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President Hails $:-ate’s
Troops-To-Europe Action
Measure Backs
Plan To Send
Four Divisions
WASHINGTON, April S—(AP)
President Truman today described
e Senate’s troops - for - Europe
I'Zsoluti‘m as “further evidence
that the country stands firm in its
support of the North Atlantic
eaty.
TrM:y Truman hailed the resolu
tion—endorsing his plan to send
four additional army divisions to
the Western European defense
force—in a statement.
He read it at a news conference
and then brushed off questions
about a provision his leaders in
the Senate fought against bitterly.
This was the declaration that Mr.
Truman should not deploy more
than the four divisions to Europe
“without further congressional
authority.”
The President has taken the
¢tand he has full constitutional
power to send American troops
wherever he believes their pre
sence will best serve the nation’s
interest,
Challenge
In effect, the Senate declaration
that he should get Congressional
approval amounted to a challenge
of that position.
But the President was in no
mood at his meeting with the re
porters to press the issue.
In response to questions, he said
he always has consulted with both
houses on all major foreign policy
steps.
The only thing under considera
tion by the Senate was the ques
tion of providing the four divis
ions, Mr. Truman added.
Asked directly whether he
would or would not seek approval
of Congress before sending any
additional troops to Europe, the
President said that situation will
develop as we go along.
Then he said again the Senate
and House will always be con
sulted on each step in foreign poli
€Y.
He said that policy was corried
out by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, that he has continued it
and proposes to so in the su
e d%,; B
The four divisions—about 100,-
000 men in all—are expected to
start moving to Europe soon. They
will join there the two already as
signed from occupation forces to
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
North Atlantic defense force.
The Senate approved the con
troversial resolution by an over
whelming 69 to 21 vote, Voting for
1t were 42 Democrats and 27 Re
publicans; against were 19 Re
publicang and two Democrats.
This resolution called for “Con
gressional approval” of any fur
ther peacetime reenforcements for
Eisenhower’s force. It was not le
gally binding on the President and
there was a dispute over its moral
perusasion. Nor did the resolution
spell out just how Mr. Truman is
to obtain congressional approval,
Advisory Resolution
It was backed by an almost
fdentical advisor y resolution,
bassed 48 to 41, aimed at getting
the House to act on the troops is
sue, too, |
With the exception of the ap
broval for the four division trans
fer, the concrete results of the
three-month “great debate” were‘
still debatable eevn after the long
oratory, elimaxed by a hectic sev=
en:hour Senate session yesterday.l
Senator Fulbright (D.-Ark.), one |
of the two Democrats who voted
against the resolution, said he re—‘
sarded it as a “very dangerous
precedent” because he doesn’t
think ‘Congress should interfere
with the President in deployment
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Dockery Rites
Planned Friday
Services for Corporal Hampton
Dockery, Arnoldsville, will be
Conducted Friday afternoon at B'=
clock from Corinth Baptist Church
with the pastor, Rev, J%hnnie Bar=
rett, officiating,
Burial will follow ia Corinth
Cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home
n charge of arrangements, Palle
bearers will be members of the
U. 8. Army,
An honorary escort will include
James Dillard, R, &, Butler, John
L. Elder, Dawson Elder, Spurgeon
Williams and M, H. Bradberry,
The body will lie in state in the
church from 2 o’clock until the
hour for the services.
Corporal Dockery is survived by
his parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. W.
Dockery, Arnoldsville; two sisters,
Mrs. G, E, Rhodes, Birmingham,
Ala, and Mrs, H. J. Jones, Arn
oldsville; five brothers, Eugene
Dockery, Sherman Dockery and
Roland Dockery, all of Arnolds
ville, Wayne Dockery, Barnesville
and Willard Dockery, San Diego,
Calit; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. O, Dockery, Athens, end several
aunts and uncles,
_ Corporal Dockery had been in
Korea for several months and
wrote to his parents twelve days
before the notice cax};e from the
sovernment telling of his serious
:illness. The next day notice of his
eath was received. His brother,
Willarq Dockery, is also in the
service,
He had many friends in Athens
d thoughout : this. section - who
i‘g‘ saddened by news of his
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EIGHT-MILE HIKE WITH BROKEN LEG — Thirteen
year-old Jimmy Sloan hiked eight miles on these erude
crutches to get medical treatment for his broken leg—
and now he’s in a hospital at Huntington, W, V. Jimmy
made the crutches himself. He fractured his leg in a fall
from a horse nearly three weeks before he finally set out
for the hospital afoot to receive his first medical atten
tion. He makes his home with kinfolks in an isolated
community.— (AP Wirephoto.)
