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Winterville
Building Drive
~ Barbecue Scheduled
¢ For Friday, July 18;
Tickets Now On Sale
The people of Winterville Bap
tist Church, under the leadership
of thelr pastor, Rev. Jesse F.
Knight, have recently launched a
campaign for necessary building
expansion to accommodate thair
growing educational needs.
On July 9 an all-day Homecom
ing observance brought together
wpproximately 250 friends and
former members, at which time
$2,022.72 in cash was added to
their building fund. Additional
pledges to be paid within 12
months will add another $5,465.00.
Services included an inspiring
morning message by Dr. T. W.
Tippett, State Director of Baptist
Sunday Schools. ;
The church’s unique six’ty-four
vear history was prepared by Miss
Marion Coile, largely from the
bapers of her father, the late Rev.
W. M. Coile who served the first
Pastorate of the church for fifty=-
&IY. vears.
The church has been served by
only five pastors and has wielded
a spiritual influence that has ex
tended beyond the borders of its
own community to share in the
building of churches in the com-
munities started after the Sea
board railroad was constructed.
Some of the churches arer Fast
Athens Baptist, Moore’s Grove of
Hrll, Colbert, and Comer. :
The church’s one remaimrfi
charter member, of the orlgln
Torty-four members, is Mrs. Cumi
Bullock, who resides at Hull,
Georgia, and was present for the
Homecoming exercises on July 9.
The present membershifi of fmi:
hundred is in good s;fiir and
facing the great challange that
calls for enlargement in order to
neet requirements for eomplemen
lary services for classes and soclal
groups. 5
A barbecue for Friday, July 28,
from 6 to 8 p, m., is announced by
a church committee, Tickets are
10w on sale by a large committee
4t $1.50 for adults and 75 cents
‘or children, The ’cue will be on
the church grounds.
A generous menu is planned and
he public is cordially invited.
.
C.R. West Dies;
.
Services Monday
Chester R. West, a resident of
'he Lexington Road for the past
13 vears, died at a local hospital
@t night after an illness of one
Wweek. He was 73 years ‘old.
Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 2 p. m., in
Bernstein’s Chapel, with the Rev.
1. R. Burnley, pastor of the East
Atheng Baptist Church, officiating.
(urial will follow in Apple Valley,
J4a,
A Mason and born in Seneca,
South Carolina, Mr, West is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie
vest, a nephew, Walter Hyde,
Vinter Park, Fla, and a inece.
Mrs. J. 0O Seabolt, Commerce.
“_&—-——
JEKYLL BRIDGE
PPUNSWICK,- Ga,, July 22—
(AP)—B, D, Blalock, chairmen of
m&]-’ek.\'ll Islond Aunthority, =~id
to dy a brid"e f]e’;'\iff‘w ot a
b\lflt to ':flnf'fi',:t g t&e !ii""".".d vith
the nainland. 3 L
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Nation's Popuiati
Foreseen 150,520,000
Census Shows 19 Miilion Boost;
Georgia May Lose Congressman
WASHINGTON, July 22.—- (AP, —The Census Bureau
today estimated the 1950 population of the United States
at 150,520,000 men, women and .children,
This is almost 19,000,000 higher than the 1940 total of
131,699,275, :
At the same time, the Bureau announced preliminary
totals for all of the states and the Distriet of Columbia.
The figures, when carefully
checked and revised where neces
sary, will be used by Congress to
help determine how many repre
sentatives each state will be enti=
tled to in the House.
That information was not imme
diately available, and Census offi
cials said it probably would not be
for some time. T
For one thing, they said, the to
tal figure includes an estimated
700,000 persons-—mostly transients
and Merchant Marine crews—
whose home states are not yet
definitely known.
But officials called attention to
estimates . made in 1948 by the
House Postoffice Committee which
shows California ~gaining. eight
seats and New York and Pennsyl
vania losing three seats and two
seats, respectively. They said these
figures likely will not be off by
more than one.
