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Have Been Fully Shared By Joint Chiefs Of Staff
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MICHIGAN SENATOR DlES—Senator Arthur H. Van
denburg, who died at his home in Michigan last night fol
lowing an illness of several years, is shown in the last
formal portrait made when he was a candidate for nom
ination by the GOP for the presidency in 1948.
D th CI im Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 19. — (AP) — Senator
thur H. Vandenberg, one of the United States’ most re
cted citizens, is dead at 67.
[he Michigan Republican, a foreign poliey expert whose
ice and leadership were sought by the heads of both
r parties, died last night in his sleep after several
ears of illness. He had undergone several major opera
ns in the last two years.
andenberg’s death at his home | ———————
here meant the loss of one of the
founders of the United Nations
and one of Congress' foremost ad
vocates of a bi-partisan, unified
foreign policy in the cold war with
Russia,
It also undoubtedly meant a
2uin for the Democrats in the Sen
ate. 1t falls to Michigan’s Demo
cratic governor, G. Mennen Wil=
liams, to name a successor to Van
denberg, whose distinguished ca
reer spanned 23 years in Congress.
With Vandenberg’s death the
Democratic majority in the Senate
hecame 49 to 46. The expected
Demoeratic appointment will make
it 50 to 48.
Funeral Services
Funeral serviecs for Sen. Van
denberg will be held at 2 p. m.
Saturday from the Park Congrega
tional Church here. The Rev.
Archibald Thompson, pastor, will
officlate, The body will lie in state
at the church chapel Saturday
morning.
; ”l".hye ;lace of burial has not been
derided,
With the Senator’s death was
disclosed & story of hig self-sacri
fice in the nation’s interests.
Dr. A. B. Smith, who cared for
Vandenberg during the long illness
1 complications ‘of the sickness
‘v””{,\'lng the major surgery caused
eath,
But it was only after death that
Vindenberg’s family disclosed that
lc had had a heart ailment for 25
fars and that he postponed 2 ne
cssary lung operation for close
92 vear—from the fall of 1948 to
O-tober, 1949;
__Ho Insisted, said his son, Arthar
"I Vandenberg jr., that “his health
as of far less importance than
his attention to the affairs of gov
‘'nment.”
At Bedside
. At Vandenberg’s bedside when
‘cath ‘eame were the son and two
(ughters, Mrs. John Bailey and
ts. Elizabeth Pfeiffer, both of
Grand Rapids. The three are the
enator’s enly immediate surviv
ors. ‘His wife, the former Hazel
Whittaker, dfed in Washington in
June, 1956, |
Michigan’s one-time fsolationist
Who made the jump all the way to
genuine infernationallem was
Mournied hdy Republican and Dem
ocratie leaders alike. b
His Republican colleague fmm!
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Associated Press Service
£ dpz'tal’s Best
Foot Forward
Trips M’Art/_gur
WASHINGTON, April 19.—
(AP)—Washington put its best
foot forward for General Doug
las MacArthur today and near
ly tripped him with it.
The throng of “VlP’s”—very
important people — immediate
ly around the big transport
plane in which he flew from
San Francisco came very near
to getting out of hand. The re
turning general got separated
from his wife and son, senators’
hats were knocked askew, and
an honor guard of soldiers
dressed in ceremonial blue was
just about lost in the shuffle.
RESPECTED STATESMAN
Vandenberg Planned
Senatorial Career
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
NEA Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON—On Jan. 10,
1945, Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg
of Michigan rose in th 2 Senate to
speak. What he said that day radi
cally changed his own life and
profoundly affected the course of
American foreign affairs.
Until that hour he had been a
voluble and vehement is)lationist.
With flowery, ponderous phrases,
the then 60-year-old Republican
had trumpeted that theme for some
30 years,
At one dramatic stroke he swept
it all away. He declared isolation
ism dead, said the oceans were no
longer moats proteeting America,
urged the nation to plunge boldly
into world affairs, and promised
to support such a course.
The effect on this country and
the world was electric. Vanden
berg's 30-minute speech was
beamed around the globe. Over
night he found himself a center
Reds Pull Back At All Points;
Heavy Rains Slow Allied Push
s BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, April 19.—(AP)—Allied troops toda{l launch
ed a limited attack north of the newly captured Hwachon
power dam and reservoir on the east-central front in North
Korea.
The Allies seized the big hydro-electric grid Wednesday
after Reds who had defended it stubbornly for days slipped
away to the north.
