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Reds Mass For Knockout Attempt
Gen. MacArthur
Trip To Front
. UN Chief Expresses
- Own Confidence In
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* Victory After Survey
By DON WHITEHEAD
A U. S. Air Strip In Karea, July
97—( AP)——ngeral Mae Arthur to
éag pade his second surprise visit
t¢ O Korean warfront and ex
predsed complet? confidence “in
me vicetory.’
» .4 eemferring with his top
ommanders at Eighth Army head
guarters, the General warned, “We
will have, new heartaches and new
getbacks.’
“But,” he added, “I was never
more confident of victory—ulti=
nate victory—in my life than I am
The United Nations commander
returned to Tekyo tonight.
Mae Arthur’s flight from Tokyo
to Korea was completely unherald
ed. He was accompanied only by
& small, select group of his chief
advisers, There was neo advance
word to the press as on his prev
ious flight to the front on June 29.
The secrecy vanished from to
day's trip when he stepped from
his plane. He was wearing his
familiar cap and suntan uniform.
His corn cob pipe was between his
teeth. He was quickly recognized.
He conferred with his highest
ranking officers on the scene—of
the Eighth Army conducting the
ground campaign, and of the ad
vanced headquarters of the Far
East Air Forces recently moved to
Forea from Southern Japan.
There was speculation-that high
level strategy decisions were
reached.
Lt. Gen, Walton H. Walker,
commanding the Bth Army, said
troop reinforcements were dis
cussed in his 90 minute conference
vith MacArthur. This gave rise
%10 hopes that badly needed troops
may slot be far away.
Optimistic Feeling |
Just before leaving Korea, Mac-
Arthur told reporters: “I have a
feeling of optimism after this in
spection today.”
He said it “completely confirm
ed” the estimate he made last
week to Presicent Truman, In thay
statement he said the quick and
valiant action of the Bth Army
had “bought the precious time
necessary to build a secure base”
and “ended the chance for victory
by the North Korean forces.”
Today, speaking deliberately,
MacArthur elaborated:
“That does not mean that victory
passes to us instantly or without
a long hard row and the most dif
ficult struggle. That we will have
new heartaches and new setbacks
is inherent in the situation, but I
vas never more confident of vic
tory—ultimate victory—in my life
than I am now.”
MacArthur spoke cordially to
newsmen who were standing be=
side his plane, Bataan, awaiting
him. If he has been displeased
vith news coverage from Korea in
any way, he gave no hint.
His appearance and health were
“ surprise to one who was seeing
mm - for the first time at close
range. His face looks younger
than his 70 years, He showed no
vorry or strain, although he had
shad a strenuous day.
Lauds Officers
. MacArthur lauded the work of
the Bth Army commanders, the
South Korean forces, the Air i‘orce
and the Navy.
_ He said Walker and his division
‘ommanders are “handling the sit=
Jation with marked energy and
su L(J)ef T u%;; efliohnfiy'”
& e Air Fo d
South Koreen t;'oo;e.? N:zthacnur
said, “It seems ts me &:y’vo done
~‘()‘,',Ythml possible for them so
. Earliep, h’! had been briefed on
bettle situation and seceived an
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Pr_ ‘Service
Talmadge Calls On State Mayors
To Begin Forming Units Quickly
ATLANTA, July 27.—~ (AP) —Governor Herman Talmadge today called on 29 Geor
gia mayors to begin organizing local civilian defense corps immediately. 3
Adjutant General Ernest Vandiver, State Civilian Defense Director, said all cities
above 7,000 population will be affected. k
He said the state also is planning to organize quickly civilian defenses for large indus
trial concentrations “likely to be affected by any enemy attack.” -~ S
Talmadge also revealed that
legislation has been prepared for
the General Assembly in January
to organize and finance a complete
state local civilian defense pro-~
gram,
Pending this legislation, Tal
madge wrote the 29 mayors, “we
have a particular reason for get
ting the groundwork started right
away.”
