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ATHENS SALUTES U. 5. ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES, ON ARMED FORCES DAY
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(ritics Jump At Chance To Widen
Political Fuss, Truman Declares
Georgia Knights
Templar Open
Annual Conclave
Arrayed in their colorful uni
torms, several hundred members
of the order opened the ninetieth
Annual Conclave of the Grand
Commandery of Georgia, Knights
Templar here today with the God
trey De Bouillon Commandery as
the host group. :
Registration was held at the
Georgian Hotel, headquarters for
the conclave yesterday vgith an in
formal party being enjoyed last
night at the hotel.
This morning members marched
from the hotel to the First Pres
byterian Church, past a reviewing
stand, occupied by R. E. Grand
Commander William S. Ray and
his staff for the annual Templar
Service held under direction of
Reverend and Sir Knight William
Dibble, Eminent Grand Prelate of
Blakely, Ga.,, with Rev, and Sir
Knight Warren Candler Budd, pas
tor of Glenn Memorial Church in
Atlanta being the featured speak
er.
Shortly after noon the members
and visitors enjoyed a barbecue at
the Legion Park on Lumpkin
Street and then went into the
Grand Conelave at 2 p. m. in the
Fine Arts Auditorium. Bolling S.
Dußose, Past Grand Commander
of the Grand Commandery of
Georgia, welcomed the visitors on
behalf of Godfrey De Bouillon
Commander and- Mayor Jack R.
Wells presented the official wel
come on behalf of the city. While
the conclave was in session, the
lady visitors were taken on a tour
of the city’s historic and interest-
Ing places.
During the afternoon conclave,
8 special drill was presented by
St. Aldemar Commandery No. 3,
Columbus, at the conclusion of
the meeting, .
Banquet Tonight
fonight a banquet will be held
in Snelling Hall on the Ag College
campus with Robert M. Strong,
Finent Department Commander
ol the Grand Commandery of Ala
bama, the official representative
C lost Eminent Grand Master
ert B, Gaylord, as the featured
sbeaker. Also attending will be
L llyn L. Hillyer, Grand Com
mander of the Grand Commandery
O \labama,
nal sessicn of the conclave
Vil be held Saturday morning in
1 Fine Arts Auditorium when
:eneral business will be completed,
ircluding election of officers.
Local lostesses
Hostesses to the visiting ladies
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair, continued warm
this afternoon, Saturday and
Sunday, Showers likely Monday
and Tuesday, Chance of a show
¢ Sunday afternoon. Low ex
pected tonight 60. High tomor
-I"{“._' 86. Sun sets 7:30 and rises
at 5:29,
GLORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm this after
noon, tonight and Saturday with
chance for showers in coastal
areas Saturday.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast tonight
through Tuesday: Temperatures
averaging near normal during
the period; not so warm last
half, Showers likely last half of
veriod beginning about Monday
and averaging one half to three
duarters of an inch, Normal
maximums 86 in North Carolina
ind North Georgia to 85 in
South Georgia. Normal mini-
Mums §7 in North Carolina and
North Georgia to 63 in South
Georgia,
: TEMPERATURE
Highest: '~ “att e i b .BY
Lowegt | ;@' ilie 0 0l
Mean ..; ifvsiding i i 8
Normal -, it e v sl 00
‘ RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
Total since May 1 ~ .. .. .06
Oeficit since May 1 .. .... 1.93
?S't‘.rfg‘ Ma} rainfall ~ ..l:.g;
since January 1 .. ..18.
Deficlt since January 1 ... 7.84
"R’yme And T'yme’ 'Kitty Thomas Dance Fevue Saturday, 8 P. M., Fine Arts, Sponsored By YW
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
President Accuses GOP Of Trying
To Overthrow U. S. Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON, May 18.— (AP)—President Truman’s
statement he had considered dismissing General Douglas
MacArthur off and on for a year “astonished” the deposed
General and stirred critics of the administration to new
wrath today. % :
Senator Hickenlooper, JTowa Republican dissenter on of
ficial Far East policy, charged Mr. Truman had “deceived
Kxe people” with previous declaration of support for Mac
rthur.
