Star (Newspaper) - September 17, 1950, Anniston, Alabama Local Forecast cloudy continued Mild today and few scattered today near tomorrow VOL 4 Complete A P and 0 P Leased Member ABC and NEAr ANNISTON ALABAMA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1950 A anil friends around Friday night as Piedmont's Company A awaited their train to carry them to Camp Campbell Ky After al o'clock were met In Birmingham by Gens Waller J Hanna and John M Col John O Lawrence nnd other Alabama Guard officials who turned out to see them off County's Outfit Shoves Off For Active Duty Crusade Plans For The State Now Completed Says AM Con- gressional crs Have Been Named Arthur Wellborn deputy State chairman of the Crusade For dom wild offices in the Radio slated Saturday after- noon every Congressional Dis- in lhc Stale has been and city and county are rapidly getting set up all over Alabama II M Ayers Slate chairman re- turned Friday evening from North Alabama where he named j men for the Seventh and Eighth I MONTGOMERY Sept 16 if James E Folsoni today proclaimed September as sade For Freedom Month and urged Alabama citizens lo their support behind the ment In n proclamation urged all citizens of the State of Alabama to observe the month by signing the freedom scrolls to signify their faith and the faith of the American people In freedom friendship and peace for all nations A la ba mi nns are for freedom democracy and the brotherhood man which is majority the proclamation stated and by being for these we auto- pul down dictatorship oppression of all kinds People of Alabama Folsom continued are now being called upon to share their lives their sons their loved ones in forever the ment of national disputes DeWITT McCARGO group's chairman Piedmont Tank Unit Dons Khaki Heads For Post County's top National Guard outfit Company A of Tank Battalion ed off Friday night for Camp Campbell Ky and active duty with the Army In chilly early evening air at lhc Piedmont railroad station departing Guardsmen gathered in small clusters their families with members of saying goodbyes OTHER PICTURES PAGE 2 Prospect 1 duplicating similar scenes all over the country as the nation's go to war Got Eisenhower Trophy Only a few weeks ago during Summer encampment at Fort Company A's com- manding officer Capl George D had received for the outfit the Eisenhower Trophy dis- it for its ing record me on lop ot an earlier JLM award of the Third Army Trophy i presented to Company A as the j best trained National Guard unit in the Southeastern States Company A worked hard for the earned them and was proud of them Friday night Piedmont showed Company A members it was proud of them oo as hundreds of the townspeople turned out lo see them off Officials Were There Mayor W Y West and other city officials were there and so was the Piedmont High School Rand but one spectator ed that the high-spirited band the Has Vital Role McCargo mail Says List ed Committee Ready A great deal of the success of the Community Chest Fund Drive will depend on lie work of the Prospect Committee in selecting the light prospective donors and gauging accurately the amount they will give The committee this year is made rri sT bV said his committee has already turned in their list to the people who will Simmons of j write the to the train Thirteen men were left be- hind at Fort to load tanks and heavy equipment and they will join the company a week per and M C Giles of Russellville j llc said the list is a long one this will head up Seventh and R and if everyone should give r i j Buster Bell nnd Jack as much as they're asked for lhc In i J MC nf K home both of will be otal from these co-chairmen in the District be more than Simmons Is engaged in the banking nnd wholesale dis- business at Jasper and Is immediate past president of Ro- tary Mr Giles is a realtor a printer and publisher of The Franklin County Times lie is also a past of Hie Alabama Press Association He Served With Eisenhower Mr HOI formerly was ed with the University faculty where lie was graduated in the academic nnd law departments He now practices law at and dining World War II lie s cd on General Eisenhower's si that General Ike he said appeals to me and I wholeheartedly endorse his sland in regard o the Crusade Mr Langhorne also was ed from the University and played i on one of the early teams lie Is now general er of The Times and the radio station thai Is connected with that paper He is a past ident of he Chamber of Commerce nnd a member of the board of of tim Southern Newspaper Publishers Association If yon are on the prospect list you will be getting a letter in a few days asking you for a certain amount The men on the prospect committee have studied their list carefully They will nol ask for more than a fair share So when you gel your letter think about it and Give A Fair Share Tlic mont w home for the Guardsmen At mingham their train was met by Brig Gen Walter J Hanna Brig Gen John M Donaldson Col John O Lawrence and other of- of the