Thousands of Allied doughboys
poured into the dam and reser
voir area. United Nations riflemen
struck north from Hwachon at the
west end of the reservoir. They
traded fire with an enemy group
of undisclosed strength but later
withdrew.
Chinese Reds pulled back all
along the central front in the
mountainous area west of the res
ervoir.
Rain, smoke and haze made air
observation impossible. But Unit
ed Nations troops patrolled ag
gressively far ahead of their lines
in those craggy heights without
opposition.
Heavy Rain
Heavy rain slowed the Allied
push on the western front.
Chinese mounted a daylight,
company-sized counterattack 10
miles inside Red Korea north of
Yonchon.
Allied artillery and a late after
?aoon air strike threw back the at
ck.
U. N. forces inched forward up
the last hillecrest before Chorwon,
17 air miles north of the border.
OMAH&(! troops meared Chig
yong, southeast of Chorwon and
16 air miles inside the Redland.
Behind front lines, American
engineers and Korean road crews
were working day and night to
weather proof roads against the
heavy rains soon due.
There was no official explana
tion for the sudden Red pullback
that permitted the Allies to take
over the Hwachon dam and reser
voir.
Eight of the dam’s 18 floodgates
were still open. The dam is 880
feet long and 250 feet high. It
backs up water for 11 miles and
once was a major source of power
for Seoul.
Allied troops seized Hwachon at
the western end of the reservoir
Wednesday without a fight. They
captured Yanggu on the eastern
end Monday. An eight-man Red
patrol probed to the outskirts of
Yanggu Wednesday night. Heavy
Red mortar shells fell into the
city Thursday afternoon.
The slow, deliberate U. N. drive
appeared to be near the line be
tween Chorwon and Jumhwa, 14
miles northeast. Behind it, the
Reds were believed to have massed
600,000 men for an expected spring
drive.
A U. S. Eighth Army commun
ique Wednesday indicated the Al
lies were having trouble finding
the Reds at most places. It said
Allied patrols in central Korea
were trying “to fix the position
of an elusive enemy.” .
Red casualties Wednesday to
taled only 445, about half the usual
daily score, indicating little action.
Two air alerts were sounded
along the front Thursday. A black
out was enforced Wednesday-
Thursday night for the first time
in the war, An unidentified plane
flew over the front but there were
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of attention; praise was heaped
on him by the press and politi
cians of both parties. President
Roosevelt took 50 copies of the
speech to Yalta with him.
Dividing Line
The six years Vandenberg
lived from that moment on were
as distinct as if they’'d been lived
by another man. It was more
than a turning point; it was a
dividing line. People talked of
the Old and the New Vanden
berg.
The Old Vandenberg, besides
being an isolationist, had been a
bitter foe of the New Deal (with
ce-tain notable exceptions). The
New. just about forgot domestic
affairs.
The pre-1945 Vandenberg had
been assailed often as pompous,
arrogant, vacillating. He'd been
ridiculed as a man who made
talking virtually a way of life,
who once gained distinction by
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951,
COURT GIVES
[HORNTON LIFE
IMPRISONMENT
Coile Thorton was sentenced to
life imprisonment yesterday after
noon in Clarke Superior Court.
He was convicted of murdering
hig step-son, Robert Macon, here
on the night of March 15.
After deliberating about three
hours, the jury returned a verdict
of guilty with recommendation of
mercy, which automatically car
ries a life sentence. x
The case took nearly two days
to try.
Later yesterday afternoon Mil
ledge Moon, colered, was senten
ced to 12 months in public works
camp and six months in jail for
having liquor. Judge Henry H.
West said the jail sentence could
be served on probation after the
full 12 months in public works.
‘camp is served. L
- A motion for a hew tr”h! has
been filed in this case. He has been
released on $2,500 bond awaiting
a hearing on the new trial.
At noon today no motion for a
new trial had been filed in the
Thornton case.
The court moved into its fourth
day of a long criminal docket to
day. On trial is Morris Cunning
ham, charged with assault with
intent to rave. This case is ex
pected to take the entire day.
.
AHS Radio Show
Four journalism students from
Athens High School will deliver a
radio program over WRFC to
morrow morning at 10 a. m. Parti
cipating will be Judy Cohen, Roy
Tom Scoggins, Janet Simpson,
Merritt B. Pound jr. and Miss Ru
by Anderson, journalism advisor.
The program will consist of cur
rent high school news with special
emphasis being put on the AHS
Beauty Review to be held tomor
row at 8 p. m. in Pound Auditori
um.