Top Athens High
Military Cadet
Receive Award
Awards were presented to out=-
standing Athens High School mili
tary students at the R. O. T. C.
Honors Day yesterday. Preceding
the presentation of awards the unit
marched in the Armed Forces Day
Parade.
Jointly held with Honors Day
was Sponsors Day at which time
various unit sponsors were pre=-
The Military Ball of the
R. 0. T. C. unit of Athens High
School will be held in the gym
nasium tonight, 8-12, Music will
be furnished by Bob Meßey
nolds orchestra.
sented, The unit. passed in review
for the sponsors.
Cadet officers and their spon
sors were Cadet Major Jimmy
Sailors, battalion commander, with
Miss Carolyn Brazell; Cadet Cap
tain Bill Auld, battalion opera
tions officer, with Miss Lois Jones;
Cadet Captain Terrell Brooks, bat
talion adjutant, with Miss Jane
Floyd; Cadet First Lieutenant
Warren Thurmond jr., battalion
supply officer, with Miss Marion
Hopkins.
Cadet Captain James Mathews,
commander, company A, with Miss
Rita Loyd; Cadet Captain R. H.
Driftmier jr., commander, com
pany B, with Miss Carol Quiilian;
and Cadet Captain David Sea
graves, commnder, company C,
with Miss Patsy Bullock.
Honor Ribbons
Cadets presented honor ribbons:
Cadet Lt. Col. James T. Sailors,
leadership; Cadet Captain James J.
Mathews, most progress by third
year cadet; Cadet 2nd Lt. Joe E.
Webb, outstanding second year ca=
det; Cadet Corporal Ben G. Bailey,
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Teen-Age Center
The Teen-Age Club at Athens
Memorial Park will be closed this
week-end, according to Athens
Recreation and Parks Department
officials.
The Military Ball will be held
at the high school Friday night
and other activities are planned
for Saturday so the teen-center
will not open.
Marshall Reiterates United States Foreign Policy
In his testimony before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign
Relations Committees General George C. Marshall, U, S. Secre
tary of Defense, who was the military master-mind that organized
U.'S. victory in World War 11, gives the foreign policy of this
country in the statement below.
General Marshall points out most emphatically that instead of
having “no foreign policy” this country has a very definite foreign
policy which it has been following with success for the last five
years.
For their own good it is imperative that all Americans under=-
stand their country’s foreign policy and its objectives. No clearer
statement of it has yet been made than the following by General
Marshall:
“For the last five years our supreme policy has been to curb
communist aggression and, if possible, to avoid another world war
in doing so. The execution of this policy has required extraordi
nary patience, firmness and determination in mreeting and helping
our Allies to meet challenges in Iran, Greece, Turkey, Trieste,
Berlin and Indo-China, and finally Korea . . .
“Year by year the United States has opposed these aggressions
with courage and poise, and in each instance the threats were
curbed or overcome without involving this government in total
war.
“The struggle between the democracies, as we define the term,
and the communist powers is a continuing one. It has already
lasted over five years, and it may last much longer.
“There can be, I think, no quick and decisive solution to this
global struggle short of resorting to another world war. The cost
of such a conflict is beyond calculation, It is, therefore, our policy
to contain communist aggression in different fashions in different
areas without resorting to total war, if that be possible to avoid.
“This policy may seenr costly, if maintained over a period of
vears, but those costs would not be comparable at all to what hap
BY JACK BELL
MacArthur, in a statement is
sued in New York, said his aston
ishment at Mr. Truman’s remarks
bordered on incredulity. He add
ed_: “It is difficult to reconcile this
with my appointment by him as
commander-in-chief of the United
Nationg command” in Korea., That
was last June.
Mr. Truman also told his news
cpnference yesterday the Repub
hcm}s are trying to overthrow the
foreign policy of the United States.
This brought a retort from
Sgnator Brewster (R-Me), a for
eign relations committee member.
He told a reporter “we can’t over
throw it when we don’t know
what it is.”
