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Athens .Civilian
Defense Program
BY COL. F. W. WHITNEY |
To begin with, you must realize
that atom-splitting is just an
other way of causing an explos
ion. While an atom bomb holds‘
more dedath and destruction than
man has ever before wrapped in a
<ingle package, its total power is
definitely limited. Not even hy
drogen bombs could blow the
earth apart or kill us all by mys
terious radiation. {
Because the power of all bombs 1‘
is limited, your chances of living‘
through an atomic attack are
much better than you may have‘
thought. In the city of Hiroshima,
<lichtly over half the people who
cre a mile from the atomic ex
nlosion are still alive. At Naga
<aka, dlmost 70 percent es the
pcople a mile from- the bomb
lived to tell their experience. To- ‘
day thousands of survivors of
these two atomic attacks live in |
ew houses built right where their
old ones once stood. The war may ‘
have changed their way of life,
but they are not riddled with
cancer. Their children are nor
mal. Those who were temrporarily
unable to have children because
of the radiation now are having
children again. |
A-Bomb Chances
1t a modern A-bomb exploded
without warning in the air over
veur own home tonight, your cal
~lated chances of living through
the raid would run something like
Ris:
Should you happen to be one of
#i.e unlucky people right undes
the bomb, there is' practically no
hope of living through it. In fact,
anvwhere within one-half mile of
the center of explosion, your
chances of escaping are about 1
out of 100.
On the other hand, and this is
the :mportant point, from one
half to one mile away, you have
a 50-50 chance.
From 1 to 1% miles "out, the
odds that vou will be killed are
only 15 in 100.
And at points fronmr 1% to 2
miles away, -deaths drop all the
way down to only 2 or 3 out of
each 100.
Beyond 2 miles, the explosion
will cause practically no deaths at
all.
Naturally, your chances of be
ing injured are far greates than
vour chances of being killed. But
even injury by radioactivity does
not mean that you will be left a
cripple, or doomed to die an early
death. Your chances of making a
complete recovery are much the
same as for everyday accidents.
These estimates hold good for
modern atomic bombs exploded
without warning.
Do not be misled by loose talk
of inraginary weapons a hundred
or a thousand times as powerful.
All cause destruction by exactly
the same means, yet one-20,000-
ton bomb would not create nearly
as much damage as 10,000 two-ton
bombs dreopped a little distance
apart, This is because the larger
bombs “waste” too much power
near the center of the explosion.
From the practical point of view,
it doesn’t matter whether a build
ing near the center of the explos
ion is completely vaporized or
whether it is simply knocked into
a pile of rubble.
To be more specific, a modern
atomic bomb can do heavy dam
age to houses and buildings
roughly 2 miles away. But dou
bling its power will extend the
range of damage to only about 2%
miles. In the same way, if there
were a bomb 100 times as power
ful, it would reach out only a lit
tle more than 4%, not 100 times
as far.
And remember: All these cal
culations of your chances of sur
vival assunre that you have abso
lutely no advance warning of the
attack, :
Just like fire bombs and ordi
nary high explosives, atomic wea
pons cause most of their death
and damage by blast and heat. So,
first let's look at a few things you
can do to escape these two dan
gers.
Fall Flat
Even if you have only a second’s
warning, there is one important
thing you can do to lessen your
" chances of injury by blast: Fall
fiat on your face.
More than half of all wounds
are the result of being bodily
tossed about er béing struck by
falling and flying objects. If you
lie down flat, you are least likely
to be thrown about. If you have
time to pick a good spot, there is
less chance of your being struck
by flying glass and other things.
If you are inside a building, the
best place tc flatten out is close
acainst a cellar wall. If you
haven't time to get down there,
lic down along an inside wall, or
cuck under a bed or table. But
den't pick a spot right opposite
the windows or you are almost
sure to be peltered with shattered
21888,
if caught out-of-doors, either
drop down alongside the base of a
good substantial building — avoid
flimsy, wooden ones likely to be
blown over on top of you—or else
jump in any handy ditch or gut
ter.
