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W u BSEERaR A R R I 2 M LTG i & “*%3 e, i SRO BT e SRR R e B e g B R e e e . g R SR B R R R eAR R G e R s & g 0 : : S R R . R i o T RN P e R B L R B R X G e R sm : : i : # 000 S e2Wi 3 A > GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER .+ . Named European Defense Commander lke Named To Command Europe Defense Force WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— (AP) —General Dwight D. Eisenhower was formally named today to be Supreme Commander of an integrated European defense force against Communism. Acheson Stays, Says President WASHINGTON, Déc. 19—(AP) —President Truman said today “I refuse to dismiss” Secretary of State Acheson. He made that statement at a news conference when asked about the demands mwm in Congress far him tetfire his top ranking cabinet officer, Anticipating the questions, Mr. Truman had a'prepared statement whch he read. : It it Mr, Truman recalled that President Abraham Lincoln, when asked to dismiss Secretary of State Seward, had refused. “So do I refuse to dismiss Sec retary of State Acheson,” he said. His statement went on to say this is a time of “great peril” which calls for unity. It continued: “Communism, not our own country, would be served if we lost Mr. Acheson.” Mr. Truman said that if Com munism were to ‘prevail in the world—as it shall not he insisted— “ Dean Acheson would be one of the first, if not the first, to be shot by the enemies of liberty and Christianity.” Charges False He said charges made against Acheson are “false” and have ‘“no basis in fact whatever.” Separate meetings of Senate and House Republicans last week adopted resolutions asking the dis missal of Acheon. Their main contention was that his foreign policies in the Padific area had failed and that ‘Acheson had lost the confidence of the country. Mr. Truman also told his news conference that Secretary of De fense Marshall will remain' on at that post, and Robert O, Lovett will continue to serve as Deputy ~ecretary of Defense. He said-there was nothing to a j;,?)w't-—ggvery to newsmen by a White Hoeusé official who would not let his name be used—that W. “tuart Symington was being sroomed for Secretary of Defense vhen Marshall decided to retire. The President said Symington is doing a very important job as Crairman of the National Security nesources Board and will stay in 4t post, fmnnq GOP Congress members, ' addition. to asking Acheson’s '®moval, have been calling for ‘a hance for Congress to pass on any major policy commitments he (Continuea N Page Two) Ousted Officials ATLANTA, Dec. 19— (AP) — Twelve state school department officials, oused suddenly last month, will be restored .to their jobs at g meeting on the State ‘oard of Education Dec. 27 high ources said Monday, ; Board Chairman George. Whit nan, jr., confirmed the. board ould meet Dec, 27, but he de ‘ned further comment. Sources close to a blazing con troversy that has raged since the lring said the board was split 7 9 3 in favor of taking the men Dack, State School Supt. M. D. .C:Ol' N 5, who had hired the Olflclal,s igorougly prot@ﬁ'@& the %ogx;dS ‘ction. Coltitis"and the board Have vcen feuding over who is boss f the school department. Gov. Herman Talmadge report “dly helped persuade board IRy bers to reverse their action in a “°ries of private meetings to medi ate the ‘dispute. ATHENS BANNER -HERALD Associated Press Service President Truman made the ap pointment, acting on the request of North Atlantic powers that an American be chosen for the su preme command and on their sug gestion that Eisenhower be the man, Thus the man who led a sim ilar force of Allied troops to vic tory.in Europe during World War II headed abroad again to rally Western democracies for defense against = possible Communist ag gl:ession on thQ? Qonﬂmnt. ; " It had been“a common assump tion for months that “Ike” — who has a termendous personal popu larity in Europe—would be given the command as soon as planning of the united defense "force had advanced to the point where fill ing of the post became advisable. The formal appointment was disclosed in an exchange of tele grams between the President and Secretary of State Acheson, who is in Brussels for the North At lantic Council meetings. Plans Completed Cabinet ministers