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FIRST U. S. OFFENSIVE IN KOREA
Heavy open arrows locate first U. S. offensive as
troops kicked off from Kogan (underlined), striking for
the main road between Chungam and Chinju. They
Junged into two North Korean divigions in the rugged
ccastal country of the extreme south. At Yechon (un
.erlined), on the north, heavy Red pressure was exerted
against South Korean troops. The U. S. action involves
twice the number of American troops used thus far.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
Russia's 44th Vet
Is Awaited In U. N
s Awaited In U. N.
Delegates Expected To Kill Red
Korean Plan; Veto Revenge Seen
BY MAX HARRELSON
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. B.— (AP) —Russia faced another
Tnited Nations rebuff on Korea today, but she was expect
ed to strike back with her 44th veto.
Delegates were generally agreed on this as they prepar
¢d to open the second week of the Korean diplomatie bat
tle at a session this afternoon of the 11-nation Security
Council.
S h I O's. . |
Will Meet Here
On Augusl 9, 10
Georgia School Board members
and county school superintendents
ill meet at the University of
Georgia August 9-10 in a confer
nce to discuss problems eommon
to most Georgia schools.
Prineipal speaker at the con
ference will be Edward M. Tuttle,
executive secretary of the National
School Board Association.
Attending the two-day meet
from Athens are Fred Ayers and
Philip F, Jones, jr.
he conference is the first of its
kind to be held in Georgia in re
ent years.
More than a hundred educators
are expected to attend the two-day
medting where business problems
common to most Georgia schools
will be discussed.
On the list to-be-solved prob=
problems scheduled for discussion
are finaneing gohool building eon=-
struction, pupil transportation, dis<
tribution of state school funds,
school management, an%.wNeEflé
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ecting will be held in the €. R.
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Senate -HousemCommittees Vote Standby Curbs
ASHINGTON, Aug. B.—(AP)
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Whether the Council would vote
today or later in the week remained
to be seen. If Russia followed last
week’s pattern, however, a lot
more procedural wrangling ap
peared to be in prospect.
The delegates had before them
two proposals, one offered by the
United States and one by the So
viets. When the Council ad
journed Friday for the weekend,
it already had become clear that
a majority veto would kill the
Soviet resolution and a Russian
veto was waiting for the U. S.
proposal.
The actual conduct of the mili
tary campaign in Korea, however,
will not be affected by the Council
stalemate. 4
The Soviet proposal provides:
(1) That the Council invite Red
China and Red Korea to take part
in U. N. Korean discussions and
(2) that the Council call for an
immediate end of hostilities in
Korea and order the withdrawal
of United States and other foreign
troops.
The U. S. proposal condemns
North XKorea for ignoring the
Council’'s previous cease-fire or
ders and calls upon all countries
to use their influence to end the
fighting or at least to keep it from
spreading.
The American resolution obvi
ously was aimed directly at Rus
(Continued on Page Two).
A by
France To Get
-
2 U. S. Warships
WASHINGTON, Aug. B—(AP)
~France will get its first two U.
8. warships under the foreign
military aid program August 12
at Philadelphia.
The two vessels are the 1,240-
ton destroyer escorts Samuel F.
I&flls and Riddle, both in service
in World War IIL
French Ambassador Henri Bon
net will accept the ships from
Rear Admiral R. E. Schuirmann,
commandant of the Fourth Naval
Distriet.
In announcing the fransfer to
day the defense department said
the shipg will be renamed the
Arabe and Kabyle.
“THIRD ROUND COMING UP
his mind to ask Congress 101 «ali
excess profits tax on corporations
~an anti-inflation step that he
hag not considered up to NOW as
necessary, While such a request
remained sklbject to developments,
close associates sald he plans as
of now t 0 io ahead with it.
Last week the House approved—
and f‘reversed the action—a
plan voke wafie m lg{icc
controls automatically Wi ng
costs rise 8 )Fer%gm. $t back~
tm& ter Mr, Truman object=
ed would amount to an
invitation to raise prices to B per~
cent.
The m:d proposal was up.
