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RICANS CAUTIOU APE
ROACH KOREAN VILLAGE =
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Hearing a brief burst of small arms fire
in the distance, U. 8. soldiers crouch be
sidg a road approaching a Korean vil
lage. They are waiting for the firing to
cease, The group is on patrol in the vicin
Korea War
Prelude To
. Russia May Be Drawing Military
¢ Power To East To Strike In West -
WASHINGTON, July 14.— (AP) —Russia may be trying
to lure the United States into so great a military effort in
Korea that it could be helpless' to challenge large-scale
ag?firession elsewhere,
llustrating this is a question posed for President Truman
at a news conference yesterday and his eautious reply.
He was asked, “Are we prepar
€d to meet aggression everywhere
in the world?”
His reply was that the situation
would have to be met as it devel
oped, i s ¥ 5
Military leaders at the Pentagon
attach importance to persistent
rumors of concentration of Chi
nese Communist forces and the
enrollnrent of Russian volunteers
for the aid of the North Korean
Communist army.
But this foreign-power help
may not be thrown suddenly into
the war to crush South Koreans
and drive American forces out of
Korea for a quick victory. Instead,
the Moscow-dictated strategy may
be 10 feed the help in gradually,
always maintaining superiority in
force—and compelling the United
States to put more and more div
isions, planes and warships into
the campaign,
Meanw}fllé in these early
months of the-war, the Korean
cafpaign will afford Russia op
portunity to measure the battle
skill of American troops, airmen
and sailors and—equally import
ant—the effectiveness of American
weapons.
Provide Index
It ‘can also provide an index for
the Russians to decide how deter
mined and how prepared the
Unjted States is to fight at any
point where Moscow pushes the
remote-control button of war.
General Omar Bradley, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
was reported by Chairman Tyd
ings (D.-Md.) of the Senate Arm
ed Services Committee as having
said Defense Department and
other officials are carefully watch
ing five or six “sensitive areas”
aside from Korea,
These areas were not specifical
ly identified by Tydings, but ob-
Viously they include such points
as the powder-ke& in Europe, the
Middle East, Southeast Asia, For
mosa and the Philippines. Aggres
sion could oceur at any one or
several of these “sensitive” points.
Along with this is another ques
tion that must be faced when, as
American chiefs are confident, the
lide of battle turns and the North
Korean invaders of the Free Re
bublic of Korea are rolled back:
Does the “police action,” which
Mr. Truman still uses to designate
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WEATHER
THENS AND VICINITY
I’AarfiyE ¢loudy and continued
Warm with scattered showers
today, tonight and Saturday.
Low tonight 65 and high 84. Sun
Sets 7:46 and rises 5:32.
GEORGIA — Mostly cloudy
With scattered showers this aft
. loon, tonight and Saturdas.
No important iempmtuu
change,
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
ity of Chonan which later fell to the North
Korean Red invaders. This picture was
made by Carl Mydans of Life Magazine,
— (AP Wirephoto.)
Seen As Possible Red
Outbreaks Elsewhere
No Dunkerque
For U. §. Troops
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—An Army spokesman said today
that American troops in Korea
“are not being slaughtered” and
“There is no Dunkerque in sight”
there. .
In the morning briefing session
at the Pentagon the Army officer
told reporters:
“There isn't any doubt in the
world that we are going to hold.
“Sure we are. But it takes time
to build up an offensive. We
have got the means to handle the
situation.
“But of course it’s embarrass
ing—and awfully tough on the
people who are up there on the
grindstone.”
By his reference to Dunkerque,
the officer meant there is no sign
the Americans are being forced
toward a hasty withdrawal such
as faced Allied troops rescued
from the beaches before the swift
German advance to the sea in
Europe in World War II
The army officer cited figures
for a 24-hour period in Korea
showing one killed, 20 wounded
and none missing. There were 14
non-battle casualties — men who
became sick or were injured in
accidents.
Announcement also was made
of the loss of one of the 50-plane,
B-29 mission which conducted a
heavy air strike yesterday.
An air officer said the plane
was lost to “non-enemy” trouble—
forced down on the way to the
target.
TRUMAN PRAYS
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—President Truman and the Evan
gelist, Billy Graham of North Car
olina, stood today in the Presi
dent’s office and prayed for divine
guidence for the nation and its
chief executive.
