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Newspaper Page TextCOTTON Vol. EXVIII. No. 146. U.S. Troops Sent To Korea War Youth Admits Circus Blaze Ohioan Confesses Starting Fire . 1 That Killed 168 Persons In ‘44 COLUMBUS, ‘Ohio, June 30.— (AP) —Ohio Fire Marshal Harry J. Callan today said Robert Dale Segee, 21, Circle ville, Ohio, has signed statements admitting he set the Ringling Brothers Circus fire in Hartford, Conn., that killed 168 persons and injured 412 others in 1944.. Callan said Segee also admitted setting between 25 and 30 major fires in Portland, Maine, between 1939 and 1946, other fires in New Hampshire and Ohio and that he is per sonally responsible for the slaying of four persons. - PITTSBURGH MILK STRIKE IS SETTLED PITTSBURGH, June 30.—(AP) —A three-week strike which had choked off all but emergency milk deliveries to 2,300,000 residents of the Pittsburgh area ended last night, Nearly 3,000 AFL members ac cepted a new contract by a boom ing voice vote, There were only a few scattered shouts of “no.” Regula® milk deliveries will be gin tomorrow in Pittsburgh and six nearby counties, Beaver, But ler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence and ‘Washington. Ice cream deliveries began to day but nearly 24 hours is needed to get milk in from farms and process it for delivery. The union said it will make one more full=scale emergency deliv=- ery in the Pittsburgh area today. Throughout the strike the union— Local 205, AFL Milk and Ice Creanr Salesmen and Dairy Em ployes—maintained an emergency system to furnish milk to persons certified by physicians and to homes, hospitals and other institu tions, The drivers furnished by the union were not paid. The new contract runs until May 1, 1952, It may be reopened next May 1 for consideration of wage rates only. The settlement provides a 44- hour week with 48 hours pay un til November 1, 1950, for inside workers, Then the workers—about iwo-thirds of the union’s 3,250 members — will go on a 40-hour week with 48 hours pay. The un ion had asked for an immediate 40-hour week with no pay cut. Driver-salesmen are guaranteed $12.50 daily under the new con ‘ract, The union had asked $13.50. ""he guarantee under the old con iract was $lO. Employes with 20 years’ service got a threc-week paid vacation, The union had asked for three weeks after 15 years. All gains are retroactive to May 1, the contract expiration date, . Three Die In ‘ Texas Squalls By The Associated Press Three died in quick striking squalls which hit north central Texas yesterday. In Fort Worth, the jail portion of the criminal courts building shook, and mortar and bricks fell loose as violent rains and winds lashed cdown. The three dead were Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Limpkin and their child, of Opelika, Ala. They perished when an unex pected storm struck and their car over turned in a deep ditch near Rhome, Tex. Early today widely scattered light showers fell over the west ern Great Lakes region and the Atlantic Coast States. Elsewhere fair to partly cloudy heavens pre vailed. In the southwest and south central parts of the nation, warm and humid weather continued. AWAIT TALK BY TRUMAN Boy Scouts Open Huge Jamboree VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 30 —(AP)—The Boy Scouts of Amer ica open their mammoth national jamboree today in the now-peace=- ful valley where George Wash ington’s troops fought cold and hunger that freedom might be born on this continent. And President Truman, speak ing on these historic grounds to night (8 p. m., EST), is expected to tell the massed scouts and their leaders that the fight for liberty continues today. Nearly 50,000 attending this first national.jamboree since 1937 will greef the President when he arrives by train from Washington. The week-long campcraft festi val, dedieated to'the scouts’ 40th anniversary motto ‘of “Strength ATHENS BANNER -HERALD Associated Press Service ~ Callan said all of Segee’s state ments have been carefully checked by his investigators since he was taken into custody last May 17 on the farm of a relative near East St. Louis, Il A Pickaway :County, Ohio, grand jury todays indicted Segee on two charges of arson, stem ming from fires in Circleville, Ohio. ‘ Callan’s prepared