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R g oTeay ,«%@Eg 4 5 %?“ A SR (T Ng g o TR .. eeeSlß SB Sl g - - BT .Laae R 0 L R e FOREST HERMIT LIVES IN CRUDE HUT 20 YEARS—Seventy-two-year-old J. W. Williams (right) stands beside the crud> hut in which he says he lived for 20 years deep in the woods near Fayetteville, N. C. With him is Rural Policeman David Mec- Neill of Wade, N. C., who discovered the hermit in his shack. The former farmer from Alamance county, North Carolina, says he went into seclusion after the death of his wife. Between him and the policeman is the hermit’s crude Christmas tree decorated with worn and faded greeting cards.— (AP Photo.) Seventeen Persons Lose Lives On Georgia Highways During Holidays By The Associated Press The death toll in traffic and other acciden.ts. over the Christmas week-end had mounted to 377-early today. The 267 traffic fatalities were two more than the esti mate for the period by the National- Safety Councli. (31’ the 110 deaths from miscellaneous accidents, at least 32 were from fires. s . Bl g Jewish Festival O»f\“-uL.' "\Ef 2 o Sediy ights Is Observed Here The Jewish festival of Hanukah, or the Festival of Lights, began at sundown yesterday' and con cludes at sundown, Monday, Jan uary 3. It commemorates the Re dedication of the Temple in Jeru salem by the Maccabees in the year 167 B .C. E,, and is the first victory in the fights for religious freedom in the history of civiliza tion. This festival is celebrated by those of the Jewish faith as a sea son of thanksgiving and rededica tion to the principles of liberty and enlightenment. The children es pecially enjoy. this season. Every night they light candles, increasing the’ number till the eighth night, when the Meénorah, or Candela brum, is ablaze with light. And they receive gifts on.each of the nights, as they sing special Hanu kah songs in the light of the Men orah, . ‘lt was in the year 165 B. C. E. that the banner of revolution was raised against the tyranny and big otry of the Syrian Emperor Antio chus. In his efforts to unify his vast kingdom by a species of to talitarianism, he tried to stamp out the Jewish religion. Immediately guerilla bands of Jews, under the inspired leadership of the Macca bee ' brothers, began raiding and ambushing his armies. Against apostates and traitors within, and trained legions without, the arms (Continuea on Page Eignt). Hoover Group Reports Waste In Veteran's Medical Aid Flayed WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(AP) —A report criticizing waste and duplication in government medical services brought a warning today from Capitol Hill against econo mies at the expense of veterans. The report was drafted by a headed by former president Her bert Hoover studying governmen tal reorganization. It said that this year alone more than 44. government agencies spent approximately $1,250,000,000 for health and medical services and 24,000,000 persons were taken care of by the governmént in some de gree. The .report saw ,no letup in spending next year, noting that the Veterans Administration alone gvili spend as much in 1949 for medical services as all federal agencies spent for that purpose in 1948. “The federal government is as suming uncalculated obligations without any undetstandinf of their ultimate cost, the lack of the ne cessary professional manpower to carry them out, or thefr adverse effect upon the hospital system of the country,” the report said. 3t cited cases- Oi e nospitale Oit s e n o and un tm hospitals opq;w by an other agency. Dozens of federa ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Associated Press Service At New Brunswick, N. J., sev en_members of one family per ished in a fire which destroyed thei;l home Christmas Day. A family of gix died in a fire at ggxi'e}: gésssl.% agri(?iqa Mﬁtﬁ'eﬁ%i;t two daughters died in a blaze at Terre Haute, Ind. Other fires took thé lives of four ‘nmieinbers of one family at Kansas City, and five negroes at Dessemer, Ala. A wo man and her grauddaughter died as the result of a fire which de stroyed a trailer at Philadelphia, and three pérsons died in an auto mobile fire near Falmouth, Ky. Three other persons were froz en tob *death, two in Maryland where the temperature dropped to zero, and one in Tennessee, * “The ‘death ‘tolt by states (traffic and misgellaneous): Alabama 3-5; Arizona 3-1; Ar kansas 2-1; California 37-12; Col orado 3-1; Connecticut 0-3; Dela ware 0-0; Florida 5-3; Idaho 1-0; Illinois 15-6; Indiana 14-8; lowa 0-0; Kansas 1-2; Kentucky 9-0; Louisiana 4-0; Maine 4-0; Mary land 3-5; Massachusetts 6-6; Michigan 24-2; Minnesota 5-1; Mississippi « 1-0; Missouri 3-5; Montana 0-0; Nebraska 0-1; Ne vada 2-1; New Hampshire 0-1; New Jersey 2-12; New Mexico 1-0; New York 11-4; North