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Local Plant To
Play “Sanfa”
For Employes
A few days ago “Christmas ar
rived at the big plant of Chicopee
Manufacturing Corporation, Ath
ens Division, and on December 18
ganta Claus Is going to pay an
other visit to employes of the com
pany.
Last week $38,553 was distri
buted to the employes from the
1951 voluntary Christmas savings
fund, money the employes had
caved during the year by request
ing that a certain sum be deducted
from their pay check each week,
to be returned to them in time for
Christmas.
On December 18 the company
itcelf is going to take over the role
of Santa Claus and distribute
Christmas presents among the em
ployes along with a “Merry Christ
mas” from the management, Gen
eral Manager D. D. Quillian an
nounced today.
Mr. Quillian said total payment
to the employes as a Christmas
present Is $9,809.80 and it will be
distributed in this manner:
One hundred eighteen hourly
employes with less than one year
of service on December 1, this
year, $12.74 gross, SIO.OO net.
Three hundred twenty-six hour
lv employes with “one or more
vears of service on December 1,
1051, $25.48 gross, $20.00 net.
The Christmas present from the
company to the employes will aug
ment the $38,553 distributed last
week to employes who had saved
that sum during the year by the
weekly Christ#as savings plan,
making a sizeable increase to
nearly $50,000 in the amount of
Christmas shopping money to be
turned loose in local stores and
places of business by Chicopee and
its workers.
Announcement of the Christmas
present to be distributed also said:
“The management wishes for each
of you and your family a very
Happy Christmas and the best of
everything during the New Year.”
Christmas Holidays
General Manager Quillian said
that the plant will close for the
Christmas holidays Friday, De
cember 21, at midnight and will
return to its regular schedule
Thursday, December 27, at 12:01
a. m.
Mr. Quillian also announced that
the application of the company to
put into effeet five employe bene
fits has -been approved by the
Wage Stabilization Board and that
these will become effective. De
cember 17. These are in connec
tion with jury duty, call in pay,
reporting pay, holiday policy and
military leave and National Guard
poliey.
In regard to jury duty, the com
pany said: “Serving on the Jury is
both en obligation and a privilege
of American citizenship. We want
to encourage our employes to
serve on the Jury when called. We
will try to arrange for you to ex
change shifts so that you can
serve on the jury and make your
time at the plant too. If it is not
possible to make your regular
hours in the plant the company
will pay the difference between
jury pay and what your earnings
would have been for that day.”
Star's Hushand
Held In Shoofing
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,, Dec.
14—(AP)—Film Star Joan Ben
nett's husband Walter ~Wanger,
who shot down a Hollywood agen,t
“because. he broke up my home,”
goes to court for arraignment to
da%'.
he victim, Jennings Lang, 39,
was felled last night by two bul
lets in a parking lot across the
street from the police station and
is in serious condition.
Miss Bennett, who was discuss
ing her plans for a television show
with Lang when the shooting
started, denied she was romantic~
ally interested in him.
Wanger, prominent film produc
er, was booked on suspicion of
assault with intent to commit
murder. Police said a formal com
plaint will be issued later today
charging either assault with in
tent to commit murder or assault
with a deadly weapon.
Lang underwent surgery lasting
an hour and a half last night. |
One .38 bullet penetrated his
groin and came ocut through the
rear of his left leg, Chief Ander
son said, quoting the surgeon, Dr.
Jea Pollack.
The other slug grazed his thigh
but didn’t break the skin.
A bullet ripped through the left
front fender of Miss Bennett’s
green Cadillac convertible. She
wzs sitting in the car.
Lang was standing by the car,
talking to her. He doubled over,
clutching at his abdomen.
Chief Anderson quoted Miss
Bennett as saying she told Wan
ger
“Get away and leave us alone.”
She told the police chief that
her relations with her agent were
burely business.
Sid Holtzman, manager of a
service station on the parking lot,
~~ave Lang to his doctor’s office
In Miss Bennett's car. She went
aiong. Lang was later removed to
a hospital.
