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Vol. CXVIiI, No. 170, Associated Press Service
~—LOCAL EXPANSION SET——
Plantation Pipe Li
Plans Capacity Hik
: BY.GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
A program of expansion which would more than double the ca
pacity of Plantation Pipe Line and necessitate extensive increase
of the pumping station and delivery terminal near Athens, was
announced here today by H. E. Payne, local chief operator,
Pipe has already been ordered from four large companies for the
work and construction is expected to begin by January 1, 1950, ans
be completed early in 1952, The supplementary line will cost sog‘e
estimated $55,000,000, Mr. Payne said. L
% PRESENT SET-UP P
" The main line of the present Plantation system consists o/ & ~.°-
mile gection of 12-inch pipe from Baton Rouge to Brey q,)o‘ vfa., J
snd a 857-mile section of 10-inch pipe from Bremen thy ¥, Ath
ens and Hartwell to Greensboro, N. C, ;)3
The system also includes an 8-inch lateral line 45-1 felena,
Ala., to Birmingham, a 4-inch line from Helena to Mo.. omery, a
4-inch line from Bremen to Columbus, Ga., and Macon, and an 8-
jnch lateral line from Bremen through Chattanooga to Knoxville,
Yenn, i
Plantation’s engineers now are planning an 18-inch line for the
roposed supplement to the present line at Bremen and a 14-inch
Eno from Bremen through Athens to Greensboro. i
}; At present the entire line runs from Baton Rouge, La., to Greens
-4 bore, N. €., & distance of 1,261 miles, and was constructed before
i the attack or Pearl Habor in 1941. It cost $25,000,000.
fi DOUBLE CAPACITY
& The :resont line has a capacity of 95,000 barrels of oil products
~ gvery 24 hours. The supplementary line, which will parallel the
f present one, will more than double the capacity,
‘ Mg, Payne announced today that only gasoline will be pumped
through the new line while kerosens, fuel oil, diesel fuel and trae
~ tor fuel will be pumped in the existing line,
Because of the expansion the Athens pumping station, located on
the Ha Road, will be enlarged about three times in service, equip
gnent and personnel, Mr, Payne asserted. He said the delivery ter
minal on the Jefferson Road will be enlarged, and there is a pos
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Atlantic Allies Speed Re - Armament
g‘ 30-Division Army For Central
* Europe By 1952 Is Under Study
LONDQN, July 26.— (AP) —The United States called
on her Atlantic %act partners today to rearm quickly for
the sake of world peace, warning that the West must not
again be caught napping by Communist aggression.
It was learned that Charles M. Spofford, U. S. member,
told the first meeting of the Atlantic Alliance Council that
Korea has shown Communism would not hestitate to pass
from subversion to armed aggression. He called for West
ern vigilance and a quick increase in military strength.
—— ' The meeting was secret and only
Demos Holding
Four Primaries
By The Associated Press
Democrats in four Southern
States are holding primaries to
fay, with national interest center
ed primarily on a sanatorial race
in Oklahoma,
There, Senator Elmer Thomas,
chairman of the Senate Agricul
fure committee and a veteran of
¢ Washington Scene since 1927
s trying to hold off the bid of
tep. Hike Monroney, who has
een in the U. S, House 12 years.
Vionroney led Thomas in the
enatorial primary ‘July 4 but
cked a clear majority because
‘he total vote was split by other
candidates then in the field. This
'me it is strictly Monroney-vs-
Thomas.
Vonroney has campaigned in
she second go-around with the ar
ument that Thomas, as chairman
of the Senate Appropriations sub
committee handling military a;{-
ropriations, is partly responsible
‘or the plight of U. 8. forces in
Korea,
Thomas has. challenged Monro
ney’s stand on farm leglh}lafioni 8
matter of much concern in Okla
horpa.
The other states, in brief:
Arkansas — there is & x
tional angle in the race for the
omination for governor, between
Gov. 81d McMath ang fofmer Gov,
Sén Laney. Lahey is a leader of
mii-Truman Democrats ~ while
McMath has supported much of
P& Truman program.
Louisiana —the main race here
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and warm
through Thursday. Few scatter
ed thundershowers this after
noon, Low tonight 68 and high
Wednesday 88, Sun sets 7:40
and rises 5:39.
GEORGIA - Parily cloudy
and warm this afternoon, to
night and Wednesday with
Some scattered afternoon and
evening thunderskowers.
TEMPERATURE
Wighest . oa v . 98
Y(Owest s e M
lean i Sii R e 00
fi'ormal st LS T 58
RAINFALL
ches last 24 hours .. ... .60
otal since July 1 .. .. .. 4.66
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
a non-committal communique was
issued at the end of the session.
.It reported merely that, for rea
sons of military security, the depu
ties work would be conducted be
hind closed doors. ?
