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GEIGER WASHINGTON, Aug. 16— (AP)—ln all probability the draft is going to take far more men this fiscal year han the 185,000 so far authorized. That’s the estimate of Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Se ective Service director. He told reporters the 185,000 total was based on an stimate of needs made in July but now outdated by the world situation. Bulletins WASHINGTON, Aug. 16— (AP)—The House voted today to restore city mail service to two deliveries a day. It passed and sent to the Sen ate a bill ordering the postoffice department te cancel an April 17 order cutling city home de liveries to one daily and cur tailing other services, A unit located in the Athens area—the 944th Quartermaster Petroleum Products Laboratory —has been alerted for call to active duty in the near future, according to Major C. W. John son, jr., unit instructor for the Athens Military Sub-district. 6! Allowance ‘ " ieasure Studied WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—(AP) —President Truman and Congress appeared agreed today that speed is needed in setting up a system of family support allowances for ser- Icemen. They had different ideas on how 0 do it: On how much the pay ments should be, how much the G. 1. should contribute, and how much the government should kick In. But both the Senate and House Armed Services committees have given the matter a high priority and a solution is exepected soon, A house subcommittee called in witnesses today. A plan Mr. Truman sent both fiouses of Congress yesterday from the Budget Bureau embodies two of the ideas included in most pro posals being considered: (1) that e serviceman should bear a good part of the cost of his family’s pport from his own pay, and (2) at the serviceman with many endents shouldn’t be in the ed forces anvwav. U.S. And French Officials Seek Solid Promise Of Troops To Bolster Sagging European Morale BY PRESTON GROVES § PARTS, Aug, 16—(AP)—Ameri € oificials in France 1"8 regs g Washington for a solid grom ;;id to Eurcpe in the lo%md?f . > troops {g puild- ;5 Badly 2eind" Hgst ’E";uqropean spirits. 3 o 7proposals are doulled o Hed—— e —the United State should - er at once, or promise to de 'ver quickly, at least five more “IVisions on European soil. . 'wo— a eommander, preferably [‘meriean, should be appeinted to .V prgsent undirected effords Bl rearrgament ’ R sange “ofticials belieye Brit - ¢ 2150 should s@gree, mnow, to 0 five more of ‘iot:&v,nfdivismns 0 Germ; or rthern France. The crlﬁ 'K as brought ?e Am - 4 10 ‘& low point. The first blush ‘of ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Associated Press W'Service General Hepshey said the in ternational situation is so unset tled nobody can give an accurate estimate of just how many may have to be called in the next few months. But he remarked that Congress now has removed limits on the size of the armed services The draft director said calls have gone out for 100,000 men—- 50,000 in September and 50,000 in October. Testimony given Aug. 1 and re leased yesterday by the House appropriations committee disclosed that Hershey had been authorized to draft 185,000 men in the year ending next June 30. After the Septembr and Octob= rer calls for 100,000 men were filled this would have left only 85,00 to be drafted in the next eight months. “I don’t believe we’ll try to get by with anywhere near as low as 85,000 additional men,” General Hershey said yesterday. Hersey told the committee he planned to call another 50,000 men in November and he says now that this may be increased. He said he expects the call will go out in a couple of weeks. The defense department esti mates the manpower it needs and then authorized Hershey to place (Continued On Page Two) . DeMolays Discuss * . Project Tonight Final plans in preparation for the trip to the State Conclave in Columbus this week-end will be made at tonight’s meeting of De- Molay in the Masonic Temple at 8::?19 p. m. his will be the last meeting be fore a week of social activity spon sored by the Chapter, including the conclave and houseparty, All per sons who wish to-attend either the Conclave or Houseparty are urged to be present at tonight’s meeting. A new project to be sponsored by the Frank Hardeman Chapter this fall will also be on the agenda for discussion. gratification at American inter ventiofi in Korea has been suc-! ceeded by a wave of dismay at | U. S. reserves. ,'1 The French long have expeLted the strength of American afme—— especially the atom bor;,‘g_.m give them time to get ~well from the last war, and-10 rearm. A?’e‘fiﬁé’ns newly-arrived on this.