statement about the Hartford fire said: “It has been definitely estab lished that Segee was employed by the Ringling Brothers and Bar num and Bailey Circus from June 30 to July 13, 1944. “He joined the circus on June 30 at Portland, Me., and the day he joined the circus there was a fire on tent ropes that was extin guished without loss. “The circus moved from Port land, Me., to Providence, R. 1., and while there another small fire occurred on the tent flap, which ?gain was extinguished without OSS. “On July 6, 1944, at Hartford, onn., the major fire occurred, which took the lives of 168 people. } : Major Fires #A thorough and comprehensivée investigation of the facts concern ing Segee has disclosed, accord ing to his'own admission, that he is responsible for the following ma jor fires: “(1) Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Hartford, Conn., July 6, 1944, 168 lives lost; “(2) An abandoned school house at Dennett and Chestnut streets, Portsmouth, N. H., fall of 1938; “(3) ShiE Chandler’s Store, owned by the Sargent and Lord Co., Commercial Wharf, Portland, Me., March 4, 1940; “(4) Warehouse fire, 4345 Mar ket Street, Portland, Me., Sept. 29, 1942; “(5) Salvation Army building, 9 and 15 Union street, Portland, Me., Jan. 13, 1943; “(6) The Diamond Match Lum ber Co., Portsmouth, N. H., Jan uary, 1939; “(7) Portland Pier, the National Youth Administration, Portland, Me., Feb. 11, 1942; ° “(8) Central Wharf and cold storage plant, Portland, Me., July 21, 1942, “(9) Quality Fixture Co., Co lumbus, 0., Jan. 10, 1947, and “(10) Fruehauf Trailer Co., Co lumbus, 0., March 30, 1947.” First Slaying Callan said Segee said his first slaying was a nine-year-old girl, beaten to death with a stone dur ing a fit of anger. He identified the victim as Barbara Driscoll, 9, slain on a river bank at Ports mouth, N. H,, Sept. 5, 1938. Other victims, identified by Cal lan were: A watchman who caught Segee setting a fire in a warehouse at 123 Middle Street, Portland, Me., March 16, 1943; a 12-year-old boy, strangled to death on the beach at Cape Cottage, Me., in 1943 “to the best of his (Segee’s) recollection, and a Japanese boy, killed in Japan in 1949 while Segee was in U. S. Army of Occupation. The last three victims listed by Callan were not identified by name, but the state fire marshal said all three were actual slayings as shown by his and army investi gations. - Callan said he did not know the names of three of the four persons ‘Segee said he killed. ening the Arm of Liberty,” opens officially with the raising of the colors to the accompaniment of an aerial fireworks “bombardment” echoing and re-echoing across the woodeg hills. Mostly the jamboree will be fun, sightseeing and camping practice for the boys and their leaders who have come from all 48 states,-the territories and 17 foreign countries. 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This is the first 2 Youths Are Killed InWrecksNearHere Two Others Injured In Accidents Near Athens And Arnoldsville " BY ALVA MAYES Two people were killed and two others injured in wrecks around:tihenylagtanght, - . 0o o G 0 Charles Lemar Elliott, 19, of 340 North Harris street, was fatally injured i an aceident.ahout 11 o’clock on the Winterville Road. He was pronounced dead on arvival at General Hokpital where he was taken by Bernstein ambu lance. Cooper Services Toße Saturday Mrs. Missouri Cooper, well known Athenian, died at her home at 635 North Milledge avenue, Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. ‘Mrs. Cooper was 69 years old and ‘had been in failing health for sev= ‘eral years. : Services are to be conducted Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from First Methodist Church with the pastor, Dr. J. W. O. McKibben, officiating. Burial will follow in Oconee Hill cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pall-bearers will be J. W. Peter son, Jamie Robertson, Curtis Steed, Hoyt Robertson, H. W. Steed, jr., and Joe Cooper. Mrs. Cooper is survived by two sons, Roy E. Cooper, Athens, and Ralph A. Cooper, Pensacola, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. C. C. Kincaid, Colbert, Mrs. Annie Robertson, Statham, and Mrs. Andrew Mar tin, Atlanta; four K grandchildren, Roy Cooper, jr., and Mary Cath erine Cooper, both of Athens, and