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Secretary Says USSR Has Made
Increases In Bases Near Korea
WASHINGTON, May 14.— (AP)—Secretary Marshal}
testified today Russia had made “sizeable increases” in its
military garrisons near Korea since last December.
Marshall told senators that while the Soviets always
have maintained strong forces on their Siberian borders,
there has been a recent buildup in strength.
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On Refail Beef
By The Associated Press
Retail price ceilings go into ef
fect on beef today — but don’t
count on general price-slashing at
your butcher shop.
Some of the new . beef prices
will be higher, some lower, some
unchanged.
Many stores have found the new
government ceilings permit ad
vances on several items from
prices they were charging last
week. Where competitive condi
tions permit, most of these retail
ers are expected to take advantage
of this, They say they're entitled
to a little relief after being
squeezed in recent weeks as costs
went up while their own . selling
prices were’ frozen.
A spokesman for a leading sup
ermarket chain in the East said
the ceiling prices in general al-
Jowed boosts for the more expen
sive culs, like porterhouse and sir=-
loin steaks. But the ceilings either
held the prevailing price line or
required reductions on “the poor
man’s meats” like hamburger and
stewing beef, ;
Third Major Step
Immposition of the retail ceilings
today is the third major step in a
series of actions ordered by gov
ernment price stabilizers and de-]
signed to reduce beef prices about
10 cents a pound by October:
Earlier, packers and slaughter
ers were ordered to start grading
their beef - according to federal‘
standards, if they weren’t already, ‘
and to set up a sales records sys- |
tem for use in the event meat |
must be allocated later. And last
week, dollars and cents ceilings on |
beef at the wholesale level went
into effect. Coming later: roll
backs in packers’ and slaughterers’
buying prices for livestock, and in
the wholesale and retail -ceiling
schedules.
The Office of Price Stabilization
(OPS) said the retail ceilings ef
ective today were calculated by
adding a fixed margin percentage
to the price the retailer pays for
each wholesale cut. Generally,
e markups approximate pre-
Korea dollar mrargins plus in
creased operating costs since then.
Ceilings
The ceilings list standard beef
cuts (sirloin steak, bonefess chuck
t, etc.) in each of four grades
(prime, choice, ete.),"and vary ac
rding to the type of store, its
olume of business and its reg
| location.
All retail meat stores must have
iized maximum prices posted
n beef items by June 4.
{,5 Ad 89
There will be no admission
charge to the “Miss Athens” page
ant in Fine Arts auditorium
Wednesday at 8 p, m. The event
sponsored by the local Jaycees
d eleven local and University
beauties are entered.
Personal sketches of two en
trants are presented in the Ban
ner-Herald daily. Today they are
about Misses Jane and Martha
‘\-‘mznan:
Miss Jay is 20 years old and the
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Jay of Thomasville, She graduated
from Thomasville High School in
1949 and is now in her second
vear at the University of Georgia.
She will sing as her talent pre
sentation, Her favorite sports.are
.\:.immipg and bowling. She likes
best to' cook cocoanut cake, and
her favorite dish is steak.
Miss Jay will be presented by
Chi Phi Fraternity, and is spon
sored by Christian Hardware.
Miss Shuman, Jacksonville, ¥la.,
is the 19-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jennis Anderson. She
graduated froom Greenville, Ga,,
High School in 1948, attended
GSCW for two years, and is now
& junior at Georgia.
In the pageant she is presen;ed
by Delta Tau Delta Fraternity,
and is sponsored by Georgia MO
tors. For her talent presen}atxon
she will give a comedy reading
Her favorite dish is shrimp, and
she likes best te cook spaghetti.
Miss Shuman’s favorite sports are
basketball and dancing.
YWCA Senior Y-Teens Present Variety Show Of "51” InFine Arts Auditorium Tonight, 8 0"Clock
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Associated Press Service
He had menticned this in testi
mony last week but his reference
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up as he
| done before, § 30 o
Under questioning, Marshall al
so insisted that Gen. Douglas Mac=
Arthur’s plan of stepped up air
and sea fighting would not defeat
Red China in Korea.
