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COVERING AIKEN COUNTY NEWS FOR OVER FOUR DECADES UNITED PRESS NEWS IMCIURES DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDIlsiB OF AIKEN AND AIKEN COUNTY PUBLISHED DA1UY. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY UNITED FEATURES -COMICS. Fair warmer in ft noon. 1 i OAU.Y BC A CC f' Eighty-Fourth Year THE JOURNAL 1869 Carolina, Tuesday, December 16,1952 THE AIKEN STANDARD THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAZFTTI ESTABLISHED 1923 ESTABLISHED 1928 i U. SKIOW Blankets New England SNOWS COVERS NEW ENGLAND-A wrecker, winches on I un overturned an to from a ditch in llunnvei, New Hampshire.

Northern New England boynn lo power mid ciiiiiiiiiinica- tions in wake of a IS-incli snow bhinkel llial U-ll lull ten Salvation Army UrgBs Cooperation In Helping Needy U. S. Will Resume Talks When Peiping Accepts UN Terms Long Robes and Bare Feet The Halvalion Army, under the supervision of Ijieul. F. Aiken county desires tu meet Ihc needs of all unfortunate families this Christmas.

In order lo accomplish this aim Lieut. Smith needs the cooperation of all oilier agencies who plan to aid families at thLs lime. He i.s requesting that all other agencies check names with his list a.s Ihc Army Jia.s a large number of needy families on their list and Ihey would nut want (o duplicate any ba.skcl.s and possibly omit other worthy cases. Lieut. Smith may be reached at telephone a I.

Ihe vntion Army hcadciuarters on Sumler Street. Hi-School To Present Xmas CunlaLa Tlic North Koreans, to whom the U. N. peace offer also was addressed, have not yet replied to the U. N.

but there was little doubt Mere that the answer from Pyongyang also would be "no!" 'The Stale Departnienr.s comment on I'cipiiig's rejection was followed quickly by a French statement calling the Chinese Red stand "destructive of Red demand for "peace al any price." "Thus the Communist have again rejected peace in Ko-ea," the. U. S. said. It added: "The U.

S. government reaffirms its determination to continue to fulfill its re.s-ponsibilitieK in Korea. The U. N. command remains ready to meet again with the Communist ncgoliiitnrs at whenever they accept the proposals contained in the U.N.

resolution or any of the other numerous proposals which have been made lo Ibem by thy U. N. command, or whenever they advance constructive proposals of Ihcir own which could lead to an honorable armistice. there can he no with' Ihe basic humanitarian I'l-inciplos contained 1 in the resolution nf the Cciicral Assembly "Until the Communists accopl I hose basic U.N. principles, the U.

S. cannot what useful purpose will he served, hy having ihe U. K'. propose to the I Communists still other plans for implementing these proposals. "The responsibility for whether there shall be peace in Korea I clearly lies with the Chinese Communists and the'North Korea authorities and their The French DONALD OK'll WINS PUPPY Donald Orr ira.s tile winner of the honey-colored cocker spaniel at White's of Aiken Saturday evening.

Donald is the son of Mr. ami Mrs. Jerry B. Orr of Columbia Road. A crowd of approximately 300 were present to see the presentation of the puppy by Santa Clans.

Lt. Chavous Is Killed In Action In a telephone conversation yesterday morning svilh this newspaper, the Defense Department in Washington made notification of the First Lieutenant. Edward D. Chavous. son of Mr.

and Mrs. linear Chavous of Route 1, Aiken. The department slated that IA. Chavous lost hi.s life in action in (he Korean conflict. supporters." Statement said: "The French delegation considers the Pcipiiuj reply as entirely negative and.

for the time bcinsj. anyway, destructive of hope. "II. calls on the U. N.

to accepl peace at any price. Ihe price in Ihi.s ca.sc being the abandonment 1 elementary human con.sid- ''ration towards (hose amon the Ground Work Laid For Early Meeting YORK, Dec. J5-(U1 I'rcsident, elect Eisenhower held staff conferences on his trip to Korea today to lay the groundwork for a dramatic mcr-tino with Con. Douglas MacArthur, who has offered llie new administration a "clear and inite to llio war. It was announced ol'licially' that the meeting was not to be held today, but there were indications Eisenhower might confer tomorrow with liis one-titnc officer.

It will be the first face-lo-fuce mcelinu they met in Tokyo more llian six years ayo. Kijcnhower returned from his trip to the Ko- leau front lines yesterday and l)iu-k at work at 8:35 a. m. to! day in his "42nd Street White i House." the Commodore Hotel. He i several visitors and then I spent much of the afternoon going World News In Brief The Aiken selmiil concert baml and chorus will prc.senl.

it's ''ration towards (hose amonq annual 'hrislrnas Cantata Tliurs- i lsol rH tt ')io they day al. 11:15 al the Aiken lltuh i will. hi' if they Miami Shivers Jii lie cord Cold Wave school auditorium. Koth groups are under Ihc direction of William SUi! The numbers on the program will include: A Merry Christmas. Childreiis Prayer, and Sleigh Hide by the band.

Chorus numbers: Let Tongue Adore Thee, I.o. I low A Hose K'cr llloom- iiiK, Carol of the Russian Children. of Uainhiiio. a solo by Illtmtdti: While. Christmas; Clod H'-sl You Merry Cent leincn; No rcpatrialed.

