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Vol. CXIX, No. 122,
1,200 Receive Degrees At
University Commencement
148th Annual Graduation Brings
End To Georgia Sesqui-Centennial
Today’s exercises closed the 148th Commencement pro
gram at the University of Georgia and represented the
final event of the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
More than 1,200 students were granted diplomas and of
that number fifty graduate degrees were awarded at cere
monies held in Sanford Stadium. The graduation proces
sion was, in keeping with a long-observed tradition, led by
Sheriff of Clarke County Tommy Huff.
Cohen Trial Set
Evasion Charges
LOS ANGELES, June 4.—(AP)
—The federal government brings
Mickey Cohen to trial today on
income tax evasion charges—
something that once happened to
Al Capone.
The Hollywood gambling figure
and his wife—who signed joint
returns——are accused of overlook
ing $156,123.48 in taxes in 1946,
1947 and 1948.
Cohen denies this and has of
fered to plead guilty and save the
cost of trial if the government
can prove he ever so much as
failed to pay 50 cents in-taxes
owed Uncle Sam.
Both pleaded innocent when
arraigned April 30.- He is under
$5,000 bond and his wife, Lavonne,
a petite redhead, $2,500. U. S.
Judge Ben Harrison has ordered
100 prospective jurors—five times
the usual number — because of
Cohen’s notoriety.
Certain Similarity
A certain similarity between
Cohen and Capone must be noted.
The late “Scarface Al” gave Chi
cago its bloody prohibition bad
name but he got little punishment
fromr the law until the govern
ment threw the tax book at him.
That famous case ended with
Capone serving a long stretch in
Alcatraz. He was néver the same
after he got out.
Cohen . is no Capone but he’
might have been had not the
Mafia, the Los Angeles police de
partment and widespread pub
licity worked 1o prevent it.
Cohen, like Capone, has been
surrounded by much gangland
violence but few prison bars. It's
no secret that the government
means business in its income tax
{ight.
Cohen will have a lawyer al
though he once said he would de
fend himself because he couldn’t
afford counsel. Since then, he has
sold his furniture, guns and bul
let-proof doors to hire legal tal
ent.
Cohen shot into wnderworld
power in 1947 after the gangland
assassination of Benjamin (Bug
sy) Siegel, Notorious Murder, Inc.,
hoodlum who becamé the south
ern California rackets boss for a
short termw
Si&bl‘ Empire
But Jack Dragna also inherited
part of the Siegel empire and
thus were formed the makings of
a bitter underworld feud.
The California Crime Commis
sion tabs Dragna as the West
Coast leader of the Mafia—
dreaded Sicilian ~ crime society—
and Cohen’s rival for the south
ern California rackets.
Coincidence or not, Cohen has
lost some of his strongest allies to
Dragna, notably the notorious
Sica brothers. Cohen also has
lost some of his boys via the gun
shot and nrysterious disappearance
methods, Cohen himself has been
shot at — and missed — several
times.
No doubt, the Dragna feud has
weakened Cohen’s prestige in the
underworld but Cohen himself
l\l.:].xlmes the police for his down
fal
“I got cops that put me to bed
at night and wake me up in the
morning, How can I do business
with anyone?”
Police intelligence squad men
also believe that Cohen is broke
and are proud and happy that
they get the credit.
. .
Federal District
Court In Session
Athens Division U. S. District
Court convened in the federgl
court room of the postoffice this
morning at 9:30 o'clock.
Court will continue until the
current calendar is completed.
Judge T, Hoyt Davi# is presiding.
At the present time a whiskey
case is being tried.
Kiwanis Governor
Here On Tuesday
Warren N. Coppedge, distriet
Governor of Georgia Kiwanis
clubs will be the principal speaker
at tomorrow’s meeting of the Ath
ens Kiwanis club at the N. & N.