Fish Supper
A fish supper will be sponsored
by the Friendship Class and the
Young Adult Fellowship of the
Oconee Street Methodist Church
on Friday evening, April 20, from
6 to 8 p. m. at the church.
On the menu will be hot rolls,
hush-puppies, slaw, pickles, coffee,
fish and all the trimmings.
Tickets are available for $.75
from members of the class or at
the door.
Bulletin
The regional track meet for
“A” class high schools scheduled
for Gainesville this afternoon
has been called because of in
clement weather, according to
Earl Wheby, Athens High coach.
The meet will be held Monday
afternoon.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy today and to
morrow with scattered showers.
Chance of a few scattered show
ers Friday. Continued warm to
day, tonight and Friday. The
low tonight 64, high tomorrow
76. The sun seis today at 7:07,
rises tomorrow at 5:56.
G E OR G I A—Showers and
scattered thundershowers this
afternoon and tonight; Friday
rather cloudy and continued
mild, seattered showers. .
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .03
Total since April 1 .. .. .. 1.62
Deficit since April 1 ~ ... .95
Average April rainfall .. .. 3.95
Total since January 1 ~ ..11.51
Deficit since January 1 ... 6.17
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Communism, Ousted Leader Says
WASHINGTON, April 19.— (AP) —General Douglas
MacArthur said today his views on the Far Bast “have been
fully shared by practically every military leader” includ
ing the U. 8. Joint Chiefs of Staff. '
This assertion by the deposed Far Eastern commander
in an address to Congress brought a storm of applause
with Republican members standing and cheering. MacAr
thur was interrupted for nearly a minute.
He had previously restated the
four points of his strategic policy
for the Orient. They were, he said:
1. An economic blockade of
China.
2, A Naval blockade of the
China coast.
3. Removal of the restrictions
on aerial reconnaissance over
China,
4. A removal of the restrictions
on the ground forces of National
ist China “with logistical support
from us.”
This last meant using the Nat
jonalist troops of Chiang Kai-shek
with the United States furnishing
supplies.
Cheers Given ;
Cheering halted him briefly
when he came to the second and
third points.
MacArthur said of his policy
“for this I have been severely
eriticized in many quarters, prin
cipally abroad.” But, he said, he
had never heard any criticism of
these views from “responsible mil
itary authorities, including our
own Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
MacArthur said he had _called
for reinforcements in Korea but
was informed they were not avail
able. He said he had warned that
unless permission was granted to
bomb Manchurian bases, blockade
the China coast and use Nation
alist forces on Formosa the posi-~
tion of his comnmrand “forbade vie
tory” in Korea.
Bluntly, MacArthur said the in
tervention of the Chinese Com
‘munists llei; tthc Korean fighting
had ca or “realistic adjust
ment of military strategy and such
decisions have not heen forthcom
ing.”
MacArthur said he was not con~
sulted in advance on the sending
of American troops into Korea,
but the move “proved to be a
sound one,” s
His voice rising in vibrancy,
MacArthur told Congress “we
could hold in Korea by constant
maneuever . . . But we could hope
at best for only an indecisive
campaign.”
Blind Appeasers
Those who would appease Red
China “are blind,” MacArthur
said.
He declared Soviet Russia would
not necessarily mesh her power
with Red China if the United Na
tions forces carried the war fur
ther. Any new enemy, he said,
will strike only if it feels the bal
ance is in her favor on a world
scale. 5 g o
He had declared earlier that
Formosa must not be allowed to
fall into enemy hands.
It is part of an island arc, he
said, from which U. S. air and sea
power can control the Pacific and
maintain it as a protective “moat”
for all the Americas.
MacArthur concluded with a
recollection of the old soldier bal
lad “Old soldiers never die, they
just fade away.”
He said he was closing out 52
years of military service with that
ballad in mind.
“I now close my military career
and just fade away,” he said dra
matically. “An old soldier who
tried to do his duty as God gave
him the light to see that duty.”
MacArthur finished speaking at
1:10 p. mr. His address lasted 36
minutes.
Televised Appearance
MacArthur’s appearance before
the lawmakers was televised over
all major networks to an audience
of uncounted millions. Millions
more heard his voice over radio.
But the White House said in ad
vance that President Truman
would not turn on the TV set in
his office and that no one from the
White House was going to the
capitol to hear MacArthur.
