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Vol. CXVIII, No. 175.
Fresh U. S. Troops
Arrive lin War Zone
Gen. MacArthur
Arrives For
Talks With Chiang
And Other Leaders
On New War Policy
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TAIPRI, Formosa, July 31 —
(AP) — Gen. Douglas MacArthur
1d his top commanders flew into
Formosa today for a war council
vith Chlang Kai-shek on Nation
alist China’s role in the Asian con
flicts.
They began talking immediately
ftey lunch at Chiang’s grass
mewntain retreat outside of Taipei.
rhe nature of the conversations
sas not disclosed.
An informed source, however,
said Chiang was expected to re
vew his offer of 33,000 Chinese
Nationalist- troops to fight in
Korea. .
mC"fifzing also was expected to
press for a more active role in his
war against the Chinese Reds.
President Truman, in ordering
the U. S. Seventh Fleet to protect
Formosa soon after the outbreak
in Korea, told the Chinese Na
tionalists to cease attacks on the
Red China mainland.
The Nationalists did—until yes
terday. Then their warplanes hit
500 Chinese Red small boats near
the mainland port of Amoy oppo
site Formosa.
The Nationalists said they sank
or damaged 150 of the craft in
“self-defense” of Quemoy, their
small garrison island near Amoy.
U. S. officials have said that
purely defensive attacks are not
bannéd, However, there was no
explanation of whether the Na
tionalist air blows had U. S. ap
proval.
Spare Parts
Chiang was expected to tell
MacArthur of Nationalist China’s
needs for arms and ammunition,
spare parts and new planes for his
Air Force and stronger naval units.
Foreign and Chinese circles
alike saw strong significance in the
timing of MacAxthur’s visit—on
the eve of Russia’s return to the
United Nations Security Council at
Lake Success and assumption of
the chairmanship. of the U. N. for
the month of August.
In Tokyo, MacArthur’s head
quarters said only that the visit to
Formosa was made in connection
with President Truman’s order to
protect the big Nationalist island
from a Chinese Communist in
vasion,
Red Fleets
The Reds had massed large fleets
and tens of thousands of troops
along the China coast 100 miles
west of Formosa. An invasion
was expected momentarily when
North Korean Reds touched off a
war in the Orient and President
Truman drew his historic line
protecting Formosa,
MacArthur’s plane, The Bataan;
set down at rain-swept Sunghan
Airfield outside Taipei at 1:05 p.
m., 40 minutes behind schedule.
Chiang and a host of Nationalist
leaders greeted him warmly.
The General strode toward
Chiang’s waiting limousine, pat
ting the Nationalist President
again and -again on the shoulder.
Seated between the Generalissimo
and Madame Chiang, McArthur
ws ttaken to Chiang’s mountain re
treat, 3
The Chinese Nationalists had
other token today of the new U.
S. policy on Formosa. The U. 8.
embassy representation was in=-
creased by nine armed service at=-
taches including Rear Adm, Harry
B. Jarrett. He flew to Taipei from
Hong Kong yesterday, accompan
ied by two other naval officers and
three officers each from the Army
#nd Air Force,
SINCE WAR BEGAN
542 Red Tanks Hit
By American Planes
By DON WHITEHEAD
U. S. Eighth Army Headquarters
In Korea, July 81 — (AP) — The
American Fifth Air Force claimed
today it had destroyed 302 North
Korean tanks and damaged 240
others since the stars of the war
on June 285,
Maj. Gen., Barle E. Partridge,
Fifth Air Force Commanding Gen
tral in Korea, said the American
Air Force had flown 6,388 sorties
(single plane flights) in the past
lné w.elis' e :
eneral Partridge sa § me
had destxoyed ?4 snenzy aireraft,
had two “probables” and had dam-
Bgegll t:)t’her lanes. :
(One Grneral MacArthur's
intelligence officers told a briefing
session in %okyo today that a care
#ul check showed 204 tanks de-
Foleq St nase, e said, the Air
orét hiad RnOAERE, oat. 1T aeh
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COMBAT ENGINEERS COMBAT SNIPER FIRE
U. S. Army combat engineers fire into crossing a nearby bridge. — (AP Wire
hills against sniper fire in the Yongdong photo.)
area. The troops are covering a convoy
Truman Reportedly Won't Veto
Measure With Stiffer Controls
WASHINGTON, July 31. — (AP) — Speaker Rayburn
said today that President Truman still thinks he has asked
for enough economic controls but probably wouldn’t veto
a bill providing extra ones. Lo o
~ QCongressional leaders discussed the question of domestic.
controls with Mr. Truman because of rising sentiment in
Congress to go beyond the steps he has suggested. <z
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WAYCROSS, July 30—Judge
Harry Day Reid, 73, one time ac
ting goverhor of the Panama Canal
Zone and former Mayor of Way
cross, died unexpectedly at his
home here Sunday.