Other changes indicated by the
1948 House estimate:
Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Ken
tucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, all
likely to lose one seat,
Florida, Indiana, _ Michigan,
Oregon, Texas, and Washington
likely to gain one.
Dr. A. Ross Eckler, deputy di=
rector of the Census Bureau, said
in noting these figures that on: the
basis of returns from this year’s
census the greatest changes from
the estimates are likely to occur
in the Pacific Northwest — which
did not pick up as much popula
tion as estimated two lzems ago—
and in the South, which ran ahead
of estimates.
The figureg announced today
were just preliminary totals. The
final figure will be reached by the
Census Bureau some time before
December 1, on which date the
Secretary of Commerce must send
them to President Truman. :
The President will pass the fig
ures on to Congress, probably la
ter that month. The exact totals
will not be known until then,
U. S. Report Says War Won't Effect Food Supply
i
l WASHINGTON, July 22—(AP) |
—There is plenty of food, the gov= |
I ernment said today, and the Ko~
rean crisis won't even “noticeably ‘
‘ affect” supplies for the American |
public, |
An official report also said:
1. The nation will go right on
eating at its high level diet.
2. In fact many may buy even
more food as employment and
earnings rise under impact of 2
stepped-up defense program.
3. As for food prices: They are
unlikely to rise this year more
thon 3 or 4 percent above the July
level]." 'll;h.e vear’s retail avertzla‘gg(
| s~ovld be about the same as tha
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Mofion Denied
4
InDrewry C
In Drewry Case
‘i A motion for a new irial was de
| nied today for Mrs. Kathleen M.,
sDrewry, under sentence of two to
four years for shooting her ex
husband’s second wife.
Superior Court Judge Henry
( H, West turned down the appeal
from the ex-wife of University of
Georgia Journalism Dean John E.
Drewry.
Neither the Dean nor the sormer
Mrs. Drewry appeared in court
today.
Carlisle Cobb, attorney for Mrs.
Drewry, said Judge West’s ruling
today would be appealed within
20 days to the State Court of Ap~-
peals. v
Mrs. Drewry has been free on
bond since her conviction in April
on a charge of assault with intent
to kill Nfirlam Thurmon%l, Eean
Drewry’s present wife.
Two other charges - assault
with intent to murder Dean Drew=
ry and carrying a pistol without a
license -— are still pending against
Mrs. Drewry. .
.
Marines Freeze
Reserve Members
‘MACON, Ga.—Marine Corps
Headquarters announced yester
day the freezing of resignations of
members of the Marine Corps Re~
serve according to Major John C.
Landrum, officer in charge of Ma
rine recruiting for Georgia.
Effective immediately Marine
Corps Reservists may not be dis
charged at their own request.
THERE’S PLENTY TO GO AROUND
\ All this comes from the Bureau
|of Agricultural Economics. If is
the agency that keeps books on
|the nation’s supplies of food and
| farm products.
{ Ina special food report, the bu
; reau sought to put the clincher on
! what President Truman and Sec~
i retary of Agriculture Brannan
| have been frying to get across:
| Price boosts and hoarding are
| uncalled for.
The agency assured-the public
| that food supplies are expected to
| stay at the high level of the past
| two years.
| Even if the Korean situation in
| creases military Fuying of food in
| coming “months, - civilian - supplies
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1950.
Reds Massing Troops,
Tanks For New A ttack
American Arillery, Airforce .
Pound Staging Areas Steadily
TOKYO, Sunday, July 23.— (AP) — North Korean
troops and armor were forming Saturday night for new as
saults on American positions — reinforced with fresh de
fenders—east and southeast of shattered Taejon.
American artillery fired intermittently ¢n the Korean
Communist forces, said the late field dispatches, in an ef
fort to deny the enemy access to the Taejon-Yongdong road
and the double-tracked railway that parallels it southeast
ward out of Taejon, - .
It was astride this 27-mile road that the new American
defense line was being consolidated, said General MacAr
thur’s communique early Sunday morning.