€ide of the Atlantic report that | gédefeats in Korea have harden- | American determination to re arm and, if necessary, to be ready for a showdown with Russia. | There has been no such reac~ tion in France. Top French gov ernment officials are facing the problem 40 a degree that %enerally is pleasing to American observers. But a sampling of sentiment among ' the- French population, gs no such responses. - ‘ Red Koreans Are Fleeing I'i Panic After B-29 Raid *7 A T . “&ur Smash, Just Short Of At gl Jmasn, Just ynor omic " " Blast, Aimed At Offensive Areas By RELMAN MORIN TOKYO, Thursday, Aug. 17T — (AP) — Red Korean troops were reported retreating in panic across the Nak tong river Wednesday under bombing of 2& American B -28, The bomber smash was probably just short of atomic explosive power in concentrated effect. It was aimed at breaking the back of a 60,000-man Nh(_»_rth _Ko‘r'oan oi'fensi\'g buildup along the river. The air blow came as large scale reinforcements arrived from the United. States for negro iqa fantrymen at the front to bolster the Allied defense of the peninsula. First report from observer pilots indicated the B-29s may have turned the tide with decisive ef fect for the present. They saturated a 26-square mile area with 3,500 quarter-ton bombs. The area is slightly larger than New York’s Manhattan Island. In it was believed to have been the greatest Red force yet put togeth er. : The B-29 strike was made on an emergency tactical basis. . Gls Cheer American soldiers in their fox holes cheered the bombers as they aftacked. ; There wac< evidence that the Reds, in « * .ation cf followup ground were trying to blow up ssian-style under water oridges they had thrown «. .:s the Naktong. Fifth Air Force pilot observers saw the Reds splashing across the river from the Allied east side to the Communist west bank after the bomber raid. . U. S. Army scouts prcbing out to see how severely the enemy’s striking power had been hurt found Communists ,digging in— apparently expecting an Allied ground attack. . Hot Pursuit Field reports said the South Ko rean first division followed the Reds in hot pursuit. American Army patrol scouts al so crossed the Naktong to the Red side and met little enemy opposi- tion. U. S. air observers over the bat tlefront brought back the first re ports that the Reds were fleeing in terror after the bombings. They fled “in all directions,” one observer said. Indications were that the Reds (Continued on Page Two). N e g 3 Reserve Unit Major C. W. Johnson, jr., unit instructor for the Athens Military Sub-district announced today that three organized reserve tank com panies are being relocated from Atlanta- to Athens effective Sep tember 1. The new units are Com= panies A, B, and C of the 381 Heavy Tank Battalion, which is a part of the 81 Wilcat Division, Vacancies for enlisted personnel with tank experience in grades from recruit to M-Sgt. will be made available by these new units which make a total of fgur tank companies recently assigned to Athens. These units are in ad dition to the First Battallion o{ the 322 infantry regiment. Al personnel are 81 Division troops. Officer personnel for the ynits will be announced at a later date, according to Major Johnson’s an nouncement, Major Johnson also announced that the Tank company of the 3212 Infantry and the First Bat tafion of the 322 Infantry will de-J part for two weeks summir train= ing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Sunda{{, August 20. The tank company is command ed by Capt, James N. Hartford, Athens, and the First Battalion 18 under the command of Lt. Col. William H. Booth, Commerce. The lack of a “will to fight” such a3z resulted in the French col lar,gé of 1940, is in evidence again. ‘Many Frenchmen solemnly weigh these alternatives: Would another war be worse than simply to sit down and wait to be occupied by the Russians? Or would it be better to try to take a neutral course in the hope, that Russia would not march into France? It staggers Americans to hear Frenchmen they have.knewn for a long time seriously weigh such considerations. It is ever more- staggering to hear so many Frenthmen give answers which, to Americans, sound like capitulation. The phil osophy of “sit and wait” is wide spread in France.” PAL The French appear to have lost SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORCIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950. HURRICANE MOVING WEST; 140-MPH WINDS MIAMI, FLA., Aug. 16—(AP)— Winds up to 135 or 140 miles an hour were found in the tropical hurricane wallowing some 12§ miles due east of Miami early to day. 4 The U. S. weather