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ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTFIES — It
was & erowded committee room in Wash
ington as Attorney General J. Howard
McGrath (left arrow) appeared to tes
Democrats Predict That Truman
Will Clean Up Revenue - Scandals
Library, Civic
Renresenfatives
Hold Meet Here
Representatives of several of the
leading clubs and organizations of
Athens and Clarke County met last
night at the Civic Auditorium with
representatives of the Regional Li
brary which is sponsoring “The
Ameriean Heritage Series” for
Clarke, Oconee, and Oglethorpe
Counties.
The purpose of the meeting was
to acquaint the representatives,
some of whom were presidents and
program chairmans, with what the
American Heritage Series is and
to promote interest in the work.
Miss Sara Maret, head librarian
for the Regional Library, greeted
those present and expressed her
wishes that each of the organiza
tions represented weuld see fit to
use all or a portion of the material
available at the library on the
“American Heritage.”
Background
The Athens Regional Library
lezrned geveral months ago that it
was to have an opportunity to par
ticipate in the program and work
was begun almost immediately to
gather material that would cast
licht on the subject in its many
phases. Miss Maret and Mrs.
John Wilkins, chairman of the
project which is a Ford Founda
tion project, were extremely grati
fied that the local library was
chosen as one of six from the en
tire nation to partake in the pro
ject. i
The work is being done in co
operation with the American Li
brary Association in celebration
of its Tsth year of service to the
community. “The American Heri
tage” will give adults of the com
munity the opportunity to discuss
the many aspects of life that make
up the heritage of our people—
natural resources, political, and
intellectual freedom.
New Films e
The Library has on hand nine
teen films which are available to
groups that are interested in the
project. These films may be ob-
tained for club meetings, suppers
or for special public showings. The
films will be furnished free of
charge as a part of the work that
the library is doing. ¥
In addition to the films the li
brary has on hand a great number
of books—ranging from the Papers
of Lincoln to fictional works. All
the materials read and time spent
in study will be well-worth the
time, promised Mrs. Wilkins and
Miss Maret.
There has been a course going
on at the library for leaders in dis
cussion groups of the “American
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Former Athenian
is Auto Victim
Andrew A. Johnson, sr., father
in-law of City Councilnran Roger
N. Hazen, died last night shortly
after being struck by an automo
bile at the corner of DeKalb and
Arizona streets in East Atlanta,
near his home,
Mr. Johnson was rushed to @
hospital but was pronounced dead
on arrival. He was 72 years old
and a well known resident of Ath
ens for many years before mov
ing to Atlanta.
Funeral arrangements are to
be announced later by Bridges
Funeral Home.
Mr. Johnson is survived by five
daughters, Mrs. Annie Sue Lacy
Johnson, Atlanta; five daughters,
Mrs. Roger N. Hazen, Mrs. R. G.
Harper, Mrs. C. W. Williams, Mrs.
W. A. Cooper, jr., all of Athens,
and Mrs, C. W. Burkhart, Middle
town, Conn.; and two sons, An
drew A, Johnson, jr., Atlanta, and
James F., Johnson, Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Johnson was & native of
Tennessee and came to Athens
many years ago. He resided here
for a period of years and then
moved to Atlanta, He had a large
number of friends here who were
glistressed to learn of his death.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
tify before a House Ways and Means
subcommittee investigating the tax scan
dal in high places.—¢(NEA Telephoto.)
Republicans Scoff At The Idea,
Term McKinney Thinking Wishful
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— (AP) —Demoeratic predic
tions that President Truman is angrily ready to clean
house in the government tax scandals, and thdt they won't
be a big issue in 1952, drew sharp replies from Republi
cans today.
“It’s just wishful thinking on his part,” said Senator
Ferguson (R.-Mich.) of the White House statements by
Democratic Chairman Frank E. McKinney., “It’s an issue
and it’s going to stay an issue.”
