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Vol. CXIX, No. 159.
Flood - Battered Kansas
(ity Readies Cleanup
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 17— (AP) —The battered
Kansas City area mobilized today for a herculean cleanup
i2<k as flood waters, swirling eastward, struck new blows
4t Mississippi river towns.
Receding flood waters in this metropolitan area of 900,-
000 left block after block of muck-cqvered ruin._ f
New Commitiee
Chairmen Named
By Local Lions
With the announcement of a
new group of committee chairmen,
the Athens Lions Club began a
new vear of cnerations this week.
'mp vresident J. W. Henry list=-
¢ the following committee chair
men anpointmentsy
Serving under the supervision of
tri~a-P-asident Eugene Evoting are
(oi'e Brown, merbership chair
man: Henrv Rosenthal, atten
dance: Jack Rundell, finance;
Tidoe Arthnre Oldham. constitu
tion °nd bv-laws; and Guy Smith,
muslc,
Cammitiee Head
Vire-President Warren Lanier
will have supervision over the fol
-Irwina committees and chairmen:
cisht conservation and the blind,
Viillarl Seagraves; Clvde McDor
m-n. information and induction;
W. Maithews, convention plans;
M. . Tvev, hoys and girls work;
Cnlonel B, W, Whitney, greeter;
Cnlonel ¥. M. Armstrong. citizen
chin pnd patriotism: and Hubert
Bell. Tnited Nations.
Warking with Vice President W.
P. Horton will be: Jack Murray,
srogrem: 0. B. Copeland, publici
tv: Joe Williams ' education: La
mar Pendley, health and welfare;
Dan Silvey, safety; C. M. Riddle
«ber. eilvie improvement: Ellis
Marrett, agriculture; and Howard
Sanders. communitv betterment.
™ addition to the vice-presi
dents, other club officers serving
with President Henry are R. H.
Kennon, secretary; J. H. Hubert,
trensnrer; Havden Drewry, tail
twister; and F. W. Whitney, lion
t~m-r, Directors for-the year are
¥. H. Downs, Arthur Oldham, J.
W Matthews and O. B. Copeland.
The new officers of the eclub
have been installed by District
Governor of Lions Club work. im
this section. J. H. Carswell, Macon.
100 Members
According to Mr. Henry the club
now has 100 members. This is one
of the oldest civie clubs in this
se~t'on, having been organized in
1935,
The major proiect of the elub
i sicht eonservation work in this
vicinity, More than SBOO went
into this project alone last year.
A telebinocular visual survey ma
chine was used in Athens schools
o detect cases where students eyes
needed additional examinations. A
majority of the funds spent went
for fitting needy children in the
o'y and eeunty with glasses or
for examining their eyes.
“unds for this project are de
rived from money making projects
svonsored by the club, principally
the annual Lions Club Amateur
Show held each January or Feb
ruary. Plans are already under
way, Rev, Henry said, for holding
this show early in 1952 with talent
from within a 50-mile radius of
Athens competing.
Courf Sessions
Confinue Here
The case of the State vs. Nelson
Shorwooq, who was ;a}fiuseg of de="
serting and abandoning his two(
devendent - children, was heard
this morning in Clarke Superior{
Court, Judge Henry West presid
ing, ‘
The abandonment was reported
by’ Sherwood’s ex-wife, Mrs. E.
B. Moore, to have taken place on
the eighth of April, 1950, and she
stated further that her husband
had not made any kind of ade
quate arrangements for the sup
port of the children who are ten
and fourteen years of age.
