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Vol CXVIII, No. 163.
Three Red Divisions Swarm Toward Taejon
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Billowing Smoke Hampers hescue l
#.ction In 400 Miles Of Tunnels
BY WILFRED FEHLHABER
LARK, Utah, July 17.— (AP) —Five men were still trap
ped deep in a smoke filled lead mine early today, more
than 24 hours since they went below the surface.
Billowing smoke hampered the all night rescue opera
tions at this tiny mining community.
Rescue workers were faced with the difficult task of
combing some 400 miles of tunnels. The men are some
where in this maze of underground passages.
The men have been missing
gince early yesterday when fire
broke out in the Lark Mine of the
U. S. Smelting, Refining and Min
ing Company.
They are identified as Horace
Martin Seal, 59, a hoist operator;
Teland Neilsen, 38Mpump operator;
Robert Gordon ayerhoffer, 36,
electriclan foreman; Byron G.
Thomas, 46, surface foreman, and
Clyde Auguston, 41, an assistant
mine superintendent.
The men were engaged in main
tenance operations .at the mine,
which has been shut down since
July 1 by a strike of United Steel
workers,
Because of the dense smoke,
workers were unable to determine
source of the blaze and location of
the men. However it was believed
they may have reached any of a
number of fresh air zones in the
mine. e
Some 50 rescue workers, includ
ing a number of crews from near
by mines, made repeated attempts
vesterday to locate the missilx)lg
men but were driven back to the
entrances by heavy smoke.
Water was shut off to prevent
flooding and possibly drowning
the trapped workers.
1,000 Foot Level
W. C. Page, vice president and
general manager of the company’s
western operations, said Seal and
Neilsen are believed to be near
the 1,000 foot level of the lark
shaft and the other three some
where between the 5,600 and 7,100
foot levels in the mascot shaft.
Air was pumped into the mine
vesterday and fans were put into
operation in an effort to clear the
main tunnel of smoke. -
Neilsen and Seal were on main=-
tenance shift Saturday night.- Seal
let Neilsen down to open a water
door at the 1,000 foot level. Nei
ther worker reported by telephone.
Meyerhoffer, Thomas and Augus
ton entered the mine at 4 a. m.
vesterday shortly after the fire
was discovered. They did not re
port.
Page said the men knew the lo
cation of air zones and if possible,
would make their way to the
Five Killed
In Accidents
By The Associated Press
A pregnant ‘woman, a retired
baker and his wife, a produce
dealer and an eight year old boy
died in traffie accidents in Geor
gia over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mullech=
ner of Atlanta were drowneld when
their car plunged into a pond near
Fllaville, Ga., Sunday as they
headed for Florida on vacation.
The Mullechners were 70. 5
Billy Tuten, 8, of nea:ir L}it‘)ns
died of mjuri!es suffered when
struck by a car despite valiant ef
forts by haghway patrolmen to
rush him to an Augusta hospital
In time,
A wreck near Fort Gaines Sat
urday claimed the life of Mrs.
Mary Ann Stokes. Doctors sought
unsuccessfully to save her unborn
child through a caesarean opera
tion,
Mrs, Stokes® husband, Grady
Ray Stokes, was seriously injured.
Five other persons also were hurt
and one, Simon Humphrey, was
listed as in critical eondition.
The produce dealer was Clayton
Hardman, 37, who was Kkilled
Sunday when his truck overturned
two miles east of Commerce, pin
ning him beneath it.
Two Atlantans Mrs. James
Lloyd Loudermilk, 33, and Mrs.
Maude Tindell Brooks, 59, were
critically injured in a wreck near
McDonough late Sunday.
Little Janlce T.oudermilk, 16
months, and her father, James
Loudermilk, 33, suffered minor
abrasions.
Kiwanis To Hear
Dean Drifrmier
R. H. Driftmier, (‘ean of school
8 Agricultural Engineering at the
University of Georgia, will talk to
memhers of Athens Kiwanis Club
at their regular weekly meeting
tomorrow at 1 p. m. concerning
conditiong in French West Africa
#s observed by him in a recent
trip to that eountry.
Mr. Driftmier made his trip to
Africa last October as an agricul
tural engineering eonsultant Zor
%;r‘:‘ While there he was .con
“¢Tned with cotton, rice and peanut
Pi'sgucflon in that country.
e address by Mr. Driftmier
5" mfi»%m Bondurant,
ogram chafrman,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALL
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nearest air valve.
