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Athens To Roll Qut Carpet For An
“stimated 40,000 Bulldog Admirers
Public Service
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(i oup Approves
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ATLANTA, Nov, 2 — (AP) —
A $3,625,000 annual rate increase
for Souther Bell Telephone Com
pany in Georgia, effective Nov.
15, was approved yesterday by the
St~ta Public Service Commission.
The hike means that rates for
resident - telephones will go up
about 50 cents a month with busi
ness phone rates being upped be
tween 81 and $2. It is the fifth
granted the company since early
1948,
The Company’s Georgia mana
aser, Lane Hubbard, expressed
“oxtreme disappointment” at the
d~cision. He said the increase fell
“for short of meeting the minimun
amount neaded” to give the state
satisfactory phone service.
Southern” Bell applied last May
for increases ranging from $6,661,-
000 to $8,294,000. The amount
cranted “is about $1,000,000 less
than half of the higher figure.
McWhorter Statement
PSC Chairman Matt L. Mec-
Whorter said in announcing the
new rates; “the commission feels
{ze Increased rates will provide
e fficient earnings on the com
pany's investment to warrant an
<cceleration of the com{)any con
siruclion program. That program
now contemplates expenditure of
2bout $21,000,000. The commission
#pcls that should be stepped up
to about $30,000,000.
Hubbard said it was necessary
for the company te get new busi
ness within the state in order to
attract new investment. He said
the company needed ‘new money
to carry on the rural program”
started soon ..fte{*r World War 11.
I'e said it now looked ‘“doubtful”
that the program would be con
tinuned as in the past.
The PSC approved the increase
by a vote of 4 to 1 with commis
sioner Walter R. McDouald dis
senting.
Approved Increases
The increases approved were:
Albany, Athens and Rome ex
changes — business $7.00 to $8.35;
cne-party residence 33.75 to $4.40;
two-party residence $3.00 to $3.55;
four-party residence $2.50 to $3.00
Atlanta exchange — business
phone from sl3 to sls ?er month;
one-party residence $4.75 to $5.40;
two=-party residence $4.00 to $4.55;
four~-party residence $3.25 to $3.75.
Augusta, Columbus, Macon and
Savannah exchanges — business
$9 to $10.65; one-party residence
51.25 to $4.90; two-party residence
3.50 to $4.05 and four-party $2.75;
to $3.25.
Gainesville, Griffin, Thomas
ville, Brunswick, Valdosta, Way
cross and Marietta exchanges —
business $6.00 to $7.35; one-party
residence $3.25 to $3.80; two-party
residence $2.75 to $3.20; four-party
residence $2.25 to $2.60.
All other exchanges — business
up SI.OO per month; one-party
rcsidence up 50 cents per montl;
two-party residence up 40 cents
month and four-party residence
up 35 cents per month.
Rural rates are based generally
on the four-party residential rate
of the exchange which serves
them,
~ The commission made no change
in toll charges but did authorize
an increase of from five to ten
cents on tocal calls from pay sta
tions in Atlanta, Macon, Augusta,
Columbus and Savannah.
MeWhorter said the increase
would be effective when the com
pany makes the necessary changes
in equipment, which, it testified,
would require about nine months.
Accident Victim
Rises Safurd
Albert (Buddy) Baker, 17, in
jured in an automobile accident
near Statham, died in a local hos
pital Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock, Mr. Baker was a resident
of Statham.
Services will be held Saturday
afiernoon at 2 o’clock from Pieas
ant Hill Presbyterian Church with
Itev. Carl Ferguson, Statham min
ister, officiating.
Burial will follow in Pleasant
Hi'l cemetery, Clyde McDorman
Funeral Homre in charge of ar
rangements,
Pallbearers will be Billy Jack
Jones, Douglas Wood, Robert Tho
mas, Bobby Jean Grizzle, Donald
Finch, Jimmie Roberts, Harvey
Grizzle and James Mobley.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Baker, Sta
tham; three sisters, Mrs. Ernest
Gunter and Misses Sarah and
Louige Baker, ail of Statham; five
bro.hers, William Baker, Bogart,
and Edmund, Johnny F. Walter
and Leonard Baker, all of Sta
fllmm‘ ten aunts and thirteen un-
Ccles.
