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BY MAX HARRELSON
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. I.—(AP)—Russia made it clear today
that she will discuss peace in Korea only after the United Nations
has considered her renewed denrands for seating Red China.
The Russian position was disclosed as Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Jakob Malik prepared to end his seven-month boycott of
the U. N, and assume the presidency of the Security Council when
it meets late today.
The Western nations, headed by the United States, appestred
assured, however, of enough Council votes to overrule the Sqviets’ &
and keep the Korean question at the top of the agenda. ; Y
Malik revealed the latest Soviet plan in a proposed agenda f/ < ?
today’s meeting, submitted late yesterday and listing the Chi ¥
recognition issue ahead of the Korean conflict. This dashed’ £
hopes of those who had looked for Russia’s return to gignal an im-"
portant change in Soviet foreign policy.
MAJOR BATTLE
Council delegates generally agreed that a majorsprocedural bat
tle would be waged over any Russian attempt ‘q delay debate on
the Korean conflict, Malik as Council presideat for August under
the monthly rotation system, submits the peace body’s provisional
agenda, But the Council majority has tlee power to adopt any
order of work it desires.
The stage was set for such a fight by U. 8. Delegate Warren R.
Austin’s surprise proposal late yestérday, This called for a new
condemnation of the North Korean invaders and a new appeal to
all countries to try to stop the fighiting or at least prevent it from
spreading.
REJTs DRAFT |
Austin asked that his reso’Aition be taken up at this afternoon’s
Gouncil nreeting.
But the wording of the draft agenda submitted by Malik would
par discussion of the Aumerican proposal.
Austin filed his resilution under the original Korean item, which |
refers to “aggressioy” in Korea, U. N. officials appealed to Malik
o change his worddng, or at least to add a new item which would
permit discussion of the U. 8. resolution. The Soviet delegate re
fused,
Experts were quick to note that, in the draft Soviet agenda, the
Russians now are demanding recognition of Red China by the
Council instead of demanding the ousting of the Nationalist Chi
nese representatives, as they did last January.
SLOW - MOTION ABDICATION
IS AGREED TO BY LEOPOLD
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xplosion, Fire
Hits Apariment
Considerable damage resulted
from a fire which raced through
a residence at 528 Pulaski street
early this morning,
The blaze began ‘when an oil
cook stove exploded in a basement
apartment and burned through the
wouse to the afticc. Walls and
furniture in the apartment re~
ceived heavy damage, firemen re
ported. The upper floor and attic
valls and furniture were scorched
ind some smoke and water dam
age was incurred.
Firemen were at the scene of
the fire for nearly two hours; how
ver, the fire was brought under
control and stopped in less time.
The explosion occurred about
5:30 a, m. No estimate of damage
was immediately available.
Firemen rushed to an automo
bile fire at the corner of Broad
ireet and College avenue shortly
fter noon today. The blaze was
of a minor nature, and only dam
i‘e‘incurred was a burned battery
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly eloudy and warm this
afternoom, tonight and Wed
nesday, Conditions favorable
this afternoon and Wednesday
for cotton poisoning. Outlook
for Thursday continued warm
with a few isolated thunder«
showers. Low expected tonight
72, high tomorrow 94. Sun sets
at 7:34 and rises tomorrow at
5:44,
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
with little change in tempera-~
ture this afternoon, tonight
and Wednesday, A few Isolated
afternoon thundershowers.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for Georgia
and the Carolinas for the period
irom 7:30 p. m. (EST) today to
7:30 p, m., August 5:
Temperatures will average
one o three degrees above nor=
mal. No important changes dur
ing that period. Rainfall light
over South Georgia and light to
moderate over North Georgia
and the Carolinas, Widely scat~
‘ered afternoon showers over
North Georgia and Carolinas
most of period. Showers becoms=
ng a little more numerous Fri
day and Saturday, Very little
Precipitation in South Georgia
before Friday. Seattered show
ers Friday and Saturday,
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Reficit since August 1 .. .. .07
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
King Requests Belgium Parliament
To Bestore Powers On Oldest Son
BY GODFREY ANDERSON
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. I.—(AP)—King Leopold 111
bowed to the threat of civil war today and offered a slow
motion abdication which threw the thorny royal question
back into the lap of Parliament. :
Peace-minded Belgians hoped the King’'s offer would
ease the critical tension which had mounted in recent
weeks. Many Brussels citizen feared, though, that Social
ist leaders of the anti-Leopold movement might not be able
to control their forces.
