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Dairypak Contract
Is Let To Mathis
Athens Concerns Get Sub-Contracts;
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Completion Expected By January 1s”
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.. BY BILL FOREMAN G
Construetion of the Dairypak Company build 2 & 's
scheduled to start this week, and is expected to A & m
pleted by the first-of 1961, W. A. Mathis, ('()flt»‘é,lp“ . |
nonnced:today:. - - . i %, e ige. |
An estimated one million dellars.
is to be invested ‘in- this factory
which will be the: Southern Divi
sion of the Dairypak Cbmpdny of
Cleveland, Ohio, ~ < . t
Machinery and ‘equipment. has
already, been purchased by the
company, and will be ins’j:alledv as
soon as the building is completed.
Present plans call for a building
with 52,000 square feet of floor
space, with an additional 20,000
square feet to be added next year,
or when needed. ;
The building now beiig erected
will cost approximately $200,000.
Future expansion has been pro
vided for in the design, and the
vhole building will be constructed
of masonry and steel.
A ten acre site at 600 Linton
Springs Road has been acquired;
and given so the company along
with a $75,000 loan by the Athens
Industrial Development Corpora
tion, which was organized by the
(hamber of Commerce ten months
g 0 to aid in bringing industry tOl
Athens. |
The Dairypak Company is the
irst large industry to locate in the |
Athens area in over fifteen years,
<aid Malcolm Ainsworth, secretary ‘
of Athens Chamber of Commerce.
Arrangements and negotiations‘
for this location were made by the
Industrial Council of the Chamber i
of Commerce.’ |
Paper containers for use by the ‘
Miry industry througliout the
South will be manufactured here. |
To Employ 250 |
When full operation is attained
-he eompany will employ approxi- ‘
mately 250 people. A short train
ing period will be. provided forl
the industrial employees. |
The architect, H. D. Joiner, and
ihe eontractor, W. A. Mathis, spent
three days in Cleveland, Ohio, re
cently, studying the home plant
and its operations. They returned
to Athens and designed the pres
ent ¥ay-out which has been ap
proved by the company. The con
iract was let to the Mathis Con- |
<truction Company this week. t
If available, all material used
in the building will be purchased
in Athens, and local contractors
will receive all of the sub-con
iracts when possible. -This, Mr.
Viathis said “is in line with the
expressed wishes of Clark Marion,
resident and general manager of
he company.
Several walls of the building
vill be built by the “tilt-up con
<truction” method, one of the lat
cst methods developed in the con- l
struction industry. This methodl
.osts less than the conventional
vpe, yet it gives a good sub
itantial building.
Exterior walls in the office area
will be constructed of brick, and‘
the warehouse and manufacturing
section will be of reenforced con- !
crete. l
Lay Side Track
The building will be located on
the Southern Railroad line which
runs from Athens to Lula. En
vineers have already started lay
ing a side track to be used by the
company. This area will be known
as Dairypak, Georgia.
Applications for employment
will not be accepted until the com
pany opens a temporary personnel
office here. The office will be
opened about 30 days before the
company starts operations. An
announcement regarding applica
tions will be mafe at that time.
Sub-contracts for supplies and
construction work have been let
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Malik Enters Last Week As President Of U. N.
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 24 —
(AP)—iunla?s ‘Fako% %I&alm fo
day headed into the fourth mfi
final week of his seourity Coune
presideney, app ront‘fy dedicated
—-and :uooeafi&&r-to uta‘l&ng de
visive counol action on the XKo
rean War,
In thfi three weeks since he end~
¢d the Rugsia liioyeott to head Qto
Counctl, Mal& as trumpeted the
Soviet propaganda %ne at length,
The wo:t has veplied with simi
larly long speeches, but meny 2{-
serverg Wondey which hxhad e
nore {; ‘.?.“ e ‘.&n
Sinae e‘gu prize in the
currend U, N, war of ;
by Slhe 0
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gin 8@4&46 aotlon oh Westerit
Proposels,
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Moy s oy o T = $ i
1o the following ~\}:i’e' located
im Athens): Ele¢. <& .ay-out; and |
flourescent - lighti. g ‘fi'xtures—-l
‘Roberts Electrical Company;
Heating equipment and installa
tion” - Georgia Automcatic Gas
Company; Plur’nbifig'_ - Anderson |
Plumbing Company; Roofing - L.g
H. Bailey Company; Grading - |
David Simpson; Concrete blocks - l
Athens Concrete Products Com
pany; Concrete - H. P. Morris |
Ready-Mixed Concrete Company;l
and millwork - Athens Lumber
Company; steel window frames
and structure—Bedgood Lumber
Company.