He was a native of Barrow
county and had resided in that
community all of his life. Mr. B'a—
ker was employed hy Colonial
Pouliry Company and had many
friends in Athens as well as in
Barrow county.
TURKEY FOR Gls
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 2—(AP)—
It will be turkey, as usual, for U.
S. soldiers in Korea Thanksgiving.
The logistic command quarter
master ig ready to distribute more
than 1,000,000 ‘pounds of turkey,
candy, fruit cake, olives, shrimp
cocktail, mixed nuts and cranber-
Ty sauce,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press €
Athens and the University of Georgia will roll out thel
carpet this week-end for an estimated 40,000 football fans
who will be in this northeast Georgia town to celebrate the
University’s homecoming—Southern Style.
Already “the South will rise again” spirit is sweeping
over the campus and is expected to take on the aspects of
an unwritten law by the time Georgia meets Alabama—
also Southern, of course — in Sanford Stadium Saturday
afternoon.
The transition of Georgia stu
dents into Southern rebels began
early this week when a local
clothing store received a supply
of “Southern Planter” hats for
University seniors to wear in their
traditional parade around the
playing field at half-time Satur
day. .
Derbies Go
The wide-brimmed, soft felt
hats, reminiscent of the South’s
golden era, will replace the der
bies usually worn in the derby
and cane parade. ;
Derbies, it seems, are scarce this
year, but apparently University
seniors don’t care. As one senior
figured it, “If you are going to
wave Confederate flags you might
as well be Southern all the way.”
Local merchants and hotels are
getting ready for the big business
that always goes with the Uni
versity’s biggest home gare of the
year. One store manager foresaw
the return of the “Old South” spi
rit and stocked a large supply of
Confederate caps; the florists have
their football chrysanthemums
ready: and local police and state
patrol officers are making plans
to handle the football traffic.
In the parts of town where the
rebel atmosphere has n?t pene
trated, the air is at least festive.
Fraternities and sororities are put
ting up their “Beat Bama” home
coming decorations, hoping t 6 win
the silver cup awarded annually
for the most original display.
Two Dances
In addition to the Georgia-Ala
bama game the University’s Home
coming celebration will include
two campus-wide dances featuring
the music of Elliott Lawrence and
his orchestra. There will be a
formal dance in Stegeman Hall
Friday night and an informal
dancé there Saturday night. The
Lawrence orchestra will also give
a concert Saturday morning from
10 to 12 in Fine Arts auditorium.
A homecoming queen, selected
from a field of 38 campus beauties,
will be presented during inter
mission at the dance’Friday. Her
identity until then will be a se
cret. The queen will also partici
pate in the half-time activities at
the game Saturday.
New members of Sphinx, high
est ranking non-scholastic society
on the campus, will be tapped
during the weekend and will be
seen wearing the large white e
on their backs. Other groups will
also announce new members dur
ing the week-end. o
Hundreds of Georgia alumni
are expected to come back to the
campus to take part in the cele
bration. Among them will be
Lamar Trotti, well-known Holly
wood producer. Trotti will be in
itiated as an honorary member .of
Phi Beta Kappa in ceremonies on
the campus Friday night and will
stay over for the game.
How To Bring
'Em In Alive
WITH U. S. 24TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, KOREA, Nov. 2 —
(AP) — Cpl. Howard Giles had to
escort 10 chinese prinsoners back
to his command post.
The Lexington, Ky., soldier
wanted to make sure none tried
to escape, so he hit upon a scheme.
First he made certain none of
ther had a match. Then he gave
each one a cigarette.
He then started for the cam
mand post. Wouldn’t give any of
them a light until he got there.
President, Eisenhower
Set Conference Monday
By ELTON C. FAY
Associated Press Military Affairs
Reporter
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 — (AP)
—Next Monday’s meeting between
President Truman and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower will provide
the Chief Executive opportunity
to pose a question of administra
tive as well as political import to
him:
Will Eisenhower leave his post
of Supreme Commander of Allied
Powers in Europe to seek a Pres
idential nomination In 19527
If so,-the President undoubtedly
would like to know that now so
he can advise the other mamber
nations of the North Atlantic Trea
ty organization, perhaps privately,
they should begin thinking about
someone to fill the job.
