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Vol. CXIX, No. 82,
adley Says Policies Backed By
i 1 Arthur Would Jeopardize Peace
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Joint Chiefs’ Chairman Speaks
Qut Against Extension Of War
(HICAGO, April 18.—(AP) —General Omar N. Brad
-1o five-star peer of General Douglas MacArthur, Tues
4. declared Asia military policies advocated by the de
posed commander would “jeopardize world peace.”
hradley was-the first of the homecoming general’s five
<. brothers in rank to speak out publicly against the
theorv of carrying the war to China since President Tru
man dismissed MacArthur last week. Bradley did not men-
tion MacArthur’s name.
Last year’s quick United Nations
action in Korea, Bradley declared,
may have stayed the Kremlin’s
hand as it was about to precipitate
World War Three.
pradley roundly backed the
president’s stand against MacAr
thiur's Ideas and defended the gd
minfstration’s poliey of limiting
the war in Korea. As chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Bradley
has » large part in policy making,
i 1 a speech prepared for deliv
erv o the National Association of
Radio and Television Broadcasters,
pradley also declared:
1, The Korean War, under pre
cent conditions, may be- headed
toward a stalemate, but it can be
Iroucht to an honorable conclu
2. The United States will not
wade a preventive war.
3. The one price the U. S. will
not pav for peace is appeasement.
4. The use the Reds have made
of air bases in Manchuria to date
has not warranted U, N. bombing
of them.
5. Action against aggression in
Korea upset Communist plans in
Asia, at least temporarily pre
venting Red moves in Indochina
and perhaps saving Thailand and
Formosa.
Militarily Impracticable
8. Any attempt to settle the
world erisis by an ultimatum —
perhaps accompanied by a threat
to bomb Russia—is militarily im
practicable and might backlash.
In Washington, the Defense De
partment said Bradley’s speech
was cleared by the State Depart
ment In line with a White House
edict last December requiring
clearance of policy statements by
government officials. In ousting
MacArthur from the Far East
command, Mr. Truman cited dis
regard of that order as a reason
for the action. g
In places, Bradley’s viewpoint
on the situation was the same as
MacArthur’s. He disagreed on
what to do about it.
Bradley made it plain that “I
have no intention of entering the
foreign policy field or even urging
a particular policy on the conduct
of foreign affairs. Conduct of
foreian affairs is a eivilian respon
sibility ~ . P
But, he added, “a soldier can
often see strategic perils the lay
man might overlook. It is funda
mental that our foreign policy
must be based upon our military
canabilities to back it up.”
Bradley agreed with MacAr
thur’s recently expressed view
that the war in Korea may be
headed for a stalemate. The joint
chiefs chairman declared:
“There is no early end in sight
to the Korean war under present
conditions. As far as we can see
now there is nothing transitory,
nothing temporary about the Com
munists’ determination to drive us
out of Korea, and, if possible, to
destroy our forces empletely.”
MacArthur recmmended, in a
series of statements and a letter to
Ren. Josnph Martin (Mass.),
Fouse Republican leader, that the
solution is to use Chinese Nation
alist forces on Formosa to carry
'he ‘war to the mainland and to
hfl_n;h Manchurian bases. Bradley
said:
“Any recommended course of
action which would enlarge the
present war is contrary to our best
‘nterests, and by jeopardizing
world peace, ultimately would
threaten our security.
“We will not provoke war
dgainst anyone , . ~ We will not
‘age a so-called preventive war
tven against an arch-enemy, for
lis certainly destroys peace.
“Our military action in Korea is
closely related to our North At
intic Treaty efforts in Europe . . .
0 collective action we multiply
'r defensive strength,
because we are intent on pre
iing World War Three, we are
: r"mkmg moves that might lead
fniargement of the present con-
Y. .. Our government is cau
-ous In every decision that might
ong this conflict. It has been
‘iieult for the men in the field
refrain from attacking the air
“es. in Manchuria. However,
mrmunist air intervention has
been a factor in the ground
T air) action to date . . .
