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Dean Takes Stand In
Drewry Trial Today
Dean John E. Drewry today testified in Clarke
Court that his ex-wife, Mrs. Kathleen Merry Dre?vli'ger:?ll:
tored the living room of Miss Miriam Thurmond’s home on
1).-\~.-m'}’)?r 23, 1949, saying “something unpleasant directed
at me.” The Dean of Georgia Journalism School said that
he did ?gp rer;l%m‘li)er full details of the event as “it was
the first time I had experienced such a thi
«omewhat petrified.” i e e
Dean Drewry further denied all charges o
the defense that he had become Mrs. Igrew:ly’tsh ec(]));r;: :
14w husband after ‘Q:hgi‘r rAugust divorce. ?
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Vr. Drewry stated that he was
first aware of his ex-wife's pre
<ence in the Thurmond home when
Miss Thurmond’s expression
changed. Her expression on seeinF
Mre. Drewry he termed, “shock”.
e also denied having kissed
his wife “aradently” prior to leav
ing her home earlier that evening
but admitted taking her and their
twenty-year-old son out to dinner
.t about 6 o’clock. The Dean stated
that he had discussed with, his
wife their Christmas present to
Milton, their son, and a bill that,
was troubling her at the time.
Pressure Applied
Asked if he had constantly
soucht a reconciliation and re
acsumption of marital relations
with his wife, the Dean asserted
that she and his son had been
“applying pressure on him to come
back.”
Dean Drewry also testified that
Mrs. Drewry had sought to get
him to come back sometimes “with
pleas and again with threats.”
He said that over a period of
eighteen years he had come to re
card her as dangerous and when
che threatened to get a gun and
“ettle matters” he- had sought
to pacify her.
A number of manuscripts were
introduced in today’s session of
Court: included among them ac
cording to Dean Drewry, were
unfinished book review columes
and other publicity matter. Several
books with the Dean’s signature
and the date on the first sheet,
were also introduced by the de
fense,
Tom Dix, Augusta automobile
dealer and brother-in-law of Mrs:
Kathleen Drewry, stated today
that he had seen Mrs. Drewry at
the hospital the night of the shoot
ing anad that she was in an “upset
condition and not responsible for
any of her actions”. He further
stated that in the eighteen years
that he had known her he had
never seen her so distra;fi;t.
Solicter General Manshall Pol
lack in cross examination termed
that statement a “contradiction”,
showing records of the previous
trial at which Mrs. Drewry was
accused of assaulting with intent
to murder Dean Drewry himself.
He stated that the witness had
termed Mrs, Drewry “calm” at
that hearing.
Also testifyin‘]g in this morning’s
hear:ngs were J. D. Bolton, treas
urer and comptroller of the Uni
versity; Marion Dußose of Charlie
Parrott's office; Tyus Butler,~as
sociate professor of Journalism at
the University, Mrs. Dix, sister of
Mrs. Kathleen Drewry; E. R. Hod
gson, and Mrs, Tom Maddox.
~ Mr. Bolton stated that he was
in on the transferal of Miss Thur
mond from Dean Drewry’s office
because the Dean said his wife
was suspicious of her. Miss Dre
wry went to Dean Paul Chapman’s
office z_mg is empoyed there at the
présent time. :
Discussed Re-Hiring
Mr. Butler testified that he had
talked with Mrs. Drewry about
re-hiring Miss Thurmond at the
Dean’s request. He further said
that the work in the office was
piling up and that none of the
secrataries hired were able to do
the work with the efficiency of
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DELAND, Fla. — George O.
Riggs, who holds the degree of
\. B, from Yale University, and
M. B. S., from Harvard, has been
abpointed assistant professor of
cconomics at Stetson University,
Dr. C. Howard Hopkins, dean of
the University, announced today.
During his undergraduate days
Yale, Mr. Riggs won his “Y” as
t member of the Varsity Rifle
ltam. He also served as manager
he Yale Record and as campus
tor of the Yale Alumni Weekly.
Ir. Riggs will ‘begin active
leaching at Stetson with the open
e of the second semester.
rn in Jolo, Philippine Islands,
of Colonel Kerr T. Riggs, a
recular army officer and gradnate
U the U. 8, Military Academy at
"est Point, N. Y., Mr. Riggs is
Widely traveled. As a reserve
army officer he served for twelve
years, twenty-eight months of
Which was in India during World
War 11. He was retired to the
honorary reserve with the rank of
I jor,
" For four years after World War
!, he taught economies and busi
ness administration at the Uni
versity of Georgia. .