of the 12 At lantic Pact nations today com pleted plans for the formation of the international European de fense force which Eisenhower will lead. Officials 4t the Brussells session said the plans call for 55 to 60 divisions, plus air and sea forces, by the end of 1953. The commit ment of forces by the member na tions is expected to begin almost at once. . Eisenhower, now president of Columbia University, made it plain weeks ago he would accept the command if asked to do so. It was seven years ago when “Ike” went to work on his other big job in Europe. In Deceniber, 1943, the late President Roosevelt and then Prime Minister Churchill of Britain decided Eisenhower was their man and named him supreme commander of the Allied Expedi tionary Force destined to liberate Nazi-held Western Europe and eventually to crush the German military machine, : When hostilities in Europe end ed, Eisenhower became military governor of the United States zone of occupation in Germany, re maining in. that command until November, 1945, when he came home to take over as Chief of Staff of the Army, succeeding General George C. Marshall, now Secre tary of Defense. Eisenhower was 60 years old last October 14, AUTOMOBILE PRICES Reaction To GM Move Awaited By Industry DETROIT, Dec. 19— (AP)—The whole automobile industry looked to Washington today for gobern ment reaction to General Motor’s request for modifieation of the car price rollback. Representatives of each major car producer were heading for the nation’s capital for talks on the auto price situation with Economic Stabilizaton Agency (ESA) offi cials. The conference starts tomorrow, with the CIO United Auto Work ers Unioh also taking part. General Motors Corp., the in dustry’s biggest énanutactu;er. took the lead yesterday in actives. iy protestmﬁ an ESA order Satur= day that rolled back car prices to the December 1 level. The corpor= ation telegraphed the atﬁcy ask= ing for some modifica of the order. . i GM hailted the sale of its 1981 Chevrolet, Pontjac ana Cadallac West Germany To Be Allowed Own Air Force | &5 ARTHUR GAVSHON j © & SSELS, Belgium, Dec. 19.— &&> —Western Germany will be { @ wed her own air force again V" der an Atlantic Pact plan for sing German resources in defense of the West, diplomatic officials reported today, ; ) The plan, adopted yesterday by foreign and defense ministers of the 12 pact nations in defiance of threats from Russia, calls for an international army of 55.t0 60 div=- isions, plus air and sea armms. It | aims for a total force of 1,000,000 men bi the end of 1958, At the re%uest of the Brussells conference, President Truman' to day named General Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of the integrated European de fense force. 4 The program provides also that ‘the ‘West German - republic - will contribute some 25 combat units of 6,000 ground troops each to éhis Western bulwark against Soviet aggression in Europe, . In return, the Bonn government would be given political and eco pomlcxgoncessions by the occupy ing powers—though not full inde pendence immediately. Full Details The Atlantic Allies are due to announce tonight full details of their plans to protect the West against possible Red~thrusts. They were completed at meetings here yesterday of the ministers. The conference also authorized the United States, Britain and France to begin early talks with the federal republic at Bonn on possible German contributions. U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Britain’s Foreign Secre tary Ernest Bevin and France’s Foreign Minister Robert Schuman were to confer today on how to approach the Bonn government. They will have to take Russia’s possible reactions into = account. Last month the Soviets asked for Big Four talks on Germany's fu ture—an inyitation the Western Allies are expected to accept. The Russians also have warned they would not tolerate organized re vival of German militarism. They also have to handle the Germans carefully. Many Ger mans say they are against any fornr of rearmament. The Bonn government, however, is believed ready to play ball with the West, if it can get the mosf;?ut of any bargain that may be sfruck. =~ In addition, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has to take note of East German feelings. East