«, Are Making Progress
i As we carry out these actions,
en though it could possibly re
! for a time in a military stale
' we have already achieved an
~rnational wictory,
.. As long as we are able to con
e the battles to Korea and con
aue t 6 ‘destroy the Communist
_SRreéssors, we are making pro
wress toward our international ob
,i',}‘]‘;.‘o\:’ of preventing World -War
ol arging the battle to a full
-1¢ war is never an economical
‘rrmprally acceptable solution to
wb 'mited conflict, If at all possi
h‘:v pfior«; ::ould be settled on
sen ttleground. ‘
“If we here at home can only
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41st Punual. Concert: Of University Men's Glee Club Set Tonight In Fine Arts Auditorium
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Labor, Industry
Fight Gver Wage
Board's Powers
WASHINGTON, April 18.—(AP)
—The labor-industry fight over
new wage board powers bceiled on
today. But a top administration
official claimed the stop-inflation
drive is starting to pay off.
Economic Stabilizer Eric John
ston said last night that the infla
tionary spiral is being checked at
last. He said prices for econsumers
goods may take a tumble in the
next few months because of abun
dant factory stocks.
Johnston conceded that “we
have not yet been successful” after
two months of effort in settling
the Wage Stabilization Board
stalemate. He questioned legality
of a proposal recommended to
the President yesierday, This re
vived speculation that a wage
board of ali puvlic members nray
soon be established.
Administration Efforts
Up to now the administration
has been trying to put a board of
labor, industry and public mem
bers back into business.
Labor, which yanked its repre
sentatives from such a wage board
and all other defense agencies in
February, wants a new wage
board empowered to handle all
sorts of labor disputes, including
wages and virtually every type of
working condition,
Industry wants the wage board
confined to settling wage matters
alone, :
President Truman’s 17-man Mo~
bilization Advisory Board came up
with a plan for a new board late
yesterday. It was approved by the
advisory board’s public, labor and
farm members, with industry’s
four members dissenting in the
12-4 vote. The chairman, Mobil
ization Director Charles E. Wilson,
did not vote. i
The plan of the advisory board’s
majority would have an 18-mem
ber board of public, labor and in
dustry members settle all disputes
certified by Mr. Truman, as well
as all disputes labor and manage=
ment agreed to have the board act
upon.
Protests -
Vigorous protests came inymedi
ately from William H. Ruffin,
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Christians Plan
Laymen’s Meeting
Men’s group of the Christian
Churches of Northeast Georgia
will meet at the First Christian
Church here tomorrow at 7 p. m.
More than 125 men are expected to
attend the rally, which is being
held under the direction of Rev.
Horace Dunn, director of men’s
work for the Christian Churches of
Georgia.
The principal speaker will be
Mark Rutherford, a former Okla
homa attorney and a men’s lay
worker In the Christian Church
for the past three years. He gave
up an outstanding law practice to
enter church work full time.
The Layman’s League of the
First Christian Church here will
be host. League President is E.
G. Cavett. Presidents of men’s
groups in Protestant Churches of
Athens are invited as guests for
the rally. y
Reports Of New Peace Bid From
Red Chinese Circulated In U. N.
By STANLEY JOHNSON
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, April
18 — (AP) — Reports of a new
peace bid from Communist China
circulated here today as delegates
studied the official text of a North
Korean cable interpreted by some
as a peace offer and by others as
a propaganda blast.
The 12 Arab-Asian members of
the U. N. scheduled a meeting at
the apartment of India’s Sir Bene~
gal N. Rau today to discuss the
North Korean communication and
“other developments.”
Members of the group hinted
strongly that it would be a good
guess that the *“other develop
ments” included a new message
from Peiping, relayed through In
dia’s ambassador there, clarifying
the Red Chinese views on a cease
tire in Korea.
Rau Denial .
Rau denied, however, that he
tx.ad received such a communica
ion.
A source with close Arab-Asian
connections sald the group had
sent Peiping a cable saying:
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MacARTHUR'S SON — Arthur
MacArthur, 13-year-old son of
General Douglas MacArthur,
visits Honolulu’s famous Wai
kiki Beach. He is bedecked with
Hawaiian leis and a coconut hat.
The youngster and his parents
stopped in Hawaii for a brief
rest on their flying trip from
Japan to the United States,
They are now in San Francisco.
—(AP Wirephoto via radio
from Honolulu.)
