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Korean Reds Thwarted In Taegu Strike
igh
seen Dead;
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In Ship Crash
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26—
(AP)—Almost five hundred per
sons were pulled from the ocean
off San Francisco in a remarkable
mass rescue after a ship collision
Jast might.
Eighteen were known dead to
day and there may have been
other victims of the chilling wa
ters.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—
(AP)—The Navy today ordered
another hospital ship out of the
mothball fleet to take the place
of the Benevolence, lost in the
collision off the Golden Gate
Jast night.
The ship to be put into opera
tien immediately is the Haven,
now tied up at San Diego. The
fioven was mothballed soon
after she came back from Bikini
atom bomb tests where she
<erved as a hespital ship.
The amazing rescue was made
1 in two hours after the hospi
-121 ship Benevolence was rammed
sunk off the entrance to the
Gnoiden Gate.
No one was sure exactly how
many were aboard the navy ship
vhen a freighter loomed out of
ihe dense fog and ripped open her
side with a grinding crash.
The navy said as many as 526
persens would have been aboard:
That there are 487 known survi
vors, and 18 known dead. That
would leave 19 unaccounted for.
There were indications, however,
that a number who planned to
make the trip didn’t go.
'he 522-foot Benevolence lay
on her side today, with the big
red crosses on her white hull
showing through the waves wash~
ing over her. Survivors were
gcattered in naval and army hos
pitals in three cities on San Fran
cisco Bay.
Trial Run
The Benevolence was returning
from a_trial run. preparatory to
sailing for Korea as a mercy ship.
“Thank God she wasn’t return
ing from Korea,” said Capt. T. R.
Wirth, chief of staff of the 12th
naval district. “Normally there
might have been 1,500 patients
Uuuur(}, maybe even as many as
3.000.” |
Most of those who were.aboard
had just gone along for the ride.
She was about four miles from |
San Francisco Bay and 1% miles |
off San Francisco’s famed seal
rocks when the outbound freighter
Mary Luckenbach broke through
the fog.
Captain Lyle J. Havens, a civ
ilian harbor pilot who was piloting
the Benevolence, had heard the
whistle and ordered full stock and
full right rudder. The hospital
shin wheeled in the water.
The freighter’s prow ripped into
her exposed starboard flank with
a jarring crash, reared back, and
struck again, The momentum of
the Mary Luckenbach carried her
forward, rolling back the side of
the hospital ship. Survivors said
it felt like an earthquake.
he hospital ship sank onto her
port side in about 15 minutes:
e was no order to. abandon
ose aboard poured over the
cile into the chilly Pacific Ocean,
sing to life belts, life rafts,
boards and each other.
It was then the remarkable res
cue operation got underway. Thire
tv-seven smaller craft from de=
vers to little fishing craft from
San - Francisco’s Fisherman’s
Wharf nosed through the fog:into
the mass of floating humans and
t. Austin Tobin of an army
1 und 60 men erowded on two
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Larger Ag Fair Set
For Opening Oct. 23
BY HOWARD WALLACE
AND BILL POWELL
Northeast Georgia will see a
Licger, better and more colorful
fair at the Athens Fair Grounds
than ever before when the annual
Athens Agricultural Fair opens its
kates on Octuber 23.
. Under the direction of A. P.
Winston, president, and F. H. Wil
liams, general manager, plans for
the exhibition of industrial pro=-
ducts, farm implements, farm nra
¢hines, livestock, and other arti-
Q% Tepresenting the activities of
home, farm, garden, school, and
¢lubg ?‘figflfifinp[etion.
5 Prel ’st roadway Shows, hcon—
bisting of 24 rides and 18 shows,
Will add 3\o t‘grfils, ?aughé, Kgnnd.
fl-filfi week-lon ~ Prell's
OREH &%m Ei‘dfifi%g entertain
,gt féatures than last year's
idtvay Osfiosition. ,
! flgrqn’l ?‘:h' fair is
Chfldren's Day at the
juge ,fi? fa- Octobez 24 when
ASUrisetdn will be free and all
%'OWs and rides 9 cefifs for chil-
MEER R,J&.Colox“qd Children’s
gey will be October 25. Regular
Wiission for the fair will be 50
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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Two survivors from the hospital ship Benevolence,
their faces showing the ordeal they have been through,
are helped ashore by a Coast Guardsman (left), who
brought them in at San Francisco after the ship was
rammed by a freighter in heavy fog. Capsizing and
sinking within 15 minutes, the great white mercy ship
cast her hundreds of crewmen, medical officers and pas
sengers into the perilous waters four miles off the Gol
den gate. Eighteen are known dead and 19 are missing.
