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Red Attacks On 150-Mile
Front Being Thrown Back
~ Big Transport Falls
# In Swamp and Explodes
MYRTLE BEACH, 8. C., July 24.
—(AP)—An Air Force transport
hurtled into swampland near here
yesterday amd exploded into a
blazing funeral pyre for 34 serv
iecemen,
The dead included 30 members
of the Tennessee Air National
Guard, enroute to Nashville from
war geames in this area, Four Air
Reserve crewmen were on the
plane, :
Minutes after the C-46 climbed
mwom the Municipal Airport here
it plunged into the pine-spotted
muckland. The servicemen were
still within sight of the airport
until just before the big ship
erashed,
Towering, gasoline-fed flames
ushed would-be rescuers back.,
§elplm they waiched the crema
tion. When -the tlanres ‘died,
white=jacketed Army medical
corpsmen began removing the
bodies, Late last night, they had
recovered 15. The others were
trapped in buried, eharred wreck
age. ”
Bitg of the big transport were
flung in a 100-yard circle, The
wings were still further away. |
There were conflicting reports |
about the crash. Some said the
plane geemed to explode in mid
air. But a pilot who flew over the
Carolina swampland said the ship
didn’t blow up until it struck. :
At Nashville Sunday, dinners
were interrupted by a terse broad
cast that a plane-load of home
ward = bound Guardsmen had
crashed.
Families and sweethearts raced
out to the Tennessee Air National
Guard Base., They clustered—
some weepling, others white-faced
and silent, %
Shouts of Jop
A plane landed, bringing with it
returning Guardsmen. The clus
ters broke. People ran to the
plane. For some there were tears
and shouts of joy. When the last
of the returning planes landed,
people took up their vigil there
and at the state capitol. Later,
many were told their loved ones
were dead.
With them was Mrs, Mary M.
Brown, a widowed mother from
suburban Antioch. She sat outside
the Adjutant General’s office with
two sons. They were called into
the General’s office.
There they weer told that Cor
poral Emmett Clifton Brown, the
youngest © son, was aboard the
crashed plane. Corporal Brown, 19,
finished high school this year.
There were 29 other similar mes=
sages.
At the scene of the crash an un
identified woman told would-be
Army rescuers that she saw two
men parachute from the falling
plane. But she said they dropped
into the blazing wreckage. That
report couldn’t be verified,
Captain W. P, Vandiver of Bir=
mingham, Ala.,, a medical officer
fronrr Shaw Field in Sumter, S. C.,
said bodies already recovered were
badly mutilated.
The task of elearing the area
continued today.
. .
Kiwanis To Hear
Counseling Talk
Dr. Florene Youni, g _ the
Psychology departmen niver=
sity of Georgia, will speai( to hems
bers of Athens Kiwanis €lub on
“Personal Counseling” at the rm'
ular meeting tomorrow at one
clock,
The meeting will be hel the
Civic Room ozxo 13 and %%afe
teria. John Bondurant arranged
the program, :
Gvil Air Patrol Unit Proposed For Athens
" “Action toward the formation of
2 Civil Air Patrol 'l?nlt for Athens
will officially get underway Thurs=-
day night in the Chamber of Com
merce Auditorium at 8:00 o’clock
When personages interested in the
unit and officials of the CAP will
sather to discuss plans.
Colonel Jesse I. Dobbins, wing
gommander for the Civil Air Pa
irol in Georgla, will fly over from
e Mgietta Air f‘orce Base to
din the organization of the unit.
e will be accompanied by sever
-1 officers % the CAP who will
concerned with the establish
ent procedure,
fit piresent there are about thirty
thenians who have expressed a
esire for 3 unit ?n this area and
ose in charge of arranging
ursday’s program anticipate that
the movement progresses there
be many &oung geopk in this
‘that’' will' be Interested In
What a CAP unit can offer.
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This map details week by week progress of Commun
ist penetration in South Korea since the invasion started
nearly a month ago. American troops now are in action
along the entire front as the fighting goes into fifth
week. B-29 bombing of North Korean supply centers and
Allied naval bombardment of east coast supply roads
have supported the defensive delaying actions of ground
forces attempting to hold on until supplies and man
power can-be built up for an eventual offensive. Dates
are in Korean time.— (AP Wirephoto Map.)