Eisenhower was appointed to
the Supreme Command early this
year at the request of the other
11 members of the NATO. He was
picked essentially because of his
fame and peisonality while sup
reme commander of Allied forces
in World War 11, not primarily
Lecause he was an American.
"Moot Question
Whether the European mernbers
of NATO would want another Am
erican commander, like Gen. Omar
Bradley, now chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, remains to
be be seen.
Winston Churchill is back as
Prime Minister of Pritain. Before
he was returned ,he had woiced
some outspoken . somment when
the proposal was made to give a
Supreme Command in the Medi
terranean to an American and not
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In Llast Local Game
Fifteen Univetsity of Georgia seniors met Thursday aft
ernoon and vewed to make their last game in Sanford Sta
dium Saturday afternoon against Alabama the greatest
effort of their athletic careers.
wAfSirxteenth senior, Rocco Prin
cipe, will miss the battle due to a
broken arm received against Mis
sissippi State. -
TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for the Georgia-Ala
bama game here Saturday were
still on sale at the University
athletic ticket office in Memor
ial Hall Friday and will remain
on sale there Saturday. They
will be sold ai the ticket box
office at the stadium Saturday
afternoon.
Captain Claude Hipps, defensive
left halfback of Waycross, Ga,
expressed the sentiments of the
entire group when he said:
“The happiest days of my life
have been spent on the campus
here . . . all of us intend to make
our last appearance before the
home folks a winning one.’®
Here are the Bulldog seniors
who will trod on . Sanford Sta
dium’s thickly-thatched Bermuda
turf for the last time Saturday
afternoon against Alabama:
Ends—Clyde Harrison of Atlan
ta, and Ed Filipovits of North
ampton, Pa.
Tackles — Alternate Captain
Marion Campbell of Chester, S. C.;
Dick = Yelvington of Daytona
Beach, Fla.; and Richard Steele of
Atlanta.
Guards—Ed Greenway of Ath
ens: Jeff Burgamy of Albany, and
Clint Madray of Jesup. (Rocco
Principe of Chicago is injured.)
Left Halfbacks—Captain Claude
Hipps of Waycross; Zippy Moroc
co of Youngstown, Ohio, and Mal
Cook of Dracut, Mass. -
Right Halfbacks — Bobby Du
rand of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Fullbacks — Dick Raber of Al
toona, Pa., and Chuck Magoni of
Columbus, Ga.
to a Briton. It is conceivable that
he might still be of that mind if
the question of a new Supreme
Coramander of Western European
forces arose. Perhaps the pressure
might turn toward one of Britain’s
own famous World War II mili
tary chiéfs, like Viscount Mont
gomery. '
Announcement that Eisenhower
would be in the ecapital Mondar
and Tuesday produced some sur
prise and puzzlement.
White House secretary Joseph
Short said the General was mak
ing the flying trip at the suggestion
of Mr. Truman.
This seemed fully accurate. It
was learned that the first indica
“tion the Pentagon had of the plan
was when the President informed
military officials that Eisenhower
would come to Washington for
conferences.
Ike Talks
Short said Eisenhower’s talks
while here—with the President,
State Department and Defense of
ficials—would cover matters af
fecting the Supreme Allied com
mand and the North Atlantic De
fense setup.
Most of the tcp military and
political officials have or, within
the next few weeks will have
talked with Eisenhower aboui the
progress and probiems of he Euro
pean defense organization, In the
past few weeks, a stream of high
level military men have passed
through Paris and talked with
Eisenhower — Geén. Bradley, sec
retaries of the services, military
chiefs of the armed firces. Secre
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Brewer Named
Recreation Head
At a meeting held at the Lyn
don House on Monday, October 22,
the Athens Recreation and Parks
Department Board appointed
Royce M. Brewer to succeed
Wayne Shields as Superinterident
of Recreation for Athens.
Mr. Brewer is a native Athen
ian, having been born and reared
in this city. He graduated from
Athens High School in 1940 and
attended the University of Geor=-
gia from 1948 to 1950.