bureau in Miami said a Navy “Hurricanc hunter” aircraft reported that “the eastern quadrant has winds over 120 knots and is beginning to drift in a westerly direction.” “This 1s now a severe hurri cane,” commented chief forecaster Grady Norten, “its picked up con siderable Intensity in the last six hours and has begun to move very slowly in a westerly course. “The drift is still very slow— net much over six or seven mi'~= an hour, but what movement 1 is in this storm now seems t toward the west.” Norton said the plane’s “i... placed the steadily growing Atlan tic hurricane between ',.5-99. and 725 miles due east of Miami. He said all indications pointed [to a continued westerly drift dur ing the day because a high pres sure area moving through the At lantic from the north still was blocking a turn to a more norther ly direction, “It may be,” Norton added, “that the high pressure area will break up sufficiently to allow a north ern curvature—l hope sB, any ' way.” “We're going to have to keep a pretty close watch on this storm,” Norten said, “Its ncw a severe huyricane with plenty of wind.” The last advisory, issued at 4:40 a. m. (EST) had estimated highest winds at about 100 miles per hour. Thus the storm’s intensity had jumped from 100 to nearly 140 miles per hour in a little more than four hours. ” [ Deaf-Mute Girl . . Killed By Train BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 16— (AP) — An eight-year-old deaf mute girl was killed by a train yesterday, just as her brother was killed several years ago. ° Frances Devine was struck by a Seaboard Air Line freight while returning home from an errand for her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Cicil Devine. Train crew members said they were unable to halt in time after seeing her on the tracks. ATHENS AND VICINITY Partly cloudy and warm to night and Thursday with chance of a thunder shower as any time. Outlook for Friday, partly cloudy and warm with afternoon thunder showers. Low tonight 69. High tomorrow 89. Sunset this afternoon 7:19. Sunrise Tomorrow 5:56. GEORGIA — Partly cloudy with little change in tempera~ | ture, and scattered thunder showers this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. | confidence in aerial bombardment —even with the atom bomb—as a means of stopping ground forces. The Korean experiences .have helped bring that, and the French continue to remember how long it took the United States to get into the last two wars. French officials have told their American colleagues that the de featist atmosphere in France will change if at least five U. S. divis ions are added to the defense force in western Germany, The{ also want an equal allotment of Brit ish troops. & Although such troops may not be available immediately in Amer=- ica, U, S. officials here are advis ing Washington that a promise to send those troops at the earliest m moment would bupy the - 4 o 1 : ‘ e ‘ TR 4 3 L e 3‘ i g S e b T ; . i o dr b | | GRR M J Lo T e B e e i W AR B HE S G a y i et At . ST ORI W v. S e L e PTG U ' 3 goo ¢ L - g ORERE G e @il - e o e G TSRO R OF eL e TN T o, oo v N ¢ TR e . ' it R - RN e | : : L B Rgas O MEERET RTT RN INFANTRYMEN CAPTURE VILLAGE Infantrymen prepare to advance on a South Korean village which has been set afire by a mortar barrage in the fighting near Mason, South Korea. (Photo by NEA Staff Photographer Norman Williams) EYEWITNESS TO B-29 RAID SAYS: - ® art arted In Volcanic burst; Vill Vanish Like Paper City IN A FIFTH AIRFORCE PLANE OVER WAEGW AN, Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 16— (AP)—A force of 98 B-29 bombers striking the mightiest air blow of the Korean War is turning a 21-square-mile target north of here into a gi gantic. smudge pot. .. . , That’s how it looks from a grandstand seat in this transport plane—or as if the earth had parted in a sudden volecanic burst. Athens’ Rent Greater Dufie The Athens rent advisory board is planning to assume greater re sponsibilities in the local rent con trol program on the request of Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods, it was -stated here today by Mrs. Guy Scott, chairman of the board. She said the board has been asked to assist in keeping up to date all possible information on the housing supply and demand in the community. “This information is intended as a factual guide to determining the need for continued controls,” said Mrs. Scott. “Also, it is felt that in gen eral, the board should keep a clos er check on landlord-tennant re lationships in the interest of a greater degree of home rule in rent control administration.” The board chairman explained that the Housing Expediter be lieves that the small landlord would feel better about rent con (Continuea On Page Two) B s Betsy S e A R :f:fﬁzf:lﬁ%:@ "’”‘)g/f S é‘fg’fﬁf’ .I;l:l";.s:l3i::;izi:ﬁ’g:%f'f’:Eéizizﬁﬁizizi:kf:.:‘.' g Soa o v - B i B 's'%ﬁﬂ:&%kﬁ:‘-: A o e 3 R 5R o s ¥ 5 R ;;'7‘;‘,1:525:},{:1"','2:{:?" 