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An American patrol keeps on the alert doned the city to United Nations forces.
for enemy snipers as they move intothe —(Exclusive NEA Telephoto by Staff
ruined city of Waegwan, South Korea, Photographer Stanley Tretick.)
after North Korean Communists aban-
Over 600 Seniors And Graduate
Students To Receive Degrees
freedomDri
Inifiated He
Initial plans so rthe formation ot
a Crusade for Freedom movement
in Clarke county and eleven sur
rounding counties were made at
a dinner meeting of outstanding
Athenians held in the Georian Ho
tel last night.
Robert G. Stephens, jr., local at
torney and chairman of the Cru
sade for Freedom committee in
this district, presided at the meet
ing. Mr. Stephens explained brief
ly the purpose of the Crusade and
the object of last night’s meeting.
He said that the whole idea of
the Crusade was “to step up our
campaign of truth to blast false
propaganda, and to demonstrate
before the world our true aims of
freedom and friendship “or all
peoples.”
The object of the District Com
mittee is to get responsible per
sons to see that committees are
set up in the twelve counties com
prising this district, Mr. Stephens
said. The twelve counties assigned
to this district are Clarke, Elbert,
Franklin, Madison, Taliaferro,
Oconee, Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Hart,
Walton, Green and Morgan.
Organzation Outlined
As chairman, Mr. Stephens, ex
plained the organization of the
world movement. He said that the
Crusade had arisen as the result of
an enlarged National Committee
for a Free Europe. General Lucius
D. Clay, American Military Gov
ernor in Germany during the Ber
lin airlift, accepted the National
(‘P):;irmanship in June 1949, he
said,
General Clay apointed John A.
Sibley, Atlanta Attorney, as re
gional director for the three south
ern states and asked Mr. Sibley to
organize local units in these states.
Activity in Clarke county re
:\H]t(‘d from a meeting of local men
held last week at which Hamilton
Holt, of Macon and chairman of
the movement in Georgia, asked
that a Crusade for Freedom com
mittee be organized in Athens to
aid the setting up of committees in
:}‘4‘"l(“'6l"9 counties of this dis
iric
The work of the Crusade com
mittees, which -will be set up in
the twelve individual counties,
will be to canvas their counties in
quest of names for a freedom
scroll. These names will be placed
on a symbol of the Crusade to be
dedicated in Berlin in October.
“Freedom Bell”
The symbol is a great new Free
dom Bell which will be eight feet
high and weigh approximately ten
tons. The bell will bear the in
scription, “That this world, under
God, shall have a new birth of
freedom,” and on its base will be
engraved the names of the 50
million Americans who are expect
ed to sign the freedom scrolls.
“Georgia’s quota for the freedom
scrolls is a million names which
must be secured as soon as possi=
ble,” Mr. Stephens emphasized.
On the day of dedication in Ber
lin, bells all over the world will
ring with the first clap of the
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Former Pastor
To Speak Here
Dr. Millarg A, Jenkins, former
pastor of First Baptist Church
ifis, will be guest speaker at the
'ednesday evening prayer service
at 8 o’clock. “His ir.rudl and the
publie generally ‘are' cordially M,-'
vied td ‘atiend" this service. °
AMERICAN PATROL IN KOREA WARY
Exercises To Be In Fine Arts
Building Wednesday Morning
More than 600 seniors and graduate students will receive
degrees here tomorrow morning when the University of
Georgia holds its annual August commencement.
The exercises will be held in
Fine Arts auditorium at 10:30.
Among the degree candidates
are two post graduate students
who will receive doctor’s degrees.
The Ph. D’s will be to Edward S.
Christenbury, Chattancoga, Tenn.,
and Travis Osborne, Athens. Both
advanced degrees are in educa
tion.
Romney Wheeler, former mem
ber of General MacArthur's Tok
yo staff, will deliver the Com
mencement address. He is ex
pected to analyze the Korean crisis
and events leading up to It as he
saw them from his vantage point
in Tokyo. -
Valedictorian
Thomas Preston Bentley, Thom
aston, will give the class valedic
tory. Bentley, a political science
student, was named to the honor
in a class election earlier this sum
mer over four other seniors with
high scholastic averages.
Dr. W. W. Wasson, dean of
Christian College, will pray the
invocation, and music will be un
der the direction of Hugh Hodg
son. Lillie Pittard, Athens, will
sing Mozart’s “Alleluja.”