Senator Nixon (R-Calif) com
mented: “so McKinney thinks the
graft and political influence ooz
ing from under so many doorways
won’t be an issue—l guess T've
heard everything now. It's going
to take a lot of Democratic ingen
uity to convince the American peo
ple of that” -
Ferguson and Nixon talked to
reporters after McKinney had
emerged from a half-»hi\)&xr ::[:‘on
ference .y Wdfls - with Mr, Tru
m Teportegy. < - -
Truman Aware
1. “The President is very aware
of the situation and he Is highly
concerned. And he is angry over
being sold down the river by some
disloyal employes of the govern
ment. inclined to think there will
be action soon.”
2. “As the situation has been
hendledogy Democrats, cleaned up
by Demo¢rats and Democrats have
acted to remove the guilty as fast
as they have been discovered, I
am of the opinion that this will
not be an issue of the 1952 cam-~
paign.”
Meanwhile, the House Ways and
Means subcommittee that has been
pushing the study of irregalarities
in the government’s tax collection
offices—and the handling of tax
fraud cases—called another ses
sion.
The lead-off witness was Bert
K. Naster, a Flordia businessman
now given a chance to tell pub
licy his side of a sensational story
related bl Abraham Teitelbaum
that Naster and another man tried
to shake him down for $500,000 in
an attempted tax fix.
Teitelbaum, a Chicago attorney
who once helped spring ganster
Al Capone from prison, has testi
fied that he was told he could es
cape serious tax troubles with the
government if he would fork over
$500,000. He said it was represent
ed to him that the offer was back
ed by suggestions that a “clique”
in Washington officialdom was in
on the deal,
Nixon Reply -
Senator Nixon, in his reply to
McKinney's statements, disputed
the thought that Democrats can
take credit for cleaning up a gov
ernment mess. “It has been the
press and Congressional commit
tees—in which Republicians car~
ried a lot of the work burden—
which have brought about these
disclosures,” he said.
Senator Ferguson proposed that
President Truman five FBI Dir
ector J. Edgar Hoover a free hand
to investigte official wrong-doings,
suggesting that in six months “he
could do an awful lot to clean out
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Good Fellowship Fund
Father Can't Work;
Family Needs Help
EDITOR'’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald is publishing a series
of case histories of worthy fam
ilies who need help. These are
compiled by the Welfare Com
mittee of the Salvation Army
Ladies Auxiliary and the City
Schools. Who is number one on
your list? In as much as ye do it
unte the least of these ye do it
unto me. Matt. 25:40.
Case No. Four. This one is ex
citing! A young son, two days old,
arrived in time for Christmas,
The husband is unable te work
and thus cannot %rovide for his
family during the holidays. There
is a daughter six years old in
school. The three younger chil
dren are at home. They are small
and need: «staple ' food; icanned
milk, and fruit juices. Toys rwould
be nice for the younger children.
The_ six-year-old needs some
good warm clothes for school and
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Cheatham Rites
Set Thursday
Mrs. Emily Cheatham, . one of
the most beloved citizens of Hull,
died in & local hospital Wednesday
morning at 5:30 o’clock. Mrs.
Cheatham was 94 years old and
had been ill for five days.
Services are to be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Hull Baptist Church with
the pastor, Rev. A. E. Logan, offi
ciating.
Burial will follow in Hull Ceme
tery, Bridges Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Pall-bear
ers will be Holden Johnson, Eual
Strickland, J. W. Simmons, Hugh
ga_r;iel, Coile Brown and Luke
oile.
The body will lie in state in the
church from 2 o'clock until the
hour for the services.
“ Mrs. Cheatham is survived by
five nieces, Mrs. Nellie Bullock,
Hull, Mrs. Susie Spratlin, Honolu
lu, Hawaii, Mrs. Sam Butler, An
derson, S. C., and Mrs. C. A. Car
son and Miss Mattie Cheatham,
both of Athens; and two nephews,
Clarence Williams, - Hull, and
James Cheatham, Whitmire, 8. C.
Charter Member
A native of Madison County,
Mrs. Cheatham resided in that
community all of her life. She was
the last living charter member of
Hull Baptist Church, which was
organized as Moss Grove Baptist
Church nearly 100 years ago. The
church was first located at Sul
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a pair of shoes.
For further information call 131
and refer to Case No. Four.
