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No One Is Injured
In Second Santa Fe
Mishap In 18 Hours
MONICA, I, July T—(AP)—
less than 18 hours after the San
ta Fe railroad’s gleaming El Capi
tan tragically. piled up yesterday
in a twisted mass of stainless steel
its sister Westbound train also was
delayed by a derailment.
But in the serond mishap no
one was Injured. The passengers
were not even shaken as three of
the train’s four diesel units drop
ped to the ground from a transfer
track at nearby Galesburg.
Meanwhile, wreckiflg erews
cleared, one mainline of the dou
ble track right-of-way here where
nine (correct) passengers were
killed and about 75 injured in the
earlier wreck. Traffic over the line |
was resumed. |
The second derailment occured |
s the California~bound train was
being transferred from the Chica
go Burlington and Quincy tracks
to the Santa Fe. Because of the
reck here, the Santa Fe had
been running its trains over the
CB & Q from Chicago to its own
line at Galesburg.
Wrecking crews still worked
today at picking up the wreckage
of the T7O-mile-an-hour Kansas
City Chief and the extra-fare, all
coach 9-mile-an-hour ElCapitan
vhich crashed at 4:40 a. m. yes
terday.
The trains were bound for Chi
cago, 148 miles northeast of here.
The Chief was on the normally
Westbound track under automatic
trajn control.
This means that signal lights
ordinarily seen on block signals
on the right-of-way flash in the
engineer's cab. Santa Fe officials
said the procedure is an everyday
operating maneuver. A dispatcher
in the frain terminal sets the train
coyrse,
As the Fl Capitan speeded ahead
of the Chief—a pullman and coach
train—its mail car swayed, left
the tracks, and whipped into the
first ear and side of the Kansas
city train locomotive. .
New Outbreak
Inl.S. Polio
NEW YORK, July 1— (AP) —
A new outbreak of infantile par
alysis was reportel across.the na
tion today, along with the an
nouncement that the 1950 march
of dimes campaign netted a record
sum to fight the disease.
Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, said - Americans gave
$30,783,000 — more than ever be
fore— to the 1950 drive. .
He added that the fund is be
ing nsed at an “unprecedented
rate” to combat a threatened new,
severe epidemie.
The number of polio cases so far
this year, he said, is slightly above
the number in the same period
last year, when the nation had a
record all-time high' of 52,375 new
polio patients. @ 9 7
O’Connor said aid stotaling $2,-
666,129 already has been advanc
ed to local chapters this year. Ar
kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and
Texas have received more than
$200,000 each; California and Illi
nois, more than $150,000 each.
Greatest contributions in last
January’s drive came from New
York, $3,700,000; California, $2,-
390,000, and Illinois, $1,858,000.
The 30-million-plus total beat
1949’s collection of $25,728,000,
then a record. O’Conner said vir
tually all the latter sum, plus
$4,000,000 raised in an emergency
appeal last September, has been
uscd to care for 1949’s patients.
. There are 17,000 of these wequir
ing continuing assistance, he said.
Half of the funds raised in the
March of Dimes is used by the Na
tional headquarters for use in re
search, training and for emergen
¢y aid, while the other half re
mains with local chapters.
FIRE CALLS ?
_Firemen extinguished a grass
fire on Satula avenue shortly after
hoon Imday. No damage was re
ported.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy with little
¢hange in temperature tonight
and Saturday. Sunday partly
¢loudy and warmer. Low tonight
66 and high Saturday 88. Sun
Sets 7:48 and rises 5:28.
GEORGIA — Consider
able cloudiness and mild this
afternoon with scatfered show-
IS and thunderstorms in south
Portion, Partly cloudy with lit-
Ule temperature changs tonight
and Saturday, with scattered
thunderstorms n extreme south
bortion Saturday afternoon.