Degrees will be awarded by
Pres. Jonathan C. Rogers, who
will retire as University head early
next month. This will be Presi
dent Rogers last commencement
here. ¢ ;
The president of the University
Alumni Society, A. O. B. Sparks,
Macon, will welcome the graduates
into the Society just after degrees
are awarded.
Members of local Boy. Scouts
troops will usher at the exercises.
Master’s
Nearly a third of the graduating
class will receive master’s degrees.
In the baccalaureate group the
largest number of degrees will go
to candidates for the bachelor f
science in education. Second larg
est group will be the candidates
for the bachelor of business ad
ministration,
The Commencement speaker
was European correspondent for
the Associated Press and National
Broadcasting Company before
joining MacArthur’s staff two
years ago. He was & war cor
respondent there and remained
overseas to become the diplomatic
correspondent in London for AP.
Later he was chief of the AP
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ON CORPORATION TAXES |
White House Opposes Hasty Tax
Action; Senate Support Grows
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—(AP)
—President Truman’s admonition
against hasty and premrature ac
tion failed today to head off the
drive in the Senate for an imme
diate 85 percent excess profits tax
lon eorporations.
The issue is in doubt. The vote
may come late today or tomorzew.
Supporters of the profits levy pre
dicted victoxgr.M E
Senators ahoney (D.-Wyo.)
and Connally (D.-Texas) offered
what y,heg called an “anti—prgfics;
eering” lévy. They want to atia
it to the tax boosting bill intended
to help pay for increased military
s ?g.
p% out an excess profits tax,
the measure would add about $2,-
700,000,000 ‘annually. torindividual
income taxes, another ' $1,500,000,~
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
County School
Pre-Planning
Set Sept. 4
Pre-planning week for the
teachers in county white schools
will begin on Monday, Septem
ber 4, instead of Tuesday,
September 5 as announced in
Sunday’s Banner-Herald.
This announcement was made
by Superintendent W. R. Coile,
Superintendent of Clarke Coun
ty Schools.
!
Draft Board To
.
Observe Holiday
Officials of the Clarke County
Selective Service Board announced
today that their office will be
closed Monday, September 4, due
to the Labor Day holiday,
The office will be open Tuesday
morning at 8:30 and remain open
throughout the week on its reg
ular schedule.
Hours of the Board are 8:30 a.
m. to 5:30 p. m. on Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Friday, and
8:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. on Wed
nesday.
Insurance For
Aged Increases
ATLANTA, Aug. 29 —(AP) v
The new social security law sign
ed by President Truman will re
sult in increased old age and sur=-
vivors insurance paymentstto 42,~
076 Georgians.
Richard H. Lyle, regional direc
tor for the Federal Security Agen
cy, said yesterday notices of the
‘ increases will be mailed to all
those eligible persons this week.
He said the average payment in
the southeast under the old law
was $26. Under the new law, the
laverage is expected to be $48.30.
000 to corporations, and would
gather extra millions by plugging
loopholes and making other tax
law changes. The House has not
yet acted on it.
$4 Billion
O’Mahoney estimated the prof
its amendment would yield about
$4,000,000,000 .a year beyond the
estimated $4,508,000,000 in the bill,
He and Connally want it made
effective as of last July 1,
The issue in the Senate is not
whfihfi there shall be an excess
pro ‘ll evy—it seems almost cer
tain there will be—but how and
when it shall be applied.
Mr. Truman again told coxll‘grec
sional leaders at a White House
conference xum% he favors
taking profits -out -of avar -but -he
does not favor tacking an excess
ATHENS, GCA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1950.
Allies Regain Hill Positions «Qf
BY RELMAN MORIN
TOKYO, Wednesday, August 30.— (AP)—Allied troops
beat back Red attacks in two wild battles at opposite ends
of the curving Korean warfront Tuesday.
That apparently ended Communist chances of a quick
end-run on Pusan, the Reds’ August 31 goal.
But the North Koreans were
building up at the center of the
line for a major stab at United
Nations forces. . ;
The bloodiest battle was on Bald
Hill at the southern anchor of the
line. There American negroes and
South Koreans turned back a
North Korean bayonet charge in
hand-to-hand combat. One Amer
ican machingun nest was wiped
out bv Red bayonets.
At the other end of the battle
front a Red force whipped behind
Allied troops and cut a road three
miles’ southwest of Pohang at the
east coast anchor.
The Pohang sector still was
controlled by United Nations
troops. The attacking 20,000 Red
troops there were pushed back
around recaptured Kigye, nine
miles northwest of Pohang.
British Troops
While these developments took
place, the first contingent of Bri
tish troops to reach Korea—a to
ken force of I,soo—landed in the
south.
