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Newspaper Page TextAthens Civilian | Defense Program " (ivil defense can be defined as the protection of the wome front by civilians acting under civil authority to min mize casualties and war damage and preserve maximum ilian support of the war effort. Civil defense rests upon the principle of self-protection Lv the individual, extended to include mutual self-protec tion on the part of groups and communities. Manned largely by unpaid part-time volunteer workers, each serv ce of civil defense will work in cooperation with the others for the common good. All men and women who make up these services will belong to the national team—the United States Civil Defense Corps. At University Monday, Jan. 18 The Virtuosi di Roma, perhaps ihe world’s leading chamber music ensemble, will be heard in con cert here Monday evening, Jan uary 28, at 8:30 p. m, in Fine Arts Auditorium. This will be the sec ond concert in the current Uni versity of Georgia Series. Founded and directed by Rena to Fasano with the avowed pur pose of presenting programs con taining rarely heard musical mas terpieces, Virtuosi di Roma per forms such works from original <cores and in accordance with the tradition of the composer’s time. The composition of the ensemble is such as used by Vivadi in the Church of Pieta in Venice and as was frequently used by Bach and others, the conductors having a pecial function described by [o.amelli and Caluppi as “anima tori,” or “animator.” Personnel The ensemble is composed of Massimo mfitheatrof, Violoncello (viannetto Carpi, Luigi Ferro, Ed mondo Malanottee, Fulvio Mon tanaro, Arrigo Pelliccia, and Al herto Poltronieri, violins; Salva tore Pitzianti,s contrabass; Renzo Sabatini, viola and viola d’amore; Alfredo Sabbandini-Poppi, viola; Ornella Santoliquido, piano and cembalo; Antonio Valisi, violon cello; and Renato Zanfini, Oboe. The program will include con certos by Vivaldi and Paisiello for various solo instruments which comprise the ensemble. Single Tickets Single tickets for this concert are availabe at the uresent time and may be purchased by contract ing the Music Department office in Fine Arts Building. They will also be on sale at the boxoffice on the night of the concert. Prices are: center section, $2.15; side and (Continued On Page Three) Tickets On Sal For Lions Sh Although advance ticket sale have been better than ever before, there are still plenty of tickets available for the Annual Lions Club Aamateur Show in the Fine Arts Auditorium, January 25, J. V/. Henry, club president stated today. Plang for this event, which at tracts & capacity audience to Fine Arts Auditorium and brings in tal ent from surrounding areas, have been completed. Henry said that City Police will be on hand to handle traffic before and after the show. The first ¢ntertaiment act is scheduled to begin at 8:00. Judge Arthur Odham of’City Court will act as master of ceremonies. He is a past president of the local Lions Club and is serving on the Board of Directors at present. ’ An electric applause meter will be installed in Fine Arts Auditor ium perior to the show for register ing volume of applause. In this way errors will be eliminated in selecting the winners of the show who will receive nearly S3OO in prizes. Approximately 25 acts are to be presented in the show, including a wide variety of numbers. Con testants are to compete in three divisions: Under 16 years, Over 16 years, and University of Geor gia students. Profits from the show are used ‘o promote sight conservation work in this area. A SSOO electric mag net for removing foreign objects from a person’s eyes will be pre sented by the club for use in this crea at the intermission of the Amateur Show. e M;;%*»’W L e 3 Eaee e e il ”'""”' - BT R R S T L L e e § G R R ek o et L edwead | Bl REHLEEE | S . SRR e SRR RN e e Pl SRR T oo S Sowars SRS a 0 | T VoL Te g T 8 TRy e %%’%“;’ e o e %é § 5 W sl ST R R s T Ry R e B S e L S o G ; L e%Re:eR A B i g 4 S Goa e B g L A e v v S ;i b ; i R L S e T e o TL wm e e g E. A SR g Bk Ss o R Sl EXAMINING THE AMERICAN HERITAGE — Mrs. L. C. Curtis, Mrs, Albert Elder and Mrs. R. H. Downs, all of Watkinsville, discuss the Amer