Germans The Communist East German government keynoted those feel ings yesterday. It warned West German leaders that they must either talk the whole thing over with the Eastern Red leaders or share with the West “the terrible guilt of turning West Germany into an instrument of American war.” The Atlantic Pact ministers were to meet again today to put finishing touches on their com prehensive communique outlining their defense plans, In addition to details of the in ternational army and the proposed German units, they reportedly: Have okayed a plan for effective defense of Europe from the Arctic to the Aegean Sea. - Have agreed to speed their in dividual rearmament programs to match efforts being made by the United States. Have set ways of financing one of the biggest preparedness drives in peacetime history. Have simplified the pact organ ization itself. Have cleared the way for more American, Canadian and British troops to stream to Europe to be gin building the barricades, Britain is reported already pre paring an armored division for Europe. The United States target is said to be four or five divisions —including two already in Ger many-—within the next year or so. FIRE CALL Firemen rushed to Lyndon ave nue about ncon today where elec=~ tric wires inside a residence were afire, Firemen said little damage was incurred. Last night they went to Holman avenue where a chimney was burning out, There was no dam=- age. models yesterday. The Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Corp., and Nash Motors also af fected by the rollback, so far have made no similar move. Tied up with car prices was the question of wages for more than a million workers in the auto indus« try. Most are working wunder fivg year contracts with wages tied to the cost of living and annual ime provement raises graranteed. General Motors President C. J. Wilson warned unions which his firm s that the rollback glam ese jo?‘paanrdy. . ar :iv:‘uld seem m& M ense pmdUotiOl H require &n - arbitrary freeze,” b; d , d}aw h or, Prtm , | Ar‘izi: made it dlear ¢ union wogd governmen to freeze mﬁ SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1950. Allied Naval, Air, Ground Units Blast Reds Storming UN Positions Yonpo Field Abandoned By Air Force TOKYO, Dec. 19.-=(AP) —Allied naval, air and ground forces slammed tons of steel today at Chinese and Korean Reds pressing down on the slim Hungnam beach head in northeast Korea. The Allies slowly were giving ground with their backs to the sea. A delayed field dispatch said the U. S. Air Force abandoned Yonpo Airfield, Hungnam’s major air port Sunday. The dispatch had been withheld for security reasons. Army engineers destroyed supplies and disabled aircraft that had to be left. North Korean Communist troops showed their biggest strength yet around the beachhead. A U. S. 10th Corps intelligence officer said advance combat ele ments of three wholly reorganized Red Korean divisions had repiaced the Chinese Communists on the right flank of the beachhead. He estimated the force at 7,000 to 8,000 men. Allied firepower was credited with blasting Communist at tempts to mount a major attack against the beachhead. “Prisoners say they are trying to hit us in force but every time the officers get men massed for an attack our artillery scatters them.” said Col. William Quinn, Crisfield, Md. “They just can’t get started.” | Refugee Reports | Refugee 'reports said Chmese‘ Reds were looting abandoned Hamhung, big northeast Korea in dustrial |x‘i'cy city six miles inland from Hungnam. Terrified Korean civilians 'were reported streaming north and south from the looted AP A L Korgan ) ons the east MYWM‘E punches against that section of the Allied . A field dispatch said the ay be trying to capture { high und looking down on Hungnam’s busy port. | Artillery fire smashed one such attack and killed an estimated 200 Korean Reds in 20 minutes. ] ~ Allied warship slipping through the Sea of Japan’s icy waters ofti Hungnam port pounded 37 con centrations of Chinese and Korean l Communists. The big Naval guns dispersed one column of attacking ! Reds with heavy casualties. Navy and Marine fliers roared off decks of Carrier Task Force 77 and an escort carrier fleet in sting ing blows against the Reds. | The seaborne airmen winged in