For the seventh day, the defense
secretary was before the Senate
Armd Services and Foreign Rela=
tions Committees which are in
quiring into MacArthur’s dismissal
from his far eastern commands,
Chairman Connally (D-Tex.) of
the Foreign Relations Group, asked
Marshall whether “our air power
and navy could win a war against
Red phina and ~ . keep them from
making an invasion of Korea?”
“Formosa, you mean?” Marshall
asked. :
“No,” Connally reptied, “I mean
keep them from coming over like
they are now. Could our navy and
air alone, without any ground
troops—"'
Negative Reply
“I do not think they could, sir,”
Marshall replied. -
MacArthur has testified that on
ly a few more ground troops would
be needed in Korea to win a vic=
tory there if American bombers
were permitted to raid Red China’s
beses in Manchuria, a naval block
ade was clamped on the China
coast, and Chinese Nationalist
troops were used against the Com=
munists. |
In previous testimony, Marshall
had argued this program involved
too big a risk that Russia might
intervene and touch off a global
war.
He had questioned, too, whether |
the MacArthur program would end
the war quickly. But Marshall
once said that if he had absolute
ce-tainty the Russians would not
come in he would saver bombing
Chinese bases in Manchuria. .
At the outset of today’s hear- |
ings, Senator Russell (D.-Ga.)
warned his colleagues against any
“leaks” of secret testimony from
the closed door hearings. i
He said “we are unlocking se- |
crets that have been protected in |
steel safes” and declared that
“neither our God nor our fellow
citizens will ever forgive us” if
indescretions add to the danger
facing American fighting men. l
Closed Hearings i
Reporters and the public are
barred from the hearings, but a
stenographic report of what is
said is sent to newsmen. Censors
first go over it and cut out any
thing they think might be damag
ing to the national interest if made |
public. |
As the hearings went into the |
new. week, some members of the‘
inguiry panel indicated they have,
picked up considerable optimism |
over the future in Korea. i
Senator Flanders (R.-Vt.) told
reporters “There seems to be
something big in the wind” that
will support Marshall’s assertion
the Allies are moving toward suc
cess.
And Senator Kefauver (D.-
Tenn.) said he has “the de{initel
feeling” the top command has aj
plan “which makes the outcome
look optimistic.”
Some members of the group be
gan to wonder, meanwhile, how to
wind up the inquiry, which seems
destined to last for weeks more,
Flanders, for one, commented
that “it’s just like the War in Ko
rea—there seems to be no way to
terminate it. "Our questions are
leading 'us into fields that are
vague, indefinite and purposeless.”
And Senator Gillette (D.-Towa)
i said he is afraid “we’re getting far
‘afield because Senate committees
are not a high board of strategy
‘and we're not competent to pass
| upon how to fight a war, even if
we have the authority—and that’s |
| doubtful.” !
r Flanders and Kefauver refused
to.talk about any of Marshall’s off- ‘
i the-record testimony, but they |
said his overall account of the |
’ problem gave them the impression |
|he was justified in saying: |
“We are moving toward a suc- |
cessful outcome.” fi
Marshall, a five star general as |
is MacArthur, made that statement
near the close of Saturdy’s dy
long session. He was talking about
an end to Red Chinese aggression.
Marshall thus again- took sharp
jssue with MacArthur, who had
testified earlier that a bloody ’
stalemate has developed in Korea |
—and that the only way to victory |
was the course he advocated. |
That course calls for bombing
|Man<-hurian and Cornmunist Chi—i
nese supply bases, a naval and
economic blockade of the China |
coast, and use of the Chinese Na- |
tionalist troops based on Formosa. }
1t was MacArthur’s public ad- |
vocacy of that poliecy which caused !
President Truman to dismiss him.
The administration. contends =it
might bring Russia into the con
flict and touch off World War IIL
MacArthur has said “the Soviet
will not necessarily mesh its ac
tions with our moves.”