David and Susan Cooper, both of Pensacola, Fla. Mrs. Cooper was a native of Barrow county and had been a reident here for the past thirty seven years. She was a devoted and active member of First Meth odist Church, her connection with that church being made when she came to Athens. Mrs. Cooper was a great lover of flowers and they responded gratefully to her ten der care. She was a sister to the late Marion Arnold, one of Athens’ best known business me:. when Poland’s Andrew Wojcicki pumped hands with fellow scout Robert Kimes of Oil City, Pa., and Scouts from Hungary and Czecho slovakia got similar back-slapping welcomes. It’s a colorful sight that will meet President Truman’s eyes—3s slick-as-a-whistle sections filled with orderly rows of tents that range from conventional G. I. olive green to the wildest shades of canary yellow. Bright flags and pennants abount. The khaki uniforms of the yeaunger boys, the immaculate whites of the Sea Scouts, the green shirts of the Explorers—older Scouts — form ever-changing pat terns agains the sun-browned grass of the knolls along the Schuylkill river. z SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1950. Robert Hawkins, 16-year-old colored youth of 382 Arch Street, was the only other occupant of the car driven by Elliott. He received internal injuries and was carried to General Hospital, where he was treated and released last night. The State Patrol Post in Athens investigated the accident. Its re port said that according to wit nesses of the accident, Elliott was attempting to pass a car driven by William T. Sheats, colored, of Win terville. The witness said that something seemed to have hap pened to Elliott’s car causing him to side-swipe the car driven by Sheats. Elliott was thrown from his car and was pinned beneath the vehicle. Elliott was manager of the Ritz Theater and Hawkins an employee of the theater whom Elliott was taking home at the time of the accident. In another accident earlier last evening, Charles Dillinger, 16, of Arnoldsville was killed and Paul M. Butts, 14, also of .Arnoldsville, was critically injured. The wreck occurred about 6:20 p. m. yester day and involved two vehicles. Bridges ambulance carried Butts and Dillinger to St. Mary’s Hospi tal where Dillinger died this morn ing and Butts’ condition was still listed as critical. L. G. Johnston, M. G. Nelms and Raymond Collins were in the other car driven by Johnston. Johnston and Nelms were carried to the hospital and released immediately. Collins was uninjured. The State Patrol Post at Wash ington answered the call and its report was unavailable this morn ing. Services for Mr. Elliott will be conducted from the Prince Avenue Baptist Church, Saturday after noon at 2 o’clock with Rev. T. R. Harvill, pastor officiating. Interment will be in Oconee Hill Cemetery. Bridges Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pall-bearers will be Erwin Es coe, Neal Condon, C. W. Owens, Nick Chilivis, Johnnie Smith, and Raymond Huff. Mr. Elliott, a native and life long resident of Athens, received his education here, graduating from Athens High School. He has been employed by the Athens branch of the Georgia Theater Company since a young boy working himself up to the position of manager of the Ritz Theater. He was an active mem ber of the Prince Avenue Baptist Church. Mr. Elliott was one of the most popular young men in (Continued On Page Two) . . Bar Association Meets Monday Meeting of the Bar Association will be held Wednesday, July 5, at 11 a. m. in Superior Courtroom in the courthouse for the purpose of fixing the calendar of business for the approaching July term of Su perior Court, Clerk Elmer J. Craw ford said today. Mr. Crawford said the regular July term of Superior Court will open on the second Monday in the month. combat photo from Korea to be received in the United States. — (AP Wirephoto from Army Radiophoto.) Talmadge Wins Both Popular And Unit Yote ATLANTA, June 30—(AP)— | Georgia remained firmly today un der the banner of its second-gen eration Talmadge political dynas ty. Young Gov. Herman Talmadge,' who once said he was through with politics, had smashed to his second straight Democratic pri mary triumph. | He thus became the first Gov-, ernor in modern Georgia history elected to