Spofford, a New York Lawyer,
was named chairman of the 12-
nation permanent civilian high
command. The council was created
in May by the foreign ministers of
the 12 countries, who had called
for “tangible results” by fall.
Prodded by events in Korea, the
delegates mapped a program to
cut a four-year rearmament sche
dule to two years.
The session opening today is
expected to last four or five days,
but the council is subject to recall
at any time. U. S. delegate
Charles M. Spofford was expected
to be named council chairman. The
membership also includes repre=
sentatives of Britain, France, Italy,
Portugal, Iceland, Denmark, Nor
way, The Netherlands, Belgium,
Luxembourg and Canada.
Expanded Defense
Britain’s cabinet meanwhile met
today to polish plans for expand
ed defense and to decide what
further aid should be sent to the
Korean fighting. The Labor Gov
ernment made a final check in pre
paration for tomorrow’s full-dress
debate in the House of Commons
on the readiness of British de
fenses to meet any agéression.
A mai)or question before the At
lantic Pact Youncil 18 whether
military security, involving a big
scale arms program, can be bought
without #utting into Europe’s re-
COVery.
The original 1954 target date was
built on the theory that Western
Europe could rearm by then with
out cutting into its rising stand
ard of living.
The European members of the
pact, bruised and battered by
World War 11, are afraid if they
have to start full-steam production
of guns, tanks and planes they will
fall behind in civilian production.
U. S. Answer ;
The American answer to this
fear, qualified informants say, is
that Europe can expand r(ullta;y
production without cutting into its
peace-time needs by working long
er hours, developing new plants
and absorbing the unemployed.
The slogan, Americans Say,
should be expansion rather than
conversion. :
The informants say this Euro
pean effort would be bolstered by
American financial aid. The sum
of $4,000,000,000 has been men
tioned as a likely contribution if
the Allies match the American re
armament effort.
Some of the projects which will
come ug for study, and probably
approval, include:
1. Creation of a central western
army of about 30 divisions to be
based in Europe.
9, Maping and launching twi!:
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during the fighting in the Taejon sector.
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“BUMPER” ROCKET ROARS INTO AIR
The two-stage “bumper” rocket thunders into the air
Monday at the Army’s Long Range Proving Ground at
Cocoa, Fla., in the first horizontal test firing. Observers
watch the flight from a distance of a mile and a half.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
5,000-MILES-PER-HOUR
New Florida Rocket
Test Set This Week
BY E. V. W. JONES
LONG RANGE PROVING GROUND, COCOA, Fla., July
95.— (AP)—Another giant two-stage rocket will be fired
here Saturday in a second horizontal test flight of guided
missiles. ,
The first successful flight was made yesterday when a
14-ton German V-2 rocket with a 700-pound missile on its
nose made a climbing turn miles out over thLe Atlantie.
State Guardsmen
Begin Training
FORT JACKSON, S. C,, July 25.
—(AP)—Georgia elements of the
48th National Guard Division be
gan two weeks of extensive train
ing today on this 53,000-acre mil
itary post.
The men arrived here Sunday
from all sections of Georgia and
spent Sunday afternoon and Mon
day getting squared away for two
weeks of the most rigid training
many of them have ever seen,
Veterans of World War II and
smooth faced youths just out of
high school shed their civilian
airs and got down to brass tacks
with. the rumbling ‘of the Kovean
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGCIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GCA., TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1950.
The V-2 reached 10 miles into
the air, then curved downward
and was exploded by remote con=-
trol. Its debris fell into the sea 48
miles from the launching plat
form. It reached a speed of 2,700
fuiles an hour.
The smaller missile, known as a
WAC Corporal, sped on, attaining
a speed of perhaps 5,000-miles an
hour. Its performance is a mili
tary secret.
Colonel Harold R. Turner, safe
ty officer and former commandant
of the proving ground at White
Sands, N, M., said the intended
range of the WAC Corporal was in
excess of 176 miles.
The two rockets measured 60
feet high and rose in a burst of
flame and the sound of a sharp
thunderclap. Power was on the
V-2 only a minute and it burned
up 10 tons of liquid oxygen and
aleohol in that time.
§§Ww& too', charge
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ing in civilian clothes and infiltrating the
lines to turn on the Americans from the
rear. A child hangs on to her.mother’s
back and watches.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Sen. McCarthy
Claims Data On
New Red' Case
“Air-Tight’’ Proof
Against Moscow-Born
“Mr.-X” Cited In Files
WASHINGTON, July 25—(AP)
—Senator McCarthy (R.-Wis.) de
clared today he has air-tight proof
that an importiant State Depart
ment official—a Moscow - born
“Mr. X”—is a Communist.
The proof, McCarthy said in a
speech prepared for delivery in
the Senate, is contained in the De
partment’s own loyalty file on the
man.
