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(City Strengthens
Fire Protectior
Seagraves Asks Closing On Sunday
Of All Businesses Selling Beer
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
Athens’ newest fire station will be dedicated wraput
into operation in the Five Points section on Monde = £ was
announced at last night’s meeting of Mayor and * & icil.
SET JULY 20TH
0f Agri lture
ATLANTA, July 12—(AP) —
The Board of Regents today call
ed & special meeting for July to
lecide to separate the State Col-
Jege of Agriculture from the Uni
versity of Georgia.
in other action, the board:
1. Voted $20,000 to complete the
Animal Disease Diagnostic Sta
tion at the Coastal Plain Experi
ment Station in Tifton.
2. A¥proved expenditures of
$7.000 to match an equal afount
from the general education board
to improve the University of Geor
gia art department,
3. Voted $15,600 for improve
ments to the new college building
at the University o” Georgia.
4. Approved SII,OOO in faculty
salary increases for Georgia State
College for Women in Milledge
ville.
5. Voted $9,000 for repairs to the
barracks building at North Georgia
College in Dahlonega.
6. Voted $4,000 for mew equip
ment at South Georgia College,
Douglas.
7. Voted $2,600 for food process
ing equipment at Fort Valley State
College.
8. Approved the buying of 50
acres of land at the Coastal Plain
Experiment Station for $3,000.
9. Authorized three dairying
courses at the University of Geor
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Nebraska Floods
.
Boosted By Rain
By The Associated Press
More rain fell in Nebraska, add
ing new dangers of floods today
from the swollen rivers and
streams.
Falls were in some areas already
fighting flood waters which have
aused considerable damage to
crops and property in the east
central part .of the state. The
downpour near Danbury measured
eight inches and water spilled out
over the Beaver Creek bottom
lands. Residents of Beatrice, a
community of 12,00 braced for the
crest of the Big Blue river. Some
familieg #lready had left their
nomes.
Governor Val Peterson of Ne
braska, after an inspection of the
flooded areas, termed the situation
“disheartening.”
Lions To Hear
. .
Dairying Head
Members of the Athens Lions
Club will hear Professor H.. B|
Henderson, head of the Dairy De
partment, University of Georgia,
discuss his. recent frip to Belgium
at their regular meeting at the
Georgian Hotel Thursday at 1:00
P. m.
Roy Curtis, club president, and
Warren Lanier, program chair
man, announced that Professor
Henderson will speak to the group
and will show colored slides made
during his trip. He went to Bel
gium 4o help agricultural leaders
In that country to develop their
dairying industry.
Henderson is a native of Tenn
€ssee and a dairying graduate from
the University of Tennessee. As
head of the dairy department here
ne has played an Important part in
the development of dairy work in
this state,
ACTION SN [UTHE SRIURE
Senate Ready To Take Up FEPC
\\'ASHINGTON, July 12.—(AP) |
—The administration waived a fa
miliar red flag in the face of Sou
thern senators today by trying to
¢all up the Fair Employment Prac
\ices Commission (FEPC) legisla-
Hon,
The results were expected to be
thout the same_ as last spring
®When a similar attempt got no-
Where, This time some of the sup
borters of the civil rights measure
#ereed it was jusc a last gesture
before Congress goes home,
) Just when happy adjournment
fay would come along wasn’t pos
itive, but August 1 was the tar
tel. So far, Congress hasn’t been
ésked to do much about the fight
g in Korea, but should things get
Vorse legislators might decide to
*tay on the job,
The FEP%: argument lnterrugted
the main business before the Sen-
A———————ate: a $34 billion
Congress bill to finance a
vear of govern-
ROUIIdIIp ment operations,
et n‘publicm‘
?r?“ to cut about half a b&lion
™ non-military - -items,
i SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
Associated Press Service
- The announcemen’ & e after
approval was grant A & the ad
dition of four new & ¥ (o the de
partment and apy & tion of $4,-
345 for salaries ¥ & o additional
firemen. \«}»
Council gras " jermission for
transfer of fc ~ .en from main
headquarters te- Jumber 3 Fire
Station and with the additional
four men the station wiil be fully
staffed for 24-hour service, a com~
pany of men being on duty on both
the night and day shifts. This is
similar to strength of Number 2
station. Main headquarters has
greater strength than either of the
two sub-stations.