At the hour of the speech, the
President was conferring in his of
fice with Secretary of State Ache
son. It is routine for them to meet
at 12:30. p. m.” (EST) on Thurs
days. o
Mr. Truman has held himself
personally aloof from all the cere
monies here for the general.
The President sent his army
aide, Maj. Gen, Harry H. Vaughan,
to represent him at an airport wel
come to the general, and he gave
authority .for federal workers to
leave their jobs and watch a Mac-
Arthur parade and welcoming cer=
emony this afternoon. He also
cancelled a speech he had sche
duled for this afternoon to the
American society of newspaper
Editors, ‘explaining he did not wish
to detract from “General MacAr
thur’s Day.”
No Appeasement
MacArthur argued that there
can be no “appeasement” of Com=
munism in Asia “without simul
taneously undermining our efforts
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Administration
Sets 3-Point
Anti-Red Plans
WASINGTON, April 19 — (AP)
The Administration has laid down
a three point “program of action”
designed to combat Communism in
Asia and protect the Pacific
Islands.
The plan was outlined in part
yesterday by President Truman,
In filling in details last night, Sec
retary of State Acheson urged the
nation to “hold a steadfast course
in Korea” and steer clear of any
idea of extending the conflict
there,
Acheson made this plea on the
arrival here of Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur. MacArthur was relieved
of his Pacific commands when the
President decided the general’s
policy views were not in accord
with his own.
MacArthur favored air strikes
at Communist installations and
supply lines in Manchuria, and the
use of Chinese Nationalists troops
against the Chinese Reds. Mr. Tru
man and his advisers contended
these moves might touch off World
War IIL
~ Acheson Speech
Acheson said- last ' night, in :1
speech to the Women’s Nation
Press Club, that if there is any
widening of the Korean fighting
the Kremlin and Red China must
be held responsible.
“The American people will nev~
er choose this course,” he declared.
“They will not fall into the trap
of seeming to choose it.”
Without direct criticism of the{
deposed Far East commander or
his proposals Acheson declared
that to extend the fighting would
“gravely imperil world peace.”
The projected Far Eastern pro
gram called for:
1. A probable defense “arrange
ment” among the U. S., Australia
and New Zealand. Mr. Truman an
nounced in a statement that he
directed Acheson, Secretary of De
fense Marshall and Ambassador
John Foster Dulles to continue ne
negotiations in this direction while
working out a Japanese peace
treaty.
The President told newsmen
later the agreement would be
modelled on the North Atlantic
pact pledge to regard an attack on
one country as an attack on all.
Increased Efforts
2. Increased - efforts to help
Asian countries strengthen their
independence and achieve relief
from poverty, by such means as
Marshall plan aid, technical as
sistance and the emergency wheat
shipment to India. Acheson fore
cast that Congress soon will be
asked to approve other measures,
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30 IN PAGEANT
A.H.S. Beauty Review
Set Tomorrow Night
The Athens High School Beauty
Review, featuring over 30 attrac
tive girls from the local school,
will be held tomorrow at 8 p. m.
in Pound auditorium on the Co
ordinate campus.
The review will include repre
sentatives from the senior, junior,
and sophomore classes who were
recently elected by the various
classes to represent them in the
competition for beauty honors. «
Beauty Candidates
Representing the sophomore
class in the review will be Freida
Bryant, Eleanor Crane, Ann Hai
ley, Beverly Hammond, Jean Mes
ser, Mary Nash, Carey O'Kelley,
and Elsa Parrott. it ee
Junior beauties are Mary Jo
Adams, Martha Howe Chandler,
Betty Cook, Janey Mae Cooley,
Kay Dillard, Faye Harris, Ann
Hunt, Virginia Johnson, Shirley
Loyd, Jane Messer, Gretchen Par
rott, Nan Richardson, and Olief
Wingfield. ,
Senior beauties are Jerry Alex
ander, Carolyn Brazell, Patsy Bul
lock, Anne Christian, Judy Coile,
Joneita Daniel, Sybil Fanning,
Jane Floyd, Marian Hopkins, Rita
Loyd, Carol Quillian, Helen Rog-l
ers, Hilda Shackleford, Joyce Wii-
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GREETING RETURNED—A refreshed General Douglas
MacArthur leaves his San Francisco hotel after a night’s
sleep to lead a parade through the city. Grinning broad
ly, he returned the roaring greeting of the erowd with a
waving arm. The general is now in Washington, having
arrived there with his family early this morning.— (NEA
Telephoto.)