He said his evidence was furn
ished by “an FBI agent, an under
cover agent, (who) joined the
Communist party in 1937 at the
suggestion of the FBIL.”
McCarthy described the case as
one of the 81 covered by the State
Department loyalty files which
were examined by a Senate For
eign Relations subcommittee which
investigated McCarthy's Commun
ists in government charges.
A report last week by the Dem
ocratic majority of that inquiry
group labelled McCarthy’s accusa
tions “a fraud and a hoax.” The
three Democrats on the commit
tee said there was no proof what
ever in the 81 files to back up
MecCarthy’s contentions that those
the records deal with were—vari
ously—Communists, fellow travel
ers, or security risks for other rea
sons.
The two Republicans on the
committee refused to sign the re
port. Senator Lodge (R.-Mass.)
got out a minority document call
ing the inquiry superficial and in
conclusive. Senator Hickenlooper
(R.-Iowa) said he was in general
accord with Lodge’s views.
In his prepared text today, Mc-
Carthy said he was submitting to
the Senate a photographed copy of
“Mr. X's” State Department file.
He did not hand out the copy in
advance.
State Casualty
*®
List Revealed
WASHINGTON, July 25—(AP)
—Korean war casualty list No. 40
issued by the Defense Department
today, reported three army men
killed in action, one dead of inju
ries, six wounded, one injured and
sixteen missing in action. Includ
ed were.
Killed in Action
Maj. John M. Cook, husband of
Mrs. Carolyn C. Cook, 2306 18th
Ave,, Columbus, Ga.
. Wounded
Sgt. 1-c Roy M. Johnson, son
of Mrs. Eula R. Johnson, route
Four, Lincolinton, Ga.
Missing In Action
Pfe. Wherry L. Abercrombie,
son of Mrs, Wilma Abercrombit,
Route One, Alma, Ga.
Cpl. Albert G. Autry, son of
Mrs. Maybelle, R. Autry, 406 East
Wainut, St., Savannah, Ga.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, July 25—
(AP) — Senator George (D-Ga)
said President Truman will ask
Cengress today for legislation to
T 4 taxes abont, $5,009,600,000
immediately. —— ' '
FURTHER U.§. |
RETREATSMAY
TOKYO, Wednesday, July 26 —
(AP) — American ground forces
abandoned Yongdong Tuesday,
withdrawing under frenzied Com
munist attacks on that center po=-
sition of the narrowing American
defense perimeter in southeast!
Korea.
Elements of the First Cavalry
Division, which had stood up
throughout the day against wave
after wave of enemy assaults along
the Taejon-Yongdong highway,
finally,quit Yongdong for new, un=~
disclosed positions.
General MacArthur’s early
morning operational rélease today
conceded that the North Korean
invaders were continuing their
pressure despite heavy losses and
severed eommunications.
This release said “further with
drawals may be necessary,” but
did not include the withdrawal
from Yongdong late Tuesday,
which field dispatches already had
reported.
Far to the southwest, American
and British carrier planes made a
surprise attack on the Red Troops
who had swept virtually unop
posed to the south coast of the Ko
rean peninsula.
The air strike was mounted in
24 hours by U, 8. and British car~
riers just returned to an unnamed
port after operations north of the
i 38th parallel along Korea's east
coast. :
l Their objective, on such short
call from U. S. ground forces, was
targets of opportunity, said a
headquarters announcement. Re=
sults of the raid were not reported.
Tip Seized
The rampaging Communists
sheared off all the western and
southeastern side of the peninsula.
They seized the southern tip of
Korea and turned eastward toward
Pusan, U. S. supply port on the
southeastern tip of the peninsula.
Yongdong was abandoned after
a fierce daylong fight, Most of the
U. S. troops got out safely. But
troops on the flanks were trapped
and battered by Communist road
blocks, snipers and guerrillas.
The Reds stole through the hills
surrounding Yongdong wearing
grass and leaves to blend in with
the countryside. Their camouflagei
made them difficult targets for
American arms. . l
Supply Hub |
Yongdong is 20 miles southeast
of abandoned Taejon, on the im
portant Amerfean rail supply line
leading from the southeastern port
of Pusan.
Air observers saw many North
Korean soldiers moving north and
south of the eity in a pincers
movement aimed at trapping these
U. S. soldiers in their first major‘
engagement with the Communists.
There were indications snipers|
and guerrillas had got behind the
Americans. ‘
The battle started with heavy
frontal attacks on American posi-‘
tions across the main Taejon-Pu
san highway at a point west of
Yongdong. Fanatical Communists
in waves fell upon the cavalry
men. ;
Meager first reports indicated
Yongdong itself was not fought
over—contrary to earlier reports.
The Americans pulled back
through the town to their new
positions. . |
Most of the townspecple had
been evacuated in line with an
order for all civilians to get out of
the battlezone.
