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At left, Elliott Roosevelt plants a light kiss on a mys
terious woman, on his arrival from Europe in New York.
The mysterious woman, at right, after kissing Elliott, got
into a car and they drove off together. — (NEA Tele
photo.)
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U.S. Spends 110 Million
A Day In Fiscal Year
Spending Puts Nation $8 Million
Deeper In Debt Every 24 Hours
WASHINGTON, July 4.—(AP) —The government spent
$110,000,000 a day throughout fiscal 1950, which ended
June 80—and went $8,554,000 deeper in the hole every 24
hoyys.
O%Vith no shooting war on to boost costs, as there is now
with the Korean incident, it piled up a $3,122,102,357.45
deficit for the 12 months.
In doing so, it lifted its cumu
tive debt for 160 years’ opera
ions to $257,376,855.01 — about
1704 50 for each living American.
But big as the deficit was, it
represented a $2,500,000,000 or 40
per cent improvement over what
the administration had forecast
only a little over two months ago.
The final red ink entry was pro
duced by the government’s spend
ing $40,166,835,914.82 while taking
in only $37,044,833,557.37 during
the year, the treasury disclosed in
closing its books yesterday.
It was the 18th budget deficit
in the last 20 years, the 85th in
U. S. history (against 74 surplus
vears), and the fourth in the six
fiscal years which have ended
ismce Harry Truman became pres
dent.
The bright aspect afforded by
comparison with administration
estimates faded when fiscal 1958
was matched against the preceding
year.
The 1950 deficit topped that of
fiscal 1949 by $1,311,000— chiefly
because its revenues had been
dropped $1,201,000,000 lower as a
result of the “recession.”
There was apparent likelihood
of a still greater deficit in eurrent
fiscal 1951, which began this
month, since 1950’s improvement
over the official estimates was
largely due to lagging outlays that
should swell this year’s previous
ly estimated costs.
The administration has estima
ter a $5,200,000,000 deficit for this
vear, but the actual outcome will
hinge largely on what Congress
does with the still-incompleted ap
propriations and tax bills.
The treasury figures for fiscal
1950 revealed that President Tru
man, in preparing his budget last
January, had overestima?d spend
ing by $3,130,000,000 and also had
overestimated tax revenues by
$718,000.000. ‘
Burglar Enters
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Queen’s House
LONDON, July 4—(AP)—The
story of how a drink-befuddled
prowler learned to his horror that
he had broken into the home of
Queen Mary was told today in the
Bow Street Police Court.
Gerald O’Brien, 26, was order
ed held for trial on charges of
wounding two elderly women ser
vants early on June 24 at Marlbor
ough House, the 83-year-old
queen’s London residence. He
pleaded innocent.
Prosecutor Donald Barry said
police guards roused by the
screams of the two women search
¢d the house for five hours be
lore they found O’Brien cowering
in the basement,
"Please, don’t hang me,” was
O'Brien’s greeting to the officers.
i CONEEVERY 1O MlNUTES—————————
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 534 Mark
: l%{ The Associated Press
I¥ettle and other accidents have
silled at lieast 534 persons since
48 nation began a four-day July
‘% oglebration last Friday night.
raftie gatalities seemed cer--
'#in to exceed the 885 predicted by
*’l\e'Naflona! safety counecil for the
.€riod. Between 6p. m. (local
me) hlda{ and last midnight,
45 persons had died on the high
-28, another 113 had drowned,
{4 78 were killed in other mis
aneous accidents.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
DeathTakesC. V.
Driskell Today
C. V. Driskell, well known res
ident of Athens since 1920, died
in a local hospital this morning
after an illness of six weeks. Mr.
Driskell was 71 years old.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Bridges Fun
eral Home.
Mr. Driskell is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. D. J. Bennett,
Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Ed Lampkin,
Athens; two sons, Dennis Driskell,
Athens, and C. M. Driskell, Law
renceville, and a number of grand
children and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Driskell was a native of For
syth, Ga.,, and came to Athens
thirty years ago. For a number of
years he was engaged in the gro
cery business here but retired a
few years ago. 3
During his long residence in this
city, Mr. Driskell made a large
number of friends who are sad
denned by news of his death.