‘ Equipment Transfer it
One fire engine (pumper) will
be transferred from main head
quarters (downtown siation) to
the Five Points station. When the
equipment transfers are completed
there will be a pumper, aerial
truck, service truck, utility engine,
and an old fire engine located at
the mali\? headquarters; one pump
er at Number 2 station and one
at Number 3 station.
W. B. Moss, chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, said
this morning that selections of new
firemen will be made as soon as
possible. He asserted that the com
mission has a waiting list of eli
gible applicants. Also, the commis
sion will make necessary promo
tions in the fire department for the
additional station.
Low Rate -
Officials of Southeastern Under~
writers Association have informed
local city officials that Athens will
continue to have as low insurance
rate as any town in the state, be
ing classified as SEU first class.
The Underwriters based the de
cision on the following, in order of
importance: water supply, fire de
partment, fire alarm, police, build
ing laws, hazards, and structural
conditions,
Athens was praised [or improve=
ments in the water supply system,
new fire station, a strengthened
pnolice force and appointment of a
fire marshall.
Underwriters Association of
ficials said the present set-up will
take care of the city’s needs, but
too much outside the city limits
fire fighting should not be taken
on.
The committee of local city of
ficials reiterated to the Under=
writers that the city “was under
(Continued On Page Two)
PTG Ja -
TRAPPED GI'S TELL
OF SAVAGE BATTLE
BY TOM LAMBERT
WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
KOREA, July 12— (AP) — A
bitter, beaten little band of Gl’s
sprawled in exhaustion on a sun
ny Korean hillside this afternoon
—weary survivors of one of the
most savage battles fought by
Americaps in the Korean war,
Their bitterness was more pro
nounced than their exhaustion,
which was almost complete. They
talked of encirclements and infil
trations.
A grimy, bewhiskered, blood
shot-eyed officer gritted his teeth:
“You don't fight two tank
equipped divisions with .30 caliber
carbines. I never saw such a use
less damned war in all my life.”
Bitter though they were, this
GI band had fought a gallant de
laying action against tremendous
odds.
Two days ago this handful of
soldiers was part of a sizeable
unit. In a morning-long battle
with North Korean tanks and
troops yesterday they were whit
rumors floated around that the
Korean fighting may hoist mili
tary spending by another five bil
lion,
In the House a second section of
the Point Four program was up
for final vote. President Truman
made an eleventh-hour appeal for
approval but Republican oppon
ents just tried harder to stuff it
back on the sheif.
The fight is over government
guarantees to U. S. investors in
foreign countries, It is part of a
presidential program to build up
undeveloped areas of the world.
The technical assistance part of
‘the plan has already been OK’d
by House and Senate.
But Korea was the topic on
everybody’s lips though not the
top legislative matter. Senator
Bridges (R.-N.H.) demanded that
the U. S .and the United Nations
‘protest against the murder of
bound American soldiers by North
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(Neb., (left) and Captain James Constan
tine, of Knoxville, Tenn., examine part of
the first batch of North Korean armored
equipment captured by United States
Strong Red Offensive Pushes
Americans Back Of River Line
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If war came to Florida this
comparative map of the size of
that state and Korea would give
you a good idea of the tight bat
tleground available. The Scarc
ity of elbow room for U. S.
troops in grappling with the
North Korean Reds is graphi
cally illustrated.
tled down.
Many of the original group still
are in the hills after a plunging
rush from their encircled positions.
But many of them—wounded and
dead alike—are in North oKrean
hands or territory.
The battle began two days ago
when the unit pushed off to attack
the Reds who were battering an
other American outfit. The unit
moved up and dug in.