Mr. Sherwood testified that he
and his wife had trouble in their
relationships for a long time be
fore the divorce and added several
claims coneerning Mrs. Moore’s
personal character which Judge
West later said, in charging the
ury, should have no bearing on
the case. The- prosecution main
tained that the cast was simply
one of Mr. Sherwood’s moral re
ponsibility to support_his chil
dren,
The jury was aeliberating the
tase when the morning session ad
journed,
There were three guiltivn pleas
entered in the ecourt during the
morning sesslon. These included:
Frank Bush, colored, pleaded guil
ty of transporting liquor and was
siven the alternative of 12 months
or s4oo”fine. Eugene Eberhart
(colored) pleaded fiuilty of having
and transporting qbuor and was
given a SI,OOO fine, 18 months rro
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
And in Kansas, a line of wreck
ed or partially damaged towns and
cities stretched across the eastern
and central parts of the state.
The latest damage estimate for
Kansas and Missouri is $750,000,-
000—the nation’s costliest flood.
Water still covered many sec
tions but it was fast slipping back
into river channels here and in
Kansas.
But to the east of Kansas City,
small towns along the Missouri
felt the full force of the turbulent
river. Lexington, Wellington, Nor
borne and Hardin, Mo., were
flooded. Some dikes in Central
Missouri gave way.
Oklahoma Buffeted
The runoff of Kansas flood wa=
ters also buffeted Oklahoma. Mi
ami, in northeastern Oklahoma,
suffered its worst flood beating in
history from the Neosho-Grand
river.
High water poured over 130 to
150 blocks of the town of 12,000,
forcing approximately 3,500 per
sons from their homes.
President Truman, reported
deeplv_concerned over the flood
situation, planned to fly over the
Missouri-Kansas disaster area to
day. He was scheduled to make a
brief stop at Independence, Mo.,
hi shome town, and fly back to
Washington tonight.
The flood has brought death to
17 persons, tied up highway and
rail transportation, forced more
than 70,000 from their homes and
severely damaged the industrial
capacity of numerous towns and
cities. i
In Kansas City, Kas., and Kan
sas City, Mo., four major indus
trial areas covering thousands of
acres were flooded. Water dur
ing the height of the flood stood
more than 20 feet deep in some
places.
A five-day old fire that ravaged
a seven-block area and injured 14
firemen was left to burn itself out.
Fire Chief Harvey Baldwin called
it the most destructive Kansas
City fire in more than 30 years.
Fire Damages
The fire destroved or damaged
24 major firms. Preliminary esti
mates indieated damage would run
well over $1,000,000.
The flames were fed by oil and
gasoline floating on flood waters.
Receding waters left scenes of des
olation. Houses standing on end,
lying on their sides or tilted at
weird angles. Porches hung on
the tops of light poles, bedding on
utility wires.
Tanks and barrels were perched
on roofs. Household furniture
was smashed and covered with
thick mud. Piles of debris—float
ing lumber, porches, roofs and
window frames were swept against
some buildings.
It will be weeks before wrecked
gas lines, broken water mains and
telephone and light circuits can
be repaired.
In the flooded industrial district,
workers sought to salvage what
they could from first and second
floors where waters had swept
over machinery and other installa
tions.
In meatpacking plants, crews
worked day and night to save pe
rishables. Refrigeration units were
wrecked.
One company took out more
than a million pounds of meat in
boats and still have several mil
lion more pounds to remove.
Livestock that survived the
flood also were being moved to
higher ground as the water level
dropped.
Engineers Busy
Engineers worked feverishly to
restore to operation the Turkey
Creek pumping station, which nor
mally supplies two thirds of Kan
sas City, Mo., with water. The full
task of supplying the city is now
being carried by one station.
Water pressure was improving,
although there still was a serious
shortage in some sections.
A non-profit organization—Dis
aster Corps, Inc.—has been set up
here to clean up flood damage.
Crews will operate 24 hours a
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1,000 EXPECTED
Legion Post 20 Sets
‘(ue Here Tomorrow
American Legion Post No. 20
will give a barbecue Wednesday
afternoon from 6 to 8 p. m. to
raise funds to keep its junior base~
pall team, the Panthers, in compe
tition for the state title.