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Robert R. Gunn Dies;
Hold Services Friday
BYE. L.LLD. D
Robert R. Gunn was born September 23, 1893, at Craw
fordville, Ga., and died in Athens, Ga., August 23, 1950.
He married Miss Mary Emma Gee of Crawfordville, Ga.,
June 2, 1917. This union was blessed with one child, Uly S.
Gunn 11.
Few men, in so short a life, has
faithfully and efficiently filled so
many positions 1n so many spheres
of service to one’s generation.
In college life, he was a member
of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, Phi
Kappa, Gridiron Club, Sphinx,
Italic Club, President of German
Club, and the Touchdown Club,
Member of the Board of the Uni
versity of Georgia Alumni Society.
A Year Book of the Y. M. C. A.
was dedicated to him.
As a patriotic citizen, he was
State President of the S. A. R, a
member of the American Legion, a
Veteran of Foreign Wars, Captain
in World War I, Commander of
State Guards during World War
11.
As a civic leader, he was a past
president of the Kiwanis Club,
past president of the Chamber of
Commerce, chairman of the Re
gional Library Board; and always
stood ready to answer any call for
service for the growth and up
building of Athens, which was his
adopted city and he loved it with
a passionate devotion.
In his religious life, he was one
of the organizers of the Men’s Club
of his church, the teacher of the
largest University Students’ Sun
day School class that has ever ex
isted in Athens, a most faithful
and efficient deacon in his church
until he was elected to the Elder
ship, where he served until his
death and this service was the
crowning achievement of his re
ligious life.
In his fraternal life, he was a
Mason, a K. of P. and an Elk,
In the business world, he gradu
ated at the University of Georgia,
and was admitted to the bar in
1914, and practiced law for three
years; and then entered business
with his father in 1918; and his
business ability inspired him to
come to Athens in 1930, where he
opened the Men’s Clothing Store,
which has become a fixture in the
business life of Athens.
Brotherly Spirit :
When the writer thinks of “Bob
Gunn”, as he is affectionately
known among his friends, he
thinks of a genuine brotherly
spirit, who had a sympathy with a
passion at its heart, throbbing
with a pain and sorrow for a world
struggling with its problems; who
patiently did the deeds that
strengthened virtue and kindled
hope in human hearts; who gen=-
erously lent a helping hand to
those who were trying to climb
upward; who faithfully gave sup=-
port and help to those who were
doomed to solitary despair; who
stood yeady to take the hands of
those who were dragging their
ghains, and help them climb up
where they might see again the
blue heavens of hope and start
dong thelr way, dispelling bitter
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vite South Korea’s representative
to join in discussion of Korean
questions,
Malik has refused either to seat
the representative or to make a
ru%: denying him a seat.
e has ocountered with two pro
posals, one to order a cease-fire
and withdrawal of all foreign
troops—meaning U. 8. forces—and
1o seat both North Korean and Red
gohinese reßresentatives in the
oundil o disouss a peace settle
mipt.
£ fl'x%t werd d%pe, Malik said,
would atso admit the South
Qans,
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to Ctfi; Com“fi eniounce what
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John D. Ellioft
Dies: Services
Will Be Friday
John D. Elliott, attorney and fig
ure in local and state political cir
cles for a number of years, died in
a local hdsfoital Thursday morning
at 12:30 o’clock. Mr. Elliott was
67 years cld and had been ill for
the past week.
Services are te be conducted
Friday morning at 11 o’clock from
First Methodist Church with the
pastor, Dr. J. W. O. McKibben, and
Rev. H. R. Burnley, pastor of East
Athens Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Oconee Hill
cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. FPall
bearers will be Mayor Jack R.
Wells, Broadus Coile, J. H. Wil
liams, Ed D. Wier, Rupert Brown,
Allen D. Wier, H. S. gtewart and
Dr. L. S. Patton.