land as far as 60 miles, bombing, rocketing and machinegunning Communist troop concentrations. They claimed they killed or wounded 800 Reds. 1 U. S. Third and Seventh Di-‘ vision troops on the ground held off a series of Communist attacks ‘ munted in darkness Monday night and early Tuesday morning, ‘ Reds Fanatical | A 10th Corps spokesman said the Reds attacked in almost fa natical fury. i In contrast, the western front north of Seoul was quiet. No direct contact between the U. S. Eighth | Army and the enemy was report ed Tuesday. | But around Hungnam, a 10th Corps spokesman said the Com munists were building strength for an apparent drive to push U. N. forces into the sea. + The battleship Missouri joined the cruisers St. Paul and Roches ter in hurling a curtain of shell fire against the Reds. The Mo’s big guns have a range of 20 miles or more, Allied warplanes ranged over (Continued On Page Two) ATHENS AND VICINITY Fair and not gquite so cold Wednesday, colder Wednesday night with low of 20. Low to night 25 and high Wednesday 44. Sun sets 5:26 and rises 7:35, GEORGIA — Fair this after noon and tonight, Not quite so cold tonight, Low temperatures 24 to 30. Wednesday partly cloudy and slightly warmer, EXTENDED FORECAST Extended forecast for Georgia from 7:30 p. m., December 19, to 7:30 p. m., December 23: Continued cold with temper atures averaging five to eight degrees below normal. Slowly rising temperatures Wednesday followed by colder again Wed nesday night or Thursday. A little warmer Saturday. &ittlc or no precipitation ind e - TEMPERATURH g FANR SEEY sOO9 GO W 5 ) .. . 4 s .ir-“ RAINFALL Jast 24 kours ... .. .00 otal since December 1 ... 2.86 . cess slnce Détc;gmbex_‘ } i 4.(;3 verage Desember rainfa /| Total since January 1 .. ..38.10 Deficit since January 1 ;. 10.0% MR e R ey Vol T O N T eWI il o*W FIROE TN wa N RT T T e T Lo ¥ ¥ RDteS AR R I S R R BRI 3 e R e - b 3Gy SRR R MR il oSR B sg WS o M SAT ;:Gl R A AR eo 5 B eT R PSR e B : 2 ! oyt et BV T s'ﬂ:«? 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Four North American F-86 Sabres scored a victory in a five minute aerial fight with four of the Russian type jets 10 miles south of Sin uiju, in northwest Korea. Four abreast, the F-86 Sabres Total Mobhilization Plans Indicated * * * A Lesson On How To Avoid Getting Lost ATLANTA, Dec. 19.—(AP)— The five-year-old walked out of the big, crowded department store and flagged a passing po lice car. When they got to the police station; he told Mrs. Katherine Gossett, a clerks, L ? “My name is Charles Virgin. That's C-H-A-R-L-ES V-I-R- G-I-N. “I live at 3562 Rainey Ave nue. R-A-I-N-E-Y A-V-E- N-U-E. It's in Hapeville (an Atlanta suburb). “My ’phone number is F-A-I-R-F-A-X 4320. “Nobody is home now. I got lost from my mama downtown. She walked too fast.” Charles soon was back with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Char les Virgin, sr., who had told him what to do if he became separ ated from his mother, Broun To Head Exchange Club Paul Broun today is serving as the new president of the Athens Exchange Club following his elec tion at the club’s regular weekly meeting yesterday. John Griffin and Bob Kimbrell were re-elected secretary and treasurer, respectively, The new officers will serve for a six-month period, Named to the Board of Control for a one-year term were Jim Whitaker, Trutman Wilson, and Frank Hodgkinson who will re place Dr. John Stegeman, Sam Welch, and Tyus Butler, Elected to serve for six months, filling the unexpired term of Mr, Broun, was Buddy Milner. Mr. Broun succeeds Dan Dupree in the presidency. As custom of the club, (I;dr.t Dupree becomes vice-presi ent, * Free Insurance To Servicemen WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—(AP) ~—A bill giving each member of the armed services a SIO,OOO free life insurance policy was passed the House Monday without a dis-~ senting vote. The measure now goes to the Senate. It would make the insur ance retroactive to June 27 to cover those who have died in the Korean war. The legislation also is phrased so that the 38 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen killed in a train wreck in Ohio Sept. 11 while enroute to their training camp would be oonsidered as insured. Their sur vivors would receive the insurance benefits