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REAR GUARD ACTION FOUGHT BITTERLY—United
States Marines fight bitterly for the ground they hold in
a rear guard action against overwhelming forces of
Chinese Communists.—(U. S. Marine Corps Photo from
NEA Telephoto.)
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Railroad Strike Ends
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CHICAGO, Dee. I...—(AP)—The crippling three-day
railroad strike that hit at the peak of the Christmas mail
ing rush ended in the nation’s key terminals today without
anv wace settlement.
Civic Clubs Plan
Special Parties
Special meetings and parties
have been announced by all Ath
ens civie clul;s,m o
The Kiwanis wil ve i
annual special Christmas program
at its Tuesday meetigf'lt 1p m
in the N and N Cafeteria civic
room with Rev. Harvey Holland
as guest speaker.
Rev. Holland, former member
of the Athens Club and pastor of
the First Methodist Church here,
returns to Athens every Christmas
to have charge of the special pro
gram. He presently is pastor of
the Haygood Memorial Methodist
Church in Atlanta. Each member
will bring a Christmas.-gift for a
needy child.
Civitan Party
A special Christmas meeting is
slated for the Athens Civitan Club
tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. in the Hol
man Hotel, Members and their
wives will attend. Dr. Harmon
Ramsey, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Chureh, will be the
speaker. Carols will be sung by
members of the Baptist Student
Union at the University of Geor
gla, 5
Each member ‘is to bring a pre
sent to give the Salvation Army
for distribution.
Rotary Meeting
The Rotary Club will hold its
regular meeting on Wednesday,
but there will be no program. Part
of the dinner fee will go to the
Empty Stocking Fund and a vet
erans hospital in Augusta.
Optimist Plans
The Opti-Mrs. Club has ar
anged a program for the Optimist
Club’s Christmas Party set for
luesday at 7:30 p. m. in the Co
kd on South - Lumpkin street.
Vlembers will bring toys to be
given the Salvation Army for dis
tribution as Christmas gifts.
Special guests of the club will
be the Boy Scout troop at Lyndon
House which the club sponsors.
Lions Ladies’ Night
A Ladies’ Night will be held by
the Lions Club at the Georgian
Hotel on Thursday at 7:15 p. m.
I'he Lions are corrying out several
haritable projects along with
other local organizations.
Exchange Election
Members of the Exchange Club
il meet tomorrow at I<p. m. in
he Georgian Hotel for election of
vlticers for the coming six months.
A president, secretary, treasur
o and ' three - members of the
Board of Control will be chosen.
Fhere 'will 'be no meetings on
Christmas and New Year’s Days.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and little war
er Sunday and Monday with
chance of light rain Sunday
night or Monday. High temper
ature expected Sunday 48 de
grees. Sun rises 7:33, sets 5:25.
GEORGIA — Sunday partly
cloudy with little change in tem-
Perature.
TEMPERATURE
Highest: ¢ ot n o 8y
Lowest RATTR i g
Medn ", ~ sl . e .89
Normal . i %ie ii 0 48
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... 00
lotal since December 1 ... 2.86
Excess since December 1 .. .38
Average December rainfall 4.§D-
Total since" Janwary'l |. ‘-}33-10
Deficit since January 1 ...79.74
ATHENS BANNER -HERALD
Asiggiated Press Service
Under pressure from President
Truman, the federal courts and
their own union officials, the more
than 10,000 striking yard workers
ended a transportation tieup that
caused one of the greatest freight
stackups in the nation’s history.
The postoffice department can
celled its embargo restrictions on
Christmas packages and other par
cel post. Freight and mail started
moving immediately all along the
chain from sender to receiver.
The Railway Express Agency
also lifted its embargo on ship
ments into and out of 15 eastern,
northeastern and midwestern
states.
Mountainous stacks of Christ
mas packages had been bottled up
in postoffices and stranded freight
cars. War shipments had been
halted in transit. Some railroads
had curtailed passenger train
schedules.
The postoffice, bucking a three
day delay in normal schedules,
worked against time to get Christ
mas packages to their destination
before the holiday.