He asked each of the mayors to
promptly appoint a local civilian
defense director and also a special
deputy in charge of defense against
atomic radiation. He said a train
ing school for radiation defense
chiefs will be held at Georgia
Tech Sept. 15, 16, and 17.
“Because of the involved nature
of defense against atomic radia
tion, it will be necessary to start
No Need Now For Wage, Price,
Manpower Controls - - - Truman
President Tells Newsmen Does Not
Intend To Use A-Bomb In Korea War
WASHINGTON, July 27.— (AP) —President Truman
said today he sees no necessity now for wage, price and
manpower controls.
He told a news conference that if they come they will
come together as part of all-out mobilization.
He hopes we will not have to have all-out mobilization,
he added.
Mr. Truman’'s comments came in response to questions
about the proposal from Bernard M. Baruch for an imme
diate “ceiling on everything.” '/ ; it #
4 Newsmen On
Doomed Plane
TOKYO, July 27—(AP)—A C
-47 military transport plane with 26
persons aboard — believed to in
clude four war correspondents—
plunged into the sea today 10
miles south of Japan’s Oshima
island.
General MacArthur’s headquar
ters announcement of the ditching
said one survivor was picked up
and others are being sought.
The four war correspondents left
the Tokyo Correspondents Club for
Korea early Thursday. They were
identified in an unofficial list as:
James O. Supple, ‘Chicage Sun-
Times; Maximilien Philonenko,
Agence France Presse; Stephen
Simmons, Hilton Press and Lon
don Picture Post; and Albert Hin
ton, who represented the Norfolk
Journal and several other negro
newspapers.
Barbecue Set
Rain Or Shine
In order not to disappoint the
many who have already purchased
tickets in pleasurable anticipation
of the event, Winterville Baptist
‘Church today announced that the
big barbecue scheduled for Friday
from 6 to 8 p. m., will be served
even if the weather is bad.
g the rain continues, the ’cue
will be served in the big school
gymnasium, at was _announced.
Prices are $1.50 for adults and 75
cents for children. The menu in
cludes delicious barbecued meats
and hash, salads, bread, pies and
cakes and the beverage, all of
which is included in the price of
ticket. It is expected that several
hundred will attend since Winter
ville is noted far and wide for its
barbecues and the Baptist church
there is especially known for its
‘eues. The money raised will be
devoted to a church activity.
Atheni
Athenians Apply
'For Postmaster
WASHINGTON, July 27—(AP)
—The Civil Service Commission
announced today the following
have applied for Georgia post=
| masterships:
' At Athens—Jones F. Carr,
lWedford Barber, George W.
Poschner, Woodrow ‘W. Keller,
' John W. Harte, George F. Norton,
!Lee Crawford Bowden, Homer C.
‘Flemwm' g, Fred S. Rclaé)bins,w{fir;:
Webb, Hillyer C. King, Willi
‘rfi; &?&%9» sty TEOY, J Garrison
and Caesar Jackson. :
Jon this type of instruction imme
- | diately,” Talmadge added.
: “Please elect a man to the head
| of your radiation section who has
| had some scientific training, pre
ferably in chemistry or physics.”
‘ Vandiver conferred this morn
ing with Col. Frank A. Kopf, state
| civilian defense coordinator and G.
M. Phillips, Atlanta Civilian De
fense Director.
Specific Duties
Vandiver said Atlanta is the on
|ly city in the state which has al
ready appointed a civilian defense
chief so far as he knows.
He said in the areas to be or
ganized, about one out of every
three citizens will be assigned
some specific duty in the event of
any disaster.
The organization will be made
Baruch gave his views to Con
gress yesterday. The lawmakers
themselves appeared divided on
his proposal with most members
apparently against any all-out
mobilization right now. There
were others, however, who called
for full-scale economic mobiliza
tion with consumer rationing and
wage-price controls.
President Truman also told his
news conference:
1. He is not now considering use
of the atomic bomb in the Korean
war.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, July 27—
(AP)—A proposal to freeze all
prices and wages, and to au
thorize rationing was defeated
in the House Banking Commit
tee today by one vaote, 10 to 9,
2. Steps are in the making to
deal with any traitors or sab%teurs
in the present emergency. Those
steps will not infringe on the bill
of rights, he added.