His wife is the former Imogen
Englehart, daughter of Brigadier
“eneral Francis A. Englehart, a
graduate of the U. 8. Military
f\‘".ademy. She was born at West
Point during & tour of duty by
her father at that historic post.
She served for some time as sec
'elary of the president of the
l,rmveuity of Georgia, and is now
secretary of Dr, Benson W. Davis,
dean of men at Stetson. The
touple have twe children, & boy,
Anthony, }:111 years old, and a
daughter, übc%; Barbara, 9
vears old, They live at 811 W.
Minnesota Ave. - i
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Riggs, ree here at 405 W.
Cloverhurst avenue, Athens, Ga.
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DR. A. P. RICHARDSON
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Dr. Richardson
Speaks Thursday
Dr. Arthur P. Richardson, asso
ciate dean of the Emory Universi
ty School of Medicine, will address
the Athens District Emory Club
when it celebrates its 115th anni
versary of the Georgia institution
at the Georgian Hotel in Athens,
tomorrow, January 24, at 7:15 p.
m.
James L. Whitaker, president of
the local organization, says that
195 alumni and 14 parents of Em
ory students from this area have
been invited to hear Dr:'!gi%fiard
son.. Alumni from 20 communities
have been invited to attend.
Throughout the nation thous
ands of Emory alumni are gather
ing in more than 50 regional cen
ters for Emory’s 115th birthday
party.
An outstanding research scien
tist, Dr. Richardson has been a
member of the Emory faculty since
July 1947. He has been a mem
ber of the Malaria Conference of
the National Research Council and
has worked in the NRC’s Office of
Scientific Research Development
with the Panel on Pharmacology
of Antimalarials. He was in
charge of the division of pharma
cology at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia Universi
ty, before coming to Emory Uni
versity,
Sponsor Circ
The big King Bros. Circus will
give two performances at the
Fairgrounds here on April T under
auspices of the Athens Shrine
Club, R. T. Eberhardt, jr., club
president, announced today.
Proceeds realized from the cir
cus performances will be used by
the club in its charity and activity
work, Mr. Eberhardt said. He also
said the club will cooperate in the
advance sale of tickets.
Millard Seagraves is chairman
of the Shrine Club circus com
mittee and with committee mem
bers are perfecting plans for the
event.
The King Bros, Circus gave two
performances here last year under
the same auspices and the event
was a big success.
For the past several months of
ficials of the circus have been
traveling in Europe and are bring
ing several remarkable acts back
to the circus—acts never before
seen in American.. In addition,
other representatives of the cir
cus have been in Africa and var
ious other countries rounding up
additions for the circus menagerie.
Among the features to be seen
is the famous Cristiani Family
of bareback riding marvels, with
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair, windy and rather cold
today. Fair and colder tonight.
Thursday fair and continued
cold. Friday fair, becoming
warmer in afternoon. Low to
night 26; high tomorrow 44. Low
Friday 32. Sun sets today 5:53
and rises tomorrow 7:36.
GEORGIA—Fair, windy and
cold today; fair and colder to
night with low of 24 to 26 in
northwest and 26 to 32 in south
and east portions; Thursday,
fair «nd rather cold.-
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... 1.04
Total sihce January 1... .. 1.83
Deficit since January 1 ... 1.37
Average January rainfall .. 4.84
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
Fight Predicted
ATLANTA, Jan. 23. — (AP) —
House administration leaders look
for a rugged floor fight over Gov
ernor Herman Talmadge's Presi
dential elector bill but they say
that they expect it to go through,
aided by the compromises that
won for it in the Senate.
The proposal to place full eon
trol of Georgia’s 12 electoral votes
in the hands of a three-man board,
overcame firmr opposition to win
36-15 approval in the Senate yes
terday.
It was sent immediately to the
House. Rep. Frank Twitty of
ATLANTA, Jén. 23—(AP)—
The House passed the toll road
bill by a close vote today to give
Gov. Herman Talmadge his
secend legislative victory in as
many days.