Near the center of the line an
other 20,000-man Red force at
tarked South Korean infantrymen
18 miles north of Taegu, the rail
hub.
Taegu and Pusan, principal U,
N. seaport at the southeastern tip
of the Korean peninsula, are the
main North Korean objectives in
the southeast.
An official spokesman said the
Communists had lost all chance of
seizing Pusan in a quick end-run
thrust.
American troops approached the
main area of battle around Po
hang. But they had not gone into
the battle. U. S. artillery rinked
the airfield six miles southeast of
Pohang and supported hard
pressed South Koreans.
The Pohang sector battle was
developing into a see-saw action.
While one force of Reds was
pushing southward another was
forced back by the South Korean
Capitol Division. It moved north
more than a mile and retook Kig
ye.
Kigye itself is not important, but
the complex of roads around it
leads west to Taegu, which draws
much of its supplies through Po
hang port,
A U. S. Bth Army communique
said the Reds controlled the hills
around Kigye and had blocked one
highway southwest of Pohang.
A spokesman for General Mac-
Arthur warned that the east coast
area still offers the possibility for
a major breach in the United Na
tions wall, which 40,000 to 60,000
Reds have been probing for a soft
spot for days.
Red Pressure
The Reds kept pressure on ad
jacent sectors west of the east
coast. <
The Bth Army communique re
ported an attack on the South Ko
rean Sixth Division by units of
20,000 Reds.
- Nearby the South Korean Bth
Division attacked to straighten its
lines after some earlier losses.
The big Red buildup on the cen
tral front was hit by Allied bomb
ers to delay it. The Reds, center
ing their -main forces between
Waegwan and Kunwi, north and
west of Taegu, may shift their
forces either so the east or south.
B-29 bombers plastered Red
supply eenters to try to weaken
them.
From the southern front AP
Bulletin
Two convicts are reported to
have escaped from a road work
crew in Oglethorpe county this
morning, according to Troopers
at the Athens Post of the State
Highway Patrel. An extensive
search is underway, and an in
tensive investigation of the es
cape is being made.
profits'levy on corporations to the
“quickie” tax boosting bill.
Chairman George - (Di-Ga.) of
the Senate Finance Committee re
assured his colleagues that the
present bil will be dollowed by
another later this year or early
next embodying a $4,000,000,000
to $6,000,000,000. excess profits
levy effective January 1, 1851.
But it was not clear whether
Mr. Truman’s new advice and
George’s assurances would halt
the drive for immediate action.
Senator Lehman (D.-Lib.-N.Y.)
told the Senate he would support
the O'Mahoney-Connally amend
ment and urged its adoption.
~ Wage Demands
w that unless Con
-an excess profits tax
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correspondent Stan Swinton re
ported the U. S. 24th negro regi
ment and South Koreans fought
a bloody, close-quarter battle
against a battalion of bayonet
wielding Reds on Battle Mountain
west of Haman.
Swinton said the Reds made
two unsuccessful attacks before
surprising the U. S. negroes and
South Koreans with a bayonet at
tack.
A wild battle ensued. The Reds,
Americans and South Koreans
were so mixed that U. S. support
ing weapons could not fire for
fear of hitting Allied troops.
Twelve Gl's and South Koreans
were wounded by a Navy plane,
called for close support.
Forces Cut
A portion of the force was cut off
for four hours but reinforcements
finally got through. At noon Tues
day the mountain top was safe in
allied hands, Correspondent Swin
ton reported.
While these frontline battles
raged, British infantrymen stepped
ashore from the Aircraft Carrier
Unicorn and the Cruiser Ceylon.
Babpipes skirled as undits of the
Argyll and Sutherdand and Mid
dlesex regiments landed —the
first of many promised United Na
tions ground troops to aid the
American and South Korean
forces.
The 1,500 British soldiers dis
embarked clad in jungle greens,
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U.S. Aggression In Red China
Is New Soviet Tack In U. N.
BY A. 1. GOLDBERG
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 29.—(AP)—Russia opens a new propa
ganda campaign before the Security Council today, charging
American aggression against Communist China in Formosa.
Russian delegate Jakob A, Malik, Council president until the end
of the month, notified other delegates he would fight to put such
charges on the agenda for today’s Council meeting. Even if he loses
his fight, he still has the chance to make another long speech at
tacking the U. S.
The U. S. already has said that Communist China’s charges last
week of U. S. aggression in Formosa are “ridiculous falsehoods”
and that the Americans are ready for an on-the-spot inquiry im
mediately. But while welcoming the inquiry on Formosa, the U. 8.
still maintains that the Council must take up her own charges of
Communist aggression in Korea.