Mail Backlog
Railroad executives said the big
mail backlog could be cleaned up
fast. Some expected that freight
operations would be normal by to
night or Monday. .
“All postmasters will make
every effort to facilitate the con
venience of the general public in
the mailing of Christmas pack
ages,” the postoffice embargo-lift
ing order said.
Some yard workers still were
out at Nashville, Tenn., and Birm
ingham, Ala., bua a spokesman
for W. P. Kennedy, president of
the striking Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, said:
“We anticipate that all of the
men will be back at work before
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COMBINED CHORUSES
Annual Carol Service
To Be Given At 4:30
The seventeenth annual Carol
Service will be presented by the
Choral Union of the University of
‘Georgia in Fine Arts Auditorium
this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, By~
ron Warner conducting.
The Choral Union will be assis
ted by Athens High School Glee
Club, Mrs. Harris Parham, direc
tor; and the combined choruses
of Barrow, Chase and St. Joseph’s
Schools. Leighton Ballew will read
“The Prophesy,” “The Nativity,”
«The Adoration of the Magi,” and
“The Mystery of the Incarnation.”
Miss Carolyn Vance will read
“Magnificat.”
Pianist for the service is Ira
gobb and organist is Nolee May
unaway.
The program lists:
Program
Organ—Carol Prelude by Dig
gle; Processional — “Adeste Fi
deles:; Invocation by Chaplain Ay
ers; two carols by the combined
choruses—“ God Rest You Merry
%entlemen,” and “The First Noel;”
he Prophesy, Mr. Ballew; Ave
Maria (Arcadelt), a Cappella
Choir; Magnificat, Miss Vance;
carol, “O Little Town of Bethle
hem,” choruses and audience.
The Nativity, Mr. Ballew; three
carols by the boys choir—“ Silent
Night,” “Away In a Manger,”
“Shepherds Shake Off Your drow
sy Sleep;” “Gloria in Excelsis"—
all ehofiée& The Adoration of the
Magi, . Ballew; carols, “We
A'hree‘ Kings, of Orient Are,”. |
“Joy 16'ihe World” — ghorus
offertory, Jesu - Bambino' (Yon)
Defense Belt Is Formed
At Korean Escape Port
Federal Savin gs
Authorizes
43rd Dividend
Howard H. McWhorter, presi
dent of the Athens Federal Sav
ings & Loan Association, an
nounced yesterday the board of
directors has authorized pay
ment of a dividend amounting
to $36,000 to all investors in the
organization. The payment will
be made January 1, 1951.
The dividend payment next
month will bring the total
amount of this year’s dividends
to approximately $72,000. Since
its organization in 1929 the As
sociation has paid forty-three
consecutive dividends amounting
to $775,000.
Clarke County
PMA Election
Vote Announced
Returns from the five PMA com
munity committee elections were
announced yesterday by C. A.
Ward, chairman of the Clarke
County PMA Committee.
By communities, the following
i’a&rze;'s were elected to administer
arm in 1951: Pur
yere's: J. m &Irm
David L. Firror, Vice-Chairman;
Robert Tuck, Regular Memeber; J.
A. Langford, First Alternate; H. P.
Ashe, Second Alternate. Sandy
Creek: O. C. Dillard, Chairman; J.
M., LaCount, Vice-Chairman;
Buford Kesler, Regular Member;
M. C. Southwell, First Alternate;
J. A. Freeman, Second Alternate;
Athens - Princeton - Bradberry -
Georgia Factory: G. C. Daniel,
Chairman; W. W. Fowler, Vice-
Chairman; W. P. Evans, Regular
Member; B. B. Banks, First Alter
nate; W. A. Payne, Second Alter
nate. Buekbranch: Shannon Wood,
Chairman; J. B. Fuller, Vice-
Chairman; G. C. €arney, Regular
Member; J. R. Burroughs, First
Alternate; Young Williams, Sec
ond Alternate. Kenneys: J. H.
Dooley, Chairman; F. T. Callaway,
Vice-Chairman; J. C. Daniel, Reg
ular Member; Hiram LaCount,
First Alternate; Carl F. Betts, Sec
ond Alternate.
