomplish
the rescue of the airmen they
would send in the ski-equipped
plane. They said the plane is be
ing held at Narsarssuak, U. S.
base on the southern tip of
Greenland, the jumping off place
for rescue operations.
Home
Edition
'bombed. :
A Dutch advance eastward in
central Java supported the Jog
jakarta operation., Netherlands
troops along the Batavia-Jogja
karta trunk railway advanced 40
miles from the area of Gombong
to Poeworedjo, about 25 miles
west of Jogjakarta.
Another Dutch column moving
through eastern Java reached the
rail town of Kepandjen, 10 miles
south of Malang. TR
PARIS, Dee, 20 —(AU)—The
United Nations Security Coun
cil met in emergency session
today on the outbreak of fight
ing in Indonesia but adjourned
until Wednesday in the ab
sence of the Russian and Uk
ranian delegates. :
U. S. Delegate Philip C. Jes
sup had asked the emergency
session called for today follow
ing an air, landl and sea attack
by Dutch troops against the
Indonesian republic. Australia
associated herself wtih the re
quest.
During the one-hour meeting
today he argued against delay.
Jessup said the United States
feels “very grave concern” at
events in Indonesia,
: The Dutch said marines sup
|ported by Netherlands naval
|units, landed on the north coast
of Java early yesterday.
| The communique said BPutch
‘forces on Sumatra, the large is
- land northwest of Java, have in
{vaded Asahan. They came from
. the Negara territory of East Su
| (matra state, The Indonesian re
.spublic is made up of parts of
j,.‘].ava and Sumatra.
4 Other * Dutéh “units thrust
|- through Sumatra’s rich rubber
! producing area occupying Ran
'tau Prapat on the shores of Lake
,Toba. They also occupied the
Wingfoot Estate. The Dutch
forces were within 100 rhiles of
Medan, major city in north Su
matra,
The Dutch sent a transport
plane to Jogjakarta this morning
to evaluate members of the Unit
ed Nations Good Offides Com
mittee, stranded there since -the
fighting broke out.
U. N. Officials
U. N. officials in Batavia
have been out of contact since
Saturday with a U.N. group of 18
persons at Kalieorang. A U. N.
spokesman said it had not been
decided what steps will be taken
to protect the isolated group.
The Dutch assault began after
Netherlands authorities in ' The
Hague proclaimed a new interim
regime in the islands, excluding
the republic,
The republic had disagreed
with the Dutch over the powers
to be granted the representatives
of the Netherlands crown during
the transition period.
Winder Girl Dies
in Auto Accident
.~ WINDER, Ga., Dec. 20.—(AP)
—~Charlotte Parks, 13, was killed ¢
yesterday when two automobiles
collided at a road intersection
near Winder. No one else was
injured seriously in the accident.
Sheriff Clay. Camp said the
girl was riding in a car with Mr.
and Mrs. Henry C. Price, their
three children, and her sister. He
identified the driver of the other
car as Frank Duncan, negro.
! Bulletin
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—
! (AP)—The Supreme Court to
| day refused to interfere with
| the international military tri
| bunal which condemned for
i mer Premier Tojo and six oth
| er Japanese war lords so
death.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and continued celd to
night, Tuesday partly cloudy
l and warmer,
: GEORGIA—Fair and con
! tinued cool this afternoon and
! tonight with slightly lower
| temperatures tonight. Scatter
i ed frost tonight. Tuesday
‘, partly cloudy and slightly
warmer.
GEORGIAN-DANISH Mm‘! :
ELSINORE, Denmark, Deec. 20.
-(AP)—-Misgi Jade Leif, 24, of
Macon, Georgia, yesterday mar
ried Joergen Larsen, 28, a m— i
ish steward on the Swedish liner
, Gripsholm. .