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ARMED GUARDSMEN RAID TAVERNS-—A National
Guardsman with a carbine covers the front of the Rain
bow Gardens at Durant, Miss.,, during a raid on 20
Holmes county taverns. Governor Fielding L. Wright
called on the guardsmen to make the raids in his crack
down on liquor law violators in the dry state. The raid
ers arrested 30 persons and uncovered large quantities
of gambling equipment in addition to illegal whiskey.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
MacArthur Recall Urged
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To Qutline War Picture
WASHINGTON, April 3.— (AP)—Senator Bridges (R.-
N.H.) demanded today that General Douglas MacArthur
be brought to this country temporarily to tell Congress his
“ideas about ending the Korean war.”
“Apparently he is the only per
son in authority who has any pos
itive ideas” about ending the con
flict, Bridges said in a statement.
He added that McArthur “has been
muzzled by the Truman adminis
tration.”
Bridges, senior Republican on
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee, said Americans in Korea
have been fighting “with one hand
tied behind their backs” because
of United Nations restrictions on
military operations, and he con
tinued:
“I believe MacArthur can re
ecommend the proper course of ac
tion. I believe the Korean War
demands affirmative action. The
Korean war is not going to go
away if we turn our heads and
pretend 1t is an incident.”
Another move to bring MacAr
thur home temporarily was started
in the House yesterday by Rep.
Sheehan (R.-Ill.). He introduced a
bill under which MacArthur would
be requested to return and report
to Congress on the Korean situa
tion, particularly as to the author
ity granted him by the U. N.
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11. 5. Policy Hi
HONOLULU, April 3 — (AP) —
Harry Bridges, Australian-born
convicted perjurer, defiantly
charges the United States govern
ment is a big threat to world
peace,
The eontroversial labor leader
made his charge Monday at the
ovening session of his Internation
al Longshoremen’s and Ware
housemen’s Union convention,
Bridges has appealed the federal
five-year sentence he got on con
viction of falsely swearing he nev
fr was & Communist, His union
has been ousted from the CIO on
charges that it follows the Com
munist party line,
In a fiery keynote speech and in
an ILWU report which he signed,
Bridgess
1. Sald the attitude of the Tru
man - administration “appears to
much of the world as the greatest
threat to world peace.”
2. Denounced the Korean War
as a needless slaughter; noted that
the Chinese Reds “defend the
sending of their troops in Koreaflbx
bointing to our Monroe doetrine.
3. Assailed the Marshall aid pro=
eram, the Defense Production Act
0T 1950 and the peacetime draft—
lUs pretty easy to send somebody
else’s kid to die.”
4. Criticized inquiries into un-
American activities as “a deliber
ate eonspracy (that) has created
the climate in oyp country umder
Which questions and eritieisms of
loreign poliey from the ordinary
People become *grounds for Red
baiting and charges of treason, es-
Plonage and sabotage.”
_%—h_—
Theft Of Scone
Stone Is Solved
g Y{)NDON, April 4— (AP) —
>cotland Yard hinted today that
it had solved the mystery of the
missing Stone of Scone.
e reported solution looked like
l‘f'lf? that Sherlock Holmes would
'ave described as “Elementary,
my dear Watson, elementary.”
Hoa'dquarters of Britain’s fam
ed Criminal investigation Depart-
Ment announced it was preparin%
@ report of its findings. Loca
"®wspapers sald openly that the
Persons who stole the econtrover
sial eoronation relie from West-
Minister Abbey last Christmas fin
aly had been found. Police
ources said a simple check of li
brary eards — for persons show
-18 unusual interest in books on ‘
x?;:t sltonev — had netted the sus-’
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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W bhat Bloodhounds
Will Cause An
Escapee To Do
FORT WORTH, Texas, April
3—(AP)—An escapee from a
Georgia prison camp explained
that a pack of overly friendly
bloodhounds caused him to steal
a car and come to Texas.
Leroy Goude, 21, is held in
county jail here. under SI,OOO
bond affer pleading guilty to
transporting a stolen car across
state lines.
Goude said the bloodhounds
were supposed to track him
down after his escape from a
work camp at Thomaston, Ga.,
but they soon became so friend
ly he couldn’t get rid of them.
He told FBI agents he finally
got desperate, locked the dogs
in a deserted church, and head
ed for Texas.