Truman Decision
The President said he decided
he needed a new general in the
Far East when MacArthur called
on the Chinese Communist, in Ko
{:: oanag(;l; 24 ;fi negotiate a
ce _advance of a proposed
presidential peace pmposfl}m 5t
MacArthur replied to this, too,
in the statement issued by his
Chief Aide, Maj. Gen. Courtney
Whitney. & -
The deposed general said he had
twice previously tried to obtain
a cease-fire agreement, both times
“without conferring with higher
authority and without the slightest
exception being taken thereto.”
As for the March 24 offer to the
Chinese Red commander, Mac-
Arthur said:
“Such action on my part could.
only be regarded as supplemen
tary to and in full support of any
political move toward peace un
less an agreement was in contem
plation on the enemy’s own terms”
In an expansive mood at his
news conference, the President
also said that:
Acheson Warning
1. Secretary of State Acheson
cautioned at an April 6 White
House conference against MacAr
thur’'s removal on grounds it
would stir up a political fuss. And
it did, he was right, the President
added with a grin.
2. He is happy the Senate Arm
ed Forces and Roreign Relations
Committee upheld yesterday a
ruling that Gen. Omar Bradley did
not have to divulge what was said
by whom at the April 6 White
House meeting.
That decision was taken by the
committees by an 18 to 8 vote.
They then postponed until Mon
day the reopening of hearings into
MacArthur’s ouster, calling off a
session planned for today.
Bradley, chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff, will return to the
stand Monday. His testimony was
interrupted Itwo days ago when he
declined to recout to senators con
versations at the White House
conference five days before Mac
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
Three Officers,
Farmer Killed
In Gun Batile
BOAZ, Ala., May 18.—(AP)—
Three officers and a farmer they
sought to arrest were shot to death
in a blazing midnight ~“ambush”
at a farm house near this north
east Alabama town.,
A fourth officer was seriously
wounded.
Three young sons of the slain
farmer and two of his tenant far
mers were placed in jail at near
by Gadsden without charge pend
ing further investigation,
Coroner Howard Hardin said
the five were rushed to the Gads
den jail because “we were afraid
feeling might flare up when the
people learned what had happene
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KITTY THOMAS DANCE REVUE—“R’yme and T’yme
Revue” is to be presented on Saturday, May 19, 8 p. m,,
in the Fine Arts Auditorium by the Kitty Thomas Dance
Revue sponsored by the YWCA. Shown above are Sally
Wickersham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wicker
sham, of Washington, Ga.; Julie Curtis, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Roy Curtis; Barbara Gaulding, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Gaulding, Colbert; Mary Nell Williams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Williams; and Cynthia
Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Price. Tickets will
be on sale at the box office and the public is invited to
attend.
pens if we get involved in . , . an atomic war.
“Korea is only the latest challenger in this long, hard, continu«
ing world-wide struggle.
“We are applying there the same policy that has been success
fully applied in the attempted aggressions that preceded it else
‘where in the world.
“Each incident has required different military and diplomatic
efforts on our part, to cope with the situations as they develop, in
one area or another. All of them have been costly, but Korea is
the most costly of all, for it has involved the lives of our Ameri
can troops.
“Nevertheless, even though the conditiong have been different,
our policy has been uniform in the following respects:
“We have spurned appeasement; we have brought to bear what
ever has been necessary, in money and manpower, so curb the
aggressor; and we have sought in every way possible to avoid a
third world war.
“The application of this policy has not always been easy or
popular, Korea is not the first tirre there have been complaints of
a stalemate, and it is not the first time there have been demands
for a quick and decisive solution. .
“I think these periods are of interest, Korea has lasted for 10
months but the Berlin crisis lasted almost 15 months and was a
very daring undertaking . ..
“It was carried out, as you know, and ended up in relieving the
blockade without our getting into an actual war, but it lasted 15
months,
“There were times when the fight for Berlin looked like a stale
mate, but we kept our heads and persevered and in the end won a
notable victory. . . . There were those who waxg(ed to end this sit
uation by smashing through that Russian blo¢kade, even though
this might have precipitated a war at that time. We refused to
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1951.
Allied Lines Pushed Back
Along Most Of Battlefront
Extremely High
BY OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO, May 18.—(AP)
—Communist troop masses
attacking with utter disre
gard of lives today pushed
back Allied lines across
most of the Korean war
front.