~— (AP Wirephoto.)
Philippine Cities Are Terrorized
By Communist - Inspired Guerrillas
County School
Openings Set
Clarke county schools will open
September 11 this year, Superin
tendent O. H. Coile announced to
day. Pre-planning week for the
;’Nhite schools will begin on Sept.
Colored teachers in the county
to report for their pre-planning
week on August 28, colored schools
to open for classes on September
4, one week earlier than the white
schools.
Parents are reminded that all
children entering the first grade
for the first time are required to
have birth certificates.
.
None Injured In
.
Two Accidents
An automobile accident which
resulted in heavy damage to the
vehicles involved But no Injuries
to the occupants, was investigated
by troopers from the Athens Post
of the State Patrol yesterday after
noon about 4130 at the intersection
of the Watkinsville detour and the
Atlanta highway.
A trailer truck driven by James
1. Kerley, of Maner, N. C. erashed
into: the rear of an. automobile
driven. by Dewey Allgood, of
Route 2, Farmington, according to
the troopers’ report.
cents for adults and 25 cents for
children,
D. L. Branyon, Clarke County
Agent, in charge of the agricul=
tural exhibits, reports livestock
competition for Jersey and Guern
sey cattle, both Junior and Open
divisions; show with both Junior
and Open divisions; open beef cat
tle show, and a poultry and egg
show with 4-H, FFA, and Adult
-divisions.
For the ladies the agricultural
fair offers competition in canning,
handicraft, needlework, quilting
and dressmaking. Mrs. Mary M.
Smith, County Home Demonstra=
tion Agent, is in charge of wom~-
en’s exhibits,
éfi“‘mmufifi'y exhibit space, which
has been increased from 34 last
year to 50 booths this year, will
be featured by an automobile
show and & farm machinery show
as well as displays of other Ath
ens industrial products.
Ahe closing date for submission
of all exhibits is 6 p. m., Monday,
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| MANILA, Aug. 26—(AP)—Five
thousand Communist-lead guer
rillas ravaged and set fire to 11
towns in central Luzon last night
and today in terror raids that left
167 persons known dead..
The heavily armed and Red
directed marauders swooped down
from the hills in what a high offi
cial called a “concerted” attack
against the Philippine government.
The raiding “Hukbalahaps,”
who organized to help fight the
Japanese during World War Two
but refused to disband when peace
came, raided within 25 miles of
Manila before they retreated to
ward the canebreaks and moun
tains late Saturday afternoon.
A heavy police guard was
thrown around this capital city
in the uneasy quiet of Sarurday
night. .
The toll included 100 persons
killed at Tarlac, 70 miles north of
Manila. Government reports said
at least 20 dead “Huks” were left
on the battle seenes where the
| Philippine army used light tanks
to rout the rebels.
Red Literafure
In many places, the government
said the Huks left Communist lit
erature behind. In some attacks,
according to witnesses, the guer
rillas shouted opposition to Phil
ippine government plans to send
a combat team to aid the United
Nations in Korea.
A national defense headquarters
spokesman said the Filipino sol
diers, a group of about 4,000, still
would go to Korea as soon as
transportation was available.
Defense Secretary Ruperto Kan
gleon called the raids a “concer
ted” attack on the government. He
warned that more hit-and-run
raids can be expected.
The Huks have been increasing
ly active in murderous attacks
against outlying districts where
Philippine troops are scarce and
police protection scanty,
Hit Arayat
One Huk raiding party hit Ara
yat, only 10 miles from the Armer
ican Air Force base at Clark Field,
50 miles northwest of Manila.