An honorary escort will include
members of the Clarke County Bar
Association and the Henry Tuck
Sunday School class and Joe
Booth, Clarence Chandler, Albert
Davison, R C .Campbell, Jake Joel,
Elmer Crawford, Jess Hollis, Dr.
Guy O. Whelchel, Dr. Harry Tal
madge, Dr. Henry Holliday, Dr. M.
P. Jarnagin and Jack Morris.
Mr, Elliott is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Agnes Wootten Elliott,
Athens; two daughters, Miss Thel
ma Elliott and Mrs. C. E. Wood
ruff, both of Athens; son, C. W.
Elliott, Florence, S. C.; four sis
ters, Mrs. D. C. Dailey and Mrs.
Clarence Hunter, both of Athens,
Mrs. Frank Booth, Adel, Ga., and
Mrs, Bill West, Birmingham, Ala.;
gandchildren, Miss Agnes Jane
arrett and Miss Katherine Wood
ruff, both of Athens, and John
David Elliott, Florence, S. C.; sis
ters-in-law, Mrs. Harry E. Perrigo,
Mrs. Roberta Elliott and Mrs.
Henry Elliott, all of Athens.
Putnam Native
Mr. Elliott was a native of Put
nam county, Ga., and had lived in
Athens most of his life, He was
the son of the late Rev. and Mrs.
B. J. Elliott. . s i
He attended local public schools
and was admitted to the Georgia
Bar Association in 1914 and has
practiced law here since.
He was an active member of the
First Methodist Church and of the
Henry C. Tuck Sunday School
class and he took much interest in
the activities of each.
Over a long period of years he
(Continued on Page Seven.)
| als.
| The first day he assumed the
| presidency Malik, by an 8-3 vote
‘lost an attempt to rule that the
Chinese Nationalists were not the
proper representatives of China.
Since then the delegates have bat
tled futilely, and spoken at length,
but with no concrete action on the
war.
Malik on his side has stated he
would veto the U. S. proposal of
last month calling for the Council
to follow up its cease-fire and
withdrawal order to the Red Ko-,
reans by denouncing them for con
tinued U. N. defiance, and calling
on a& nations to refrain from aid
in& em.
o one hopes for action on any
of the three J:oroposals until Bri=-
tain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb takes &,
chair Sept. 1 and restores the
Couneil ,ffirfii&" normal ej)rocedure
|w}§¢n¥ ik has blocked. ~
1~ Nor does anyone — 0 ;
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950.
Truman Cites Double-Cross
In Calling Of Rail Strike
President Refuses To Indicate
Whether He Plans To Seize Roads
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.— (AP) —President Truman
declared today the nation-wide railroad strike was called
within an hour after assurances to him that there would be
no strike.
He made it plain to a news conference that he felt he had
not been dealt with fairly.
As to what he intends to do, he said he would have a
statement later. He refused to indicate whether he plans
seizure. The unions have been urging this step for weeks.
Mr. Truman said the strike was
sudden and unexpected. He said!
assurances came to him from both{‘
the unions and the management
that there would be no walkout.
These assurances, he said, were
given within an hour before the
strike was called by the trainmeM
and conductors. » |
Two big rail unions—the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Order of Railway Conductors —
gave their all-out strike orders to
their 300,000 membeys last night
after a new deadlock developed in |
White House peace talks with the
carriers. vl =
The nationwide strike call
against 131 rail lines was unex
pected. The union leaders only
presently in progress at five key
to understand they would not ex
pand five-day “token” walkouts
presently in progress ata five key
rail centers. I
However, the dispute over wages
and working hours has dragged
out over a period of a year and a
half—and constantly been growing
more ominous. :
Under the Railway Labor Act,
which sets up a complex proce
dure for handling of rail disputes,
' the unions have been free to strike
since July 15.
Strike Deadline
The deadline for the nationwide
walkout is 6 a. m., Standard Time
Monday according to the clocks in
each locality. A strike of all rail
roads in Canada is now in its
fourth day, so if the threatened
walkout develops in this country,
all rail transportation in North
America will be at a standstill.
The unions indicated hopes that
their full-scale strike threat might
force railroad owners, in seeking
to avoid seizure, to capitulate to
union demands. On at least three
prior occasions the unions asked
President Truman for seizure.