The Reds had gained as
much as 20 miles in three
days and forced United Na
tions troops out of their last
foothold in North Korea.
The Allied pullback ex
tended from the east coast
for more than 50 miles
across the central front.
In the west, Red spearheads
thrust within 10 miles of Seoul,
They were fighting on both the
eastern and northern approaches
to the old South Korean capital,
One U. S. Division was reported
“in great trouble” on the central
front. A smaller American unit
was overrun and positions of an~
other were breached.
Two South Korean units were
badly mauled.
Across the flaming warfront the
Communists pressed forward in
human sea waves despite massed
\Alhed artillery fire and searing
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CHIENSE CASUALTIES HEAVY—Eighth Army artillerymen fire against enemy po
sitions during the recent fi%lting north of Seoul. In the new Communist offensive,
waves of Chinese stormed U, 8. positions, but each time the Americans were pushed
off a hill they counterattacked to recapture the high ground. Communists attacked
relentlessly all along the line. UN planes, artillery and mine fields are taking a heavy
toll. “We are killing them by the thousands,” a UN officer said. Artillery batteries
fired at a record rate. “We are not firing except at groups of 100 or more,” an artil
leryman said. The U. 8. Eighth Army has estimated Communist casualties at 3,500 in
the last several days of fighting,—(NEA Telephoto.)
Six Killed, Over 50 Injured As
Crack Passenger Trains Collide
BRYN MAWR, Pa., May 18.—(AP)—8ix persons were
killed and at least B 1 injured today aboard two crack Penn
sylvania Railroad passenger trains in a rear end collision
near this Philadelphia main line suburb.
Five bodies were removed from the wreckage of the
Philadelphia Night Express and the Red Arrow. Another
was reported located in the debris but not yet removed.
Christian Church
To Hold Jubilee
The First Christian Church will
observe its Diamond Jubilee 'fl'
day. “The Past, Present, and Fu
ture of Our Congregation,” will be
Rev, Paul C., Howle’s subject for
the morning service.
The congregation will gather
for a fellowship supper at 6:30 p.
Mrs. XKingsley Weathorz,
Es:'ddaughter of the late A. G.
, a prominent h{men in the
ehurch in 1876-88, will cut the 76«
candle anniversary cake. After
supper the guests and members
will be shown slides of the old
church buildings, and then will
go to the main auditorium where
the history of the church will be
presented. T. L. Elder, sr., will
relate the history from 1876 to
1935, Mrs. Stanley R. Grubb will
continue the history through the
present day.
The public is invited to at'end.
the services.
Cotton Men Hit
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., May
18—(AP)—The government’s new
pricing order on cotton textiles
will not provide the spur for hiih
production needed in the fight
against inflation, say Georgia eot=-
ton manufacturers.
The mill executives, holding
their 51st annual meeting here,
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take that risk as long as there were other means of accomplishing
our ends,
“It should also be recalled that there are critics who were inr
patient over our policy in Greece. . , . The effort to free Greece
from communist aggression took 18 months. There were those who
said this was a hopeless adventure, and that we were merely
wasting g:xur economic and military assistance to that country.
“It is True that our rescue of Greece was costly, but I do not
think very costly in comparison to the stakes involved; but it paid
off not only by our saving Greece, or enabling Greece to save it
self, but during the course of this fight the Soviet government
'r"f"d its greatest postwar setback in the defection of Yugo
slavia,
“I do not believe—l do not know, but I do not believe—that the
action in Yugoslavia would have taken the course it did if com
munist domination of Greece had occurred.
“While our foreign policy has placed a considerable burden upon
the United States in recent years, it is likewise true that it Yx(;s
imposed great strains on the Soviet government, and has created
significant tensions within the Soviet orbit, which, in the end, mray
yield decisive advantages to this country and our Allies. .
“What is going on in Korea is a very difficult campaign. It has
been met by very able leadership, and very remarkable action by
our troops, and those of our Allies. It is a unified force. It is now
a tremendously skillful force, and in the coordination between the
gir and the ground and the ships, it has developed to an astonish
ing degree.