Truman To Set Up New
Wage Controls Board
WASHINGTON, April 19.— (AP) —President Truman
will set up—-—probablg within the next few days—a new
Wage Stabilization Board having authority to handle
emergency labor disputes during the defense program.
Announcing that intention at a news conference vester
day, Mr. Truman brushed aside the objections which man
agement representatives have raised to the proposal, rec
ommended by the newly-created 17-man Mobilization
Advisory Board. ¢
When you get a three to one de
cision, Mr. Truman said, it’s time
to operate, That was a reference
to the fact that the new wage
board plan had been approved
Tuesday by the 12 advisory board
members representing labor, agri~
culture and the public. The in
dustry representatives dissented.
Mr. Truman had little other
news for reporters yesterday.
He made it virtually certain he
and Gen. Douglas MacArthur
would not get together today.
Truman-MacArthur
The President said it was true,
as a spokesman had® said, that
MacArthur would be received at
the White House if he asked for an
appointment. Signs are the gen
eral didn’t plan to seek one.
Mr. Truman refused to be drawn
out further. He said (A) his views
on the Far Eastern situation are
well known, (B) MacArthur is go~
ing to give his own views and (C)
he didn’t intend to answer any
questions on the subject.
On the question of setting up a
new wage board to replace the one
which has been impotent gince its
labor members resigned in protest
over a wage ceiling formula two
months ago, there had been some
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liams, and Mary Williams.
Sophomore beauties will wear
sports clothes, Juntor beauties will
be dressed semi-formally, and
senior beauties will wear the tra
ditional evening gowns.
Five To Be Chosen
Five beauties will be selected
on the basis of beauty, poise, and
personality; a campus queen for
the seniors, two other senior
beauties, and a junior and a soph
omore beauty. Those selected will
comprise the queen’s court.
Mistress of Ceremonies is Naney
Holsapple, and escorts are Jerry
Price and Merritt B. Pound jr.
Judges for the contest are Miss
Cora Miller, modern dance in
structor at the University of Geor
gia; Mike Merola, captain of the
1950 Georgia football team; and
Miss Lucy Lane Lambert, last
year’s Pandora beauty c‘lueen.
Arrangements for the review
have been mapped by the Athens
High School beauty review com
mittee which is headed by John
Wilkins.
Tickets can be purchased from
committee members or at the door
tomorrow night. Admission price is
60 cents for adults and 30 cents for
students.
HOME
EDITION
Slight Hope For
“Sub Crew Rescue
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., April 19.
— (AP) —Long silence from the
bottom of the English Channel #ut
all practical hope today for the
rescue of 75 men entombed in the
lost British submarine Affray.
The British Admiralty said this
morning that it had received no
reports to justify hopes that the
men aboard the sunken sub might
still be found alive.
Admiralty experts said the sub
marine’s oxygen supply had been
enough for only 48 hours—a dead
line that was passed yesterday. It
was exactly two days earlier shat
the big submarine dived on man
‘euvers and mysteriously settled te
| the bottom in some 200 feet of
| water.
But the Admiralty said the hunt
would go on. An armada of 34
ships prowled over the Channel
surface this morning, searching
for some sign that would pinpoint
just where the Affray lay.
The search has been extended to
the sea bed itself where the Ad
miraity said it was sweeping the
bottom with a dragnet of chains,
wires and nets.
But there was no definite indi
cation where any rescue opera
tions should begin. Faint undér
water telegraphic tappings heard
yesterday have not been received
since. : i :
The Admiralty said, however, it
was confident the search was be
ing concentrated in the right spot
—southwest of the Isle of Wight,
40 to 50 miles from Portsmouth.
The Affray sent a signal from
there Monday night to report it
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‘Monroe Servi
"Monroe Services
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Planned Friday
l John Monroe, formerly of Ath
| ens, died early this morning in his
| sleep at his home in Vienna, Ga.
| Mr. Monroe had been ill for the
, past 15 months but his death was
| unexpected. Funeral services will
| be held Friday at 3 p. m,, in Vi~
' enna,
| He is survivedby his wife, Mrs.
.Lucia Starnes Monroe, and four
| daughters, Mrs. Hubert Yow jr., of
Vienna; Mrs. Williara Bray, of
AfllTlS‘ Miss Eleanor Monroe, of
Moultrie; end Mrs. Albert Nelth
rom of the Virgin Islands.
, Monroe was connected with
she Ngflona! and ?tate Soil Con
servation Services for many years,
and his many mw are
grieved to learn. ‘ iy