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Vol. CXIX, No. 294.
More Crippling
Weather Lashes
Parts Of Nation
_By The Associated Press
More crippling weather in the
form of snow, rain, sleet and cold
hit wide areas of the country to
day.
Fresh snow and cold struck the
snow~-covered and chilled mid
continent.
Heavy rain and winds of gale
force swept over much of the
Eastern States and into parts of
the South,
Transportation in hundreds of
cities was disrupted after nearly
a week of near record snowfalls.
Severe wintry weather has hit
areas from the Pacific Northwest
to the Atlantie Seaboard for a
week—and the winter season does
not start officially until tomorrow.
The stormy, frigid weather of
the last week has caused 249
deaths.
In South Dakota, hit by bliz
zards almost daily for more than
two weeks, Gov. Sigurd Anderson
considered calling for Federal aid.
Chicago Problems
Chicago, with more snow this
season than for a normal winter
of four monthks, was battling a
serious transportation problem.
Similar situations were repcrted
in a number of midwestern cities. .
In Washington, hit by heavy
snow and ice, District of Columbia
Commissioners banned all cars
ithout skid chains or snow tires
#rom operating along 150 miles of
heavily-traveled streets.
Two vigorous storm centers
were reported by the U. S. Weath
er Bureau today, one in the vicin
ity of Chicago, the second near
New York city.. The storms
brought rain and snow over wide
areas from the Mississippi Valley
eastward to the Atlantic Coast.
Snow fell in much of the Great
Lakes Region and the Upper Miss
issippi Valley and in northern New
England.
Rain pelted areas to the south
and east, with heavy falls in the
middle Atlantic States, and in
some sections of the Atlantic Sea
board. Southeast winds of nearly
40 miles an hour, with gusts of
sale force, were reported in New
York City.
Temperatures rose in the rain
belt. In New York it was 53 early
today, a climb of more than 30
degrees in 24 hours.
Northern Plains
But there were sub-zero read
ings again today in the Northern
Plains, with a low of 26 below at
Bismark, N. D., and -22 at Miles
City, Mont.
The sub-zero blasts moved east
ward and a cold wave was pre
dicted for most of the North Cen
tral Region tonight and tomorrow.
The eold weather also extended
into the Oklahoma-Texas Panhan
dle, with temperatures dropping
to near zero early today in some
areas. It was near zero in Kansas
City.
Snow in Northern New England
turned to freezing rain during the
early morning and ral was fore
cast for much of New England
during the day.
Snow, cold and freezing mist
was weather’s attack on wide
areas of Kansas, Missouri and
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Mrs. J. L. Downs
Taken By Deafh
Mrs. Hattie Maxey Downs, one
of Oconee county’s most prominent
and beloved women, died at her
home in Watkinsville this morn
ing at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Downs was
83 years old and had been in fail
ing health for several months.
Services are to be conducted
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from Watkinsville Methodist
Church with the pastor, Rev. Mar
ion Conway, Rev. Dan Joiner, pas
tor of Watkinsville Christian
Church, and Rev. J. S. Hayes, pas
tor of © Watkinsville Baptist
Church, officiating.
The body will lie in state in the
church from one o’clock until the
hour for the services.
Interment will follow in John
son’s Cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be Albert El
der, Roy Crowiey, Ferdinand
Johnson, Elmer Weatherford, C.
G. Hardigree and W. B. Hale.
Surviving Mrs. Downs are two
daughters, Miss Eula Downs of
Watkinsville, and Miss Katie
Downs of Watkinsville and Car
rollton; five sons, Edwards Downs,
Athens, Alva C, Dcwns, Monroe
and L. Warren (Spec) Downs,
Horvey O. Downs and Hussey
Downs, all of Watkinsville; three
sistars, Mrs. Sallie Hillsman, Wat
kinsville; Mrs. Kittle Thacker,
Turnervile, Ga., and Mrs. Nell
Smith, Athens; seven grandchil
dren and three greai-grandchil
dren.
A native of Oconee county, Mrs,
Downs had been a resident of
Watkinsville all of her life. She
was a member of one of its most
prominent families and her mar
riaga united family lines that have
long been outstanding in this sec
ticn. She was the widow of J. L.
Downs, who preceded her in death
in 1926,
She was a member of Watkins
ville Methodist Church and for a
long period of years was a de
voted worker in all of its endeav
ors, her activities being curtailed
only a short time ago when her
health made it necessary.