ADDITIONS TO CITY POLICE AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS NAMED: PROMOTIONS SET
Athens Fire Department’s strength was increased yesterday with
the probational appointment of four new firemen and promotion of
four officers by the Civil Service Commission. Meanwhile, two
mec? welr‘: named to the police force.
uy Lester and C. R. McLeroy were promoted £:% i v,
to captain on the Fire Department, while 4.5 ogy e
e were morod-unto the rank of JiZytenant.
: NEW MEMPZRS
New mesabers of the wepartmént are Darigus Wood, Willianr F.
Condop, James G« Gentry and Hoke Otis Smith. All appointments
by the Pommission are for a probational period of six months,
W. F 4. Moss, Commission chairman, said Clarence Schultz and
Alton, Waite Taylor have been named to the Athens Police Depart
mer 4 to replace Alan Hansford and Ralph Veale.
* she fire fighting force additions are necessary because of open=
¥ 4g of Athens’ third fire station, which ¥ located in the Five Points
area. Dedication of the new station is set for Monday, and opera=-
tion will begin at that tinre. T S
Mayor and Ceuncil approved the aqdntxonal positions Tuesday
ridht and sppropriied 348 fox e, o e aqdtonah et
Besides the additional men, four men will be transferred from
Rita Hayworth
Spikes Rumors
Of Another Baby
ROME, July 14— (AP)—Amer
ican film star Rita Hayworth
said today “un- o
fortunately, no” =7 e s
—she is not.ex- @ T?" %
pecting another J¥ & .
baby just now. ¥ &85 #
“Do I look like SSian Sl
it?” she asked, & '*s R
Her crisp, S ot
white dress fit
ted trimly and 3‘:"2‘5
she looked like §¥aan P
an auburn hair-" 7EEEEEE
ed schoolgirl.
She and her 8 WA
husband, Prince RITAHAYWORTH
Aly Khan, are on a summer
cruise off the Italian coast in
the yacht “Vaca.”
Check of POWs
In Russia Asked
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—The United States, Britain and
France today asked Russia to per
mit a check by “an impartial in
ternational body” on what has
happened to thousands of German
war prisoners “known to have
been in Soviet custody.” "
The State Department announc
ed the western powers had deliv
ered notes to the Soviet foreign
office in Moscow. The text of the
American note was released here.
In it the United States virtually
accused Russia of lying when it
recently claimed it is still holding
only 13,546 German war prisoners.
The western powers have contend
ed several hundred thousand Ger
man prisoners are unaccounted for
in Russia.
“The government of the United
States,” the American note said,
“shares the shock and concern of
the German people over this (re
cent Soviet) public announcement,
and is unable to give credence to
the Soviet statement that there
are only 13,546 German prisoners
of war in its eustody.
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1950.
Heavy Firing Seen Beginning
Of Red Attack On River Front
TOKYO, Saturday, July 15.— (AP) —Field dispatches
early today reported intense artillery dueling across the
Kum river and strong guerrilla raids behind the American
lines, indicating that the big North Korean push to crack
the river front might be at hand.
One small North Korean force, estimated at about 100
men, was credited by the field dispatches with having
crossed to the south bank of the Kum late Friday on the
American left (west) flank. This force was brought under
American artillery fire.
General MacArthur’s Headquar
ters communique, issued at 3:15
a. m. (12:10 p. m., Friday, EST),
said “unofficial reports that the
Communist aggressors had achiev
ed a bridgehead over the Kum
river were not eonfirmed.”
It said, however, that the Red
forces “probed” the American
lines in a number of places along
the river.
(This would indicate that if a
few Reds had crossed, they had
been wiped out or repulsed by the
American gunners.!
Associated Press correspondent
Leif Erickson reported from an
advanced American position in
South Korea at 12:25 a. m. Sat
urday (9:25 a. m.,, Friday EST)
that the Reds had stepped up
their night artillery bombardment
and were using green-clad guer
rillas in strength against Ameri
cfi(;l batteries on the Kum’s south
side.
He quoted a field headquarters
spokesman-as saying the Reds had
managed to get about 100- men
across the river west of Kongju.
He minimized this threat at the
moment, however.
Kongju is about 20 miles north
west of Taejon on the western
flank of the American line. The
enemy’s action could mean an at
tempt to outflank American posi
tions on the west.
The small band of North Kore
ans waded the low gravel bottom
ed river.
Artilery fire from both sides of
the Kum was active but a heavy
American counter battery bar
rage silenced the Red guns in late
afternoon,
New Headguarters
Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker as
sumed command of ground forces
in Korea and established advance
headquarters in a South Korean
city.
The previous advance headquar
ters of American forces will revert
to a field headquarters near the
front.