The strongest of the Communist
guerrila forays was against Tar
lac and nearby Camp Macagulos,
a Philippine constabulary head
quarters. There the Huks massa
cred 10 troopers in their beds and
killed 20 in later fighting, includ
ing two women officers.
Looting as they went, the guer
rillas stormed into jails and re
leased fellow Huks. At one time
they held control of the town of
Santa Cruz, capital of Laguna
province, for four hours. Santa
Cruz is 35 miles noutheast of
,Manila. SN
Bulletin
EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS IN KOREA, Sun=
day, Ang. 27.— (AP) —South
Korean units fighting along the
east eoast were |
Kigve last night,“m ;gw}
Army spokesman said today.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GCA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1950.
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Rate 2eduction Gets Approval;
.
Reporfs Unconfirmed Locally
Reduction of gas rates in Athens and setting of an earlier
date for conversion from manufactured to natural gas was
reported yesterday by an Atlanta newspaper, but was un
confirmed here.
The story said the Pubile Ser
vice Commission has approved an
average reduction of 21 per cent
in rates for gas here, and that
version by the Atlanta Gu‘Lm
Company to natural gas will be
made by September 15. ;
Personnel at the local office of
the company could not confirm the
report and a call to the Atlanta
office of the company failed to get
any confirmation to the report;
however, an official said it had
been rumored that services would
begin before December instead of
the previoysly set date of January
1. 1951,
The story said natural gas is
cheaper than manufactured gas.
Also the new rates, approved by
the Commission, will make the
total reduction reach about $32,000,
the story added. Residential con
sumers are to get an average re
duction of 20 percent (savings of
$18,000) while commercial users
will have a savings of $12,500, and
three special customers will get
a saving of $1,500.
Tap Line
Ray Bush, manager of the local
office, who could not be reached
for comment today because he is
on vacation, has previously said
the local company is installing a
tap line from the Transcontinental
Pipe Line which runs near here.
The tap line is slated to be com
pleted about mid-September, but
previously Transcontinental au
thorities had set the date for open
ing the line as January 1, 1950
when the line will be complete
from Texas to New York.
Mr. Bush did say previously
that it is possible that the Trans
continental line may be opened
for use in the areas where it is
Dudley Named
Red Feather
Committee Head
Gordon Dudley, president of
Athens Manufacturing Com
pany, leading industrial busi
ness here, has been named ad
vance gifts committee chairman
for the forthcoming Community
Chest drive here.
Announcement of his appoint
ment was made by Howell Er
win, campaign chairman.
Mr. Dudley, well-known civie
leader, has served as Tenth Dis
trict representative for the
Georgia Heart Association, and
under his leadership the drive
went over the quota.
City Confinues
Under Injuncfion
A temporary injunction against
the City of Athens to prevent en
forcement of three amendments to
the transportation ordinance pass
ed recently by Mayor and Council
has been continued by Judge Hen
ry H. West to the next term of
Clarke Superior Court.
The next term will be din Octo
ber. Filing the plea for injunction
were the Co-Op and Veterans
Taxi-Cab Companies and W. W.
Brooks,, a taxpayer and private
citizen,
The three amendments against
which the injunction was filed
make it illegal for taxis to solicit
passengers on bus routes while
buses are in operation, for taxis to
pick up passengers on a bus route
unless telephoned, and for any
person to stop in a designated bus
stop.
Judge West granted a temporary
injunction over a week ago and
set a hearing for yesterday. At
the hearing a general demurrer
filed by the City-contending no
cause of action—was overruled
by Judge West and evidence was
heard on the restraining order.
After the evidence was com
plebed the Judge continued the
temporary injunction in force un
til the October court term.
MILK HIKES e
' MATLANTA, %915 26— (AP) =
G”fgiabfil’gu‘h rices, usually two
ce_ntg ve the national average,
wilt 3.5 cents above Friday.
At that time, consumers in the
Atlanta and Thomaston areas will
pay a penny more, or 23 cenis a
K PLicey ‘f‘"“ffi{u%a;i
. i”' ’ ‘sni‘.?i?‘féi??. si!g;;!%
completed before the first of the
year and the remainder be open
ed upon completion.