The vote was 118 to 72 on &
roll call with 103 required for
passage.
Mitchell county, administration
floor leader, said it probably will
be brought up there Friday or
Monday. He predicted passage but
not without a battle.
Greer Stand
Rep. John Greer of Lanier
county, leading opponent of the
bill, has said he had 70 votes
pledged against it. But he conced
ed about 95 votes would be need
ed to defeat it.
One conciliatory Senate amend
ment, by Senator Peyton Hawes
ot Elberton, would make the bill
effective for only four years, thus
in effect restricting its powers to
the 1952 Presidential election.
Another makes Secretary of
State Ben W. Fortson, jr., a mem
ber of the three-man board with
ar?itrary powers to administer the
act.
Fortson, a political independent,
replaces Comptroller General Zack
Cravey, a personal and political
friend of Talmadge, who was
named in the original bill. The
Governor and Attorney General
Eugene Cook are the other two
members.
Fortson, in a statement, said he
was sorry the Legislature put him
on the board. But he added “the
General Assembly is a sovereign
body and can direct the adminis=
trative officers of the state to per
form-any duties it sees t& I'll do
my best to carry out those duties
in conformity with the law.”
Heavy Blast
One of the heaviest blasts at the
bill had been that it gave Tal
madge and Cravey, who could out
vote Cook, the power to cast Geor
gia’s electoral vote for anyone
they chose.
The change in board member
ship, an administration move, ap
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3,510 Dwellings Here
Termed ‘Substandard’
A total of 3,510, or 46.1 percent of the 7,616 dwelling
units in Athens are considered substandard and occupied,
and 1,493, or 19.6 percent are “dilapidated,” according to
results of a Bureau of the Census survey released hy Mer
rill C. Lofton, regional director of the U. 8. Department of
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Dr. Walker H. Matthews, of
Athens, yesterday was presented
with an award for distinguished
service to his profession during
closing sessions of the 47th con
vention of Georgia Optometric As
sociation in Augusta.
The award to Dr, Matthews was
made following the installation of
1 1952 officers, and two other men—
| Georgia optometrists were also
honored—Dr. Lester M. Petrie, of
Georgia Department of Health, re
ceiving a plaque as Georgia’s
“Man of the Year in Visual Wel
fare” and Dr. Walter Wilson, jr.,
of Douglas, being acclaimed for
excellence in community service.
| Officers of the Association are
’ Dr. C. H. Little, Waycross, presi
' dent; Dr, Jack Runninger, Rome,
president elect; Dr. Jack A. Wheel
er, Elberton, vice-president; Dr. R.
J. Holland, jr., Statesboro, secre
tary-treasurer; and Dr. Willis L.
Webb, Ft. Valley, registrar.
Atlanta was selected as 1858
convention site.
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1952,
28 Killed As American Airliner
Crash=<"ln N. ). Residential Area
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Price Stabilizer Michael Di-
Salle, shown as he stepped from
a plane in Washington, told a
group that he was considering
resigning his job so that he
may run for Ohio’s Democratic
Senatorial nomination. — (NEA
Telephoto.)
19 Acts Chosen
For Lions Show
Friday Evening
With auditions completed, 29
acts have been -selected for the
annual Athens Lions Club Ama
teur Show Friday night.
Approximately 55 acts were
auditioned during the past two
weeks, agcgrdin!.to gPreu'Sgnt J.
W. Henry of thé* Lions Club. En~
tertainment came in from a num
ber of surrounding towns, and,
Henry stated today, “the variety
of acts was more than satisfact
ory.”
Auditions were held' under the
direction of Lions Vice President
Eugene Epting, Talent numbers
were signed up by former presi
dent of the club, J. W. Matthews.
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'«é‘fl the occupied substandard
g places in the city, 323, or
4.2 per cent were lacking hot wa
ter, 207, or 2.7 per cent had private
flush toilet, but no private bath,
863, or 11.3 per cent, had running
water, but no private flush toilet,
and 470, or 6.2 per cent, had no
running water inside the structure,
the report stated.
The report was taken from the
Census Bureau’s 1950 censuses of
population and housing, summa
ries of which are now being re
leased. Copies of the report may
be obtained through any field of
fice of the Depa.tment of Com
merce which in Georgia are locat
ed in Atlanta, Savannah and
Augusta.