At the same time, the follow
ing delegates were elected to at
tend a county conyention Tues
day, December 19, in the Court=
house for the purpose of electing
a county committee: Ellis Lang
ford from Puryears Districty J. A,
LaCount from Sandy Creek Dis
trict; G. C. Daniel from Athens-
Princton-Bradberry-Georgia Fac
tory District; J. B. Fuller from
Buckbranch District; J. H, Docley
from Kenneys District.
Both community and county
committeemen will take office by
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and Virgin’s Lullaby (Reger); The
Mystery of the Incarnation, Mr.
Ballew.
Carols, “Lo, How a Rose E'er
‘blooming,” and “Good King Wen
ceslas” —the choruses; Recession~
al — “Hark the Herald Angels
Sing;” Benediction; Dresden Amen
sung by the combined choruses;
and Postlude — “Fantasia on
Christmas Carols” by Gray.
Glee Clubs Officers
Men’s Glee Club — director,
Byron Warner; President, Frank
Tigner; director-emeritus, Hugh
Hodgson; vice-president, W, C
Owen; business manager, Ray
Walker.
Women’s Glee Club — director,
Edwin K. Blanchard; president
Ashby Lippitt; vice-president,
Ruth Wilson; secretary, Barbara
Brandt; treasurer, Liss Steiner.
A Cappella Choir — director,
Frederick Kopp; president, Lillie
Pittard; first vice-president, Jackie
Foster; second vice-president, Sam
Chance; secretary, Mary Jo Smith;
and business manager, Margaret
Church.
University of Georgia Religious
Association Officers — chaplain,
Robert H. Ayers; assistant chap
lain, Anne Queen; president, Bob
Smalley; vice-president, Betty
Bollinger; recording secretary,
Clara Morris; treasurer, Jim
Hooten.
Athens High Glee Club—Direc
tor, Mrs. Harris Parham; presi
dent, Carolyn Brazell; vice-presi
dent, Owen Quattlebaum; secreta
hmm HollidAy; and . treasurer,
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GCEORCIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1950.
TOKYO, Sunday, Dec. 17.— (AP) —American forces in
northeast Korea methodically withdrew into their dissolv
ing beachhead around the escape port of Hungnam Satur
day, abandoning demolished Hamhung to an onrushing
tide of Chinese Communists. :
Chinese patrols occupied Ham
‘hung, onetime industrial and rail
way center six miles inland from
'Hungnam, shortly after U. S. Army
‘engineers blew he last three bridg
es leading rrom the city late Sat
urday afternoon.
Associated Press Correspondent
Tom Lambert reported that the
estimated 100,000 or more Chinese
perched on snow-clad hills over
looking the shrinking beachhead
from three sides were exerting “no
great pressure.”
Allied artillery on the beach
head rim and within the Hungnam
city limits roared a constant bar
rage at the surrounding Chinese.
Guns of the fleet standing off
Hungnam helped hold the Reds at
bay. i
Carrier-based fighter planes .
struck through snow and low haze
at Chinese columns moving down
on the tightening U. N. lines.
A small force of Chinese tried
to enter Hamhung Saturday before l
demolition squads finished wreck- '
ing the city’s rail and highwayg
bridges and its buildings of mili-'
tary importance, These premature
Reds were chased cut of town by
Puerto Rican and American patrols
of the U. S. Third Infantry Divi-|
sion.
Lambert Says:
“It may be,” Lambert said, “that
the Chinese had taken such a beat
ing in their fruitless attempt to
trap the U. S. Tenth Corps inland
that. they must regroup and reor
ganize.”
A week ago, members of ha U.
fs; &Fi;:ltxMarine and Seg’n% In
ing Reds ftrying so biock their
withdrawal from the Chanjin res
ervoir area, ;
Associated Press Correspondent
Stan Swinton, who with Lambert
was covering the beachhead, re
ported that survivors from two
platoons of the Third Division who
had been surrounded by the Chi
nese Friday had now reached safe
ty.