Two policemen took 57-year-old
Wanger into custody on the park
ing lot,
GRUNEWALD iIN TBOUBLEP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14—(AP)
A tax lien for $51,157.71 was filed
today by the Internal Revenue
Bureau against Henry W. Grune
wald, mystery man of eurrent tax
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EX-CONVICT GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE—John R. (Fat)
Hardy, 44-year-old ex-convict (right), is shown being
taken into court in Atlanta, Ga., by an unidentified dep
uty. Hardy was sentenced to life yesterday after he was
convicted of murdering John W. Blount, one of the 38
victims of a mixture of moonshine, well water and
methyl (wood) alcohol, which Hardy concocted. Hardy
also faces four other murder indictments.— (AP Photo.)
Hardy Gets Life Term
In Bad Liquor Deaths
ATLANTA, Dec. 14— (AP) —Life in prison was the
sentence given bootlegger John R. (Fat) Hardy, convicted
of murder in connection with 38 poison liquor deaths.
The 360-pound ex-convict received the sentencing
calmly yesterday, but after he left the courtroom his eyes
filled with tears as he conferred briefly with his attorney,
J. B. McCurdy. Ba et i A
Christmas Carol
Service Planned
The University of Georgia Glee
Clubs and A Cappella Choir will
present their annual Christmas
Carol Service Sunday afternoon at
4:30 i the Fine-Arts Augditorium.
The public is invited.
Co-sponsor of the service again
this year is the University of
Georgia Religious Association.
Appearing on the program with
the Glee Clubhs will be the boys’
choirs from the Athens City
Schools.
The program, telling the story
of the birth of Christ, will be di
vided into five parts. Each section
will feature appropriate scripture
and carols.
The service will open with a
prelude to be followed by carols
telling of th® prophecy, the Mag
nificat, the nativity, the adoration
of the Magi, and the mystery of
the incarnation. o
Leighton Ballew, head of the
University’s drama department,
will read the scripture. Ernest
Edwards will be the pianist and
Nolee May Dunaway the organist.
A Brass Choir from the Univer
sity Orchestra will also have a
part on the program.
MIDWESTERN STORM
A huge storm brought high
winds and heavy snow to much
of the midwest today, making
highways hazardous and forcing
some schools to close.
Sleet and freezing rain in some
areas added to the transportation
hazards. The storm, centered
early today in Northeastern Okla
homa, was whistling eastward and
northward at a 40-mile an hour
clip.
High winds caused drifting.
Omaha, Nebr., had 10 inches of
snow this morning, and the fall
was expected to continue through
out the day. All Omaha schools
were closed, and travel in and
near the city was at a virtual
standstill except for main thor
oughfares.
Good Fellowship Fund
Father 111, Large
Family Needs Help
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald is publishing a series
of case histories of worthy fam
jlies 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
unto the least of these ye do it
unto me. Matt, 25:40.
Case No. Six: This family re
cently moved into town from the
country, so the mother could get &
job and aid her family and also
be near her husband who is ill in
the hospital. They have five chil=
dren — a daughter, 10; sons, 9, %
and 2, and & little baby boy 11
months old.
They feed everything. For fur
ther information call 131 and refer
to case No. Six.
Mrs. Leathers stated today that
through generous donations, Cases
One, Two and Three had heen
completely taken care of and that
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORCIA OVER A CENTURY,
McCurdy said he will ask for a
retrial.
Hardy was convicted of murder
ing John W. Blount, one of the
38 victims of a mixture of moon
shine, well water and methyl
(wood) alcohol. Hardy admitted
mixing the concoction but pleaded
he did not know methyl alohol
would kill people.
Under the sentence, made man
datory when the jury found him
guilty of murder and recommend
ed mercy, Hardy, 44, could be
paroled after serving seven years.,
But he has four other murder in
dictments pending and the State
Pardon and Parole Beard rarely
frees a man after the minimum
sentence under such circumstances.
Solicitor General Paul Webb
said he now will take action
against eight other persons invol
ved in the liquor deaths. He in
dicated most will be charged with
involuntary manslaughter but that
one or two may be accused of
murder.
Former Athenian,.