Dr. E. Louise Ware, a native At
lantan now teaching at Adelphi
College, Garden City, N. Y., will
be on the University of Georgia
campus April 10 to give an ad
dress on one of the University's
best-known benefactors, George
Foster Peabody.
Her address is scheduled for 11
a. m. in the University Chapel and
is a part of the University’s Ses
quicentennial Observance,
Coinciding with Dr. Ware's ap
pearance on the campus is the
publication of her biography of
Peabody by the University of
Georgia. Her book, “George Fos
ter Peabody—Banker, Philanthro
pist, Publicist” will be released the
day of her address,
COHEN BUSINESS
LOS ANGELES, April 3.—(AP)
—Mickey Cohen says he is getting
rid of all his local interests to
move to Tucson, Ariz., and -go
into “the drug business—the legit
imate drug business.”
FLOOD DEATH
ROME, Ga., April 3.—(AP)—
Floods resulting fronr last week's
eight inch rainfall in this area
have claimed their first life. Nina
Love of Trion, Ga., drowned last
night when her car plunged into a ‘
swollen creek two miles north of
here. A companion, Mary Mc-
Ateer, also of Trion, was injured
slightly.
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FIRST CHOICE IN FIRST ANNUAL CONTEST—High
school senior Elaine Warner took top honors in the first
annual beauty contest to choose Miss Florida West
Coast-at St. Petersburg. Here she shows her trophy and
what it took to win it.—(NEA Telephoto.) . :
Lawmakers Debate
Troop, Draftlssues
BY ROWLAND EVANS, JR.
WASHINGTON, April 83— (AP) —The Senate troop
resolution neared a final vote today and administration
leaders fought to keep it free of legal teeth.
In the House, Republicans started an attempt to b"i
sending any troops to Europe without prior congressiona
approval. They wanted to put that prohibition in the new
draft bill. Debate on the bill started today.
| Democratic leaders took a beat
ing yesterday on the resolution to
approve sending U. S. troops
abroad to strengthen the interna
tional army under command of
Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower.
As it stood today, the resolution
would approve disaptch of four
divisions — about 100,000 men —
which President Truman already
has earmarked for European duty;
but it would record the Senate as
opposed to any more troop com
mitments “without further Con
gressional approval.”
That’s the part administration
leaders did not want in the resolu
tion.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
(D.-Tex.) predicted failure for the
move to put a ban on troop trans
fers in the House draft bill,
Lowers Draft Age
The bill lowers the draft age
from 19 to 18 and a half, extends
the period of service to 26 months
and sets up a delayed-action uni
versal military training program
(UMT).
A big fight is also expected on
the UMT part of the bill. Rep.
Short (R.-Mo.), top Republican in
the committee which wrote the
bill, wants the UMT section re
moved and handled separately,
Vinson, in a prepared statement
opening two weeks of debate on
the bill, pleaded with the House
not to eliminate UMT from the
bill. He said a combined draft-
UMT law, the kind the Senate has
already passed, would give this
country “the steel” Russia will re
spect.
Meanwhile, House Republicans
demanded a further cut in the ad
ministration’s request for more
1952 tax money.
They estimated Congress is like
ly to vote new tax levies this year
of only $5,000,000,000 to $7,500,-
000,000, a good deal short of the
$lO Dbillion the President has
asked. & )
New Revenue Measure
The committee starts writing its
new revenue measure tomorrow.
A White House effort to shake
up the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation (RFC) was headed to
day for a major Senate test.
The Senate expenditures com
mittee called final hearings on a
I presidential proposal to abolish the
jobs of five RFC directors and put
the agency under a single boss.
The RFC has been under heavy
congressional fire and there have
been growing demands in Con
gress for its complete abolition.
The President’s reorganization
plan will take effect April 20 un
less the Senate, by a two-thirds
vote, vetoes it,
Elsewhere on Capital Hill, there
were these other developments:
‘Grab Off” Seats
1. Rep. Cellar (D.-N.Y.) said
California Republicans are trying
to “grab off” seven more House
seats for the GOP under the new
House redistricting.
Cellar is chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee. His group
started hearings today on the
adlministration’s reapportionment
bill. -
Under the new set-up, a result
of the 1950 census, California is
the big winner, upping its seats in
the House from 23 to 30. Its pop
ulation is way up from 1940, the
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Tests Set Here
For Deferments
WASHINGTON, April 3.—(AP)
—Twenty-three centers have been
set up in Georgia where college
students may take aptitude tests
to determine whether they are
promising enough to warrant de
ferment from military service.