Mrs. Leathers reported today
that response had been good and
people very generous. Cases One
and two have been comrpletely
taken care of, and Case Three has
enough food for three days.
Good Fellowship Fund
The Good Fellowship Fund is to
aid the Athens school children
(both white and colored) that are
in dire need of clothing to wear
te school. There are more than
one hundred of these worthy
children. They are the future cit
jzens of your community, so give
them a chance,
. The response to 'this fund is
heartening. Write your check to
night and mail it to the Good Fel
lowship Fund, care of the Ban
ner-He@mld, Athens, Ga.
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1951,
Allied, Red Trucemen Submit
New Prisoner Exchange Plans
4 Indicted In California
For Tax Return Tampering
"Twilight” War
Confinues; Red
Jets Inactive
BY ROBERT EUNSON
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 12.—(AP)
—U. S. F-86 Sabre jet fighters to=
day swept over northwest Korea
but sighted none of the Commun
ist MIG-15 jets that almost daily
flock out of Manchuria.
A U. 8. Fifth Air Force sum
mary said a U. S. F-80 Shooting
Star jet crashed and burned in
Red territory with “no chance of
pilot survival.” It gave no details,
Doughboys ir mist-draped hills
across the front held their fire as
the twilight war continued.
A half dozen patrols poked out
across the hill country west of
Yonchon, holding up and calling
for artillery support at the first
sign of Reds.
West of the Punchbowl, on the
eastern front, one Red probing
force of about two platoons was
hurled back after a brief skir
mish. !
Elsewhere there was little to
report except brief patrol contacts
in no-man’s-land. -
5 Degrees
Temperatures ranged from a
bone-chilling 5 degrees above zero
in the east to 40 above in the
‘west. G -
=5 Euesday night seven B-29 Sup
‘erfotts-drop 79@",”9}; bombs
‘B-29's attacked Red Korean rail
yards. y
The bormrbers encountered anti
aircraft fire, but none was dam
aged, the Far [East Air Forces
(FEAF) said.
Night-flying medium bombers
attacked Red highway traffic and
reported more than 50 vehicles
destroyed. Other bombers hit rail
targets. e ‘
American F-86 Sabre jet pilots
reported two Russian-made MIG
-15 jets probably were destroyed
and two others damaged Tuesday
:s FEAF planes mounted 945 sor
ies.
" The Air Force said all Sabre
jets returned safely.
: Heavy Air Attacks ¢
Other Allied warplanes ranged
the North Korean skies Tuesday
in heavy attacks against Commu
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DeMolay Degree
Planned Tonight
One of the largest classes of
candidates ever to be initiated
into the Frank Hardeman Chap
ter, Order of DeMolay will re
ceive the second degree tonight at
the Masonic Temple at 8 e’clock.
The class numbers fourteen and
the boys will take as their offi
cial class name “the Dr. E. L. Hill
Class.”
Dr. Hill was chosen by the
chapter for this honor by virtue of
the long and faithful service that
he has rendered to the chapter, it
was announced by DeMolay offi
cers.
The local chapter traces its his
tory back for over twenty-four
years of character building and
service to the community and was
instigated by D. Weaver Bridges,
who has served confinuoungn::
advisor and Chapter Dad
that time, ;
Other chapter advisors include
C. O. Baker and Jimmy Lay.
Members of DeMolay are re
nrinded to attend the degree and
all Masons of the Athens area are
welcome to attend and witness
the local chapter’s presentation of
the DeMolay degree.
DeMolay is a Masonic~-sponsored
organization for young men be
tween the ages of 16 and 21. Both
the DeMolay and the Initiatory
degrees must be presented at least
once in every Master Councilor’s
administration. Annual events of
the chapter include the Christmas
Dance, paper sales with the Jay
cees, Mother’s Day Church Serv
ice and picnic, Father-Son Ban
quet, and Obligatory Sunday.
Free Basketball
Lecture Tonight
A free basketball clinic com
plete with demonstrations from
members of the Georgia basketball
team will be held tonight at 8 p.
m. in Woodruff hall, s
The public is invited free of
charge.
Chuck Taylor, a pro basektball
star; for 11 years and a.basketball
lecturer for 22, will conduct 'the
two - hour long demonstration.