serve six successive years. Victory in the primary is equivalent. to election, Talmadge, 36, a homespun “southern tradition” champion, l whipped hard-fighting former Gov. M. E. Thompson in both county unit and popular votes. Until yesterday afternoon, re turns from Wednesday’s voting had Thompson ahead in popular votes. But the rural precincts which bulwark the Talmadge poli tical organization came throuﬁh in the final stages to give their cham pion a clear-cut decision. Virtually complete returns gave Talmadge 124 counties and 305 unit votes, Thompson 34 counties and 115 units. Talmadge led in popular votes, 266,354 to 258,010. Considerably less than half the state’s 1,216,084 registered voters cast ballots. Talmadge’s margin was just slightly less than in his 1948 sweep over Thompson. Many counties switched sides and Talmadge won 14 counties by less than 100 votes. Along with Talmadge, his allies swept back into office for other capitol seats—Lieutenant-Gover nor Marvin Griffin with a tremen dous landslide over two foes, and Comptroller Zack Cravey and Court of Appeals Judge Charles Worrill. But the Talmadge organization lost one race. George Hamilton, state treasurer for 17 years and a stormy Talmadge foe most of the time, raced to victory over Tal madge-backed Sims Garrett of Milledgeville in late returns. Hamilton Edge After running nip-and-tuck for 24 hours, Hamilton stepped out front in counties with 222 unit votes while Garrett led in counties with 142 units. Veteran Senator Walter F. George made a clean sweep of every county reported in his bid for a sixth term over Atlanta At torney Alex McLennan, The pop ular vote lead for the 72-year old (Continued On Page Two) J. R. Cothran Rites Tomorrow Athens friends will regret to learn of the death in Atlanta of James R. Cothran. Mr. Cothran’s death was unexpected, coming from a heart attack. He was 59 years old. : Funeral services are to be con ducted Saturday morning at 11:30 o’clock from Patterson’s Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Cothran is survived by his wife; one son, John; mother, Mrs. R. A. Denny, Athens, and a sister, Mrs. Cuyler A. Trussell, also of his city. Mr. Cothran was widely known in the insurance field and his friends here will be saddened by news of his death. : Truman Says U. S. Planes To Fly Special Missions In North Korea WASHINGTON, Jpne 30.—(AP)—President Truman today authorized the use of American ground troops in Korea. The President announced he has authorized: 1. The United States Air Force to fly specific military missions into Northern Kore~ wherever necessary. 2. A Naval blockade of the entire Korean coast. 3. General Douglas MacArthur ‘“to use certain supporting ground units” in the efforts to turn back the Communist invaders of Southern Korea. These new moves were announced after a cabinet - congressional conference at the White House. They followed reports to the De fense Department that a North Korean force spearheaded by 40 to 50 armored vehicles had broken through Southern defenses. The White House statement said: “At a meeting with Congress ional leaders at the White House this morning, the President, to gether with the Secretary of De fense, the Secretary of State, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reviewed ‘with them the latest developments of the situation in Korea. “The Congressional leaders were given a full review of the intensi fied military activities. Coast Blockade “In keeping with the United Na tionse Security Council’s request for support to the Republic of Ko rea in repelling the North Korean invaders and restoring peace in Korea, the President announced that he had authorized the United States Air Force to conduet mis sions on specific military targets in Northern Korea wherever mil itarily necessary, and had ordered a naval blockade of the entire Ko rean coast. General MacArthur has been authorized to use certain supporting ground units.” There was no immediate elabo ration here as to what these “cer tain supporting ground units” might be. _ Dispatches from Xorea have made it plain, however, that the South Koreans are particularly in need of artillery and anti-tank weapons. MacArthur has in his Far East command an army streigth of 123,- 500 men. Four Divisions This includes four