Division and the A A WEEK BY A WEEK BY UN Troops Air Base Reported Fighting Inside Seoul U S UN Attack Blast Capital Dr Fred Williams Jr Hailed As Bailor Of City Dr Fred W ir TOKYO Sunday Sept 17 U S fighters and bombers ed back into Korean skies today for a second day of heavy air blows in support of the United Nations offensive Skies were overcast along the but a headquarters aerial summary An aerial pounding by all types of U S Air Force airplanes in port of the United Nations counter- offensive will be the air battle der for the day Gels Tasle Of Fire The enemy assailed on the ground got a baptism ot fiery de- struction Saturday Ever-increasing clouds of planes rained fire bombs and high explosives on front line enemy troops supplies and rear bases Al least 16 tanks and approximately 230 trucks be- loaded with troops were knocked out by Airforce Navy and Marine fighters and bombers The mighty aerial effort was made in spite of rain and low clouds Preliminary ments showed that Airforce Navy and Marine planes of all gories flew more than 645 sorties during the day The Navy announced an ad- Essex class carrier had joined the fleet late in the day making a total of three American and two British flattops now in tion in Korean waters lilt Red Capital Far East Air Forces bomber command sent 80 cruising over Pyongyang the Hed capital 3B miles north of the parallel and the east coast port of Wonsan They struck massive blows at dock warehouse and road facilities The important Red railroad network between Wonsan and distance of 115 miles in five places Navy planes con- their 315 strikes in the area in close support of the advancing U S rine with results Navy dive bombers dropped 246 Ions of incendiary and tion bombs 120 jellied gasoline bombs and fired almost Inch rockets A Navy communique announced corsairs ed a column of 280 trucks believed racing enemy troops from Kimpo Airfield 12 miles northeast of In- chon All but about 50 of the trucks were battered out of ex- istence the Navy reported Congress OK's Marshall's Bid But GOP Insists He Tell Solons Military Ideas WASHINGTON Sept IS IP Republicans demanded today that General George C Marshall out- line to lawmakers his overall view of the military situation as a pre- Dr Fred W Williams Jr Anniston optometrist last night was of- crowned the city's Most Eligible Bachelor place at Coronation Ball held at the Hotel Sponsored by the Pilot Club here the search for Anniston's most eligible unmarried man has been underway for two weeks Dr Williams won over 41 Escorted to a throne by Miss Nellie president ot the Anniston Pilot Club Dr Williams was preceded by David and Michael Sanders who roped off crowning dais Cup And Crown Sandra Page and Cooler Stewart carried the silver loving cup and the crown which was placed on the city's prize elor Mallory acted as master of ceremonies and presented Dr Williams with the loving cup Kenneth Roberts designate from the Fourth Dis- and last year's most eligible crowned Dr Williams as his cessor Featured event of the service was a dance presented before the throne by Millie Dutton Vivian Gardner Frankie Shinn Evelyn Gardner and Betly Bulb He's Columbia Graduate This year's Alost Eligible Bachelor Is a graduate ot ton High School and the School of Optometry at Columbia Uni- versity He served in the Navy three years and is now Ing officer of the Navy Reserve unit here He is a member of the Jaycees and YMCA and is currently ing as a team captain in the sade for Freedom He is an tive member of the First odist Church of Anniston Nominees for the title this year Dr Donald Springer Dr Williams Cecil Young Jr Dr Marvin Ray Walters Dick Jente Ross Cates Woodrow Albea Hugh Conner Sidney Timmons DR FRED W WILLIAMS he's most eligible Ian Jimmy Miller Paul Wells Clifford Tumlin Philip slin Oscar Jimmy Roberts Charles LeCroy Still More Bachelors Eugene Turner Jr Butch McCraney Philip Noble Clyde Carroll Dwight Evans Jr old Harvey Jr Jimmy Gann Jimmy Simpson Jimmy Kerkendall Bobby Davis Charles Lane Joe Callahan Jim Williams Kenneth Roberts Busier Miles John Orr George Connor Homer Bryant Lon er and John Durfey Miss Nancy Williams assisted by Mrs Lynn Gray served as general chairman of the dance and all members of the club Chandler Watson Harry j ed on various committees Now In Korea War GWn Bond Here Writes Thanks To Jailer Alabama Military District All over Alabama as of liminary to his expected l Hie Tank Battalion rolled tion next week as Secretary of out on way to service Defense ilies and turned out I Senator Knowland R Calif Io sce ff told a reported he will ask Senate Armed Services to call Marshall in a closed sion next week for a statement of policies he will follow as the i Louis A Johnson I While Atlantic Pact Nations Balk At Proposal For German Army French Still Fear Reactivated German Might Council Sources Say But Unified Army May Yet Be Okayed NEW YORK Sept 16 North Atlantic Council failed lo achieve agreement on Secretary of State Acheson's plan for