States Call Sales Tax
Grade A Revenue Source
NEW YORK, April s.—(AP)—Don’t look now, but the
state tax collector has an eye on your shopping dollar. '
Hard-pressed for funds to meet increasing costs of road
building, school construction and public services in gen
eral, state governments are depending more and more on
the sales tax as a grade “A” revenue producer.
Paving Projects
Set For County
Representatives Chappelle Mat
thews and Grady Pittard, jr., have
announced that they have been
assured by the State Highway
Board that the Augusta Road will
be widened and resurfaced in the
Clarke county section, which is
now in bad condition. This project
will get top priority and will be
completed during 1951.
They also said that when they
attended the Board meeting in
Atlanta Tuesday they were told
that further work will be done on
paving Ag Drive in the future.
Also, the Board agreed ot have
the state pay for paving much of
the Nowhere Road if the Clarke
County Commiissioners would ac
cept the contract to do the work.
The Commissioners have previous=
ly expressed interest in the pro=-
ject.
Several months ago a delegation
of three Athenians appeared be
fore the Board and were assured
of the latter project, The delega
tion was composed of J. H. Towns,
county Commissioner; W. C. Pit
ner and John H .Hunnicutt, IIL
.
Two Athenians
.
Are Indicted
ATLANTA, April s—(AP)—The
Fulton County Grand Jury has in
dicted four men for larceny,
charging they shoplifted on such
a big scale they needed a truck to
haul away their loot.
The four were listed as James
M. Boswell of Atlanta, Ralph D.
Porter, of Kennesaw, and Charles
Lee Lyle and Robert C. White
head of Athens,
The indictment charged they
backed a truck up to an Atlanta
store and made off with such
bulky items as bathroom fixtures,
dishwashers and well pumps. Po
lice estimated the value of all the
property at $7,000.
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Legion Meeting
The Allen R. Fleming Jr., Post
20, American Legion; will meet to
night at 8 o'clock for its monthly
session, The meeting will be held
in the cabin off Lumpkin street.
Main order of business will be a
a discussion of plans for bloed do
nations when the blood bank visits
Athens next Monday and Tuesday.
Veterans organizations are spon
soring donations on Tuesday, and
all blood received then will go to
Korea.
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Miss Athens
Contest Date Set
The third annual *Miss Ath
ens” contest, sponsored by
Athens Jaycees, will be held on
May 16 in Fine Arts auditorium,
it was announced early this
afternoon by Bob Maupin, Jay
cee president and chaifman of
the contest.
Winner in the first confest
was Miss Ruth Wellman. Last
year's winner was Miss Cardlyn
Dunning. The contestants are
judged on beauty, personality,
and talent. :
BY WALTER BREEDE
W MmOSL: oI the <9 slaies thatl
‘have it, the salesgtax is the extra
two or three per cent you pay
when you buy a pair of nylons, a
necktie, a washing machine—al
most any purchase made at retail
—or a ticket to a ball game or a
lobster dinner. There also are
less obvious ways of collecting
sales taxes.
Bonanza Tax
State tax collectors have found
the sales levy a bonanza.
Twenty-two years ago, when the
government costs were a tiny frac
tion of what they are today, sales
taxes were practically unknown.
Last year they produced more
income than any other form of
state taxation, and this year
they’re likely to produce still more.
State taxes run into big money.
The total of all taxes collected by
the 48 states last year was just
under $9,000,000,000, That was
equivalent to nearly 23 per cent‘
of the $39,400,000,000 federal taxes
collected by Uncle Sam.
Of that $9,000,000,000 in statel
taxes, sales taxes provided sl,~
679,000,000—m0re than a fifth,
Here’s how they operate:
First, there’s the familiar tax on
retail sales, out in the open where
everybody can see it. It's imposed
on sales of tangible property for
personal use—also ,in many states,
on admission tickets and restaur-l
ant meals.
There’s also a general sales tax,
which can be applied at the whole
sale or manufacturing level. The
customer may not know it's there,
but he pays it just the same: It's
included in the price of the pro
duct.
Gasoline Tax
The term “sales tax” does not
mean the taxes collected by states‘
on sales of gasoline, tobacco or li
quor. State tax officials regard\
each of these as in a class by it
self. The gasoline is right behind
the sales tax as a major revenue
source, Every state in the union
has one. Last year U. S. motorists
paid more than one-and-a-half
billion dollars in gasoline taxes.