Mr. Shields leaves the Recrea
tion Department to accept a posi
tion as Regional Director for the
Office of Community Services,
United States Air Force, but will
continue to make his home here
in Athens. v L
Mr. Brewer has served wilh the
Recreation Department for six
years, coming to the department
in 1946 to serve as secretary to
Mr. Shields and more recently as
assistant to the superintendent.
The recreation program in Ath
ens has grown and expanded tre
mendously through the untiring
efforts of Wayne Shields, and the
knowledge that he imparted to
this community caniiot be meas
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Light rain this afternoon and
tonight, ending late tonight or
early Saturday morning, Con
tinued cloudy and cold through
Saturday, with possible clearing
late Saturday afternoon. Low
tonight 38; high tomorrow 45.
Sun sefs today 5:40 and rises
tomorrow 6:54.
GEORGIA — Light rain or
drizzle this afternoon or tonight
ending over west and north
portion late tonight and Satur
day morning and over southeast
Saturday afternoon, followed by
clearing and cooler, slightly
colder tonight and Saturday
with low temperatutres tonight
52 to 34 degrees in extreme
north and 36 to 42 in central
portion, some light snow likely
in extreme north portion.
EXTENDED FORECAST
Extended forecast for Georgia
tonight through Wednesday:
Temperatures four to six de
grees below normal in eastern
Carolinas and six to nine below
normal in northern Georgia and
western (‘arolinas, normal min
imums 42 to 45 in northern
Georgia to 50 in south Georgia,
normal maximums 65 in north
ern Georgia to 73 in south
Georgia. Little or no precirta
tion, except possibly light rain
in south Georgia and eastern
Carplinas.
Elizabeth And
Philip Leave é
Capital Today
BY ED CREAGH
WASHINGTON, Nov, 2.—(AP)
—A tired but still smiling Princess
Elizabeth and her bouncy husband
Philip wind up their whirlwind
visit to Washington today.
A fast round of sightseeing, a
call at the White House to leave
bread-and-butter presents with
President Truman, and then
they're off to Montreal by plane
on the first leg of their journey
back to Britain.
Since they came here late Wed
nesday afternoon, Elizabeth and
Philip have been wined and dined,
stared at, cheered, shaken by the
hand, photographed so intensively
that they've hardly had timre to
catch a few winks of sleep.
It’s no wonder if the world’s
most glamorized couple feel like
two thoroughly . bushed young
people who would like nothing
better than to get home, sleep for
a week and relax with the kids.
Alert, Attentive
They were alert and attentive to
everybody, however, at yester
day’s big event—a British Embas
sy reception that brought out all
the capital’s social lions and lion
esses, along with a sprinkling of
non-headline folks, and turned
out to be the most glittering affair
in many a moon.
“It was enchanting — perfectly
enchanting!” was the breathless
verdict of a leading authority—
Mrs. Morris Cafritz, who ranks as
‘Washington’s No. 1 hostess.
Some 2,000 persons trooped into
the big brick embussy — Supreme
Court justices, senators, represen~
tatives, diplomats, generals, ad
mirals and all sorts of others, with
their wives in their fine feathers.
Elizabeth and Philip received
the guests in front of a marble
fireplace in the yellow and white
marble paneled baliroomz. With
them were the British Ambassa
dor, Sir Oliver Franks and Lady
Franks. .
The Princess surprised all the
ladies present by appearing in the
same outfit she’d worn all day,
for wreath-layings at George-
Washington’s -tomb and at the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and
for a diplomatic reception in the
Canadian Embassy.
It was a slate blue silk gown
with pearl necklace and a diamond
brooch. She wore a feather hat
and open-toed black pumps. Phil
ip had changed from his naval
lieutenant’s uniform to a dark
| Tent Affair
. After the hand-shaking, the
guests adjourned to one of three
tents set up in the lawn against
the raw November chill. There
was champagne, Scotch and Bour
bon, along with French pastries
that had been days in the making.
Crowds lined both sides of Mas
sachusetts Avenue in the vicinity.