Other sectors to the east were
relatively quiet.
Despite murky weather, Ameri
can tactical air forces strafed the
Reds in Taejon Saturday. :
A dispatch from an American
command post on the western sec
tor, timed late Saturday, said new
American’ troops were in the line
and were determined to give the
Reds their first licking on that
front near Taejon.
“ MacArthur’s ' communique said
“constant - contact” . was being
maintained with the North Korean
forces to determine just what di
rection they would-take on their
expected next offensive push to
the south and southeast. Identity
of the American reinforcemenfs
was not disclosed.
(It seemed likely however that
elements of the First Cavalry (in-~
fantry) division or possibly the
25th - Tropie Lightning Infantry
division had been rushed west to
fill in gaps in the ranks of the
valiant 24th division).
Grim Battle
In 18 days of grim battling for
time, the 24th Division—outnum
bered at times 20-to-I—had yield
ed 70 miles in five major retreats.
The last and bloodiest retreat ‘was
from Taejon, where the 24th held
for three days. Orders called for a
2-day stand if possible.
It was at Taejon that Maj. Gen.
William F. Dean, divisional com
mander last was seen personally
directing a bazooka tank-killer
squad during withdrawal opera
tions Thursday. He was wounded
in the action. How seriously was
not known.
General MacArthur notified the
Army in Washington that Dean
was missing in action. He ex
pressed hope that the 50-year-old
General officer, decorated re=
peatedly for bravery in World War
Two, had not fallen into enemy
hands.
“High hopes exist,” said Mac-
Arthur, “that he will return with
one of the groups of separated
personnel frequently returning to
their units.”
Stragglers Return
More than 200 stragglers cut off
during fierce house-to-house fight
ing in Taejon have made their
way back to American lines since
the city fell. Most of them be=
longed to the 34th Infantry Regi
ment of the 24th division. Many
were wounded and 21l were near
exhaustion. Some had lost even
their shoes and clothing in the re
treat.
A regimental eommander who
led his men out of flaming Tae
jon told Associated Press corre
spondent O. H. P. King that the
North Koreans must have lost
3,000 men killed in the assault on
Taejon.
“They had a total disregard for
life,” the commander said. “So
many men kept coming at us that
eventually we were overwhelmed.
But I am sure they are worse off
in victory than we are in defeat.”
General MacArthur noted that
lack of information on the Sixth
North Korean Division “gives cre=
dence” to indications the division
is being used as replacements for
the first and other North Korean
divisions.”
Bulletin
OTTAWA, July 22.—~ (AP) ~
William Lyon MacKenzie King,
75, former Prime Minister of
Canada and a veteran of British -
commonwealth and world polit
ical affairs, died tonight aft
Kingsmere, his summer home 20
miles from CGitawa.
l“would not be noticeably affect
‘ed,” the report asserted. The gov
| ernment has a lot of food stocks
i the military could use.
: Unwanted Prices
Hence, speculative buying gnd
lprice increases that have de
| veloped since fighting started in
{ Korea are not warranted, the bu
'reau observed.
The main effect the Korean sit
uation is likely to have on the
1950 food situation, the agency
said, is strengthening of ccnsumer
demand for food as employment
and incomes respond to the ac
celerated defense pro~ =,
The bureau’s col™m lec'- at the
1 food. price fufure contyv =l+
Name Delegates
To Democratic
Meet InMacon
Clarke county delegates and al
ternates to the State Democratic
Convention, opening in Macon at
11 a. m.,, on August 9, were an
nounced yesterday by Ed D. Wier,
chairman of the Clarke County
Democratic Executive Committee.
Clarke county is entitled to four
delegates, twice the number of
Representatives it has in the State
General Assembly, and as many
alternates as is desired.
It is customary for delegates to
be named from among friends of
the gubernatorial candidate car
rying the county, in this case M.