Leopold, in a breadcast state
ment early today, said he would
ask parliament to vote a delega
tion of his powers to his son, 19-
year-old Prince Baudouin. Leopold
would remain king in name only.
The king implied a promise of
abdication with these words.:
“This attribution of royal pow
}ers to Prince Baudouin seems to
‘me a necessary step towards the
solution which' ought to clear the
lw’vay for accession of the crown
prince to the throne when he
reaches his civil majority (at 21)
if, as I hope and desire, the recon=-
ciliation promised about my son
takes place.”
Baudouin will be 21 on Sept. 7,
1951.
Some ag;ti-Leopold Socialist
leaders termed the kinfi;' offer
“gatisfactory.” However, the trade
Union federation, which had spon=
sored wridespreas strikes demand=
ing abdication, called for its re
gional committees to meet f{or a
i;'esh evaluation of the new situa~
ion,
Leopold hax offered yesterday
to abdicate, then quaiified his of
fer with conditions the Socialists
and Liberals termed unacceptable.
His latest move came as Brussels
already waited behind elosed shut
ters for a great motorized protest
march gn the capital today by
thousands of strikers.
Organizers of the march ealled
it off immediately after the broad
cast of the king’s message. But the
marchers were already in motion
ar{i some had arrived in Brussels.
eogold‘s latest offer was the
gsame he made April 15 when Bel
gium’s opposing political parties
were negotiating for a solution of
the royal crisis. It was rejected
then by Socialists and Liberals be
cause the king refused to promise
to leave the country while Bou
douin held the royal authority.
The statement today made no
mention of what the king planned
in this respect.
Governor Okays
Jekyll Budget
ATLANTA, Aug. 1 — (AP) —
Gov. Herman Talmadge today aip
{)fi"oved the first annual budget for
e.recently created Jekyll Au
th%x;llty-—m,eeo.
e largest single item, SIO,OOO,
will be used for a survey of the
state seaside park for future im
provements and development.
The budget also provides for a
state paid policeman to patrol the
island and a “special supervisor”
to look after the state’s interests.
The entire island is under &
lease to Barney Whittaker of
w.nfifim 1. Whittaker
c:i e state 20 percent of all his
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B-29’s BLAST BRIDGES
Ten tons of bombs fromi Air Force B-29 plane of
FEAF Bomber Command sever these two important rail
road bridges near Pakehon in North Korea, 40 miles
north of Pyongyang. Military supply traffic to the battle
zone will be affected by this phase of the Air Force’s in
terdiction bombing plan.—(U. 8. Air Force Photo.) —
(NEA Telephoto.)
Mrs. Wootion
Dies Early Today
Mrs. Eliza Jane Milford Woot
ton, wife of the late William James
Wootton died this morning in
Selma, Alabama, following an ex
tendeé illness in the 89th year of
her age.
Mrs. Wootton was the onlg dau~
ghter of the late Charles S. and
Miriam Milford, one of the large
plantation owners of Anderson
County, South Carolin%& In 1878
she was fiarried to illiam J.
Wootton. ey lived in the home
with her parents for a numé)er of
years before going to Comer,
Georgia where he was engaged in
the manufacture of lumber and
other business. Her philosophy of
life was an in%)iration not only
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NO HOLDS BARRED
Melon Party “Juicy”
Success At Fairview
Yesterday afternoon the blue truck operated by the Ath
ens Recreation and Parks Department made its way over
narrow, winding dirt roads into the heart of the colored
gection in East Athens with sixteen big, juicy watermelons
tumbling backward and f_orwa}'d in the rear o_thhe truckL
A small road stemmed up a long
grade into a clearing where the
Fairview playground for colored
children is located high on a bluff,
overlooking some of the finest
scenery youwll find in this locale.