The House also approved unani moul?y and gent to the White House a bill providing vocational vrehabu%ation for veterans disabled mtho or war, ﬁ?: rehabil~ tion dro:%h %ro ed for ve terans of the last world war. | Moving swiftly in another direc= tion to prepare for the eventuali~ ties of war the House passed with= o 1 900, 808.500 was datangs. S $1,000,000, war 0! ation to insure gm M] {frem bombsg or o war damage. All-Out Program For Use Of U. S. Resources Seen In Truman Request WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—(AP) —President Truman’s request for‘ additional wartime powers was‘ greeted in some quarters today as | a sign that the machinery is in motion for all-out mobilization. The President asked Congress yesterday to approve legislation that would let him juggle govern meént bureaus and set up emer gency agencies, as well as permit renegotiation of defense coatuc‘tg; a meniﬁ‘;at & Mmm Committee, told reporters he thinks this is only a step toward the full ;nobiliution of xiesgurc: he said is necessary to fight o Communist aggreui’on. ‘ However Chairman MeCarran (D.-Nev.) predicted the Senate Judiciary Committee will move cautiously in giving the president authority to reorganize agencies. McCarran indicated the pro posed legislation may have to wait until the new congress meets next month, The government continued to move gradually with the broad legislation it already has. ESA-Meat Confab The Economic Stabilization Agency called in meat industry representatives yesterday but it said in a statement the session was “not to be taken as an indication of any imminent (price) controls on meats.,” The agency said Price Administrator Michael V. Disalle held only exploratory talks with officials of five packing firms, none of them the giants of the in dustry. ESA said they explored prob lems which “would be probable if controls are found to be neces sary in the future.” General Motors, meanwhile, told federal officials it is sending in an alternate proposal to the new car ceilings which ESA imposed on the whole auto industry Satur day night. ESA gave out no details, but it was assumed that GM sought some modification in the rollback to Dec. 1 prices which the govern ment ordered. That action can celled out price hikes which had been announced by GM, Ford, Chrysler and Nash. GM yesterday froze the sale of all 1951 model Chevrolets, Ponti acs and Cadillacs which dea]ersl rective today or hereafter, It TOY SHOP PLANNED Christmas Cheer Plans Set By Salvation Army The Salvation Army is again preparing to bring happiness at Christmas time to the underpriv ileged children of Athens and vicinity. On Wednesday, December 20, the Toy Shop will be opened for white people, and they will come to receive their gifts at the Salva-~ tion Army Headquarters, On De sember 21, Thursday, the colored people will go to get their baskets thus completing the business of the Salvation Army’s Toy Shop. At present, the toys and other articles are bing donated by Sun day Schools and college fraterni ties. The é)resent needs are gifts for the older boys, from the ages of 10-12 years of age; although toys for all ages and sexes are needed ug‘ently, as this iz expect ed to?n bisgelt Christmas the rmy has ever had in this viclnitf. Ty w from the Kettle 1 ted on East Clayton g et, will be for-a bl%iChristmes tobthtldonwoo 23rd of are expected to attend. ‘ This effort made by the Salva- Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area roar into the air in formation over Moses Lake, Wash- | ington, leaving a black trail of exhaust behind. This same type plane shot down a Soviet made jet while traveling faster than sound—(U. S. Army Photo from NEA Telephoto.) blamed the vrice rollback, which it called discriminatory. Wage Board To Meet ESA’s wage stabilization board, headed by Cyrus S. Ching, will meet tomorrow with auto industry management and union officials to discuss wages. Walter Reuther, president of the CIO United Auto Workers, served advance notice he will fight any attempt to freeze industry wages. hen:‘rliilh“ told netvgvsmen yesterday protest to Ching's board any proposed freeze affecting his union’s. five-year contracts, The union has agreements under which workers’ pay goes up or down with the cost of living index. | While Magnuson and other members of Congress saw in Mr, Truman’s bid for new legislation a sign that the all-out mobilization many of them have been demand ing is on the way, there were in dications the request would be carefully screened. Senator Brewster (R.