Military Heads Mak
Lawmakers Ask What Happened -
To Billions Okayed For Defense
WASHINGTON, July 24.— (AP) —Congress members
called on top military leaders today for an appraisal of the
nation’s fighting readiness and an accounting of the bil
lions spent on defense since 1947. :
As lawmakers pushed emergency measures which would
hasten the country toward a virtual war footing, the House
Armed Services Committee launched a closed-door inquiry
into the state of American preparedness.
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) said in advance that the big
question Pentagon planners will be asked is: what have
the armed forces to show for the $48,000,000,000 they have
been allotted in the past four years?
The committee led off today
with Admiral Forrest P. Sherman,
Chief of Naval Operations. He
will be followed on Wednesday by
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air
Force Chief of Staff. ”
On Friday, the commiitee has
called Secretary of the Army
Frank Pace, who also was director
of the budget during some of the
time when defense requests were
pared sharply; Gen. J. Lawton
Collins, Army Chief of Staff; and
Lt. Gen. Alfred M. Gruther, Dep
uty Chief of Staff for Planning,
For security reasons, their
testimony will not be heard pub
licly. But Vinson told reporters the
nation will be informed on essen
tial details.
1951 Budget
Appropriations for the 1950 fis
cal year which ended June 30 were.
in the neighborhood of $13,000,=
000,000, not counting new contract
authority. Before the outbreak of
the Korean fighting, House and
Senate committees were working
on a 1951 figure roughly equal to
that for 1950.
So President Truman’s request
for Tn additional $10,000,000,000
will likely bring the 1951 defense
budget to $23,000,000,000 unless
new emergencies call for a further
boost.
Vinson estimates that between
four and six billion—or roughly
one half—of the President’s new
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The Civil Air Patrol is a com
munity project with aims toward
providing &8 means for furthering
aviation among America’s youth.
It has as its main purpose the
training of youth in the funda-,
mentals of aeronautics.
Members of CAP units.are given
ground training by qualified sen
jor members of the CAP and Air
Force reserve officers. The sub
jects _included in this ground
training are map reading, theory
of flight, navigation, engines, air
craft structures and Civil Air reg
ulations.
At present there are ten units
in the state of Georgia operating
under the base at Marietta, All
units are provided with L-4 and
1.-5 type aircraft for their use on
a rotation basis among the ten
state units. Also the CAP en
.eourages- its members to learn to
fly by purchasing flight time from
private operators in the area of
Nation Watch
Three Primari
By The Associated Press
If\n QOklahoma Democratie run
? primary tomorrow may give
awmakers some indication of how
the fighting in Korea affects in
cumbents,
Democrats are also nominating
tomorrow in Arkansas, where a
governorship race has ifivolved the
national issues of the Truman ade
ministration, and in Louisiana,
where Senator Russell Long is after
his first full term in the office
once held by his father, Huey P.
Long.
Senator Elmer Thomas (D-
Okla.), fighting for his political
life, has tried to emphasize in the
closing days before the Oklahoma
voting the part he hag played in
helping provide the funds for
American fighting forces.
Thomas trailed Rep. Mike Mon
roney (D-Okla.) in the first pri
mary July 4, although Monroney
didn’t get a majority because of
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the unit’s activities.
The Athens unit, when it .is
formed and operating, will be
furnished a short wave radio sta
tion for use in this section. This
station will be one in a vast net
work of short wave stations all
over the nation under the direc
tion of the CAP, and through its
presence the interest in the unit
is increased from not only those
Athenians who are interested in
aviation, but also to any who
might like to have instruction and
experience in radio work.
In addition to the flying activi
ties offered by CAP and the radio
facilities provided, there is a sum-~
mer encampment held each year
at which individuals are given the
opportunity of attending if they
so desire. These camp sessions
are approximately two weeks long
and are not compulsrry to, .the
members of a CAP unit. They are
held at U. S. Air Force bases
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., MONDAY, JULY 24, 1950.