One of Watkinsville's most
highly respected citizens, she had
a legion of friends there and
throughout this section to whom
her death was a source of deep
sadness,
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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SEEK TO HEAD OFF STEEL STRIKE—
John A. Stephens (left), vice-president
of U. 8. Steel; Federal Mediator Cyrus
Ching (center), and Philip Murray, CIO
Traditional Joy Will Be Lacking
In Many Homes This Yule Season
Prizes Awarded
On Stalin’s
llnd Birthday
MOSCOW, Dec. 21 — (AP) —
Joseph Vissarionovich Djugash
vili—better known as General
issimo Joseph Stalin, Prime Min
ister of the Soviet Union—became
72 years old today.
Little fanfare marked the day.
But the press observed it with an
nouncement the award of Stalin
prizes for “strengthening peace.”
MThe six winners announced are
British nalvgealisf; na Seghers, a
Germen novelist; Pietro Nenni,
leader of the pro-Communist fac~
tion of the Italian Socialist party;
George Amadu, a Brazilian author;
Kuo Mo-Ko, - president of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, and
Ikuo Oyama, Japanese professor.
Prizes to each are a gold medal,
1000,000 Rubles (equal of $25,000
at the Russian official exchange
rate), and world recognition as
favored stalwarts of Communism,
No great fuss has been made
over Stalin’s birthday since he was
70, a decade brithday that called
forth great celebrations throughout
the Red world.
Stalin was presumed to be
spending his birthday at his desk,
behind the thick walls of the
Kermlin.
His health was described here as
satisfactory for a man of his age.
Observers outside the Soviet
Union have noted his recent public
appearances have been fleeting,
and that the Soviet press has been
Fublishing old photos showing him
n glowing gealth, instead of
newer ones which might show him
to be failing. He has been re
ported ill several times since the
war, and scraps of information
indicate his health is poor. He is
said to puff at the slightest exer
tion. Medical circles indicate he
hay have some kind of heart dis
ease,
Since that war he has taken an
annual autumn holiday in the war
mth of southern Russia, usually
returning by his brithday. No
public announcement of a holiday
hag been made this year, but he
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy and mild today
followed by clearing and turn
ing much colder late this after
noon and tonight. Saturday, fair
and cold. Low expected tonighi
20-24; high tomorrow 36. Sun
day low 20. Sun sets today 5:27
and rises tomorrow 7:35.
G E O R G IA — Consider
able cloudiness and turning
colder over north and west por
tions this afierncon. Clearing
and much colder tonight with
low temperatures 16-22 in ex
treme north, 18-24 in central
section, and 28-35 in extreme
south portion. Saturday, fair
and continued coid.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA - Temperatures
averaging 4 to 8 degrees below
normal during the period. Much
colder tonight and Saturday
and coniinued cold Sunday.
Warmer Morday and Tuesday.
One-half inch rain likely about
Monday or Tuesday. Normal
maximums 50 in north Georgia
to 60 in south Georgia, Normal
minimums 32 in north Georgia
to 40 in south Georgia.
TEMPERATURE
Highest .... <ice covp oo 46
Lowest .... «i.. sios g
MeAN .ves avas sser sose sin el
Nobmidl .. L hes
RAINFALL .
Inches last 24 hours .. ... 2.00
Total since December 1 ... 5.63
Excess sinpe December 1 .. 2.48
Average December rainfall 4.59
Total since January 1 .. . 41.76
Deficit since January 1 ... 6.55
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORCIA OVER A CENTURY.
Steelworkers chief, confer in Washington
before the start of conferences in an
attempt to head off an industry-wide
strike threatened for December 31.
By The Associated Press
Carolers will sing and tinsel will
glisten on Christmas next Tuesday
as in years past, but in thousands
of American homes the season’s
traditional joy will be lacking.
Cheery candles in the windows
of many a dwelling will obscure
the fact that the family inside is
thinking of a son or husbang risk
ing death in distant Korea.
The uncertainty turned to thank
ful joy in some homes this week
with word that a missing loved
one was reported alive—in an
enemy prison camp, but alive.
But in an even greater number,
the name of a loved one overseas
remained on the list of missing.
Thus the season emphasized,
perhaps to a greater degree than
usual, family ties and the homes.
President Truman intends to
follow his custom of flying to his
family home in Independence, Mo.,
on Monday to have C_hristn’ml't‘
ner there with his wife and daugh
ter, Margaret. “
From Independence, the presi
dent will press a button Christ
mas eve to light a tree on the lawn
of the White House in Washing
ton. He will broadcast a Christ
mas message at the same time.