2 7;2%:’;1;515:3:5:3:7:51- i P "i"g*i-':i?‘liizi':%?i’ % Ao 5 R s S o | S A i S oy T s 2 ! s TP R S 4 R s LS S e A g B iB B g R s v 4 e o ,’” R o o B P e S% R e B o % ' g G i i& s 3 ik e e i iße § s B s S oSR o ",'?" = ] S l E e L G NN N B ~* QP s"’\‘{ i T S e N Bt R Yo P ok R N & T 99‘*’;;” i o WO e T SSO 5 G oS 2% & Lo ¥ R o N 3 sB N & 0 3 2 SRR N N 2 G ¥ % RS '--":" e .SR % Bl g g s i g g 3 o R S 4 ) W R 8 N R 4 & IR | b &% S R e b e iSR e i e 3 5 A i R| R e e R £ g B Bgene i B - W p AR £F s 2 R eRY 3 R w 5 = 4 ¥ R s o # o A & F G R 5% 2 % B 2 R k" G P S R “ i A Y P “dod o o e o e g o sl ,’z;. D e R 5 IR e PR RN PO N MISS MINNESOTA i Representing Minnesota at the | Miss America contest next | month in Atlantic City will be | Jeanne Traun (above), of Min neapolis, who won her title over 19 contestants. Miss Traun is 18, has brown hair and is a singer. l (AP Wirephoto). By HAL BOYLE It is'now 12:30 p. m. and the great Superforts have been com ing over in waves of eight for an hour and a half. Not one single flak shell has been thrown up against them here were ack ack is ordinarily reported heavy. The enemy appears stunned and paralyzed by the shock of the massive air attack. The bombers, glinting like sleek swans as they swim with lazy grace through a blue sky flecked with light clouds, have dropped to 7,000 feet now to unload their bombs — ten tons for each plane. And still there is no enemy challenger of any kind. Somewhere hidden in that infer no of smoke, flame and concussion below are some 40,000 North Ko~ reans massed for a knockout blow at Taegu. But today they are keeping their heads down, The bombs unleash a series of bright flashes like {remendous firecrackers. The flashes stair step to a village in the foothills and blow it apart as though it were a town of paper. Smoke Rises The great coiumns of dirty gray brown smoke mushroom up and merge into a vast pall that covers the hills and fills the valleys and still keeps rising. Hardly a dozen flaming villages add to the pall-» and some of the smoke is deep and black. It comes from burning ene (Continued On Page Two) Former Athenian Now Far East News Chief An Athenian who started his newspaper career as the Banner-Herald’s Athens High School sports correspondent, is now News Division Chief of the Far East Command. The Athenian is Lieutenant Colonel Claude Valeo Lyle and though he was he was born in Winder, his boyhood and the years through college, were spent here.. He started writing high school sports for the local paper before he learned to use a typewriter and he progressed rapidly through sports writing to the sports editor ship and then branched out into general reporting, holding the post of City Editor when he went to the United Press in Atlanta and later became manager of the Memphis Bureau of the United Press where he performed out standing service in covering one of the most disastrous floods in the history of the Mississippi River. X * Lieut. Colonel Lyle graduated from Athens High and received his journalism degree from the Uni versity in 1932, where he was a member of Sigma Delta Chi jour nalism fraternity and Demosthe nian Literary Society. Intelligence Corp ; He went into army service at Fort Benning and later was trans ferred to Army Intelligence and stationed in Washington. He was an officer with the Intelligence Corps stationed at Yalta during the conferences of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin and at the conclusion of the war was dis charged with the rank of Major. -~ For several years he was con nected with the American Molass~ Read Daily by 35,000 People In A British Police Nab Prowler In Queen’s Garden LONDON, Aug. 16 — (AP) — Police captured an intruder in the grounds of dowager Queen Mary’s London home last night. A gardener was bitten in the excitement. But the intruder would not talk. “We can’t get a word out of him,” one official complained. “He” was a red and green parrot, identified as an Austra lian galah. Police are looking for his owner. TO NAME PRINCESS | Britons Happy With New Guessing Game LONDON, Aug. 16— (AP)—Happy Britons had a saw orite new guessing game today—naming their new prine Cess. A six-pound girl was born yesterday to Princess Eliza= beth, first in the line of succession to the British throne, Attending doctors reported last night that both mothey and daughter were