] Breakdown
Of the 8,510 substandard dwell
ing units in Athens, 47.2 per cent
were occupied by white persons
and the remainder by nonwhites,
40.3 per cent were owner-occupied
and the remainder were occupied
by renters. The dwelling places
were occupied by an average of
2.8 persons and there were an
average of 3.1 rooms to each unit,
The average contract rent paid
in such dwelling units in the city
was $lO and the average gross
rent was sl7.
Occupying the substandard
dwelling units in Athens were
2,989 primary families with an
average income of $1,440, includ
ing $2,292 among the whites and
$1,087 among nonwhites. The own
ers of such units had an average
income of $1,453 and the renters,
$1,436."
The Census Bureau in its report
followed the definition of the Pub~
lic Housing Administration as to
what constitutes a “substandard”
dwelling unit, which, it was stated,
ig regarded as either “dilapidated”
or does not have tlush toilet and
batk inside the l’%ucture for the
unit’s exclusive usé, and hot run
ning water, A “dilapidated” unit
is considered one when it has “ser=
ious deficiencies,” is rundown or
neglected, or is of inadequate orig~
inal construction so that it does
not provide adequate shelter or
protection against the elements er
endangers the safety of the cceu
pants. :
A “dwelling unit” is a group of
rooms or a single room occupied ‘or
intended for occupancy &s ‘:m;ute
living qparters by a ‘u nily or
other group of persons living to
gether or by a person living alone.
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War Secrefary, Among Victims
BY GEOFFREY GOULD AND FRANCES LEWINE
ELIZABETH, N. J., Jan. 23.—(AP) —A fog-bound Am
erican Airlines passenger plane, groping its way into New
ark airport on instruments, nose-dived into a residential
area yesterday and brought flaming death to 23 occupants
and five other persons.
Robert P. Patterson, 60-year-old former Secretary of
War under President Truman, was one of the plane’s vic
tims,
Collections In
March Of Dimes
Drive Underway
“This fight is yours.” |
Under this slogan, the 1952
March of Dimes campaign in
Clarke county is making an urgent |
appeal for increased contributions
in the laymans fight against polio.
Collection activities began Mon
day in the city schools under dir
ection of the principals and will
continue until the close of the
drive on January 31. Through the
efforts of Councilmafi 0. M. Ro
berts, jr., dimes to this appeal may
be contributed in the city parking
meters. |
Detailed plans for the Mothers
March were made at a meeting
last night at the Holman Hotel
when this campaign division under i
direction of Mrs. R. P. Dobbs com=
pletes its organization for a house
to-house appeal on January 31.
A campaign meeting of the col
ored division was held Monday
night at the Union Baptist In
stitute. This phase of the drive
is under direction of Professor
C. H, S. Lyons and Mary Trawick.
Advanced Gifts
Larger gifts to the March of
Dimes are being solicited by an
gfgggdced c%{'::rlxtbutiqwnsu divisitjm
o . -~ elln I,
and Wo&sfin He&flx, whfie the
Iron Lung Collection in stores and
business houses is under direction
of R. H. Maupin, jr. and Wishing
Well solicitation at the corner of
College Ave. and Clayton St. is
being headed by Mrs. O. M. Ro
berts, jr.
The drive on the University
campus is being headed by Lamar
Merk and the Alpha Phi Omega
national service fraternity. This
drive will be climaxed by the
March of Dimes ball Saturday
night in the Physical Education
Bldg. The dance will get under
way at 8:00 p. m, and last until
midnight, with Bob Ching Mars
and the Georgia Bulldog Orchestra
providing the music.
Admission to the semi-formal
affair will be SI.OO for couples or
stags. Tickets are on sale at the
Co-op and at the Gunn’s Mens
Store. The theme for this years
ball js “Let’s Dance So That Others
May Waik.”
County campaign director R. H.
Kimbrell points to the following
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Eight Injured In
Moultrie Storm
MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. 28 —
(AP) —At least eight persons suf
fered minor injuries, about 20
buildings were wrecked and sev
eral head of livestock were killed
in a tornado near here last night.
The twister struck the Poplar
Arbor community, 15 miles from
Moultrie, about nightfall, catching
many people at the supper table.