Add that to the $749,000,000 they
ante up for drivers’ licenses and
registration fees and you get the
breathtaking total of $2,297,000,000
which autoists contributed to the
high cost of government in their
home states. However, the sales
tax is still the biggest single item.
The sales tax may be an irritat
ing annoyance to the customer and
to the merchant an object of great
and terrible wrath, but in tax col
lecting circles it’s a darling. It's
about the easiest way there is to
raise tax money at low cost. The
retailer—the businessman—has to
do the collecting.
The idea is growing. Georgia put
a three per cent sales tax into op
eration just the other day—April
1. And if you're hunting for a
Utopia where the sales tax is un
known, don’t buy a ticket to
Maine, because the pine tree state
is seriously considering a general
sales levy,
Hold-Outs |
Among the hold-outs is thei
wealthy state of New York, which‘
relies heavily on gasoline, auto
license and personal income and
inheritance taxes for its annual
billion-dollar levy. But New York
city is hiking its sales tax from
two to three per cent.
qu &%u want ;9 get away from ft
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1951
Prominent Men,
Women Accused
Of Red Actions
WASHINGTON, April S—(AP)
The House un-American Activities
Committee has linked several hun=
dred prominent Americans—
among them movie Academy
Award winners Jose Ferrer and
Judy Holliday—with what is de
scribed as a Communist “world
wide peace offensive.”
At the same time last night ,the
committee intimated that many so
named may have been unwitting
dupes of the Red campaign, which
it described as “the most danger
ous hoax ever devised by the In
ten}ationnl Communist conspira
cy.’ .
In a forward to a 166 page anal
ysis of Communist “peace” tactics,
which it declared was intended to
destroy American morale and
shield Russian military intentions,
the committee made provision for
disclaimers by innocent persons.
It said:
Committee Provision
“The committee, have no de
sire to charge any innocent person
with having Communist = affilia
tions, will therefore publish the
names of any individual who has
so withdrawn from these organiz
ations or whose name was used by
these organizations without per
mission or knowledge in a future
report, if such person will com
municate with the committee, giv
ing the circumstances in his parti
cular case” "
A prompt denial came from Miss
Holliday, whose portraval of the
dumb blonde in “Born Yesterday”
won her this year’s movie Oscar.
In a statement issued in New
York, she declared she was “not a
member of any organization listed
by the Attorney General as sub
versive, In any instance where 1
lent my name in the past, it was
certainly without knowledge that
such an organization was subver
sive.”
Miss Holliday said she previous
ly had made a sworn statement
“to the effect that I am not now
and never have been a member of
the Communist party.”
Ferrer, whose role in *Cyrano
De Bergerac” won him the male
Academy Award, was also named
among 49 sponsors who have
“given their onen support to Com
munist :*.andidates in election cam
paigns.” . g
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Ferrer has been subpoenaed for
an appearance later this month in
the committee’s current investiga
tion of Communist influences in
Hollywood. He has denied being
a Communist,
Other movie folk whose name
appeared in the report were
Charles Chaplin, Howard Da Silva,
Gale Sondergaard, Artie Shaw and
Kren Morley.
Rockwell Kent, the magazine il
lustrator, was listed as having been
affiliated with “at least” 85 front
groups. Langston Hughes, Robert
Morse Lovett and Donald Ogden
Stewart were credited with from
71 to 80 front affiliations.
Paul Robeson, Mary Van Kleeck,
James Waterman Wise and Harry
F. Ward were listed as having af
filiations with 51 to 60 groups.
Death Senfence
For Rosenbergs
NEW YORK, April 5—(AP)—
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, hus
band and wife convicted of steal
ing atom bomb secrets for Russia,
were sentenced today to death in
the electric chair.
“I consider your crime worse
than murder,” said Federal Judge -
Irving R. Kaufman., He set the
week of May 21 for execution,
He said the trial “indicates quite
clearly” that an enemry nation is
employing “secret as well as out=
spoken forces among our own
people.” ’
Both Rosenberg, a 32-year-old
electrical engineer, and his 34~
year-old wife, showed little emo~
tion at the sentence. Rosenberg’s
jaw muscles tightened. His tiny
wife grasped a chair and breathed |
heavily. |
30 Years For Sobell ‘
Radar expert Morton Sobell, 34,
a third defendant, was sentenced ‘
to 30 years in prison. Kaufman
said his guilt was of a ‘“lesser de- ‘
gree.” \
Former Army Sergeant David
Greenglass, 29, who pleaded guil
ty and gave testimony that helped
convict Mrs, Rosenberg, his sis
ter, will be sentenced tomorrow.