fcan Heritage Series with John Dooley, American Library Association. The group is surrounded by some of the books and films obtained by Ath ens Regional Library for use with the American Heritage Discussions which will begin Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The basic operating responsibili~ ty for civil defense is in the indivi dual and his local government. The individual, given all training possible, does what he can for himself in an emergency., The family unit, similarly trained, at tacks its own problems while also contributing to the organized com munity effort. The community’s civil-defense _organization works to meet its own crisis, receiving outside help if its facilities are in adequate, or contributing support to neighboring communities under organized State direction. In or der to help communities-carry out their responsibility, the State and Federal Governments contribute assistance in organizational advice, over-all planning, and resources. City’s Responsibility The responsibility of the city is to operate its civil-defense system under appropriate ordinances un der the guidance of the State, and make such mutual-aid pacts and other arrangements with neigh boring communities as are consid ered necessary; also provide ade quate staff and facilities for train ing, assume its share of financial responsibility, and participate in the State program of organized mobile support. Every person and every com munity has a part to play in the civil defense program. Remote ness from places considered prob able targets does not exempt any community from playing its part in the over-all program, since eva cuee reception and care must be planned, and a support program organized. The civil defense program for this country must be in constant readiness because for the first time in 136 years an enemy has the power to attack our cities in strong force, and for the first time in our history that attack may come sud denly, with little or no warning. Granted a few minutes warn ing, casualties could be reduced by over 50 per cent through proper organization and training in civil defense. More important, civil defense could spell the difference between defeat with slavery for our people and victory-in a war thrust upon us. : Mayor Jack R. Wells has ap pointed me as local Director of Civil Defense. I, in turn, have gelected an efficient staff of as sistant directors, men who are out standing in their knowledge of the agencies to be assigned them. Appointees & . These appointees are: Deputy Director, Police Chief, Clarence O. Roberts, who will directly handle Police Service, Warden Service, Mutual Aid and Mobile Reserve. Chief W. C. Thompson under whom is Fire Service, Plant Pro tection, Rescue Division and Air Raid Warning. Dr. W. W. Brown oversees Radiological Defense, Chemical Defense, Medical and Health Service, and Other Special Weapons Defense. J. G. Beacham has Evacuation Division, Civil War Aid-Division, Engineering and Communications, James Barrow heads the Legal, Administrative Public Information, and Training Divisions. Each of these Assistant Direc tors already has a working organ ization under him and these will only have to be enlarged by volun teers and, in an emergency, draft ed individuals. The local control center is on the first floor of the City Hall This office will be open for the present, from 10 to 12, Monday through Friday, except in emer gency. Telephone is 12. A permanent civil air-raid warning system is being installed and will soon be in operation. In order to inform the general public as to the working of civil defense measures, a series of arti cles will follow in later editions of this newspaper, explaining and defining each of the divisions of civil defense, giving the local set ups as far as it has been de veloped. . To successfully carry out this 'program will require the coopera (Continued On Page Three) ATHENS BANNER-HERALD Vel. CXX, No. 7, Associated Press Service Fwa SRR e s e *“é‘g £ T L S % & B A R B % 9 s 5 B T TR e i *o‘“\ s % e R B o E T O W R 3 & »&“2‘ . ,s\\l‘ \S\ ol 8 & » 3 "0 R R 2 ?‘S e e E ¢ .. e BeLe e e e Lo T \ S s, g g vy SR i R S - = S oS g 2 SR DR S R X 1 a 0 S e e : Bl e A B Y »-;;,v_r-'-:;;;:5:5525&.