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HEADS AP TOKYO BUREAU—
Robert Eunson, veteran war
correspondent, has been named
new chief of bureau in Tokyo
and Korea by the Associated
Press. He replaces Far East ex-~
pert Russell Brines, who is re- |
turning to the United States at
his own request for rest and re- !
assignment later. — (AP Wire- 1
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PERRY, Ga., May 14—(AP)—A ;
police chief who claims he killedi‘
two AWOL paratroopers in self
defense has been jailed on a mur-l
der charge. i
Thomas Bragg, 46, police chief |
at nearby Hawkinsville, was ar- |
rested and jailed without bond |
Saturday night. Houston county |
Sheriff C. C. Chapman said he ex- (
pects a grand jury to act quickly |
on the charges. |
Bragg was accused of murder in |
a warrant sworn to by the mother f
and widow of one of the soldi(*l‘s,l
Pvt. Louis L. Passmore, 27, form-= |
erly of Hawkinsville. The (»lee‘x‘i
victim was Pvt. Lon G, Asman, 21, |
of Woodlake, Calif. Both were |
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NORFOLK, Va., May 14 —
(AP)—The Collier Thomas Tra- ;
¢y and the Navy seaplane tender ]
Valcour collided five miles east i
of Cape Henry today. Atlantic |
Fleet Headquarters said, “both ‘
ships are burning and tiheir |
crews are abandening ship.” !
Naval and Coast Guard ships |
and planes were dispatched to |
the area. j
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iwanis Meeting |
A film on an African Big Game
Hunt will be shown at the regular
weekly Kiwanis Luncheon in t'nei
Civic Room of N. and N. Cafeteria
Tuesday at one o’clock. The movie, {
made by Asa Candler, V., of At- |
lanta, will be shown and ex-|
plained by Mr. Candler.
A. P. Writer Randolph
Is Cited For Heroism
By RUSSELL BRINES
TOKYO, May 74—(AP)—A lan
ky, eager war correspondent drift
ed out of the Korean dusk one
night and asked permission to ac
company an American outfit pre
paring for an attack.
The battalion commander tried
to talk him out of it, because it
was April 23, the second night of
the heavy Chinese offensive on the
western front.
But John Randolph, Associated
Press war correspondent, went
along anyway.
The next day many American
newspapers newspapers carried
his graphic account of the fight put
up by Company B, First Battalion
of the U. S. Seventh Infantry Reg
iment.
Today, three weeks later, the
rest of the story came out.
Randolph has been cited for
“his courageous actions under fire
> \THENS, GA., MONDAY, MAY 14, 1951.
BY STANLEY JOHNSON
UNITED NATIONS, May 14.—
(AP)—The United Nations is ex=
pected to take the first steps to
wards slapping an embargo on
shipments of war goods to Com=-
munist China today.
Urged on by the United States,
the additional measures commit=
tee—a 14-nation group formed to
consider punishment of Red China
for her intervention in Korea—
meets to vote on the proposed ban.
The committee is expected to
recommend the embargo.
~ Following this, the ban must be
debated by the Political Commit=
tee of the General Assembly, and
then by the Assembly in plenary
session. The Soviet bloc is expect=-
ed to fight it in both forunrs to the
last ditch. India, leader of the
neutralist group in the U. N, is
also expected to oppose the em
bargo as endangering any chance
of peace negotiations with Peiping.
Signs Favorable
All signs point to eventual As
sembly acceptance, however, and
the U. S. hopes adoption will be
by an overwhelming majority.
British and French opposition
to the move, based on the fear
that it might enlarge the area of
conflict, evaporated last week. In
formed sources said conservative‘
protests in the British House of
Commons about rubber shipments
to Red China plus much adverse
U. S. comment helped change
London’s mind. : .
Britain announced last Thursday
that it was cutting off further
rubber shipments from Malaya to
areas controlled by Peiping.
Pushing of punitive measures
against the Chinese Reds m
tge' extreme pessimism with wh
the U. N. regards the possibility
of a negotiated peace in Korea.
' The additional measures commit
;;)ee, set u% :éxdér the resolution
. branding hina an aggressor
'in Korea last February'l, was o
‘hold off recommendations for
'punishment until a U. N. Good
Offices Committee had every
chance to try conciliation.
Members of the punishment
group are Australia, Britain, Bel
gium, Brazil, Egypt, France, the
Philippines, Turkey, Mexico, the
United States and Venezuela. In
dia and Burma were named to the
committee but have refused to
serve.