When you fall flat to piotect
yourself = from' a bombing, don’t
look up to see what is coming.
Even during the daylight hours,
the flash fronr a bursting A-bomb
can cause several moments of
blindness, if you're facing that
way. To prevent it, bury your
face in.your arms and hold it
there for 10 to 12 seconds after
the explosion. That will also help
to keep flying glass and other
things out of your eyes. -
Flash burns from the A-bomb’s
light and heat caused about 30
percent of the injuries at Hiroshi
ma and Nagasaki. Near the center
of the burst the burns are often
fatal. People may be seriously
burned more than a mile away,
while the heat can be felt on the
bare face and hands at 4 or 5
miles.,
tmqb- Shelter
To prevent burns, try to find &
shelter where there is a wall, a
high bank or some other object'
between you and the bursting
bomb. You can expect that the
bomber will aimr for the city's
biggest collection of industrial
buildings,
A little bit of solid material will
provide flash protection even close
to the explosion. Farther out, the
thinnest sort of thing—even cotton
cloth—will do the trick.
If you work out in the open, al
ways wear full-length, loose-fit
ting, light-colored clothes in time
of emergency. Never go around
with your sleeves rolleti up. Al
ways wear a hat—the brim may
save you a serious face burn,
In all stories about atomic wea
pons, there is a great deal about
radioactivity.
Radioactivity is the only way—
besides size—in which the effects
of A or H bombs are different
from ordinary bombs. But, with
the exception of underwater or
ground explosions, the radioactiv
ity from atomic bursts is much
less to be feared than blast and
heat.
Radioactivity is not new or nrys
terious. In the form of cosmic
rays from the sky, all of tis have
been continually bombarded by
radiation every hour and day of
our lives. We all have also breath
ed and eaten very small amounts
of radioactive materials without
even knowing it. For over half a
century, doctors and scientists
have experimented and worked
with X-rays and other penetrat
ing forms of energy. Because of all
this experience, we actually know
much more about radioactivity
and what it does to people than
we know about infantile paralysis,
colds, or some other common dis
eases.
It is easy to understand how
radioactivity works if we think of
how sunlight behaves.
In the northern part of the
world, winter’s slanting sun rays
seldom cause sunburn, but the
hotter rays of the summer sun
often do. Still, just a few moments
in the midsummer sun will not
give you a tan of sunburn. You
have to stay in its hot rays for
some time before you get a burn.
What’s more, bad sunburn on just
the face and hands may hurt, but
it won’t seriously harm you. On
the other hand, if it covers your
whole body, it can make you very
sick, or sometimes-even cause
death.
In the same way, the harm that
can come to you from radioactivity
will depend on the power of the
rays and particles that strike you,
upon the length of time you are
exposed to them, and on how
much of your body is exposed.
Kinu‘%flfiflw
Bx.‘d‘édly\ speaking, atomie ex
plosions produce two different
kinds of radioactivity. First—and
most important in an air burst—
is an extremely powerful invisi
ble burst of rays and particles
thrown off at the time of explos
ion. This kind is called “initial”
or explosive raidoactivity. Its rays
and particles fly out quickly, then
promptly die. There is danger
from them only for little more
than a minute. The second type of
radioactivity — lingering radio
activity—will be described later.
The injury range of the explos
ive radioactivity from a modern
A-bomb is a little over 1 miles, if
the bomb is exploded about 2,000
feet in the air. If it is exploded
much higher, some of the radia
tion may not reach the ground, so
the range may be less, If it is ex
ploded much lower, the radiation
also may not reach out as far, be
cause it would be blocked by the
ground or by buildings.
A little more than a mile away,
the principal effects of the few
dying rays that struck you could
be only as temporary blood chan~
ges in a doctor’s examination. You
probably wouldn’t even realize
you had been exposed.