Cafeteria at 1 o’clock. He will be
accompanied by Dean Covington,
district Secretary of Kiwanis. They
are both citizens of Rome. :
Representatives~ of Kiwanis
clubs at Commerce, Elberton,
Hartwell, Madison, Monroe and
Winder will attend. Lieutenant
Governor Robert G. Wages of
}gmweu is expected .to be here
also. 4
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& SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORCIA OVER A CENTURY.
Associated Press Service
The baccalaureate address was
delivered by Dr. J. Harris Miller,
president of the University of
Florida, who gave the students
practical advise concerning one of
life’s main pegs—money.
The baccalaureate sermon. was
delivered yesterday by Dr. John O.
Gross, executive secretary of the
Division of Educational Institu
tions of the Methodist General
Board of Education.
Dr. C. A. McMahan, associate
professor of sociology at the
University of Georgia, today was
anounced the winner of the
SSOO Michael Award for re
search in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Dr. McMahan is the eighth
professor to win this award
which was established in 1944
by Leroy and David Michael in
honor of their father, the late
Moses G. Michael, 1878 graduate
of the University.
The award ‘s made on the
basis of an indicated ability to
do research, research underway,
and a planned project to be un
dertaken during the ecoming
year. McMahan, whose field is
population research, has already
had one book, “The People of
Atlanta” published. Another
volume. “The Sociology of Ur
ban Life” will be released by
the Dryden Press in the fall.
His project for the coming
year will be research on “The
People of Georgia,” an analysis
of the population of Georgia by
number and distribution, com
position, vital processes, migra
tion, and growth.
McMahan has also written
numerous articles on sociology
for tradeé and specialized jour
nals.
Previous winners of the award
are Albert Saye, Eugene P.
Odum, §. Walter Martin, H. W.
Schoenborn, Elon E. Byrd, Cal
vin S. Brown, and J. O. Eidson.
Baccalaureate Sermon
He spoke on, “The Responsibil
ity of the Privileged.”
Dr. Gross told the class that
graduation from college automa
tically puts them into the privil
eged class and urged them to ac
cept the responsibilities which this
class must bear.
| " “It has alwavs been difficult to
ig{ the privileged to accept their
| responsibilities,” he said. “Often
} they are prone to look at compli
[cated conditions and walk off in
despair.”
| “Privileged persons, especially,
must learn to resist the tempta
tion to ‘short-change’ the uni
verse,” he added, and went on to
say, “The greater the ability, the
greater is the total loss when one
| fails to give his best to construc
| tive efforts. God does not en
| courage self-depreciation. In our
l way of life, every person, whether
in the limelight with five talents
| or unnoticed behind the scenes
' with one talent. has an indispensa
| ble place to fill.”
! President O. C. Aderhold presid
| ed over the services, i
| Dr. Miller naméd money as one
sos five reserves for a successful
{ life. The others were physical and
| mental health; information, knowl
edge, and wisdom; personality
traits and secial intelligence; and
moral and spiritual power.
“Make what money you do make
honestly rather than dishonestly,”
he urged the young scholars.
“Character is destroyed when one
tries to make money dishonestly.
You might get by with it, but you
will be going forward over the
rights and at the expense of other
people.
“Let your treasures on earth be
related to the finer things and
higher motives of life and never
let money. affect your personality,”
he szid. ‘About the worst spectacle
in all the world is the spectacle
of a human personality that has
lost its soul on account of having
accumulated a great deal of
money.”
Frugality Important
Dr. Miller warned that frugality
is important if one is to be suc
iessful in life and pointed out that
a person should never accumulate
things beyond his ability to pay.
“The physical things that one
gathers around him can enrich life
by simplifying living,” he said.
“Life has become a push-button
proposition, and if we have the
proper perspective toward the in
" ventions of mankind, there will be
a great deal of time for positive
and constructive living.”
Dr. Miller stressed the impor
tance of both physical and mental
health, saying, “not to have a re
serve of health or physical well
being would be a great handicap
in spite of the fact that some of
the noblest accéomplishments of
mankind have been made in spite
of frail hodies.