“We stayed there until mid
ni%ht,” said Lt. Edward James of
Columbus, Ga. “Then we with
drew to our original positions with
the idea of fooling them.”
But the alert Reds who had been
mortaring the unit’s position had
a trick, too. While their mortars
hammered the Americans, Red in
fantrymen sneaked into the Amer
ican line. When the Gl’s returned
to their original positions they had
to fight Communists in the dark
for their own foxholes.
The Red assault began yesterday
about 5:30 a. m. The Communists
rode ghostlike out of a deep
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There was a rising demand in
Congress for troops from other
members of the United Nations to
share in the fighting. Senator Tyd
ings (D.-Md.), chairman of the
Armed Services Committee, said
some nations had already agreed
to that, but from another source
came word the forces would be
small, token ones.
What with the shadow of the
Korean war making more govern
ment spending certain, the fate of
a bill to cut excise taxes about a
billion dollars looked wobbly.
Senators were going ahead with
the bill which would lift taxes on
furs, jewelry, luggage and many
more things, pointing out there has
been no hint from the White
House to drop the plan.
Senator Lucas, Demacratic lead
er from Illinois, watching the Ko
rean news closely, planned to de
lay bringing the tax cut bill up
for Senate vote when it clears the
Finance Committee,
GI'S EXAMINE COMMUNIST EQUIPMENT
Commies Claim
10U.S. TI’OODS
Killed In T
Division Of Chinese
Communists Reported
Invading South Coast
By The Associated Press
Powerful North Korean Com
munist forces behind a hard-hit
ting tank spearhead smashed into
American lmes today and drove
the defenders to the Kum River’s
south bank, where they hoped to
stand until more help comes from
overseas.
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters
saia the Communists threw their
First, Third and Fourth Divisions
against outnumbered American
battalions in the drive to the Kum
River. The Americans fled to the
south bank held positions 13 miles
north of Taejon, which has been
emergency capital of South Korea
and key American defense center.
The North Korea Communist
radio in Pyongyang broadcast
that 700 Americans were killed and
200 captured in a trap south of
Chochiwon when the Reds launch
ed their drive to the Kum. It said
much U. S. material was destroy~
ed or captured. Pyongyang broad
casts frequently are highly exag
gerated — but there seemed no
question that American forces,
awaiting a buildup that may take
weeks, had suffered heavy casual
ties.
While the United Nations wor
ried that the war would spread, a
report arrived from Korea that a
division of troops which might be
Chinese Communists landed below
the American lines on the east
coast. The report came from
Phillip Potter of the Baltimore
(Md) Sun papers. He qualified thel
identification of the troops as
“tentative.” There has been no of- |
ficial reference to the presence of
Chinese troops on the Korea war
front. Potter said some North Ko
reans killed in an air raid last
week were wearing Chinese Com- |
munist uniforms, and that a di-‘
vision of North Koreans formerly
operated with the Chinese Com
munists in Manchuria.
Help Conference
In Washington, Secretary of State
Acheson announced that confer
ences are going on concerning the
help other nations may give in the
Korea fighting. 3
He said obviously offers of
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WEATHER
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i ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy, warm and
{ humid with showers this after
noon, tonight and Thursday.
E Friday partly cloudy and warm
with scattered afternoon thun
l dershowers. Low tonight 68 and
| high Thursday 84. Sun sets 7:46
i and rises 5:31.
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| GEORGIA — Consider
l able cloudiness, warm and hu
mid this afternoon, tonight and
| Thursday, widely scattered
! thundershowers Thursday after
noon and over south portion this
| afternoon. Scattered showers in
north portion this afternoon and
tonight.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .37
Total gsince July 1 ~ .. .. 81
Deficit since July 1 .. ... 1.21
| Average July rainfall .. .. 5.01
Total since January 1 ....10.16
| Deficit since January 1 . . 9.66
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1950.
troops. This photo was made at a railhead
somewhere in Korea where the equipment
is being made ready for shipment to the
rear.— (Exclusive Photo by Staff Photog
rapher Ed Hoffman.)