Hawkers socld Union Jacks and
other souvenirs, giving the scene
a holiday air. Elizabeth and the
Duke walked ‘in front of one
cheering group, made up of Brit
ish Commonwedlth Embassy peo
ple, and stopped to chat with the
children.
Last night’s dinner for the Pres
ident, Mrs. Truman and Marga
re; at the Canadian Embassy
wound up the second and most
hectic day of the royal visit. There
were only 18 persons around the
table. The menu was pretty sim
ple, considering the kind of affair
it was: soup, lobster, lamb, peas,
potatoes, an apricot dessert and
assorted fruits.
HALL COUNTY EPIDEMIC
GAINESVILLE, Ga.,, Nov. 2 —
(AP)—Publi¢ health doctors to
day were trying to get to the bot
tom of an almost unprecedented
flare-up of yellow jaundice in Hall
county and North Georgia.
Dr. Virginia H. Maley, public
health physician, reported the
number of Hall county victims be
gan to surge upward four weeks
ago and there has been no de
crease. More than 30 have come
down with the malady in the one
county.
The prevalence of the disease
here and in other North Georgia
counties has brought experts of
the State Health Department into
a study of causes and ccutrol
measures. Normally, yellow jaun
dice occurs only in scattered in
stances.
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beth, of Britain, is shown riding by the side of President
Truman shortly after the arrival of the Princess and her
husband, Philip, in Washington. The royal couple is to
fly back to Canada today after a series of official and
social activities in the nation’s capital. — (NEA Tele
photo.)
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Final Plans Sef
For Industrial
Edifors Meeting
Final plans have been completed
for the annual Industrial Editors’
Institute to be held at the Uni
versity of Georgia Nov. 8-10.
The Institute, held for editors
and employees of industrial and
trade publications in the South
east, is being sponsored by the
Southern Industrial Editors Asso
ciation and the University’s Hen
ry W. Grady School of Journalism.
Lectures Planned
The three-day Institute will
combine lectures by nationally
known writers and editors with
work-shop sessions on the every
day problems of editing specialized
publications. ;
Severai luncheons and dinners
are also scheduled. The Institute’s
opening dinner, sponsored by the
cha&CQla Company, wiil feature
‘an address by Arthur H. Motley,
editor of Parade, The dinner Fri
day night, sporisored by the Bank
er Publishing Co., W. R. C. Smith
Publishing Co., and the Ernest H.
Abernathy Publishing Company,
all of Atlanta, will feature an
address by John H. McCoy, of the
Fluor Corporation, Los Angeles.
Meet Sepakers
Other Institute speakers are Ce
lestine Sibley, Atlanta Constitu
tion columnist; Daniel D. Mich,
editorial divector, McCall’s Maga
zine; Albert L. Furth, executive
editor, Fortune Magazine; Robert
C. Nicholson, editor, The Linotype
News; E. J. Triebe, vice-president
and general superintendent,
Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tenn.;
Richard N. McArthur, president,
Higgins-McArthur Co., Atlanta;
Milton E. Mumblow, director, em~
ployee publications, General Mo~
tors Corp.; Harllee Branch, jr.,
president, Georgia Power Com
pany; and Edison Matrshall, na
tionally-known author,
A large number of editors are
expected to attend the Institute,
according to Dean John E. Drew
ry of the Grady School. This is
the fifth year that the Institute
has been held on the campus.
JANUARY DRAFT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2— (AP)
The Defense Department today
offset its “Christmas gift” lull in
drafting men into service by ask
ing for 59,650 in January —the
largest number for any month
since last spring.
The December call was for only
16,900 men, with all inductions
suspended during the Dec. 21-Jan.
2 holiday period. The record high
was 80,000 last March. The aver
age has been about 40,000 a month.
Of the January total 48,000 will
go to the Army, 11,650 to the Ma
rine Corps.
Read Daily by 35,000 Psople In Athens Trade Ares
BY WILLIAM JORDEN
MUNSAN, Korea, Nov. 2.
—(AP)-—Red truce negotia
tors pressed Allied deilegates
today te accept the Commu
nist proposal for a cease-fire
buffer zone across Korea—
but balked at issuing an ulti
matum.