Mrs. Flesserman,
Passes In Miami
Athens friends will regret to
learn of the death of Mrs. Ben
Flesserman at Miami, Fla, last
Tuesday. Funeral services were
conducted in the Florida city yes
terday. :
Older residents will recall the
deceased as Miss Birdie Marks,
who was born and reared in Ath
ens at the old Marks home on Pu
laski street, which is now the SAE
house. She attained national fame
when, as a young woman, she par
ticipated in a motorcade from New
York to Miami, leading the field
among women drivers at a time
when there were comparatively
few automobiles and still fewer
women drivers.
Following her marriage to a
Hollander, Mrs. Flesserman resid
ed at The Hague, where her hus
band was a prominent merchant.
Returning to the states at the end
of World War 11, Mrs. Flesserman
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some aid had conre in for Case No.
Four. One of the merchants gave
the = 6-year-old daughter a new
pair of shoes, and some money
has been sent in to get clothes for
one of the younger children. Also,
some aid had been offered to Case
No. Five.
An appeal has come in for a nice
long warm coat suited for an el
derly, genteel lady. The need is
urgent,
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
to school. There are more than
one hundred of these worthy
hildren. They are the future cit
fié’rfi 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-
Jowship Fund, care of the Ban
ner-Herald, Athens, Ga.
ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1951.
Reds Charged With Stalling
On Truce Supervision lssue
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Box Score On Traffic Deaths
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—(AP)—Here {5 a box score on the approach
of the 1,000,000 th automokile death:
Death total as of last week—99B,loo,
Death total as of today—99B,9oo. -
Deaths short of one million—l4loo.
Expected date of millionth death—December 22.
The National Safety Council last week forecast December 21 as
the day of the millionth death would occur. The date was moved
back one day because of fewer traffic deaths during the first two
weeks of December than had been expected on the basis of sta
tistics.
The Council said the difference between the current total of
998,900 and last week’s 998,100 reepresents adjustments due te
delayed deaths from injuries suffered earlier, to delayed reporting
of deaths and to addition of deaths occurring the wiek of Decem=
ber 7 to 13.
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Republicans Demand
Cabinet Dismissals
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. — (AP) — Republicans met
President Truman’s assertion he is taking continued action
to clean up the government with demands today for cabi
net dismissals, a new congressional inquiry and a 1952
election test of the issue.
Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) expressed doubt last night that
the administration “can ever succeed in reforming itself.”
Taft, candidate for the Republican presidential nomina
tion, added in a Cincinnati press conference:
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ATLANTA, Dec. 14 — (AP) —
Death in the electric chair next
Monday faces Vester Mcßurnett,
43-year-old Floyd County tenant
farmer convicted of murder.
The State Pardon and Parole
Board yesterday refused to com=
mute his death sentence. The
board made its decision in spite
of statements from eight of the 12
jurors who convicted Mcßurnett,
saying they now Dbelieve their
verdict was too severe.
Mcßurnett is the father of six
children. He was convicted in Jan
uary, 1949, of killing George Hor
ace Williamon, 40, a crippled store
keeper, on December 24, 1948, Wil
liamon’s=store was located on the
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WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Cloudy and cool with inter
mittant rain today. Showers and
thunderstorms and not much
change in temperature tonight.
Cloudy, windy and turning
colder Saturday, with rain end
ing Saturday morning. Clearing
and much colder Saturday
night. Sunday fair and very
cold. Low tonight 42; high to
morrow 45. Sunday morning
low 25 or possibly lower. Sun
sets today 5:24, rises tomorrow
n:32.
GEORGIA—CIoudy and cool
with rain in north, partly cloudy
and mild with showers in south
portion this afternoon, cloudy
and mild with showers tonight,
showers ending Saturday, be
coming colder Saturday after
noon and much colder Saturday
night.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA — Temperatures
will average five to ten degrees
below normal, much colder Sat
urday night or Sunday and con
tinued cold through Wednesday,
rainfall heavy with showers to
night, ending Saturday morn
ing and rain again Sunday night
or Monday, total one half so one
inch.