In sentencing the Rosenbergs,
Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman
ordered them executed some time
in the week beginning May 21. |
The court did not specify the
method of execution but stated the
executions should be carried out
“according to the law.”
In a lengthy preliminary discus
sion before imposing sentence the
judge told the Rosenbergs: .
“I consider your crime worse
than murder.”
U. S. Attorney Irving R. Saypol |
said that the federal law, under
the judge’s sentence, would re
quire the Rosenbergs be executed
in the electric chair.
Judge Kaufman told the Rosen
bergs: ’
Kaufman Statement
“Plain, deliberate murder is
dwarfed by your acts.”
The court added that he had
“searched the records and my
conscience for some reason for
mercy, but I am convinced that I
would violate the trust placea in
me if I showed any leniency to the
: bergs.”
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38TH BEACHHEAD AGAIN — American forces in Korea have pushed a 15-mile
wide bridgehead across the 88th parallel on the central front (number 1 on the m?z))_
and have pounded Red armies gathering for a spring counter offensive. South Ko
reans on the east coast (number 2) have driven more than 15 miles north of the for
mer boundary while United Nations troops have advanced almost at will elsewhere.
Only on the western front (number 8) have the Reds resisted effectively. Two South
Korean bridgeheads across the Imjin river, eight miles south of the parallel, have
been thrown back by the North Koreans.— (NEA Telephoto.)
Danger Of Third World
As Great As Ever By
Athens Air Ace,
Major Joe Stein,
Killed In Kerea
Major Joseph Siein, U. S. Air
Force ace and former Athenian,
vsas killed in Korea on March 30,
it was revealed here today.
In the notification received here
yesterday, there were no details
of the accident in which Major
Stein was killed; however, his
family states that in a letter re
ceived from him he had indicated
that he and his crew had planned
a demonstration on March 30 for
new men in the group. It is be
lieved possible that he could have
been killed in the demonstration
or in war action.
Major Stein formerly was arm
ament officer of the Bth Bomb
Squadron. Recently he was in
charge of all operations, personnel
and assigned the responsibility of
supervising training, proficiency
and scheduling of all combat
crews as well as combat flying,
including test hops and others, as
a member of the Third Bomber
Group, Bth Bomb Squadron.
Gets Promotion
He went overseas in May of last
year with the rank of captain and
was elevated to Major late in
1950.
Following graduation from Ath
ens High School and over three
years study at the University of
Georgia, he enlisted in the Air
Force on October 4, 1941. During
World War 11, Major Stein com
pleted 50 missions over Europe as
flight commander in the 15th Air
Force operating from an Italian
base.
For his action he was awarded
the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
clusters, the Distinguished Flying
Cross, and the Presidential cita~
tion. He was among the first U, S.
Airmen to initiate shuttle bombing
to Russia.
The oldest man in point of serv
ice in his organization in Kores,
Major Stein was scheduled to re
turn to this country last month. He
was 32 years of age.
In a letter to his wife last No
vember, Major Stein described
what he termed one of his worst
experiences when he was forced to
bail out over North Korea. He
fractured his ankle as a result and,
with South Korean aid, managed
to get back to the town of Taegu
where he was given medical aid
and was subsequently shipped to
a hospital in Japan. He later re
turned to Korea and began his new
duties as operation officer for his
group.
Recent Citation
Major Stein was recently award
ed the first cluster to the Distin-~
guished Flying Cross. Part of this
citation reads, “Major Stein’s lead
ership, ability and courage are in
keeping with the highest traditions
of the Armed Services and reflect
great credit upon himself, his or
ganization and the U, S. Air
Force.”
He is the son of Mrs. H. H,
Harris, Finley street, and the late
Hermann Stein, long-time member
of the Athens Police Department.
Married- to the former Miss
Frances Mobley, of Huntington, W.
Va, he is also survived by one
‘dister,” Mrs. Samn Sheriff, on East
Point,
WASHINGTON, April S.—(AP)
—President Trunran said today
the danger of a Third World War
is just as great as it ever was.