\:33535:;;? B : ooy N e o Sbs B g R %@& e | G e T . = . .. . N oS N V 0 T v.E<;,'_:S;;:"3:§§§l‘-‘;j,"-::,s§:§s:¢s§:'-»;-:""'_" R e R R R - 5 5 &og i e o oueaamiEE G IR e &'@i’y e T e e “5&& e R < e o 0 RonenREREERE T R s B s‘*"9& e 800 eeR R R '::E:fi-":,:.i%» B SR B e BREER e g S e e ERRER 0 G wf&p‘”’& Gao SRR e 5;':5?3"3‘=3=:::»:7*‘5:,3"5:' R e R R e W. A. MATHIS Mr. Mathis, prominent local contractor, business and civic leader, was recently elected President of Athens Chamber of Commerce for the year 1952. He succeeds J. Smiley Wolfe. W gy * * * . . . Americans Lay By Billions Of Dollars In 1951 Saving Spree WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—(AP)—Americans saved a whopping $14,900,000,000 in the July-September quarter of 1951, the Securi ties and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported today. Liquid savings—those which can easily be converted into cash —totalled $5,700,000,000, the highest amount since the fourth quarter of 1945. Such savings in the comparable period of 1950 were only $800,000,000. The Commission said the high rate of savings in the third quar ter last year reflects a further rise in disposable income and a levelling off of consumer spending. In addition, the Commission added, there appears to have been a diversion of funds from non liquid saving, such as the purchase of new homes, into liquid saving. Bank deposits, equity in savings and loan associations, private and government insurance, and repayment of mortgage and con sumer debt are included in liquid saving. Besides liquid savings the Commission listed third guarter 1951 -savings of thfee billion déllars in the purchase of homes and $6,200,000,000 spent on the purchase of consumer durable goods. Individuals reduced their holdings of U. S. Savings Bonds by 100 million dollars in the third quarter of 1951, compared with de clines of 300 and 200 millions, respectively, in the first and second quarters. ¥ ¥ x 2 8N American Heritage Series Public Invited To Attend First Library Discussion Meet Tuesday Clarke county residents interest ed in the American Heritage dis cussion series, sponsored by Ath ens Regional Library, are invited to the initial meeting of discussion groups, Tuesday night, January 22, at 8 o’clock in the Civic Hall Audi torium. The meeting will be the first in a series of eight discussion periods to be held at intervals of two weeks throughout the coming months. The meeting Tuesday marks the entry of the library project into its third phase of activity. It will be followed by initial discussion group meetings at Lexington Branch Wednesday night, 7:30, and at Dunbar Branch, Thursday night at 7:30. Final arrangements for initial meeting at Watkinsville Branch will be announced later. “The idea of the discussion groups is to bring people together to discuss matters in a manner reminiscent of the old general store get-togethers,” officials of Athens Regional Library point out. “Peo ple and organizations throughout the country are asked what can be done by the individual and the small group to make for better understanding of America and the American life. These discussions offer a means of exploration, for reaching a keener understanding of these things.” Athens Regional Library, coop erating with the American Libra ry Association, is one of six l=- braries in the United States en gaged in a pilot program of Amer ican Heritage discussions, Select= ed because of its multi-county or ganizational set-up, Athens Re gional has been preparing for the discussion program for the past four months. Phases involving training of discussion leaders, and presentation of civic club and or ganizational programs have been in progress since October, Discussions At least four discussion groups will be conducted under the pro gram of the Athens library. Dis~- cussions will revolve around topics selected by members of the dis cussion groups who will read books or documents and view i P ; i eol e i N . ® . 5Rs W e b o S imo ?”///W’yf?%?“ﬂ?