The Legion team, composed of
youngsters, fought their way into
the semi-finals of the state cham
pionship tournament last year
after winnin gthe Tenth District
tournament, and this year’s team
is thought to be even better with
a fine chance of capturing the
state title. i
To Finance Team
But it cost money to finance &
baseball team and for that reason
the Legion Post i 3 uponsorinf to
morrow’s ’‘cue, which wil be
cooked by the Athens firemen.
Ticktets are selling at $1.50 for
adults and 75 cents for children.
The Leglonnaires are expecting a
crowd of some 1,000 and the safe
thing to do is to get tickets in ad
vance of the ’cue from unfi Legion
member. A telephone call to any
0f Crime PI
Hearings In NY
BY JOHN CHADWICK
WASHINGTON, July 17.—(AP)
—The Senate Crime Committee
laid plans today to wind up its
underworld investigation within
the next month after topping it
off with another round of public
hearings in New York City.
On its return’ to New York,
where its televised hearinsg last
March attracted an audience of
millions, the committee probably
will focus on the dope traffic, wa
terfront rackets and gambling and
political tie-ups.
No date has been set for the
New York hearings but a commit
tee source indicated they probably
will start late this month or early
in August,
The committee will hold three
days of public hearings here,
starting Friday, on gambling ac
tivities in Atlantic City, N, J., and
the northern Kentucky area across
the Ohio river from Cincinnati.
The committee’s life was ex
tended by the Senate last April
until September 1, but the mem
bers want to close out their inves
tigations by mid-August to allow
time to prepare a final report.
Hunt Proposal
Senator Hunt (D.-Wyo.) told
reporters he proposed at a recent
closed meeting of the committee
that no investigations be conduct
ed and no witnesses subpoenaed
after August 15.
He also expressed concern, as
have other committee members,
over lagging congressional action
on recommendations the crime in~
vestigators made in a May 1 re
port asking new laws to combat
organized gambling and other un
derworld operations.
One of the chief goals set by the
committee when its life was ex
tended was to push along bills to
control race wire service to book
ies, tighten tax laws against gam=-
blers, require stiffer penalties for
dope peddlers and otherwise
strike at organized crime.
The committee, under the chair
manship of Senator O’Conor (D.-
Md.), has introduced most of the
measures it proposed but so far
the bills have not been acted on
by Senate legislative committees.
The House yesterday passed by
voice vote a bill to stiffen penal
ties for violation of the narcotics
and marihuana laws. The bill went
to the Senate, where a similar
measure drafted by~ the ecrime
committee is awaiting action.
The House bill fixes minimumr
and maximum prison terms for
offenders and would deny suspen
sion of sentence or probation to
persons convicted two or more
times. £ ¢
First Offense Punishment
A first offense would be punish
able by a sentence of two to five
years, a second offense five to ten
years, and a third or subsequent
offense 10 to 20 years. The maxi
mum fine in all cases would be
$2,000.
Present law fixes no minimumnr
penalties, and there are varying
penalties under different federal
laws. The House bill would make
them uniform.
The Senate crime committee has
also set a closed meeting for to
morrow to question more wit
nesses in connection with its
Maryland investigation, which so
far has centered largely on gam
bling in Baltimore.
Still unsettled, and possibly to
be decided then, is whether the
committee will return to Florida
for more hearings.
O'Conor conferred at length
yesterday with Downey Rice, an
associate counsel of the committee
who has just returned from Flor
ida. Neither would comment on
what Rice reported.
Navy Enlistments
Men who have not actually re
ceived their induction notice may
enlist in the U. S. Navy prior to
August 1, 1951 according to Chief
Robert R. Wright, recruited in
charge, U: S. Navy Recruiting Sta
tion, Athens.
Prior to June 15, 1951 men who
had received their pre-induction
notice, could not be accepted for
enlistment.
Legionnaire you know will bring
the tickets pronto.