A little less than a mile from the
explosion center, if you are un
protected, you are almost sure to
suffer illness. Less than two
thirds of a mile away, those caught
in the open are pretty sure to soak |-
up a fatal dose of radioactivity.
Still, the possibility of your be
ing caught without some protec~
tion is not very great. Even if you
are on the street, there is a good
chance that a building, or many
buildings, will be between you
and the burst, and they will par
tially or completely shield you.
Atomic explosions high above
ground cause the most widespread
damage. And, as happened in Ja
pan, when an A-bomb goes off in
the air you are far more likely to
be hurt by.the bomb’s blast and
heat waves than by its radioactiv- |
ity. At Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
slightly over one-half of all deaths |
and injuries were caused by blast.
Nearly one-third of the casualties 1
were from the heat flash. |
Radioactivity alone caused only I
about 15 percent of all deaths and i
injuries.
Ground Explosions
If the bomb were to g 0 off close
to the ground, or slightly below its
surface, the range of the blast and
heat, would be reduced. This is {
due to the fact that all three would |
pe partially blocked by the earth, 1
by nearby buildings and other ob- |
stacles. i
In an underwater burst, there
would be much less to fear from
plast and nothing to fear from
heat. Practically all the explosive |
radioactivity would be absorbed
py the water. However, there
‘would be the second type of radio
activity to be deseribed later on. |
If an atomic bomb goes off in |
the air within two-thirds of a mile
or slightly more of your home, |
[there is no practical way of keep- !
ing explosive ~adioactivity out of
;the above-ground part of your
house. It i§ possible that, at very
short range, artificial, or induced
radioactivity could be set up in
gold, silver, and many other ob
jects. However, this kind of radio
activity will never offer great dan~
ger, so don't throw away banda~"
es and other first aid materials
%n the medicine cabinet They will
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carras (center), exiled from his native land, arrives in
Mexico City accompanied by his wife, Maria, and daugh
ter, Maria Antoinetta, 6. Cuban Ambassador to Mexico,
Manuel Brana (right), was en hand to greet Prio.—
(NEA Telephoto.)
Registrant
Tofal 15,569
A total of 15,569 persons of the
Adhens area registered this week
at civic auditorium, signifying
that they would be wiliing to take
jobs in one of two plants that are
considering opening here., Regis~-
tration began in Athens on Thurs
day of last week, continuing
through 5 o'clock Saturaay after
noon.
Registration in Lexington, Wat
kinsville, Jefferson, Winder, Mon
roe, and Comer was conducted in
the respective communities on
Friday and Saturday. A total of
3,758 persons from Athens regis
tered at the Civic auditorium, ac
cording to the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, negotiating with the
two industries which have ex
pressed interest in opening plants
in, or near Athens.
According to Malcom Ains
worth, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, the two industries
are of equal size, both requiring
about 5,000 persons for operation.
One is a machine manufacturing
company and the other is a pre
cision instrument plant. The
names of the concerns have not
been disclosed.
Questions asked registrants in
cluded: age, sex, color, amount of
education, and home addresses.
Registrants were also asked about
present employment status, their
type of work, and if they would
be willing to enter a six month
training period at no personal cost
if assured of a job.
Saturday’s registration in outly=-
ing towns included: Madison, 325;
Monroe, 546, Lexington, 351, Wat
kinsville, 393; Jefferson, 421; Win
der, 894; Commerce, 966: Daniels
ville, 472; Greensboro, 352, Com-~
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I Red Cross
Serves In Dri
By WILLIAM TURPIN
From the elementary grades
through junior and senior high
school, boys and girls of the Ath
ens area give their time and en
ergy, as well as some of their per
sonal prossessions, in order to ‘help
M
R. C. PROGRESS
The half-way mark has been
reached in the Red Cross drive
for $17,500. On yesterday, the se
cond report day, money was still
coming in. Definite figures will
be available soon.