3. The state and defense-depart=
ments are working on proposals
for increased military aid to Euro
pean allies., He said these émo
posals will be presented to Con
gress before it adjourns.
4, He did not want to make any
comment now on peace prospects]
that it would be better to wait for
a few more developments., A re
porter had recalled that only &
couple of months ago the President
had said the outlook for peace was
better than it had been at any time
since 1945. The newsman asked
if the President still felt that way.
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Services For Dr.
Bridges Tuesday
Services were conducted Tues- |
day afternoon in Atlanta for Dr.
J. J. Bridges, prominent physician '
of that city and father of Mrs. Guy
Malcom of Athens, Burial was in
Greenwood cemetery in Atlanta.
| His sons served as pallbearers.
| Dr. Bridges died Sunday after
| being in declining health for some
| time. >
| He is survived, in addition to his
| daughter here, by two other
| daughters, Mrs. V. C. Durham, Sa
| vannah, and Mrs. Forrest Maugh
on, Atlanta; his wife, ang six sons,
iFred T. Bridges, Horace G, Brid
ges and Dr. Glenn Bridges, all g#
!Atlanta; ll}alphJ V}Y Bridgg, ‘:’l ol
| desto, Calif.; John B, s
' Birmingham, Ala.; 87 ‘fi’;id“g'
| Bridges, Lithondd Ga. 'sixteen
grandchildren -o W “woa oreat
grandchildr*” |
lma' . .B':dgg was born A}.““’X ‘;7, ‘
", n Jackson coun a,, the
%, o ke W B Bridies sn
ifln e "Randolph Bfld&flt“w
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1950.
up entirely of civilians and volun
teers, he added. He said there
would be no connection between
the state guard, being organized to
replace mobilized National Guard
units, and the Civilian Defense
Corps.
He said the Air Force is being
contacted to see if the state should
plan for a civilian-manned air
craft detection and warning ser
vice,
Earlier, the plans to guard Geor
git from atomic bombs or any
other form of attack ran into minor
sniping between Vandiver and
Mayor William B. Hartsfield of
Atlanta.
They indulged in a round of
controversy over who should
consult whom on plans for the
state’s largest city.
Gen. MacArthur .
Sends Fighter
Escort To Front
TOKYO, July 27 — General
MacArthur dismissed escorfing
fighter planes on the way back
from a flying trip to Korea to
day so they could return to the
front “where they’ll do the most
good.”
MacArthur’s pilot, Major An
thony Story of St. Louis, Mo.,
told about it after bringing the
General’'s plane, “Bataan,” in
throuzh a drizzle to the wet run
ways of Tokyo airport.
The “Bataan” was being es
corted by three rocket-carrying
F-51 Mustangs. MacArthur told
Story:
“Release the escort so they can
go back to the front and put
those rockets where they’ll do
the mosi good. We will make it
all right.”
Buyer Boycott Halts
Pork Price Advances
Consumer price resistance halted the month-long ad
vance of retail pork prices this week and some cuts drop
ped 10 to 80 cents a pound in competitive supermarkets. -
Other meats held about steady. Frying and broiling
chickens were unchanged to up six ecents a pound. Eggs
advanced one to six cents a dozen. :
War-scare buying of some food
staples continued. Sale of sugar,
particularly, were far above nor=
mal even for the canning season.
Stores in many areas were being
cleaned out of their sugar supplies
soon after opening their doors each
day.
Most refiners conceded their
working inventories of refined su
gar are all but exhausted—but
spokesmen hastened to add that
the shortage is only in the supply
pipeline, not in raw sugar stocks
which are reported ample. Sev
eral refineries are operating 24
hours a day—and have been for
the past three weeks—to get the
raw sugar processed to relieve the
current buying rush.
However, there were scattered
reports that hoarding of both su
gar and coffee appeared to be tap~
ering off.