The American embargo resolu- |
tion proposes:
Resolution
1. Shipments of arms ammuni
tion, implements of war, atomic
energy, materials, petroleum, and
items useful in the production of
arrmmaments be prohibited to areas
controlled by Communist China or
North Korea,
2. That each state determine the
extent to which exports fall into
that classification and apply con
trols.
3. That all states prevent circum- |
vention by such means as trans- |
shipments. .
4, That the committee study ad
ditional measures and make a fur
ther report. This would be defer
red, however, if the Good Offices
Conmmittee reported progress.
The ban’s effect is expected to
be more moral than practical since
the Soviet Union, which supplies
most of Red China’s arms poten
tial, will most likely ignore it.
Moreover, an Assembly resolu=
tion has cnly the power of a rec
ommendation and can be en
forced only by moral pressure.
States which flout the request
and continue shipments of war
goods to Red China, however,
probably can expect some sort of
retaliation from countries observ=-
ing it. The U. S. Senate already
has approved legislation to end U,
S. economic aid to countries “trad
ing with the enemy” and a House
committee is working on similar
legislation.
on behalf of my men” by the bat
talion commander, Lt. Col. Fred C.
Weyand of Healdsburg, Calif.
The Americans were under con
stant fire from automatic weapons,
mortars and artillery, Weyand said
in a letter to the Associated Press.
Several men in the lead platoon
fell in the open.
“With complete disregard for his
own safety Mr. Randolph moved
forward to carry these wounded
men to less exposed positions
where they could receive medical
attention. All in all, T believe he
made four such trips.”
Casual Mention
The AP newsman mentioned on
ly casually in his story that he had
helped earry some wounded.
The colonel added:
“Several men in this battalion
undoubtedly owe their lives to his
(Randolph’s) efforts to get them
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TOMMIES SET UP DEFENSE — British soldiers, survi
vors of the Gloucester regiment trapped and decimated
by Reds earlier in the surrent enemy offensive, set up a
barbed wire perimeter around their Han river post on
Korea’s western front. Private John Oxland, Devon,
England (center), pulls wire from reel held by Private
Reuben Trim, Bournemouth. Between them is Corporal
Reginald Parry, South Wales. Other unidentified.— (AP
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Wirephoto.)
’A Virtual Stalemate
| BY JOHN RANDOLPH
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, May 14.— (AP) —There has
been a lot of talk about the Korean war becoming a stale
mate.
As a matter of cold fact it has been a stalemate for the
past five and one-half months.
Except for the evacuation of northeast Korea and some
guerrilla fighting in the south, the main front has never
moved more than 85 miles since the first week of Decem
ber.
All the sound and fury of battle
since early December hasn’t
changed the real military situation
in Korea,
The United Nations Army under
American leadership is playing it
ccol, keeping out of the clinches,
and cutting up its huge adversary
when it can without trying too
hard for a knockout. -
Last November, the Allies were
on the Yalu river, north Korea was
on the mat, and the referee was
'up to the count of nine.
‘ Then Red China stepped in.
No Chances Taken
Since then the U. N. Army has
almost gone out of its way to avoid
taking chances with the Chinese—
almost as if the far east command
was marking time deliberately un
til the diplomats settle the war or
their governments send over
enough troops to win it,
This doesn’t mean that the Army
command over here isn’t playing
‘the game. It has done wonders
considering the odds. But when
‘ever the command has had a choice
between a bold move or a cautious
one, it has usually been cautious.
N'ow, when the Chinese are ob~
viously reorganizing after some
murderous losses, there seems to
be little U, N, desire to make even
swift limited but determined coun
terattacks—although this is the
best time to do so.
But bold offensive action and
counterattacks, even if they do not
risk the safety of the Army, would
mean casualties. And ever since
the dark hours of last fall the
command has been extraordinarily
sensitive about casualties and has
made every effort possible to avoid
them.
Aside from the ever-present
risks of war; the command has
taken only two real chances sincei
December. One was the parachute |
drop of the 187th Airbone regi
ment last March at Munsan, Thei
other was the Eighth Army order
for the 23rd regiment to stay in
Chipyong and risk complete Chi
nese encirclement. |
Neither of these was a reckless |
decision. The paratroopers actually
landed almost unopposed and were
relieved by a tank tasik force by
nightfall. Chipyong was a much
closer shave, but largely because——
(1) the Chinese simply obliterated
the South Korean Eighth Division
screening the town and (2) bad
weather prevented some supply
airdrops.