Official Votel
State Prim
ATLANTA, July 4—(AP)—Pop
ular vote totals in last week’s
Georgia primary were:
Gov. Herman Talmadge, 287,637.
M. E. Thompson, 279,138.
C. O. (Fat) Baker, 10,250.
Pat Avery, 3,050.
Mrs, Jessie Jenkins, 2,963,
Talmadge carried 124 counties
and received 295 unit votes.
Thompson carried 34 counties and
115 unit votes. The vote was a tie
in Atkinson county, and the two
split the unit vote, :
None of the other candidates
carried a county.
These totals came from*com
plete results furnished the state
auditor by election officials in
each county. They are the figures
to be furnished the State Demo
cratic Executive Conrmittee.
.
Two Fire Calis
Athens firemen answered two
calls yesterday afternoon.
The first call came at about 2:40
p. m., to the Athens Country Club
where there was a grass and trash
fire. No damage was incurred.
At 6:40 p. m., another call was
answered to “Magazine Woods”
just off Grace Street, where there
was a grass fire. No damage was
reported here.
The deaths were at the rate cf
more than one every ten minutes.
The only reported death from
fireworks was in New Hampshire.
The council estimated that by
midnight tonight there will have
been 36,000,000 vehicles on the
highways during the four days and
that the nation will have exper
ienced its worst traffic jam in his
tory.
The deaths by states, with traf
fic, drownings and miscellaneous
Strategic
Captured
Sets Policy Of Not
Putting All Military
‘Eggs’ In One Basket
WASHINGTON, July 4—(AP)
—Orders for marines to join Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur were
taken by military men here today
as under-scoring the mneed for
keeping strong in Japan as well as
halting the Xorean invasion.
Further help in fighting -the
Communists from Northern Korea
was ordered yesterday by the air
force—B29 bombers from the West
coast. a total of 75 are available
at the two bases of departure,
March Field California., and Spo
kane, Wash., for service at ad
vanced U. S. bases in the far east.
MacArthur already has commit
ted part of his four infantry di
visions in Korea. The decision to
dispatch units of the first Marine
division to .Asia, announced yes
terday, is believed to have been
prompted by the expectation that
MacArthur will throw in still
more of his garrison troops. How
ever, he can’t keep up indefinite
ly and he is known to oppose, as
do military leaders in Washington
the idea of placing all of our mili
tary eggs in the Korean military
basket.
Number Unknown
™he Navy did not specify whe
ther the entire first marine divis
ion would go to the pacifie, but
the division is known to be trained
and organized as an integrated as
sault force. It now contains three
battalions, and many of its men
'%Vre-.wleter&ns of dombat in World
ar 11.
Marine officers saw significance
in the announcement that units.of
the first marine air wing would
also be placed under MacArthur’s
orders. They argued that if the
marines were to be used only for
occupation garrison duties, their
own air force would not be going
along with them.
Top level conferences-here dur
ing the last 24 hours are believed
to have focused on the kest means
of obtaining more trained man
power unless the Korean conflict
ends quickly. g
Top Conference
In one of these conferences, at
the Blair House yesterday, Presi
dent Truman talked over the Ko
rean situation with defense, cabi
net and Congressional leaders for
a hour. Presidential Secretary
been Ayers said afterward that no
decision were made.
High military officers indicated
that defense leaders in discussing
manpower needs favored activa
tion of certain reserve units, now
largely composed of officers who
saw service in World War 11.
These units, they said, could be
filled in with volunteer veterans
of the iast war.
These officers also said that the
possibilitty of federalizing of parts
of the National Guard has been
considered, but that his plan had
been put aside for the present.
Military officers said also that
the need for men to replace losses
in Korea and to restore the
strength of the Japanese garrison
might be obtained, in time, by
resumption of the draft. However,
they pointed out this would pro
duce trained men much more
slowly than use of the reserves.