Movies will be shown of three top
cage games of last year.
SAN FRANCISCO, Deec.
12. — (AP) — James G.
Smyth, ousted Northern Cal
ifornia federal tax collector,
and three others are accused
of tampering with income
tax returns to defraud the
government, as the climax
to a seven month grand jury
probe., e
San Francisco’s holdover
federal grand jury ended its
work yesterday by voting
the four indictments.
This didn’t mean the northern
California internal revenue shake
up was over. In Washington, At
torney General J. Howard Mec-
Grath said he is naming a special
assistant to handle income tax
cases here.
And the foreman of the outgoing
grand jury told the federal court
there were matters still under in
vestigation for the current jury to
act on. “Anything can happen in
the next few months,” he added.
Smyth, his former chief office
deputy, Paul V. Doyle, and his
chief field deputy, John J. Boland,
were charged jointly in one indict
ment with backdating income tax
returns, unlawfully extending tax
deadlines and removing office
records.,
Other Indictments
Three other indictments accused
Doyle and Lloyd J. Cosgrove,
prominent San Francisco lawyer,
of plotting to defraud the govern
ment of $38,664 by back-dating
three tax returns. ¥
Smyth, northern California
manager for the late President
Roosevelt in 1915,‘::1;: fired by
,gfigidgm Truman month for
ailure to manage his office
properly.”
He and nine other local buread
employes were ousted in a shake
up that began last September.
The case of another still is being
studied in Washington.
Smyth said he was amazed at
the indictments.
“I am quite confident,” he said,
“that by due process of law, I
and the other two employes of the
bureau will be completely vindi
cated.”
If convicted he would face a
maximum penalty of five years in
prison and a fine of SIO,OOO.
Cosgrove
Cosgrove was the Republican
opponent of Rep. John Shelley
(D.~Calif.) in 1949, when Shelley
won an unexpired congressional
term. Cosgrove's attorney, Joseph
Alioto, said it was his feeling that
“the grand jury was oper‘ting in
an atmosphere of mob ru\:” He
said he would file a motion to
quash the indictments on the
grounds the grand jury was tam
pered with and therefore incom
petent to aet.
The indictment against Smyth
and his former deputies listed 15
overt acts.
These included charges that
Smyth and Doyle conspired in
1947 to back-date Smyth’s and his
wife’s own 1945 tax returns to
make them appear to have been
filed on time.
Vet Building
Completion Set
ATLANTA, Dec. 12.— (AP) -~
The Van Winkle Construction Co.
of Atlanta was the apparent low
bidder to complete the Veterinary
School building in Athens.
The company turned in a low
bid of $376,361 on the project. Six
other bids were opened.
The State Board of Regents is
scheduled to award a contract on
the building in January.
BRITAIN TO PAY
LONDON, Dec. 12—(AP)—Bri
tain has decided to pay in full in~
stallments of capital and interest
due on the United States and
Canadian loans at the end of the
year, an informed government
source reported today.
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and continued rather
cold today, tonight and Thurs
day, becoming windy in the
afternoon. Low tonight 34; high
tomorrow 52. Sun sets 5:24 to
day and rises tomorrow 7:30.
GEORGIA—MostIy fair with
little change in temperature to
day, tonight and Thursday, be
coming rather windy in after
noon.
TEMPERATURE
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JOWeRE .. .. ... s iR
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00
'l.‘o;al. since Degember 1 ... 1.45
Deficit since Decentber 1.. .35
Average December rainfall. 4.59
Tota] since January 1 .. ..37.58
Deficit since January 1 ... 9.38
Western Powers
Glum Following
Vishinsky Talk
PARIS, Dec. 12 — (AP) — Rus
sia’s Andrel Y. Vishinsky said to
day that agreements reached dur
ing secret Big Four arms talks held
out hopes of still further agree
ment between East and West. But
the Western powers, in a joint
statement, said they were “rather
disappointed” in the tone of his
speech,
Vishinsky told the United Na
tions political committee that since
the Big Four had agreed to set up
a new disarmament commission
“it enhances our hopes” that the
rival camps could agree on other
issues also. 5
This was generally interpreted
to mean that Russia would take
part in the commission’s work
even if it is set up under Western
sponsored directives which the
Soviet Union opposes.