Earl Wheby, head coach at Ath
ens High School, is ooachin%lthe
Panthers and he thinks very high
1y of their ability and chances this
week-end when the Athens team
will play in the Tenth District
championship eliminations once
more, G o
1,000 Expected
In setting their expectations at
1,000 in attendance, the Legion=
naireg cite the fact that Wednes
day is a half-holiday with the
places of business and that many
families will prefer so enjoy &
meal “out” instead of the house
wife having to work over a hot
stove durin gthe current hot spell
to prepare supper. In addition to
enjoying barbecue such as few
except the firemen prepare, there
is the satisfaction of supportin
the home town team, many oi
whom will soon be performing on
college diamonds and some flm
in professional baseball, - )
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, CA., TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1951.
Alliez. Proposals For Peace
Teks Agenda Are Discussed
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APPOINTMENT IN KAESONG
—Followed by North Korean
delegates, the chief Communist
negotiator, North Korean Gen
eral Nam Il strides across a
Kaesong courtyard on his way
to meet with United States del
egates for more peace talks. In
the latest meetings about two
hours were spent in trying to
arrange an agenda for the ar
mistice meeting.—(NEA Radio«
telephoto.)
NEW HOPE, Ala, July 17 —
(AP)—A 30-year old woman who
staked her faith against the poi
sonous fangs of a rattlesnake, and
died of its bite, was buried yes
terday.
Mrs. Ruthie Craig, a rural
housewife, attempted to handle
the "reptile “before members of &
little Holiness church congrega
tion near here Sunday.
It struck savagely at her right
forearm, emptying its lethal ve
nom intc her veins, She refused
medical aid during four hours of
agony, afraid it would show lack
of faith. |
Coroner Bob Rigsby of Madison
county and Wayne Gore, funeral
home director at Scottsboro, Ala.,
described the stark drama. |
Madison deputies continued an
investigation today, although there
was some guestion about jurisdic-1
tion. The scene of the event layl
close to the Madison-Jackson
county line in northeast Alabama.l
Gore, who was called to the
Craig home to prepare the wo
man’s body for burial, talked to
eye-witnesses.
He said the snake was brought
to a small clearing behind the
church in a glass jar.
Mrs. Craig took g rock and
broke the glass. The frightened
rattler tried to slither away. The
woman caught it by the back. In
stantly the ratler twisted around
and struck.
Gore said witnesses told him
Mrs. Craig dropped the snake, and
then picked it up again. Appa
rently she was bitten several
times.
Before she died her right arm
had swollen “as big around as a
man’s leg.”
Asked once if she wanted a
doctor, the woman mumbled,
“anything for ease.”
But when an unidentified per
son in the crowd told Mrs. Craig
that if she called a doctor she
would lose faith, she spurned
medical assistance.
She was taken tc her home and
died there while her fellow wor
shippers prayed. An attempt was
made to get a doctor, but it was
too late.
Snake Handled
Gore said he was told that after
Mrs. Craig was bitten several oth
er people handled the snake with
out being harmed. Then it was
killed.
His account was the most de
tailed from the scene, although
there were several other versions.
All agreed in general on the facts.
The funeral was held in the
New Hope community. :
The preachers who delivered her
funeral sermon spoke of how “no
bly” Mrs. Craig died for what she
believed.
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Diocesan Fund
To Honor Bishop
' Shortly before his death, Bishop
John Moore Walker, head of the
Atlanta Diocese of the Episcopal
Church, established the Dioceasan
Foundation, Inc., of which John
J. Wilkins of Athens is chairman.
Mr. Wilking announced today
that while the family of Bishop
Walker has requested friends to
omit flowers for the funeral Wed
nesday, in lieu of floral offerings
contributions in memory of Bishop
Walker may be made to the Foun
dation, address of which is 2744
Peachtree Road, N. E., Atlanta.
Gore Account
Reds Said To Have Raised New
Point In Truce Negofiations
i BY SAM SUMMERLIN ‘
(Who Went to Kaesong for Tuesday’s Meeting.)