Across the nation, travelers
headed for home wherever it was,
A substantial segment of the
travelers were in uniform, on
leave from training camps in the
United States. They didn’t know
when they would spend another
Christmas with their families.
The scene was the same, in
varying degrees, from coast to
coast — trains, buses, airplanes
filled to capacity.
In New York, the Pennsylvania
Railroad said it was running 150
extra trains over the holiday
weekend.
The Greyhound Bus Line sent
132 buses to Washington and other
southern points yesterday, com
pared with a normal 33.
Churches across the country will
have their usual Christmas serv
ices.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sher
rill, presiding bishop of the Epis
copal Church and president of the
National Council of the Churches
of Christ in the United States of
America, called on his annual mes
sage for “Fellowship in Church”
for a true Christmas. £
Midnight mass at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York will be
beamed on two television networks
(NBC and ABC), but Francis Car
dinal Spellman will not be present.
He has left for Korea to spend
Christmas with the fighting men.
Some troops were being rotated
home from Korea. For those who
remained, and for American serv
icemen elsewhere in the world, the
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Stegeman Heads
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Hosnital Medics
On Wednesday evening election
of officers was held for the Medi
cal Staff of the Athens General
Hospital. The hospital entertained
the doctors at a Christmas dinner.
The new officers include Dr.
John Stegeman, president; Dr, R.
H. Randolph, vice-president, Dr.
Paul Keller, secretary-treasurer,
The Executive committee in
cludes Dr. R. H. Randolph, Dr.
John McPherson, and Dr. J B
Neighbors. :
Dr. John McPherson is the out
going president.
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ATHENS, CA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1951,
Lach Lamar Cobb
Dies Thursday
In Los Angeles
Zach Lamar Cobb, brother of
Mrs. Sara Cobb Baxter and Judge
Carlisle Cobb of this city, and
Miss Caroclyn Cobb of Atlanta,
died yesterday in Los Angeles,
Calif., where he had resided for
many years, Burial will be in Los
Angeles.
Mr. Cobb was born January 26,
1880, the son of Howell and Mary
McKinley Cobb, grandson of How
ell and Mary &}Lamar Cobb,
and Patience Barrow: McKinley.
He was a member of family lines
for generations prominent and in
fluential in the affairs of Athens,
this state, the South, and nation.
A native of Athens, Mr. Cobb
attended loeal schools and entered
the University of Georgia in 1895
at the age of 15 years. He was a
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
social fraternity and was president
of the Phi Kappa Literary So
ciety. A leader in scholastic lines,
Mr. Cobb early showed ihe brii=
liance that was to carry him far
in the world in later years.
Champion Debater
He took part in many lines of
activities during his days at the
University and generally excelled
in whatever he engaged in. He
was a champion debater and won
a first prize for an essay on Geor
gia. He was also a member of the
Intercollegiate ' Debating Team
and captured additional laurels in
this broader field. He had few, if
any peers, as an orator, a talent
that was to bring him rich rewards
in the practice of shis chosen pro
fession of law.
He received his Bachelor of
Law degree in 1899 and at the
age of 19 opened his law office
here. He served as a member of
the Clarke County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee and evinced a
keen perception in the field of
politics, a factor that made him
very influential in his later years
in California,
From Athens Mr., Cobb went to
El Paso, Texas, to practice law
and while there married Miss
Wilma Lindley, of Houston, Texas,
who survives him. ™
While in El Paso, he was ap~
pointed by President Woodrow
Wilsonn as United States Collector
of Customs in that city, and was
later reappointed to the same
post. :
To Larger Field
The Cobbs later moved to a
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Stores Open Tonight,
Catdav T 9P M
Christmas shopping went ifito
the home sire.ch today and with
stores remaining ogen until nine
o‘clock tonight and Saturday night:
and Monday beng an “exira™
shopping day, local merchants fear
it is possible that the Yuletide
geason buri-ass will top ell past
records,
The Chrisimas. season buying
sterted oft with & bang and kept
a consistently hlsh mark which
was temperec only slightly by the
two-day ice storm. As one mer
chant put it. “People are going to
zhg for Chrisimas, ice or no ice.”