Well-Fed People
Not War Minded,
States Ag Leader
Agricultural progress and world
peace were linked here today by a
professional agricultural engineer
who said that well-fed people turn
a deaf ear to the mouthings of
war-minded leaders,
Arthur W. Turner, agricultural
research administrator, U. S, De~
partment of Agriculture, made the
statement in a Sesquicentennial
addess at the University of Geor
gia.
Thousands of hungry people in
countries where many hours of
work are required to produce small
handfuls of food continue to be
the breeding places of a social un
rest which foments distrust and
wars, he said.
Ag Progress
Only where people are well-fed
is it possible to have a democratic,
civilized society, Turner pointed
out. He added that he was con
vinced that agricultural progress
in America is primarily responsi<
ble for the world position our
country holds today.
Turner gave agricultural engi
neering a large slice of the credit
for the tremendous increase in
American agricultural production
during the past fifty years.
“We have made progress in
maintaining and improving soils,
and in breeding better varieties of
food, both vegetable and animal
We have improved means to com=
bat insect pests and diseases; we
have improved facilities to store
and transport our food, and above
all, we have developed facilities to
produce on a volume per man
basis far above any other nation.
Engineering Technique
“This ability to produce more
food per person than any other
country; our facilities for condi
tioning, storing, and transporting
this food; are the results of apply
ing engineering technique to agri
culture.”
Among the changes engineering
has made in American agriculture
in the past ten years Turner
named the reduction of farm
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1. Dismissal of Gen. MacArthur
created a faverable atmosphere for
peace talks.
2. The United Nations is inclined
to reach a Korean settlement on
the basis of a cease fire near the
38th Parallel.
3. The Arab-Asians plead for an
equally compromising spirit on the
part of the Peiping government.
This source said the Peiping re
ply would be read to the meeting
today.
The North Korean cable con
tained about 2,500 words of bitter
denunciation of alleged American
atrocities. boasted of eventual
Communist victory, and concluded
with a paragraph demanding that
the U. N. make peace in accord
ance with resolutions drawn up by
the Communist-led World Peace
Council which met in Berlin in
Febr %
ufi&sflm Called For ' _
~ These called for revocation of
the U. N. resolution condemning
Red China as an aggressor in Ko
rea, a “conference of the ecountries
concerned,” and withdrawal of all
Oe «G ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY:
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL | 1951,
War On Chinese
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Apil 18—(AP)
--Senate Democratic leader Mec~
Farland today predicted a pigeon=
hole fate for legislation by Senator
Cain (R-WASH.) asking Congress
to declare war against Communist
China and Northern Korea.
The Arizona Senator also forcast
shelving of an alternative resolu
tion offered by Cain—withdrawal
of Jnited States forces from Ko~
rea.
Cain’s action was another of the
stormy repercussions in the wake
of President Truman's firing of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who
goes before a Senate-house meet
ing tomorrow to outline his far
Eastern policy views in general
terms.
* Mr. Truman had an opportunity
to speak out, if he chose, at a news
conference today (4:30 p. m. EST).
MacArthur is due to arrive here
from San Francisco after midnight
and the Capitol is planning a huge
welcome,
Cain Proposals
As for the Cain proposal,” Sen
ator Hickenlooper (R-IOWA) and
Senator McMahon (D-CONN.)
joined McFarland in speaking out
against them. Senator Malone (R~
NEV.), on the other hand, said he
was reserving judgement,
Cain introduced the two resolu
tions late yesterday, saying it is
time for Congress to make a-choice
—and time for America and her
Allies to “put up or shut up.” He
told the Senate he was expressing
his own views, and that they nei
ther had been approved nor “de
nied” by the Renublican party.
Senator Russell (D-GA.) de
clared meanwhile that the Senate
Armed Service and Foreign Re
lation Committees will conduct
“the widest possible” inquiry into
far Eastern policy and the clash
which resulted in MacArthur’s ous
ter. Russell is chairman of the
Armed Service Unit and is’' in
line to head the two-committee in
vestigation.
He told reporters the inquiry,
originally booked to start today,
probably will get underway ear
1y next week with MacArthur pos
sibly the first witness.
~ “The sky is the limit so far as
th;zd scope is concerned,” Russell
said.
The foreign relations committee
teamed up with the armed services
group for the inquiry as Russell
blocked Senate action on a Re
publican proposal to create a 24-
member Senate-House committe
to conduct the investigation,
The Republicans wanted 12
from their party and 12 Democrats
named to a joint committee. The
Democrats have a majority on the
two regular Senate Committees
which will handle the job.