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those other people who are not in
a position to help themselves.
Under the direction of Miss
Rebecca Fowler and a teacher
sponsor from each of the seven
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At a Hollywood night spot
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tor Kurt Douglas as the famed
film beauty returns to the social
life of the cinemma capital.
Friends claim that Rita will go
to Reno on March 21st to com
plete her divorce from Prince
Aly Khan.—(NEA Telephote.)
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ERNEST VANDIVER
Hear Vandiver
Mayors and Civil Defense direc~
tors of 30 towns in North Georgia
will meet in Athens on Wednes~-
day, March 26, at which time
plans will be formulated to ex
pedite the activation of all Civil
Defense units in the entire area
with particular emphasis on set=
ting up Ground Observer Posts.
This announcement was made
today by officials of the State
Civil Defense Division and Col.
F. W. Whitney, Civil Defense Di=
rector for Athens.
Ernest Vandiver, Atlanta, state
director of the Department of De
fense and vice president of the
National Association of Civil De
fense directors, will deliver the
principal address at the session.
He is scheduled to speak at 10:35
a. m. The meeting will be held in
the City Hall in Athens.
Dick Felts, administrative as
sistant of the Federal Civil De
fense Administration for the
Southeastern Regional Office in
Atlanta, will also appear on the
meeting program. Mr. Felts will
speak following the welcome ad
dress by Mayor Jack Wells of Ath
ens.
Several prominent speakers
have been secured for this first
area meeting of the North Georgia
section, including Dr. L. M, Petrie,
deputy CD director for health
services of the State Department
of Health: Mrs. Mary Grubbs, au
dio-visual aids supervisor, State
Department of Education; Major
E. F. Shaheen, Air Force Coordi
nator attached to the State Civil
Defense office; Mrs. Harold Hodg
son, State Civil Defense chairman
for the American Legion Auxili
ary; George Adams, coutheastern
representative, National Recrea
tion Association; Mrs. Fred T.
Knight, State CD chairman, Par
ent-Teacher Association, and the
Rev. Dow Kirkpatrick, pastor of
Athens First Methodist Church,
who will represent the State Civil
Defense Religious Advisory Com
mittee.
The session will adjourn at 12
o’clock for luncheon and reconvene
at two p. m. for the afternoon
conference. The meeting will last
until four o’clock.
Jerry Cauble, Civil Defense
Area Director, will preside at the
meeting.
AHS Band Gets
s s, .
uperior Rating
The Athens High School Band
went to Washington, Ga., Friday
and took part in the Tenth Dis~
t¥ict Music Festival there this
weekend. The band won the rating
of First Division Superior in the
BB group. There is no high school
AA band in Georgia.
There were only two First Div
ision Superior ratings won and the
other went to an Elementary Band
from Augusta, which is in Class F.
The Athens High Band, com
p?seddot sevenltgyl: fi;ae rr}xfirn?grs,
layed “Storm King March”, “Or
ghgu's' g\iéfiure" gna "American
Holiday Overture”, under the
direc#on of Thomas J. Byrnes,
director. By winning the superior
rating the Athens. Band will com
pete ir the State Contest later in
the spring.
ATHENS, CA., SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1952,
Allied Negotiators Pin Hopes
On "Package Deal” Offered Reds
US Officer Tells Of
Koje Prison Rioting
Remove R&dS,
Sympathi
DETROIT, March 15 — (APY—
An occupation army of top CIO
United Auto Workers officers will
move in on seized Ford local 600
early next week to rid it of the in
fluence of Communists and Red
sympathizers.
Heading the housecleaning staff
of the huge local will be UAW
International President Walter
‘Reuther, who has earned a re
putation as one of the nation’s
most vigorous anti-Communists.