. However, with the ice gone and
colder weather- on the way with
the promise of bringing clearing
skies with % is more than likely
that the “last minute rush” is
going to be geater than at any
previous Christmas. =
The alreacy ' large crowds
thronging to the stores will be
augmen'~? as the city public
schools, + . ¢ i-missed for .the
holiday o eon gt Tl pom:
and the | . will be making
Allies Demand That Reds
Account For All UN POWs
PLEASE
MR. AND MRS.
SUBSCRIBER
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75 before 11 o'clodk
and we will cheerfully
send you a paper. The
office remains open for
that specific purpose
until 11 o’clock. After
that hour, the office is
closed.
—The Management.
City Approaches
Normal Affer
Heavy Ice Storm
Athens wag returning to normal
conditions today after staggering
under its worst ice storm in sev
eral years Thursday,
Trees in all parts of the city
were snapped by the weight of the
ice, as were power lines and tele
phone lines.
W. O. McDowell, district man
ager of Southern Bell Telephone
Company, sald some 300 telephones
were knocked out by the storm in
Athens and that 75 of these had
been restored by -noon teday and
the company expected normal
service to be restored by the end
of the day. Toll gervices was also
greatly reduced.
Clifford G. Scrutchih, head of
the Georgia Power Company re
pair department, reported that
wires were down in the south-
W pfl%fi‘. town and outside
‘of town on _‘a%ide, in addi
tion to a number in the city. There
were approximately 35 breaks in
the lines, numem?s ones being
snapped on Milledge Avenue
where trees, overburdened with
ice, fell across them. Mr. Scrut
chins said auxiliary repair crews
from Augusta, Columbus and At
lanta were called in to help speed
up the work of restoring service.
Firé Chief W. C. Thompson and
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—
—(AP)—The gavernment today
exempted canned fried worms
frora price control.
An OPS order gave no hint
who does what with fried
vorms or how much they cost—
S’t it said it m found their
price has a—tr g—or—insig
nificant — effect on the cost of
living.
There were ditto orders for
erepe suzettes, walnut sauce and
canned rattlesnake meat among
other things. =
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r;w nighgocflm to be followed
a day in. @ NEA
a bee-line to get their Christmas
shopping com,fited.
As %mdifitflefid of tge Ruging
spree g indul, in by Athen
ians, Posmmnison Stone this
morning said that between 15,000
and 20,000 packages, an all-time
high record, have been mailed at
the local Peg_&fice. This week
| alone therme been 493,000
' stamp cancellations—another re
' cord, Postmaster Stone augmented
| the regular ;i#al force with 34
| extra men and, as a result, things
| moved swif&}: in the big white
{ marble bu ling. This morning
Postruaster Stone expressed his
thanks to th@ press and radio for
aiding in geiting citizens to mail
early. “Thanks to that coopera
ftion, the C as rush, so far
|as it concerps the Post Office, is
just about over,” he said.
| For the gonvenience of Athen
iians working late hours and for
out-of-town' shoppers, the stores
?tonight ang Saturday night are
.remaining b:pemuntil nine o’clock
sand will ‘beé epen during regular
| hours Monday.
UN Trucemen Offer To Give Up
BY ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 21.— (AP) —The Allies today
demanded the Reds account for more than 1,000 Ameri
can and other missing U. N. soldiers and “an unbelievabie
number” of South Koreans not listed as prisoners of war.
The demand was made in a stiffly worded note. It was
handed to a Red liaison officer in Panmunjom shortly after
General Matthew B. Ridgway appealed to Communist
chieftains to open the gates of North Korean prison camps
to the International Red Cross.
Deparfment Of
Defense Speeds
Prisoner Check
| By JOE HALL
) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 —(AP)
— The Defense Department has
less than 200 glad tidings messages
still to send out to families of
American prisoners of war in Ko
‘rea, but a glimmer of hope re
'mains for those who will not get
one, .
The Pentagon announced last
night it had sent telegrams to next
of kin of 3,006 of the 3,198 men
whose names were furnished by
the Communists in Korea Tues
day.
At the same time, however,
radio in the Red Chinese capital
at Peiping continued to broadcast
purported greetings from Allied
prisoners to their home folks.
Some names in.the broadcast were
not on the lists handed over at
1 truce negotiations.
It was recalled, too, that Rus
sia’s United Nations delegate,
Jacob Malik, several months ago
produced a peace appeal he said
was from Americans captured in
the Korean fighting. There were
37 legible signatures and 27 of
these nemes did not-4urn up~on
Tuesday’s list.