A small crowd maintained a
vigil near the entrance to the
mine, hopeful of some encourag
ing word from the rescue teams.
Among them were relatives and
children of the missing men.
Auguston is a widower but the
other four are married and all
have children.
Doctors with emergency rescu
ciation equipment were on hand.
Page said it might take days to
locate the men, but hopes were
high in this little mining commu
nity that they were waiting it out
in an air zone.
Adniiral F. H. Brumby
Dies; Rites Tuesday
Services To Be Conducted From Old
Family Home On Hancock At 11:30
Admiral Frank Hardeman Brumby died in the Naval
Hospital at Portsmouth, Va., Sunday afternoon at 5:30
o’clock after a short illness.
' “He was the son of the late John Wallis Brumby and Belle
Hardeman Brumby. He was born September 11, 1874, in
the old family home of his great-grandmother on Hancock
avenue where his sisters still reside.
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Truman Reports
Wednesday Night
WASHINGTON, July 17—(AP)
—President Truman will send a
message on the Korean war to
Congress Wednesday and report
to the nation on it that night by
radio.
The White House said neither
the message nor the report te the
people has been completed yet.
But the message to the lawmak
ers will carry recommendations
for legislative action to back up
our efforts to throw the Red in
vaders out of Korea.
The message will be sent to the
lawmakers at 11 a. m. (Eastern
Standard Time) Wednesday. The
radio report, over four major net
works and television, will be at
9:30 p. m. (Eastern Standard
Time).
As for the message to Congress,
Presidential Secretary Charles G.
Ross told reporters:
“It will be quite a comprehen
sive one, giving background of the
situation, explaining all steps that
have been taken by this govern
ment and containing legislative
recommendations,”
Eariier Democratic leaders had
met with Mr. Truman and dis
cussed the-message.
“None would say what Mr. Tru
man planned to say. But House
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Mayor Jack R, Wells is shown receiving the keys to
Athens’ new fire station from W. A. Mathis, constructor.
Pictured left to right, Fire Chief W. C. Thompson, Coun
cilmen Kenneth Guest, R. W, Phillips, Owen Roberts, jr.,
Fire Captain R. H. Yarbrough, Councilmen Luther Bond
and Dick Thompson, Mayor Wells, Councilman F. H.
As a boy he received his early
education in private and public
schools of Athens and made
friendships which lasted through
the years. He entered the United
States Naval Academy at Annap
olis in September of 1891 and
graduated at the head of his class.
He served in the Spanish-Amer
ican War on Admiral Simpson’s
flagship, the New York, and took
an active part in World War One.
His favorite ship was the New
Mexico.
Later he was Commander of
the Battle Force and was made a
Four Star Admiral, which, at that
time, was the top rank of the
Navy. It is significant to note
that he was one of two Georgians
to attain such gank.
Retired In 1938
His last active service was that
of Commandant of the Fifth Nav
al District with headquarters at
the Naval Operating Base in Nor
folk, Va. He retired on September
11, 1938.
Before Worid War Two FPresi
dent Roosevelt selected him among
others to retain permanently the
rank of Admiral. :
One pauses to think of the Ad
miral, who so ably fulfilled his
destiny, He seemed typical of the
strength and the dignity of the
Navy. His love of the sea took
him to prebably every port in the
world, yet his thoughts turned in
loyal affection to his wife, who
came from a long line of Navy
ancestors and other members of
his intimate family circle. Al
though their home was in Norfolk,
once a year they came to visit the
Admiral’s sisters here.
He was a devout members of
the Episcopal Church.
~ Admiral Brumby is survived by
his widow, Isabelle Truxtum
Brumby, Norfolk; a daughter, Mrs.
Charles Tuckerman Fitzgerald,
Arlingtori; a son, Commander F. H.
Brumby, Arlington; three grand
children and two sisters, Miss
Mary Harris Brumby and Miss
Anne Wallis Brumby, both of Ath
ens.
Funeral services will be held
from his old home here Tuesday
morning at 11:30 o’clock with bu~
rial in Oconee cemetery. The fam
ily requests that friends omit flow
ers.
"~ Rev. J. Earl Gilbreath will offi
ciate.