Just as the bridges and strategic
buildings of Hamhung were demol
ished, so were the American sup=
ply dumps that Tenth Corps forces
had to leave behind.
Fires from the burning equip
ment glowed across the coastal
plain Saturday night, A great
column of smoke rose ahove Ham
hung. Landing lights twinkled at
a new airstrip just built by Amer
ican engineers ingide the defense
perimeter.
Situation Not Disatrous
A Tenth Corps spokesman said
Bank Reporis A
Successful Year
Deposits and total resourdes of
The National Bank of Athens
have reached an all-time high
during this year, President W. R.
Antley reported to the boatd of
directorg at their regular meeting
last week, it was afnounced yes
terday.
Personnel of the bank held their
annual Christmas party at the
Athens Country Club last night.
The directors authorized pay
ment of a regular dividend of SI.OO
and $2.00 extra dividend per
share, payable January 15. This
makes a total dividend for the
year of $5.50 f)er share, equal to
27% percent of the bank’s capital
stock, it was announced,
With payment of the January
15th dividend a total of $1,941,000
has been paid in dividends to
stockholders of The National Bank
of Athens since its organization in
1866, it was pointed out.
President Antley’s report show=
ed that bank earnings this year
are equal to those of 1949, one of
the most profitable year’s in the
bank’s history. The directors au=
thorized payment of the customary
bonus to officers and employes of
the bank.
Officers and directors oige
bank are: W. R. Antley, president;
J. O. Bird, vice-president; T. Ev=
ans Johnson, cashier; J. M, Mcßae,
assistant cashier, ;
Directors: W. R. Antley, J. Ovid
Bird, Julian H. Cox, Carter W.
Daniel, Gordon Dudley, Milton
Leathers, David B. Michael, Sam
H. Nickerson, D. D. Quillian, Mal
colm A. Rowe, W, A, Sams, jr., H.
Paul Williams.
Reserves Here
Top State Units
A reiport of new enlistments in
the Enlisted Reserve Corps for all
units in the State of Georgia has
been received by Major C. W.
Johnson, jr., Commanding Officer
of the Athens ORC Instructor
Group, in which the units within
his area led the State of Georgia
with forty-five new enlistments.
This ‘was more than twice as many,
as "the seeond plece units: « -« - Favs
the situation at Hungnam was ‘“not
disastrous.”
While the U. 8. Tenth Corps
pullback in northeastern Korea
thus proceeded according to plan,
United Nations forces in western
Korea still waited and wondered
when and where the next Chinese
Red blow would fall there.
There was no actual fighting
front in the west. South Korean
units clashed now and then with
well-organized bands of North Ko
‘rean guerrillas, but the U. S.
Eighth Army was not firing a
shot,
Officially, no Chinese had cross
ed south of the 38th parallel, arbi
trary line whieh for five years
divided Red North and Repub
lican South Korea until the Reds
invaded the South last June 25.
Generai MacArthur’s Tokyo
headquarters, however, 'reported
a buildup of enemy strength, pre
sumably Chinese, just north of
the parallel.
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer,
Far East Air Force commander,
announced that since Nov. 25 his
fliers had killed or wounded 33,-
000 Chinese Reds in Korea.
This was the equivalent of four
divisions, or one-seventh of the
Chinese frontline strength.
Snow flurries and low clouds
curtailed air operations Saturday.
A few Mustang pilots got
through to strafe targets near
Wonsan, That east coast port, 50
air miles south of Hungnam, was
abandoned by the Allies last week.
Maj. Gen. Earle E. Partridge,
commander of the U. 8. Fifth Air
Force, said Russian-built jet fight
er planes had made 72 sorties over
Korea between Dec. 9 and 15. A
‘sortie is one %\sy one plane.
‘The number of es is not indi
cative of the number of jet planes
in the Red Air Force, since in that
period each plane could be ex
pected to make several sorties,
Lions Amateur
Show Date Set
January 19 has been set as the
date for the annual Athens Lions
Club Amateur Show, Lions Club
President Roy Curtis announced
yesterday. It is to be held in the
Fine Arts Building on the Univer
sity of Georgia campus.