+again today, however, %m form
|of an amendment by ReP Me-
9,000 Reds Pour Across
Allied River Defense Line
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Volunteer Reserves
Told To Hold Jobs,
Await Definite Order
ATLANTA, Aug. B—(AP)—The
Marine Corps today cautioned
members of the volunteer reserves
not to leave their jobs but to await
definite mobilization orders.
A Washington announcement
yvesterday said the Marine Corps
would mobilize all of its 80,000
volunteer reserves.
Captain Richard R. Juby, public
information officer for the Sixth
Marine Corps reserve district, said
today he had no definite infcrma
tion on the number of reserves to
be called immediatly in this dis
trict.
There are approximately 10,000
members of the volunfeer reserves
in the district which comprises
North and South Carolina, Geor~
gia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee
and Mississippi.
Captain Juby said today that
only a few officers above the rank
of Captain would be recalled to
active duty by the Marine Corps
plan announced yesterday.
“Marine reserve officers of com
pany grade with combat ex
perience and combat designations
are needed most,” he said.
“Regarding the recall of en
listed personnel, men in the ranks
of sergeant and below are needed
most in all categories and military
occupational fields. Higher rank
ing non-commissioned officers in
the grades of staff sergeant, tech
nical sergeant and master sergeant
will be recalled only to fill spe
cialist assignments initially.”
Ample Time T
He said ample time would be
allowed by the Marine Corps, upon
the issuance of orders for person
nel, to finish up business and pri
vate affairs before reporting for
active duty. £
Georgia has approximately 2,500
men in the volunteer reserves and
Florida about 3,000. There was
no break-down available here of
the number of volunteer reserves
in the other southeastern states.
The Corps announced plans yes
terday to call up all their 80,000
volunteer reserves. This will give
them an active strength of 200,000
—and mobilization down to just
about as far as they can gonow.
However, Chairman Vinson, (D.-
Ga.) of the House Armed Services
Committee said Sunday he ex
pects a request from the Defense
Department in January for an
other military appropriation in
cluding $500,000,000 to increase
Marine Corps strength. 3
Rep. Mansfield (D.-Mont.) told
the House yesterday that the corps
should be kept permanently at a
minimum of 300,000 men.
SCS Promofi
Cecil W. Chapman, district con
servationist of the Soil Conservas=
tion Service at Tifton, Ga., has
been promoted to assistant state
conservationist at Athens, State
Conservationist Jule G, Liddell
announced today.
Mr. Chapman is a native es
Garfield, Ga., and received his B.
S. degree in agricultural engineer
ing fronr the University of Geor
gia. He has been with the Soil
Conservation Service for the past
16 years, and has served in Ath
ens, Americus, Swainsboro and
Tifton. He also served as zone
conservationist with headquarters
at Spartanburg, S. C. He is a vet
eran of World War 11.
Mr, Chapman is being added to
the state staff because of the ex
panded program in the state, in
cluding flood control activities,
Mr, Liddell said. Other assistant
state conservationists are O. D.
Hall and J. H. Johnaston.
Kinnon (D.-Calif.) -to the admin
istration’s economic controls bill,
McKinnon’s proposal would re
quire wage and price controls to
be slapped on if the cost of living
increases 5 percent above what it
was on June -15. The controls
would be based on the June 10-25
levels. '
_McKinnon’s amendment, which
has strong House support, would
let the President impose ceontrols
sooner if -he wishes, but would
require him to do it if the cost of
living as reflected in the Labor
Department’s monthly index hikes
as much as § percent.
Administration leaders in the
nouse e hovertl BBV )
voting time, set ‘for" 10M ’,
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1950.
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A U. S. Marines’ helicopter takes off
from a Marine forward command post
near the Korean front. The plane is used
as a liaison unit between front line posi
tions and the First Marine Division base.
New Channel Record
Set By (alif. Woman
Shirley May Forced To Give Up
Second Time, 8 Miles From Shore
DOVER, England, Aug. B.— (AP)—Florence Chadwick,
San Diego swimmer, conquered the. English Channel today
in record time but Shirley May France was forced to give
up eight miles off shore. ¢ i
Miss Chadwick, who is 81'and a professional swimmer,
cut the women’s record set by Gertrude Ederle in 1926.
She made it in 13 hours 28 minutes, one hoursand three
minutes under the Ederie mark. :
~ She swam to Dover from Cap Gris Nez, France, on a
course of at least 22 miles and scrambled ashore through
sea weed.