Auto Destroyed
In Train Crash
An old model car .owned by
Broun Motor Company of Athens
was destroyed this morning when
a train crashed into it at the Bar
ber Street crossing. »
According to officers who in
vestigated the mishap, the car
driven by Maurice E. Alston, of
167 Elizabeth Street, had stalled
dn the track. Alston was not in
the car when it was struck by the
trfix. 4
eanwhile, in another accident
today at moon, two women were
slighty injured in a two car col
lision at the intersection of Han
cock and Jackson. Both were car
ried to the General hospital for a
| eheck-up by a Bernstein’s ambu~
llance.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, JULY 17, 1950.
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Shown left to right, riding, Firemen J. front seat, Captain R. H. Yarbrough and
B. Emerick, Joe Betts, L. H. Bramblett; Driver Fréd Brewer.
MAYOR SPEAKS AT DEDICATION
Athens Fire Station Number 3
Is Placed In Operation Today
Athens’ new fire station, which received high praise today from a past president of
the International Association of Fire Chiefs, began operation early this afternoon.
At dedication services held at one o’clock just prior to the beginning of operation,
Mayor Jack R. Wells declared that the opening of the city’s third fire station is of great
significance for two reasons. - e
He listed the reasons as: The
new station “marks completion of
the first project in the greatest
building program ever instituted
by our city” and “it so finely ex
emplifies the spirit of progress
which is in the minds and hearts
of our citizens and their determi
nation to build for the future and
the greater Athens.”
Preparing Now
Mayor Wells went on to say that
Athens’ growth in the past ten
years will be overshadowed by its
growth in the next ten years and
“we are not waiting, we are be
ginning now to prepare for the
future—our future and the future
of our children.”
He named other progressive pro
jects which are underway now,
including a large clear water tank
at the water works, the new high
school building, a health center
and sewer and water line exten
sions. .
Athenians were praised by the
Mayor when he said “I wish to
voice the great appreciation of
your city officials for the fine co
operation and spirit of progress
of all of our citizens and telk you
that what you have told us to do
—we are doing.”
He said if it had not been for
this progressive spirit “I seriously
doubt that these things would have
been accomplished.™
Moss Talks
W. B. Moss, Civil Service Com
mission chairman, told the group
that “Your Civil Service Commis
sion is grateful that it has been
instrumental in cooperating with
Mayor and Council in bringing you
this great improvement in your
fire protection facilities.”
~ He added that it will continually
Williams, Fireman J. B. Emerick, City Engineer J. G.
Beacham, Councilman W. N. Danner, jr., Mr. Mathis,
Councilmen Merritt Pound and H. L. Seagraves, Fire
man Tom Eberhart, Civil Service Commissioner Ed Wier
and Commission Chairman W. B. Moss.
BY GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
be the policy of the Commission to
improve the services of both de
partments (fire and police) under
its jurisdiction. 3
Mayor and Council and the Civil
Service Commission were thanked
for the progressive step in the
city’s fire fighting facilities by
Fire Chief W. C. Thompson.
Station fraised
Fire Chief Henry Chase, of Mi
ami, Fla.,, toaay praised the new
station as one of the most modern
he has ever seen. He is a past
president of the International As
sociation of Fire Chiefs and a per
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy, warm and hu
mid this afternoon, tonight and
Tuesday. Scattered afternoon
thundershowers. Low tonight 69
and high Tuesday 88. Sun rises
5:33 and sets 7:44.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy,
warm and humid this afternoon
through Tuesday., Scattered
thundershowers this afternoon
and evening and again Tuesday
afternoon.
TEMPERATURE .
BERMOE . Lo l eaß
SOUMIE 5 s s e B
BRI i anaid saie dene oatd
NN i e
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .04
Total since July 1 .. .. .. 1.74
Deficit since July 1... .... 1.08
Average -July rainfall .. ;: 5.01
Total since January 1 ....20.09
Second Draft
May Be Near
WASHINGTON, July 17—(AP)
—Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Se
lective Service chigf, is reported
to be looking for a second draft
call next month,
He also was quoted today as an
ticipating a need for more sweep
ing draft regulations affecting vet
erans, husbands and fathers.
Most veterans and men with de
pendents were exempt from the
first draft call for 20,000 men to
build up the Army in the Korean
Crisis.