Brigadier General William
P. Nuckols, United Nations
command spokesman, said
the Communist subcommit
tee at Panmunjom urged the
Allfes to give up their de
mands for Kaesong and ac
cept the Red line.
Maj. Gen. Henry 1. Hodes, head
of the U. N. subcommittee, asked
the Reds if they were issuing an
ultimatum.
“They refused to answer direct
ly,” Nuckols said, “and were evas
ive, saying that sincerity was ne
cessary on both sides.”
' Two meetings during the day
wound up with *“no progress”
'ghey agreed to try again Satur
ay.
Red Insistance
The Red negotiators insisiance
on quick acceptance of their buffer
zone followed the same pattern as
Moscow newspapers. The Russian
press said the Reds’ truce zone
proposal along their version of
the battle line was intended to re
move “all possible pretext” for
Americans to prolong armistice
negotiations.
Commurnist newsmen in Pan
munjom said Red delegates de
manded the Allies give a “yes or
no” answer on whether they
would accept the Red version of
a demilitarized zone. The news
men said the demand was made
Thursday and an answer request
ed Friday.
Nuckols said no such demand
had been made.
He indicated negotiators skirted
the biggest stumbling block in the
way of agreement on a demilitar
ized zone. That is: Who gets Kae
song and the hills north of it? The
Reds hold the area and insist on
keeping it., The Allies want it to
guard one of the invasion routes
to Seoul, 34 air miles to the South~
east,” Aoy
# % Similar Proposals
The Red and U. N. proposals for
a buffer zone to be created during
an armistice are similar along the
eastern half of the battle line.
They differ in the west, primarily
in the area of Kaesong, former
truce site. :
An official U. N. eommunique
said “he Communist proposed
zone incorporates all concessions
previously offered by the U. N.
command,” but makes “no. gor
responding adjustment at any
point.”
Nickols said neither side
changed its position Friday.
The military demarcation line
for a truce and its protective buf
fer zone is the only point of thé
proposed armistice so far dis
cussed. g
Three other major points haven't
been . touched—supervision to see
that the truce is kept. Exchange
of prisoners, and recommendation
to governments for withdrawal of
foreign troops.
U.S. BTH ARMY HEADQUAR
ERS, Korea, Nov. 2—(AP)—Al
lied airmen shot down one Red jet
and damaged four in nine separate
dog fights today—a record num
ber of air battles for a single day
in the Korean War.
The Fifth Air Force said all
United Nations planes “involved
in these encounters returned safe
ly to their bases.” -
The blazing air war contrasted
with cold quiet on the snow cov=-
ered ground fronts.
The one Red jet sent down in
flames was the 100th MIG-15 re
ported downed by the fifth Air
Force. B-29 gunners are credigd
with blasting 33 others out of the
skies.
Airmen from three United Na
tions were involved in Friday’s
fights, ranging over Northwest
Korea as much as 100 miles from
the Manchurian border.
Fierce Battle
The fiercest engagement was be«
tween 24 U, S. F-86 Sabre jets and
44 MIGs. One MIG went down
in flames.
Sixteen- Royal Australian Air
Force Meteors tock on 25 Red jets
and damaged two.
South African pilots in propeller
driven Mustangs came through un
scathied, the Fifth Air Force said,
when a flight of MIGs attacked
them just north of Pyongyang. The
North Korean capital is 100 miles
from the Yalu river boundary be
tween Korea and Manchuria. The
Red jets seldom are seen that far
from their base.
Forty MIGs swept down on an
escort flight of Sabre jets, but
quickly turned tail and headed for {
the Yalu river.
In addition to the 133 MIGs shot
down, the Air Force reports 47
probably destroyed and 246 dam
aged . .. a total of 426.
The extent of air acticn was in
marked contrast with infantry ac
tion, which has fallen off to minor
ciasheg singe truce negotiations
resumed at Panmunjom. eonig
Two small Red probing attacks
and a foray by an Allied patrol
were the only actions reported in
a U. S. Eighth Army communique
Friday evening. The Red attacks
were beaten back southeast of
Kumsong. The patrol destroyed
several Red bunkers north of
Yanggu. :
HOME
EDITION
5
Snow, Cold Hit
I
Wide Areas Of
By The Associated Press :
Winter weather's two-ply
snow and cold, hit wide areas
the courtry today, snapping a spel
of mid-autumn mildness.