MacArthur’s dismissal touched
off these other develonments:
1. Sen. Kerr (D-OKLA.) blasted
the five-star general anew in a
Senate speech, and declared Sena
tor Taft of Ohio and certain other
Senate Republicans “either seek or
carelessly risk” to widen the Ko
rean conflict into an all-out war
with Red China Taft and several
of his GOP colleagues again ripped
into Kerr and challenged his con
tentions. ;
2. Gen, Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the joint Chief of Staff,
asserted that the Far Eastern mili
tary policies advocated by MacAr
thur would “jeopardize world
peace.” Bradley thus lined up pub
licly on Mr. Truman’s side in the
great dispute.
- Bradley Speech
Badley, a five star General him
self, said in a Chicago speech yes
terday afternoon that last year’s
speedy United Nations action in
Korea may have kept Russia from
starting World War 111
Without mentioning MacArthur
by name, Bradley spoke out
against the idea of carrying the
war to the China mainland. He
backed Mr. Truman’s policy of
trying to limit it to Korea.
However, Bradley agreed with
MacArthur's recently expressed
opinion that the war in Korea may
be headed for a stalemate.
“There is no early end in sight
under-present conditions,” Bradley
declared.
foreign troops from Korea.
Sir Benegal said the only posi
tive statement was in the last par
agraph and the rest was nothing
but propaganda, He was not sure
whether it would be worthwhile to
ask the North Korean authorities
for a clarification, but agreed to
take it up at the Asian-Arab meet
ing.
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Methodist Men
The Men’s Club of the First
Methoaist Church will meet Fri
day at 6:30 p. m. in the church
annex, Following the dinner, Ed
win Blanchard, of the University
of Georgia music department and
minister of music at the church,
will present a musical program. A
group from the University music
department will take part.
Club members should call the
church effice to make reservations
for the meeting.
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MacARTHUR WELCOMED AT AIRPORT —Sixth Army guard of honor stands at
attention in foreground as General MacArthur emerges from plane eabin door on his
arrival at International Airport, San Francisco, Calif. Thousands of Californians
turned out to extend a tumultuous welcome to the general.—(AP Wirephoto.)
M Arthur Gets Tumultuous
Welcome In San Francisco
Bulletins
BUENOS AIRES, April 18.—
(AP)—President Juan D. Peron
signed today a law ordering the
government to take over the in
dependent newspaper La Pren
sa.
The president’s action ends
the independent career of the
81-year-old opposition paper,
which, before it was clesed by
strikes of pro-government un
ions and federal court action,
had been a consistent critic of
Peron’s regime.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—
(AP)—The Army today cut its
May draft call from 60,000 to
40,000 men. g
WASHINGTON, April 18.—
(AP) — Assistant Secretary of
Defense Anna Rosenberg said
today the Army hopes by Sep
tember to begin releasing en
listed reservists who were call
ed to duty involuntarily. She
testified before a House Armed
Services subcommittee which is
holding hearings on the reserve
program.
Jury Is Given
Thornton Case
The case charging Coile Thorn=-
ton with murder went to the jury
shortly after noon today in Clarke
Superior Court. At one o'clock a
recess was called for the jurors to
eat lunch.
Before the case was received by
the jury, both sides had presented
final arguments and the charge
was given by Judge Henry. H.
West.
Marshall Pollock, solicitor gen
eral, represented the state in the
trial. Representing Mr, Thornton,
defendent, were Abit Nix and
Eugene Epting of the law firm of
Erwin-Nix-Birchmore and Ep
ting.
In the arguments the state con
| tended that Robert Macon, Mr.
Thornton’s stepson, was shot with
out justification, The state’s rep
resentative said if there was any
conflict between Mr. Macon and
Thornton and his wife, it was over
at the time of the shooting.
The defendent’s attorneys and
Mr. » Thornton, in an unsworn
statement, said the shooting was in
self-defense. They contended that
Mr. Macon had been beating Mrs.
Thornton and was charging Mr.
Thornton at the time of the shoot
ing.
The jurors are Carey M. Al
mand, D. L. Williams, Newman
Corker, Thomas J. Woods, George
H. Bell, W. M. Wellman jr,, Clark
H. Crowe, Guy Seagraves, Luther
%. Bafle;g Tony Galis, R. W.
elch, and H. WP.,Perketson.