The tests will be given May 26,
June 16 and June 30. Centers
were chosen on the basis of pop
ulation, college and school loca=
tion and proximity to other cen
ters. ‘
Each center has a number, Test
applicants are required to identify
the center of their choice by the
number and city.
Among the 23 testing centers in
Georgia is number 224 at the Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens,
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1951.
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TO BE IKE’'S NAVAL AIDE—
Vice Admiral Andre Georges
Lemonnier (above) has been
appointed top naval assistant to
General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Admiral Lemonnier will advise
Eisenhower on all naval preb
lems concerning the defense of
Europe.—(NEA Telephoto.)
Georgia’s broadcasters will meet
in Athens Thursday for the open
ing session of the University of
Georgia’s sixth annual Radio and
Televisi{m Institute.
Sponb. ed by the Henry W.
Grady %&00l of Journalism and
the Georgia Association of Broad
casters, the Institute will last
through sSaturday.
Several nationally-known radio
broadcasters and directors will be
on the campus to conduct panetl
discussions on problems of radio
ranging from commercial details
to education’s contribution to
broadcasting.
Opening the Institute Thursday
will be a panel discussion on reli-~
gious broadcasts led by three
Georgia religious leaders. They are
the Rev. Harrison MaMains, pastor
of the First Christian Church, At
lanta; Hugh Kinchle, secretary,
Laymen of Georgia; and Miss Ma
jorie MacLachlan, director, Geor
gia Region, National Conference of
Christians and Jews.
News Broadcasting
Friday morning Bill Downs, Ko
rean correspondent for Columbia
Broadcasting System, will lead a
discussion on news broadcasting;
and Ed Kobak, president of Broad
cast Advertising Bureau, and
Maurice Mitchell, vice-president
and general manager, Association
Program Service, will lead a panel
on the commercial aspects of
broadcasting.
The Friday afternoon program
will feature a discussion of sports
broadcasts led by John Derr, as
sociate director of sports, CBS, and
another on television led by Will
iam J. Morlock, General Electric
Co., Syracuse, N. Y. University
President O. C. Aderhold will
speak at the Friday evening ban
quet session.
The Institute will close Satur
day with panel discussion on wo=
men in broadcasting and educa=
tion’s contribution to broadcastin}g,
and an address by Alfred f
Puhan, program director of “Voice
of America.”
Seven Georgia women broad
casters will participate in the first
panel, while the second will be led
by Miss Joyce Mill and Mrs. Anne
Griffin, Wesleyan College; Ray
mond B. Nixon and Bradford Ans=
ley, Emory University; Worth Mc-
Dougald and A. Mell Lunceford of
the University of Georgia.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and cool this afternoon
and little cooler tonight with
chance of light frost. Fair and
warmer Wednesday and Thurs
day. Low expected tonight, 34
to 38, high tomorrow 66. Sunset
today 6:55, sun rises tomorrow
6:17.
GEORGIA—CIear and rather
cool this afterncon, slightly
colder tonight with scattered
frost in the interior. Wednesday
fair and warmer.
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Average April rainfall .... 3.95
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FREED AT LAST — Corporal’
Walter Smith, 24th Division in
fantryman, has just been freed
from Red captors by Turkish
and American troops near Ko
rea’s 38th parallel. He appears
bewildered by his new-found
freedom. The corporal was cap
tured last New Year’s Day.—(U.
S. Army Photo via AP Wire
photo.)
Athens Civit
Make Citizenshi
Winners in the annual Citizen
ship contest conducted by the Ath
ens Civitan Club were announced
last night at a meeting of the club.
Miss Jean Coleman of Univer
sity High School was awarded first
prize, $40.44 in cash. The second
prize went {o Miss Eula Lee Coch
ran of University High School,
$25.00 in cash and a student from
University High, Bennee Swindel,
also was awarded third prize,
$15.00 in cash.
The prize essay will compete in
the state contest. The Civitan
Clubs of the United States con
duct the Citizenship contests an~
nually for the purpose of arousing
interest among young people in
the best way to serve the commun
ities in which they live and to di
rect attention to the highest ideals
F’gta»:itizenship. Judges were mern
b of the faculty ?f the Univer
sity of Georgia,
Mrs. Robert Marbut, a teacher
at University High School spoke
to the club last night on the sub
ject of Citizenship and among the
guest were J. D. Messer, super
intendent of University High, ['#s
Hilda Dyches of University High
and Miss Natalie Bocock, of Athens
High.