The Agriculture Department, in
a summary of the national food
situation, said the speculative buy
ing of food in recent weeks was
“substantially similar to those oc~
curing in 1939, which receded
soon as consumers realized #,a¢
food supplies were adegus’ o »
“The current food %,,ply situa
tion is again gue%; that speculative
buying and Trice increases are not
Wa}ffi”:ed,” the summary added.
.~“.aside from pork, the only other
items lower priced in most places
were in the produce departments:
Blueberries, broccoli, carrots, cel
ery, sweet corn, pears, oranges and
grapefruit. Good quality lettuce
‘and ripe tomatoes were a little
higher than last week-end.
The Dun & Bradstreet whole-~
sale food price index this week
clitißéd eight cents from a veck
r%MAkhibat‘fiM’F' s D
1948. The index reprc o Tk
Lull Over Battlefront Poinfs
To Buildup For All-Out Atfack
BY RELMAN MOREN
TOKYO, Friday, July 28.—(AP)—Narth Korean troops
and armor massed by night Thursday for an attempted
knockout blow in the centér of American defense lines.
General MacArthur’s headquarters in a release early to
day said there was a lull along the whole battlefront, but
that enemy pressure continued in such a way as to indicate
the Communists were regrouping and remassing for a new
assault.
MacArthur returned to Tokyo
Thursday from a swift inspection
tour of the Korean warfront. He
was confident of ultimate victory
but foresaw a long and difficult
struggle ahead.
Headquarters said “aggressive
patrols” in the southwest sector—
had pushed back a Korean Red
column two miles to the vicinity
of Hadong, 70 miles northwest of
Pusan.
Two other holes were plugged
on the approaches to Pusan—ma
jor American supply port. Other
patrols moved into the highway
town of Hamyang 78 miles north
west of Pusan and made contact
with an enemy regiment in Nam
won, about 22 miles southwest of
Hamyang, headquarters said.
Identity of the patrols was not
made known, but it was in this
area yesterday that relatively
WASHINGTON, July 27—
(AP)—The Air Force is in
creasing its strength from 48
groups to 58 within 12 months
and to 69 groups by January,
1953, Rep. Vinson (D-Ga.) an
nounced today.
' small numbers of fresh American
troops were reported in action.
| The situation in the center of
. the line appeared menacing even
| though headquarters reported no
' major or decisive action took place
{ in the preceding 24 hours.
Three Columns
From the front Associated Press
| Correspondent William R. Moore
reported three large Communist
! columns were concentrating east of
! Yongdong in front of the U. S.
, First Cavalry.
A spokesman at General Mac-
Arthur’s headquarters in Tokyo
said two of the Reds three best
divisions—the second and third—
{ are massed in that sector. |
From a forward post with the
First Cavalry, Moore reported
American artillery has opened a
thundering bombardment of Com-"
munist infantry concentrations. ‘
| The Air Force sent swarms of
jets and Mustangs over the area
spewing rockets into Red lines
and pouring fire into the advanc
ing troops.
Fifteen miles northeast of Yong
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dong at Maromyon, the 24th regi-
By The Associated Press
tal wholesale cost of a pound each
of 31 general use foods—and 21
of those foods were higher this
week. The index has risen almost
nine per cent since the Korean out
break, and is 13.3 per cent above
a year ago.
Fights, Demonstrations Flare
As Negro Is Saved From Chair
JACKSON, Misa July 27—
(AP)—Northern defenders of a
convicted negro rapist who was
to have died today in the electrie
chair charged they were set xpon
and manhandled by mobz here.
_Mississippi offici?’s countered
with the asserfion that Com
n.unists pro¥Gked the incidents for
propageiida and were seeking to
af¥’ont the South.
Mid-between these charges and
counter charges was 37-year-old
Willie McGee, who was convicted
three times for assaulting a white
woman in 1945 and who yesterday
was granted a stay of execution
‘by Justice Harold Burton of the
United States Supreme Court.
The negro’s third conviction was
affirmed by the State Supreme
Court and the United States high
court refused to review the case.