Caro lina 4-3; North Dakota 0-0; Ohio 23-3; Oklahoma 1-0; Oregon 2-1! Pennsylvania 10-8; Rhode Island 0-1; South Carolina 6-2; South Dakota 0-0; Tennessee 8-1, Texas 15-3; Utah 1-0; Vermont 6-3; Vir ginia 6-11; Washington 5-2; West Virginia 3-2; Wisconsin 10-1; Wy oming 0-0; District of Columbia 0-0. ’ Seventeen persons have lost their lives on Georgia’s highways during the Christmas season. Most recent deaths - reported * {Continued on Page Eight). hospitals could be closed and the patients transferred to other quar ters, the committee added. The dommittee said Congress should “clearly define” the bene ficiaries of Federal Aid and added “two large a part of the medical resources of the armed forces are devoted to the care of civilians, veterans and dependents of mili tary personnel.” In a statement accompanying the Lreport, Hooveér emphasized that the 'task force findings “do not neces sarily “represent the commission’s tinal conclusions. The group that ‘made the report was headed by Assistant Secretary of the Army L'l"r‘:}cy S. Voorhees. nless waste is eliminated, Hoover declared, “veterans, ser vicemen and civilians alike will suffer.” 2 The committee suggested among other things that a health insur ance system be set up to care for veterans with temporary ailments not a result of their service. The government would pay the premi ums for veterans unable to do so. Another proposal’was that the government either provide similar health insurance for many of the dependents or arrange to pay for their care in community, rather then federal, tacilities. ’ - # * * Cold W eather Decides To Remain Here Persons taking advantage of Exchange Day for their Christ mas presents deemed “misfits” were confronted with weather that is far below the mean temperature, and the weather bureau at the airport could give little encouragement for tomorrow by saying it would only be slightly warmer. ; The lowest temperature re corded this morning was 23 de grees, but yesterday the mercu ry fell to 21 degrees. Dr. E. S. Sell, U. 8. weather observer here, reported that the mean temperature for this time of yvear is 43 degrees. He said the mercury will likely rig soon because the weather is much - colder than normal, ® Probers Will Seek Two More * v . Couriers For Red Spy Rings WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—(AP)—Congressional spy investigators are looking for at least two more couriers for Communist espionage rings. The hunt will be left over for the new session of Con gress as part of the untinished business of the House Un- Ameorican Activities Commtitee. Committee members are sure in| their own minds that one or more Red Couriers preceded and fol lowed Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley. “So far, we have no conclusive exidence on that point,” Rep. Mundt (R-SD)' fold ! reperters. “But their existence is entirely logical, and all the circumstantial evidence points in that direction. “There still are Communists in government, So in all probability there are Communist couriers working with them. “We believe Miss Beniley and Whittaker Chamabers should be questioned again to see whefher they can provide any leads as to the couriers.” . Chambers has testified that he was the messenger for a spy ring that stole government secrets for several years before he broke with the Communists in 1938. Miss Bentley has testified she was a courier for two wartime rings, starting around the middle of 1941. She, too, soured on the ‘Reds, told her story to the FBI, and kept working with the Com ‘,munists for a while at the FBl's request. i Mundt said the committee now wants to fill in the blank places. There is the three-year gap from the time Chambers got out of the Communists party in 1938 until Miss Bentley took over in 1941. And there is the spot after the !war, from the time Miss Bentley quit bing ‘a runner, until now. Senators Demand i . l Koch Punishment WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— (AP) | —Seven senators joined last night in a formal demand that Ilse Koch be punished anew for her part in the atrocities of Bunchenwald con !centration camp, In a report which censured lArmy officials for reducing her life sentence to four years, the Senate Investigating Committee headed by Senator Ferguson (R- Mich) declared: A “1f it is legally possible Ilse Koch should be brought to justice in a United States military court.” . v Anti-Red Teeth In Labor Curbs WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(AP) —Congress, no matter what it does to tl?e Taft-Hartley :ct,; és likely to keep some kind of anti !Commumst provision in the labor e ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1948 U.N. Faces Stiff Challenge In Palestine Ana!ndonesia Violation Of Truce Orders In Both Countries Studied PARIS, Dec. 27.