ﬂ ei; S e Rl s M e ,’Z,.;M el %‘5 Re | L ‘ jf’g e . i e R [st T Z % i e g Tl Lo omo . W %‘ﬂ a 0 iR A e e ] PR AR SN 2&"’??3"7 > i e o sty 4N MW v e R AR R N B %& A s VI i L o‘ﬁ e % B T i 7 S K, ! i £ B 1 oA e i G R R TS . B b s Sk ES 0 * & ) 4 L 4 ABRIa, &55 R e 0 B 4 B vk ¥ i G L S PILOT GROUP SELECTION — Members of the Athens and Clarke county board of Athens Regional Library discuss selection of the local library for . ’ . ’ . . one of the “pilot-groups’” in the American Heritage Series. Pictured are, left to right, Mrs. J. W. Bailey, Mrs. T. H. McHatton, Abit Nix, Mrs. F. H. Mendenahll, Mrs. John J. Wilkins, jr., chairman of the American Heri tage committee; Louis Griffith, named by the board to assist with the program; W. W. Wier, chairman of the board; and Miss Sarah Maret, director of Athens Regional Library, Standing are T. H. Milner, jr., and Richard Bloodworth, jr. SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY. ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1952. UN Assembly Rejects USSR New Korean Truce Proposal New Communist Charges BY WILLIAM C. BARNARD MUNSAN, Korea, Sunday, Jan. 20. — (AP) — A new Communist charge of Allied aerial violation muddied still further the bogged-down Korean armistice talks Saturday. The negotiators return to Panmunjom today, however, for subcommittee sessions. Injected into Saturday’s unproductive meetings was a Red charge that four U, S. jet planes bombed and strafed a plainly-marked truce motor convoy between Kaesong and the Korean Communist capital of Pyongyang on Fri day afternoon. Court Sessions Re-Open Here Monday Morning Second week of Clarke Superior Court opens Monday morning at 10 o’clock with the crinrinal docket to be taken up. Judge Henry H. West will preside and Solicitor General D. Marshall Pollock will prosecute for the state. The grand jury is not in session at this term. The case charging aassault with intent to murder against Mrs. Kathleen Merry Drewry is sched uled to be called Tuesday morn ing. Jurors were excused Wednes day afternoon and are to return Monday morning in time for the opening of the court. Friday was devoted to uncon tested divorce matters, a total of twenty-five such actions being ‘disposed of during the day. Two ‘were dismissed, four were dis missed and condoned and in nine teen other cases divorces were granted both parties. .~ The cases:oof Martha G. Beason wvs. John H. Benson, and Mrs. 'Flora Langston vs. John Lewis Langston were dismissed. Cases of Rita K. Huff vs. Billie O. Huff, Evelyn Dial Cheney vs. John M. Cheney, sr., Nellie Mae Seymour vs. Grady Seymour, Jessie Ray vs. Edd Ray were dis~ missed and condoned. Divorces were granted both (Continued On Page Three) films for material to be used in the discussions. Plan of the discussion groups is similar to that used in the Great Books series, and to an American Heritage program conducted suc= cessfully for several years by New York Public Library. Schedules for future meetings will be de termined by the groups. Approximately a thousand dol lars worth of new books has been purchased by the library in pre paration for the program. A pro jector and screen are avaiiable through the library for the dis cussion groups, and films worth several thousands of dollars have been procured for use of the groups through the next six months, Already a number of the films have been shown to civic groups in Clarke, Oconee and Oc mulgee counties. Persons wishing to join discus sion groups may obtain full infor mation at any of the branches of Athens Regional Library, or they may simply come to one of the in (Continued On Fage Three) The Communists termed it “a grave protest.” Brig. General Wil liam P. Nuckols, United Nations command spokesnran, said the charge would be investigated. But he added that the Allies did not view the charge “with any more gravity than we have viewed past allegations.” U. S. Marine Colonel James C. Murray, Allied liaison officer who received the Red protest, said later he did not regard it as any threat to break off the armistice talks. Red Assertions The Communists asserted that, despite joint guarantees of safe conduct, two trucks and a jeep were attacked and two Communist soldiers were wounded. The agreement provides that 12 Communist vehicles, marked with cherry red panels on the hoods, may use the Kaesong-Pyongyang road unmolested in daytime — six northbound and six southbeund. Still