The carriers didn’t seem op-.
posed to the seizure idea. At least,
A. E. Stoddard, president of the
Union Pacific railroad, said in Se
attle last night that seizure should
be ordered immediately to prevent
any interruption in military sup
ply shipments to Korea.
“We are moving material which
it is vitally important to expedite,”
said Stoddard, a former Army col
onel. “We certainly cannot afford
to have the transportation system
tied up at this time.”
The threatened nationwide rail
strike brought a demand froml
Senator Donnell (R.-Mo.) for “im- |
.
Former Athenian
. .
Dies In Florida;
. .
Services Friday
The many. friends of Hope T.
Smith, former Athenian, will re
gret to learn of his death in
Miami, Fla., on Tuesday. Funeral
services will be held in Savan
nah, Ga., Friday morning at 11
o’clock.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss May Bishop, and one
daughter, Mrs. Billy Weeks, the
former Marianna Smith.
At the time of his death Mr,
Smith was connected with the
Hardy Hardware Company in
Miami, He formerly was the man
ager of the Monroe Hotel in Mon
roe, Ga.
if Malik will be on hand for Coun
f cil meetings when Jebb takes the
: chair, or if the Russian will re
, | sume his boycott.
‘ Stymied on achieving anything
| concrete over the past month, both
:# Russia and the West have indulged
’ in a propaganda duel involving the
| whole Asiatic question.
: Each side has accused the other
|of aggression in Korea, and each
| { side has denied the charges.
: The Council meets tomorrow
| and once or twice next week, but
L li;rtlfi is expected to be accom
| plished.
If Malik stays in the Council
| after Sept. 1, he can beat th: ;‘J
| S. proposal with a veto. If he
: pulfi 6ut, anything the group or
erers will affect the North Koreans
| only as far as U. S. troops back up
the Council. The Korean Com
| munists have been ignoring fg. N.
mediate favorable action” on his
bill, pending in the Senate Labor
Committee, to outlaw all rail
strikes and require rail labor dis
putes to be arbitrated.
Public Interest
“The interests of the public are
paramount and overshadow the in
terests of either the employers or
| the employes of our nation’s rail
| way system,” Donnell said.
If President Truman seizes the
railroads, the rail workers would
become government employes and
as such could be punished by the
‘courts for staying out on strike.
i (Continncd On Page Two)
Twenty-Nine Athenians
On List For Degrees
| -
| Twenty-nine Athenians and thirty-one others from this
1 section will be among more than 600 seniors and graduate
| students receiving degrees at the University of Georgia in
| mogming exercises to be held in the Fine Arts Auditorium
1, on August 30, A ’
| Twenty-nine Athenians and
| thirty-one others from this sec~
tion will be among more than 600
! seniors and graduate students re
| ceiving degrees at the University
| of Georgia in morning exercises to
| be held in the Fine Arts Auditor
ium on August 30.
| Homney Wheeler, former As
sociated Press Europearn corres
pondent and recently a member of
General Douglas MacArthur's
Tokyo staff, will be the commence
| ment speaker,
Names of approximately 180
students who will receive ad
vanced degrees will be announced
later.
Athenians and other students in
| this section who are candidates for
4 degrees, according to a University
list, follow:
Bachelor of Laws—/Joseph Car
roll Chandler, John Edward Dean,
both of Athens. %
Bachelor of Arts — Mildred
Bailey Bell, Nelle Price Epps,
Lauren Holmes Goldsmith, jr.,
Olive Hail Shadgett and Barbara
Fullerton Worrall, all of Athens,
and Jean Cooley Gulley, Elberton.
Bachelor of Sciencée—Roy Long,
Athens; James Charles Brown, El
berton; James Archie Burroughs,
Commerce.
Bachelor of Fine Arts—Joseph
Samuel Perrin, Athens. .
Bachelor of Science in Phar
macy—Hugh Lamar Hardman,
Colbert: Robert Carlton Kemp,
Madison. |
In Agriculture
Bachelor of Science in Agricul
ture—David Augustus Butler,
Louis Earl Clark, Paul William
DeFoor, Howard Winans Powell,
Francis Gavil Webster, all of Ath
ens; Charles Hansell Breedlove,
Monroe; William Thomas Brown,
Hartwell; Clyde Nelson Fitz
patrick, Commerce; Robert Lee
Howe, jr., Carnesville; J. B.