& TEMPERATURE
Highegt | @ TS &
LU‘.\‘GSt baws i oEh ....70
Mean iv. i dus: snis Hoeiu il
Normeg 3 00 F divaaa e
RAINFALL
Inches Jagt 24 hourg' .: ... &0
Total since July 1 ~ .. .. .03
Deficit ginee iy 1o 208
‘i\ “"l?‘ge July rainfall .. .. .15;25
o'l since Janyary 1. ...
Deficit *¢t Jn:‘\'fnig,:"j'f"".f"gfl
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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WITH AN AMERICAN COMBAT PATROL IN
SOUTH KOREA, Saturday, July B.—(AP)-—The Ameri
cans started back Friday.
This patrol took off from a miserable little collection
of mud huts Friday morning with instructions to contact
the enemy and try to regain the ground lost the day be
fore.
Under a blue sky inhabited only by American planes,
the patrol by 3 p. m. Friday had moved approximately
ten miles north against meager opposition.
NEW YORK, July 7.—(AP)—A sudden—and brief—
wave of selling changed the course of the stock market
this afternoon and drove prices down.
Radio-television issues were the special target. Losses
in these shares ranged to as much as four points.
Earlier steadiness had been highlighted by demand
for sugar stocks. Some of the gains for these issues dwin
dled during the later burst of liquidation.
Sw anen Call Off
Walkouts In Midwest
Strike Against 4 Of 5 Railroads
Cancelled After Threat By Truman
CHICAGO, July 7.— (AP) —AFL switchmen have called
off their 12-day strike against four of five big Mid-West
and Western railroads. They acted yesterday after Presi
dent Truman called the strike unjustified and threatened
drastic action.
The strike against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
continues.
The other lines—the Chicago Great Western, the Great
Northern, the Denver and Rio Grande Western, and the
Western Pacific — bent all efforts today to get rolling
again.
The end of the strike on the
four lines came eight hours after
the President told a news confer
ence he would take drastic action
if necessary to halt the walkout
of 4,000 members of the AFL
Switchmen’s union of North Am
erica. 7
He did not say what he would‘
do if his demand were ignored..
He did not, for example, say whe
ther he would ask government
seizure of the lines.
The Western Pacific said in San
Francisco it would run its passen
ger trains today. Officers of the
Great Northern; at St. Paul, Minn..
announced oi;erations would be
resumed “as fast as we can.” D &
GW officials at Denver said their
trains would be rolling “as rapid
ly as possible.”
The Chieago Great Western did
not have any immediate announce
ment of resumption plans.
The switchmen said they would
continue their strike against the
Rock Island “to learn whether
free men in a free country can still
bargain with their employers
without fear that big government
will team up with obstinate em
ployers.”
J. D. Farrington, president of
the Rock Island, was quoted by a
line spokesman as saying e was
“shocked that the Rock Island
should be singled out” for contin
uation of the strike.
The Rock Island is paralleled
by other lines, a union spokesman
commented, and therefore there is
no strike emergency on the line.
“This way the railroads won’t be
able to scream about an emergency
being created by the Rock Island’s
switchmen being on strike.”
The 8,000 mile Rock Island sy
stem runs from Chicago and con
nects with West coast lines in New
Mexico and Colorado.
The switchmer: went off the
job June 25 in protest to a Presi
dential fact-finding board’s report.
The unionist wanted a 40 hour
week at 48 hours pay. The board
approved the 40 hour demand, but
suggested an 18 cent an hour pay
boost instead of the 48 hour pay—
about half of what the switchmen
sought.
Mr. Truman said the walkout
had tied up rail facilities which
are needed to move the wheat crop
to market and cattle to pasture
lands.
Barrow Sworn In
.
As City Attorney
James Barrow was sworn into
office as City Attorney by Mayor
Jack R. Wells yesterday.
Mr, Barrow will serve for a
three-vear term, succeeding Rob
ert G. Stephens, jr., as city at
torney. Mr. Barrow was chosen in
a recent city election, and Mr.
Stephiens, who did not offer for
re-election as city attorney, was
elected state senator last week.
China Reds
To Capture
LAKE SUCCESS, July 7.—(AP)
—Red China has served notice on
the United Nations that it is de
termined to seize Formosa despite
any military measures America
may take.
Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai
outlined the Peiping regime’s po
sition in a cable yesterday to U.
N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie.
It accused the U. S. of an “act of
open aggression” in assigning Am
erican naval units to protect the
Chinese Nationalist island pastion.
Meanwhile, the Security Coun
cil called a session for this after
ni)otxix to ‘tsfie fi:x:l Gcti&r:i osnt atex;e:;
olu ing theta
‘ nihix %éixeré\n% Méfii"MacMfli\h’
Arthur Oldham
Honored By
Athens Lions
Judge Arthu S. Oldham was
honored last night for his long
and faithful service as secretary
of Athens Lions Club. ?
Aiso last night, new officers of
the club for 1950-51 were installed
at the meeting in the Georgian
Hotel. About 100 members and
their wives were in attendance.
Officers are: Roy Curtis, pres
ident; J. W. Henry, first vice pres
ident; Eugene Epting, second vice
president; Warren Lanier, third
vice president; R. H. Kennon, sec
retary; J. H. Hubert, treasurer; B.
H. Wofford, Lion tamer, and John
Stiles, Tail twister.
New directors are W. P. Horton,
J. W. Matthews, and Arthur Old
ham. Directors already named to
serve for the next year are Henry
Rosenthal and ¥. W. Whitney.
Out-going president is J. W.
Matthews. Mr. Matthews’ brother,
Robert Matthews, Gainesville,
past district governor of Lions, in
stalled the officers. s
Judge Oldham was presented a
plaque with an inseription stating:
“Tg Judge Arthur Oldham for 12
years of faithful service.” Also, he
was given a brief case.
Taking charge of the program
was L. R. Dunson, assistant state
4-H Club leader, tAhens. Featur
ed on the program were the
winners in the recent 4-H Club
talent revues in North and North
east Georgia.
Participating in the program last
night were the following 4-H’ers:
Gainesville quartet — Roger Ches
ser, Ronald Chesser, Charles Lo
max, Lewis Carter; Impersona
tion — Bobbie Gilbert, Morgan
county; Soloist — James Myers;
Madison county; Duet — Annie
Bob Chandler and Montye Pope,
Jasper county.
. .
Drive Against
Speedsters Pays
DETROIT, July 7.— (AP) —ls
figures count for anything, De
troit’s crackdown on speeding
drivers is paying off,
In 60 days of a “get tough”
policy 590 persons have been sent
to jail.
Over the same period 23 per
sons were killed in traffic as com
pared to 32 for the previous 60
days.
“1t looks good to me,” said
Traffic Judge John D. Watts. “But
give us another six months and
we'll really show some results.”
Tell U. N. They're Determined
Formosa Despite U. S. Sea Aid
as the first supreme commander
of a U. N. military force in battle.
Passage of the mcasure appeared
certain.
Chou En-Lai’s message accused
the U. N. as acting as a tool of
America by countenancing Presi
dent Truman's action in sending
Amrerican naval vessels to guard
Formosa. It said:
“By keeping silent on this act
of open aggression of the United
States government, the Security
Council and the Secretary-General
of the United Nations have fore
gone their functions and duties of
uph:elging world peace, and there
by became i
by became A i lad ated
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., FRDAY, JULY 7, 1950.
Korean Reds Press
Encircling Movement
South Koreans Claim Recapfure
0f Two Road And Rail Junctions
TOKYO, July 7.— (AP) —General MacArthur said in
his communique tonight North Korean Communists are
pressing their enveloping movement with two divisions in
the Pyongtaek area, 23 miles south of Suwon.
MacArthur said the front line reached from a point
north of Chonon, the most southern peint approached by
the Reds, northwest to Mugung, which is 25 miles east of
Yongtaek; to Chungju and on to the east coast.
The General said from west to
east the First, Third and Fourth
North Korean Divisions were
spearheading the advance.