-Me.) for example, said Republicans will want to be certain the President isn’t given such blanket reorgani zation authority that he could cre~ ate a new welfare department, The President proposed such a move in a previous reorganization plan vetoed by Congress. 1 Local Bulletins Bids for construction of the Athens-Clarke County .. Health Center, to be locted - Hill Street on the Athens High drill field. were received and listed in the County Commissionrs’ office late this morning, but no contract was awarded . The successful bidder will be announced later. Approval of city, ceunty, state and federal government officials is required. Base bids as submitted: G. M. Caskey—s224,4l9; Ivery Broth ers Const. C 0.—5218,650; Mathis Const. C 0.—5228,820; H.-A. Par son—3s2l2,soo. There were sev eral alternates. The new road to Princeton, which connects the Whitehall road and the Macon Highway, was opened today, announced the Clarke County Commission ers, The new road and conctrete bridge will be formally dedica~ ted in January. tion Army is one of the many things they will do in the coming year., Throughout the past, the Army has contributed to the wel fare and happiness of the under privileged children of Athens and through this wonderful organ ization, hundreds have benefited. The Salvation Army marches on. WASHINGTON, Deec. 19 — (AP) — President Truman said foday prices of General Motors cars will be fixed at what the Economie Stabilization Admin istrator says they should be. A reported asked if Mr. Tru man’s eomments were to be tak en as meaning government ae tion to unfreeze the sales freeze ordered by General Motors. The President said the government will cress that bridge when it gets to it. ‘ HOME EDITION Hope Maintained For China Red Peace Answer LAKE SUCCESS, Dee. 19—(AP) —United Nations diplomats hope Communist China will answer their piea not to break off Korea Admitting this ﬁ‘wy be just wish [ ful thlnking,n' they nevertheless have their ers crossed that a reply may come before Red Chi« na’s envoy, Wu Hsiu-Chuan, leaves for Peiping. He is scheduled to take off via British overseag airways at 4:30 p. m. EST. to fly home via Lendon and Moscow. - The U. N.’s three-man cease fire commission announced yesterday it had appealed to th e Chinese Communis terglme to comtinue negotiations and had offered to travel anywhere—including to Peiping—to keeg the talhsfq. Th three—Sir Benegal N. Rau of India, Canada’s Foreign Minis ter Lester B. Pearson and Nastol. lah Entezam of Iran president of the General Assembly-—acted afte er Wu, in the name of his gov~ ernment, turned down the first appeal. s 5 ‘ u ons Wu dechredAmea cease fire would only be an An%lo-Amu'm device to gain time for troop re inforcements. He said Communist China couldn’t even consider ad= vising its so-called volunteers to leave Korea until American troops got out, Formosa was turned over to the Reds and Peiping admitted to the United Nations. The U. N's 60-nation political committee met yesterday morning, heard the commission report om its appeal and recessed until an answer should be received. Paradoxically, although Wu turned down the cease fire appeal, he also insisted that he was not authorized to discuss it. Diplomats hope, therefore, that before his contemplated departure today he may get a cable from home either authorizing him ':x stay here for talks or telling hi 1’.() invite the commission to Piep ng. Commission members are stick ing close to their telephones in hopes of getting such word. They have no formal meeting scheduled. —— BULLETIN —— . WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — (AP) — The government today ordered a 20 per cent cut in civ ilian use of tin affective Feb. 1. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — (AP) — The Air Force an nounced today it will call five Air National Guards Groups and “a number” of supporting ;n{)u,l into federal service on e - . el < i -2 i ; ! : .h‘. 4 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, December 19, 1950, Home Edition, Image 1