Eight persons were treated for
cuts, bruises and shock at the
Moultrie Hospital.
At least eight homes were. de
stroyed. The other buildings de=
molished were barns and the like.
Telephone poles and wires were
blown down over a wide area -
Mrs. W. D. Bridges, whose home
was razed, said “We knew some
thing was wrong when a hard
shower stopped suddenly. We
heard a sound like hail on the
roof, and then the floor began to
heave and shake. The lights went
off. I grabbed the children and
put them under a table, It ended
as quickly as it came.”
Armong the buildings demolished
was the Poplar Arbor Congrega
tional church.
Two mules and three cows were
killed by flying debris. Several
animals were crushed to death in
demolished barns.
About 30 persons, left homeless,
found shelter for the night in a
small store and in the homes of
neighbors.
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those trying to lose weight, those I
trying to gain weight, and those
trying 10 rearrange it. o |
The silver, twin-engined Con=-
vair, inbound from Buffalo, hur
tled.. into a three-story frame
apartment building and exploded
in a mass of leaping, orange flame
that enveloped two nearby dwell=
ings.
A mother and her two children
were killed as their home col
lapsed about them in a hurricane
like blast. A third child, trapped
in another building, and an un
identified person also died in the
flames.
Screamhg,‘ residents ran for
safety, Eleven persons were in
jured, Including nine occupants of
nearby homes. Also hurt were a
fireman and a rescue worker, who
joined disaster units at the scene,
just 2.8 nriles from Newark air
pore *
Raging Inferno
For 90 minutes, no one could
get near the raging inferno, where
18 passengers, three crew mem=
bers and two company personnel
aboard the plane were burned be
yond recognition. For a time the
roaring blaze threatened to engulf
the entire block.
Clouds of “steam and smoke
blanketed the area, which is less
than a mile from the spot where
a Miami airline, non-scheduled
plane crashed in the shallow Eliz
abeth river 38 days ago, killing 56
persons in the nation’s second
worst commercial vlane disaster.
Yesterday’s crash brought imx
mediate demands from New Jer
sey’s two United States senators
and a congressman for a full in
vestigation c;f‘ ;lifuplane and New~
‘ark airport ilities. &
’ Mayor James T. Kirk said this
city of 112,000, about 12 miles
southwest of New York City, has
been living under an ‘“umbrella of
danger” and that Newark airport
should be relocated “regardless of
cost.”
Positive identification of Patter
son—the first of the dead named
here — was made through dental
charts.
Patterson — Under-Secretary of
War throughout World War Two
and Secretary from September,
1945, until July, 1947, had been in
Buffalo for a Federal Court case.
When the case ended sooner than
he had expected, Patterson made
a last-minute switch fromr train
reservations to the airliner.
The plane had started its land
ing approach to Newark airport’s
runway 6 at 3:39 p. m. (EST)
from a height of about 1,500 feet,
using an instrument landing sys
tem with an assist from Newark
airport’s radar. The ceiling was
down to 400 feet and visibility was
cut to three-fourths of a mile.
It was reported coming in on its
glide path. Suddenly, the plane
dropped out of view of the radar
scope and crashed at 3:45 p. m.
(EST).
While airport towermen franti
cally called the aircraft, it had
plummeted out of the fog, nar
rowly missed Battin High School
for girls and cut a fiery path close
to the heart of this industrial city.
The school’s 1,000 pupils had been
dismissed 45 minutes earlier.
Disintegrated
“The plane hit one building and
immediately it disintegrated into
a mass of bricks and fire. Seconds
later the house next door was all
in flames,” said 29-year-old high
school art teacher Michael Truss,
' who was 75 feet away.
. “There was a terrific explosion,”
-said Mrs. Ann Wurth, a nearby
resident, “I picked up my boy and
'ran as far away as I could go.”
‘ A soldier, who ran from his
'nearby some in stocking feet to
try to reach the victims, said “the
Ipeople in the plane were beyond
help.” Pvt. Walter Z, Bukowski
| said he helped carry two people
out of one building, but his rescue
efforts were halted because ‘the
flames were so bad—it was just
smoke and fire.”
Peter Lesniak, a foundryworker,
}said he counted three explosions,
| followed by the screams of women
and children, “I was there in a
minute, but I couldn’t do anything
. . . I'll never forget the screanrs
of the dying.”