——(AP)—U§ited Nations observers in Palestine today accused Israel of breaking the Holy Land truce by attacking Egyptian forces in the Negev desert. The charges were contained in a lengthy report to the U. N. Security Council over the gignature of Ralph J. Bunche, acting U. N. mediator in Palestine. TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 27 — (AP)—The second battle of the Negev swelled today into a full scale fight for the barren south ern desert. A virtual news blackout ex isted on the Israeli side, but it appeared on the fifth day of the new fighting that Israeli com manders this time are seeking to hurl the Egyptians back across their own frontiers—or to bring Egyptian political leaders around to armistice talks without fur ther delay. . Georgia Budget . Problems Aired ATLANTA, Dec. 27 — (AP) — There is not room in the 1949 Georgia budget for all of Gov. Herman Talmadge’s campaign promises, say State budget offi cials, and new taxes seem the only answer. The budget experts reported the only expansion of state services they could work {into a tentative budget of $108,000,000 was a pro posed $3,000,000 rural hospital program. Other Talmadge-endorsed pro grams-—nrural roads, expansion of Battey tuberculosis hospital, more old age pensions, new farmers’ markets, statewide forest fire pro tection—will hinge on new taxes unless the legislature makes some major: budget changes. .. Then there’s a proposed $33,000,- 000 increase in educational funds which Talmadge said would be “good business” for the state. It’s not in the tentative budget either. Mundt said the present mem bers of the committee will recom mend to those who serve in the new Session that an‘all-out*effort be made to find the missing run ners. In addition, he said, they will recommend that " atfempts “be made to tie together some addi tional léose ends. “We. are conyinced .that more people were guilty of spying than have yet become apparent,” he said. “The committee should try to expose them.”. . .. .3 .. is S k. R i ) A i . e W e s o LR Bi e B G e e e i s s | S i s . s e R R P Sl e e e A Vo e e 4 . RR e K LL L . ey i G jo gG L T T ; &8 e T ? ‘4/_?/u; 4 R B /,,, i % - ' g e T ' o i /»?v Av T T e 2 ¢z&, s& ‘ " }’;.' 4" . g? W O,A’A:ﬁﬂ '“----go.;.;:H: k i R AR R : i WIFE, DAUGHTER MOURN TOJO — Mrs. Katsuko Tojo (right), widow of the former Japanese premier, Hideki Tojo, and Machie, Tojo’s dauwghter, burn in cense at the family altar soon after he was hanged in Tokvo early Thursday (Tokyo time). The crepe-hung vhoto of Teic was taken when he was at the height of his wartime power. Between Mrs. Tojo and her daugh ter is a uniform once worn by the head of their family. —{AP Wirephoto.) The report, slated for discussion by the council today, supported Egyptian complaints that Israeli forces reopened hostilities in viola-, tion of the council’s truce order. Bunche declared “I have no knowledge of any incidents which could be claimed as a provocation for the fighting in the Negev.” The council will hold a private meeting to determine its schedule for the immediate future. - Tt faces challenges to its author ity in Palestine and Indonesia. The council has ordered Netherlands authorities to halt the fighting in Indonesia and free Republican leaders captured by Dutch forces, Dutch Position An official spokesman at The Hague said yesterday the Dutch government had not ordered a cease-{ire in the East Indies. The spokesman said the Dutch position will be announced by the Nether lands delegate to the U. N. when he is given the floor again in the Security Council. " The new Holy Land conflict was brought to the Council’'s attention by the Egyptian government which charged in a cabled message that Israeli troops had begun wide spread attacks in violation of the Council’s truce order. Egypt demanded an emergency hearing of its complaint. A council majority decided it could not dis c the Palestine situation until ?uﬁ:ial information was received rom U. N. observers on the spot. Such a report from acting Holy Land Mediator Ralph Bunche and %{:H‘mjhtary chief of staff, Brig. . William E, ‘Riley, was ex~ pected before the meeting today. Fighting in the Negev mean while was reported raging with new intensity and some observers expressed fear full-scare warfare might break out. Double Defiance On the basis of reports from Holland and from both sides in the Indonesian fighting, the council faced defiance of the cease-fire order by both the Dutch and Re publicans. Dutch sources here reported that the Netherlands’ delegate Jan Her man Van Royen will propose that the council endow the U. N. truce commission—the good offices com mittee—with a “new function.” There was na indication, however, of what specific measures he will propose. Any propoesal to change the character of the goed offices com mittee is almtost certain to start a wrangle within the council and might lead to reopening of the en 'tire Indonesian question. Holland always has disputed the Security Council’s jurisdiction in >the Indonesian conflict. ~ Netherlands authorities in the Indies appeared determined to car ry on their military campaign un til .all objectives have been taken. i SN - el 2 o =5 Where Fliers é?