U.S. Bazooka Teams Track Down
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Roving Red Tanks; 8 Destroyed
TOKYO, Tuesday, July 25. — (AP) — Hard-charging
North Korean Reds attacked Monday and Monday night
all along a twisting 150-mile front nearly the breadth of
Korea, but “continued to be repulsed” by American and
South Korean defenders, General MacArthur’s headquar
ters reported today.
The latest assault described in detail by MacArthur was
made by eight tanks with infantrymen on First Cavalry
Division positions near Yongdong Monday night. L
The headquarters announcement
said the Red intantry was hurled
back and three of the tanks were
knocked out by 3.5-inch bazookas.
American tank-killer teams were
hunting the other five in the
darkness.
Field dispatches confirmed the
Red drive against the First Caval
ry and also reported another sep
arate push by the Communist
Second Infantry Division along
back roads in the mountains north
east of Yongdong.
Roving tank-infantry teams of
the invaders slithered along the
west coast as far south as the port
of Mokpo, near the southwest tip
of Korea. MacArthur’s announce
ment said these Reds were opposed
only by the South Korean police
but secret measures were being
taken to eliminate the broad
flanking threat.
Pressure Mounts
Dispatches from the front late
Monday night said Red Pressure
mounted steadily all day against
American lines astride the Taejon-
Yongdong highway, while 20 to 30
miles northeast another drive was
in progress, pronging out along
the three roads.
On the Yongdong front, AP cor
respondent Hal Boyle reported
Red infantry at one time got be
hind advanced American positions
and threw up a mortar-backed
road block.
This serious threat was cleaned
out in two hours with the aid of
American tanks and artillery,
Bovle reported.
“We didn’t fool with it; we sent
the tanks to clean it up,” he quot
ed an artillery commander. (This
was one of the few references
made to North Korean front pres
sure was still mounting, with
steady artillery and mortor firing
all Monday afternoon.
North and northeast of Yong
dong, a force identified as the
North Korean Second Infantry
Division pushed its three-speared
attack on other American posi
tions.
Tanks Hit
On second - devision column
reached Poun, 22 miles north of
Yongdong and 35 miles northwest
of the rail-highway hub of Kum
chon.
American planes and ground
troops were credited with knock
ing out five of the eight tanks
leading about 700 Red infantry
men near Poun.
The two other columns of the
Red Second Division were report
ed 15 miles and 20 miles northeast
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and warm fo
night and Tuesday, Scattered
afternoon thundershowers. The
showers may be too numerous
for cotton dusting or spraying
teday and Tuesday. Low tonight
68, high Tuesday 90. Sun sets
7:40 and rises 5:39.
GEORGIA — Consider~
able cloudiness and nos much
change in temperatures this aft
ernoon, tonight and Tuesday.
Scattered m o st 1 y afternoon
thundershowers.
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... 2.17
Total since July 1 .. .. .. 4.06
Excess since July 1 .. ¢soo .12
Average July rainfall ~ .. 5.01
Total since January 1 ....22.41
Deficit since January 1 ... 8.33
where the best training pessible in
the field of aeronautics is afforded
to those attending.
The formation of the unit in
Athens has nothing to do with the
recent Korean crisis and members
will not be affected in any way
by the armed forces because they
are members of the CAP. Mem
bership will neither prevent a per
son from being called into service,
nor will it mean that he will be
called any sooner because he has
some training in the field. The
CAP units continue as auxiliary
units of the Air Force in the time
of war and any connection with a
military unit due to membership
in a CAP unit is on a voluntary
basis.
Every Athenian, from 15-years
of age to adult, who is interested
in the furtherment of a unit of this
type for Athens is urged to be
present at the Thursday night
meeting.
of Poun on two rugged mountain
trails that wind southward west of
the town of Hamchang.
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bombarded Quemoy (Big Kinmen) and Little Kinmen
Islands off Amoy Island, in apparent preparation for
all-out assault. The Kinmen Islands have been used as
naval and air force bases by Chiang Kai-shek in an at
tempt to blockade the coast of Red China.—(NEA Tele
photo.)