Some 35 little negro children
danced and shouted for job as they
saw the truck pulling up the grade
loaded for bear. They all but
ganged Royce Brewer, a member
of the Recreation and Parks De
partment staff, as he pulled the
truck to a halt.
Snaggled teeth were as thick as
hops, and broad smiles were the
rule rather than the exception. You
should have the picture by now—
there was a big watermelon cut
ting for all the kids at Fairview
yesterday afternoon.
The melons were gvon the Reg~
reation and Parks ent by
Howard Benson, and each “g:;-
ground will have _their 7
sometime this week. Lyndon House
children had their “cutting” yes
terday, also.
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ons. A 1 knife was f
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, CA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1950,
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FESTIVAL QUEEN
Sixteen - year - old Aderienne
Smathers (above) won first
fiwe in the beaut{ contest of
e third annual Haywood
County Folk Festival at Canton,
N. C. She won over 14 other
entries.— (AP Photo.)
,from a nearby residence, and tne
feast was on.
Callie Wingfield, a playground
leader, had the children to line
up and wait their turn, which was
done with plenty of anticipation.
No Holds Barred
The good old fashioned, original
manner of eating watermelons
prevailed, as the kids dug in and
got wet clean up to their ears.
There were plenty of comments:
Willie Shell, age 8 stated with
a broad grin, “Sho’ good.” He
lmade his statement without even
looking up at his inquirer. He had
his work cut out for ’em, and he
surely wasn’t gonna lose anytime
answering silly questions.
James Reid, age 8, proclaimed as
‘he released a mouth full of seeds
into a nearby sand box, “I could
eat two, maybe three.” We believe
him, because he was taking mo
pity on the piece before him,
“Fine Melon”
Little Frankle Laine, who won't
bé fwo years old until long after
the first frost this Fall; was do=
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Tanks of the 25th Infantry Division advance over
what is termed “typically rough terrain” in the battle
area in South Korea. Fighting is bitter in this zone, but
American forces are holding their own except for re
treating a little to tighten up their lines.—(U. S. Army
Photo.) — (NEA Telephoto.)
Vote On Mobilization
Sentiment Growing For Rationing
Power, At Least On Stand-By Basis
BY MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Aug. I.— (AP) —Lawmakers headed
for a round of talking and perhaps some preliminary vot
ing today on whether to gear the nation for all-out mobil
ization on the home front.
General sentiment in Congress still appeared strong for
such a step, including the setting up of wage, price and
rationing powers on at least a stand-by basis.
This was one of a number of
fast-breaking Washington devel
opments in the Korean war situa
tion.
The House booked the opening
of debate on the economic controls
issue, with a vote expected tomor-
TOW.
Preliminary vooting on the same
issue was a possibility in the Sen
ate Banking Commitiee today.
That group arranged a meeting
behind closed doors to deal with
the matter.
BULLETIN
Washington, Aug., 1-—(AP)—
President Truman said today he
has no objection to enactment of
stand-by powers to control
wages and prices, and so ration
consumer goods.
Mr. Truman set out his posi
tion in a letter to Senator May
bank (D.-S.C.), chairman of the
Senate Banking Committee. That
group is now working on con
trols legislation.
Senate debate probably won't
get started before Thursday; the
votekthere probably will come next
week.
The Senate banking unit last
night unanimously approved, with
some - changes, the limited eco
nomig¢ controls bill which Presi
dent Truman sent to Congress
July 19. It has no wage-price-ro
tioning provisions.
Drastic Curbs
~ However, the committee left the
way open for action today on a
batch of proposals to add more
drastic controls of that kind.
The bill before the House is
substantially the same limited
measure approved by the Senate
committee. It calls for credit
curbs, allocation of scarce indus
trial materials, priorities to chan
nel them to defense production,
$2,000,000,000 in government loans
and loan guarantees to spur mili
tary output, and seizure of plants
when necessary.
However, there appeared to be
plenty of backing in the House for
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Dairypak Heads
Meet Tomorrow
Engineers fromi the Southern
Railway office are scheduled to
meet here tomorrow with Dairy
pak officials to discuss plans for
laying a sidetrack at the plant site
on the Newton Bridge Road.