On the Soviet side Malik, since taking the Council presidency at
the beginning of August, has opposed the U. S. resolution to local
ize the Korean war and snßultaneously has charged the U. S. with
aggression in Korea. )
Although the U. S. was not expected to oppose Malik's attempt
to bring Formosa into his propaganda blast, other Council members
were reported ready to combat putting this on the order of busi
ness. They insist on clearing up the Korean guestion which Malik
has blocked,
Malik has made no reference, however, to a new complaint by
Red China’s Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai that U. S. planes have
bombed Chinese mainland areas. Nor has -he referred to news
accounts of Chinese Communist charges that British warships have
violated Chinese territorial waters near Hong Kong.
Mooy o X e R
Gulf Hurricane
Increases In
| S
|
Size, Intensit
ize, Infensity
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29—(AP)
—-The Gulf hurricane increased in
size and intensity during the night
but made little forward movement
toward the Louisiana-Mississippi
coastline.
The Weather Bureau at 9:30 a.
m. (CST) located the hurricane
about 450 miles south of Moblie,
Ala., and south-southeast of New
Orleans.
Strongest winds were estimated
at 85 to 95 miles an hour. The ad
visory said gales extended out
ward about 200 miies to the north
east.
The hurricane has moved north,
northwestward about eight miles
an hour during the past six hours.
The bureau advised persons
from extreme northwest Florida
to east of Lake Charles, La.,, to
be on the alert for warnings which
the bureau said might be issued
today.
Another hurricane, located
about 350 miles southeast of Ber~
muda, remained fairly stationary.
Highest winds were .estimated
at 115 miles per hour near the cen-.
ter in the northeast quadrant. Hur
ricane winds extended. 7¢ miles
outward to the north and 45 miles
to the south. Gales extended out
ward about 100 miles. :
The Miami Weather Bureau pre
dicted this storm would continue
its northwestward movement at
| about the same rate of speed until
this morning or early afternoon. .
+ Second Storm
The smaller and less forceful
Gulf hurricane brought death by
drowning to at least 20 persons in
western Cuba and did damage
estimated at more than $2,000,000
after hitting there Saturday night.
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Talking with American troops after the
arrival in South Korea of British troops
are British officers (left to right) : Cap
tain John Shipster, Second Lt. Jeff Muck
nal, Captain Andrew Brown, and Captain
John Slim. Captain Slim is with the Argyll
Republicans To Campaign On ‘Gag
Of MacArthur's Formosa Statement
-
Royal Princess
Is Named Today
LONDON, Aug. 29—(AP)—
Princess Elizabeth’s new baby was
named Anne Elizabeth Alice
Louise today.
The child’s father, Prince Philip,
entered the names—all of which
are famous in the history of Eng
land’s monarchy—on her birth
certificate this morning at Clar
ence House, the Royal couple’s
London mansion.
The two-week-old bahy’s prop
er title and name thus will be
“her Royal highness Princess
Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of
Edinburgh.”
Edinburgh is the name taken by
Philip when King George named
him Duke of Edinburgh just be=
fore his marriage to the heiress
presumptive in November, 1947,
PRESTIGE INVOLVED
Furor Over MacArthur
Text Viewed As Risky
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
The furor which has developed
over the message from General
MacArthiur to the Chicago en
campment of Veterans of Foreign
Wars is unfortunate — and it could
be dangerous.
By dangerous I mean that Mac-
Arthur’s position -as America’s
number one man in the Far East
might be seriously weakened if
Asiatie peoples placed a wrong
interpretation .on what has hap
pened. Should they get the im
pression that the general has suf
fered a rebuke from his President,
it couiad work out badly.
- - The White House announced that
Mr. Truman had directed General
MaéArthur to withdraw the state
ment on Formosa “to avoid con
fusion as to the United States po
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Aé
BRITISH FORCES REACH KOREA
By JACK BELL |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—(AP)
—Republicans hoisted as a con
gressional campaign issue today
what they called a presidential
“gag” order against Gen. Douglas
MacArthur’s views on Formosa.
Accepting this as inevitable,
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the Dem
ocratic leader, told reporters that
while he thinks MacArthur is do-
FORMOSA POLICY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—
(AP)—President Truman today
sent General Douglas MacAr
thur a statement of American
policy on Formosa, and also a
commendation of the General's
direction of the Korean cam
paign. .
Mr. Truman’s move, follow
ing up his week-end order for
MacArthur to withdraw a state.
ment on Formosa, appeared to
have a two-fold purpose al
though there was neo official
comment.