. “Mental health is even more im
portant, for it is through mental
health .that we maintain the poise
‘and equilibrium which.is so essen
tial for successful living. -Under
this phase of our subject there are
four things that I should like to
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B e B R T
End Oil Crisi
By FRED ZUSY
TEHRAN, Iran, June 4—(AP)—
The billion - dollar Anglo - Iranian
Oil Company has offered to send
representatives to Tehran for “full
and frank” discussions of the ex
plosive oil crisis with the Iranian
government.
U. S. Ambassador Henry F. Gra
dy, who led concilliation efforts,
hailed the move and said:
“I am more hopeful than T have
been for some time that.a solution
equitable and satisfactory to both
sides will be found.”
The company made its offer yes
terday just 24 hours before expi
ration of the five-day period it
had been given by the government
to submit proposals on nationali
zation of the vast oil preperties.
Deputy Premier Hussein Fatemi
said Iran considered the AIOC’s
offer as “an acceptance of Iran’s
taking over” of the company’s
holdings. The company, on the oth
er hand, said it was “reserving its
legal rights” and did not specify
the matters it was willing to ne
gotiate.
(Diplomatic informants in Lon
don said the offer did not change
the British government’s bid two
weeks ago for high-level negotia
tions with the Iranian government,
They also said that Britain’s ap
peal to the International Court of
Justice at The Hague to appoint
an arbitrator still stood. The Bri
tish government owns nearly 53
per cent of the company’s stock.)
The AIOC appeared to be grasp
ing eagerly the opportunity for
talks opened by Iran’s invitation
for company representatives to
make suggestions and give the
government the benefit of their
experience in operating the giant
enterprise.
There was no indication who
the AIOC’s representatives would
be, but it was believed they would
include company directors and
Grads fif&%’fi‘% directors
of the company are coming in a
few days for discussions.”
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
has said he would refuse to deal
with British government represen
tatives, but indicated yesterday he
would be willing to treat with
them provided they came to Iran
in the guise of company delegates.
Some of the oil company’s direc
tors are British government ap
pointees which would make the
eligible from both points of view.
Iran takes the position that na
tionalization has been settled and‘
that only questions of how the|
company is to carry on remain.
She also centends that only thei
oil company, not the British gov- .
ernment, is involved. |
Mossadegh told a secret senate
session Saturday that he wou]d’
negotiate only on the understand
ing that Britain accepted in ad
vance Iran’s right to nationalize |
the coutry’s oil resources. |
Meanwhile an amusing diploma- |
tic mixup regarding U. S. attempts
to mediate came to light. t
Mis-Delivered Letter
Ambassador Grady, it was
learned, by mistake handed Mossa
degh on Saturday a copy of a let-|
ter from President Truman in
tended for British Prime Minister
Attlee. The letter urged modera
tion by both Iran and Britain in|
the oil controversy. l
A similar note was sent by thei
President to Mossadegh, but it
arrived here after the copy of the‘,
letter. Grady delivered Mossa=
degh his own letter yesterday. I
(State Department officials in|
Washington said the notes were
similar and that no harm had
been done by the switch.)
The oil company’s offer to send
negotiators was made in a letter
handed Finance Minister Ali Vara- |
steh by N. R. Seddon, the com- |
pany’s resident manager. It was'
followed by a call on the Iranian
premier by British Ambassador{
Sir Francis Shepherd which wasi
described as “friendly.”
Winterville Graduates
To Hear Judge Oldham
| Graduation exercises are to be
held at the Winterville Methodist
| Church tonight at 8 p. m. for the
1 1951 Winterville High Sé¢hool
| graduating class. Judge Arthur
| Oldham will deliver the principal
, address and Sonny Thornton and
| Martha Hancock will give the sa
| lutatory and valedictory addresses,
| respectively. Diplomas, awards, |
|and certificates will be present- |
‘ed by W. R. Coile, superintendent |
lof County schools. 1
| Baccalaureate services were
| held yesterday afternoon at the
| Winterville Baptist Church with
! Rev. G. M. Spivey, pastor of the
| Young Harris Memorial Church,i
Athens, delivering the sermon.