MUNSAN, Korea, July 17.-—~(AP)—An Allied spokes
man said Communists raised a new point in Korean war
cease-fire discussions today. But that came as no surprise
to' the United Nations delegation.
The spokesman did not report the nature of the new
point. :
Both he and an official com
munique said “some progress” was
made in the fifth day of armistic
conference at Kaesong. Delegates
are still arguing about the agenda.
The spokesman, Col. James A.
Norell of Mountain Home. Ida.,
said he had no idea how long de
‘legates would be working on the
agenda.
The negotiators spent an hour
and 35 minutes on it Tuesday.
They will resume at 10 a. m. Wed
nesday (7 p. m. Tuesday EST).
4 There was considerable “back
and fourth discussion,” Norell said
but no heated arguments.
Brief Annuoncements
Allied announcements about ar
mistice meétings were brief, but
Communist reports were even
shorter. The north Koreans Pyong
yang radio merely gave the time
the meeting open and the time it
closed. Its reports have been terse
since the talks resumed Sunday.
North Korean Gen. Nam 111,
chief Communist delegate, open
ed Tuesday’s sessions, A U. S. Bth
Army announcement said. Most of
the 53-minute morning session
was devoted to a discussion be
tween Nam and Vice Adm. C. Tur
ner Joy, Chief United Nations de
legate, of the Allied proposals for
the Agenda.
Considerable time was required
in clarifying definitions and in
making translations.
In the afternoon Nam elaborated
on the Red’s idea of what the
agenda should include. He appar
ently came with the English and
/g:lrnese translations of his re
ks already prepared.
Both Joy and Nam, who do vir
tually all the talking, read their
statements. Tl 0T
During give and take discussions
across the green topped table they
have plenty of time to write their
replies while translators are read
in the English and then the Chi
nese tranlations.
Afternoon Session
“The afternoon session of the
conference was more formal,” the
army statement said. It added:
“The United Nations command
delegation felt that some progress
my abe recorded in the conference
sessions.”
For the third day there were no
Red guards near the tiled build
ing where meetings are held. 3
Negotiators appeared to be in
good spirits when they came out
of Tuesday’s sessions.
Ag they met, U. N. Bombers
swept across the quiet war front,
following up the heaviest night
raids of the Korean war. The U. 8.
fifth air force flew 116 sorties
Monday night in radar-controlled
bombing attack on Red air fields,
troop concentrations and supply
centers.
The shooting will go on until ne
gotiators agree on armistice terms.
And actual cease-fire negotiations
could get underway only after
completion of the agenda.
TIRE BAN LIFTED
WASHIGTON, July 17—(AP)—
The government today Jifted a
three-month-old ban against put
ting a spare tire on new autos at
the factory.
The ban was imposed in April
with the air of saving rubber for
use in increasing production of
heavy duty tires for trucks, trac
{fors and other rarm equipment.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly fair and continued hot
this afternoon, tonight and
Wednesday. Low tonight 78.
High tomorrow 94. Sun sets to
day 7:47 and rises fomorrow
5:33.
GEORGIA — Mostly fair and
continued hot this afterncon,
tonight and Wednesday except
for a few widely scattered
thundershowers Wednesday aft
ernoon and over south portions
this afternoon.
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EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA — Average tem
peratures normal or slightly
above with no important chan
ges. Precipitation moderate to
locally heavy in coastal area and
light to moderate in the inter
jor. Local afternoon thunder
. showers on most days, becoming
a little more plentiful toward
end of the week.
TEMPERATURE
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M‘an “res mees BeaE amaw ....80
DN al L st
RAINFALL ;
{?ches last 24 hours ~ +.. .00
'otal since July 1 .. .. .. 4.05
Excess since July 1 .. ... 1.25
~ Average July rainfall ~ ~ 5.01
/Motat dinoe Janoary 1 .. ..25.50
~ Deficit since Japuary 1 ... 3.98
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SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS—
Sober faced Joyce Matthews, 31,
ex-wife of television star Mil
ton Berle, leaves a New York
hospital after receiving treat
ment for slashed wrists (note
bandage). Miss Matthews locked
herself into the bathroom in
showman Billy Rose’s penthouse
apartment in her unsuccessful
try at suicide.—(NEA Telepho
to.)