Hershey’s views on possible fu
ture draft moves were given to a
reporter by Lt. Col. Irving W.
Hart, Selective Service informa
tion chief, in response to queries.
Hershey himself was reported un
available. .
.
Tornadoes Hit
.
Hard In Midwest
By The Associated Press
Tornadoes, hail, drenching rains
and high winds pounded some sec
tions of the Midwest over the
week-end with heavy damage.
One death in Wisconsin was at
tributed to a flash flood.
The tornadoes struck near Craig
and Cordova, Nebr., Saturday
night and floods occurred in the
east central part of the state for the
second successive week-end,
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Avea
. Americans Abandon Airfield: °
South Koreans Halt Two Drives
TOKYO, Tuesday, July 18.— (AP) —Three North Ke
rean infantry divisions, heavily aided by artillery but shy
on tanks, swarmed close on Taejon today, forcing the slen
der American defense to abandon the airfield three miles
north of that South Korean city. : P
General MacArthur’s Tokyo headquarters communique
reported early this morning that the North Korean invaderg
are “continuing to pay a high price for ground gained,” bu#
acknowledged that they were gaining. ;
Late field dispatches said Taejon, until last week the provisionak
capital of the Korean Republic and site of American field headquar=
ters, was still in American hands but virtually deserted. Its abandon=
ment appeared near, however. ?
MacArthur’s communique described a situation in which the Ameri=
cans had to quit Kongju, 20 miles norteast of Taejon, and pull west and
south, so that their former west flank had become a north flank.,
The North Korean Second Division was struggling to turn this flank
“in the Taejon area,” the communrque reported. Exact distances from
the city were not disclosed.
The Airfield, three miles north, was admittedly under Red artillery
fire and threatened by infiltrating enemy foot soldiers, however.
Although MacArthur said the enemy had succeeded in getting only
two tanks across to the south.bank of the Kum river and that both of
these had been destroyed, fleld dllspatches intimated the Reds since
had brought up mrore armor. This evidently came from the heavy Red
concentrations which MacArthur reported were building up just north
of the Kum.
Associated Press Correspondent William R, Moore, who visited Tae~
jon at 9 p. m. Monday (6 a. m., EST), said most of its 100,000 popula=~
tion had fled. He talked with American soldiers on the empty streets,
and with South Korean military police.
Red Losses
While the Americans were rolled back in one sector at least six miles
from the Kum, General MacArthur said the Northern Communists
suffered their worst setbacks of the Korean war on the east coast.
Two Russian built Yak fighter planes were shot down by American
pilots. One was downed by Lt. George M. Edwards of El Paso, Texas,
north of Taejon, A Jet F-80 shot down the second plane when Edwards
called for help. It was the first time the Red planes had shown any
fight since 17 were shot down early in the war. \
American and Australian fighters and U. 8. light bombers ranged
along the flaming front or just behind it more than 200 combat serties
in close support of American and South Korean ground forces. They
were credited with destroying or damaging 28 Red tanks, 32 truciks and
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IT'S A GOOD FIGHT
Wounded Colonel Gives
irst-ran ar Keport
BY WILLIAM R. MOORE
A U.S. COMMAND HOST IN KOREA, July 17— (AP)
It was the Colonel speaking.
“My men have put up a good fight. I tell you, a good
fight.”
The Colonel lay on a stretcher in a L'le;u'in% station teday
well back:-from the scene of battle.
A bullet went through his right
leg Sunday. Military regulations
forbid using the names of wound
ed.
But the history of this Korean
campaign will list the colonel as
the leader of a unit which fought
gallantly Sunday in an attempt to
hold the Kum river line against
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“l saw them hold tight and
keep on shooting when the Red
artillery was coming at them,” the
colonel said.
“Let me tell you they put up a
good fight. I'll bet they are up
their now still fighting.”
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‘er nodded agreement.
“They sure did,” he said.
“If we had had just one more
battalion,” the colonel said, “we’d
all be right there on the river,
still fighting.”
The colonel, a thin serious man
with eyes still reddened by the
dust and fatigue of' battle, told
how the fighting went.
g Bold Crossing
Early Sunday the Communists
tried a bold crossing of the Kum
river in front ot the U, S. lines,
The Reds that were not killed
holed up under cover of artillery.
The Reds kept on building up
their artillery barrage of the
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