NEW COLORED
THEATER SET
FOR ATHENS
Wm. K. Jenkins, president of
the Georgia Theater Company, has
just announced that his company
will begin construction of a new
modern theater for t}xg colored
people of Athens and vicinity on
the site now oecupied by Ginn’s
Garage at 169 Washi_r{gtoq' §treet.
Mr. Jenkins, in making this an
nouncement, said that the growth
of Athens has prompted his com
pany to build at this time. This is
the fourth colored theater built
by the Georgia Theater Company,
others-having been built in Bruns
wick, Waycross and Gainesville.
This new theater along with the
seats in the Georgia and Ritz bal
conies will give the colored people
more than one thousand seats and
a choice of three places to go,
The sale of this property was
handled by Hutchins, Cox and
Stroud in April, but the announce~
ment was withheld until plans
were completed, Mathis construc
tion Company drew the plans.
This treater will be modern in
every respect. Refrigeration equip
ment has been purchashed an de
livery guaranteed. RCA sourd and
high intensity lamps will be used
to insure the best in sound and
projection. The building will be
a thing as beauty and no expense
will be spared to make it comfort
able as well as safe.
Sites were considered in other
parts of Athens, but this was
found to be the most convenient
to the colored population of Ath
ens. Canstruction will begins at an
early date and the present wallg
of Ginn’s Garage will be used thus
saving much time as well as criti
cal materials.
they will be able to pass a Dlk
giving the President standby pow=
ers over prices, wages, credit ex
tension, priorities and allocations
in addition to-authority. to grant.
production loans and impose ra
tioning, The President has indi
cated he would accept such a bill
if it wasn’t made too restrictive.
. House sentiment is largely in
favor of that kind of a bill, but
there is & difference of opinion on
how far the credit curbs should
go. Many Regxbh‘cans and South
ern Democrats want commodity
market speculation and real estate
financing exempted from the
R e Sominiten
ts’ them M\fi'fl‘-.'lltib_i
LIAISON FOR FRONT LINE MARINE UNITS ¥
BY ALVIN STEINKOPF
Thousands of persons lined the
white cliffs of Dover. Reporters
asked Miss Chadwick if she was
all rignt. *Yes,” she said, “but
these slippery, jagged rocks are
not so good to scramble over after
a long swim.
“] feel fine and am quite pre
pared to swim back.”
A few feet from the shore line,
under the 250-foot cliffs, she
clambered into one of her row
boats. But no %ne doubted that
she had finished her swim and
made it one of the greatest in the
history of channel attempts. \
She was not far short — by
channel swim standards -— of the
recognized men’s record of 11:05
set by France’s Georges Michel
in 1926.
Miss Chadwick was the third
American woman to make this
crossing—l 9 miles as the crow
flies, but actually much farther
in swimming distance because of
the sweep of tides.
The others were Miss Ederle
and Mrs. Mille Gade Carson, who
crossed in 1926 in fifteen hours
and twenty eight minutes.
Shirley May France, the 17-
year-old girl from Somerset, Mass.,
had been swimming 13 hours 46
minutes when she gave up. She
was sobbing as she was pulled
from the water, within sight of the
White Cliffs. 7 e _
Miss Chadwick left France in
the darkness 19 minutes ahead of
Shirley May.
A long-time champion- swim
mer, ,Miss Chadwick completed
her first race when she was six
years old. In 1945 she turned pro
fessional to appear in the film
“Bathing Beauty” with Esther
Williams. For- the past two years,
while working for an oil compa
ny in Saudi Arabia, she trained
constantly, often getting up before
dawn for a two-hour swim before
going to work. On days off she
swam eight or ten hours.
Tears For Shirley
Miss Chadwick began swimming
at 2:37 a. m. and her last stroke
(Continued On Page Two)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
i Generally fair and not much
' chauge in temperature this aft
! ernoon, tonight and Wednesday.
! Low tonight 67 and high of 88
! for Wednesday. Sun sets 7:27
i and rises 5:50.
! GEORGIA — Fair with little
l-temperature change this after
| moon, tonight and Wednesday.