under Allied investigation was & Communist charge that a bomb was dropped in the Kae song security zone Thursday. ~ Additionally, the Reds charged two other incidents—Allied flights over Chinese cities and the bomb ing of North Korean prisoner of war camp No. 8 at Kangdong. Allied negotiators referred so the Communist charges Saturday in suggesting a meeting of staff officers to draft safeguards for prisoner of war camps. The Com~ munists agreed “in principle.” Reds Blamed The U. N. command acknowl edged that planes bombed the Kangdong area Monday night, but blamed the Reds for refusing to pinpoint the location of prison camps. Peiping radio said 15 South Korean prisoners were killed and 64 wounded. Truce subcommittees wrangling over the issues of armistice super vision and exchange of prisoners reported no progress. Speculation that developments may be in the offing was prompted by General Matthew B. Ridgway's return to Tokyo after secret conferences at (Continued On Page Three) Merchants Group - Commiittee Set Members of the Excutive Com mittee of the Athens Merchants Council were announced yester= day. Voting ended Friday after noon, The are: Dave Abroms, of Les ser’s; C. B. Bissell, of the Royal Agency; Henry Carswell of Crow’s Drugs; R. T. Elberhart, of Athens Refrigeration and Appliance Company; C. W. Fitzgerald, of the J. C. Penney Company; Joe Fos ter, of the W. A. Capps Company; C. K. Hambrick, of the KXroger Company; R. G. Harper, of Rus som and Harper; C. H. Hubbell, of S. H. Kress & Company; Allen A. Hunter, of Southern Shoe Stires; James Lay, of Ernest C. Crymes Company; H. H. Robinson, of Sterchi Brothers, Incorporated and John Thurmond, of Norris Hard ware Company. Members of the Executive Com-~ mittee will meet Wednesday morning, January 23, at the Cham ber of Commerce to elect their own Chairman and Treasurer. 9 eT e e] | T ;. L % Q-:;:gés:ﬂ;::‘,i:i;ﬁ:-iﬁ.i,»-"3.-?,'*"";»“"‘:’&"s’swi‘ B eLT T : Fs e T L il M 7 e g £ AR e . BERE 0 ERRRRRRREE 0 oTI e o 2 SSODR WL | M 5% o bty o a 0 R f&oNs ™ e L 4 P L e ﬁ PR, A . A (. @ P e el - GSO, A ’ﬁ%{ . o« T S ? : v i s 43 %%} ﬁﬂfﬁ' 4 's3:~':i<- %Eiﬁciéii m B '»:, %z" AR G T e - Rk : o Ll : . g MATERIALS EXAMINED -— Athens citizens among the discussion lead ers preparing to pilot discussions in the American Heritage Series, look over books and documents which may serve to stimulate discussions. From left to right they are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barrow, Mrs. E. Dean Stith, Mrs. John Barner, and Rabbi Samuel Glasner. Miss Sarah Maret, director of Athens Regional Library, and Louis Griffith look on. Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area BY A. l. GOLDBERG ’ PARIS, Jan. 19.—(AP)——| The United Nations General Assembly formally rejected today a Russian proposal for new Korean truce terms. By ratifying a decision taken two days ago in the 60-nation Political Commit tee, the Assembly heeded the plea of Western powers to let the current truce talks go on in Korea and sent the most recent Soviet arms atom proposals to the U. N.’s new disarmament commis sion for further study. Russia revived an old proposal for an immediate Korean cease fire and armistice, withdrawal of troops from the 38th parallel in 110 days and pulling out all for~ ;eign troops—including *volun teers”—in three months. i Gross Assertion U. S. Delegate Ernest A. Gross said the move would only “con=- fuse and delay the negotiations for an armistice in Korea” and debates here would not provide a substitute for the good faith need ed on the other side. Selwyn Lloyd, British minister of state, told Soviet Foreign Min ister Andrei Y. Vishinsky from the Rostrum that, if Russia really wanted a Korean armistice, Vishinsky “should bring his in fluence to bear where it may have some effect—on the North XKorean and Chinese commanders.” The assembly turned down first the cease-fire and 38th parallel withdrawal proposals by a vote of 35 against, five (Soviet bloc) for, and 10 abstentions. Then it rejected the proposal for all foreign troops *“and also foreign volunteer units”—the Chi nese Communists—to withdraw in three months from Korea by a vote of 31 against, seven for and 11 abstentions, The delegates opened the ses sion by voting 40 to 5, with three abstentions, to send the Vishinsky arms-atom proposals to the dis armament commission for study. Arms Proposals : These include the questions of setting up simultaneous atomic control and atomic weapon pro hibition; writing a draft conven tion to cover it; reducing big five armed forces and armaments by one-third in a year; the furnishing by each state of information on the size of its forces snd amount of weapons it has; continuous in spection without interfering “in the domestic affairs of states”; and calling a world disarmament conference before July 185, 1952.