Weaver, jr., Hartwell.
Bachelor of Science in Forestry
—Robert Jackson Aycock and
John Sims Dickinson, jr., both of
Monroe.
Bachelor of Science in Educa
tion—Jean Smith Dodd, Georgia
A. Jackura, Joseph Jackura, jr.,
(Continued On Page Two)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy with little
change in temperature this aft
ernoon and tonight. Friday and
Saturday slight chance of after
noon ithundershowers. Low to
night 66 and high 88. Sun sets
7:10 and rises 6:01.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm through
Friday with scattered thunder-"
showers Friday afternoon and
over south portion this after
noon, occurring mostly in coas
tal section,
TEMPERATURE
Hightt ... ... o 0 0000
SOWMRR . che ton 00l e 8
TN 0L el ViUl svar iIB
NIRRT
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since August 1 .. ... 1.04
Deficit since August 1 .. .. 2.28
Averags August rainfall .. 4.62
Total since January 1 = ..24.71
Deficit since. January 1.. .10.54
Minus-One-Leg
Dog Is Born
In Allenville
' This will be notice to William
Dupree that he is going to have
a lot of visitors shortly.
William, colored residen! of
1683 South Milledge Extension
(Allenville) told the Banner-
Herald that his mother German
Police dog gave birth to three
puppies last Friday and one of
the little dogs has only three
legs instead of the usual four.
He said the minus-one-leg
dog is strong and healthy and
normal in every other way and
that there is no “nub” —the
fourth leg is just simply miss
ing and he invites any person
interested so visit his home and
see the unsual animal., He said
the dogs are pedigreed.
Three Atheni
0f Phi Kappa Phi
Fifty-nine University of Georgia
seniorg and graduate students with
high scholastic averages have been
| elected to membership in Phi Kap~
} pa Phi, national honorary fratern
| ity.
| The society elects as members
the students who stand in the up
per ten per cent of their classes.
} The new members by degree
| groups follow:
’ Bachelor of Laws: Thomas Mar
| ion Johnson jr., and Joseph Berton
| Cramer, Savannah; Clarence D.
fi Blount, Blackshear; and George W.
Smith jr., Gainesville.
' Bachelor of Arts: Fred Ringel,
| Brunswick; Thomas Preston Bent
| ley, Thomaston; Elizabeth Rusk,
E Decatur; Alice Williams, Savan
' nah; Randolph Emerson Champion,
| Albany; and Stamatios Konstanti-~
1 nos Asselanis, Savannah,
' Bachelor of Science: Joy Eliza
' beth Eller, Hapeville; Robert Hill
| yer Still, Conyers; Kathryn D.
Ransbotham, Atlanta; Van Bibb
' Saye jr., Rutledge; Odis Stamps
- jr., Atlanta,
.~ Bachelor of Fine Arts: Mark
Newton Caldwell, East Point.
. Bachelor of Business Adminis
tration: Martin Wolfe, Brooklyn,
'N. Y.; Charles Harvey Lively,
' Rome; Charles Edgar Harrison,
iWhigham; Dorothy Smith, Rome;
- William Wood Cowden, Rockmart;
Charlie Eager Haywood, Colquitt;
Bachelor of Science in Educa
tion: Hilda Gunter Dyches, Sav
annah; Martha Todd, Buford; Al
ma Mathis, Tifton; Frances D.
Seago, Gracewood; Allfred C.
Smith, Commerce; John Anis In-j
gram, Rome; John Francis Mit-;
chell jr., Waycross; Franwick Hi- |
ram McCall, Canon; and Ben |
Wright Cunningham jr., Louisville. |
Bachelor of Science in Agricul- |
ture: James Walden, Matthews; J.!