L on Priday. sight, Fune 1. e
I graduating class held a class night
! program entitled “The Wedd!nf‘ of
| Miss Senior Class and Mr. Life
lof Service”. Members of the sen
jor class made up the participat
ing cast. l
. Members of the graduateing
I class are: Charles: Adams, Gaines '
ATHENS, GA, MONDAY JUNE 4, 1951
Truman May Be
CandidateTo
Succeed Himself
WASHINGTON, June 4 — (AP)
Unless administration leaders un
expectedly alter their plans, Pres
ident Truman’s name probably
will be entered in next spring’s
primaries as a candidate to succeed
himself. 3 :
« This will not mean, an adminis
‘ tration spokesman who declined to
be named said, that the President
will be committed to seeking a
new term.
In fact, Mr. Truman might with=-
hold announcement of his decision
until after the Republicans nomi
nate a presidential candidate in
Chicago the week of July 7, 1952.
He said he already has made his
decision.
End Results
The effect of entering the Presi
dent’s name in the primaries
would be to leave virtually in his
hands the selection of a Democra=
tic nominee if he chooses not to
run again.
While there is a long list of po
tential Democratic candidates
available if the President steps out
of the picture, almost none of them
is likely to challenge any move his}
friends make to pledge individual
state delegations to him.
This would lay low potential
“favorite son” booms outside of
the South, which remains critical
of the President’s domestic poli
cies.
Leaders in such states as Ohio
already are reported to have
sounded out William M. Boyle, jr.,
the Democratic National Chairman,
about offering a slate of Truman
delegates in the May, 1952, election
there.
The Ohio law requires that del
egates must indicate first and sec
ond choices and must have written
consent of the candidates they sup
port. The President, of course,
could give consent and change his
mind later If he chose.
No Final Word
Boyle apparently has given no
final word to the Ohio leaders.
Minnesota offers the first free
for-all chance of both Democratic
and Republican presidential aspi
raxllit&c t«; test the direction of the
political wing without committing
‘themselves openly ."""“fl 3
In the Minnesota primary, moved
up to March 18, 1952, the direet|
consent of candidates is not re-|
quired. There is every indication
a Truman slate will be entered and
few expect any other Demoecrat to
risk incurring the administration’s |
wrath by running, {
On the other hand, most of the|
Republican presidential candidates,
are likely so be represented, with |
an almost certain effort to test out
here, the drawing power of Gen. !
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s name. i
.
'Rain Comforts
| .
‘Stricken County
’ Athens and Clarke county,
parched and dusty during one of
the most severe spring droughts
ever to sweep this section of
'northeast Georgia, looked hope
|fully today toward promised
| showers that might come today or
| tomorrow afternoon,
‘ Scant relief from the blazing
drought was afforded by scattered
| and intermittent showers in the
| vicinity last night. Dr, E. S. Sell
reported .13 inches of rainfall,
while .56 inches was recorded at
the airport weather bureau, show=
ing the wide range of the rainfall,
The .13 inches recorded by Dr.
Sell brought to exactly 1.00 inches
the total rainfall in this area since
l May 1. Deficiency since January 1
. has risen to 8.96 inches.
The mercury had its most torrid
; activity also, booming to a high of
99 at the airport during the hot
test portion of the humid day.
The figure for the city was 96 de
grees,
The drought is taking its toll in
damage to crops and tragedy to
animal life. A sympathetic citi
zen rescued a suffering Rird from
his front yard yesterday, but the
heat-stricken creature died min
utes later while water was being
administered with a medicine
dropper.
Bullock, Mary Carey, Jerry Dil-’
lard, Bobby Evans, Mary Flana
gan, Charles Ferguson, Martha’
Hancock, Rebecca Hardman, Syl
via Hardeman, Mary Lou Kesler. |
Patsey Moats, Anne Parks, Dor- !
sey Payne, Dewayne Pearson,
Betty Pittard, Milldred Rogers, ‘
Evelyn Smith, Sonny Thornton,
Jimmy Tucker, Marilyn Tucker,l
Patsy Wehunt, Vivian Vinson.