Twa, previous convictions had been
reversed by the Mississippi Su
preme Court on legal technicali
ties.
Burton explained that he was
npot eriticizing any couit, but that
4mptioa. ean best be served” by
nting a stay.” "
BULLETIN
Offensive Held
Momentum Of Attack
Checked Sooner
Than Anticipated
“The Korean eampaign is going
better than expected,” according
to Joseph C. Harsch, chief, Wash
ington Bureau of The Christian
Science Monitor in a summary of
the military campaign in that
®untry, written for his newspa
per.
“The momentum of the (Com
munist) attack has been checked
significantly,” Mr. Harsch writes.
“The truth of the matter is that
the North Korean offensive has
been slowed down earlier than had
been anticipated—much more suc
cessful than the daily news dis
patches have indicated.”
Mr. Harsch’s summary follows
in full:
“Washington — Headlines and
dispatches from the Korean front
have resulted so frequently from
small actions involving a road
block or the ebb and tide of battle
over a single town that they have
been producing a confusing suc
cession of pictures of victories
which prove false and of defeats
which turn out to be less fateful
than they appear to be at first.
Makes Summary
1t is time, therefore, to begin
thinking about the fighting in Ko
rea in terms of a campaign, and
to get it into some sort of a broad
context.
“To begin with, the fighting in
Korea to date has never been the
product of an effort by Generai
MacArthur’s command to hold a
defense line at or near the 38th
parallel. There was hever the
slightest thought of being able to
hold such a line against the ini
tial advance of the North Korean
offensive.
“The initial advantage lay with
the attacker, inevitably. He had
prepared a formidable attacking
force. It was heavy, well armored,
and supplied with reserves which
had been accumulated over the
months. There was nothing in
South Korea which could possibly
have stopped that attack.
“The plan of the UN campaign
called for holding a bridgehead at
the southern tip of Korea into
which enough troops and war ma
terials and supplies could be
poured to build up & counterof
fensive. The main American ef
fort has gone, not into fighting the
invading columns, but into the
build-up at the south of the force
for the counteroffensive.
“What was put into the front
line was little more than a skir
mish force. Its task was not to
stop the attacker, which was im
possible, but.to delay him as much
as he could be delayed in a rear
guard action designed to gain time
for the build-up in the south and
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Threg Mmembers of a delegation
which came here to plead with
Gov. Fielding Wright for executive
clemency for McGee and a re
porter from New York said they
were beaten, -
Hotel Attack
Aubrey Grossman, organization
al secretary for the Civil Rights
Congress of New York, which the
Justice Department has listed as
a Communist group, said that soon
after the stay was granted he was
beaten in his hotel room here.
Grossman and the Congress have
been defending McGee.
Steve Fischer, a reporter for the
New York Daily Compass, told re
porters that about 20 men as
saulted him and that he “got
slugged pretty hard.”
Another member of the delega
tion, radio commentator Sidney
Ordower of Chicago, said he suf
fered lacerations and bruises when
about 15 men attacked him at the
Jackson airport,
Grossman, the delegation’s chief
spokesman, and E’s party left here
Tost might, They.B rived here Mon
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MAP SPOTS KOREAN SITUATION .'
On the critical Yongdong (1) front, First Cavalry and
25th Division units have made a five-mile orderly with
drawal toward their mountain positions, as North Ke
rean Communists move deeper into South Korea. The
Reds’ south coastal sweep carried to Hadong (2), enly
75 miles west of Pusan (3), but the enemy was met and
driven out of Hadong by U. 8. Infantry units that made
secret assaults on south coast river ports. The Yanks are
fighting under an umbrella of supporting F-80 jet fight
ers. Meanwhile, in the southwest sectors of the front,
South Koreans are reported to have recaptured Chengju
and Namwon (4), and are holding back the Communists
at Sanggongni (5) and Yechon (6) .—(NEA Telephote.)