Judge Reid, known as dean of
the Waycross Bar and the Way
cross Judicial Circuit, had at
tended Sunday School at the First
Baptist Church only a few hours
before his death.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete, pending arrival of out
of-state relatives.
Judge Reid served as Director
of the Georgia Oil and Gas Com
mission. A charter member of
the Waycross Kiwanis Club, he
was former State Kiwanis Dis
trict Governor. For 18 years, he
served as general counsel of the
Federal Land Bank. of Columbia,
South Carolina.
The jurist, appointed Judge of
the Ware Superior Court and then
re-elected without opposition, was
presiding judge when Georgia’s
first lynching conviction was ob
tained in 1928 in Douglas.
A native of Ogden, Utah, Judge
Reid came to Ware County as a
child and was reared in this sec-~
tion. He held Government posi
tions in Washington, D. C., be=-
fore going to Panama as Execu~
tive Secretary to the Governor of
Panama during the period when
the Panama Canal was under con
struction, Judge Reid serve das
Acting Governor during & long
illness of the Governor.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Allis Mitchell, of
Waycross;, a soi, Harry Day Reid,
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the ground forces 93.
(The intelligence officer de
clined to discuss the number prob
ably damaged in reporting a re
vised total over his previous fig
ures of 170 destroyed and 100 oth=
ers damaged.)
General Partridge said American
plane losses were 43 aircraft. He
said some planes were lost through
enemy - action and others through
mechanical failures and accidents.
But General Partridge did not
give any breakdown tfo show the
number of planes lost in combat
action.
General Partridge described his
report as “the first overall report”
of the operation of his command
since the start of the Korean cam=
e e
iy % b e Ry : S
- Many legislators want to provide
at least stand by authority for
price and wage controls and ra
tioning.
Rayburn, Texas Democrat, was
asked what the President might
do if Congress voted him the ex
tra authority.
He said: “I don’t think he would
veto a bill on that account.”
Rayburn said neither he nor any
other Democratic leader went so
far as to tell Mr. Truman he might
get a bill with extra controls.
Those in on the controls discuss
ion besides Rayburn were Vice
President Barkley, Senate Demo
cratic leader Lucas of Illinois, and
House Democratie leader McCor
mack of Massachusetts.
"~ Standby Power
At the -capitol, Senator May-~
bank (D-SC.) said the White
House staff is studying the ques
tion of a broader home front mob
lization bill to include standby
power to invoke wage-price-ra
tioning controls.
Maybank is chairman of the
Senate Banking Committee which
handles control legislation. He said
the White House study is bein%
made at his request. He added tha
no decision had been reached af
ter a series of conferences over
the wek-end.
Maybank said he had not talked
to President Truman himself about
the matter.
Mr. Truman has said there is no
need at this time for a more dras
tic front mobilization than the
steps he proposed in his message
to Congress July 19. »
The bill Mr, Truman submitted
then does not call for wage-price
control or for rationing.
Since that time there has been a
growing clanor among the law
makers for far broader and more
stringent curbs on the civilian eco
nomy. . e
Democratic leaders in Congress
want, however to get at least a go
ahead nod from the President be
fore broadening the administra
tion’s bill.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
warm this afternoon, tonight
and Tuesday with few scattered
afternoon and evening thunder
showers. Outlook for Wednes
day: showers. Conditions rather
unfavorable next two days for
cotton poisoning. Low tonight
67, high tomorrow 88, Sunset
this afternoon 7:35, sunrise fo
morrow 5:44.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm this after
noon, tonight and Tuesday with
scattered afternoon and evening
thundershowers.
TEMPERATURE
Mighest ... . ..; v oot
TOMEEE o i e e
MOAR . .oi sope Sove onis »itd
Wormhl . . e vVI
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since July 1 .. .. .. 3.32
Excess since July 1 .. .... .31
Average July rainfall .. .. 5.01
Total since January+l<::::23.67
Deficit since Jannary 1°.::'8.18
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, JULY 31, 1950.
Highway Mishaps
Fatal To Nine,
1 Others Injured
By The Associated Press
Automobile armed Georgians,
storming the highways for a week
end outing, crushed out nine lives
and injured seven persons.
State Troopers Lewis Seay and
R. K. Jones said Julian D. Leroy,
29, and his baby daughter, Colleen,
were killed when he tried to pass
a car on a hill. :
Injured were his wife, 20, and
his father, J. C. Leroy. The troop
ers quoted the Waycross man’s
wife as saying he was drinking,
going too fast and tried to pass a
truck. -
Over the hill, the troopers con
tinued, came a car and Leroy cut
back, ran partly under the rear
of the truck and overturned in a
ditch.