E. Thompson. However, it is also
customary for the losing guberpa
torial candidate to waive the right
to have his friends named in
counties he carried, while losing
the eletion. Thompson followed
this custem and waived the right
to have his friends named as dele
gates. PG
Following are the delegates and
alternates announced:
Grandison Caskev, chairman:
W. C. Pitner, Mrs. Julius Tlamadge
and James Barrow.
Allernates
R. Grady Booth, W. T. Ray, P. J.
Smith, C. E. Williams, George
Nash, Mrs. F. E. McHugh, Mrs.
Tom W. Reed, Deg Jones, Charlie
Williams, Dorsey Davis, Stewart
Davis, J. H. Johnston, Sam L.
Hayes, Troy Whitworth.
Frank Thornton, Bee Thurmond,
Mayor Jack Wells, Joesph E.
Webb, Mrs. Joseph E. Webb, Lu
ther Bond, Miss Madge Moore, J.
H. Underwood, H. D. Kesler, Carl
M. Bowden, Jimmy Dudley, Frank
Dudley, Gordon Dudley, W. W.
Scott.
Harmon C. Settle, Clyde McDor
man, Cody David, Jack Frost, John
Dunston, M. R. Redwine, M. R.
Redwine, jr., Dr. and Mrs. Harry
Talmadge, George Hulme, Mrs.
Eugenia A. Blount, A. Y. Woods,
sr., Luther Nelson, Melvin Cle
ments. e fp
Clyde Harper, Joe P. Nunnally,
Ernest Fambrough, C. M. Cart
ledge, W. A. Cooper, sr., W. A.
Cooper, jr., Rep. Chappelle Mat
thews, Rep-Nominate Grady
Pittard, Sen.-Nominate Robert
Stephens, Dr. John A. Hunnicutt,
John A. Hunnicutt, 111, Raymond
Lester, Lee Guest, )V E.*Little, W.
E. Whitehead.
E. B. Braswell, Bryan Lumpkin,
(Continued On Page Ten)
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City Schools -
. .
Get Face Lifting
A great deal of painting and re
pair work is now underway in
Athens city schools, it was an
nounced yesterday by Superin
tendent Fred Ayers.
The work will be completed be
fore the opening of school in Sep
tember. :
Interiors of Barrow and Chase
elementary schools are being paint
ed while new book shelves are
being built in rooms of-these two
schools.
Atheng High and Industrial and
Reese Street colored elementary
schools are being painted inside
and repaivs are underway at both
places. Also, the interior of another
colored elementary school, New
town School, is being painted.
some sharp advances even before
the Korean campaign began,
The Bureau of Labor statistics
said today that between May 15
and June 15, food”costs leaped 2.1
per cent, Since the fighting started,
some prices have shot higher,
Retail prices in general ad
vanced .9 of one percent between
May and June, the brcadest in
crease in two years.
Price Drop Seen
It forecast somewhat lower
prices for some foods, particularly
meats during the fall and winter.
The bureau said it appears
A ¢yl that exports and military
takinos from the totak food supply
. (Continued On Page Ten)
""GOOD TO BE HOME"
First Korean Casualty
Arrives In California
FAIRFIELD-SUSAN AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., July 22.—(AP)
—‘Boy, it sure feels good to be back. There’s no place like the
United States.”
With those cheerful words Private Paul Jackson, jr., 20, of Shel
byville, Mich., was removed from a medical evacuation plane to
day—the first United States battle casualty of the Korean war to
return home,
He lost his left leg just above the knee as the result of wounds
suifered on July 9.
“He’s damned cheerful for a guy who just lost a leg,” said a
erewman as the tanned and smiling Jackson was placed in an am
bulance which took him to the basé hespital.
Jackson said he was wounded while he and & buddy were in &
truck, setting up road blocks to cover a retreat, after the Ameri
cans had blown up a bridge.
“The next thing I knew, I woke up in & hospital,” he said. “We
must have been hit by artillery fire, I never saw my buddy again.”
A construction worker since his eighth grade days, Jackson said
he enlisted in the Army and asked for duty in Japan, where he
served 23 months, He was awarded the Purple Heart while in &
Tokyo hospital.