Polio Epidemic Rages
Unchecked In Virginia
New Outbreak Kills 15 Percent
Of Victims; 75 Cases Reported
WYTHEVILLE, Va., July 27.— (AP) —A virulent eut
break of polio, which has killed almost 15 percent of those
who contracted the disease, continued unchecked today :
this southwest Virginia town of 5,500 persons. The ne:
death rate is about four percent.
Wytheville itself has had 59 cases. Wythe gounty as 3
whole (pop. 23,000 including Wytheville), has had 7:
cases, with 11 deaths — an average of almost three eases
per day since the epidemic began July 1, :
s e - State Health Commissioner L. &
i
Seven Given
Reprieve |
RICHMOND, Va., July® 27—
(AP)—Seven negroes eonvicted of
the assault of a 32-year-old Mar~
tinville, Va.,, white woman today
had an indefinite reprieve from
Virginia’s electric chair.
And it appeared that the men,
believed doomed when Governor
John S, Battle refused them exe
cutive clemency on Monday, con
ceivably could Stay in the “death
row” for many more months of
legal maneuvering.
Hustings Court Judge M. Ray
Doubles ordered stays of execution
late yesterday, less than 86 hours
before the first four men were to
have died at the Virginia State
(Continued on Page Four.)
Terror Charged i
Meanwhile, Emanuel H. Block |
of New Orleans, one of McGee's
attorneys but not a member of the
Civil Rights Congress, declared
that “the state of Mississippi lives !
under a reign of terror.” f
A prepared statement by Gov
ernor Wright, Chief Justice Har
vey McGehee of the Mississippi
Supreme Court, and Atty. Gen.
John L. Ryle, countered with the
assertion that the incidents in
volving the members of the Civil
Rights Congress were “provoked
for their propaganda effect.
Furthermore, the statement said,
Grossman at Tuesday's clemency
hearing “insulted every tradition
of the South, every court, every
judge and every officer of the
state of Mississippi. He did it de
liberately, provokingly.” ,
The attacks upon the members
of the delegation were beings
thoroughly investigated, the three
officials added.
“Qur authorities ar2 handi
capped, however, by the failure of
‘any of the victims f‘; sive any sort
o ASAIBHONY B the"* BEENANTE Y
HOME
EDITION
Roper termed the town snd ade
joining Wythe county an area of
“tension.”
Four new cases and two morg
deaths were reported yesterday
from the polio-ravaged eounty,
hardest hit spot in the nation thi®
year and scene of the worst oute
break in Virginia's history. :
The 18 percent death ratg
brought the imnost glarm oDm
Roper, who noted thet the normal
polio rate ig about 4 percolt.ha
said it is too early to say
much paralysis mx result.
Dr. Roper and other officials of
the State Health Ba tment havi
conferred with V?;trhe u::fi
health officials, who have
out a qgaxf-finth;o as having littie
effect 6n the spread of the dis=
ease,
Basil O’Connor and Dr, Hart :
Van Riter, president and m
director of the National Founda=
tion for Infantile Paralysis, now
in Richmond, will discuss the site
uation with state health officials.
They planned to leave here to=
night after the conferences.
In addition to the use of all
known methods to combat the
epidemic, tests are being made by
Dr. Alexander Steigman, consulte
ant of the National Foundation.
But activities are at a stande
still, despite the lack of a quaran
tine. Children are being kept at
home by frightened parents, and
all branches of the armed forces
have refused to accept enlistees oxr
draftees from the area until the
outbreak dies down.
CAP Meei
i eefing
|
Here Tonight
’ A meeting for the organization
} of a Civil Air Patrol unit for Ath
ens and the surrounding area ig
scheduled for tonight in Civie Hall
at 8:00 o’clock.
Colonel Jesse L. Dobbins, wing
commander for the CAP in Geor
| gia, will fly to Athens today to aid
!local enthusiasts in the establish
' ment procedure. Also, Mayor Jack
iR. Wells and various other busie
| nessmen of Athens are expected to
- attend. i
l All aviation minded Athenians
' and others interested in the estab
lishment of this community pro=
ject in Athens are urged so be
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