At Canton, Corporal C. W. Search
of the highway patrol listed two
18-year-old wives of textile work
ers as the victims of the parked
truck accident. They were Mrs.
Betty Jane Pettit, and Mrs. Dollie
Mae Collett. -
Their husbands, Robert D. Col
lett, 20, of Canton, and Charles A.
Pettit, 19, were left in critical con
dition. ;
Corporal Searcy said Paul W.
Ray 28, of Ellijay, told him he
had stopped his lumber truck to
readjust his load. Pieces of lumber
rammed through the car, killing
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King Leopold Offers Temporary Abdication
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 31.— (AP)—Premier Jean
Duvieusart declared today that King Leopold has offer
ed to temporarily delegate his royal powers to Crown
Prince Baudouin.
The Premier said the King made the offer on condition
the opposition Socialists withdraw their political and
economic demands and make them later through parlia
mentary channels.
This announcement came after both Duvieusart and
Socialist Leader Max Buset had conferred with Leopeld
this morning at Laeken Palace.
The King’s decision was disclosed as the crisis over his
return from exile ten days ago threatened to plunge the
nation into civil war. The vanguard of an army of anti-
Leopoldists was reported already marching on Brussels.
Three anti-Leopoldists were killed by gendarmes last
night in Liege. This climaxed a wave of violence and
strikes which had paralyzed the nation’s economy.
Buset had hinted before gcing to the palace that the
hour of Leopold’s abdication was close at hand.
Russians Mum On U. N. Strategy
LAKE SUCCESS, July 31—(AP)
—The Russians are keeping mum
on what they plan to do in Tues
day’s Security wouncil meeting.
and also on whether they are com
ing back to other U. N. bodies.
The same rotation system that
makes Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Jakob Malik Security Council
chairman for August also calls for
these changess :--« - . ..saios. ol
- ‘Semyon K: Psarapkin of Rassia
Estimated 200,000
Ko-Reds In Big Push;
Food Supply Dwindles
By RELMAN MORIN
TOKYO, Tuesday, Aug. 1-—(AP)
—Troops of the U. S. Second In
fantry Division under Maj. Gen.
Laurence B. Keiser landed with
tanks in Korea Monday and sped
forward to help brace shrinking
Allied lines.
General MacArthur’s headquar
ters said the North Korean Reds in
force were shifting their pressure
from the central sector to the
west and southwest.
The Communists captured Chin
ju, 55 miles west of Pusan, vital
U. S. base. Associated Press cor
respondent Hal Boyle reported
from outside Chinju that the
Americans withdrew from the
coastal anchor to new positions less
than 50 miles from Pusan.
Arriving direct from the United
States, many of the new troops
headed out In trucks to prug holes
punched by North Korean Reds
along a rectangular front before
Pusan, on the southeast coast.
Up to 200,000 men were reported
in the big Red surge against the
shrinking defense area.
In the central front new pressure
was put on Kumchon. But a U.
S. First Cavalry spokesman there
said the city “will be held at all
costs.”
He said the troops had been
forced back slightly to the east,
however. Kumchon is 32 miles
northwest of Taegu, rail ecity
northwest of Pusan. ¥
2 Rough rectangle ;
The Xorean fighting now is
spread over a rough rectangle. It
extends 80 miles up the east coast
from Pusan to Yongdok, thence
west 70 miles to Hamchang, 100
miles due south from Hamchang to
the vicinity of Chinju.
Spread thinly through the meun
tains and valley are three U. S.
divisions—the First Cavairy and
the 24th and 25th Infantry Divis
ions, the U, S. Fifth Air Force and
fighting South Koreans.
Dispatches from the front said
many Communist dead were
strewn on the battlefield. Their
own trucks raced over the bodies,
trying to reach new positions
against the Americans.
At least two Red divisions led
the powerful flanking movement
around Chinju. Lt. Gen, Walton H.
Walker, commander of the U. S.
Eighth Army in Korea, ordered his
men two days ago to fight or die
in their present positions. |
S, Heavy Casualties |
U. S. pilots strafed the Reds,
claiming to have killed many.
Bodies were described as littering
the field “like confetti.”
There was one break-through at
Kochang, 45 miles southwest of
Taegu, emergency capital of South
Korea. U. S, forces there reported
ly withdrew intact.
Reds infiltrated Hamchang and
around Kumchon. They killed
four Americans and one Korean
officer in a schoolhouse in a com
mando raid. Five of the raiders
were killed. Eight Americans were
waunded.
Tom Lambert, Associated Press
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is to replace Bredo Stabell of Nor
way as chairman of the Security
Council’s committee of experts.
| Maj. Gen. Ivan*A. Skliarov of
the Soviet Army replaced Gen. M.