Charlie Rose, vocational agri
culture teacher at University High
School, chairman of the Civitan
Essay Committee, was in charge
of the program at last night's
meeting.
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Wait Is Seen For
Draft Deferments
WASHINGTON, April 3.—(AP)
—A 10-day wait is in prospect for
college men who want to apply
for the new aptitude test for draft
deferment,
The Selective Service System
said today draft boards will not
have the application cards until
April 12,
Local boards throughout the
nationa already are being flooded
with requests for cards, a Selec
tive Service spokesman said.
In announcing yesterday that
students wishing to take the tests
should appry to their draft boards
immediately, the agency neglected
to explain that it meant immedi
ately upon distribution of applica=-
tion cards to the boards April 12.
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WAYCROSS GIRLS SEND ALLIGATOR TO MOVIE STAR — Five Waycross girls
bid farewell to a small alligator they are sending to Jack Bailey, a star of the movie,
“Queen for a Day,” which will have its world premiere in Waycross. The date of
the premiere will be April 14. The alligator was caught in the Okefenokee Swamp
Park. The girls dispatched it to Bailey as an example of what he will see when he
attends the premiere. Left to right: Peggy Herrin, Joanna Solomon, Diane MecCranie,
Nancy Gay and Beverly M¢Donald. The premiere celebration will include a parade
through ,\g;aycross streets and a “Queen for a Day” contest.— (AP Photo.)
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a wounded American soldier from the battlefield in
Korea to a waiting helicopter for evacuation. The GI
was wounded in the action which linked up two Amer
ican units north of Uijongbu.—(NEA Telephoto.)
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Price Freeze Removed
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For Hospitals, Schools
WASHINGTON, April 3.—(AP)—The government re
moved from price control today the fees and other charges
made for services by hospitals ap‘d‘ edant{ona}_irgsti?u.tjog‘g.
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Textile Strike
In Second Day
CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 83—
(AP) — Federal labor mediators
stood ready today to move into the
Southern CIO cotton-rayon strike,
but there was no indication from
the union or management when
negotiations would be resumed.
The strike of about 40,000 work
ers—one tenth of the South’s tex
tile employes—was in its second
full day with both sides still dis~
puting its effectiveness.
Clarence Cone, of the Cone
Mills Corporation of North Caro
lina, said “I don’t see how we can
possibly meet the union demand
for a minimum hourly wage of
$1.14% until we know whether
our prices will support such costs,
it is impossible for us to commit
ourselves to higher wages.”
The Textile Workers Union of
America, CIO, is asking a 13 cent
an hour wage increase, from the
present southern - cotton - rayon
minimum of $1.01%, plus a cost of
living adjustment and pensions of
SIOO a month, including social se
curity payments.
GEORGIA REVENUE
ATLANTA, April 3.— (AP) =~
Not counting the sales tax, Geor
gia’s revenue for the fiscal year
ending June 30 is expected to
show a gain of about $12,000,000
over the preceding year.
PLANE SEARCH
ASHEVILLE, N. C., April B.—
(AP)—A search was under way
today in the rugged mountains of
western North Carolina for a
missing Air Force fighter plane.
The craft, an F-51, was en route
from Warner Robbins Air Force
Base near Macon, Ga., to Louis
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Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Apes
Price Director Michael V. Di-
Salle exempted the hospital
charges for a period of six months,
starting April 9. He said in a
statement the Office of Price Sta
bilization (OPS) will make a con
tinuing study of hospital costs tc
determine whether any increas‘ in
charges made during that period is
justified.
Extends Indefinitely
The exemption will eontinue in
definitely after the six month
period, subject to withdrawal at
any time by OPS.
DiSalle said general rate in
creases may be necessary to main
tain adequate care and treatment
for the sick and injured.
In exempting educational insti
tutions from the general price
freeze, he said rates charged by
private schools have little direct
effect upon the cost of living.