The Fifth Division was probing
west from Wonju with some ele
ments moving west of Ansong,
Guerriila activity was reported
on the east coast near Yongdok,
100 miles south of the 38th par
allel, the communique ‘said.
Eaglier in Korea, a South Ko
rean source had reported the re
capture of Pyongtaek and Chung
ju from the Reds in an apparent
counter move by the American and
South Korean forces.
A South Korean colonel, con
sidered reliable, said the report of
‘the recapture of the two towns
from North Korean Reds was
made to the South Korean army.
American headquarters in Korea
had not reported recapture of the
towns. Both were taken by the
Communists yesterday,
An unconfirmed South Korean
report said a Red columm headed
by two tanks and two armored
cars threatened the southeastern
Pusan area. The east coast force
was reported 80 miles north of the
important port and supply base
where the first American seaborne
troops were landed in Korea.
Big Fight
Meanwhile, both sides rushec
men and supplies into the muddy
red clay area along the winding
Kum river for what appeared t
be an imminent battle involving
upwards of 90,000 Korean Red:
and a small American force.
The rugged river country jus
north of Taejon is likely to becom
the battleground.
The American commander ir
Korea estimated the Northern in
vaders’ strength, He said the Red:
had thrown 15 divisions and 15(
tanks into South Korea. He -esti
mated the Communist fighting
men at between 75,000 and 90,000
Some divisions, he said, werv a
brigade strength.
So fast were the Communist:
pouring in it was a question o
whether the Americans woul
have time to check the powerfu
thrust. But this much was certair
—those Americans thus far testec
in battle were able. A handful o
them—possibly no more than 50
—stopped cold for six hours the
best division the Russian trainec
Koreans thirew at them,
The grim news of the huge Re
reinforcements came as Americal
and Australian airmen poundec
the enemy. They reported 16 tank
knocked out.
B-29 Raids
l U. S. B-29’s hit a North Korear
port, too. Pilots bombed what ap:
lpeared to be four submarines ir
Chinnampo harbor. The Northern.
ers are not known to have an
subs. But Russia, from whos
huge arms larder the North Ko
reans are drawing great stores, ha:
an estimated 75 submarines in the
Pacific,
The top American commander
in Korea s2id no big fight had yet
occurred between the Americans
and North Kore%ns. So far, he
said, “half a battalion” had tasted
action. It did a good job and pull
ed out after suffering about 10
percent casualties.
The commander was not identi
fied in the dispatch from Korea.
Major General William F. Dean is
commander of U. S. troops in
Korea.
Although outnumbered eight to
one and 40 tanks in equipment, he
said they halted North Korea’s best
division, for a while. General Mac-
Arthur said the Americans re
treated only after a well-executed
frontal attack and a flanking en
velopment. ¢
American forces today frantical
ly built up their forces by air and
sea from-Japan. Three Red divis
jons moved southward behind
government.”
Declaring the U. S. act violates
the U. N, principle “forbidding any
member to use force against the
territorial integrity or political in
dependence of any other state,”
the message continued:
“Taiwan (Formosa) is an insep
arable part of the territory of
China. This is not only a historical
fact recognized by the entire
world, but is also confirmed by the
Cairo declaration, the Potsdam
declaration and the situation since
the surrender of Japan.”
The Communist message con
ch‘xded: e
2 i v . military steps of
bbsteddUe thken by the United
their armor toward what appear
ed to be the largest engagement
yet of the young Korean war.
Each side nas lost 22 planes in
the air war, a Far East air force
communique said. Heavier Ameri=-
can blows appeared imminent.
MacArthur predicted the effect of
U. S. bombing would soon be felt
at the battle front as the Red
supply line iengthens.
Truman Asks Congress
For Atom Development
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President Requests $260 Million
To Speed Up Experiments On H-Bomb
W ASHINGTON, July 7.—(AP)—President Truman to
day asked Congress for $260,000,000 to speed development
of atomic bombs and push experiments on the hydrogen
bomb.