Work on the plant, which will
be located just outside the city
limits, will ?ver a 10-acre tract of
'zroufi‘d"wes " of the Southern
tracks. The company also owns a
52 acre plot of ground on the other
side of the tracks. |
_ The Dairypak plant will manu
fachure paper pilk carioons sad-is
expected so be in dperation around
e first of gy 0 Aas sadman)
TANKS ADVANCE
Athens Offi
Korea Fighting
Word has been received here
that Second-Lieutenant John S.
(Jack) Culpepper of the 29th In
fantry Regiment, until recently
stationed in Okinawa, has been
wounded while fighting in Korea
and is in Fokaoka Hospital in Tok~-
yo. 4 s o
Mrs. Culpepper, who resided
Mrs. Culpepper, who resides
ceived a call from her husband
early this morning. Though he did
not state the seriousness of his
wounds it is known that he re
ceived a leg injury.
Lt. Culpepper is a graduate of
the Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism. He received a re
serve commission upon completion
of his ROTC course here at the
University and entered the regular
army with a commission approxi
mately four months ago. While at
the University Lt. Culpepper was
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BETTER'N FOXHOLE ALL DAY
Never A Dull Moment In Life
Of Gl In U. S. Recon Outfits
BY TOM LAMBERT
WITH U. S. FORCES IN KOREA, July 28—
(Delayed )—The whir of jeep starters jarred the
dawn quiet. Engines sputtered, then purred
smoothly. Sleepy men yawned as the jeeps roared
out of a schoolyard compound and headed south.
The First Cavalry’s reconnaissance platoon
was moving.
The jeeps sloshed through the muddy sireets,
past helmeted M. P.'s, bumped across railroad
tracks and churned out of town.
For several hours the platoon drove steadily
south, then into a long valley flanked by two
high ridges.
“We were looking for any enenry or friendly
troops,” said Second Lt. L. E. Woodson cf Jasper,
Ala., platoon leader.
“I'd patrolled through there the other day on
a long mission. When we were about 29 miles
from base they opened up on us. .They let my
lead jeep driven by Sergeant Hypolite Alexander
(New Orleans) through, then cut down on the
second jeep and mine—the third.
“We drew both rifle and machinegun fire. We
returned fire immediately. 5
“We engaged them for about 30 minutes in that
draw, about 60 of them, at a range of about 200
ya‘r‘g?m huukr ‘fiig" Eiaiid s,
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Read Daily by 35,000 Paéple in Athens Trade Ares
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Reds Within 40 Miles On South;
7 |
TOKYO, Wednesday, Aug. 2.— (AP) —North Korean
Red forces, exerting heavy pressure in the south, teday
pushed to within 40 miles of Pusan, U. 8. base in souths
eastern Korea.
Fresh American troops were pouring ashore and move
ing up to the front. One unit was the Fifth Regimental
combat team from Hawaii.
General MacArthur, in his Wednesday morning Korean
summary, released at 12:35 a. m. (9:35 a. m., EST Tuess
}iay)t said the heavy Red pressure covered the southern
ront.
But the hardest blows came in
the Kochang area, where the Com
munists were frying to break
through to Taegu, South Korean
emergency capital. They were
about 32 miles southwest of Taegu.
A frontline dispatch from Don
Whitehead, Associated Press cor
respondent in Korea, placed the
Reds southern thrust 15 miles west
of Masan, which is on the south
coast 25 miles from Pusan.
The MacArthur summary, is
sued a few hours after the United
Nations commander returned from
Formosato Tokyo, said UN troops
were attacking the Reds around
Yongdok on the east coast. U. 8,
pilots reported the Communists in
positions 1,500 yards north of the
wrecked city. ;
“It is possible that friendly
forces have again forced cntr'iy:l in
to that port city,” MacArthur’'s
summary said. -
The MacArthur release describ=~
ed the front as running roughly
from one mile south of Yongdok
to seven miles northwest of Andod
to 10 miles southwest of Sangju,
one mile southeast of Kwanni,
seven miles northwest of Kum
chon, four miles northeast of Chi
rye and six miles southeast of
Chinju.
Slight Withdrawals
The summary spoke of slight
UN ftroops withdrawals but said
they were not forced and were
made to prepared positions.