Fireman Misses
Pole; Badly Hurt
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.,
July 4—(AP)—This had to hap
pen sometime—,
Fireman Robert L. Howe jump
ed for sliding pole and missed.
The 29-year-old firefighter fell
18 feet to a concrete floor, and re
ceived a severe head gash and
shoulder injuries.
Fellow firemen described how it
happened at Battalion 14 station
last nightr At the sound of an
alarm Howe ran for the pole, pull
ing on his jacket. But his arm be
came fouled in the sleeve and he
couldn’t grab the pole after he
jumped. He was taken to a police
emergency hospital. :
The alarm was for a minol
grass fire, put out with one truck
listed in that order.
Alabama 17, 5,0; Arizona 1,0, 0;
Arkansas 3,3, 2; California 18, 13,
11; Colorado 1,3, 0; Connecticut
1,3, 2; Florida 3,1, 0; Georgia 11,
1,1; Idaho 4, 11; Illinois 18, 1,1;
Indiana 11, 1,5; lowa 6,3, 0; Kan
sas 6,0, 0; Kentucky 5,1, 2; Louis
jana 5,3, 0; Maine 1,2, 0; Marylan
s %0 Massachusetts 2, ]‘}L 1
Mi]cv?igan 26, g, l:%;(;‘liuuesota 5
6; Mississippi 2,1, mri9, 2,
1; Montana 3, b, 3; Nebraska g: 0,
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The open arrow on this map designates
the area where United States troops are
advancing north of Taejon to meet the
southward march (solid arrows) of North
Korean Communists on a 55-mile front.
There were four Red ecolumns across the
Han river. The city of Suwon was flanked
by two Communist mechanized columns
Russia Calls On U. N. Council
To Get U. S. Out Of Korean War
Bulletins
WASHINGTON, July 4—(AP)
The army said today it hds mo
plans now for calling up re
serves or using the draft to get
men.
A formal statement on the
army’s position was put out by
the defense department as a re
sult of various reports that re
serves might be called to service
in view of the Korean campaign.
PARIS, July 4—(AP) — The
Socialist party voted today to
throw its weight against the
two-day-old government of Pre
mier Henri Queuille. Thus the
new government faces almost
certain defeat before the Na
tional Assembly.
At the urging of former in
terior Minister Jules Moch the
Socialist deputies voted 61 to
26 to throw their weight against
Queuille’s regime.
WASHINGTCN, July 4—(AP)
-—The Navy said today a report
that an unidentified submarine
had been seen in the Gulf of
Mexico off the Florida coast had
been “evaluated as very doubt
nl” ?
A briefing officer told news
men the report seemed to have
originated with “a tourist” who
is an ex-navy man. He did not
identify the man.
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Suicide Attempt
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Kills 1, Hurts 2
PEORIA, 111, July 4—(AP)—=A
22-year-old man died today, an
innocent victim of “‘what Detec
tive Captain Ben Markoski said
was a youth’s wild attempt to kill
himself in an automobile crash.
The dead man was Robert
Campbell, of nearby Bartonville.
His wife, Phyllis, and her brother,
Clarence Kelly, remain in critical
condition.
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| Nevada 1,0, 0; New Jersey 13,
|5, 1; New Mexico 3,0, 0; New
York 21, 8,9; North Carolina 20,
ls, 3: Ohio 18 1,5; Oklahoma 7T,
1,1; Oregon 3,2, 0; Pennsylvania
| 14, 9,0; South Carolina 10, 6,2;
South Dakota 1, 0 , 0; Tennessee
15, 2,1; Texas 18, 3,5; Utah 0, @, 1;
Vermont 0,0, 2; Virginia 104,3;
Washington 8,2, 1; West Virginia
6,0, 0; Wisconsin 9,0, 1; Wyoming
%,,Or QJDiStIiCL of Columbia l, 0,
WHERE YANKS IN KORA ADVANCE TO MEET REDS
LONDON, July 4—(AP)—Rus
sia called on the United Natiors
Security Council today to get
American Armed Forces out of
Korea.