Mr. Truman said the money would be used to enable the
Atomic Energy Commission “to build additional and more
efficient plants” to carry out his directive of January 31
ordering work on the H-bomb.
The President said the fundamental objective is to use
atomic energy for peace, but he added: gy €
"Keep Congress
In Session,”
GOP Campaign
WASHINGTON, July 7.—(AP)
—Republican senatorial candidates
enlisted the help of GOP leaders
today in a drive to keep Congress
in session while Korean fighting
continues.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
GOP floor leader, indicated he is
abandoning plans te go along with
Democratic chieftains on a pro
posed August 1 adjournment.
“Congress ought to be here and
be prepared to act if any new
crisis arises with regard to the
Korean campaign,” Wherry told a
reporter. “With the Korean situa
tion as it is now, it is unreasonable
to think of recessing.” e
Senator Myers of Pennsylvania,
the acting Democratic leader, said
that while he would like to see
Congress finish its work by Aug
ust 1, it's obvious that no decis
ions can be made until there is
some definite turn for the better
in the Korean fighting.
Senator Brewster (R.-Maine)
said GOP candidates agreed unan
imously at a meeting yesterday
that Congress ought to stay on the
job even though some of the law
makers have been itchy to begin
campaigning, 4
Candidates present at the meet
ing included Senators Morse of
Oregon, Aiken of Vermont, Young
of North Dakota, Millikin of Col
orado, Taft of Ohio and Hicken
looper of lowa.
The Republicans also agreed,
Brewster said, that they ought to
fix the blame on the Truman ad
ministration for any lack of Am
erican military supplies in Korea
and other areas of the Pacific.
Any delay in congressional nd
journment is likely to hamper two
important Democrats — Senators
Lucas of Illinois and Myers — in
their reelection campaigns.
Lucas is opposed by former Rep.
Everett Dirksen, Republican who
has been campaigning informally
for months. Myers is opposed in
the November election by Repub
lican Governor James H. Duff,
States government, the Chinese
people are irrevocably determined
to liberate Taiwan without fail.”
Both the Nationalist and Com
munist regimes hold that Formosa
belongs to China.
The island was ceded to Japan
by China in 1895. It was returned
to China in 1945, before the Chi
nese Reds gained control of the
Chinese mainland.
The Communist note assailed as
illegal the Security Council’s res
olution calling on U. N. members
to aid South Korea. Following the
line Moscow has been following,
the message contended Russia and
Red China should have been pres
ent for the Council action,
IT WAS SUCH .
A BEAUTIFUL
DAY UNTIL ;..
ELIZABETH, N. J, July T—
(RP) — The rising sun beamed
brightly into the home of Way
mon Glasco this morning. .
The 30-year-old awakened,
saw the bright of day, and
stretched = and stretched—and
stretched.
Then he was taken to Eliza
beth General Hospital, where
he wag treated for a dislocated
left shoulder.
52 8-
“Until this objective is achieve
ed, however, we must strengthen
our own defenses by providing the
necessary atomic energy capaci
iy
He pointed out in a statement
that his January directive called
on the AEC “to continue its work
on all forms of atomic weapons,
including the hydrogen or fusion
bomb.” .
Mr. Turman did not mention
Sumner T. Pike, who has been act
ing chairman of the AEC by name,
but he had these words to say in
connection with his confidence in
the commission:
“In this new undertaking
(speeding the progress of the
atomic energy program in the
past.” L
Pike’s nomination for a new
term has been bottled up in the
Senate where a vote on confirma
tion is set for Monday. The Presi-~
dent emphasized yesterday his
confidence in Pike and said he is
backing him 100 percent.
Pike’s term expired last Friday.
Concerning the new money ask
ed, Mr. Truman said the plants to
be built would be “of advanced
design” and their operation will
“provide new knowledge that will
speed the progress of the atomic
energy program.”
“The expansion in the scope of
our atomic energy program gives
added emphasis to the fact that
atomic energy has great potential
ities both for destruction and for
the benefit of mankind,” Mr. Tru
man said.