divisions. They are the First Calvary di vision—an infantry division de spite its name ;the Seventh In fantry Division, the 24th Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, the Ar my’s Chief of Staff, said after a recent visit to the area that the Far Eastern Troops are in a high state of readiness and training. * The U. S. ground troops are sta tioned in Japan, Okinawa and other islands of the Ryukyu chain, and the Philippines. Following the White House an nouncement, an Army spokesman said that all of the Army troops in the Far East command have been alerted. He said he did not know what units or what types of troops would move to Korea. The Army also has an addition al 8,000 men in Hawaii. Mr. Truman’s decisions presum ably were taken on recommenda tion of Gen. MacArthur. The De fense Department had disclosed that a report had been received from him covering his personal inspection of the Xorean situation. Long Session Before the cabinet-Congressional session, the President had a long session with Secretary of State Acheson, Secretary of Defense Johnson, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and W. Averell Harriman, new special assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs. These people remained for the second meeting and were joined by the three Secretaries of the Armed Forces, Deputy Secretary of Defense Early, Vice President Barkley, Speaker Rayburn, Senate Democratic Leader Lucas, House Democratic Leader McCormack, and the following Congress mem bers: Chairman Connally (D.-Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee and Chairman Tydings (D.- Md.) of the Senate Armed Forces Committee; Senators Thomas (D.- Utah), Wherry (R.-Neb.), Wiley (Continued on Page Two). FALLS 8,000 FEET Airline Pilot Sucked From Plane In Flight MIAMI, Fla., June 30—(AP)— An airplane pilot “deadheading” home lcst his life today by a fall from an Airliner flying at 8,000 feet over Accomac, Va. James Trotter, 32, was sucked through the rear cargo door of an Argonaut Air Line charter plane. The plane’s steward, Carl F. Knight of Maimi, said he, too, was nearly blown through the door which flew open as Trotter stoop ed beside it. Knight said he was returning from the rear of the plane and saw Troiter squatting beside the door. “I was just about to ask him why he had left his seat and was squatting beside the door when it flew open and he was .gone,” Knight told Civil. Aeronautics Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area Break - Through Begun By Red Tank Columns New Drive Reported Threatening American Headquarters At Suwon TOKYO, Saturday, July I.—(AP)-—An armored column of North Korean Communists was at least 15 miles south of the Han River in South Korea today and was threatening the American headquarters position at Suwon, an authori tative military source reported. A This news came as President Truman authorized use of U. S. ground forces to combat the Communist invaders. General MacArthur’s headquarters officially announced the invaders had made a break-through southwest of Seoul (but apparently did not officially disclose the 15-mile pen er:gtion). . . [ The confirmation was withheld | until receipt of news dispatches | from Washington that a defense department spokesman said 40 to 50 Red armored vehicies had made the break-through. - Authoritative informants, how ever, said the Reds were nc farth er than eight miles from Suwon by 1 a. m.,, today and probably were closer. _There was no information | whether American field headquar~ teres had left Suwon. Loss of Su j won would deprive the defense of ] the last remaining good-sized air strip north of Pusan, in extreme southeast Korea 175 miles away. The broad Han River is the principal natural barrier between the Red-captured southern capi tal of Seoul and the temporary southern capital of Taejon, 90 miles south of Seoul. An earlier south Korean report said southern troops had reentered the suburbs of Seoul in the heels of fleeing Communists. It was not clear whether this report still stood, zuthough it did not neces sarily conflict with the news of a Red breakthrough southwest of | the city. Air Blows Hard American air blows were being directed against north Ko rean bases and installations. | General MacArthur ordered the