The President told a news con
ference, however, he hopes there
never will be a World War 111 and
?e is doing all he can to prevent
t
The President would not com
ment on a speech yesterday by
Speaker Rayburn that large nums
bers of troops are massing in
Manchuria and that they are not
all Chinese Communists. He did
say the speaker is a truthful man.
Terrible Danger
As to the remark by Rayburn
there is “terrible danger” of an
iother world -war, Mr. Truman
said he had no further comment.
Then, pressed as to whether he
thought there is still danger today
of a Third World War, Mr. Tru~
man declared there was still asg
much danger today as there has
ever been.
He recalled there was danger at
the time Amrerica had to institute
the Berlin air lift, danger at the
time the Greek-Turkish aid pro
gram was started, and danger
since the time the Communists‘
invaded South Korea.
We are still faced with that sit
uation in Korea, Mr. Truman went
on, but he said that situation is
being constantly worked on.
| Mr, Trumar was asked whether
}General Douglas MacArthur has
been authorized to bomb Commu
!nist bases in Manchuria,
~ That, he reeplied, is a question
‘that cannot be answered because
it is a military strategy question.
' However, military leaders here
‘have left no doubt that if Reds
‘enter the air war in Korea in
‘strength their bases will be sub
jected to bombing.
House Debate
' Rayburn mrade his remarks
about the danger of world war
during House debate yesterday on
the draft-universal military train
ing bill
A contradictory statement by
‘another Texan, Senator Tom Con=-
fnally, added to the puzzlement of
'House members.
Rayburn broke into the House
debate- yesterday to declare:
“It 1s my firm belief that we
are in greater danger of an ex
panding war today than we have
been at any time since the close
of the World War in 1945.”
The speaker had just come from
a White House briefing on Korea.
He told of a massing of troops in
Manchuria “and not all of them
Chinese Comnrunist.” He did not
elaborate on that. And he declined
to say whether he was talking
about Russians.
In Tokyo, informed quarters at
General MacArthur’s headquarters
said Russia’s Far Eastern army
has shown no tendency to build
up its force within Manchuria.
However, the Russians are believ
ed to maintain some garrisons in
Chinese territory. Two Mongol
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Far and warmer this after
noon. Cloudy and warmer to
night, Friday mostly cloudy and
mild with showers beginning
during the day and ending Sat
urday, iollowed by fair and
cooler Saturday might, Low to
night 46. High tomorrow 75. Sun
sets 6:56 and rises tomorrow’
6:15,
GEORGIA—Fair and warmer
today, inereasing cloudiness and
warmer tonight, Friday mostly
cloudy and mild with scattered
showers over west and north
portions.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
War Seen
President
Baker Murder
Trial Postponed
CLAXTON, Ga., April 53—(AP)
The murder trial of C. O. (Fats)
Baker, 41, former state lcglh tor
l,flwho made an unsuccessful bid for
the governorship, was passed for
the term today because the state’s
star witness has mumps, ,
When the superior court session
opened here this morning, the so
licitor gentral, Bruce Dubbexly of
Glenville, moved for a postpone
ment on the grounds that a mn-{
terial witness of the state was I
and unable to come to court. The
case was passed to the October
term. The witness is W. T. (Doc)
Shuman of Groveland. When the
sheriff wvisited the Shuman resi
dence last night to ascertain if the
witness would be present he dis
covered he had a two-day old case
of mumps, it was reported.
Baker is accused of murder be
cause of an automobile accident
last April when Klesli Nesmith
was killed. Baker was on a cam
paign tour when his car collided
with that of Nesmith. The ab
sent witness, Shuman, was a pas
senger in the Nesmith car. l
. . .
Civitan Meeting
The Gaines Civitan Club will
meet on Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the
school building. Judge Arthur Old
ham, of the City Court of Athens,
will be principal speaker.
Radio - TV Institute
Session Begins Today
Registration of Georgia broad
casters for the sixth annual Geor=-
git Rardio and Television Insti
tute began here today.
The meeting, sponsored by the
Georgia Assoclation of Broadcas
ters and the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism at the Uni
versity of Georgia, officially got
underway this afternoon with a
panel discussion on “Religious
Broadcasts.”
Participants were: Speakers —
Rev. Harrison McMains, Pastor,
First Christian Church, Atlanta,
and Chairman, Atlanta Committee
Friday In The
C-J Auditorium
9 a. m.—Bill Downs, CBS.
10 a. m.—Mitchell V. Charn
ley, University of Minnesota and
author of “News by Radio.”