Witnesses were Miss Bessie Ay=
cock, Mrs. Richard Chittwood, city
police officer Charlie Cooper, Wil=
{Continued On Page Two)
BY DON WHITEHEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.—
(AP) — General Douglas MacAr
thur’s dramatic homecoming was
growing today into the wildest
emotional jag this city has seen
since the tumult of V-J Day.
Tens of thousands of bay area
citizens poured out of their homes
to give the ousted general a sec
ond-day welcome expected to
overshadow the riotous greeting
he received last night on his first
return to the mainland in 14 years.
MacArthur captured San Fran
cisco as surely as his troops con
quered Manila and Leyte and New
Guinea in World War Two.
And his parade through cheer
ing thousands this morning will
be the climax to the hysterical
homecoming party.
Once the official welcome home
is extended, the general will turn
to the grim business of hurrying
to Washington to defend before
Congress tomorrow the Asia poli
cies which caused President Tru
man to fire him,
Already the dispute between
MacArthur and President Truman
has the Republicans and Demo
crats hurling at each other the
angry and bitter accusation of
“war party.” And this deep rift
has people throughout the country
choosing up sides.
Deep Admiration
But the hundreds of thousands
who greeted MacArthur last night
left no doubt of their deep admi
ration of the hero-soldier regard
less of how they felt about his
Asia policies.
People began gathering at the
city airport three hours before
MacArthur’'s Constellation wae
due from Hawaii.
As dusk settled over the field
there were about 10,000 spectators
jamrmed into a wire-fence enclos
ure. Other thousands were unable
of the crowd.
Excitement mounted as Mac-
Arthur’s plane —the Bataan—
touched the runway at 8:29 p. m.
(11:29 p. m., EST). ?
The plane rolled to a halt. A
woman gave a high, hysterical
scream that signalled the temper
of teh crowd,
The cheers swelled into a roar.
Mrs. Jean MacArthur stepped
from the plane onto the ramp.
Then came the general wearing
hig familiar gold-braided cap and
a trenchcoat buttoned high around
his neck. Behind him was their
13-year-old son, Arthur — wide
eyed and grinning.
Greeting Party -
The official greeting party in
cluded Governor Earl Warren,
Mayor Elmer Robinson and high
ranking, officers of the Army,
Navy, Air Force and Marines.
They moved forward to shake
hands with the MacArthurs.
Spectators, newsmen and pho
tographers surged forward and
the welcome almost got out of
hand. Police shoved a way open
for the honor guests.
Flasn bulbs popped and the
general was caught in the glare
of television lights. The color
guard snapped to attention. Ar
tillery pieces boomed out a 17-
gup salyte.
ovérnor Warren and Lt. Gen
eral Albert Wedemeyer, Sixth
Army commander, were beside
MacArthur as he emerged from
(Continued on Page Two.)
W ( ; 5&‘1; ' F‘Y ,5 .6‘ 65 !’Qp" In Athens Trade Area
School Patrol
Trip Planned
A group of Athens school boy
patrolmen will go to Washington,
D. C,, next month as a reward for
outstanding work on the patrol,
scholastic excellency, and good
citizenship throughout the school
year,
While in the capital, they will
tour the city, visit government
offices, and see interesting sites
in the city.
Director of the trip, as in past
years, will be city police traffic
officer Emory *“Sambo” Sanders,
who heads the schooi patrol pro
gram in Athens. Also, accompany
ing the group will be Captain J.
H, Porterfield, head of the traf
fic divisiog
The number of boys chosen
from the various school patrols
will be according to the number
of students enrolled in the school.
The local schools having patrols
are Barrow, Chase Street, College
Avenue, Oconee Street, Junior
High and St. Joseph’s. Also, there
will be two representatives from
the Winterville school.
Last year 15 patrolmen went to
Washington, and this year Officer
Sanders hopes to carry more. Al
ready he has sponsors for 14 boys,
and is endeavoring to get more.
The youths taking the trip are not
chosen by the sponsors, but by
the school faculty and the selec~
tions are made on merit.