TEMPERATURE
SOV ... siveßech wii A 8
Mean SAEE AN SRR e .'OO4B
NOreoal ... il veis w9B
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... .01
Total sinee December 1 ... 1.46
Deficit since December 1 .. .64
Average December rainfall. 4.59
Total since January 1 .. ..37.59
Deficit since January 1 ... 9.67
BY JACK BELL
“Nothing President Truman can
do now will prevent indignation of
the people at what has already oc
curred.”
In Chicago, the administration
thenfe was carried along in a
speech by Democratic National
Chairman Frank McKinney. He
said that where wrongdoing exists
it is being uncovered, rooted out
and punished by the Democrats.
Smathers Statement
And Senator Smathers (D-Fla)
said in a statement that the coun
try will emerge stronger and
healthier from a cleanup. He said
inquiries ought not to be allowed
to become “entirely political and
selfish.”
Senator Nixon (R-Calif) told a
reporter he regards Mr. Truman’s
declaration of yesterday that he
has been acting continuously to
keep the government clean as
“telling the country there will be
no cleanup.”
“A minimum program certainly
should call for firing Harry Vaug
han, Donald Dawson, Attorney
General McGrath and Secretary of
the Treasury Snyder,” Nixon said.
“Instead, the President appears
determined to keep them, so he
can rely on their advice in de
te;mi,ning what action he should
take.”
Vaughan, the President’s mili
tary aide, admitted accepting a
gift of seven home freezers. Daw
son denied he was linked to a
‘White House ring which sought to
influence RFC loans, McGrath and
Snyder have official responsibili
ties in connection with tax collec
tion scandals now being aired in a
house hearing.
Senator Wiley (R-Wis) an
nounced in a statement he will
introduce a resolution for an in
vestogation of the office of alien
property custodian, which he call
ed “a channel for distribution of
plums and patronage.”
“There is a clear relationship
between (A) riders of the gravy
train and (B) heavy contributors
and fund-raisers of the Democratic
party,” Wiley declared.
Ives Assertion
Senator Ives (R-NY) told a re
porter that if Mr. Truman believes
the controversy over the scandals
which have been bared will die
down before next November’s
Presidential election, he is mis
taken.
“The country is disillusioned and
shocked by the continued revela
tions of corruption in the federal
government,” Ives declared. “A
change in party administration is
imperative if the American people
are not to lose faith in all govern
ment.”
McKinney told a Democratic
dinner in Chicago last night that
the Republicans “in their frenzied
secramble for power” are “resort
ing to tactics which are under
mining confidence in government.”
“As a patriotic American—and
as a Democrat—l condemn the ac
tions of those Republicans—in=
cluding newspaper publishers —
who belittle every constructive
thing accomplished by the govern
ment of ‘the greatest nation on
earth,” he declared.
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Foe Proffers
Limifed POW
Rotation Plan
BY ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 14.
— (AP) — The Reds flatly
refused today to lift the cur
tain of secrecy surrounding
their prison camps, but said
they would okeh the rota
tion of 5,000 troops a month
if the Allies accept other
Communist terms fgr en
forcing a Korean truce.
The limited rotation plan
was part of a new six-point
Communist proposal which
made little impression on
Allied negotiators.
An ofifcial U. N. communique
made no mention of rotation and
said the proposal showed “little
significant departure from the un
acceptable proposal of Dec. 8.”
In Stockholm, the Swedish For
eign Office said the U. 8. had
asked if Sweden would join a
neutral inspection commission to
help police a Korean truce. It
said Sweden has made no decision,
Negotiators have not agreed on
how an armistice would be en
forced. The Allies have indicated
they might accept a Communist
proposal to use representatives of
neutral nations for behind-the
lines inspections.
Red Rejection o
Red delegates said international
Red Cross inspection of Commu~
nist prison camps was “out of the
question.”
They again refused to turn over
lists of Allied prisoners unless the
U. N. command first accex the
Communist idea of exchanginf all
prisoners. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby
wanted to know why. He asked:
“Is it because your list contains
just a handful of names and you
are ashamed to give it to us?”