The request reportedly was draf
ted before the United States in
tervened in the Korean war but
was held up by the State Depart
ment for “psychological seasons.”
“The department apparentiy did
not want to throw a war scare
into the rest of the world by hav
ing the request come at the time
we were going into Korea,” 2
House spokesman said. “Actually
it had no connection, at least di
rectly, with the Korean situation.”
Whereabouts Of
O’'Hara Secret
VATICAN CITY, July 7-—(AP)
——Official Vatican sources main
tained silence today about the
whereabouts of American Bishop
Gerald P. O'Hara. Unofficial
sources, however, hinted that he
is leaving or has already left Ro
mania, which ordered him out
Tuesday on the ground that he
was engaged in espionage. Some
informants expect him to reach
Rome tonight. o el
Bishop O’Hara., regent of the
Bucharest Nunciature, was the last
Vatican representative in an iron
curtain country. He is from Sa
vannah - Atlanta and a native of
Scranton, Pa.
Uncle Tom, 110,
Taken By Death
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 7.
——(AP)—*“Uncle Tom"” King, a for
mer slave whose age was listed as
110, died at Erlanger Hospital to
day.
King said he adopted his name
after going to live on the Thomas
B. King plantation in Monroe
county, Georgia, as a boy. He
claimed that when he was 20 years
old he accompanied the son of the
nlantation owner to Kentucky and
met Abraham Lincoln. BEeg .
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
U. S. Sees Long
Korea Struggle
Prospects Cited For Increasing
Demands For Men, Cash, Supplies
WASHINGTON, July 7.— (AP) —Administration offi
cials are beginning to assess the Korean war as a long, dif
ficult and costly struggle on the part of tha United States.
Depending on how the actual fighting goes, this develop
ment of a less optimistic outlook about an early end to the
conflict apparently means a steady build up of American
forces in the war area—with increasing requirements for
money, men and munitions.
In addition, the United States is
confronted with the meed-to (1)
keep up a billion-dollar flow of
arms to western Europe, the Mid
dle East, and southeast Asia and
(2) keep its own forces prep-red
to deal with any further moves by
{)}}e Soviet-controlled Communist
oc. . Wi L
The administration thus far has
withheld any indication of what
measures it may eventually take.
But some highly placed inform
ants now believe that a degree of
industrial mobilization may be
essential.
This would be intended to as
sure production of the weapons
necessary to meet the Communist
challenge all along the line, from
central Europe through the Middle
East and southeast Asia into the
western Pacific and Korea.
President Truman, who has re
sponsibility for final decisions, has
maintained a wait-and-see atti
tude on further moves. This was
reflected in his answer to a series
of questions at his news confer
‘ence yesterday. °
Asked specifically whether he
will seek additional funds from
Congress, Mr. Truman said he had
no plans at the present time to do
'so. He left open the possibility of
a special appropriations request in
the future.
At another point he was asked
whether he intends to call vo the
‘National Guard. He said he had
no plans for that, but remarked
:?ointedly that he has the authori-
Y. !
" Inquiries among informed offi
cials today brought out what fun
damental estimates of the Korean
situation have changed considera
bly under the impact of events
in the two weeks since the Com
‘munists set out to conquer South
Korea.
First calculations here were
that:
1. The South Koreans would put
‘up a tough, effective resistance.
9. The North Korean army
‘would not prove overwhelmingly
powerful.
3. Determined action by the
{United States, with the blessings
of the United Nations Security
Council and the cooperation of
other U. N. members, might rapid
ly discourage the Korean Com
munists.
~ The powerful southward thrusts
of the Communist armies, even
‘against the opposition of such lim
ited American forces as have been
quickly thrown into combat, have
knocked the props from under
lthose estimates, opening up much
grimmer prospects.
Responsible authorities still will
not hazard a firm guess as to how
long the fighting may go on but
they point out that it could re
quire mony months to a chieve the
declared objective of restoring
peace and independance to South
Korea.