D. W. Bramlett is pricipal. of |
Winterville High School. l
PRICE WAR RAGES
NEW YORK, June 4—(AP)—
Throngs of bargain hunters stam
peded New York City’s department
stores today as the big town’s first
all-out price war in more than 14!
years entered its second week.
At one uptown store, two shop
pers were pushed through a plate
glass window by a shoving, milling |
crowd of 2,000 They suffered |
arm and shoulder cuts. :
Savage Red Counterattacks
Beaten Off By U. N. Forces
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A PARADE OF CHINESE PRISONERS—Sgt. William Trimpe, Fort Dodge, lowa,
leads his collection of eaptured Chinese Red ponies past an Aliied tank May 28 on
east-central Korean front. Animals were soon put to work carrying personal belong
ings from Trimpe’s buddies during an advance northward.— (Ap Wirephoto.)
US Couldn't Guarantee Survival
Of Nationalist China - - Acheson
Send A Free
Radio Message
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TOKYO, June 4—(AP)—You
can send a free radio greeting to
your GI in Korea,
The armed forces radio started
a 45 minute Sunday program of
messages beamed to United Na
tions forces in Korea. Messages
may be mailed t¢ Tokyo Armed
Forces Radio Service, APO 500,
care of Postmaster, San Francisco.
Whitley Rif
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
tha E. Whitley, who died Sunday
night in a local hospital injuries
sreceived when she was hit by an
automobile on the Danielsville
Road Saturday afternoon, will be
conducted from Calvary Baptist
Church Tuesday at 2 p. m.,, Rev.
J. H. Kesler and Rev, Virgil Ed
wards officiating.
Interment will be in Nicholson
Cemetery, H. L. Whitfield, Gordan
Wilbanks. Hascal Beaird, G. N.
Sorrow, J. F. Palmer and S. D.
Pearson serving as pall-bearers.
McDorman Funeral Home is in
charge of all arrangements.
Surviving Mrs. Whitley are her
husband, J. G. Whitley, Athens;
one daughter, Mrs. Frank Parnell,
Athens; three sons, W. T. Whitley
Nicholson, C. E. Whitley, Athens,
and Jesse Whitley, Douglasville;
two sisters, Mrs. Morris Fleeman,
Central, S. C., Mrs. Maggie Wa
ters, Central; one sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lula Brown. Athens; eight
grandchilden and several nieces
and nephews.
A native of Madison eounty,
Mrs. Whitley had resided there
all her life and was well-known
and admired in her community,
News of her death was a source
of great sadness to her -many
friends.
RECEIVERS DEGREE
PHILADELPHIA, June 4-
(AP). Archbishop Gerald P. ©'-
Hara, Bishop of Savanngh-Atlan=
ta, Ga. and former secretary to
the late Dennis Cardinal Doughe
erty, today received an honorary
doctor of humane letters degree at
Villanova College’s 109th ¢om
mencement exercises,
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and continued hot
today and Tuesday. Chance of
a thundershower both after
noons. Wednesday outlook part
ly cloudy with scattered show
ers and a little cooler. Sun sets
7:41 and rises 5:22.
GEORGIA — Fair to partly
cloudy and hot this afternoon
and tonight. Scattered thunder
showers likely in north portion.
Tuesday, partly cloudy with
scattered thundershowers, some
what cooler in north portion.
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Deficit since June 1 ~ ~., ' .36
Average June rainfall ~ ~ 4.13
Total since January 1 .. «.14.25
Deficit since January 1 ... 8.96
WASHINGTON, June 4—(AP).
Secretary of State Acheson told
senators today the United States
couldn’t guarantee the survival of
the Chinese Nationalist govern
ment in the post-war revolution
which swept that country.
Testifying before the Senate
Armed Services and Foreign Rela
tions Committees, Acheson out
lined American policies in the far
east since 1945. .