defense ot Western Europe and looked around for some la to meet French fears about rearming Germany With informed diplomatic sources insisting there Is no deadlock Resistance Stiff On Southern Front Yak Fighters Attack Invasion Fleet t TOKYO Sunday Sept 17 United Nations overran Seoul's outer defenses Saturday seized Its big e g mp were reported by South Korea's radio to be fighting the Council decided to meet again Monday at 10 a m for another round on the German question May Yet Agree Creation of German military units up to division strength for use in a defense force is a keystone of the Acheson Plan The Council was said to be advancing lowards some time in the the American proposal hut diplomats agreed there must be a lot ot talk before issue is settled The Council held morning and afternoon meetings today French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman was reported to have told he gates from 12 nations that the mans can contribute towards Euro- armed nnd thai in any case it is premature to include German tary units at this time Study Is Directed Oxford Slates City Hall Vote Decision On Buying School For City Hall Sought The Cily of Oxford has passed a final resolution calling for an to sec if the city shall buy lie Oxford Grammer School ing to use as a new city hall The election will be held Oct 17 If the people of Oxford approve the purchase of the building they will also be approving a bond sue to cover cost of the chase Oxford has long used an old building on Alain Street as their cily hall The biggest problem is that of which began Friday at Inchon port of Seoul went ashore there to make a front line tour United Nations forces 165 miles to the southeast gouged out gains up to five miles in their new sive against Reds rimming the old beachhead Yaks Attack Fleet As reinforcements and material poured ashore at Inchon the first air was made today against the supporting U S and British fleet off that west coast port Two Yak fighters and bombed but there was no report of any damage to the warships All bombs missed A British cruiser shot down one Yak after Its bullets had wounded three men aboard the warship Field dispatches from the east beachhead said UN attacks were resumed at daybreak today Associated Press Correspondent Jack MacBeth said there was an air of optimism at long imperiled Taegu A U S First Corps man said the offensive was going about as we expected Reds Stand At Bui First Corpsmen fighting within three miles of 12 miles northwest of Taegu ed stiffening Red resistance TJ S First Cavalry Division soldiers at- tacked hill positions 10 and 12 miles north and northwest of Taegu Associated Press Correspondent Stan Swinton reported from the southern end of the tle line that the U S sion resumed the today ter a quiet night From the beachhead at Inchon U S and South Korean Marine columns struck northwest and southwest of Seoul supported by Ing lanks The Korean republic's radio at Pusan quoting the South Korean High Command said one Marine force captured the ban Industrial ward of po at 5 p m Saturday in street fighting led by tanks Units Reported In City It said other United Nations units hurdled the broad Han er inlo Seoul proper and were ad- towards the heart of the cily of more than lation Another U S rine force came pounding down the east bank of the Han River across from Kimpo airfield and entered Kok ern Seoul suburb the Republican announcement said The Marines already had ed Kimpo 15 miles north of Seoul against light North Korean ance H Is the best air base that Korea has to offer and a U S Air Force spokesman who announced its capture predicted it soon would be in Allied operation South Korea's Naval Chief Rear Adm Sohn Wun II told AP Morin at Enemy Not Fighting The enemy is different now he Is not fighting I do not North Koreans have any organized army units this far north Sohn said he thought the Reds Would surrender if they had a Jailer Kri Millican The letter apparently sored and written on tablet paper was addressed lo the County Jail and was from Sgl Joe T Melton free from County Jail here under a on a charge of burglary The sergeant was one of two soldiers who were arrested here on charges of burglaries into the to lhc u five eel days lo unload our lanks because lo j they only have one dock here The Split Nickel inlo a nearby lie das been president the slorc and Club larios in neighboring publisher of Sheriffs and highway The Daily will organize Morgan Comity for and He has served on Hie board of he State Chamber of Commerce nnd recently told the Decatur story to the United Nations He also will appear soon in a movie thai dramatizes Decatur and TVA Jack a graduate ot lhc patrolmen arrested the Fort soldiers approximately a month nnd a half ago Officers here said the cases against the soldiers docketed here for trial were continued until lhc two re- turned from Korea for Korea is aptly described in lhc letter was written Sept 7 from We only slayed on the front for two weeks this lime but we