In a lengthy statement bristling
with accusations against the Unit
ed States, Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei A, Gromyko de
clared:
“The United Nations will only
fulfill its obligations to muaintain
peace if the Security Council de
mands the unconditional cessation
of American military intervention
and the immediate withdrawal of
the American Armed Forces from
Korea.”
The statement, published by the
Soviet News Agency Tass, accused
the United States of committing
“armed aggression,” “a hostile act
against peace” and of waging
“open war against the Korean peo
ple.”
In Washington the State De
partment said it would not com
ment immediately on Gromyko’s
statement.
Reiterating previous Soviet
claims that U. S.-backed South
Korean forces had started the
fighting, Gromyko asserted Amer
ican “aggressive circles” sought to
gain control over all of Korea to
use it as a “military and strategic
bridgehead in the Far East.”
(Both American and United Na
tions observers previously had
charged the Communist-led North
Koreans with opening the fighting
with an invasion across the 38th
parallel that separates Russian
dominated North Korea and U. S.-
backed South Korea.)
The Security Council on June 27
adopted a U. S. resolution calling
for military support of the South
Koreans. Gromyko termed the
council. an “obedient instrument
of the policy of the American rul
ing circles who acted as violators
of the peace; an instrument em
ployed by the United States ruling
circles with the object of unleash
ing war.”
Lie Attacked
The statement accused U. N.
Secretary-General Trygve Lie. of
“obligingly” assisting in a “gross
violation of the (U. N.) charter by
the government of the United
States and by other members of
the Security Council.”
Gromyko repeated previous Rus
sian charges that the Security
Council call for military aid was
illegal because Nationalist China
cast the seventh and deciding vote
on the U. S. resolution and because
Russia was absent from the meet
ing. |
The statement attacked Presi
dent Truman’s orders to the U. S.
Navy to neutralize the island of
Formaosa, held by the Chinese Na
tionalists, as well as the Presi
dent’s order for stepped-up mili
tary supplies to the Philippines
and Indo-China. |
The American action on For
mosa, Gromyko said, meant Amer- l
ican troops had occipied “that
part of the territory of China” in
what he termed a ‘“direct aggres~
sion” against China. : ,
Suwon Airfield
By Korean Reds
moving southward from the Yongdunpo
area. Two other columns have pushed
south from the area east of Seoul. A fifth
column was reported by the North Korean
radio to have captured Wonju (under
lined) . The black area on the map denotes
the approximate extent of North Korean
control.— (AP Wirephoto Map.)
Gumnen Remove
Valuable Papers
From Cuba Court
HAVANA, Cuba, July 4—(AP)
—Six gunmen invaded a court
room here today and seized docu
ments charging former President
Ramon Grau San Martin and
others of misappropriating $174,-
000,000,
~ Police held for questioning two
officers on guard at the court.
One of them said he opened the
locked door of the court roonr
early today in response to a knock
in the belief it was a police cap
tain making a regular inspection.
The officer said that six gun
men carrying pistols and auto
matic rifles forced their way in
side. They wore women’s black
stockings as masks. The guard
said the gunmen tied them up and
made away with the documents.
The court had only recently in
dicted Isauro Valdes Moreno, for
mer secretary of the treasury un
der Grau, and other former offi
cials of misappropriating $9,500,-
¢eoo.
The prosecutors in the case an
nounced last week that they had
asked indictment of Grau and
others in his administration. Grau
said at the tinre he would welcome
a complete airing of the charges.
Under Cuban court procedure a
prosecutor or citizen may go into
court and file charges. The court
investigates and then decides
whether to return an accusation—
similar to an indictment by a
grand jury in the United States.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
warm through Thursday. Scat
tered afternoon and evening
thundershowers. Low tonight 68
and high Wednesday 90. Sun
sets 7:48 and rises 5:27.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued rather warm this
afternoon, tonight and Wednes
day with scattered afternoon
or evening thundershowers.