Man Kills Wife
And Escort,
Commits Suicide
' BAINBRIDGE, GA., July 17—
(AP)—A truck operator blasted his
‘estranged wife and a young radio
announcer companion to death
with a shotgun early today, then
fatally shot himself with a rifle.
Chief of Police R. T. Humphrey
reported George Fox, about 34,
killed his wife, Grace, 30, as she
stepped from a cab in which Don
ald Howard Bryan, 23, had accom=
panied her to her father’s home
just after midnight. Fox then
shoved the shotgun into the cab
door and killed Bryan with a sing
le shot.
Three hours later ¥Fox was
found lying in the rear of a bus
iness establishment a block away
with a 22-calibre rifle bullet in
his head. He died later at a hos
pital.
Mrs. Fox Had been living at the
home of her father, D. M. Griffin,
since she and her husband sepe
rated a few weeks ago.
Humphrey said Fox had trailed
his wife and Bryan from a down
town address with his car lights
off. When the cab stopped at the
Griffin home, he added, the man
caught his wife by the arm as she
stepped from the cab, exclaiming,
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EMPIRE STATE JUMPER SURVIVES — Seériously in
jured in his leap from the 33rd floor of the Empire State
building in New York, this man screams in pain as police
men lean over him to give first aid. He hurled himself
through a window, plunged three floors downward, and
landed on a building projection at the 30th floor level.
Taken to a hospital, he was identified tentatively as
Army Private John F. Tranchese, 35, of Bayonne, N. J.
He wore civilian clothes.— (AP Wirephoto.)
" Read Dally by 85,000 Péople In Athens Trade Ales
Split Income Tax
Feature Opposed
George Says New Tax Bill Will -
Retain Union-Denounced Section
WASHINGTON, July 17.— (AP) ~—Chairman Geerge
(D.-Ga.) of the Senate Finance Committee said today he
is sure the new tax bill will not eliminate the split income
provision which benefits higher bracket taxpayers.
" Labor union spokesmen have
denounced the provision to the
committee as a ‘loophole.” They
have urged Congress to knock it
out and get an estimated $2,500,~
000,000 more revenue a year,
This sum would be almost as
much as President Truman and
the Treasury have asked the Sen
ate to incréase the House-passed
$7,200,000,000 bill. The adminis
tration is not recommending that
the split income feature be dis
carded, however.
In advance of continuing hear
ings on the bill today, George told
a reporter there was almost no
chance his committee even would
go into the question of tossing out
the split income provision.
It was passed in 1948, he noted,
to relieve an inequity. Before
that, husbands and wives in more
than a dozen states were able to
split their income for tax purposes
because of community property
laws. That often put them in a
tax bracket where the rate of levy
was lighter. Residents of other
states were thus at a disadvan
tage.
Other senators said it would not
be feasible politically to attempt
to toss out the split income bene
fit. Some union witnesses have
contended that Congress legally
could eliminate the system for tax
purposes even in community pro
perty states, but many lawmakers
dispute this.
The split income provision op
erates as an advantage only to
those in the middle and upper in
come levels. For instance, a md¥-
ried man with two dependents
must have an income of $4,900 to
get any tax benefit from the pro
vision,
Stanley Ruttenberg, represent
ing the CIO, told the Finance
Committee yesterday the split in
come benefit is a “handout en
joyed by the well-off.”
While George threw cold water
on this CIO proposal, he has also
said his committee probably would
reject the federal sales tax pro
posed by several business organi
zations and generally opposed by
Labor.