New Weapons
In Korea War
WASHINGTON, July 7—(AP)
—i'he Korean war front may be
come a testing ground for new and
improved American weapons.
Right now United States forces,
locked in a bitter land battle with
a surprisingly powerful enemy, are
using whatever they had handy
when they were rushed into what
started as a mere “police action.”
As the fighting goes on, addi
tional weapons will be brought in
—possibly including many new
ones.
On the basis of the type of war
fare currently predominating in
Korea, speculation at the Pentagon
is that ground force weapons like
1y will be the first to undergo any
battle-testing. Such trials under
the hard, punishing conditions of
actual combat aure considered es
sential to get the “bugs” out of
new designs. i
However, the possibility was
discounted that radically new wea
pons of mass destructioen, like ato
mic bombs, might be given field
trials. For one thing, there are no
logical Korean targets for a
bonmtbs, which are designed for
strategic destruction of industrial
points and cities.
But such arms as the new
“Super Bazooka” and the light,
accurate recoilless gun might
eventually be tried out against the
North Koreans’ definitely good
tanks and artillery positions, .. ..
HOME
EDITION
Russ Reporfed
Stepping Up
East Maneuvers
BERLIN, July 7T — (AP) ~lne
telligence agents disclosed .'m
that the Russians have
up normal summer maneuvers in
east Germany.
These informants said that in
east Germany eight Soviet divis
ions are going through special ex
ercises. Some involve tank<sup
ported river erossings.
Experts, who with increased in
terest have noted every Russian
move here since the Korean fight
ing broke out, sald this increased
Red troop activity could be a nor
.mal step — designed to Bt the
‘Germans know who is boss and
possibly to give western allies a
dose of jitters. .
A senior American officer con
curred in this view and said allied
military leaders aren’t too eon
cerned about the stepped-up So
vie maneuvers.
American intelligence 'Tm
have been told to watch the Rus
sian moves closely, however, on
theé chance that the Soviets might
be planning to stage something
similar to the Korean action over
here. ‘
The informants said that five
Soviet divisions are tral.ninilbe
tween Berlin and the Elbe Riyer
They reported another three M
Divisions holding war games north
of Berlin in the Mecklenberg area,
trying to illustrate the best ways
of encircling the fortified position.
» In the course of the maneuvers,
the Russians have shifted divisions
from Magdeburg to Dessau and
north from there along the Elbe
River, facing the British zone.
Between now and the end of
August, allied experts believe the
Russians will stage at least half
a dozen maneuvers to sharpen the
training of their east German ar
mies. The people’s police, who
have been expanded into what
amounts to an infantry force, will
be used for old jobs in these ma~
neuvers.
The high American officer, min
imizing the significonce of the
maneuvers, commented:
“The Soviet army in east Ger
many was 20 divisions in 1948. It
is 20 divisions in 1950. It is no big
ger than before and certainly a
lot less effective than it was in
the past. The total number of Red
soldiers is pegged at about 200,000.
The Korean outburst did not af
fect it in the least.” o
1 Athens Women
Hurt InWreck
Two Athenians were injured in
an automobile accident yesterday
about 1 p. m, on the Comer-El
berton highway four-tenths of a
mile from the Comer city limit.
Mrs. . Charles F. Elder, sr,, of
140 Greenwood Court, and Mrs.
H. W. Beussee, of 224 Baxter were
listed in fair condition by attend
ants at St. Mary’s Hospital this
morning. .
State Patrol officers from the
Athens Post investigated the acci
dent and said that only one car
was involved in the accident. The
wreck occurred when the wvehicle
struck a slick place in the road.
According to the offiers who in
vestigated the accident the car
was completely demolished. -
Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Beussee
were the only occupants of the
car. 3
Author And Wife
Are Found Dead
SANTA BARBARA, Calif,, July
7T—(AP)—Author John GuiaGil
patric, 54, and his wife, ude
Louise, 52, were found shot #
death today, only a few hours
after they learned that L%s. Gil
patric was suffering from caseer,
‘Sheriff John.D, Ross reporied. ...