In the same order, DiSalle also
exempted from the price regula
tions charges wmade for -certain
printing and binding services done
by outside printers and binders
for the Government Printing Of
tice. -
Job Opportunities
Elsewhere in the economic pic
ture, reports from two government
agencies showed a spring upswing
is underway in job opportunities,
and the volume of consumer debt
for retail buying is on the decline,
Civilian employment during
March was estimated by the Cen=
sus Bureau last night at 60,179,000,
highest ever for that month, fol
lowing a 1,174,000 jum? over Feb
ruary, The bureau called it “an
end to the midwinter lull.”
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UN Exploifing
Enemy Weakness
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, April 3—(AP)—Amer
ican troops rolled into Red Korea
in force today along a 10-mile
front in the west.
Field dispatches said the ecross
ing was aggressive but cautious
'and met only light resistance at
the start.
These other highlights paced
Tuesday’s war news:
Air—American Sabre jets shot
down three Russian-type MIG-15s
and damaged three others in a
furious battle near the Manchuri
an border. Other Fifth Air Force
planes pounded traffic.-jammed
Communist supply lines.m a day
long attack against the biggest Red
troop buildup of the Korean War.
The Allied fighters flew 700 sor
ties but foul weather choked them
off by late afternoon.
Battle Fronts
Eastern Front — General Mac-
Arthur jeeped 13 road miles in
- side North Korea on the east coast.
He rode within 500 yards of the
main Red line north of Yangyang.
There he found South Korean
troops digging in, confident and
talking only of attack.
Central Front—American, Greek
and Thai (Siamese) troops ecli
maxed two days of heavy fighting
by winning a high ridgeline north
of Chunchon and one mile south
of Parallel 38. From the ridge they
looked into Red Korean territory
where the Communists are mass-
E ing hundreds of thousands of bat
tle-ready soldiers,
Chinese and North Korean Com
munists, screening the big Red
buildup, pounded the Allied sol
diers with mortar and artillery
fire,
On his return to Tokyo from his
15th visit to the war front, Mac-
Arthur said:
“The enemy’s weakness in the
air and on the sea and his lack of
artillery and heavy ground wea
pons is being beautifully exploit
ed by our field commander.”
The supreme commander jeeped
across 38 about 50 miles east of
the central front, where about one
half million Chinese and Red Ko
rean combat-ready soldiers are
massing for their long-expected
spring offensive,
Conditions Favorable
.~ MacArthur said “tactical condi
tions, along the entire Korean front
remain favorable. Our strategy
remains unchanged . . . it is based
on maneuver and not positigugl
warfare.”
Earlier his daily communique
said the Communist commanders
near the front have “a potential
strength of 63 divisions, the great-~
est of any period of the Korean
campaign.”
The communique pointed to two
“compensating factors” in the
Communist threat: the Reds’ lim
ited supply capacity and the vul
nerability of their supply lines.
The big jet air battle was fought
—at altitudes from 37,000 feet
down to B,ooo—south of the Yalu
river near the Manchurian bor
der. Ywenty-five American F-80
shooting stars tangled with 30 to
40 MIGs, marked on the wings
with red stars. When the F-80s,
low on fuel, headed for home, U.
S. Sabre jets roared into battle and
chased the Russian-type jets back
into Manchuria, It was the F-86
Sabre jets that scored against the
MIGs.
Thirty-four B-29 medium bombe=
ers plastered Pyongyang, Red Ko
rean capital and supply base, and
the east coast port of Hamhung.
"Sales Tax" Hike
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Warnings Issued |
ATLANTA, Aprili 3—(AP)—
Merchants and vendors were
warned today not to put unjust
blame for price increases on the
sales tax,
The new levy will bring an au
tomatic increase of at least three
per cent in prices, But the state
law department said it has reports
that some dealers arve raising
prices beyond what the collect in
sales tax.
It warned them that if they do
so, they must make clear that
they—not the sales tax—are re
sponsible for the price hikes. Oth
| erwise, they may be subject to
- prosecution,
Under a law department ruling,
as many as two or even three
packages of cigarettes may be cov
ered by payment of one cent sales
tax. The department explained
that a seven-cent federal and
five cent state tax on esch pack
age of cigarettes, a total of 12
cents should be deducaed before
computing sales tax. Thus three
packages might come to no more
than the 33 cents on which one
cent sales tax must be paid. .
Gov. Herman Talmadge yesters
day by executive order exem&l
from the sales tax non-vrofit pub~
lications of religious organizations.
This act was aimed specitically, at .
making the Christian Index and
Wesleyan Advocate tax-free.