3. Weaver jr., Hartwell; Harold’
James Ragan, Whigham; Edward|
Manning, Ocala, Fla.; and Francis |
G. Webster,Athens. f
Bachelor of Science in Home Ee¢- |
onomics: Janet Elizabeth Holt, |
Eastman; and Coleen Poole.j
Gainesville. |
Bachelor of Aris in Journalism: |
Harold Calhoun Camp, Ellijay. |
Bachelor of Science in Forestry: |
Douglas C. MecClurkin, Jackson- |
ville, Fla.; Ira Leonard Bray Co- |
lumbus; and Charles R. Beall jr., |
Columbia, S. C. |
Bacheior of Science in Pharma- |
ecy: Hugh Lamar Hardman, Col- |
bert. |
Graduate: Dorothy Barrow, Mat- ’
thews; Vernon E. Carne, Sparta; |
Sidney 1.. Clark, Athens; Kennon |
Davis, Buckhead; Harry S. Downs,
Conyers; Joe L. Griffeth, Jeffer
son; Virla A. Pattillo, McDonough;
Herbert Robinson, Dawsonville; R. f
C. Singleton, Athens; Chester Wil- |
liams, Folkston; Virginia C. Ware,’l
Savannah; James L. Wardlow, |
Arabi: W. N. Cannon, East Point; |
Mrs. Carolyn Baldwin Snow, For- |
syth; Mrs. Beverly A. Gibson; At-|
lanta; and Mary Edith Reese, War- |
renton. |
Read Daily by 35,000 Po;@ In ALI\EB:_:I' rade Ares
Division
Threat
Allies Take Over Mountainous
Areas Abandoned Before Taegu
TOKYO, Friday, Aug. 25.— (AP) —A heavily armed
Red Korean division rolled eastward Thursday nigh’Tte
ward American pogitions on the Korean south coast.
In three columns of men and machines the division
moved up a new threat to the all-important Allied south.
eastern port of Pusan some 50 miles away.
The threat appeared in the south
after pressure had eased on the
central front above Taegu where
probers for five Red divisions
were thrown back for five con
secutive days.
The 50,600 Red soldiers a dozen
miles north of Taegu slanted away
from their mountain positions, ap
parently looking for an easier ave
nue for a smash on Taegu.
The North Koreans tried four
times last week to drive five divi
sions down the rocky, - blcody
“Bowling Alley” corridor to Taegu.
AP Correspondent Stan Swinton
on the south reported the three
eastbound Red columns were
marching from the Chinju area,
where two Red divisions were re
ported getting ready to drive on
Allied forces spread before Masan,
27 air miles west of Pusan.
The American 25th Infantry
Division 10 miles west of Masan,
was alerted for battle. .
Air Strikes
U. S. planes bombed and strafed
the approaching southern Reds.
Pilots said there were many ve
hicles in the three columns. But
the Communists were moving in
small groups to minimize their
chances of being hit from the air.
The new force was reported a
part of the North Korean Seventh
Division, a division originally
trained for police purposes.
On the Masan front American
and South Korean riflemen
fought shoulder to shoulder in a
bitter old battle for commanding
heights of Sobuk Ridge, 10 miles
from Masan port.
Sudden Shift -
The sudden, unexplained shift
of North Korean troops north of
Taegu left their mountain positions
to Allied troops, 13 miles north of
the Fortress city. Before settling
in them Thursday night U. S. and
South ~<orean infantrymen beat
off flanking attacks.
AP Correspondent Don White
head on the central front quected
Col. John (Mike) Michaelis, com~
mander of the U. S. 27th “Wolf
hound” Regiment before Taegu, as
saying:
“We will stay here but it will be
rough.” S ol Rt
AP correspondent Tom Lambert
reported the changing position of
the 50,000-man force removed the
immediate threat to Taegu—llarg
est city left in the Allied defense
perimeter in southeast Korea.
Frontline opinian was that the
Reds were looking for a softer
spot to try to hammer their five
divisions through.
The Communists were under or
ders from their Premier, Kim il
Sung, to win the Korean war by
Aug. 31—just a week away. They
already had failed to meet the
deadline for capture of Taegu by
Aug. 15—anniversary of Korean
independence from Japan,
Correspondent Lambert said
South Korean troops, advancing
eastward under Allied plane at
tacks, capturea *The Citadel”, a
craggy, high ridge north of Taegu
from which Red observers had
looked down on United Nations
positions.
Attacks Repulsed
Other localized flank attacks, in
cluding two or cempany strength
—about 200 men each-~were re
pulsed.