Reuther named himself chair
man of a six-man board of ad
ministration directed early today
to take over the local’s affairs. The
move followed a bitter, all-day
hearing yesterday into Reuther’s
own charges that a relative hand
ful of Communists dominates the
local’s policies.
Local 600-—long considered one
of the most left - wing in the mil
lion-member union — represents
employes in Ford’s vast River
Rouge plant in Dearborn. Its peak
membership has exceeded 65,000,
but cutbacks in auto production
have reduced that figure to rough
1y 45,000 now.
The seizure came under a provi
sicn in the UAW constitution bar
ring Communists or persons sub
servient to Communism from hold
ing local or international union of
fice.
Reuther did not accuse the
local’s top officers of being Com
munists. But he did say they had
allowed themselves to become the
vigtims of “manipulations of a
n‘?fibut well-disciplined Comw.
munist group which exerts influ
ence far beyond its actual mem
bers.’
Reuther said the Union’s Inter
national Executive Board ordered
’the seizure and appointment of an
' administrative board ‘“to put an |
‘end to Communist influence and |
manipulation.” |
The House Un-American Activi- |
ties Committee brought out testi
mony at a hearing here earlier
this week that several minor of
ficers of the local are Communist
party members. None of the wit
nesses, however, labeled president
Carl Stellato or other major local
officers as such.
Stellato was a political ally of
Reuther up until a couple years
ago, identified solidly with the!
union’s right wing faction. |
Some members of the board of
administration are expected to
move into local 600’s elaborate
headquarters, in the shadow of the
Rouge plant, either Monday or
Tuesday. It appeared doubtful that
Reuther himself would move from
the International’s “Solidarity
House” headquarters across De
troit from the local. l
" Aidmore Day”
Calling attention to the benefit
baseball game between the Uni
versity of Georgia Bulldogs and
the Atlanta Crackers here March
31, Mayor Jack Wells has issued
a proclamation designating that
day as Aidmore Day.
All proceeds from the game are
to go to the Aidmore Crippled
Children’s Home. Tickets are to
be available for $1 for adults and
50 cents for students through high
school ages.
Mayor Wells proclamation fol
lows:
WHEREAS, the AIDMORE
CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOME
located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a
state wide eleemosynary institu
tion designed and operated for the
care and benefit of crippled and
handicapped children whose par~
ents or guardians are not finan
cially able to provide adequate
treatment; and
WHEREAS, the Athens Lodge
No. 790, Benevolent and Protec
tive Order of Elks is a benefactor
of this worthy institution in that
ag a major objective of Elks, they
provide the financial support re
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and ceoler today and
fonight.
GEORGIA—Fair and contin
ued cool today and tonight.
TEMPERATURE
Yigheat . ... ..+ . D
TOWERE .. .0 .. atsohe 8
| BEBAN \ive ires sris eree sesadß
| ormal o oL 700
| RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... .00
Total since March 1 ... .. 5.52
Excess since March 1 .. .. 2.86
Average March rainfall ... 5.27
Total since January 1 .. ..13.14
, Excess since January 1'... .46
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Investigation Is
Planned By Army
BY SAM SUMMERLIN
KOJE ISLAND, Korea,
Sunday, March 16.—(AP)
—A violent rock fight be
tween riavl groups of North
Korean prisoners in this Al
lied stockade erupted into a
shooting in which 12 Com
munist prisoners were killed
and 26 wounded Thursday.
Capt. Walter R. Leahy of New
ton, Mass., Prison Security Officer,
reported the shooting was done by
South Korean soldier guards after
he himself had been downed by
a stone in the face and despite his
orders not to fire.
The outbreak was the second in
less than a month on this Rocky
Island Prison.
Seventy - eight interned Ko
rean civilians and an American
‘soilder were killed in a riot in the
‘stockade Feb. 18. Brig. Gen. Frank
'T. Dodd, Koj, commander, said
‘that distrubanc€ was a deliberate
ly-plotted Red riot in contrast to
Thursday’s “spontaneous” out
break.