go back in a few days We are going to make an Invasion behind lied lines read hi suited We will Similarly Senator R Iowa said he believed the Senate Foreign Relations tee ought to have the advantage of Marshall's International policies lioth Knowland and er voted against Hie passed by Congress yesterday o let a five-star general take the post Congress had said should was to instruct the deputies to finding space for cily offices and I chance a proposal made by j parking for city vehicles This was not true however on man for measures to control prices Tlic purchase of lie school the materials in peacetime Ing would solve both problems Set U X price controls usually arc imposed in war the French leader I thinks this should be done snuthern front 2 Col 3 1 hope by the lime you cr 10 any a civilian lhc invasion will have sai there is no doubt Marshall will lie confirmed hand Schuman took up most of the be attached o ifor llis speedily Press Iliaf First Marine while vasion They arc a lighting outfit Kos dent Truman is expected lo sign y and I lien send formal appointment In ami we arc proud to be with n we were on the front al Taegu there was several times I wished thai I were back in your jail II was rough at Taegu bul I prefer lo be here Over here we have a chance to help the world by doing our part lo preserve freedom And loo we I have a chance lo make amends for Srr School will MoHon 2 Col 1 soon as we unloaded we See Million Ho m God with us because none of our men have been killed Wc have for Lawyers Guild Is Porty Agent WASHINGTON Sept 16 The House Un-American accused the Lawyers Guild today of being legal bulwark of the Communist parly and an of n foreign principal hostile o of 2 Col 3 Stales morning explaining France's fears and reservations on the ment of Germans informed es said Schuman was said to have told the Council that the time has not yet come to include German units He said there are other ways Germans could he used at present according to these sources 12 Arc Rescued Fulton Great Work To Begin In The Star Tomorrow BEGINNING tomorrow The has affected his life Slar will present Fullon I Tlie religious writer recounts new book Why I Know similar adventures which ST MALO France Sepl 1C ships searched waters off St Malo tonight for ad- survivors of the Ship La Place which sank shortly after midnight after striking a drifting World War II mine Only 42 have been saved so far of 93 persons known to been aboard Navy Ministry com- said Thirteen bodies have been recovered There Is A in a condensed form as a daily front page feature The new book is acclaimed as the guide for those who have losl faith since record-breaking The Greatest Story Told This hook was carried In serial form In Tlic Slar several months ago and amused great interest In this area The new book according to lors religions leaders and laymen Is even more Important since it concerns itself with the vital gle between Communism and In his new book Mr Oursler blames he modern sickness of the world on fear greed Ignorance and despair In n series of IS the articles show how Oursler self found a faith nnd how that W T ROSSER Anniston Man Called Missing In Korean War William T Roster On unity List Two From Slate Reported Killed last Week fay the Defense Department that Pfc William T Rosser 21 li ing In action In Korea He is the ion of Rosser Watwood of 2006 Avenue and a of Atlanta where he attended Smith High School Joined Army la IMS Private First Class Hosser en- listed in the Army In August 1949 He was stationed In Hawaii when he received orders transferring him lo Korea with the Fifth In fanlry Regiment His unit departed from Hawaii July 17 and arrived in Korea July See Anniston Page 2 Col 1 Denham Fired As NLRB Aide Truman Ousts Counsel Hits At Art WASHINGTON Sept IS President fired Robert N Denham as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board today with a blast at the Hartley law and Denham's to get along with the board bers Mr Truman forced Denham to lurn in his and ed it effective at the close of business next Monday There was no who would succeed ham The While House made public nn exchange of between the President and Denham whose original four-year appointment was not scheduled to expire until next year The Denham he President had asked for his resignation forthwith The Weather Miam ed lo other leading figures of the modern world hi Why I Know There Is A God Oursler has sounded the golden chord of peace The sages in this series ot articles of- fcr hope and peace in the turmoil I of worry and fear of a fighting I world Hut the book does nol offer a pacifist attitude toward the farces of Communism Instead Oursler throws down the challenge of a new and dynamic The book and Its Ideas have beta endorsed enthusiastically by churches of all faiths Follow it closely Don't miss single Installment This book has a message for you j Remember beginning tomorrow It will appear as a dally column oa the 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