PUSH BUTTON WARFARE
Bumper Rocket Fired
In 2nd Florida Test
LONG RANGE PROVING GROUND, COCOA, Fla.,
July 24— (AP)—A two-stage “bumper” rocket thundered
into the air at 9:29 a. nmi. (EST) today in the first horizon
tal test firing. z
It wag a preview of ‘“push button’ warfare, and the first
successful rocket launching from this Florida proving
ground for guided missiles. el L
" The firing was originally sched
uled for Ba. m. (EST) but was
postponed because of technical
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An attempted test firing of a
similar two-stage rocket fizzled
last Wednesday.
There was no immediate report
on how the giant rocket behaved.
Officials at the public information
office said simply that the test
was “successful.”
Before the test officials describ
ed the expected performance this
way: :
The main part of the missile, a
captured German V-2 rocket, will
use 10 tons of fuel in approxi
mwately one minute. It will be fired
vertically but shortly after the
takeoff a gyroscopic steering de
vice will turn it to go horizon
tally, L
By the time the main part of
the nmissile is spent, a 700-pound
rocket known as a WAC Corporal;
riding on its nose, will take off.
The V-2 will come down at sea
and the WAC Corporal will con
tinue the flight. Both will send
information back to base by radio.
The WAC Corporal is a scien
tific missile rather than a mili
tary weapon, Experts said it may
go as far as 250 miles.
The rocket stands about 60 feet
high and the V-2 is six feet in
diameter at the base. The V-2
weighs 14 tons.
A ‘safety area was established
extending 250 miles off shore. The
destroyer USS Sarafield and the
destroyer escort USS Foss were in
the area to keep it clear of ship
ping. Planes equipped with loud
spealers also patrolled the flight
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Rubble litters the streets of this batter
ed South Korean city as result of damage
by North Korean tanks and American jet
in a series known as “Project
Bumper.” The seventh, which did
not go off last Wednesday, may be
fired Saturday.
6 Georgians Di
From Accidents
By The Associated Press
Six - Georgians—two -of them
four-year-old children—died ac
cidental deaths over the weekend.
Little Rosa Diana Benson of At-
Janta drowned Sunday when she
fell into a septic tank near her
;home. .She was found after 25
-minutes search, and fire depart
ment rescue workers were unable
to ‘revive her.
Frank Pridmore, also four, died
in an ambulance which was carry
ing him from Cedartowin to an At
| lanta hospital. The child suffered
fatal injuries when he walked in=<
to the path of a truck Sunday.
A fisherman, Hugh Mullin, 24,
{ of Columbus, was killed Sunday
by lightning while fly-casting in
Lakewood Park at nearby Phenix
| City, Ala.
| Miss Dorothy Conkle of Milner
| was killed Saturday when her car
| stalled on a railroad track in the
i path of an on-rushing freight
| train,
| John H. Allen of Macon was
| fatally injured Sunday when an
| automobile left the highway and
{ overturned near Lake Butler, Fla.
; Jesse Bell of near Williamson
i died Soturday nieht in an auto
| collision two miles east of
| Thomaston.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
SOUTH KOREAN CITY RUINED BY WAR
Hearings Begin On Administration’s
General Home Front Economiec Plan
WASHINGTON, July 24.— (AP) —President Truman
discussed with Congressional leaders today tl‘advm
of an immediate, emergency tax inerease om both i
ual incomes and business firms.
House Speaker Rayburn (D.-Texas) told rcpommq
the White House conference that the matter was in
the conversation sta{e.”
But in any case a long-range tax bill, poldbl'y including
an excess profits tax, is likely to be taken up later in the
year or early next year, Rayburn said. w 2
Talmadge Says
Over 10 Percent
0f Guard Called
ATLANTA, July 24—(AP)—
Gov. Herman Talmadge announc
ed today that more than 10 per
cent of Georgia’s National Guards
men have been ordered to report
for active duty by Aug. 20.
The call came Sunday and Mon-
day for two different groups, the
Governor said, but the number of
men involved, the type units or the
cities where they are located could
not be™released for security rea
sons.
The state commander said the
call came through, however, for a
“considerable number of units.”