Approximately 20 acts are to be
selected for the show, and ama
teur performers with in 50 mile
radius of Athens are eligible.
Dates for tryouts are to be an
nounced soon.
Three SIOO savings bonds are to
be given winners in three divisions
of the show, and second place
winners in these divisions are to
receive $25 bonds. Children under
16 years of age will compete in
one division, adults over 16 will
compete in a second division, and
a third division will be open to
U‘x}lversity of Georgia students
only.
“The people from Clarke and
surrounding counties who attend
the show will name winners,”
Curtis said, “because an electric
applause meter will be used again
this year.” This applause meter
records the volume of applause
and eliminates errors in selecting
winners.
Henry Rosenthal, member of the
Board of Directors and past presi=
dent of the Athens Lions Club,
will serve as master of ceremonies
at the show. He has handled these
duties at past shows.
Proceeds from the Amateur show
go into a welfare fund maintain
ed by the club for helping in wor=
thy causes in this county,
.“The main Lions Club project
is sight conservation,” President
Curtis stated, “and a considerable
sum of money earned through the
Amateur Show held last January
went toward the purchase of a
telebinocular eye testing machine
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Reserves Clarify
Enlistment Data
Within recent weeks a number
of men of draft age have brought
up the question as to their eligi
bility to enlist in the Enlisted Re
serve Corps.
In order to clarify this Major C.
W. Johnson, jr., commanding offi
cer of Athens ORC Instructor
Group, released the information
that a man can be enlisted in the
Enlisted Reserve Corps if he has
not received orders to report for
a physical from his draft board
and agrees to actively support the
Reserve Unit to which he is as
signed. Immediately upon enlist
ing Form 44 will be submitted to
the draft board concerned; how
ever, if he has been ordered to re
port for a physical by his draft
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C. 0f C. Elects
J. §. Wolfe
191 President
J. Smiley Wolfe, jr., Vice-presi
dent of the Citizens and Southern
National Bank, Friday afternoon
was elected President of the Ath
ensg Chamber of Commerce for
1951 and will take office on Jan
uary Ist. Mr. Wolfe succeeds R.
M. Snow who has served during
1950,
Elected to serve with Mr. Wgfie
A ] vice-presi
m W. n.‘&agm, sr., Treasur=
ehr;‘;nd Malcolm Ainsworth, Secre-
In addition to the above those
serving on the Board of Directors
for 1951 are W. R. Antley, John P,
Bondurant, Newman Corker, Rus
sell Daniel, jr, Ed H. Downs,
Howell C. Erwin, jr., C. W. Fitz
gerald, Uly S. Gunn, J. Swanton
Ivy, Owen M. Roberts, jr., R. M.
Snow, A. D. Soar, Thos. M. Till
man, and as ex-officio directors
Mayor Jack R. Wells, Harry H.
Elder, Chairman of the County
Board, Dr. O. C. Aderhold, Presi
dent of the University of Georgia,
and Howell C. Erwin, jr., Presi
dent of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. = L
Directors who retire January Ist
are J. B. Alexander, G. A. Booth,
Dr. James E. Gates, W. A. Mathis,
Malcolm A Rowe, Albert D. Sams,
James A. Towns and C. A. Trus
sell.
NEW G. E. HEAD
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—(AP)—
Ralph J. Cordiner, 50, who earned
his way through college selling
electrical appliances, today be
came president of the General
Electric Company, which does a
$2,000,000,000 business yearly.
The board of directors elected
Cordiner, executive vice gresident
of the company, to succeed Charles
E. Wilson, who resigned to head
the new defense mobilization
board.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Booming Sales Noted
In Downtown Stores
By RANDALL COUCH
Tempo of all phases of Christ
mas activity has tripled in Athens
during the past week, but no=-
where has the increase in holiday
preparations been more in evi
dence than in the retail sales
houses, gift shops and grocery
stores of the city.
Shelves that were well-laden
with choice items for the holiday
trade in downtown stores early in
December are still well-stocked,
but the turn over in gift and toy
supplies during the past two weéks
has been such that the shelves
have been emptied and thier
stocks replenished several times.