The “play it safe” policy has
been a tremendous sucecss in
keeping U, N. casualties down.
It is dificult to get any overa]ll
official figure, but by any stand
ard allied losses in Korea since
December must be sensationally
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| Kindergarten
| Registration
Set In City
Children who will be five
years old by December 31, 1951,
are eligible for kindergarten,
Parents who have children of
this age may take them to their
school for registration Thursday,
May 17, or Friday, May 18, be
tween hours of 9-12. Please take
the child’s birth eertificate
when you register.
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON, May 14—(AP)
~—The trial of Georgia Agriculture
Commissioner Tom Linder and
others on charges of violating the
Federal lobbyist law, scheduled
today, has been postponed for the
ninth time.
It is now set for June 18.
Attorneys for the Justice De
partment and the defendants
agreed to the latest delay for the
same reason as before. They want
to await the ouwcome of a suit in
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and a little warmer this
afternoon and tonight. Tuesday
fair and continued warm. Low
temperature tonight 56, high
Tuesday 84. Sun sets today at
7:27 p.'m. and rises Tuesday at
5:31 a. m.
GEORGIA - Fair and little
warmer today and tonight. Tues
day fair and continued warm.
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Total since January 1 .., ~ 13.29
Deficit since January 1 ... 7.40
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- Reds Avoid Strong Confacts,
~ Rush Troops To Buildup Areas
| BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, May 14— (AP) —Chinese Red troops today
expanded & threatening bridgehead across the Choyang
river on the central Korean front despite the pounding es
American guns.
These forces northeast of Chunchon may spearhead a
second spring offensive by the 500,000-man Red army,
expected in about ten days.
Elsewhere along the 100-mile
front United Nations patrols prob=-
ed no-mans-land with little opposi~
tion. However, two sharp clashes
broke out on the western front.
One American task force ran in
to a Chinese ambush and pulled
back after a determined battle. The
second prolonged fight began when
an armored American outfit am
bushed a Chinese patrol.
For the first time in the war U.
N. forces are getting a small but
steady trickle of Chinese deserters,
AP Correspondent John Randolph
reported from the front, The de
serters, often showing up with sur
render leaflets, include some of
ficers.
The Reds appeared to be avoid
ing strong contact while rushing
fresh troops into buildup areas on
the west and central fronts,
Bad Weather
Bad weather screened their
mvements Monday.
AP Correspondent George Mc-
Arthur reported the Chinese deep
ened their pentration below the
Choyang river despite a thunder
ing American artillery barrage.
There was little fighting between
Opßains infantrymen.,
e bridgehead poses & flank
ing threat to Chunchon, key to
rail and road networks, 45 miles
northeast of Seoul. Strong enemy
units were massing north of the
river and between Kumhwa and
Hwachon above the 38th parallel.
rain clouds reported Reds steadily
filtering southward. One U, S.
F-80 shooting star crashed behind
Communist lines. The sth Air
Force said the pilot was killed.
Airmen reported more than two
divisions, roughly 15,000 men,
were concentrating north of Chun
chon,
“The capability for a Red attack
seems to be increasing daily” in
this sector, Correspondent Mac-
Arthur reported.
The other main buildup was on
the west central sector, north and
northeast of Seoul.
Troops Confident
L{. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
U. N. ground commander, inspect=
ed front line positions in that sec
tor Monday, He found his men
quietly confident they could stop
the Communist offensive when it |
comes. ‘
An Bth Army spokesman said |’
the Reds could stike again any | -
time they wanted. The consensus ||
was that they would in about ten lT
days. ]
There were hints the new on- |
slaught would be backed by great- |
er fire power—and possibly planes. |
A new airfield was discovered
at Pyong, 25 miles northeast of
Pyongyang, the Red Korean capi- |
tal. B-29 superforts tore it up |
with 180 tons of bombs. |
Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge, sth |
Air Force commander, said the|
Reds “could build up (an air|"
force) fairly rapidly ... We are|
keeping a watchful eye on them.” |
The first Chinese spring offen-|
sive was by infantry alone. It|
cost the Reds 75,000 casualties byl !