“I repeat, that I think the course we are following now is virtu=
ally the only course you could follow, and I merely am referring
to previous struggles we have had of the same basic nature, but
the procedure we have taken has been adapted to the particular
locality.”
Read Dally by 85,000 People In Athens Trade Area
a4ne - IXPICEs
w from it to New York.
. G. A. McLaughlin, lower
Merion township police mpgll_:
hndouthwho said earlier
jes had been removed, said
none of the dead were identified
lmmedlatel‘z'.
In Hospital
gryn Mawr Hospital rported it
had received at least 50 injured.
The extent of their injuries had
not been determined.
A spokesman for the PRR said
the crash occurred at 6:38 a. m,,
at a peak period of travel on one
of the most heavily traveled rail
ll.rfl‘ln the east.
q;?kuman said train No.
g;(. the Red Arrow, eastbound
om Detroit to New ?ork, smash~
ed into the rear of trann No. 36,
the Philadelphia Night XExpress
had stopped, p Jssibly for a check
up on equipment.
The accident happened about |
tive miles west of the PRR station
in Bryn Mawr, a quiet residential
suburb.
Eye witnesses said the engine
of the Red Arrow telescoEed the
rear car of the Philadelphia Ex
press and overturned the car
ahead. The locomotive itself
thrust straight into the air, then
gollapsed on its side, a twisted
head of metal.
Among the passengers of the
batterad train were seva&fl
priests, who hastened to help the
injured and to administer last
rites of the Church to the dead.
More than 1,600 people gathered
at the scene—on a section of Phil
| adelphia’s famed “Main Line” —
{and some were pressed into ser
| vice to aid police and firemen,
Red Cross Aid
A Red Cross disaster detail,
with a blood supply, was dispaich~-
ed to the wreck, and the Salava
tion Army sent two mobile can
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HOME
EDITION
Rages; Truman
7
Talks To People
WASHINGTON, May 18— (AP),
The National Association of Man
ufacturers (NAM) today demand
ed removal of all wage-price con
trols. It accused President Truman
of seeking dictatorial home-front
mobilization powers.
A CIO official called for “a
stricter price control law.”
A former “Fair Deal” senator,
now representing a group of aute
mobile sales finance companies,
charged that the administration of
consumer credit controls is “un
fair and unsound.”
Meat industry spokesmen con
tinued to hammer away at their
contention that the government
beef price rollback plan will re~
sult in diminishing supplies and
rationing,
The new Wage Stabilization
Board was reported ready to
punch some holes in the pay-con~
trols hike.
Industry Meet
And the leaders of 87 major
eivilian industries were called to
meet today to discuss with the Na~
tional Production Authority
(NPA) government plans to cut
their metal supplies by 30 to 35
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Foreign Student
Conclave Here
| . The Univ%rsity of Georgia's
| third annual Foreign Student Cone
clave will open here today.
Nearly 100 {foreign students
from a dozen colleges over Geor=
gia are expected to attend the twe
day meet, It is sponsored by .the
University’s Cosmopolitan Club.
Bundy Address
Frederic* O. Bundy, assistant
chief of the Division of Exchange
of Persons of the U. S. Department
of State, will address the dinner
meetinc? of the Conclave tonight.
Bundy has been associated with
the exchange of persons program
of the State Department for the
past three years. In that job he
has been responsible for negotiats
ing many of the Fulbright agree
ments with foreign countries.
A native of Vir%inia, Bundy is &
- graduate of Ohio State University.
Before entering the State Depart
ment he taught at that institution,
‘worked as an administrative an
~alystn for the War Productie
Board and as an executive officer
of the Office of War Information
in Washington and London.
Open Day
The Conclave will open this aft
ernoon at 4 o’clock with a “Town
Meeting” in the University Chapel.
Orientation programs for foreigm
students will be discussed. State
Senator Bob Stephens, Athens,
will lead the discussion with Mor=-
ris Abram, Atlanta attorney, and
Phil Campbell, Watkinsville, as
participants, All are former ex
change students.
The conclave will continue to
morow with an address by Ralph
McGill, editor of the Atlanta Con~
stitution, at 11 a. m. MeGill will
speak in the University Chapel.