Never before have the stores of
Athens stores furnished such a
wide variety of gifts in such great
quantity. An eager buying pub
lic is taking constant advantage of
the many available gift items.
Toy Sales
Toy shops all over town are do
ing a booming business. Newly=~
developed plastic toys and an' al
most overwhelmingoamount of re~
cently-introduced toys bearing the
naln_rxgsi and appeafance; of various
celebrities are extremely popular,
“Anything bearini the name
‘Hopalong Cassidy,’” says one
sales clerk, “is a sure-fire sale,
and Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and
Mil&on Berle are elose runners
up.
Many of the stores offer com
pleu‘a fi:ttits for pint-sized, would
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
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New Defense Office Creased
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To Speed U. S. Mobilization
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.— (AP) —President Truman
today proclaimed a.nat.ional emergency and the zon
ment quickly issued its first price control crder—a rol
wiping out increases on 1951 cars.
Simultaneously, the President
established a new office with un
precedented power to mobolize the
nation at a fast pace against
“world congquest by Communist
imperialism.” .
In proclaiming the emergency,
Mr. Truman summoned every ci
tizen to put the country’s defense
ahead of everything else.
A few hours later, the Economic
Stabilization Agency, issuing the
first of a series of mandatory con
trol orders announced by Mr, Tru
man last night, froze prices of new
automobiles at the Dee. 1, 1950
level.
The order will be effective un
til March 1 pending a study lead
ing to price and wage stabiliza~
tion in the industry.
The emergency proclamation
declared that world conquest is
the “goal of the forces of aggres
sion that have been loosed upon
the world.” Mr. Truman said the
situation requires a speedy de~
sense buildup. '
The office of defense mobiliza=
tion was created at the same time
by executive order with full au~
thority over civilian agencies al
ready at work building U. S, war
strength,
Wilson Is Chief
Its chief will be Charlés E. Wil
son, who is resigning as president
of General Electric Co. to take the
job. He will have the say-so over
production, manrovm', wages,
prices, transportation and defense
buying.
Wilson’s appointment to the
$22,500-a-year post is subject to
Senate confirmation. As GE pres
ident, he made $175,000. During
the war he was executive vice
chairman of the War Production
Board, Y
The executive order handed
over to him authority. given Mr.
Truman in the Defense Produc
‘ tion Act of 1950, which delegated
w:g;?‘r:ee ,‘contgzlwd other
s power )
l and '?,the nation on-g %
footing. WY -
The proclamation of S emer
lgen;tg;l nzas faleevomp ] by a
engthy list of laws conveying
cial power to tne executive wfieh
the White House sald became au
tomatically effective,
These included authority to
lengthen work hours under U. 8.
contracts, requisition ships, wajve
competitive bids on defense con
tracts. -
But many of the ldws listed
merely reasserted powers which
Mr. Truman already had been
given under other legislation,
The proclamation itself was a
I call to American loyalty in time
of “a grave threat to peace of the
’ world” and danger to this coun
try.
| Austerity Pictured .
Last night Mr. Truman pictured
}the beginning of a néw life of
austerity ahead of Americans -
longer work hours, partial wafi~
and price controls, eutbacks
civilian production, much higher
taxes.
Today he called them to action.
He said:
“] summon all citizens to make
a united effort for the security and
well-being of our beloved coumn=
try—
“To place its needs foremost in!
thought and action . « . |
“Our farmers, our workers in
industry, and our businessmen toi
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know the ‘children better than
anyone else, these outfits don’t
remain on the store counters long.
Self-propelling and motorized
toys are also extremely popular
this year—even the miniature cars
and airplanes that boast the wind
up motors and rdbber-band-type
propellini devices.
In touring several of the down=-
town shopping centers, the writer
was overjoyed to note the growing
fondness for books of many varie
ties which are on sale this year,
Books Popular
One little shopper who, though
she was apparently distracting her
mother considerably, managed to
gain the attention of everyone in
the immediate vicinity, was seen
clutehing a book under each arm
and stating flatly, “I’d rather have
these than all the dolls in the
world.” She will doubtless get a
doll for Christmas anyway, and
indubitably will be proud of if,
but let’s hope that she also gets
the books.