; TEMPERATURE
L Bighest o .. .. Siina 80
I TOPRIE 50l A
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" RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since August'l .. .... 00
Deficit since August 1 .... 112
| %:glage Augsust rainfall . S;m
- lotal : s 2364
| Zotal since January ) .- 080
The Marines, along with U. S. Army and
South Korean commando units, were
thrown into an offensive maneuver on a
20 mile front.— (AP Wirephoto.)
3rd American
Cool Weather
Cancels Night
Swimming Here
" Due to the unseasonably cool
weather, the City Recreation De
partment has announced that
there will be no more night
swimming at the city pools dur
ing this summer.
Swimming will continue as
usual during the daytime with
the pools open from 2 p. m. un
til 6 p. m., seven days a week.
CARTERSVILLE OFFICER
Georgian Decorated
For Bravery In Korea
U. S. BTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA, Aug.
8. —(AP)—Two lieutenants and a sergeant of the 24th In
fantry Division have been awarded Distinguished Service
Crosses for extraordianry heroism under fire.
Headquarters announced the decorations today for Ser
geant Russell P. Tyler, Cranston, R. I.; Lt. James C. Little
(826 Avylett street), Fayette, Ala., and Second Lt. Warren
G. Lewis (126 Leake street), Cartersville, Ga.
It Sflidl T T gen e,
Little voluntarily . took com
mand of a 2.36-inch bazooka team
and a rifle grenade launcher and
destroyed two enemy tanks
when surrounded by superior en
emy forces at Chowan on July 8.
He then assumed command of
a platoon operating without -an
officer and preparing to with
draw. Under his leadership the
platoon inflicted heavy casualties
on the invaders.
Later Little picked up a rifle
and personally destroyed a ma
chinégun nest which was holding
up the battalion’s withdrawal,
The citation said: “By his gallant
actions, casualties were held to a
minimum and the battalion was
able to retain its effectiveness as
a fighting unit.”
Lewis braved enemy fire in an
exposed position during the 21st
Regiment’s fight north of Chochi
won on July 9 in order to adjust
mortar fire on enemy machinegun
positions. <His action enabled his
battalion to repulse an enemy at
tack. %
The following day he c;g'ried
two of his wounded machinegun=-
ners to safety for medical treat
ment, with comrplete disregard for
his own safety, Then with one of
his machineguns destroyed he
shifted his remaining gun to pro
tect both the unit's observation
post and flank. L
He redistributed the remaining
ammunition and continued to di
voct fire. When their position was
overrun he fired the machinegun
to cover the withdrawal of his
men. 2
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Reds Promised
s, ¢
Manchurian Land
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, Aug.
B.—(AP)—A Korean refugee from
Seoul said today Russia has prom
ised to give Red Korea two. Man
churian proyinces after the war.
Captain Kemneth R. Cornell,
American liaison officer with the
South Korean forces, told a news
conference this information came
from a Korean school teacher who
escaped from Seoul July 27.
Cornell said he considered the
s«;,urce and the information relia
ble. B ; L
~ The re’ugee estimated 3,000 per
ings of Seoul up to July 27,
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ared
Marine-Army Offensive Makes
Il Bloody Gains In South
Small, Bloody Gains In Sout
BY RUSSELL BRINES <
- TOKYO, Wednesday, Aug. 9.— (AP) —North Korean
troops poured across the Allied Naktong river defense
barrier in Korea and bulged out two miles eastward en a
2,000-yard front Tuesday.
General MacArthur’'s war summary, released at 11:84
p. m. Tuesday (8:30 a. m., EST), said the “possible thre
from the small bridgeheads” across the river ‘has neithes
infreased nor decreased.”
Upwards of 9,000 Reds were reported over in the twe
river crossings.
U. S. Eighth Army headquarters in Korea said the tw
Communist bridgeheads were of “primary concern ax
present.”
The two = day old American
Marine and Infantry offensive inl
the extreme south made small and
bloody gains in day-long attacks.‘
Earlier it was bogged by Com
munist flanking that pocketed one
Army unit for a while. U. S.
Marines broke that up and freed
Army men from the trap. |
| The offensive had. gained 10“
| miles and was 10 or 12 miles east
!ot Chinju, Red-held rubbled cityl
in the south.