The push to near Masan in the
south represented a gain of about
10 miles since Monday.
Other Red thrusts were devel
oping around Kochang and flam
ing Hyopchong in the southern
sector and at Adong in the north.
But no serious gains had been re
ported made at these three points.
The Reds apparently hoped to
push United Nations troops off the
Korean peninsula before sufficient
arriving U, S. aid could reach
them. f
But hour by hour anxiously
awaited American troops stepped
ashore at a South Korean port.
Some rushed to the front to brace
battered American and South Ko
reans who have been shoved back
for days by the Red hordes from
the north.
These fresh troops included ele
ments of the U. 8. Second Infantry
division, which landed Monday,
and two following army units not
otherwise identified.
Await Marines
In addition, the main force of
the U. S. First Marine Division
units was looked for by doughboys
weary of retreating.
An advanced administrative unit
of the Marines has arrived in Ko
rea from the United States to pre=
pare for the oncoming Leather
neck fighting forces. But they had
not been sighted in Korea at 10
p. m. (7 a. m. EST).
Frontline troops had been given
a breather since the Reds broke
through in the south Monday
morning. The Americans had
braced and dug into new positions.
The Red thrust around Kochang
and Hyopchong headed toward
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Turns Down Chiang
Troop Offer; Likes 5
China Island Defense
By SPENCER MOOSA
TAIPEI, Formosa, Aug. I—(AP)
—General MacArthur flew back g
Japan toda{ after war talks wi
Chiang Kal-shek that cheered ua
gxfi?n?land remnant of Natienali
; BULLET!NW
TAIPEI, Formosa,
Aug. 2—(AP)—Chiang m
declared today he and General
MacArthur had reached agree
ment on “a foundation for the
joint defense of Taiwan” (Fer
mosa).
i —————————————b
MacArthur turned down Chi
ang’s renewed offer of 33,000 Na
tionalist troops to fight alongside
United Nations forces in Korea.
“Such action at this time nug:f
so seriously jeopardize the
sense of Formosa that it would be
inadvisable,” MacArthur said in &
statement, ;
But MacArthur made a stern
warning to Communist China, ras
ported massed on the coast 1
miles west of Formosa for an ate
tempted invasion of Formosa.
“Such an attack would, in m!
opinion, stand little chance of suc
cess,” the five-star general said.
MacArthur said plans have
made to coordinate U, 8. an
Chinese forces “the better to meet
any attack which a hostile forg
might be foolish enouagwto &
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Former Athenian
Dies In Virginia
Roy E. Jarrett, member of a w
known Athens family but a
dent of New York for the
twenty-three years, died follow:
a heart attack at ‘Vythev b W
Sundzay afternoon at 2 o’cl i
Jarrett was 46 years old wi
his wife was enroute to Athens
visit his mother and sister. :
Services are to be con
Wednesday afternoon at & &
from Center Methodist
with the pastor, Rev. G
Wilder and Rev. W. Grady Fers
guson, Christian churech pastor, ofe
Naoaling, -02 y s
The body will lie in state in &,
church from four o’eloeck until
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men jumped up and we punctured them pretty
bad. We knocked off all we could—l figure about
25 out of 60—then got out of there.”
That’s reconnaissance—probing for the enemy,
seeking contact like the groping fingers of a
hand, drawing enemy fire to spot enemy posi
tions, then returning to base with vital informa
tion.
DEFT INSTRUMENT
The reconnaissance unit, a deft instrument in
the hands of a wise commander, is mobile and
highly armed.
According to Lt. Samuel T. Rhodes of Wash
ington, Ga,, each man in the unit commanded by
Captain Charles V. H. Harvey of Texarkana,
Texas, carries and can use two weapons,
What sort of soldiers are recon men and why
do they pick this job. .
Harvey calls them “the elite of the Army, the
last remnants of the old cavalry, riding jeeps
instead of horses.”
If morale means elite, this outfit is elite. It's
like the crew on a “happy” Navy ship, like a
high class football team whose members are
good at their jobs and respect the others for be~
ing good at theirs. . A
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recon work. Rhodes says he's a r _man “be~
coue there somelhing new dong il the e
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