ﬂ'—‘ Sz 3 Are Marooned | GREENLAND = Hudson 4 X ??:,:-—,. 3/ PR jﬁ_ » e * T GOOSE BAY | - é » SRR P 0 " %, CANADA . Gs P NEWFOUNDLAND D% e y o aed O w: New - A o’ | -. Yorkass ‘¢' \ f@"’ & n North Q Atlantic Ocean g Norfolk ; RS SSO § é BERMUDA .‘; . vy CARRIER TO TRY TO RESCUE AIRMEN—The Navy is planning to send the carrier Saipan (symbol, dotted line) to a spot near the Greenland ice cap (a; where 11 U. 8. Air Force men are marooned. Rescue attempts directed from base at Goose Bay, Labrador (b), have not been successful thus far. The Saipan will leave Norfolk, Va., hase (¢) soon on five-day cruise to Green land. Seven Air Force fliers were left on the ice cap when their C-47 transport plane crashed two weeks ago. Four others became stranded with the 11 in futile attempt to rescue them.— (AP Wirephoto Map.) Carrier's Mercy Trip Slowed By High Winds Pounding Seas Likely To Delay Removing Of Airmen From lcecap ABOARD U. 8. S. SAIPAN ENROUTE TO GREEN LAND, Dec. 27.—(AP)-—Slcwed te almost a snail’s pace by lashine winds, this carrier hoped for better weather today as it ploughed on toward Greenland to attempt the rescue of 13 stranded Air Force men. The Saipan, which left Norfolk Saturday, is due off the rescue Jaunching point Wednesday. Even with improved weather, however, there is doubt that it can keep that schedule. The Saipan was moving at 27 knots (more than 30 M. P. H.) until it encountered winds upto around 100 miles an hour yester day. The skipper, Capt. Joseph L. Kane; first ordered the carrier slowed to 22 knots. The storm roared on and at 6 p. m., Kane reduced speed to 13 knots. Still later he cut down to 10 knots. Better weather was expected! today. But it seemed like to get wore again when the Saipan pass es Cape Race, possibly tonight. i Fierce gatterln: | While the Saipan took a fierce battering, five helicopters and }two torpedo bombers lashed down with cables on the hanger deck lescaped damag(f. . The ship’s doctor reported. a third of the crew seasick. | ’ .The storm swept awayv five of the eight big radio antennas' mounted on the flight deck. An lother was ieft dangling and unus uable, Zommunications were |maintained with the remaining lthree. Fourteen lift rafts broke loose ‘!rom their chains under the flight deck and plunged into the frigid sea. . The Saipan itself escaped dam ‘age. ‘ Through it all, officers in charge of “operation ice cap” con ltinued confident that their heli copters can effect the rescve of tthe stranded airmen. WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Mostly cloudy and contin ued rather cold this after noon and tonight, becoming partly cloudy and slightly warmer Tuesday. GEORGIA — Cloudy, not so cold today, tonight and Tuesday, Occasional light ~ rain Tuesday, - TEMPERATURE Fighesty .. .0 <. . ... .98 Lowest .il Lian 88 Mean ... «.vo suee vv 28 WWormal .. i v i oAB RAINFALL ; Inches last 24 nours .. .. 00 Total since Dee. 1 .. ... 2406 Deficit since Dec. 1 .. .. 1.84 Average Dec. rainfall” ... 5.08 Total since January 1 ...64.51 '/ Excess since January 1 ..16.19 Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area I I Best Dressed = 3 - Woman In Nation NEW YORK, Dec. 27—(AP)—A one-time fashion editor — who stresses simplicity in dress—tops the list of the 10 best dressed wo men of 1948 named by the New York Dress Institute. She is Mrs, William Paley, the former Barbara Cushing Mortimer, wife of the head of the Columbia Broadcasting System. A modest young woman, Mrs. Paley detests )the term “clothes horse” and buys only one or two new outfits each lseason. FOUND IN SNOV, ICE & Finger, Toe Amputations May Be Faced By Wells WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(AP) —Sumner Welles, former Under secretary of State, was found un conscious in a snowflecked Mary- | land field yesterday, his fingers and toes frozen. He remained in a serious condi tion today from ‘“severe exposure and shock.” ! Welles apparently had lain in‘ the field for several hours. The; temperature was about 15 degreesl above zero when he was found. ) The 56-year old former diplo—’ mat, an insomnia sufferer for years, frequently took walks late at night to help him get to sleep. ~ Welles regained consciousness yesterday afternoon but was un-' ‘able to say what had happened, his