raids against Red invasion basesi and installations “wherever they are.” | His order came after Britain, Holland, Nationalist China, Aus tralia and New Zealand pledged active support in the battle against | the invaders. The pledges included air, sea and ground forces, the lat ter reportedly being considered by Nationalist China. Clarence Ryee, south Korean in | formation director, announced the execution of air raids on north Ko rea from the provisional capital at Taejon, 90 miles south of Seoul. ! He also told of the southerners re | entry into their capital, which fell | (Continued On Page Two) Bulletins TOKYO, Saturday, July 1— (AP)—Destruction of 15 North Korean tanks in American straf ing operations Friday was an nounced today by the Far East Air Force. WASHINGTON, June 30— (AP)—The Senate gave smash ing approval today to a $1,222,- 500,000 Foreign Arms Aid Pro gram. It includes $16,000,000 to strengthen the military forces of South Korea and the Philippines. Board inspectors. “I almost went through the door behind him. I grabbed a ladder and held on. The suction was plenty strong.” Trotter, a pilot for Connor Air lines, was one of 21 passengers on the Argonaut Air Lines plane which was enroute from Neward Airport to San Juan, Puerto Rico, via Miami. The other passengers reported ly were Puerto Ricans returning home. After the accident the plane landed at Norfolk, where the pi lot, Capt. Henry R. Goodman, clos ed the door and reported the ac cident. Then the plane was flown on to Miami. . .The ‘accitlent occurred in the darkness around 1:30 a. m. HOME EDITION Senate Readies Balloting On Arms Aid Bill WASHINGTON, June 30—({AP) —With an eye on Korean devel opments, the Senate was ready to vote today on the $1,222,500,000 foreign arms bill. Little oppesition was expected. On another front, the Senate ap propriations committee neared final agreement on the huge Mar shall Plan program which earries $100,000,000 for Korea and many, millions more for other friendly nations. The committee tentatively cut $250,000,000 out of the European Recovery Program yesterday—re ducing the third-year Marshall Plan spending to $2,727,000,000. No such economy move thtéui= ened the arms program. Among others it carries $1,000,000,000 for western Europe and $16,000,000 for embattled Korea. Senate leaders also promised top-speed action on a House-pass= ed bill to cut excise taxes by sl.- 010,000,000. The measure whipped through the House yesterday by a vote of 374 to 14. Although lawmakers have questioned the advisability of cut ting taxes in the face of the cur rent war scare, Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois said the Senate Finance committee will go to work on the bill behind closed doors Monday. “Only brief hearings are neces sary,” he said, “because everybody has been heard at the House hear ings.” Lucas said he thought the Sen ate will make “few if any changes’ in the House bill,” but that the measure might have to be put aside “if the Korean and interna tional situation gets so serious that we need more taxes.” From another quarter, Senator Taft of Ohio proposed that Re publicans draw up a formal re-’ port criticizing what he called the mistakes of the Truman adminis tration in foreign policy. He said it could be used as a campaign document. WEATHER ATHENS AND VICINITY Mostly fair and not quite so warm this afternoon and tenight. Fair with little change in tem perature tonight and Saturday. Cenditions favorable for cotiton dusting this afternoon and Sat urday morning. Sunday consid erable cloudiness and warmer. Low tonight 64 and high temor row 94. Sun sets 7:48 and rises 525, GEORGIA — Mostly fair and and not so warm in north and west, with scattered thunder showers and continued warm in southeast portion this afternoon and evening. Saturday generally fair, a little cooler in southeast portion Saturday, with Ilittle change in temperatures else where, Highesk Tl vail oee o i Lowesk ol ol e Mean ..ece sses soos evwes oo ls Nepmal: .o ot oy o 8 RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00 Total since June 1 .. .. ..+2BB Deficit since June 1 .. ~ .. 1.08 Average June rainfall ~ .. 4.03 Total since January 1. ..,.18.45 Deficit sincé January 1 ~ 8.17

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