doing well. e\ 'The newest member of Britain’s es Corporation as head of the per~ sonnel and public relations de partment, with headquarters in New York City. His last visit to Athens was in the summer of 1949, when he and Mrs. Lyle and their two children were enroute to the Pacific Coast to go to the Far East, the Athenian having re-entered the service, Given Promotion Some months ago he was pro moted to Lieutenant Colonel and made News Division Chief by General Douglas MacArthur, in ‘whosé headquarters he is station ed. ‘ Lt. Colonol Lyle is the son of { Mr, and Mrs. Charlie L. Lyle, now | residents of Chester, S. C., and has Ithx'ee sisters and three brothers, ’none of whom reside in Athens. | Mrs. Lyle was the former Kathryn | Seagraves, daughter of the late Harvey Seagraves and Mrs. Sea graves, the latter still a resident here. Mrs. Lyle also was on the news staff of the Banner-Herald Another Athenian Another former Athenian and | former member of the Banner- Herald news staff, Price Gittinger, is now studying agricultural eco nomics observing journalism in HOME EDITION ens Trade Area Senafe Demos ¢ " = Anti-Red Rider ~ Republicans Pushing ¥ Anti-Red Amendment ' To Home Front Curbs By OLIVER W, DE WOLF WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—(AP§ —Senate Democratic leaderg sought today to turn -back a Ree publican drive to force an anti Communist amendment into a bil‘ giving President Truman sweeps ing home front controls. There were plenty of indicationg that they faced an uphill job. First the Democrats are ape parently not in agreement’amox;, themselves either as to strategy | as to the type of anti-subversive | legislation they want. | Secondly, there is strong Senate | sentiment for tough eurbs on Co! | munists, regardless of what kir:; of a bill provides them. The issue was brought to & head | yesterday when Senators Mund§ (R-SD.) and Ferguson (R-Mich.) offered their bill requiring Coms= munists to register as a rider to the controls bill. Senator Johnstony (D-SC.) a co-author, did not join in the move. The Senate agreed to vote on all amendments, including the Mundt-Ferguson, and the bill it self beginning at noon (EST) Monday. Senator Myers (D-Pa.), assistant [ Democratic leader, told a reporter the administration might move te substitute its own anti-Communist bill for the Mundt-Ferguson. But another key administration lieutenant, who asked not te be named, said he didn’t think that would be done. He said the administration hepes to amass enough votes, both Dem~ ocrat and Republican, te beat down the rider through the | promise of an opportunity to fake lup anti-subversive legisiation om its own merits later on. | Senate Democratic leader Lucas | of Illincis gave that assurance to the Senate yesterday. i War Tax Bill | The plan calls for debate on an= iti-subversive legislation to stars after the Senate finishes the ware [time tax bill, perhaps late next | week, | The situation was further cone | fused by the fact that the Senate I is likely to have at least three ma= (Continued On Page Tweo) Royal family is the second child of 24-year-old Eliabeth and her Nae val husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Their son, Prineé Charles, is 21 months old. Britains shelved their usual ree serve to cheer t’hz{new baby and toast her health. Royal salutes o 2 41 guns were fired in Hyde Park ‘and by Royal Navy ships. From the ancient gray battlements of the tower of London a 62-gun salute boomed. The bellg of historie Wesimin= ister Abbey pealed for a full hour, and those of famed St. Paul's Ca= thedral rang out for 45 minutes in her honor. There was ho indication that ' England’s future Queen and her {husband have decided on a name "for their new baby, but they are getting plenty of suggestions. Speculation High Most newspapers already are speculating. The favorites seemed to be Vie= toria, Anne, Eliabeth and Mary —all familiar names in the family. There was strong support alse for Alice, Alexandra and Margaret. Also .mentioned among many others were Caroline, a feminine version of C€harles, and Angela, Queen Eliabeth’s middle name. The new Princess, like the rest of the Royal family, probably will have several names. Even if the baby’s parents have made a choice, it may not be an nounced for several weeks. Prince Charles’ names—Charles Philip Arthur George—were not revealed until the day of his christening, when he :was four ;)n;eks olg. l;lo atx;‘r:ngemm bave n made for the christening of the baby princess but it wﬁp@ sidered unmni;; this "“&3" ;

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, August 16, 1950, Home Edition, Image 1