This outline of policy was call
ed for by Republican members of
the committees investigating the
ouster of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
as Pacific commander,
A question raised repeatedly in
‘the hearings is Wé‘-
ed States should have ) t
er support to Generalissimo Chiang
Kai Shek’s Nationalist government
in its-struggle with the Chinese
Communists,
Social Revolution
Acheson said there was a “so
cial revolution” in China,
He told the senators they must
realize “that American aid cannot
in itself insure the survival of a
recipient government or the sur
vival of a people that this govern
ment is trying to help against ag
gression.”
“What our aid must do and can
do is to supplement the efforts of
that recipient government and of
the people itself,” he said. “It can
not be a substitute for those ef
forts. It can only be an aid and
a supplement to them.”
Some Republicans have contend
ed the action of Gen., George C,
Marshall, then representing the
President in China, in withholding
military aid from the Chiang Kai-
Shek government in 1946 hastened
its defeat by the Communists.
Marshall is Secretary of Defense,
Achescn said the Nationalists
never had had actual control of
China, adding that their problem
at the end of the war was to
“create” a nation,
Manchuria Occupied
He noted that the Russians oc- i
cupied Manchuria, the Japanese
held the principal cities and the
Communists held many of the
areas outside of the cities. He said
the Nationalists were confined to
a small area of southwest China, |
A skimpy cluster of spectators
was on hand as Acheson stepped
from his big black limousine and
paced briskly across the street 0
the Senate office building, scene
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ENDS — Shaded section indicates approximate area
north of Korea’s 38th parallel occupied by Alies as Lt.
General James A, Van Fleet announced June 2 the end
of U. N. “all-out offensive.” Broken line shows approxi
mate Red positions at last reports. Reds moved into de
fenses in vital Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyongyang assembly
area. In west, Allies smashed aoross Imj};n river (black
arrow at left) and widened their bridgehead. Reds were
reported (open arrow at left) east of Yonchon, Alied
units pushed one mile northward alon& two-mile front
north of Hwachon in central Korea, U, N, elements
gained in Inje area northeast of Yanggu on east-central
front.— (AP Wirephoto.)
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Bridges Rit
| "
This Afternoon
Funeral services for Lonnie M.
Bridges, 53, who died in a local
hospital Sunday morning after an
illness of several weeks, will be
conducted this afternoon at 5
p.m. from Bridges Chapel. Rev.
H. B. Free, pastor of Oconee Street
Methodist Church, will officiate,
assisted Dr. J. W. O. McKibben,
pastor of First Methodist Church.
Interment will be in Coile ce
metery near Hnll, " Pflk -
ers will be Jufiafi%fl&,"'%
Price, Edwin Booth, Douglas Den
ney, David Bridges, Robert (Buck)
Lester, William Bailey, and Allan
Hogan.
Mr. Bridges is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Mattie Sue Fitzpat
rick, Mrs. C. S. Denney sr., and
Mrs. Horace Prather, all of Athens;
and four brothers, Claude C. Brid
ges, Charlie C. Bridges, J. Frank
Bridges, and D. Weaver Bridges,
all of Athens.
Mr. Bridges was born in Hull,
Ga., February 8, 1898, the son of
the late J. O. and Emma Del Lay
Bridges, but he had resided in
Athens for most of his life. He
was a meat cutter by trade and
had made a host of friends
through his business connections
in this trade.
Mr. Bridges moved to Miami,
Fla., for several years, but re
turned to Athens 20 years ago and
had been conneéted with the Pied
mont Markst until his illness
forced him to retire from his work,
He was an active member of Oc=
onee Street Methodist Church.
Bridges Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
WASHINGTON, June 4—(AP).!
Production of a jet fighter super= ‘
ior to the Russian-designed MIG |
15 being used by the Communists |
in Korea has started, Maj. Gen, |
D. L, Putt said last night.
Putt, director of research and
development for the Air Force,i
said on a television show the new
model is not yet in combat be
cause it is not available in suf
ficient quantity, He added that
“we're doing everything possible
to get it in actiion.”