. All equipment is in readiness
for conversion here upon comple
tion of the tap line and opening
of operation of the Transcontin
ental natural gas line.
Current Sessi
0f City Court
A record number of cases are
being handled in the City Court
of Athens currently in session.
Judge Arthur Oldham said court
will continue into the second week
opening Monday at 10 a, m.
Since dismissal of the jury at
the May term of court, the City
Court has handled 141 cases to
date with many of the total being
tried last week. Others will be
tried this week. For two weeks
prior to opening of the August
term theére were numerous guilty
pleas to Judge Oldham and yes
terday there were several more.
Unusual Happening
The most unusual happening
probably in the Court’s history
occurred during this session as
contending parties wrestled over
naming a large, ornate cabinet
with its various gadgets illumi
nated by a large number of multi
colored lights, fed by a wire from
a lamp on the judge’s bench,
Slot machines are not total
strangers to the City fiurt,@(slav—
eral months ago w “!e-’*“fil%itt
Tommy Huff was demonstrating
one of the machines as a State’s
witness ‘a “One-Arm Bandit”
showed its willingness {0 cooperate
by depositing some fifty-odd half
dollars on the floor) but this is
the first time an elaborate ma
chine -of this type, said to cost
more than one thousand dollars,
was in court to be named.
Early on the morning of August
6, County Officers Jimmy Will
iams and Alvin Allen spotted the
machine at a place some three
fourths of a mile off the Newton
Bridge Road, known as the Brick
vard Fish Club, and decided that
it was a game of chance. Sheriff
Huff was called in and he agreed
with the other officers, so it was
carted off to the Court House
where City Court Solicitor Pres
ton M. Almand agreed that it was
outside the law. Subsequently, a
case was made against’l, G. Shaw,
proprietor of the Brickyard Fish
Club, who defended himself by
contending that the machine did
not constitute a game of chance.
Didn’t “Pay Off”
Defense Attorney Chappelle
Matthews brought out on cross
examination of Sheriff Huff that
the machine did not “pay-off” of
its own accord and Mr. Shaw
testified that he had never paid
off on the machine “over the
counter.” Solicitor Almand con
tended, and the officers so testi
fied, that no skill was required in
the playing of the machine—that
after a nickel was deposited and
a lever pulled that the machine,
with its whirring motor, racing
wheels and cylinders and flashing
lights—did the rest, unlike the
well-known pin ball machines
where the players employ the use
of “English” and certain alleged
skills.
During his first appearance on
the stand, Sheriff Huff, under di
rect examination of the solicitor,
inserted seven nickels before hit
ting a winning combination which
called for either two nickels or
two free plays. The Sheriff show
ed that the machine was built so
that it could return winnings it
self or free games, and testified
that at the time it was impounded
that it was so wired as not to “pay |
off” in money, and that the ma
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY !
Considerable cloudiness and |
continued warm with chance of |
afternoon thundershowers. High |
today 86. Sun rises 6:02 and sets |
7:06. ‘
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GEORGIA — Partly cloudy, |
warm and humid Sunday with |
scaitered thundershowers in |
afternoon. }
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WHERE REDS TRY NEW DRIVE
North Koreans (1), are on attack northeast of Taegu
near Chongno apparently aiming at a flanking drive
(broken arrow), on the city via the Uisong-Yongchon
highway. South Koreans have regained some ground
they lost at the start of the drive. Other Red units are
attacking near Kumhwa. Communists on the east coast
(2, drove back South Koreans in Kigye-Pohang area. On
southern front (3), U. S. troops are battling Reds in
close fighting. North Koreans still have Naktong River
bridgehead at Hyongpung (underliged). — (AP Wire
photo Map.)
M’ai Ra'lroads Are
WASHING.'ON, Aug. 26.—(AP)—The Army set up a
skeleton organization of fewer than 50 men today to take
over the nation’s major railroads tomorrow and see that
their normal operations go on without a break.
5 Karl R. Bendetsen, assistant sec
;retary,‘announced that all neces
sary steps have been taken to car
’ry out President Truman's order
‘that the Army seize the railroads
' at 4 p. m. EST tomorrew to avert
a threatened strike.