Moch Assertion
French delegate Jules Moch said
however, that Vishinsky showed
no tendency to budget from posi
tions which the West has declared
make Impossible agreement on
atomic control and disarmament.
These positions, as restated by
Vishinsky again today, call for an
immediate and unconditional pro
hibition of the atomic weapon, and
the reduction of armed forces by
flnfi'flflnfi during one year.
e g;es ‘Western powers are
holdin t for a step-by-step re
duction of armed forces, under
stringent international supervis
ion, which would include prohibi=
tion of atomic weapons after a
foolproof system of safeguards had
been set up. Lo ¢
Britain, France and fitw
States maintain that accepledice of
the Russian demand would leave
them defenseless against superior
Soviet man-power and conven
tional arms. ,
After the committee adjourned
until tomorrow, the three coun
tries issued a joint statement say~
ing:
“We were rather divqia‘gggmted
in the tone of Mr. sky's
speech. He did, however, recog
nize the work of the sub-commit
tee (Big Four) as useful and we
shall continue our attempts to en
large the areas of agreement. As
M. Moch pointed out, we wel
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Bank of Athens, has been appointed a member of the
Board of Directors of that institution to fill the vacancy on
the board created by the death of Ovid Bird, W. R. Antley,
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"Take It Or Leave If” Plan
Offered By U. N. Negofiators
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 12.— (AP) —Truce negotiators
advanced complete new plans today for exchanging fi
oners of war and supervising a Korean truce, But both ,
posals were headed for rejection. Kt
~ The Allies offered a “take
truce supervision. The Reds ¢
on prisoner exchange. ‘
Bloodmobile
Here Friday
The Red Cross Bloodbank
will be in Athens Friday from
11 a. m. so sp. m., and the Red
Cross is asking all Athenians
who will give a pint of blood
a 8 a Christmas present so the
men in combat in Korea.
The Bloodbank will be at the
Gilbert Memorial Infirmary on
the University of Georgia cam
pus. Additional information will
be given in Thursday's Banner-
Herald.
Egypt Considers
Recall Of Her
Envoy To Brifain
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 12—(AP)—
Acting Foreign Minister Ibrahim
Farag Pasha announced teday
Egypt is considering the recall of
her ambassador from London but
so far Ras reached no decision.
Cairo news: rs reported earl
ier that the cmfihafl eec?%o
bting home ambassador Abdel
Fattah Amr Pasha “as a protest
against British aggression in the
Suez canal zone.”
The same reports sald the ecabi
net last night also had decided to
“severely punish” Egyptians col
laborating with the British and to
'permit all eitizens to possess
arms. |
Farag told newsmen the foreign
ministry’s legal department is pre
‘paring a memorandum on diplo
matic relations with Britain and
“nothing has been decided pend
ing completion of this memoran
dum.”
Egypt has been threatening to
break off diplomatic relations with
Britain since the British Army de
stroyed a village outside Suez City
last &tu.;m to make way for a
military . Recall of the am
bassador would be a step short of
a complete cut in diplomatic ties.
A spokesman at the British em
bassy sald no information had
been received there on the re
ported withdrawal of Ambassador
Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha from
London.
“In London, officials at the
Egyptian embassy sald they ex
pected the recall order to an'ive!
some time today. Officials at the
British Foreign Office said. they |
had no notification of the reported
Egyptian action.
(Sources in London said if
Egypt does recall her ambassador,
Britain could be expected to take
similar action. Both embassies
then would be headed by charges
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Increasing business sometime
¢go make the expansion of the
yank staff necessary and Mr. Gil
ner became associated with the
ocal institution as executive vice
yresident last August, coming
iere from Rome where he was
issistant vice-president of The
National City Bank.
Mr. Gilmer became connected
with The National City Bank in
1925 and before then was associat
»d with the Exchange National
3ank in Rome, which was consoli
jated in 1925 with The National
~ity Bank.