The Reds complained the great
majority of prisoners.held by the
U. N. would not be returned if an
exchange were made on a man
for-man basis as the Allies want,
A TU. N. spokesman called the
Communist’s remark a slip.
A U. N. Command broadcast
from Tokyo to XKorea again
charged that the Red secrecy con
cerning prisoners was “blackmail”
to win their armistice demands.
Brig. Gen, William P. Nuckols,
offiical Allied spokesman, said the
rotation of 5,000 troops a month,
as proposed by the Communists,
would be well below the current
American rotation level.
He said that while the new Red
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John Service Qusted
By State Department
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 —(AP)
— John Stewart Service, long a
controversial figure in American
diplomacy and a target of pro-
Communism charges, was fired by
the State Department last night.
The department acted after the
government’s highest loyalty re
view board ruled there was a
“reasonable doubt” as to his loyal=
ty.
The ruling, dating back to the
famous “Amerasia” case of 1945,
was based on his having given
secret documents at that time to a
magazine editor whom he sus
pected of Communist leanings or
connections.
Board Action
In reaching its decision, the Re=
view Board reversed a finding of
a state department’s own loyalty
security board which had been
favorable to Service on the basis
of the same evidence.
A State Department announce
ment of the dismissal, which be
comes effective at the close of
business today, expressed no
agreement with the Review
Board's conclusion. It made clear
that the department had no choice
in the matter in view of that con
clusion.
Service himself labeled the ac
flon as “a shock, a surprise, an
injustice” and said that on the
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
Cuts In Civilian
Production Slated
Mobilizer Wilson Predicts More
Guns, Less Butter From Now On
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.— (AP) —Production of eivil
ian items such as automobiles and refrigerators which are
made largely of critical metals will be cut sharply in 1952
because of expanding military output.
That was the emphatic warning of the nation’s tor mo=
bilization chiefs yesterday. Defense Mobilizer Charles E.
Wilson put it this way:
“From now on, during 1952, there will be more guns and
much less butter.”
Yuletide Buying
Is Nearing Peak
In Local Stores
BY BUNNIE COX
Are you one of those late shop
pers?
Well, you had better get busy as
there are only eight shopping days
left and the Athens merchants
really have attractive gifts. And
while these gifts are there today,
they may be gone tomorrow, so if
you see a gift suited to one of the
persons on your list, get it today.
The " displays and Christmas
decorations in the stores are in
deed attractive and the Toylands
are dreamiands for the children.
Santa Claus and his helpers have
really been busy. For girls there
are almost everything a house
wife could desire, from kitchen
equipment to beautifully dressed
dolls, For the boys there are spurs
that jingle-jangle-jingle, and all
the trimmings, to ten gallon hats
like a real cowboys; games and
interesting books that will enter
tain the older children. What was
Santa Claus thinking about? Whay,
the dreams of little children, of
course,
There are worlds of interesting
gifts for the adults also, from pots
and pans to handsome clothes;
also gifts that suit the basement
playroom or the Christmas din
ner table. Don’t delay your shop
ping and have to get in the last
minute rush.
And one more thing—you will
find the clerks ccurtecus and
helpful with the suggestions they
have to offer for gifts.
Vet Sentenced
To Die In Chair
ATLANTA, Dec. 14—(AP)—A
41-year-old Air Force veteran
who predicted he would “burn”
for the slaying of his wife has
been sentenced to die in the elec
trie chair January 25.
John D. Bailey, 41, Bmyrna, Ga.,
automobile mechanic, was sen
tenced yesterday by Fulton Su
erior Court Judge Virlyn g‘
Moore. A jury deliberated only 30
minutes before returning the con
viction. There was no recommen
dation for mercy, making the
death penalty nrandatory.
Judge Moore set December 18
as the date for a hearing on de
fensle counsel’s motion for a new
trial.
basis of his record there could be
no doubt of his loyalty. He and
his attorney, Charles E. Rhetts,
were understood to be considering
whether the case, which has now
run the full course of government
proc:dures, might be taken into
court.