Extended forecast for Georgia
and the Carolinas from 7:30 p.
m. tonight to 7:30 p. m, Satur
day night: Continued warm
with no important change in
temperatures, which will aver
are one to ithree degrees above
normal. Rainiail generally light
and scattered afternoon thun
dershowers.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Strong Tank Thrust Threatens
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By The Associated Press 7
A strong thrust by Communist tanks threatened today
to encircle South Korean forces in the Suwon-Inchon-Seoul
triangle after Red armor burst into Suwon and captured
the imporéant airfield, General MacArthur’s headquarters
announced, ;
A headquarters communique re
%orted fighting at Inchon, South
orean port 20 miles west of the
fallen capital, Seoul. The defend
ing southern forces have been
holding doggedly to Inchon ever
since the invasion of South Korea
began 10 days ago.
‘ Four or five divisions of North
(correct) Koreans advance in the
‘area of Suwon, whose airfield
served the American supply air
lift in the early stages of the Com
munist invasion. The northerners
engaged the defenders in daylong
fighting before Red tanks burst
into the city. Later a force of 25
more tanks moved into the fight
ing zone. Communist patrols im
mediately stabbed southward to=-
gard outposts held by American
Aroops. Communist planes, mean
g‘hfle, strafed a British ship off
e east coast of Korea.
There were some reports that
American troops already had
tasted battle, but Gen. MacAr
thur’s headquarters said none of
the U. S. infantry committed to
Korea yet was involved. There
was no indication how closg Am
ericans were to the Suwon area,
but the Reds were reparted push
ing with all they have toward U. S.
positions. There was no indica
tion the Reds, after slicing into
Suwon with their tanks, would
pause for breath as they had when
they took the South Korean Capi
tal, Seoul, 20 miles to the North.
Elsewhere:
Formosa: Naval headquarters
said Nationalist Warships sank 20
troop-laden boats Monday, thwar
ing a Chinese Communist attempt
to invade the Tachen Islands be
tween Shanghai and Formosa, 20
miles from the mainland. The an
nouncement said the action was
defensive and did not violate the
Nationalist suspension of sea and
air operations against the Red
China mainland, imposed last
week at the behest of President
Truman.
Iran: Indications of a new Am
erican aid program from Iran has
brought a bitter Communist-led
campaign against Henry F. Grady,
new U. S. Ambassador in Tehran,
Dr. Saye Gives
Chapel Address
Dr. Albert Saye, professor of
political science at the University
of Georgia, spoke in the Chapel
this morning on “The Philosophy
of the American Revolution.”
The framers of the Declaration
of Independence, he said, emerged
with a doctrine of the rights of
man, which doctrine, he said, went
much farther than that of the
rights available to Englishmen of
the time.
Pointing out that there is no one
treatise which deals fully with the
philosophy of the American Revo
lution, he outlined historically the
ideas and concepts which contrib
uted to American independence.
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SHE'LL EAT HER WEIGHT IN “CHIPS”
Adlyn Sumner (left), “Miss Tennessee” of 1949, will
eat her weight (118 pounds) in potato chips within a
year to prove they're not fattening. She will conduet the
experiment for the National Potato Chip Institute which
is holding its summer convention in Asheville, N. &~
Adlyn is attending the convention. Beside her is a pile of
potato chips which gives you some idea of how muech
she’s got to eat.— (AP Fhoto.)
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FAYETTEVILLE, N, C., July 4
—(AP)—Sgt. J. W. Swetich broke
the American paracute jump rec
ord today and sought a world’s
record.
Starting at 2 a. m,, (EST), the
82nd Airborne. Division wveteran
had made 86 jumps at 16:18 a."'m.
He had claimed the American rec
ord with a previous record of 60
consecutive jumps. He did that at
Sicux City, la., June 2, 1946,
Swetich hoped to make 109
jumps.
The world’s record is claimed by
Juan Iriarte of Buenos Aires. He
claims to have made 105 jumps in
seven hours and 23 minutes.
Swetich had not been foreed io
use his reserve ’chute through his
86th jump, He said he was feeling
fine.
He is a native of Dillon, Mont.,
and has been a paratrooper sgince
1941. His jumps until today totaled
268.