He has had wide experience in
hanking, starting his career in the
bookeeping department. He was
transferred in 1927 to the loan and
discout department which post he
held until 1943 when he entered
the U, 8. Army, remaining in the
service until October of 1945 when
he returned to his former bank
ing post.
In Rome Mr. Gilmer was a
member of the Board of Stewards
»f First Methodist Church, was
mmediate past president of the
ixchange Club and was active in
various civic movements.
Since moving to Athens, Mr.
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BY ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
t or leave it"”’ compromise for
yme up with a five-point plan
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
spokesman for the U. N, command,
said the Communists proposed:
Red Proposals
1. All prisoners of war be re
leased by both sides.
2. Prisoners be released in
groups as quickly as possible after
the armistice, the sick and wound
ed first,
3. The exchange to be made at
Panmunjom, site of current truce
talks,
4. A joint Allied-Red team han~
dle the exchange under the mili
tary armistice commission.
5. The Reds would release pris
oner of war information when the
preceding four points were accept
ed.
A press dispatch from Panmun
jom said the Reds submitted their
offer after a strong statement
from Rear Adm. R. E. Libby, who
has been demanding immediate in
formation from the Reds om the
number of prisoners they hold,
and where.
Libby said the Communists
again refused these requests. They
also reused to invite the Interna
tlonal Red Cross to visit their
camps. o . :
“They wanted us to make a
blanket agreement first to release
all prisoners,” Libby said. o
The United Nations command
wants to exchange prisoners en a
man for man basis.
The Redg submitied their plan
Wednesday afternoon before nego
tiators adjourned until 11 a. m,
Thursday (9 p. m. Wednesday
Earlier, inm subcommit
tee meeting the U. N, offered its
package deal for !umvislns the
‘truce. In the background U. N.
artillery thundered dowmn on
neighbotin}s hills.
The U. N. offered to:
(1) Withdraw from some isiands
off North Korea and (2) agree to
neutral observer teams . . .
If the Reds would agree that:
(1) The teams will be under di
rection of a military armistice
commission, (2) the teams will
have freedom of movement
throughout Korea, (3) there can be
aerial reconnaissance, (QQ‘N
may be rotated and (2
no air field rehabilitation eor re-
The plan “eannot be accepled in
art,” Maj. Gen. Howard W.
g‘umcr told Hsiah., “You ecan
either accept it in its entirety or
reject in it its entirety.”
Turner called the offer “fair and
reasonable.” Hsieh snapped:
New Ideas?
“What new ideas do you have
to solve the differences which ex
ist between us?”
The Allied plan was submitted
in a seven point proposal which
for the first time tgundoml U. N
insistence on joint Allied-Red
teams to supervise the armistice,
and agreed to withdraw firom
“islands within the territorial wa
ters” of North Korea.
Turner said that means three
miles from shore. He said the U.
N. would keep the other islands it
holds off Red Korea,
Brig. Gen. Willlam P. Nuckols,
U. N. command spokesman, cailled
the plan a “completely new pro
posal which contained major com
promises and concessions.™
But, he said, “It is very obvious
that there is considerable differ
ence still remaining between fheir
stand and our stand even as modi
fied today.”
Asked if the Allied plan came
from Washington, where President
Truman has been holding high
level conferences, Nuckols said the
proposals “came from the United
Nations command. 'This is the of
ficial UNC document that was pre
pared in the apple orchard,” Al
lied truce headquarters im Mun
san.
Philippines Hit
By New Typhoons
MANILA, Dec. 12—(AP)—Two
typhoons closed in on the Philip
pines today as the death feil from
Monday’s storm skyrocketed to
209.
The Red Cross reported 139 dead
on Leyte Island alone.
The Weather Bureau reported
Monday’s storm, which blew across
the islands from the east, turned
on itself in the China gea today
and headed back toward the
islands. It was reported 230 miles
southwest of Manila and whirling
toward the city at ten miles an
hour.
The second storm was reported
less than 450 miles east and head
ed toward the eentral Phi!h#l.
Monday’s typhoon Ileft 000
homeless and caused da RO
officially estimated at m«n
President Elpidio Quirino pro
claimed a state of emergency
throughout the stricken area e
check spiraling prices.
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