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BYRNES WINS S. C.
GOVERNOR'S RACE
Sen. Johnston Defeats Thurmond
In Hotly Contested Primary Vote
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 12.— (AP) —James E. Byrnes
will be the next governor of South Carolina, and Senator
Olin D. Johnston will go back to the U. S. Senate.
South Carolina Democrats decided that yesterday. In this
state the nomination is equal to election. o :
Poulfrymen Will
Meef On Friday
Athens businessmen and others
from Northeast Georgia who ex
pect to attend the barbecue dinner
and meeting in connection with
Georgia Eggs, Inc. Friday after
noon at 6 p. m. in Hardman Hall
on the University Campus were
urged this morning by R. M. Snow,
President of the Chamber of Com
merce, to return their cards im
mediately. Preparations will be
made only for those who definite
ly signify that they will be pre
sent.
In connection with the meeting
Paul W. Chapman, Dean of the
College of Agriculture, pointed
out, “that opportunities for ex
panding egg production and mar
keting in Georgia are excellent.
In .fact,” he added, “few if any
farm enterprises offer more fav
orable marketing prospects.
“Egg consumption in Georgia is
increasing,” he continued. “The
national consumption trend has
been upward for more than 15
years., From a per capita egg con
sumption of 287 per year in 1936,
consumption increased on a na
tional average to 380 eggs per per
son in 1949. Present marketing
statistics indicate a consumption
of 400 eggs per person in the Unit
ed States for 1950. Consumption
gains in Georgia and adjacent
states, especially Florida, have in
creased more rapidly than the na
tional average. As earnings in
crease and the tourist business
grows, it is believed that the up
ward trend in the Southeast will
be maintained at least throughout
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Gl HELPS CAPTURE PRISONER ON KOREAN FRONT
Holding high a white cloth, an enemy
prisoner (center) is captured near the
front lines in Korea. Private Warren Ben
ner (right) from Chester, Pa., and a South
ARTILLERYMEN BLAST AT REDS
The 71-year old Byrnes, former
Secretary of State and Supreme
Court Justice, easily triumphed
over three opponents.
With primary returns in from
most of the state’s 1,572 precincts,
the former “assistant President”
rolled up 206,418 votes. Lester L.
Bates, Columbia insurance execu
tive, had 61,941; Thomas H. Pope,
speaker of the South Carolina
House, had 25,080; and Marcus A.
Stone, Dillon lumberman, 4,889.
Brynes thus had an overwhelm
ing majority, eliminating the ne
cessity of a runoff July 25.
Johnston defeated Gov. J. Strom
Thurmond, 1948 state’s right Dem
ocratic presidential candidate.
Nearly complete returns gave
Johnston 159,026, and Thurmond
142,052,
Johnston, 53, had declared his
loyalty to the National Democratic
party against Thurmond’s charges
the senator “ran out” on the Stat
Democratic party. The senator said
differences should be settled with~
in the party, although he opposed
President Truman’s renomination
two years ago. The state party sup
ported Thurmond for President in
1948.
The Johnston-Thurmond coun
ty-to-county campaign tour saw
each castigate the other from the
platform. Johnston onfie called the
governor a liar and Thurmond of
fered to meet him outside. Noth
ing happened.
Each said he believed in segre
gation of the races. And each ac
cused the othier of acts tending to
break it down.
Johnston favored federal aid to
education with limitations and op
posed the Taft-Hartley Act. He op
posed the Marshall Plan. Saying
he respected the presidency, but
not the man now in the White
House, he referred to Mr. Truman
as “a blabber mouth” and “a lit
tle man.”
Two U. S. representatives — L.
. “(Continues Un Page Txo)
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Arex
photo, made somewhere in South Korea,.
—(U. S. Army Photo.)