) Leahy told correspondents the
North Korean prisoners in com
pound £3 had renounced Commun=-
ism about five days ago and had
begun displaying Republic of Keo
era and United Nations flags. The
prisoners in an adjacent com
pound, No. 92, evidently remained
ardent Communists.
Thursday morning a work party
of about 150 prisoners from 03
passed along a dirt paralleling the
barbed wire fence of 92. Guarding
the workers were seven or eight
South Korean soldiers armed with
rifles,
At the same time a group of
some 60 South ' Korean soldiers
were marching along the road
imntxediately in front of the work
party.
Leahy said that the workers
taunted the prisoners insidé com
pound 92 and sang a South Ko~
rean marching song.
“I hopped in my jeep and raced
to get to those prisoners in the
working detail out of the area,”
Leahy said.
When he reached the scene,
“rocks were flying in all direc
tions.” There were conflicting re
ports as to which side threw the
first stone.
Leahy shouted. “Chung Ji"—
“stop it"* — and tried to get the
work party moving. But the col
umn had stopped and the men
were heaving a hail of stones into
the stockade.
Leahy was hit by stones on the
shoulders, legs and arms. Then a
big one smacked the left side of
his fece and knocked him down.
He said the South Korean soldier
heading the guards on the work
detail begged Leahy to let him
open fire.
“But I told him ‘no’ several
times,” Leahy said. |
The captain said then a shot|
rang out somewhere behind him
and rifles started cracking all‘
around the compound.
Leahy said he ran toward the
guards, “knocking their guns up
and shouting to them not to fire.”
Blood streamed down his face.
The South Koreans guard lead
er blew his whistle and ordered
his men to stop firing. The shoot
ing stopped, a few minutes after
it began.
Order was restored rapidly after
the workers were removed from
the area. He added there was some
confusion inside the compound but
American and Korean medics
quickly removed the dead and
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Prayer Services At Home Planned
For Baptist's Evangelistic Week
In preparation for the Evangel
istic Services to be held at First
Baptist Church, March 23-30, a
number of special prayer services
have been planned at various
homes in all sections of the city.
Members are requested to check
carefully the list of prayer serv
ices and attend the one closest to
them. All others who are interest
ed are also invited to attend.
The Evangelistic Services will
be conducted by Rev. Louis
Franklin Kennedy, pastor of the
Brookhaven Baptist Church in At
lanta, and Rev. Girod J. Cole, jr.,
pastor of Comer Baptist Church
will conduct the singing.
The services will be held each
morning except Saturday at elev
en o'clock and at eight o’clock
nightly. All services will be broad
cast over Station WRFC, .spon~
sored by the Keystone Bible Class.
The prayer meetings in the
home, sponsored by the Woman’s
Missionary Society, will be’ held
at 8 p. m., unless otherwise indi
cated.
Following is the schedule for the
prayer meetings, the name and
address of the hostess first and
name of the leader next:
Monday, March 17
Mrs, A. J. Pert, 151 University
Drive, Mrs. Carl Saye; Mrs. W. R.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Korean Ground War At Halt
As Allied Planes Hit At Reds
BY DON HUTH
MUNSAN, Sunday, March 16.—(AP)—Allied negotia
tors today pinned their hopes of partly breaking the Ko
rean truce supervision log-jam on a package deal which
the Reds eyed warily.
The major issues still were stuck solidly. Both sides
agreed Saturday to hand the one on voluntary or foreed
repatriation of war prisoners back to staff officers w¥u
earlier this year failed in 22 sessions to resolve it.
U. S. Plans To
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
March 15. — (AP) — The United
States is planning steps to expose
the falsity of Russia’s charges that
U. N. forces are using germ war=
fare in North Korea and China,
Benjamin V. Cohen said today.
The U, S. delegate ot the 12-
nation disarmament commission
declared Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Jacob A. Malik knew the
accusations were false when he
'made thenr before the commission
yesterday.