With the arrival of Santa Claus
and the beginning of his daily
talks on the two local radio sta=-
tions, the shoppinf tempo belgm
to increase steadily here, ew
families have 'osc‘g::d the effects
of the arrival of Nick” on the
younger folk.,
For the practical-minded indi
vidual Christmas shopper, as well
as the parents, local stores and
lcll:;gug eshblibs‘l'x'mentn have on
numerable types of men’s
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Lt. Col. Proctor
Awarded DFC ~
In North Korea
FAR EAST AIR FORCAES
HEADQUARTERS—Lt. Cel. John
P. Proctor, Athens, Ga., air op
erations officer of the 307th Bomb
Group has been awarded the Dis~
tlng\(xilshed filying ufi;ms for out
standing action a suecess
ful bombing raid agnfnlt Sinulju,
provisional capital of North Korea.
He was awarded the DFC by
Major General Emmett (Rosy)
O’Donnell, commanding general of
FEAF Bomber Command, at a
recent informal ceremony,
Col. Proctor has also been
awarded the Bronze Star for mer
itorious service since comk:'h
the Far East on August 6. is
a veteran of World War 11.
His wife and two daughters are
currently residing at Mac Dill Air
Force Base, Tampa, Fla.
The citation for the DFC
awarded at the direction of the
Secretary of the Air Force fol
lows:
Heéroie Acts
« “Lieutenant Colonel Johan P.
Proctor, 3405 A, United States Air
Force, distinguished himself while
erfgaged in Air Operations against
ithe enemy over North Korea. On
8 November 1950, Colonel Proetor,
while acting in the capacity as
airborne commander of a forma
tion of twenty-eight B-29 aireraft
directed the highly successful raid
;gainst the aggressor city of Sin
uju.
“This-city, a main supply t
and poit of eniyy for mhhm
troops from Communist W
The location of theta which
was less than two thousand feet
from the Manchurian ciz of Au~
Tun{,aand the terrain sea ne
cessitated a sharp turn on te short
bomb run. e
“Colonel Proctor displayed su
perior airmanship and skill in
manuevering the group in order
that all gjrcraft could maintain
their position in the formation,
thus discouraging attacks b‘ en
emy 4Jet aireraft that were the
area. Tl;is nkmtiulumanmin‘
and precise navigation re~
sponsible for the excellfl;‘tunb'
pattern that destroyed the as
signed target area.
“The enemy had installed strong
anti-aircraft defences their
fire was both intense accu
rate. In spite of this oppesition
Colonel Proctor did not vary his
altitude or direction thus insuring
maximum destruction of the tar
get. The initiative and forestght by
Cologel Prgo:gr as airborne eom
mander and the outstanding -
ities of leadership and pro!fil
skill displayed on this misson are
in keeping with the highest fradi
tions of the United Stateg Air
Forces.” 4
Award gfifion
The citation for the Bronze
Star Medal glvon at the direction
of the President follows:
“Lieutenar;t lgo}l‘gt&el John b?
Proctor distinguis himself by
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Ranney Services
Held In Boston
mrgfi?fi aarvices gox‘;gh M!S.m nug;-
y anney, A
and Mrs, Karl shed;, will dhald
at Waterman F al
Kenmore Igquare,“%fon ass.,
Monday, December 18, at 12 30
p. m.
Burial will follow in Woreester,
Mass.
Mrs. Ranney died early Friday
in a Boston hospital.
She ils survived by a 50n,t.1.t%)-
ert Malcolm Ranney; paren T.
and Mrs. Shedd, m&i & brother,
Donald H. Shedd. Dr, Shedd is
Professor of Spanish at the Uni
versity.
She was a graduate of Madison
College, Harrisonburg, Va.,, and
did graduate work at the Uni
versity of Georgia. Before going
to Boston, she was diefician at
Lucy Cobb in 1947-48. She went
north to become dietician at New
England Deaconess Hospital.
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