11 a. m.—Ed Kobak, president,
Broadcast Advertising Bureau,
New York, and former president
of Mutual Broadcasting System.
12 a. m.—Maurice Mitchell,
vice-president and general man
ager, Associated Program Serv
ice, New York.
2:30 p. m.—Speakers on
“Sports Broadcasts.”
4 p. m—Speakers on “Tele
vision”,
on Religious Organizations; Hugh
Kinchley, Editor, Catholic Bulle
tin; Secretary, Catholic Laymen of
Georgia; and Savannah and At
lanta Diocesan Representative of
National Council of Catholic Lay
men; Miss Majorie MacLachlan,
Georgia Regional Director, Nation
al Conference .of Christian. .and
Tews, Inc. g
Panel Participants: Fred Kea,
HOME
EDITION
Allied
Border
Only Slight
Red Resistance
e
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, April S.—(AP)
—An American task force
thrust nearly eight miles in
side Red Korea today at the
spearhead of an Allied drive
along 40 miles of the west
ern and central fronts.
This was the deepest pen
etration into Red Korea of
the current Allied drive.
A U. 8. Eighth Army communi
que reported the force met only
light resistanee in its patrol to the
vicinity of Chail, nearly eight
miles north of parallel 38 an the
Uijongbu-Kumhwa road.
The communique said the force
dispersed an estimated ememy
company near Chail at midday
Thursday.
The United Nations ground com
mander, Lt. Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, joined his border-cross
ing troops. Ridgway had a gren
ade dangling from his familiar
paratrooper harness.
Allied artillery blazed a path
for the United Nations forces driv
ing toward the biggest Communist
troop mass of the war., Warplanes
rocketed and firebombed the
fiercely resisting Reds.
Reds Fight Back
The Communists fought back
with mortars, artillery and small
arms. On the western front they
were defending a densely fortified
area.
A divisional staff officer eom
mented:
“The enemy changeq his tactics
today. Instead of rolling with our
punch as in the last few days, he
was determined to stay in his posi
tions.”
AP Correspondent John Ran
dolph reported the Red wom
were “laced by trench on
every hill and anchored in long
gl::ned and well-built dugouts.
e of these dugouts have con
crete walls nearly two feet thick.”
Steep hills barred the path for
the advancing Allies both on the
western and central fronts.
Doughboys had to drive the Reds
off almost every peak.
<« In two days of gruelling attack
that carried four miles, the main
body of the Allied army drove
two and one-half miles inside the
Red northland.
Allied patrols ranged as much
as five miles inside Red Kerea.
On the east coast, where oppusi
tion was light, two South Korean
divisions were 13 miles deep in
enemy country.
Ridgway joined his troops on the
central front north of Chunchon,
Smooth Progress
“Things are progressing wvery
smoothly,” the Allied ground eom
mander said.
By late Thursday, an east-west
line 17 miles long had been firmed
by two American divisions that
crossed the 38th parallel almost
abreast on Wednesday.
The heavy Allied artillery
pounding and searing fire from
Allied warplanes took considerable
(Continued on Page Five.)
Bill Downs, Korean gorres
pondent for CBS, who will be
here for the Radio-TV mte.
will appear on station U's
news program, “News--Night
Final” at 11 p. m. tonight with
Ed Thilenius, WGAU news di
rector. Mr, Downs is expeeted to
give an analysis of the Kerean
situation besides actively parti
cipating in the program and be
:ng interviewed by Mr, Thilen
us.
WBGR, Jesup; George Matton,
WIBB, Macon. Presiding: Bean
Covington, WROM, Rome,
Tonight the “Old Timers’ ” Din
ner, honoring persons who have
been in radio in the state for many
years, will be.held at the Georgian
Hotel with Governor Herman Tal
madge and Lambdin Kay, former
director of WSB, Atlanta, as
speakers. !
The Institute gets iate full
swing tomorrow morning with
morningrand afternoon sessions
slated. There will be sessions en
news bwoacdcasts, sports broad
casts, and other aspects.
At the luncheon C€harles D.
Redwine, Georgia's revenue com
missioner, will speak on "Your
Listeners and the Sales Tax.”
Dr. O. C. Aderhold, Uniwversity
president, will speak at the dinner
in the Georgian Hotel tuug:/
night. All sessions in the
- Auditorum are
open to thmh'c, but the lunch
eons and rs are closed.
. The. Institute will end Saturdag.
after three morning sessions and
a luncheon. 5