63 PERCENT OF
Clarke couniy has raised 63
per cent of the quota set for the
county in the Independence Loan
E Bond Drive currently running
in Georgia. The county was al
lotted a $90,000 quota In this
drive and raised $57,000 of this
amount with the aid of the
Liberty Bell replica which was
in Athens recently.
Governor Talmadge accepted
the Liberty Bell on behalf of the
people of Georgia yesterday. In
his acceptance of the Replica the
governor urged the citizens of
Georgia to meet the $500,000
quota set for the state by July
14.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, July 12 =
(AP) — The Senate today killed
off all ehances for action this
session en the administration’s
Controversial Fair Employment
Practices Commission (FEPC)
bill.
14 Weeks Of Training
Planned For Draftees
WASHINGTON, July 12.—(AP)
—The Army said today that draft
ees will be given 14 weeks of
training and then will be assigned
first to posts within the United
States.
| Later, some will go overseas but
a spokesman said the number go
ing over “will not be large nor
happen soon.”
The spokesman also said that if
the first call for 20,000 draftees
has the direct result of bringing in
large numbers of volunteers a
second draft call may mnot be
needed to bring the Army up to
its present ceiling of 630,000. How
ever, he did not discount the pos
sibility that the teiling might be
raised, i ’
The present strength of the
Army is 593,000,
There will be no numbers draw
Korean officer keep their guns trained ox
the captive and escort him to the rear.—«
(AP Wirephoto via Army radio frox
Tokyo.) :
S. Officials
U. §. Officia
Opine War Could
Last Through 51
High Command Gloomy
Over Possible Entry
Of Soviet ‘Volunteers’
WASHINGTON, July 12—(AP)
—A spirit of deep foreboding over
the magniture to which the Korean
war may - expand touched some
high Pentagon quarters today.
The spectre of hordes of “volun
teers” from Russia and China to
aid the North Korean Army gave
rise to the feeling in the high com
mand’s center.
But even aside from this poten
tial situation, there were esti
mates in other well-placed quar
ters that it might take until next
fall to win in Korea—even if Rus
sian or Chinese Communists deo
not take a hand.
This time table was reportedly
predicted on several factors, in
cluding:
1. It will be better to take thea
Korean campaign at a deliberate,
careful tempo than to push it for
a quick finish at a possible high
cost in casualties with resultant
bad reactjon at home.
2. The North Koreans are tough
fighters. They have fought for the
Russians at places like the bitter
battle of Stalingrad, and for the
Japanese. They fought viciously
to the end—few or no prisoners
were taken from among the Ko
reans.
3. It took three months of cam
paigning in Okinawa to win over
Asiatic fighters.
4. The North Koreans have the
advantage of short supply lines
through protected inland routes.
U. S. supplies must move by sea
over distances ranging from the
110-mile crossing of the straits be
tween Japan and Korea to thou
sands of miles from bases in vari
ous places in the United States.
More Bad News
Military mentors cautioned that
perhaps another three weeks of
bad news, of more falling back by
American and Korean forces,
should be expected before the
b;iild-up of strength begins to pay
off.
The concern evidenced private
ly in some Pentagon-quarters was
that if North Korea’'s Communist
friends in Russia and China start
sending in hundreds of thousands
of volunteers the conflict may
swell into a prolonged, major
scale war even though the theater
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ing for the draft. The birth date
is the big ractor in determining
which men will be called to duty.
Selective Service said it will
have the first draftees processed
and on their way to induction cen
ters in mid-September.
From there, the Army plans to
send them to training centers at
Fort Dix, Ni J., Fort Knox, Ky.,
Fort Riley, Kas.,, and Fort Ord,
Calif., for, the 14 weekS of basic
training.
Generally speaking, the- Army
said, inductees will be sent to the
center nearest their. home. They
will get the same training as en
listees and volunteers and will be
given the same opportunities for
advancement. ¢ S
On completion of fraining, each
draftee will receive a week’s fur~
lough before his assignment to &
post in- the United States. : .
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