Penette of the French Army as
chairman of the Military Staff
Committee.
Col. Mihail I. Maximov of the
fSoviet Air Force succeeds Maj.
| Jean Fournier of the French Air’
h‘orce as. principal secretary of the
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ward the southeast corner of the peninsula, the defenders are expected to make @ final stand
hold the Yaegu-Pusan-Yosu triangle, shown cross-hatched on map. The enemy must be kept ;
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% Presstime Bulletins X
WASHINGTON, July 31.—(AP)—President Truman told Con
gressional leaders today he is sending up a 2 message asking $4,-
000,000,000 additional for military aid to anti-Communist nations.
Chairmén Cannon (D.-Mo.) of the House Appropriations Com
mittee said there was “unanimous agreement” among Democratie
and Republican leaders to expedite action on the req’ :
WASHINGTON, July 31.—(AP)—President Truman’s nomina
tion of Neil Andrews for a Northern Georgia Federal District
judgeship was rejected today by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The vote was 9 to 1 against the nomination.
It next will be up to the Senate to decide whether the nomina
tion is to be confirmed or rejected, ’
Both of Georgia's senators, George and Russell, Democrats,
have opposed Andrews’ appointment. ¢
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-29 s Cripple Main
Red Munitions Plant
BY WILLIAM JORDEN °
TOKYO, July 31.— (AP) —
Eighty-five percent of the great
Chosen Nitrogen Chemical Com
pany, munitions plant at Hung
nam in North Korea, was effec
tively damaged by Sunday’s
heavy B-29 raid, the Far East Air
Force announced tonight.
It said aerial photographs
showed “excellent” results from
the 500-ton bombing by nearly 50
B-295.
The bombers had attacked by
radar sighting through overcast.
The later reconnaissance photo
analysis showed 30 percent of
the Hungnam industrial area—
greatest in . North Korea—was
completely wiped out. This in
cluded buildings, warehouses,
power houses, laboratories, rail
lines and loading sheds.
Forty percent of the target area
was heavily damaged, and 15 per
cent was damaged more lightly.
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be produced in this factory for
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Two chairs (right) fly through the air
as mounted policeman with drawn sword
rides to aid of fellow peolice fighting with
anti-Leopeldists on the Place de Brouc
ekre—the Times Square of Brussels, Bel
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
sometime,” said the Air Force an
nouncement.
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near the factory district were un
touched.
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Kiwanis Plan
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Ladies Night
Ladies Night will be featured
by the Athens Kiwanis Club
Thursday night at the Athens
Country Club. The affair will be
an informal gathering with Dr.
Tom Jones, president of the Club, |
presiding. ‘
A buffet supper will be served
to the Kiwanians and their guests
and will be the highlight of the
evening since no planned program
has been arranged.
The Ladies Night program will
take place of the regular Tuesday.
meeting of the Kiwanis Club to
morrow, according to Bob‘
Stephens, chairman of the com
mittee,
CHAIRS FLY IN BRUSSELS MELEE
States Rights
Party Reeling
ATLANTA, July 31—(AP)~—
States Rights Democrats are reel=
ing but undaunted after a sevieg
of sharp reverses in Southern Des
mocratic primaries.
Opponents say the movement,
which took four states from Prew
sident Truman in 1948, is a dead
duck—proven to lack grass-roold
' voter mpgort. ;
States Righters lay their ]
to their causes. They prodittw
will recoup and even expand te
new fields. o
Dixie voters seem to be Vi
in both directions at once, m
defeat of = conservative
righters, unusual? bitter r
campaigns ouste two g
Southern Liberals —
Graltam (D-NC.) &nd
(D-FLA.).
Increased use of Civil Rig:f’
and racial issues as vote winn
was noted in both thee states.
The best conclusions seem to b‘
1. There is no upsurfe of Libe %
alism in the south this m
position to President 4 n
Civil Rights program, the
that lit the states rights revelt,
as flerce as ever.
2. Southerners generally still
steeped -in loyalty tg the
Democratic party, a 70-yesr
‘tion. The “fight it out Wwithin
party” creed is growing.
winning Southern Senator thi#
summer has supported this view.
The first and most direet blowe
to - States Righters dame back
May. Alabama, oxfbe of the
stateg to revolt in 1948, had a
cut choice. Voters elected 43
lar Democrats, 28 States Righ
to their Del;nocra ie fixe
committes. (toutr a Strt.) i
are being contes cou .
Then came Sou%g.&
other 1948 ;nsur&ent. fie
Rights Presidenti gand ate,
J. Strom Thurmond, tried te
Senator %n Johnston, a par
Loyalist. That was the ohief
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gium-—during wild rioting. Demonstrata&
velled for the abdication of King Leope
and attacked police details.——-(i) Wire
photo via radio from Londen.) ;
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