HOME
EDITION
| Allies Nearing
Main Commi
' Defense Li
efense Lines.
BY WILLIAM C. BARNARD
TOKYO, June 4.—(AP)—
Allied troops fighting
through driving rain toward
the main Communist redeubt
in North Korea beat off sav
age Red counterattacks to
day.
Artillery thundered eover
the sound of hand grenades
as United Nations ferces
| threw back the thrusts. Reds
| attacked all threatering U.
IN. spearheads. They fought
'stubbornly everywhere
i against the crunching Allied
advance,
U. N. officers said the offensive
appeared to be reaching the main
Red defense line.
‘On the eastern front Chipese
fought from” heavily constructed
fortifications built by North Ko
reans in prewar days. Foliage had
grown over them in natural ca
mouflage. Chinese waited wuwntil
advancing Americans came un-<
knowingly within a few wyards.
Then they opened up.
Flame Throwers Used
Doughboys burned them out
with flame throwers. ¥
“You can’t call this a demg
action any more,” one high efficer
said. “The way the enemy is set
and dug-in and shooting from
well-prepared bunkers and the de
termination of his defenses shows
we are really hitting a main&."
Small but sharp battles
| all along the nW-;ootlynnit“ trofl::
| newly captured Yonchon ,
4 'fl{bgm&ng in the east where
Reds attacked the Allies’ deepest
penetration of North Korea.
Tank-led U. N. forces hacked
out gains of one to three miles—
in .ripits. In other places they stood
still,
Allied gains were chipped out
slowly in tough, often hand-to
hand fighting.
Spears of infantrymen and ore
mor pushed northward tryb:s to
reach and break the Reds’ *iron
triangle,” tipped by Cherwon,
Kumhwa and Pyonggang. 'They
were thrusting up from Yonehon,
13 miles below Chorwon: from
Yongpyong and Yongong near the
38th parallel; and from Hwachon,
18 miles from Kumhwa.
City Triangle
The Eighth Army was willing to
pay the cost of taking the triangle
of cities because:
1. The triangle dominates an im«
portant network of highways.
2. If masses of Allied tanks eould
reach Chorwon, they would find
flat country, excellent for their
type of fighting. In the flat trian
gle, Allied artillery would be more’
bloodily efficient than ever.
Summer rains which ence
threatened to bog down U. N. ar
mor no longer were a bug-a-beo.
Tanks and infantry learned how
' to operate in Korea's mud during
| the rain soaked month of May, In
| that month 11.3 inches of rain fell
| —twice as much as in any other
May in the last 20 years.
The summer rainy season “can
bother us, maybe,” one officer
commented, “but it can’t stop us.”
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U,
N. ground commander, made it
clear his forces have no intention
of stopping although the “nursvit
phase” of their counteroffensive
ended when the Reds escaped be
' yond encirclement.
l Van Fleet Statement
~ His men, Van Fleet said, “will
continue to destroy military tar
gets in North Korea before they
can be used in an aggressive mis
sion against the Eighth Army.”
Key to this is the “iron triangle”
from which the Chinese launched
their spring offensives and now
the target of U. N. troops on the
‘west and central fronts. Other
' Allies hacked their way threugh
the mountalhous east-central front
intent on seizing other road net
works.
“From all sectors of the Kerean
battlefront came reports of furi
ous, hours long battles, some of
them In hand grenade range, for
each foot of ground,” AP eorre
‘spondent Nate Polowetzky re
ported from Eighth Army Head
quarters,
Fury of the ground actiong play
a part in the loss of two C-118 fly
ing box cars Sunday. They were
shot down by Allied artillery
which failed to stop firing when
ganes reached the drop zone gver
e front lines. One was hit
squarely and disintegrated. Seven
airmen were missing; three res
cued.
An F-84 Thunderiet was also
lost Sunday.
SURE THING
ATLANTA, June 4—(AP)—
Solicitors general of the Macch,
Rome and southwestern cireuits
%wm assured Demeoera
o e |
sta neral elec-.
Bel T |