physician, Dr. George R. Huffman, ' said. . ‘ The doctor added it would be a lay or two before he would know ‘whether any of Welles’ fingers or ‘toes might have to be amputated. | Circumstances indicated that, Welles left his estate at. nearby | ‘Oxon Hill, Md., in the early hours of Sunday. A son, Arnold Welles, said the family believes he suffered a heart attack while out walking. He was stricken with' a heart ailment 18 years ago and has been under treatmeant for it since then. 4 Friends also reported that Wel ies has been deeply upset by {hc. death in New York Dec. 20 of Laurence Duggan, a cloSe per s i s g L e A Home Eelitriomn 4 Ay Peace Talks Fading On . China Front NANKING, Dec. 27 — (AP) —= Hopes for peace in China faded to= day. Communist radio broadcast of a host of “war criminals” to be pun=- ished by a “Peoples Court” sent them glimmering. : Heading the list' were Chiang Kai-Shek, -Madame Chiang, Pre mier Sun Fo and most of the na tion’s top miiltary and political leaders. Surprise that «the Communists would publish such a list at this time, when there seemed a possi bility of reaching some sort of agreement, was expressed in beth foreign and Chinese guarters. “Communists by their action have definitely closed the door on any hope of ending the war by negotiation,” said one official. His statement was echoed by the arrival of more troops in Nanking indicating that Chiang and his fol lowers have determined to fight on, possibly turning the capitol in to the next battleground. In view of the Communist radio declaration, it seems unlikely that any of the National officials listed would participate in any peace ne gotiation and the only avenues left to them is to fight or flee. Communist publication of the list and asubsequent proclamation making frequent references to a “Peoples Government” strengthen ed the belief the Reds have decid ed against permitting the present constitutional government to con tinue in any form-—even under a negotiated peace which would give the Communists control of China, Instead, it is believed by most ob servers the Communist high com~ mand hopes to completely elimi« nate the National government and substitute its own. From a study of reecnt troop movements, it seems that the gov ernment is hopeful of holding the Nanking-Shankhai area indefinite ly with its west flank beginning on . the Wuhu river, 50 miles south west of Nanking, and extending southward along the former Wu hu-Hweichow rail line. The rail road now ope only between Wuhu and Na . Meager reports reaching here late today said the fierce fighting raged north of Kaoyu, 60 miles northeast or Nan&ng. S There was no mention of the situation of Gen. Tu Li-Ming’s trapped armies ngar Pengpu. Tu’s men are withg%. food and bad weather kept plafies from airlifting them supplies. : Earlier National headquarters at Peiping confirmed the loss of Kal gan, gateway to Mongolia 100 miles northwest of Peiping. The city’s arsenal and industries were left intact by the departing Na tional troops. .———‘_—— w Last Of Tanker . . Victims Rescued NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 27—(AP) —The two remaining crew. mem bers of an Argentine merchant tanker have been rescued and all of the vessel’s personnel has been accounted for, the Coast Guard announced today. The Coast Guard said that two seamen aboard the severed stern of the tanker, El Capitan, were removed by the Coast Guard Cut ter Agassiz at, 8:50 a. m. Welles in the State Department, - was killed when he fell or jumped from his 16th floor office window. | After Duggan’s death it was dis closed that his name had been |linked with the current investiga ltion of Communist spy activity in !the State Department 10 years ago. !Welles thereupon issued a state ment in which he called Duggan lan absolutely loyal public servant. | Former Secretary of State Cordell , Hull and Attorney General Clark, | among others, also® vouched for Duggan’s loyalty. ! A 10-year-old boy, Robert Ker by, first saw Welles lying in the field about a mile from the Welles’ ‘manor house. Robert was return ing from mass with his family. © The father, Brooke Kerby, sum ~moned three neighbors to help carry Welles to a nearby farm - house. His face was scratched and , puffed from the cold." . { Kerby said Welles' elothing was ,“frozen to his body™ and covered | with mud, sand and ice. This led | Kergy to surmise that Welles must ‘have fallen into a small stream about 100 yards from where he ! was found. iy R | An ambulance summonw g}(l)xonl-mltookmﬁltoa” pit ’ ere.. iy fopadanigd ST e Dr. Huffman said there was no ' evidence of violénce, Scrn&gl Weiles' face and hands:a pparentiy came from tockp‘llﬁ?-gz doctor said, A i ale s = c M RR R e e

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