The Amerasia case developed
more than six years ago. The mag
azine “Amerasia” was edited by
Philip C. Jafee of New York whi
became accquainted with Service
after the diplomat returned home
from one of his tours of duty in
China.
Documents Found
Subsequently a number of classi
fied government documents, chie=
fly from the state and navy de
partments, were found in the
Amerasia offices. Jafee, service
and four other persons were ar
rested on charges of conspiracy to
commit espionage.
Jafee and two others were in
dicted on a lesser charge—con
spiracy to remove government
documents illegally. The editor
g‘l)%aded guilty and was fined $2,-
But the other three persons, in
cluding Service, appeared before
the grand jury and it refused to
indict them. The diplomat then
was re-instated in the foreign ser
vice from which he had been sus
pended.
HOME
EDITION
BY JOE HALL
Wilson told the National Press
Club that manufacturers of eivil
ian goods will get only about 50
per cent of their usual aniounts of
three critical metals—steel, copper
and aluminum—in the #irst quar
ter of next year.
And Manly Fleischmann, De~
sense Production Administrator
and a principal Wilson aide, dis
closed at the same time that “sub
stantial” additional ecutbacks in
metal guotas must be made in
April, May and June.
Demand Boosis
Fleischmann explained that mil
itary officials have made big boosts
in their demands for strategic me
tals in the second 1952 quarter.
The DPA head said he did not
look for much Increase in unem
ployment on a national scale be
cause of the civilian cutbacks but
agreed there would be more job
less in some areas, o
He cited Detroit and New Eng
land particularly, There already
have been sharp protests from
members of Congress in both these
sectors about growing unemploy
ment.
Wilson wused the Press Club
speech for a defense of the mo
bilization program,
He declared production of new
jet planes “exceeds by many,
many times” the number of alf
kinds of planes lost in Korea. The
Air Force has announced that air
craft losses of the United Nations
forces total nearly 900; most of
these were American.
The delivery figures on jets “by
no means reflect the progress we
have made,” Wilson said. Many
new planes have been built but
are undelivered because of “minor
adjustments,” he added. @
"“'cß'riiih’e‘i{t'ihgmofiv”(}amtol Hill
charges that some military
had not been met, the Dfi
Mobilizer said “the kind of sche
dule we have failed to meet is the
pious hope kind”
Wilson Assertion
Wilson said that a year ago, in
determining the pace of mobiliza
tion, “we gambled against the pos
sibility of an immediate world
war.
~ “Let’s say the chances of such a
war were 50-50. Now, the chances
may have changed to 60-40 against
war, In another year, in twe
years, the odds against war will
continue to drop as our power ine
creases.”
Wilson had some scornful words
for Washington “dope sheets”
which he said had reported “that
we are going to lora‘f our wage
control policies in order to avert
strikes in key industries.”
“l can say,” he asserted, “that
we must and will maintain wage
control to prevent a :fiird of
wage-price inflation which would
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3 U. N. Planes
SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 14.—(AP)
—Red anti-aircraft guns shot
down three Allied planes today
while MIG-killing Anrerican Sa
bre jets destroyed one Communist
jet and damaged three.
- The U. S. Fifth Air Force said
all the Sabres returned safely
ifrom their two jet fights over
northwest Korea.
So did two reconnaissance F-80
Shooting Stars that were jumped
by six Red MIG-15s near the
North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
The F-80s outmaneuvered and
outflew the Red pilots in the much
faster MIGs.
In unrelated actions Red flak
brought down a Shooting Star, an
F-84 Thunderjet and an F-51
Mustang. All three fell in Com
munist territory.
Fifth Air Force planes flew 663
sortizs up to 6 p. m., chopping up
Communist transport lines.
Friday’s two jet battles came
less than 24 hours after the Am
erican Sabre pilots scored their
greatest all jet victory—lß Red
jets downed,™ two probably de
stroyed and one damaged. :
In a 25 minute battle Friday
morning between 48 Sabres and
more than 100 MIGs, one Red jet
was shot down and two w
Another Red was damaged in &h
afternoon scrap. st
The Friday morning flash of
getion emp{nsized the current
leading role of the air in the Ke
rean war.