{ The session may have proved to | be Vishinsky’s last. No other items are now scheduled which would require his presence and he was expected to leave soon for (Continued On Page Three} AIR WAR SEOUL, Korea, Sunday, Jan. 20 (AP)—The U. 8. Fifth Alr Force reported Saturday that 10 Allied pianes were shot down during the past week—two of them F-86 Sa bre Jets—in dogfight with Rus sion-built MIG-15s. ATHENS AND VICINITY Cloudy and mild. High ex pected today 53. GEORGIA — Sunday, mostly cloudy and mild with occasional rain in north and scattered | showers in southwest portion, ‘ TEMPERATURE JURheRt .. o a 8 sowew .l L, e e DI s e vl Normel o i, A RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00 Total since January 1... .. .32 Deficit since January 1 .... 2.63 ] Average January rainfall .. 4.84 Legislature Set For Action On Talmadge Bills-» By MERCER BAILEY . ATLANTA., Jan. 19—(AP)— A majority of Georgia veters bave a personal stake in two of Gow Herman Talmadge's pet ready for action in the G& Assembly next week, The proposals, making ehanges in the re-registration law and k presidential elector law, present peculiar picture of maneuvering, The first would preserve they right to vote for thousands of, Georgians threatened with dis— franchisement through em) of the old voters list, The eother, Talmadge opponents claim, be used to nullify the vetes ’ by these same Georgians m the* presidential election. Both are expected to pass, by the elector law changa wm to bring one of the biggest p battles of the session. Talmadge's plan to create an authority to build toll roads prob ably won't be ready for floor se tion next week. Substitute Prepared Rep. Frank Twitty of Mitchell county, administration floor lead er, said today a substitute in, corporating recent refinements imi) the New Jersey and Pennsylvania | turnpike authorities is heing pre pared, » Talmadge figures he has re-’ moved much of the original op- . position to the pay—as-yun-ﬁd"; plan by agreeing to limit the su~ thority to one stretch of toll road ' between Atlanta and the Ten- . nessee line at Chattanooga. Also in the legislative spotlight next week will be seversl wel fare bills, including the contro~ versial children’s responsibility act repealer, the perennial pro posal to créate a state livestock (Continued On Page Three) MANY INJURED SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 19 (AP)—A B-25, with one of ifs twe engines conked out, pancaked step a Mather Air Force guardhouse | today and exploded. First e~ | ports were that two mem were i killed and 10 wera unaccounted for. l Many others were burned. Esti | mates of the injured ran as high ! as 40. i The plane carried a crew of six jor seven. The demolished guard house was occupied by more than ’ 30 prisoners who just had returned i from lunch, The B-25 pilot, Lt. Philip Keek, of Sacramento, although eut and suffering from shock, gasped out this brief account. “I was coming in for a landing when one of my motors went out and we pancaked on top of a building, There were either six or seven on our plane, As fsr as I know, none is dead.” A stockade chaplain said there were about 32 prisoners in the guard house. He said from seven to 10 minutes elapsed after the plane crashed on the building be fore an explosion spread fire and destruction. The chaplain estimated from five to 15 men were trapped in the building by the blast and resulting fire. The guardhouse was in the midst of a group of buildings but the other buildings escaped damage.

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, January 20, 1952, Image 1