The Red bridgeheads posed
threats to allied forces at two
places.
| One was five miles north of
| Waegwan, 15 miles northwest of
| Taegu, the provisional South Ko
| rean capital, The other was six
| miles south of Chanknyong, which
i is southwest of Taegu.
| At least three Red regiments—
| 9,000 men with probably more
Islipping across behind them in
t darkness—were over the river in
! the two spots. Frontline reports
| said one of eight tanks sighted had
| been ferried across the river by
i the Communists.
i Woaed of Confidence = =
| General MacArthur is sending
| words of confidence to President
TrOmaß, oo s - % .
“Tell the President not to worry.
(Continued On Page Two)
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—
(AP) — The Agriculture De
partment today forecast this
year's cotton crop at 10,308,000
bales of 500 pounds gross weight.
The first estimate of the year
compares with last year’s crop
of 16,128,000 bales and with a
ten-year (1939-48) average of
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NEBRASKA QUEEN
Jinx Burrus, 22, who for three
yvears was a baton twirler with
the Doane College marching
band in her home town of Crete,
Neb., has been crowned *Miss
Nebraska of 1950.” The tall
brunette appeared as “Miss Lin
coln” in competition with other
beauties in the state. The .drum
majorette will represent Ne
braska in the Miss America con
test in Aflw& City in Septem
ber.—(AP Wirepheto.)
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Egg Markefing
Services Cited
Outlook For Future
Expansion Of Egg
Production Is Bright
By PAUL W. CHAPMAN
Associate Dean, College of
Agriculture, University of m
Georgia has never pr
more than a fractional part of the
eggs consumed by the people of
the state.
During June, for example, when
Atlanta bought 55,000 cases of
eggs, less than 3,000 cases origi
nated in Georgia. All the resi,
more than 50,000 cases, came from
states in the North and Middle
West. Tllinois supplied 20,000 cases;
Towa, 14,000; Missouri, 7,000; Min
nesota, 6,700; and Wisconsin, 3,600.
Atlanta’s egg supplies from the
standpoint of source are typieal of
those for all Georgia’s cities, In
Athens, for example, where one
concern buys an average of 100
cases of eggs each week, the entire
supply is imported from eoutside
the region.
Why is it that Georgia’s farmers
do not produce enough eggs to sup
ply the demands of the people of
the state?
it is because they do not have
adequate marketing services, and
farmers can never produce any
commodity until satisfactory mar
keting facilities and outlets have
been provided. i
A meeting for citizens in
terested in the proposed expan
sion of Georgiz Eggs, Inc., has
been changed from Wednesday
evening to Thursday night at
6:30 in the Georgian Hotel.
The affair is sponsored by
“Athens Get-It-Done Club.”
The change was necessary be
cause some speakers could not
be present on Wednesday.
It is the duty and respensibilit
of towns and cities to pt'cvi‘
markets for farm produects.
It was to meet this need that
tl e city of Athens pioneered one
year ago in establishing Georgia
eggs. This was new wealth for
operations, this infant bunimeg
concern bought $98,000 worth
eggs. This was new weealth for
the trade territory of Athens.
The outlook for the future ex=
pansion of egg production is very
bright. Whereas one year &go
there were only 59,000 producing
hens in the 20-ccunty area sur
rounding Athens, there are today
more than 200,000 pullets on farms.
These pullets have been bought by
farmers for the sole purpose of
using them in &oducing eggs to
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%9th Birthda
A highly respected colored Ath
enjan. will okserve his ninety-ninth
birthday tomorrow.
He is Rev. B. J: Billups, who
resides at 835 Reese street, and is
2 member of ‘one of the city’s best
known negro families, He is the
son of Wash and Emil; Billups.
For many. years he was janitor
in varieus city schools and many
Athenians now in their early and
middle fifties will ‘remember the
kindly janiter who, watched over
their bicycles, 'kept their schools
clean and the pupils warm in wine
RS o
Rev.: Billups is most active sot
a person of his years. His eyesight
is normal and his hearing good.
In fact; he is in such good physi=
cal condition that he is currently
attending several days of revival
services in*Oglethorpe county with
a coloreéd minister friend.
He is expected to return in the
next few days and it is certain that
many of his friends, both M
ber h;; birthday in return for the