* Military quarters indicated un
officially that Walker has at least
one division of Gls in Korea and
reinforcements are being sent.
Withdrawal of the South Ko
rean government from Taejon had
been planned as the enemy drove
southward from Seoul, Red-cap
tured former capital of South Ko
rea.
The Taejon airstrip no longer is
usable for heavy planes, said
pilots returning to Tokyo. They
said this was due to deterioration
of the runway (presumaby from
weather and heavy traffic) rather
than enemy action. The field has
been used by C-54 and other sup
ply craft.
When the big push across the
river comes, the Communists will
have to attempt it without their
(Continued On Page Two)
Verdict On Guard,
Reservists Looms
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—A decision on whether to call
the National Guard and armed
forces reserves to active duty may
be reached soon after the return
tomorrow of two members of the
joint staffs from the Far East.
An informed official said today
the defense department is await
ing their return before deciding
finally on whether to recommend
those steps to the White House.
The department apparently has
advised the White House that such
action may be necessary, but has
not forwarded a definite recom
mendation.
General J. Lawton Collins, Ar
my Chief of Staff, and General
Hoyt aVndenberg, the Air Force
chief, are due in Washington to
morrow. They have been in Tokyo
conferring with Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur on his needs.
main headguarters to the third station. The station will be manned
by a company of men on each shift. One engine (pumper) will be
transferred from main headquarters to the new station.
The additional station gives Athens three fire stations — head
quarters and two sub-stations. Each sub-station has one struck
while main headquarters has some additional strength in men and
equipment. \
Fire Chief W. C. Thompson said no assignment of men to the
new station has been made, but an announcement of the place
ment of both privates and officers will be forthcoming at a later
date. y
DEDICATION PLANS
Members of the Civil Service Commission, Mayor and Council,
firemen, and interested citizens will be present at the dedication on
Monday at 1 p. m.
The new station is located on the west side of Lumpkin street
near the business center located at Five Points. v
Officials of the Southeastern Underwriters Association have in
éogqfidcity oatficials;t 1t because of additions to the water supply,
6 . wnauw}&wm “‘appeintment of a fire marshal
Athens enjoys as low fire insurance rate as any town in the state.
Advertisement
For Bids On
School Begins
Advertisement for bids for con
struction of Athens’ new high
school building, a gymnasium and
a new colored grammar school
building began today.
The action toock place following
approval by the Board of Educa
tion at a called meeting yester
day, according to Howard Me-
Whorter, board chairman.
Bids will be received by the
Board until August 23. They will
be opened on that date, and a
comfany will be awarded the con
trac
Construction work is expected to
begin soon after the contract is
awarded.
The new projects are being con
structed here as the result of a
million dollar bond issue voted
here last year and a smaller bond
issue previous to that time.
Up to this time plans have been
drawn up by the architect and all
rough grading necessary for the
beginning of the project comple
ted. The architect is William J. J.
Chase and Associates of Atlanta.
The grading work was done by
Al'lfi\ood Brothers, of Hapeville.
’he new high school is to be
coniifucted fronting on, Milledge
Avenue with the new gymnasium
located on the same site, The col
ored grammar school building will
be erected on a site in the East
Athens section of the city.
NEW GI RATION
CHICAGO, July 14—(AP)—The
old “K” ration is gone and a new
and tastier “assault food packet”
is replacing it, the Army Head
quartermaster Department an
nounced today. o
The packet has been developed
by the Quartermaster Food and
Container Institute. The “K"” ra
tion was a cartoned meal for troops
during World War Two.
. ¥ 9
Bulletins
BELGRADE, July 14—(AP)
—Yugoslavia accused Bulgaria
today of sending army patrols
across the frontier yesterday in
four separate incidents in which
shots were exchanged and one
Bulgarian soldier killed.
The Yugoslav foreign minis
try handed the Bulgarian lega
tion here a formal note, charg
ing that the four incidents were
touched off by Bulgarian efforts
to capture Yugoslav guards on
Yugoslav territory.
LAKE SUCCESS, July 14—
(AP) — U. S. Secretary Gener
al Trygvie Lie urgently appeal
ed today to 52 U. N. members
for ground forces and other as
sistance for the U. N. Korean
war effort.
Lie told a news conference the
unified command under the
United States is in urgent need
of additional effective assis
tance. He dispatched telegrams
to all U. N. countries backing
the Security Council action
against Communist North Korea,
telling them he would be grate
ful for them to consider the pos
sibility of such assistance, “in
cluding combat forces, particul
larly ground forces.”