The veteran senator’s forecasts
so far indicate the committee will
rely on the two main revenue
sources adopted in the House bill
-—personal and corporate income
taxes. But there may be many
changes in the methods used by
the House to increase these levies.
LOWRY ESTATE DIVIDED
ATLANTA, July 17 — (AP) —
Georgia Tech and Oglethorpe Uni
versity will divide equally the
more than $1,000,000 estate of Mrs.
Emma C. Lowry under a decree
signed by Superior Court Judge
Walter C. Hendrix.
Soon after the death in 1923 of
the widow of Atlanta banker Rob
ert J. Lowry the estate was ap
praised at $462,031. Since then,
attorneys say, it has more than
doubled.
HOME
EDITION
BY JOE HALL
Administration
Forces Defend
Price Rollbacks
WASHINGTON, July 17—(AP)
Administration forces in the
House, scenting partial vietory,
stood fast today in a determined
defense of price rollbacks.
Immediately at stake was th’
ten per cent rollback on bee
prices which Price Stabilizer Mis
chael V., DiSalle has termed the
symbol of the whole attempt to
stabilize prices.
Of more far-reaching effect was
the fate of the overall price roll«
back princi]ple, and the proxat of
bans on all future rollba afe
fecting non-agricultural as well ag
farm products,
As the House neared the showe
down stage on the rollback ¢one
troversy in the economic eontrols
bill before it, these possibilities
emerged:
House Possibilities :
1. The House, with substantial
Republican backing for the ade
ministration position, will veote to
keep the price rollback on beef.
2. At the same time, it will prae
hibit future rollbacks in all segs
ments of the economy.
Republican leaders, favoring
what they term “reasonable” eone
trols, indicated they would be
willing to allow President Truman
to keep the beef rollback. z
But GOP members, together
with Southern Democrats, ape
peared determined to write an
outright prohibition against all
future rollbacks.
Farm: state leaders, who have
taken a “no eompromise” stand on
all rollbacks, including the one on
beef already in effect, conceded
privately they may have to settle
on these terms,
Rollback Battle
The rollback battle started late
yesterday. Debate was expected
to continue through today, with &
vote unlikely before tomorrow.
The eight-month extension of
economic controls approved by the
Senate sharply curbs price roll
backs, It falls short in other
ways, too, of what the adminis«
tration asked.
In the House, the Banking
Committee offered the adminis
tration proposal, an amendment to
the present Defense Produetion
Act.
The amendment provides fthat
the Secretary of = Agriculture
should determine prices of agri
cultural products as of May 19,
this year. No rollback should cut
more than ten per cent off that
price, the amendment says.
Commie Supply
TOKYO, July 17-—(AP)—Allied
warplanes continued to iound
Communist supply routes in Korea
today as ground action slowed to
a virtual halt.
B-29 superforts dropped high
explosive bombs on the rail yards
at Sinmak, only 33 air miles north«
west of Kaesong, where cease-fire
negotiations are being held.
Other B-29s hit Opa, beétween
Pyongyand and Sinanju, and
Hungsu, just north of Sinmak.
More than 100 tons of bombs were
dropped in all.
The big bombers were following,
the 116 planes that flew sorties:
Monday night in the greatest
after-dark operation of the Ko~
rean war, |
The night raiders pounded Red
air fields, road traffic and supply |
and toop centers,
There was little ground aetion.
AP Correspondent Georr Mc-~
Arthur said the Reds made sev
eral small probing attacks north of
Yanggu on the east-central front,
The Reds advanced under cover 05
mortar and artillery fire, but wer
repulsed.
MacArthur also reported 2
Red troops and 10 pack asimal
were spotted north on Inje, mov
ing north.
He said there was speculatio
the Reds may be moving the
forces east toward the Hwacho
Reservoir.
The U. 8. Eighth Army fi
munique reported ounly light
tact with the Reds. Some semi
automatic fire was reported fro
Comw, t troops on the w
and 'fi“al fronts, ' ({FERIL AR