“It was. a miracle any of the
.people got out of those houses,”
he added.
Quickly, disaster units rushed to
the scene. Many of the rescue
workers had been through all this
in the December 16 crash, They
worked in the slanting rain, some
times ankle deep in mud, amid
the white glare of foodlights. De~- |
spite the weather, a erowd of more
than 4,000 persons gathered be
hind the police barriers,
Tragic Scene
Some of those who lived near
the scene hid tear-stained faces in
handkerchiefs as they watched
mangled bodies being lifted gently
from the rubble of splintered wood
and shattered plane metal, |
A woman, restrained by neigh- |
bors, sobbed uncontrollably, “My
baby is in there.” !
A few yards away, Albert Ra-,
gone, &%, wandered about in a
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ALLEN STACK
«»« Champion Swimmer
Top Backstroker
To Perform In
Athens Tonight
The greatest swimmer ever to
perform here, Olympic Backstroke
Champion Allen Stack, will show
his world’s championship form in
Stegeman Hall pocl tonight at 8
o’clock,
Stack, former Yale star and now
an ensign in the navy, heads a
star-studdeA team from the U, S.
Naval Tra..ing Station at Bain
bridge, Md., which will meet
Georgia’s Southeastern Conference
champions in a regular dual meet
of 10 events.
Stack, physically, more resem
bles an All - America football
tackle than a swimmer. He stands
six feet five inches and weighs 210
pounds.
The finest swimmer in the his
tory of the Southeastern Confer=
ence, and definitely a good pros
pect to make-the Olympie team
himself this sum,mer—-georgia’s
Reid Patterson—will race Stack in
the feature attraction.
Patterson-Stack
Patterson, 6-3, 190 sophomore
forestry student of Pinevfilc, Ky.,
and Stack will clash in the 200
yard backstroke—eight laps across
Stegeman Hall pool. Stegeman
Hall pool is the nation’s largest in
door pool: 50 meters long by 25
yards wide. ’
Georgia Swimming Coach Bump
Gabrielsen, who coached former
world champion backstroker Glo
ria Callen (the nation’s No. 1 wo=
man athlete of 1942), believes
every Stegeman Hall pool record
will be broken tonight. He thinks
Ixis own aces will win some events,
00,
Georgia’s big guns, in addition
to Patterson, are co-capttain Char-.
ley Guyer of Savannah, All-Amer=
ica collegiate breaststroker; co
captain Charley Cooper of Augus
ta, SEC champion in the 50 and
100 yard free style; and Steve Mi
takis, of Linden, N. J., top diver
in Dixie. :
| Great Sprinter |
~ Stack not only will swim the |
backstroke. He also is one of the
great free style sprinters in the
- world.
~ Other Bainbridge stars include
diver Roger Hadlich, Eastern In
tercollegiate champion at Yale last
year and second in the NCAA high
board finals, and free styler Char
ley Stephanes, All-America selec=-
tion. at Ohio State last year, |
In addition to the regular diving
contest of the high board, a spe- ‘
cial comedy diving act is sche-‘
duled, featuring Georgia’s Mitakis
and the Navy’s Hadlich. ?
Seating capacity at Stegeman |
Hall is 1,500, Town people are |
invited. Admission is 50 cents.|
Proceeds will be used to send i
Georgia’s swimmers to the Na-l
tional Intercollegiate champion- !
ships at Princeton, N. J., in March. :
Sub-Zero Cold
.
Lashes Midwest
By The Associated Press
Sub-zero cold spread over wide ‘
areas of the Midwest today as
wintry weather of snow, ice and ’
strang winds hit areas from the
Rockies to New England. ‘
The Dakotas and Western Min- |
nesota dug out from a blizzard
that nearly paralyzed transporta
tion. Snowplow crews worked
overnight in the biting cold to
open the wind-drifted roads of
packed snow in the blizzard belt.
It was 30 degrees below zero in
Grand Forks, N. D,, early today.
Minnesota reported readings of
~20 and it was -12 in lowa. No
immediate relief from the iey
blasts was in prospect.
The Arctic air from Western
Canada that hit the Northern
Rockies and Northern Plains
pushed across the mid-continent.
It .was cold southward to the Guilf
of Mexico and eastward to the Ap
palachians.