There was lots of snow—in the
northeast, the midwast and the
Rocky Mountain region, and even
in Texas. Falls in some areas
were the heaviest on record for se
early in the season.
Freezing rains added to the dis
comfort and made motor travel
hazardous in many areas, Sirong
It looks like fop coat weather
will be in style fomorrow fer
the Georgia-Alabama game.
The Weather man has predicted
that the thermometer will rise
suly % the 45 degree mark.
It is possible thas rain ceats
will be blossoming for the Home
coming game ailso, because the
old weather prophet hss alse
predictéd “continued cloudy and
cold, with possible clearing late
Saturday aftermoon”.
wing and lub-ftezlnf and sub~
zero temperatures belied ths date.
Winter season’s official start is
seven weeks away.
The cold weather was extensive
—from the Rockies to the New
England States and South inte
‘Texas. Not much warmina;u
in prospect immediately. B rd
warnings were issued last night
by the Weather Bureau to motor
ists and stockmen in Northeastern
New Mexico. 3
Texans Shiver
Northern Texas areas zhivered
and sloshed in below freeziwd
snow. The mersury stayed w
freezing all day yesterday in Ama
rilo, reaching a high of 27,
Heavy snowfalls struck over the
Oklahoma-Texas panhandle. They
measured seven. inches at Guy
mon, Okla, and five Inches at
Perryton, Tex. Wichita Falls got
the earliest snowfall on record
since the Weather Bureau was es
tablished in that North Texas city
in 1931. Freezing rains glazed
highways in many parts of the
state.
Five persons were killed on
highways in acecidents attributed
to the weather — three in New
York state and two in Colprade.
It looked and felt more like
mid-winter in many midwest and
western states. :
Snow Storm -
A snow storm which moved
across the border from Canada left
six inches of light snow at Denver.
The blanket of white spread as
far east as Dodge City, Kas., which
reported a fall of three inches.
As the snow storm spread south
last night, an icy blast of sub-zero
cold crept in. The coldest fi
was In Montana, The Weat
Bureau at Helena said thermome-~
ters dipped to -29 at sumgmit in
Glacier National Park. The snow
on the ground measured 35 inches.
There were a few warm spots,
too. They were the extreme
southeast and more of the for
southwest, It was a balmy 85 in
Miami and Jacksonville yesterday;
84 in Tampa and Brownsville,
Tex., and 68 11 Log Angeles.
fWheele Rite
To Be Sunday
Luther E. Wheeler, 48-year-old
veteran of World War Two, died
in a local hospital this morning at
2:20 o’clock after ar illness of one
month,
Services are te be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from Bridges Chapel with Rev. T.
R. Harvill, pastor of Prince Ave
nue Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in Oconee
Hill cenretery with George Stev
ens, Clyde Hensley, E. B. Adding-~
ton, L. E. Mitchum, Perry Sim
mons and G. B. Smith serving as
pallbearers.
Mr. Wheeler is survived by four
sisters, Mrs. Sara Ford, Athens;
Mrs. Henry Wallace, Charlotte, N.
C., and Mrs, Clay Underwood and
Mrs. G. H. Huff, both of Fort
Myers, Fla.; five brothers, Law
rence Wheeler, Albany; Ben
Wheeler, Winterville, and Wood~
row Wheeler, Moss Wheeler and
Hugh Wheeler, all of Fort Myers,
Fla,
Mr. Wheeler was 2 native of
Greene county and came to Ath
ens following his discharge from
the service. He was a carpenter
and was well known in his trade
here. ‘
PARIS SBUICIDES UP
PARIS, Nov. 2 — (AP) — Gov=
ernment figures.showed today the
number of suicides in Paris and
suburbs is steadily increasing, The
figures: ; .
1,112 in 1949, 1,287 in 1950, and
719 in the first half of this year.
“The morale of the nation is
seriously undermined,” said the
conservative newspaper Le Monde.