~ “We don’t intend to let him get
.away with these dishonest, ‘absurd
‘and monstrous falsehoods,” Cohen
‘added.
| He disclosed that Washington is
considering what measures to take
if the Communists reject a pro
posed inquiry by the International
‘Red Cross requested by the United
States.
| No Decision
~ No decision had been taken yet
whether the United States will
seek an Inquiry by the disarma
ment commission or by some other
agency, he said. It was pointed out
that other bodies, particularly the
Security Council, would be.com=
petent to deal with the question.
~ Cohen said he would consult
with other delegates to the dis
armament commission before that
body holds its next meeting Wed
nesday,
Earlier in the week, U. N. Sec~
retary-General Trygve Lie declar=
'ed the charges were “utterly
false.”’
: Diversion Tactics
U. 8. delegation officials said
they were not sure of the Com
munist motive in carrying on the
campaign, although Cohen ex
pressed belief Malik’s maneuver
yesterday was intended to divert
attention from the disarmament
speeches of Western delegates.
This was the first meeting of the
new disarmament body since its
organizational meeting in Paris
early this year. Cohen opened the
session by presenting a five-point
plan of work. He said he was ‘
deeply disappointed that Malik |
had raised other issues instead of i
making a serious effort to consider
the work of the commission. |
Scholarship Day
Scholarship Day will be observ=-
ed at Athens High School on Tues
day, March 18, with Dr. Florence
Young, acting head of the Depart=-
ment of Psychology at the Uni
versity of Georgia, as guest speak
er. “Honesty in Scholarship” will
be the subject of her address.
‘To honor the seniors who have
made at least 75 per cent of their
grades as “A’s,’ not over 25 per
cent as “B’s,” and no “C’s,” the
Scholarship Society was organized
under the administration of for
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Bedgood, 403 Rutherford, M. C.
Gay; Mrs. Walter Doolittle, 275
Baxter, Mrs. Alex Saye; Mrs. J.
W. Bailey, 160 King Avenue, E.
B. Mell; Mrs. John McNab, 460
Springdale, Alex Saye; Mrs. H.
M. Schrivener, 550 McWhorter
Drive, H. M. Schrivener— Mrs. R.
E. Carter, 150 Grady Avenue, Rev.
R. E. Carter; Mrs. M. S. Cooley,
435 Hampton Court, Dr. Fred
Bennett; Mrs. Morton Hodgson,
749 Cobb, Morton Hodgson; Mrs.
H. M. Morris, 220 West View
Drive, Miss June Gallaway; Mrs.
Howard Harris, 1685 South Mil
ledge, E. P. Mallary.
Tuesday, March 18 -
Mrs. O. W. Taylor, 228 Hender
son, Mrs. J. E. Taylor; Mrs. Mari-~
on Ivey, West Lake Drive, Mrs. J.
F. Whitehead; Mrs. J. H. Nunnal
ly, 665 Pinecrest, E. C. Getzman;
Mrs. Ernest Garrett, 390 Milledge
Terrace, O. M. Roberts; Mrs. Ovid
Bird, 1358 South Lumpkin, Mrs.
Robert Marbut; Mrs. W. O. Boi~
ton, 1573 South Lumyi)lfln, M. M.
Stephenson; Mrs. Albert Wier,
1683 South Milledge, E. B. Mell;
Miss Magdalene Glenn, 1034 Mad
ison Avenue, Rev. R. E. Carter;
Mrs. F. E. McHugh, 230 King
Avenue, 4 p. m., Mrs. J. W. Bailey;
Mrs. Otis Boner, 1980 South
Lumpkin, 4 p. m, Mrs. R. A
Stewart; Mrs. Marion Reed, Plum
Both matters were up for dis
cussion in talks opening at 11 a.
m. today (9 p. m., EST, Saturday)
at Panmunjom.