Names Unchecked
The 192 names out of 3,198 re
maining to be tracked down at the
Pentagon presented speecial pro
blems, mostly some confusion of
identity, Millitary officials were
unable to say exactly how long it
would take to complete checking
on these,
The bulk of the work ig fitting
the names to next of kin, home
towns and street addresses was
cleaned up In one 38-hour spurt
at the sprawling building which
houses defense headquarters here.
It began Tuesday night extended
through all of Wednesday and
through the early morning hours
to about dawn yesterday.
So far, military officials find
the Communist-supplied list jibes,
for the most part, with decords
here. There were few dischPan
cies and most of these were clear
ed up by extensive checking.
But this was little consolation
for the 7,853 families of missing
men whose names were not on the
list. For them, the Christmas
season was bleaker than ever,
aside from the faint hopes stirred
by such Communist gestures as the
Peiping broadcasts and the Malik
document,
Confusions
About 20 names on the Com-’
munist POW list appeared to be‘
those of American soldiers pre
viously reported as killed in ac~-
tion. But some all were being in
vestigated closely by military au
thorities.
In North Carolina, a tiny blonde
bride faced a heart-rending dilem=
ma after learning she may have
two husband
Mrs. Agnes Dixon Sasser found
the name and correct serial num
ber of her first husband, Walter
Dixon, on the list although she
had been notified .officially last
May he had been killed. She had
collected his SIO,OOO GI insurance.
The POW list came out only a |
few days after she and Pfc Wil- |
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Courthouse Door
Has Yule Decor
With most of the Athens homes
blossoming out withh Christmas
decorations, Mrs. Ruby Hartman,
Clarke County Ordinary, and Mrs.
Mary Smith, Home Demonstra
tion Agent, at the suggestion of
County Commissioners, decided
this week that the County Court«
house could do with some bright
ening up for the yuletide season.
Tntering into the spirit of door
decorating which is being sngn
sored this year by the Athens
Garden Club Couneil, Mrs. Hart
man and Mrs. Smith festocned the
entrance of the courthouse with
seasonal trimmings featuring
bright red bows, greenery, and
Christmas wreaths.
The Courthouse presents one of
the prettiest sights to be found in
Athens with itg bright and taste
ful array of “holiday colors.”
Passers-by have made many fav
orable comments about the deco
rations since they were put up and
were especially delighted by the
combination of Christmas decora
“ions and the ice, tags which have
been hanging from ‘the eaves for
the past two days.
Read Dally by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Ares
These developments came as the
Allies offered to give up all is
lands off the North Korean coast
in a move to hasten agreement on
an armistice.
The Allied note denranded a
complete explanation of “wide
discrepancies” between the num
ber of Allied prisoners listed by
the Communists and the number
the Allies assert the Reds may
hold.
The note did not reject the Red
list of 11,559 prisoners.
The Reds handed over that list
Tuesday.
The U. N. note today said “more
than 1,000 of the U. N. personnel
named as POW’s” in earlier
broadcasts by Communist radios
“are missing from the roster sub
mitted” Tuesday.
New Names
Other new namres have been
used since then on Red China’s
official Peiping radio. They were
broadcast with purported Christ
mas greetings from Allied prison
ers to the folks at home.
The official roster named 8,198
Americans, 1,219 other U. N. sol
diers and 7,142 South Koreans.
The Allies said they hold 132,472
Chinese and North Korean pris
oners.
Friday’s U. N, note did not say
how many of the unaccounted for
1,000 were Americans.
The truce subcommittee on ex
change of prisoners will meet
Saturday for the first time since
Tuesday. The question of what
happened to the missing men un
doubtedly will be the key to that
session.«
The Allied offer to withdraw
from all coastal islands was made
by staff officers to another armis
tice subcommittee Friday. A U. N.
spokesman called it a major con
cession.
l “We are returning without re
conrpense, all islands formerly
held by the Communists,” said
Brig. General William P. Nuck=-
ols. “We are giving tangible evi
‘denee of our willingness to com
promise. The reimbursement will
be the Communists’ willingness to
compromise.”
The staff officers are working
on the problem of how to super
vise an armistice. They were call
ed in by the subcomurittee late
Thursday in an attempt to break
a deadlock before the provisional
cease-fire line agreement expires
next Thursday — only six days
away. ’
, Staff Session e
The staff officers scheduled an~
other session in Panmunjom for
10 a. m. Saturday (8 p. m., EST,
Friday). Both the subcommittees
on supervising the truce and ex
changing prisoners meet at 11
a. m. |
General Ridgway appealed by
radio to North Korean General
Kim I 1 Sung and Chinese General
Peng Teh-Huai to allow Red
Cross representatives to visit Red
prison camps.