Morale of the troops fighting in Korea is good, as far as he could
tell, he said.
“There were just too many of them (the enemy) at first. We
were outnumbered.
““fan to man, we could beat ’em. We'll win when we get staried
gos..” .
Jackson will be transferred to a general military hospital, which
he hopes will be close to his home, “ ;
He has no special girl at present, he said. He is eager to get out
of the hospital and back into construction work. But first he wants
to see his mother, Mrs. Mary Stevens, of Dorr, Mich.,, and his
brothers and sisters,
Leopold’'s Return Stirs
Militant Demonstrations
Socialists Yow To Drive King Off
Throne; Paper’s Windows Smashed
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 22.— (AP) —The return of
King Leopold 111 from six years in exile set off militant
demonstrations by his foes in downtown Brussels tonight.
Windows of the pro-King Catholic newspaper Libre
Belgique were smashed.
In Martyr's Square, Socialists vowed, with upraised
arms and clinched fists, to drive Leopold from the throne.
Leopold supporters heckled the
demonstrators, led by ex-Premier
Paul-Henri Spaak, and were chas
ed down a side street. Some of the
demonstrators broke open a news
paper truck and scattered the con
tents in the street. They were
seeking copies of Libre Belgique,
but that truck contained other
newspapers. Police arrived after
the incident was over.
Communists paraded in down
town boulevards.
The Socialist-controlled Belgian
trade union federation ordered the
labor movement to open resistance
against Leopold “at the opportune
moment.” A special Manifesto
said:
“Leopold IT dare not face pubiie
opinion nor the people of Brussels.
For us, Leopold 111 is no longer
king of the Belgians, even less of
the workers.”
These were highlights of the
mixed reception of the monarch,
who bid somberly by radio for
national unity — recalling the na
tional motto that “Unity is
strength” — and promised his best
efforts to conciliate his opponents.
Security Force o
Both friends and foes were kept
at a distance by security mcau
tions on the arrival of pold
from Switzerland soon after dawn.
Platoons of soldiers and police
were his shield, Before Leopold
arrived, four gendarmes were kill
and 22 injured by overturning of
a truck moving to the processional
route,
Snubs were evident:
Leopold’s Prince Chérles, depos
ed as regent by the Catholic So
cial Christian majority in parlia=-
ment Thursday at the same time
Leopold was recalled, failed to
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and warm Sun
day with slight chance of after
noon thundershowers. High near
88. Sun rises 5:20 and sets at
7:41.
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GEORGIA — Partly cloudy,
not much change in temperature
Sunday with some widely scat
tered thundershowers Sunday
afternoon and Monday, -
B sbt
TEMPERATURE
SHEbRE 6o L. chE r
TONREY Ll e e R
WML i e R
RoEel . s
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .15
Total since July 1 .. .. .. 1.89
Deficit since July 1 .. ... 1.89
Average July rainfall .. ... 5.01
Total since January 1 ....20.24
Deficit since January 1 ...10.34
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ass
iv. El
Univ. Elects
Valedicforian
Thomas Preston Bentley, Thom
aston, has been named waledictor=-
ian of the August graduating elass
at the University of Georgia.
Bentley won the honor in a class
election over four other eandidates
with high scholastic averages.
The valedictorian will receive
his bachelor of arts degree with a
major in political science. At the
University he is a member of Grid
iron and Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary
political science fraternity, secre
tary-treasurer of the Political
Science Club, and secretarye
treasurer of Demosthenian Litera-.
ry Society.
.Bentley’s brother, James, form
er University campus leader, will
receive his law degree at the Uni
versity in August.
VACANCY FILLED
Two Local Firemen
Receive Promotions
By GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Promotion of two members of
Athens Fire Department has been
announced by W. B. Moss, chair
man of the City Civil Service
Commission. Meanwhile a va
cancy on the fire fighting force
was filled.
Ed Silvey and James T. Saye
have been named lieutenants, ad
vancing from the rank of private.