1. To clarify MacArthur’s own
understanding of the whole sit
uation and give him an implied
reminder not to get out of step
again,
2. To ease the sting of the in
cident to the General and also
help maintain MacArthur’s
prestige in the Far East.
ing “a wonderful job” as the Pa
cific military commander “it is my
understanding that the President
is the commander-in-chief and
makes the policies.”
While congressional reaction
generally followed party lines,
some Democrats backed MacAr
thur and at least one Republican
supported Mr. Truman.
The President cancelled a Mac-
Arthur message to a Chicago vet
erans meeting—obviously because
the General’s views could be inter
preted as calling for permanent
American defense of the island,
now in the hands of the Chinese
Nationalists.
Beyond Policy
This went beyond the adminis
tration policy to neutralize the
island from Communist attack
during the Korean fighting and to
leave its eventual disposition to
international action, probably
through the United Nations.
The MacArthur statement,
which has been widely distributed
in advance of its scheduled and
then cancelled reading "at Chicago
yesterday, soon became public.
In it, the General said that war
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| sition.”
| The statement declared that the
safety of America depended on
Formosa remaining in friendly
| hands. This didn’t conform to the
| administration policy that Formo
]sa’s future must be settled at the
international level.
[ Too Late
The general promptly ecomplied
|but the call for withdrawal came
too late. The statement already
had been widely distributed in ad
vance for publication and it was
impossible to stop all the wheels.
The story was out.
I asked a Chinese friend (a
| Nationalist official) what he
| thought the effect of the develop
ment would be in Asia. He hesi
tated, and then said.
. “No damage will be done in Na~
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and Sutherland Highlanders and is the
son of Field Marshal Sir William Slim,
Chief of the Imperial General Staff.—
(Exclugive NEA Radiotelephoto by Staff
Photographer St::mley Tretick.) =
- Hundreds of small landlords i
Clarke county who have not had
a rent increase since June 30, 194%,
are assued an immediate 15 pes
cent increase by a resolution unans«
imously passed by the Athen
Rent Advisory Board yesterday.
The increase is to compensaie
for higher costs of operating and
maintaining their property.
“A ?llTal::ilh;l ccording ie
‘A sma ord, a
Athens rent office definition fox
the purpose of this })e“.," a 8
explained by Harold J. Roberison.
area rent director, “is one whé
owns structures containing ne
more than four rental
units. All, such small landlord
need do, to secure an inerease 05
units where the legal rent asfi
what it was on June 30, 1947, is
sign a simple one-page petitiot
form, giving his name and address
the tenant's name and address, thé
June 30, 1947 legal maximum rem
on the accommodations, and the
new rent he now wishes to cha;z
This new rent, however,
not be in excess of fifteen per eent
above the June 30, 1937 legal rent
In signing this petition, the land«
lord certifies that he has maine
‘tained the essential services and
‘equipment iequired under the rent
‘regulation and that he will con
tinue to do so.” ™
There will be no long dmvm—o:fi
waiting period for approval
these petitions.
“Within ten days after the re
ceipt of a petition, the Athens are¢
rent office \vill approve the re
quested rent if it complies with th¢
specified conditions, and ‘will mai
copies of approval to both land
lord and tenant. The new increas
ed rental becomes effective, undex
the federal rent law, on the approv«
al date stamped on the pemn,’
said Mr. Robertson.
Tenant Objection
Any tenant has the r:ght to fil¢
an objection to the rent inerease
within fifteen days after the ap
proval of the new rent if he ear
submit evidence to show that anj
statements mode on the petition by
‘the landlord are not true.
The new forms will arrive ir
Athens by the middle of next week
and landlords can secure these peti
tion blanks from the Athens Are:
Rent Office at 298 E. Washingtor
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
warm through Thursday. Chance |
of afternoon thundershowers
this afternoon and Wednesday,
becoming m 0 r e numerous |
Thursday. Low tomight 68 and
high Wednesday 88. Sun seis
7:03 and rises 6:05. i
GEORGJA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm through |
Wednesday with scattered after
noon Thundershowers. .
TEMPERATURE
Bigheet ... .. <..v .. & |
Towest ... . ie e
MEBE ... asch ives wugw Bt ]
Normal ... i v LBT
RAINFALL °
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .0¢
Total since August 1 .. ...%r26,
Deficit since August 1 .... 2.78
Average August rainfall . . 4.64,
Total since-Janudry.l..« w 296
Deficit since January 1 ... 1014
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