He added that individual unit
commanders probably will an
nounce later from their respective
cities when their units will be
called.
Meanwhile, General W. A, Cun
ningham, Georgia’s assistant ad
jutant general, said state guard
units are being organized to re
place those National Guard out
fits required for federal service.
He added that Adjutant General
Ernest Vandiver is in Washington
this week confering with the Na
tional Direction of Civilian De
fense to determine the extent the
federai government will be able to
furnish the state guard units with
supplies, equipment and trans
portation.
General Cunningham said the
Georgia home guard will be a
security force composed strictly of
volunteers. He added that mem
bership in the home guard will not
exempt anyone from the draft. |
The assistant adjutant general
reported that all former officers
of the state guard in force during
World War II are being called on
to help mobilize the new security
force.
Duties of the home guard will
include all those formerly held by
National Guard units called {o ac
tive duty as well as guarding es
sential industrial and military
areas in this state. .
The home guard, authorized by
an act of the General Assembly in
1943, will be under the direct
command of the Governor. It will
stand by to assist in any emer
gency action neeessary in Georgia
such as. invasion er -attack by
enemy forces or -insurrections by
subversive groups.
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WASHINGTON, July 24.—(AP)—President Truman today er
dered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tighten its enforee
ment program against “espionage, sabotage and subversive aetivi
ties.” He called on citizens to give the FBI all pessible help.
In a statement, Mr. Truman said he has asked all law officers,
both federal and state, to report information en spying, sabefage
and subversion to the FBI where it ean be “sifted ‘out and corre
lated.” 5
WASHINGTON, July 24.—(AP)—The U. 8. Parole Board foday
refused to parole former Representative J. Parnell Thomas (R.-
N.J.) who is serving six to 18 months on conviction of “\&
congressional payrell. As usual. the board gave ne reasem whes
announcing it had rejected Thomas’ parcle apflfim““
ing his sentence in the Danbury (Conn.) Federal Corrscifonmal B>
stitution. ¢ AXaa g
fighters. The Defense Department was
not able to identify the town.— (AP Wire
photo from Department of Defense.) .
Rayburn said the idea of am
immediate, eimergency tem rise
would be discussed by Secretary
of the Treasury Snyder and the
chairmen of the appropriate Sen
ate and House committees in the
near future.
He said much “interim” legiclae
tion, as he callad it, would be in«
tended to take up “some of the
immediate slack” in governmens
financing arising from the pre=-
posed huge increase in military
spending.
Rayburn mentioned no figure in
talking of the possible emergenc¥
bill.
At the ecapitol, hearings hetm
on the administration’s gene
home front economic program.
To the Senate Banking Coms
mittee, W. Stuart Symington des
scribed this program as aimed t’
“take the profiteering out of war.
Symington is chairman of fl\z
National Security Resources Board
which has the job of plannir;gd?g
production, home front control§
and civil defense in event of wala
The administration’s five-poi
controls bill does not invelve res
tail price controls at the eiviliag
fevel, or controls over manpower.
But Symington told Senatorg
these things are under gonsider
tion and may be a\skeao later 1
needed.
He noted that “prices of 28
commodities have ris? 10
since the invasion of South
and added: ) 3 .
“The controls provi <
bill are essential to rzzge. 'ba
inflationary pressures. -
Symington said Presideng Trws
man hopes to avoid setting up ‘
series of new s'sccial agencies
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Aide Tells Story
Of Dean Retreat
AN ADVANCED AW
POST IN KOREA, Ju#y 24—(AFP
—Maj. Gen. William F, Dfi
fighting commander of the
ing 24th division, escaped burnin
Taejon Thursday night after per
sonally leading a bitter street-by
sireet battle against tank-le
North Korean hordes.
But the general stayed behim:
in the mountains—now enem:
territory—to round up America:
stragglers.
When last reported early Frida
morning, .Dean . had not bee
wounded, although eothers ilm hi
party were hit in a running fig}
out of Taejon. :
The account came.from an aid
Lt. Arthur Clarke of Boone; Iow:
Clarke lead a dozen men fro
Dean’s party into American- lins
at noon Sunday.
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