' He emphasized that the Army
~wants sufficient reports to be sure
that normal aperations are main
)tained put that it will not inter
| sere in operations if they are car
'ried on normally.
~ Bendetsen announced these steps
to carry out the seizure:
1. Major General Frank A. Heil
eman, a veteran engineer officer
who is the army’s chief of trans
portation, has been appointed di
rector of operations. Brigadier
General Andrew F. Mclntyre, of
Philadelphia, a reserve officer on
leave from the Pennsylvania, will
be General Heileman’s executive.
2. Seven regional offices with
staffs of five officers each, and
three sub-regional offices with
staffs of two each, will be open
for business tomorrow morning in
key cities over the United States.
The regional offices will be in
charge of railway presidents, who
are also reserve officers and are
being called to active duty. The
sub-regional directors will be of
ficers already on duty with the
transportation corps.
3. The army has sent both tele
grams and registered letters to the
presidents of 195 major railroads,
advising them of the impending
seizure and directing them to post
notices of it at major stations.
4. Bendetsen told reporters that
he had been in touch with officials
of the railroads and of the railway
brotherhoods involved in the cur
rent dispute—the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the Order
of Railway Conductors. He said
both assured him “of continued
operation of the railroads without
impairment of service.”
Bendetsen told reporters that
the army is neutral in the dispute
between management and the‘
brotherhoods over the union de
mands. The unions seek a 40 hour }
work week without reduced pay,
instead of the present 48 hour
week, for yard workers, and wage |
increases for other brotherhood
members. |
Negotiations between manage- 1
ment and unions for a settlement
were at a standstiil today but are|
expected to be resumed later.
The army said that the seven
railroad presidents called to active
duty to be regional directors will i
be working for the army and will |
not continue to act as president of
their own roads. ]
“They will not be men wearing
two hats,” an officer said.
The seven regional offices and
their directors include: |
Southeastern region, Washing
ton, D. C.—Colonel Ernest E. Nor-
AP pregiiat of the Sonthern Bal,
way Coy m!i:figmhldme
Office: Southern Railway build
Read Daily by fi,@af;oplo In Athens Trade fli
ing.
Sub-regional offices and their
directors include:
Atlanta, Lt. Colonel Robert G.
Youngblood, from headquarters of
the Third Army at Fort McPher
son, Georgia.
|
Two Charged
With Stabbing
Two colored men were arrested
by city police- last night and
charged with stabbing, reported
Chief Clarence Roberts. They are
John Henry Walker and Otis In
gram,
Robert P. Ruth, colored, is
charged with disorderly conduect
and wag arrested by Officers E. M,
Wood and J. M. Nelms at the same
time they arrested Ingram who is
charged with stabbing Ruth and
disorderly conduct. Officers Roy
Davis and Clarence Schultz ar
rested Walker.
A negro, Jessie Chalmers, was
carried to a local hospital last
night suffering from stab wounds.
Other activity reported by city
police:
Frank Allen, colored, was ar
rested vesterday and charged with
selling non-tax paid whiskey hy
drinks. He was released under
SIOO bond. Elizabeth Clarke, col
ored, was charged with possession
of 1% pints of non-tax paid whis
key at Rendezvous on Rock
Springs street. She posted a bond
of $25.75.. Chief Roberts and De
tective E. E. Hardy reported find
ing an alleged seven pints of non
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Employment Here
.
Remains Steady
Employment in the Athens area ‘
this year has remained fairly{
steady, according to officials ofl
the local State Employment Of- |
fice. - 5
The only noticeable fluctuation |
in the number of unemployed;
workers was due to the seasonal |
opening and closing of the mills |
in the Athens vicinity. Except for’
these cases, the number of unem
ployed has been kept'to a mini-i
mum for the past year. '
In releasing the information, W,
W. Debeaugrine, manager of thel
local office, stated the Korean
conflict has not, as yet, made any {
change in the local labor scene.