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VITAL DEFENSE ZONE IN KOREA
The box on this map outlines the Kum river defense
area in Korea where U. 8. troops are dug in for a new
defense against North Korean Reds. The solid arrows
denote major Communist drives with the Reds on the
west poised at Cochiwon just north of the Kum. To the
east, a new Red drive from the Chungju-Tanyang area
was reported headed southward toward Hamchang.
This drive is viewed as a possible attempt to outflank the
Kum river defenses (shaded arrow) by cutting across
the Pusan-Taejon supply line.— (AP Wirephoto Map.)
&
U. S. Tells U. N. Allies
Top Officials Still Expect U. S.
Troops To Carry Main War Burden
WASHINGTON, July 14— (AP) —The United States is
quietly informing other interested United Nations mem
bers that it would welcome participation of their ground
forces in the fighting in Korea. s :
There is no expectation among top officials here, how
ever, that the main burden of battle can or will be borne by
other than American troops. Several reasons are advanced
for this, the chief one being that the United States is the
nation in the best possible position to do the job. -
~ President Truman was asked at
his news conference yesterday
‘what he thought about ground
forces from other eountries join
ing the fight. He simply referred
‘to a news conference statement
which Secretary of State Acheson
had made on Wednesday.
Acheson said the State Depart
men was discussing the problem
with the United Nations and the
Army. Obviously, he added, any
offer of troops would be most
helpful.
The problem has been drama=-
tized by demands in Congress for
a greater effort by other United
members in the Korean war, and
it is reported to have been a source
of concern to top authorities in
both the State and defense de
partments.
Meanwhile there have been re
ports that the government of Pa
kistan was considering offering
troops to Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
the U. N. commander for Korea,
and that some other governments,
so far undisclosed, were also think
about making offers.
The only foreign proposal to
date came from the Chinese Na
tionalist regime on Formosa and
reportediy has been discouraged
by MacArthur on two grounds:
(1) That the Nationalist troops are
needed for the defense of Formo
sa against the Communists, and
(2) their use in Korea might bring
the Chinese Reds in on the side
of the North Koreans.
Britain and France are the
countries generally considered |
most able to take over a share of
the fighting and to operate along
side American forces. Actual, au
thorities here say, both are al
ready deeply committed to the
(Continued On Page Two)
16 Are Killed
in B-50 Crash
DAYTON, 0., July 14—(AP)—
—The death toll in an Air Force
B-50 bomber erash near i.ebanon,
0., yesterday has been raised toll 6,
Wright-Patterson Air Force base
officials reported today.
Earlier, it was reported at least
11 airmen had died in the crash.
The Public Information office at
the field said it had been author
ized by officers of the Eighth Air
Force, Biggs Field, El Paso, Tex.,
to announce the new death toll.
Biggs Field officers said the
original estimate of dead was rais
ed to 16 “after a check of the
plane’s clearance papers.”
Only a gaping hole in a field and
shattered pieces of metal today
showed where the big bomber
crashed.
Biggs Field officials said the
plane was on a routine practice
mis=ion and was carrying practice
bombs. : ( L HEE
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade
Churches Okay
Korea Effort:
Outlaw A-Bomb
TORONTO, July 14. — (AP) —
Leaders of the world’s largest
body of Protestant and Orthodox
church members last night ap
proved United Nations military
action in Korea but condemned
any use of atomic or bacteriologi
cal warfare,
Representing 160,000,000 church
adherents in 44 countries, the pol
icy-making central committee of
the World Council eof Churches
adopted a resolution urging also
that a “just settlement” in Korea
be sought through negotiation and
conciliation, .
With only two dissenting votes,
the 90-member conmmittee agreed:
‘“Armed attack as an instrument
of national policy is wrong. We
therefore commend the United
Nations, as an instrument of
world order, for its prompt decis
ion to meet this aggression and
for authorizing a police measure
which every member nation
should support.
“At the same time, govern
ments must press individually and
through the United Nations for a
just settlement by negotiation and
(Continued On Page Tao)
1 Killed, 12 Hurt
InSidewalk Blast
SEATTLE, July 14—(AP)—At
least one man was killed and more
than a dozen ethers injured early
today by an underground explo
sion that ripped ecut 60 feet of
sidewalk and damaged a three
story building.
Firemen battled flames that shot
15 and 20 feet above the sidewalk.
Police Chief George B. Eastman
said the fire originated in the
city’s gas mains which wunderlie
the street and apepared to be the
source of the blast.