HOME
EDITION
U. N. Negofiaf
.N. Negotiator ,
¥
By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN %
MUNSAN, KOREA, Jan, 28
(AP) -— The Allied command
acknowledged today that U. N.
planeg dropped a bomb on Kae
song,, former Korean truce site,
and may have strafed a Commun~
ist armistice convoy.
The bomb was drepped last
Thursday by a pilot who pushed
the w:oiig button when he was
frying to drop a wing tenk, the
Allies said.
The United Nations did nes
question that a convoy was hit
by strafing planes Friday, but
questioned whether they were
truce trucks or military trucks
illegally bearing truce markings.
Simultaneously with the Allied
answer to bombing charses, staff
officers made arrangements te pro
tect captured American and other
prisoners from air attack in POW
camps in North Korea,
Armistic negotiators failed lgll
to make any progress. The U. N.'s
Adm. R. E. Libby commented “it
looks like a complete stalemate”
ahead,
POW BSafeguards
The new prisoner safeguards
resulted from a Red report that
a POW camp was bombed Jan. 13.
The Reds said 20 prisoners were
killed and scores injured. The U.
N. command said it was possible
an Allled plane bombed the ~amp
but they couldn’t tell for sure he~
cause they didn’t know the exact
location of POW camps in North
Korea.
» Today Ofommuntstl staff of«
cers agre: to supply a map
marked with the exact location of
the 11 POW camps in North Korea.
It also will show a camp wherse
non-Korean civilians are interned.
Communists also agreed to mark
these camps 80 they may be identi~
fied from the air by daylight. They
| refused to light the eamps at nigh ““3
as the U. N. asked. The Reds said
the markings on the camps would
not necessarily be “PW”, an inter
'nationally accepted designation.
Implication was the markings
might be in Chinese or Korean
characters.
Both sides also :frecd to re
veal the location processing
camps where prisoners first are
questioned after capture before
they are sent to the rear.
Prisoner Camp Map
The U. N. command delivered,
a map Wednud&v showing loca~"
tion of U. N. POW camps in South
Korea. The Reds sald they would
deliver theirs Thursday.
The Reds say thelr POW cainps
hold approximately 11,580 Allied
solidiers - including about 3,260
American. They believed to held
less than 100 non-Korean ecivilian
internees, mostly ‘missionaries and
diplomats.
The arrangement for protecting
POWs was the only agreement to
come out of conferences Wednes~
day at Panmunjom. Two truce
subcommittees reported no pro=-
gress.
Both “are going to meet gfln
at 11 a. m. tomorrow (9 p. m. Wed~
nesday, EST), but I don't knew
exactly why,” said Rear Adm.
R. E. Libby of the prisoner sul~
committee. “I don't know if we're
coming up with a complete stale
emate, It looks like it.”
Jim Almand Di
r
At Sharon, Ga
v ®
Jim Almand, well known resie
dent of Oconee County, died in
Sharon, Ga., Tuesday night at
9:30 o'clock after an illness of
several weeks. Mr, Almand was
72 years old.
Funeral arrangements will be
~arranged later by Bernstein Fu
neral Home, Burial will be in
; Apalachee Cemetery.
~ Mr. Almand is survived by twe
daughters, Mrs. Paul Hollis; Union
Point, Ga., and Mrs. Irene Poss,
Detroit, Mich.; four sons, E. J. Al
mand, Montgomery, Fla. W., W. K.
Almand, Gray, Ga.,, and H. N.
Almand and A. R. Almand, both of
Union Point; two sisters, Mrs. A.
F. Lancaster, Anderson, S. C., and
Mrs. Henry Evans, Madison, and
several nieces and nephews, b
A native of Oconee County, Mr.
Almand was a lifelong resident of
that commpunity, residing in Wat
kinsville.
WEBB RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—(AP).
James E. Webb resigned today as
Undersecretary of State, and Pres
ident Truman chose David K. E.
Bruce, now ambassador to France,
to succeed him,
The White House announced the
shift by making public the nomi~
nation of Bruce for the post. .
Along with Bruce's nominatiofl,:
President Truman sent to the
Senate that of John M. Allisen,
foreign service career officer, to
be Assistant’ Secretary of State
succeeding Dean Rusk, who re
signed recently. s