He added, however, that any fu
ture production demands directed
toward the manufacturers, pro-!
ducers would necessitate an addi- |
tional increase in the rumber of |
employees. Many s»-tions of the
conntry. have al¢~~7v feit this in-l
oreased dem=va Lo ooy, o
HOME
EDITION
For Gains
TOKYO, Sunday, Aug # —
(AP)—North Korean Communisis,
beaten and bled in vain smeshes
at the central rront, shifte@ their
attack east Saturday and scored
short gains against South lfiefi
on the right coastal flank
United Nations beachhead im Ke
rea.
In the center the Reds eased off
after nearly a week of bloodyb}g
M
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26
— (AP) ~Communist China
hinted strongly today that it
may take a hand in the Korean
war and renewed its demand
that Red delegates replace Chi
nese Nationalists in the United
Nations,
Word of both moves was in
Chinese Communist broadecasts
heard by the Associated Press
in San Francisco.
futile attacks down the “bowling
alley” corridor from Kumhwa tow=
ards Taegu City, 12 miles south.
American officers said effective
ness of the three Red divisions
which tried to seize the Taegu
forward base had been “cut in
half.”
Taegu was safe for the present,
the officers said.
Associated Press Correspondent
Don Huth reported from U. S.
Fighth Army Headquarters in Ko
rea that the defensive vietories of
Americans and South Koreans
over the Reds in the Kumhwa
corridor may have marked the
final critical test for the Allies.
It was the third major erisis
weathered successfully by the de
fenders since they withdrew be
hind the Nakfong river line Aug.
4, and it may prove to be the last,
Huth said.
More defensive battles may
come, and more short withdrawals
may be necessary to stabilize the
lines, Huth said, but the days of
desperate shifting of Allied troops
to stop leaks appear to be over.
The enemy can be counted on
to keep probing for weak spots,
however. :
In the latest such attempt, two
Red divisions, with possibly a
third, made some unspecified short
gains Saturday in the Pohang-
Kigye sector, where the South
Korean Capital and Third Di
vision hold a line which runs
east to the Sea of Japan.
The Pohang-Kigye assault had
been anticipated after South Ko=-
rean troops had launched an of
fensive with initial gains and then
had encountered firmly dug-in Red
positions. The republican drive
| bogged down, then the Reds starie
ed their push.
While the Reds were mgi;g
forward, American aircraft Began
plastering them in the fashion thea;
has proven so helpful te Alli
ground . troops - direct elose
sround-air support, which In ear]fi
ays of the war was not as we
coordinated as it is now.
General MacArthur’s tummar‘
early Sunday gave no estimate o
the number of Reds making a
three-pronged drive over a 15=
mile area against the South Koe
rean forces in the east between
Kigye and Pohang.
‘, Field dispatches, evidently lat
than the headquarters data, plac:;
this fighting in the Chongne area
24 miles north of Taegu, and said
the South Koreans had regained
the last ground late Saturday. -
" AP correspondent Tom Lambert
reported from that front that the
South Koreans secured high
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LUlDack yaves
PO Over SI,OOO
The Athens Post Office is save
ing on an average of $llOO a menth
due to the one delivery of mail a
day which went into effect Julx 1,
according to Fred J. Bishop, acting
postmaster of Athens.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Bishop said that to date there
‘have been very few complaints by
Athenians about the new service.
The cutback has made it pessi=
ble for the Post Office to save ex
penses as well as shorten the num
ber of man-hours.
Under the new system the pest
man collect :all the mail once in
the morning for delivery. Mr.
Bishop explained that under the
old system the afternoon delive
ries were usually light due te the
fact that not too much mail was
received during the time that the
postmen were on their merning
routes. Therefore, since the bulk
of the mail has always been de
livered in the morning, the new
system does not cause too great a
change. o
Hours Cut .
With the one delivery system,
the number of hours put in by
anxiliary workers has been cut
since the mail carriers are now
able to set up and sort their own
mail. .
Operational expenses have alsa
been reduced by 2 cut in the num
ber of mail routes, Mr. Bishop
said. Because of the one delivery
a day, mailmen are able to coVer
more territory since they take
fonger routes and have more ti
totcpv%-u themt. ‘l‘hi:t allows for
cut in expense of main
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