The Communists worked two
jaws of a pincers movement while
maintaining the heavy pressure of
their frontal attack. Red soldiers
wearing grass and leaves blended
with the countryside to make
themselves poor targets.
%"» T g e
Teenager Got ldea Of Wrecking
Train From Dalton Gang Flicker
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo., July 25.—~(AP)—A 15-year-old boy
who admitted wrecking a Frisco passenger train told officers last
night he got the idea from watching a movie about the notorious
Dalton gang.
Sheriff E. F. Claxton said William: L. Gedsey, son of a share
eropper, confessed breaking a switch lock and a signal light near
Holland, Mo.
A Memphis-to-St. Louis train hit the switch at 50 miles an hour
and jumped the rails Sunday, killing the engineer and injuring 13
persons.
The boy said the movie he saw showed the Daltons wrecking &
train, Claxton reported. The title of the picture was not learned.
The Dalton gang operated in the Midwest half a century age.
Young Godsey said he didn’t intend to wreck ihe train and
thought that turning the switch would merely send it on a siding.
No charges have been filed. L E
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The broken arrows on this map indicate the threat of
possible Communist &incern drives on U. 8. supply een
ters in South Korea. While North Korean frontal attacks
(solid arrow) maintained pressure on American de
fenses astride the Taejon-Yongdong road, Red eolumns
to the southeast slashed almost to the tip of the penin
sula. Here the Communists are in position for a flanking
drive eastward toward Pusan, and the ports of Mokpo
and Yosu (underlined) are nullified for American use.
Northeast of Taejon the Reds have built up pressure for
a possible drive southward toward Taegu, a vital rail
road center. The broken line shows the approximate lg»
cation of the front.— (AP Wirephoto Map.) i
Stiff Economy Curbs
Rep. Vinson Not Satisfied With
Mobilization Plan; Asks Increase
WASHINGTON, July 25.— (AP) —Secretary of Coms
merce Sawyer said today the economic control powers the
administration is asking may not be enough. He declased
greater powers will be needed if military spending i in
creased further.
Sawyer was before the Senate Bankinrg Committee to
urge that Congress quickly give President Truman the eons
trols he has asked. These include powers to parcel ouf
scarce materials-to industries, to say how these materials
may be used, to stop production of any item, and to fix the
terms of credit sales. : . # 2
Reserve Officer
Volunteers In
Army Urged Here
A call was issued today by Ath
ens Military Sub-district for re
serve Army officers in certain
fields to voluntarily go on extend
ed active duty. -
An order authorizing volunteer
active duty by reserve Army of=
ficers was received by Major C. C.
Johnson, jr., unit instructor. Pre=
viously, authorization has been re
ceived for enlisted reservists to go
into active duty.
The authorization for reserve of=
ficers is for members of active, in=
active or honorary reserves. Ma
jor Johnson said applications can
now be accepted from- officers,
wishing to volunteer for extended
active duty for one year or longer,
from the following branches:
Medical Corps, Dental Corps,
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HOME
EDITION
Some of members of Cowec:
alzeady are balking at such a gran
of pawer, At the same time there
' has been growing sentiment for §
isharp increase in taxes with the
idea that this would (1) put de~
sense costs on a an as you go bae
sis, and (2) hold down K&io
ary pressure, lessening the ne::&
for econtrols,
A rise in taxes appears oorta:
since the administration ~
well as some critics of its control§
program — is urging higher tax
There also is some sentiment foi
an even bigger military expansi:
than the $10,000,000,000~-plug aske
e e
n a House ay,
:Vinson (D-Ga) called for % dfi
out defensé effort. He said a
outnumbers the United States 7 te
1 in tanks, 17 to 1 in military man
power, has a “vast alr force” and
'some 300 submarines.
Vinson, chairman of the House
armed Service committee, said he
was not satisfied with present
plans for increasing th, size of
the navy and airforce “for I be=
lieve there is too much eonserva=-
tism in the program.
| Control Powers
On the question of possible need
for econtrol powers, Sawyer told
the Senate eommittee:
“Even though the powers pro
posed in this (administration pro
gram) bill are strong, it is my
opinion they will not suffice if
there is a great expansion of mili
tary expenditures beyond the pro
grams contemplated at the present
time.” Sl
He added, however, that
“prompt vigorous action under
this bill will do much g:fennt
the necessity for additi POW
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Optimists To Hear
-
Agriculture Talk
G. E. Henderson, coordinator of
Southeastern agricultural en
gineering and woecational agricul
tural education, will speak to the
Athens Optimist Club tonight st
7:30 in the Georgian Haotel.
Mr. Hendersen, speaking at the
regular meeting, will discuss ‘theé
“Progress of Southern Agricule
ture.” A large number of memse
bers are expected to be present
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