This year the Elks Club is
sponsoring three. Each of the fol
lowing organizations are sponsor
ing two: Lions Club, Jaycees,
Frank E., Mitchell Post of the V,
F. W, Classic City Post of the
American Legion, Kiwanis Club.
sponsoring one boy will be the
Loyal Order of Moose.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and warm this after
noon and tonight., Thursday
partly cloudy and warmer.
Showers likely Thursday night
or Friday morning. Expected
low tonight 46, high Thursday
78. Sun sets today at 7:07 p. m.,
rises Thursday at 5:58 a. m,
GEORGIA—Fair and a little
warmer today and tonight;
Thursday parily cloudy and
warmer,
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BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, April 18.—(AP)!
=Allied troops advanced
2,000 to 8,000 yards on the
west Korean front today be
hind heavy air and artillery
attacks.
The Reds gave ground—
-114 to 2 miles—grudgingly.
The big gains were south
and southeast of Chorwon, &
five-highway hub about 19
miles inside Red Korea.
One Allied infantry team pushed
up a valley road within two miles
o? the rubbled city. The dough=~
boys met Chinese mortar and rifle
fire and withdrew,
A tank force lunged into the
Red lineg near Chipyong and
killed 100 Communists, Chipyong
is seven miles southeast of Cher
won and seven miles southwest of
Kumhwa.,
Wednesday’s gains carried the
main Allied line to about eight
mileg south of Chorwon,
Western Bases
Chorwon and Kumwa are the
western bases of the Red buildup
area where an estimated 600,000
Communist combat troops were
deployed. A e
The Reds retreated slowly in the
west but they stood and fought for
Hwachon, the eastern base of the
Chorwon - Kumhwa-Hwachon fri
angle.
Two Allied thrusts at the Hwa~
chon dam were turned back Wed
nésday.
One was a frontal attack on the
dam itself, The other was a flank
ing movement across the Pukhan
river east of the dam. Both bogged
gg\:n under heavy Communist
South Korean forces foum
five hour battle with 250
Korear Reds on the east gentral
front. Elsewhere in the rolling
hills around Inje Allled units
straightened and re-adjusted their
lines.
Allied foot troops slugged ahead
with little opposition east ane
north of Yanggu on the western
tip of the huge Hwachon reservoir.
Some Communist mortar fire was
reported,
Tank Activity
Tanks ranged east and nerth
west of Yonchon on the west een~
tral front without meeting Com
munist forces, The tanks de~
stroyed 70 tons of Red ammunition
southwest of Kumhwa, o
Russian -« made jets returned
briefly Wednesday to the Nerth
Korean gkies. Twenty-five MIG
15s darted across the Manchurian
border and tangled with 16 Amer
ican F-96 Sabre jets,
One MIG was damaged in the
15 minute dogfight that swirled
at 30,000 feet. All Allied planes
returned to their bases.
Allied commanders said the
grinding United Nations attack in
Red Korea presumably has
thrown the Chinese and I)!imun
Communists completely off bal
ance. Chinese war prisoners said
the Reds’ spring offensive was set
for April 11. That was one week
ago. The Reds still are commit
ting their troops piecemeal in
rear-guard delaying actions,
¥ Reds Pulling Back
It was evident in several spots
that the Reds either were pulling
back to new defense positions or
reeling from the powerful U. N.
air and artillery attacks.
U. S. Fifth Air Force planes
pounded Red troop positions and
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Men's Glee Club
To Sing Tonight
Forty-first Annual Concert of
the University of Georgia Men’s
Glee Club takes place in Fine Arts
Auditorium tonight at 8:30, Byron
Warner, head of the University’s
Voice Department and director of
the Club, conducting.
Misses Eddith - Blair and Mar
garet Church, sopranos, and Jack
ie Anderson, mezzo-soprano, are
guest soloistts with the club this
year and will perform the seeond
group on the program. All three
are pupils of Mr. Warner and stu
dents in the University Music De
partmett, - = :
The Glee Club has just compilet
ed the annual tour of the varieus
points in Georgia and Florida. A
program to be given in Rome on
April 21 will end the club’s eon
cert schedule for this season.
Work to be offered on toniuht's
program range from the Lachry
mose (from the Requiem) by Me
zart to selections from contempo
rary operetta and musical comedy
highlights.
“Tickets will be on sale at the
box office in Fine Arts Building to.
night. A capacity audience is X
pected to attend.