Coronér’s deputies said the vie
tim, Neal J. Boles, 33, of nearby
Kent, was found on a second floor
fire escape across the street.
Yarry Jordan of Radio station
KING, a witness to the explosion
said he saw Boles blown across
the street. :
On large section of wall fell
from the tnree-story building in
Seattle’s lower south end. Win
dows were shattered in buildings
m away. Glass and dabriafl
the street. : B
HOME
EDITION
NOMINATION
OF ANDREWS
TURNED DOWN
Senate Subcommittee
Refuses To Confirny
Atlantian For Judge
WASHINGTON, July 14—(AP)
—A Senate Judiciary subcommit
tee today voted unanimously that
the Senate should refuse to eon
firm President Truman’s nomina~
tion of M, Neil Andrews of Aflanta
to be U. 8. Distriet judge for
Northern Georgia. :
~ The committee wvoted Immedi
ately after Senators Russell and
George of Georgia, both Demo~
.crats, asked it to reject the nom
ination.
The Senate wusually refuses to
confirm a presidential nomination
if senators fromn the state involve
ed object to it, Fartlcularly in in
stances where the President and
the senators are members of the
same party, as in this instance.
The subcommittee included Sen~
ators McCarran . (D-Nev), Easte
llar:g (D-Miss) and Jenner (R~
nd).
The subcommittee’s Ifim is
subject to review by the '&udi
clary committee. Then it be
up to the Senate ftself.
President Truman %ave no no
tice to the senators, Russell said,
that he planned to make 3 “per
sonal appointment” or to rely upon
the recommendation *“of persons
other than the Georgia sensters.”
Russell sald he and Geonge rec~
ommended Sloan after the!‘:;
ment of Justice had asked for thei
recommendation. He said that aft
er their recommendation hadl been
publicized, Mr. Truman sent An
drews name to the Senate a few
days before Congress adjourned
last October. :
The Senate did not act upon the
nomination and Mr, Truman gave
Andrews a recess appointment a
g«:lw days after Congress adjourn-
The President sent Andrew's
nomination to the Senate again
last Januarfl. Today's hearlng is
the first tc be held on it.
Russell said that when the Sen
ators of the same political party
as the President are asked to make
a recommendation, they have
every right to expect it will be
followed if the person they rec
ommend is qualified.
Russell Views
Russell said it would have been
possible for him to have taken a
different view of the matter if the
President had advised him in ad
vance that he desired to make a
personal appointment or felt that
other recommendations must be
considered. e i R
George told the commiteeythat
under long-standing agreement in
Georgia, the senator who resides
in the district were a court vacan
cy occurs “has the primary re
sponsibility and authority to rec
ommend” a replacement. :
He said he joined Russell in op~
Iposition to Andrews.
~ George said he had no-sugges
tion or request for further recom=-
’mendation or notice of w
tion to Sloan. He said he a
rumor a few days before the Sen
ate adjourned last fall that the
President would nominate another
man but that he did not believe it.
He said he did not believe the
President would nominate anyone
else without discussing it with the
Georgia senators, and was sur
prised when Andrews' was ap
pointed.
George said he thought that
when there was no objection as to
character or ability of the person
recommended by the senators that
their man should be nominated as
tthe usual courtesy accorded sena
ors. 3
Detroit Slaying
Baffles Police
DETROIT, July 14—(AP)—The
brutal slaying of a comely matron
of Detroit’s west side sent pelice
on a search for clues in a deepen
ing mystery today.
Pretty Mrs. Vivian Stanley, 37,
clad only in a nightgown amnd a
house coat, was found dead short
1y before noon yesterday in a
weed patch two miles from her
home.
The victini, wife of a scientist
and mother of two children, had
been garroted — with a rope or a
chain, police said — and her meck
was broken. -
. Police headquarters put its top
sleuths to work on a case that had
grown more fantastic by the hour
in night-long inquiries.
A neighbor was held for gues
tioning and -the investigation
turned in part to $5,000 which po
lice said Mrs. Stanley had loaned
to him. :
In the background was @a role
played by private detectives.
Homicide Inspector George
Kimball identified the neighbor in
custody as Sam B. Sammfl,
who he said also had ° wed
$5,000 from = second woman to
finance a grocery store.
Sampson, who was held without
charge, denied any knowledge of
Mrs. Stanley’s death, ] e
In fact, he said, he was in_the
company of the other w Mrs.,
Ruth Rankin, at the time ; the
Sup;