Both have seen long-time service
on the local force. The pair will
be stationed at the new Fire Sta
tion No. 3 in the Five Points sec
tion. :
Fills Vacancy |
Also, the Civil Service Commis
sion has named Doyle Draper to
fill a vacancy on the department
force. |
The new station was put into |
service last Monday following
dedication services. No fire calls
had been received at the station
through Saturday afternoon. |
Promotion of the new officers
brings the officer strength at the
new station t» two cantains and
two rlieutenants. :™ s is similar
HOME
EDITION
Truman Readies
Blueprint For _
War Requests
Congressmen Face
Heavy Week Filled
With Key Decisions
WASHINGTON, July 22—(AP)
—President Truman plans te send
Congress next Tuesday a blue
print of his $10,000,000,000 go
gram to help fight the Korean War
and guard against Communist ag
gression elsewhere,
It will be in the form of a de~
tailed request for the huge ap
propriation designed to carry out
partial mobilization of the nation’s
military strength. The White
House sald today the President
hoped to have it ready by Tues
day.
On Wednesday the mation may
get the first official tip-off on the
extent of the new taxes which will
be asked to finance the $18,800.-
000,000 program—and the addi
tional billions which will be sought
later, :
On that day the President will
send to Congress the &n
economie report of his of
Economie Advisers, along with an
economic message of his own.
These are expected to give, mot
only official views on the state of
the national economy, but en the
control steps necessary teo safe
guard it from inflation.
While Congress members pre
pared today to tackle the heavy
legislative tasks ahead, one of their
number warned that the program
of partial mobilization is not
enough.
“We must face up to an all-out
mobilization,” Senator Lyndon
Johnson (D.-Tex.), member of the
' Senate Armed Serviee Committee,
told a reporter.
“The sooner we do it thg bet
ter. We have started in the right
direction but we're taking too
much time to screw up our eour=
age to do necessary things.
. Long Struggle
“This is not a 30-day war nor
a 60-day war that we are in now.
This is a long and continwlng
struggle against Communism. I
may last one year—or several
years.
“We must immediatols produce
more tanks, airplanes and ammun=
ition. That will mean fewer luxe
ury automobiles, household ame
pliances and similar civil items.”
The congressional schedule fom
the next few days is a busy one.
Senate and House banking com«
mittees will open publie hearings
Monday on a broad-termed system
of controls and allocations pre
pared at the White House txa
tis;cled “Defense Production Aet
1950.”
Both House and Senate leader
were certain of quick final p-mg:
this week of two measures foR
building up strength of the fighte
ing forces. One, allowing
President to extend all onlimg
one year, already has spod :
the Senate without ebjection. The
Pregident mow has authority té
call and hold officers in both rege
ular and reserve forces.
ma SIS
@ other wo T
present mangowor ceilings of just
above 2,000,000 from the Army,
Air Force, Navy and Marines.
House feaders scheduled quics
passage of both for Tuesday an
Senate leaders may act on the ex
tra duty bill by or before then.
The next military legislation
asked for by Chairman Tydings
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to strength at Station Neo. twe. A
captain and lieutenant are on duty
along with several privates at all
times, there being a day and night
shift. ]
At headquarters there are two
assistant chiefs along with twe
lieutenants and a number of pri
vates.
New ' Numbers
Fire Station No. 3 has received
a new local telephone number—4.
Local number of Station Ne. 2 is
8 and headquarters phone is 90.
The local phones are for all calls
other than fire reports.
When reporting a fire, number
10 should be called or the persen
should say “Fire Department” or
“I want to report a fire.”
Fire Chief W. C. Thompson said
vesterday that the report of fire
loss totals for Athens during the
first six months of 1950 (January
through June) has not been com=
pleted but will be announced :
1t is believed that the loss nfi
lower than the similar perioed :
year. During 1949 Athens had the
IOWESt loss\ é’l‘ ?Es!t’.olt?:‘ I‘-‘?‘; LRERERDE