“With no other considerations
in mind than the welfare of these
nven and the distress of their fam
ilies,” Ridgway said, “I earnestly
request that you secure immediate
authorization for the entrance of
fully accredited representatives of
the International Committee of the
Red Cross who now are standing
by ready to provide you with their
assistance.” :
Two Red Cross representatives,
Dr. Otto Lehner and Dr. Fred
erick Bieri, are in Tokyo awaiting
permission to enter North Korea,
Six other delegates are due from
Geneva Christmas Day.
Red Cross officials in Tokyo
said 11,000 food parcels are stored
in a Yokohama warehouse ready
to be flown to prisoners. Some of
the packages contain special foods
for men suffering from malnutri
tion. Medical kits containing all
drugs which might be needed by
the prisoners also are ready for
distribution.
Good Fellowship Fund
Widow, Five Children
Need Winter Clothing
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ban
ner-Herald is publishing a series
of case histories of weorthy fam
flies 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. 12 is a widow with five
children. The girls are 12, 10, and
9 and the two boys are 7 and 4
years of age. The widow has a
small income, but it is not enough
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FRONT LINE TROOPS
Cardinal Spellman is sbhown
at a press conference im San
Francisco &8s he arrived from
New York enroute so Rores
where he will say Christmas
Mass for the front line troeps.
He is shown fingering the Pope’s
Cross which was given him by
the Pope during World War ¥i.
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Red Rail Lines
Blasted By
Allied Fighters
By WILLIAM O. BARNARD
SEOUL, Dec. 21—(AP)—Allied -
fighter planes swept across norih
west Korea in misty weather to
day and blasted out.gaping cuts in
Communist rail lines.
U. 8. Fifth Air Force Shooting
Stars, Thunderjets and Mustangs,
and Marine Corsairs scored cuts
south of the big rail centers of
Sipanju and Kunu.
American Sabre sets thindered
northward to their MIG hfim
grounds along the Yalu river
were not challenged.
The quiet of the ground frenis
wae broken by two small, sharp
fights in the early morning hours
near the Punch Bowl on the east
ern front. Attacking Red units
twice tried to probe Allied lines
and were twice beaten back.
The first attack came sbout mid«
night. Forty Reds made the at
tack but gave it up after they had
been under fire half an hour. Four
hours later another bunch of Com-~
munist infantrymen tried agai
and again pulled out after fldfi&
half an hour.
Elsewhere along the lteefifig
mile front, one U. 8. Eighth
' said In its evening c¢communigue,
there was “no significant acfivizy."
B-26 light bombers strafed, .
bombed and fire-bombed Commu
nist vehicles Thursday mnight.
Pilots reported more éfll 110
damaged of those sighted.
Naval airmen said their bombs
exploded a convoy of eight tsucks
in a burst of flame and smoke,
towering 800 feet into the air.
Teen-Ace Club
®
Closed Tonight
Athens Teen-Age Club at Me
n;orial bPark willfm;:l be open to
night because o e DeMolay
sponsored dance in Memorial fi
Royce Brewer, Recreation
Parks Director, announced today.
The club will be open during
the regular hours—B-10:30 p. m.
—tomorrow night, and all leeal
teen-agers are invited to come cut
and enjoy the fun and refresh
ments,
SANTA CLAUS HEADACHE
LORAIN, 0., Dec. 21 — (AP)—
The Claus clan of Lorain generail
cringes when Christmas time rolg
around,
Reason? Little children eall
them by telephone and ask for
“Santa,” saying “I want this” and
“] want that.”
Being good-hearted people, the
three Claus brothers Robert, Wil
liam and Woodrow, all sons of
Mrs. J. A, Clau and her late bus
band, a former city fireman—an~
swer the telephone callsg and say
‘all right” to the requests,
to secure warm clothes for the
children. The need of clothes for
school is urgent. Call 474 and re
fer to Case No. 12 for further in
formation, '
Good Fellowship Fund
The committee in charge of the
Good Fellowship Fund reported
today that the total sum of the
fund; $317.00, had been spent 1o
secure clothing for the wora
school children (both white
colored) that need clothing.
The final report on the Good
Fellowship Fund will be publish
ed in Sunday’s special Jaycee edi
tion.