The prisoner issue was inflamed
by a new outbreak Thursday of
Communist prisoners at the Allies’
Koje Island stockade.
A U. N. command spokesman
told the Communist negotiators
Saturday that 12 Reds were killed
and 26 were injured during the
rioting. The Communists termed
it a “Sanguinary incident” and in
dicated they would make a strong
protest later.
Accept Red Plan
In its package deal, the Allied
team offered to accept a Commu-~
nist plan for five instead of six
ports of entry—where neutral in
spectors could observe truce con
ditions. Other items in the “pack~
age” included an offer to yield on
Allied demands for periodic re
ports on locations of major mili
tary units and a ban on eoncen
trations of forces posing a threat
to the other side.
In return, the Allies insisted
that the Reds drop demands for
inspection of secret weapons dur
ing a truce and deletion of the
word “Korea” from a truce clause
banning naval blockade.
Seek to Strike World Korea
Allied negotiators say the Reds,
in attempting to strike out the
word, “Korea” may be seeking to
protect Communist China from
any possible naval blockade. The
threat of such a blockade is con
sidered a strong factor te make
the Reds live up to truce terms
guaranteeing the safety of South
Korea. -
The Re?: quickly accepted the
three Allied concessions but in
dicated they weren’t interested in
talking about the other two points
which would require them te com
promise.
Progress in the truce talks dur
ing the past week was about nill.
Korean War
SEOUL, Korea, Sunday, March
18 —(AP)— The Korean ground
war almost stopped completely
Saturday, but Allied warplanes
kept hammering Communist sup
ply lines despite a thick overcast.
The U. 8. Eighth Army com
munique reported there was not
a single noteworthy contaet with
the Reds all along the battlefront.
U. 8. Fifth Air Force fighters
and bombers flew 375 sorties,
These missions, however, were [ B
stricted to targets uppearh‘]ie-'
low breaks in the clouds. U. S.
Sabre jets flying a protective
screen spotted no Communist MIG
jets.
MIGs Gef 15-1 Beating
The Air Force disclosed in its
weekly summary that the MilGs
took a 15 to 1 beating in dogfights
last week. One Allled Sabre was
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The fellow who preaches class
hatred probably has a knife for
your throat, too. P
Nelly Road, Dr. Albert Saye; Mrs.
S. C. Moon, 125 University Drive,
Rufus Smith; Mrs. Charles Hudg
ins, 510 Milledge Circle; Mrs. V.
C. McGinty, 310 South View
Drive, E. P. Mallary; Mrs. Carl
Saye, 297 Bloomfield, Alex Saye.
Wednesday, March 18
Prayer meeting will be held at
the church.
Thursday, March 20
Mrs. J. E. Patman, 1385 South
Milledge, Mrs. J. E. Trayler; Mrs.
George Head, 1761 South Lump
kin, Mr. E. B. Mell; Mrs. Bess H.
McClain, 131 Grady Avenue, Mrs.
M. C. Gay; Mrs. F. N. Drewry,
1440 South Milledge, Rev. R. E.
Carter; Mrs. J. A. Darwin, 225
South Milledge, O. M. Roberts;
Mrs. W. K. McGarity, 117 Spring
dale, Mrs. 8. C. Moon; Miss Flora
Adams, 295 Hill street, Morton
Hodgson Mrs. F. E. McHugh, 230
King Avenue, 4 p. m., Mrs. J. W.
Bailey; Mrs. Francis Bowen, 890
Sonth Lumpkin, E. C. Getzman;
Mzs. Howard Abney, 159 Dearing
street, Alex Saye; Mrs, Grady
Flanagan, 648 South Milledge, 4
p. m., Mrs. J. F, Whitehead; Mis,
Fred Bennett, 410 University
Drive, Dr. Virgil Robinson.
Mrs. Carl Free, 824 Hill Street,
Pro DB Nic%:son: Mrs. Mar
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