U. S. Bth Army ‘estimates. That 1
drive began April 22 and died out |’
in ten days. :
Red Casualties | f
Probing U. N. troops killed or
wounded more than 2,600 Reds
over the week-end. Pilots hunting
through the gray skies Monday
morning for Red concentrations
reported they blasted 250 more.
Low clouds held U. S. sth Air
Force sorties down to 500 Sunday
and 200 Monday morning. Prime
targets were Red efforts to supply
their front line troops for the ex
pected assault.
On the ground patrols played
a grim game of hide and seek. AP
Correspondent Nate Polowetzky at
Bth Army Headquarters said it was
reminiscent of previous times just
before the Reds struck.
U. N. patrols reaching out in
front of their lines on the western
and central fronts found few Reds,
or none at all. Polowetzky said
“the lack of ground contact sound
ed an ominous note.” It indicated
the Communists had pulled back
to strike.
Blue Jeans Party
American Legion Auxiliary 185,
is sponsoring a blue-jeans party
Wednesday night, May 16, at 8
o’clock, at the eclub on Atlanta
Highway.
Bingo, cakewalks and square
dancing will be enjoyed by those
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OSLO, Norway, May 14—(AP)
‘| The body of Lyford Moore, Amer
ican Broadcasting Company cor
respondent missing for five
months, was found in Oslo Fjord
yesterday and police sought to de
termine the cause of his death.
The body was identified by fin
gerprints. A medical expert said
the body showed no signs of death
by violence, but that a further in
vestigation is being made.
The U. 8. embassy announced
today that an autopsy had been
performed by a doctor from the
State Hospital and that no signs
of fracture or internal bleeding
had been found. There was water
in the lungs. Laboratory tests will
be made tomorrow, a press attache
sald, but results are not expected
to be known for a week.
Dr. Georg Moeller, who per
formed the autopsy, said he wae
unable to say definitely that Moore
had drowned, because of the
length of time the body had been
in the water., But, he added, a
drowned person usually has water
in the lungs.
Last Seen
The 40-year-old Moore, & native
of Detroit, Mich., was last seen
alive last Dec. 10. Four days later,
the American embassy anno%cl
he had vanished and asked o
police to conduct a search.
A police patrol boat yesterday
found the body floating in the wa
ter near the western shore of the
fjord just south of the city. Re~
' mains of clothing still were on the
| body but the pockets were empty
and no documents or money could
be found.
Moore, chief of the ABC bureau
in Berlin, came to Norway early
in December with a party of U. 8.
Air Force men to obtain Christmas
trees for American airmen in
North Africa. After he disap~
peared, a reward of $2,800 was of~-
sered for information leading to
his discovery and Daniel O’Con
nor, a Washington attorney, was
sent here by Moore’s family to aid
in the investigation.
Intensive Search
An intensive search was econ
ducted, including dragging of the
Oslo harbor, but no trace of Moore
was found.
O'Connor said then the n’h&m
theory was Moore had been killed
in an accident, but the attorney
added he felt there was a strong
possibility of murder.
Moore had been in Berlin gince
1944 with his wife and two c¢hil
dren. Earlier, he had worked on
the Detroit Free Press, did radio
news work in Spokane, Wash., and
during the war was with the Of=
fice of War Information (OWI).
He later joined the British News
Agency, Reuters, which he left to
go with ABC.
Variety Show ls
Set By Y-Teens
“Teen-Age Varieties of ’sl” will
be presented tonight, 8 o’clock, in
the Fine Arts Auditorium by the
Senior Teen-Age girls of the
YWCA.
The High School Band under
the direction of Thomas J. Byrnes
will feature -songs, dances, and
Martha Jane Hale is the pianist.
The show is under the direction
of Chan Sieg, of the Drama De
partment of the University of
Georgia, and Leighton Ballew,
head of the drama department.
The evening of entertainment
will feature sons, dances, and
skits put on by the girls. High
lighting the affair will be a fash
ion show with clothes from Brad
ley’s.
Tickets are on sale and may be
bought from members of the Y
Teens or at the door tonight at
the ticket office. Prices, students
and children 40 cents and 80 cents
for adults.