By Thursday afterncon General
MacArthur’s war summary report
ed “decreasing enemy pressure” in
the bloody mountain battlefield
where in one 72-hour period 3,500
casualties were inflicted on the
Reds,
About 1,000 Reds were dug into
positions behind rock barricades
on the shoulders of a 3,000-foot
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NO HANCOCK BUS
New City Bus Route
Changes Announced
A bus route change following reduction of service here
has been announced by Athens City Lines. The service
cut in half on Monday and beginning tomorrow service :?fi
be stopped on Hancock avenue.
f The origiinal West - Broad-Han
| cock bus will be changed to the
| West Broad-King bus tomorrow
imorning‘ said Clyde Chandler, of
Athens City Lines, who made the
’announcement today in the ab
|sence of D. H. Stoddard, vice
| president and general manager.
On the new route the bus will
leave town and go out Broad
street to Holman avenue to King
avenue to Cobb street to Billups
street to Hillcrest to King avenue
to Hodgson Drive to Broad street
and back to town. 3 4
| Reduction of the number of
I nieces of equipment in service
1»:0!1& ten to five went into effect
Monday. "Meanwhile, all Sunday
| service was curtailed, Jo
HOMB
EDITION
§lO Billion
War Fund Bill
Near House Vole
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—(AP)
—An emergency money bill, pro=
viding $16,000,000,000 to build the
fighting strength of the United
States and her friends, is up to
day for final House committee
approval.
Backers of the big measure exe
pect to bring it up for House pase
sage tomorrow, i
The bill was drafted by appro
priations subcommittees to meet
President Truman’s request for
funds to finance the fighting in
Korea, and to rearm the U. 8. and
other nations committed to resist
Communist aggression.
The bill swells the federal bud
get for this fiscal year to more
than $50,000,000,000. House-Senate
conferees hoped to reach agree
ment during the day on a one
package general appropriations
bill-which provides the remafhing
$34,000,000,000 of the budget.
The Senate planned to start de
bate on a bill to boost taxes $5,«
000,000,000 a year as a “first in
stallment” requested by the Pres
ident toward meeting the costs of
the Korean war and rearmament.
The Senate faced a fight over an
amendment lgroponed by Senator
O’Mahoney (D-Wyo.) to collect an
additional $3,500,000,000 through
?n excess profifs tax on corpora
ions.
In its present form the bill
would raise the taxes of 50,000,000
persons by an estimated $83,000,-
000,000 a year, collect an estimat
ed $1,500,000,000 more taxes from
corporations and pick about
$500,000,000 & year by ti‘:bins
the tax laws generally,
Senate-House conferees mean
while sought a compromise on
wage-price control bills passed b!y
the two charnybers. The Senate bill
would require President Truman
to impose wage and price cont.als
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Fred Bradberry
Fafally Injured
Fred Bradberry, weH known
Athenian, died in a local hospital
at 10:30 o’clock this morning from
injuries received in an automobilé
accident about 3 a. m. at Snell
ville, on the Atlanta highway. Mr.
Bradberry resided at 170 Grady
Avenue. 2
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed and will be an-«
nounced later by Clyde McDorman
Funeral Home.
Mr. Bradberry is survived by
his wife and a son, Bob, a sopho
more student at Clemson College,
Clemson, S. C.
For the past two years he had
been connected with the Earl D.
Roberts Company and for many
years before then had been em
ployed by the Roberts Electrie
Company.
Mr. Bradberry was returning
from Atlanta and was fatally in
jured when his truck turned over
in Snellville. He wag bro?t to
an Athens hospital and died sev
eral hours later.
Mr. Chandler said it is hoped
that “something will happen” so
that at least some of the five |
buses out of operation can be put =
back into service by the opening of
school. He said there will not i
likely be another West Broad- it
Hancock bus; however, the West
Broad-King bus will replace it
and if the company goes back into
full operation there will likely be
a Hancock-Holman bus put into §
service, Yii
Change of the bus route from ;Pe
West Broad-Hancock to West !
Broad-King has been appmved‘fi i
Fifth Ward Councilmen Dick |
Thompson and Bfi:'r Hazen and |
Mayor Jack R. Wells, Councilman
Thompson said. SELTURER SLk T