In fact, it calls on llie.U. N. lo accept a humanitarian bankniplcy'." It. became clear earlier in the day that, unless an emcrKcncy tuation arises. Ihc U.

N. will shun any ful low-tip moves on Korea until after Kisenlioxver i.s in office. This prospect was clearly outlined when the powerful steering Desiring, committee agreed unanimously lo Utllie i recess Ihe Assembly as planned nn (1 before Dec. 2:5. MIAMI.

l)ct: IT. (U.P.) ous frost was predicted lor Florida's orange-heavy groves as the' coldest weal her nt the season put the deep South "in the deep and Mianiians in seldom-seen topcoats. Traces of snow were reported as far south as the (lull Coast in Alabama and Florida. Tcni- dropped lo Ihe low iid's iiit ihe Southland cxccp! for peninsular Florida. But even in Miami il dropped In 4(i and lo a siin-lmiiHry tourist, nol to mention Ihe perpetually warmed natives, thai is cold.

A chill northwest wind whipped Ihe city all day and streets were full of Inpcoated Christmas shoppers. Many "I Ihe coals were ohviuiu- molh-ealcn because buy them mil more I ban once in 10 years. Open air hamburger ami orange juice stands dropped curtains around then' sidewalk entrances wilh iilauay door for customers. HARDKST VVOHK Uce. 15 UJ.f!) -l Truman was quoted as siiyins the hardest work of ujis life was tluiy lir-uien- Candic Was There And No anil Holy Niwlil with Mipnmo IMKS Call Sloan.

The I'micludinU Mrs. Cox Franklin. numb 1 will be (lirislmas Fantasy (lied yesterday in the Aikin with liand and cliorus County hospital. Funeral services will be this afternoon p. m.

at the ('mod Hope liaptisl church con- by the pastor. Hev. C. II. McF.lhnne..

1 Interment will be in l( '-hinehv ard cemetery. Mrs. Fiiinklin was a native of AuHiista, fla. but had lived the FIGHT TU SAVi: SIIIC'S I.KC'MIOltN. Italy.

Dee. (U.P.I workers battled a full nale and cra.sln'nu sc'as toniKlit in a desperate effort tu rescue American crewmen clintnn'u lo I Hie severed stern tif a U. S. Navy supply ship which split in two on a reef lilt) yards off shore before rlau luday, Three uf the men aboard the (irominet Kecfcr had been naulcd ashore un breeches buoy line stretched tenuously over the waves to a flagpole ashore. The officers and men were middled fin (he stern half of the ship uhirh was kept above wiiler liy ihe jaggrd rocks (if Ihe Quern nl' (Jwirnn Heel' oil which the vessel broke its back.

i water parl at lirr life in Aiken I county. Her death came after an I illness of nnly a few days. Pallbearers will he 1 llaslinj 1 Owen. (leorne Seigli Diinliar Itoyd. Siirviviim arc her husband, (lol- ie Franklin; three daughters.

Mrs. I Hetty Page, fJloverville, Miss Friinklin. Vaucluse. Miss lu-lorcs Ul-'l) 1. Aiken; four sdiiA'.

Krnesl Halh: Otis Franklin. Clearvvaler. and Hotihie and Milledge Kranklin of i Hl'l) I. Aiken. and one brother.

Kugene of Tampa. I-'la. llidgway Says Forces Are Woefully Weak I'AIIIS, Dec. 15 (U.P.)—Gen. Mal- Ihew B.

Kidsway told the North Atlantic Trealy Council loday that his 50 so-called paper were more like 35 divisions, and would give little trouble to any massive Russian sweep against Western Kuropc. The supreme commander said bluntly llial his forces arc woefully weak, and urged the council lo speed the approval of bis plans In build up the NATO defenses fast. Al the same time the council disclosed that in a sweeping move i wb toward the use of common arms military items had been approved us standard equipment, in- cludinsi the battle-tested IJritish i Ceuturian tank. Forty cabinet ministers of the I 14 nations in NATO opened a I'erencc handicapped by the lack of representation of Dwiylil 1). Kisenhower's incoming U.

S. ad- I tiiinisliviliiin. Secretary of Htalc Dean Ache-son headed the U. S. delegation.

The coniH-il meet inns were sec. ret. but summaries of llie proceed' ings were made available to newsmen. Ilidgway keynoled Ihc conference with a grim warning that, llie West could afford nu relaxation in rearmament. Ile said some of his "about divisions the HOid for the end of 111.12— were hicapahlc of real resistence, some would need more Ihan a month lo and 'Mime were under-equipped, under-trained and under-siijiplied.

lie Ihe need for quick approval of the program fur base lurildinu; in so llial valuable lime uonld not i he lust in the eonsl I iou (if air fields, depots and other inslalla- lions. a effort i.s made lo provide a steady of equipment and reserves. Ihc fnrces under his command could do lilllc about, any major Soviet move. Kidgw'iiy (old the council. LONG ROBES AM) BANK KMCT-Visiting lin-nini, tm-n ol a religions seel ia.Ventura.

Claliiurnia, dial dressod in more conventional duri spcclion of lacililios. X'isilors sai'd llu-y uil and forest liix-s in rohrs an.d liarr led. il.J.OIil- Jliirn 1 I lu.uhr.s; JJon Krishna Tclcpholo. GUI' TO HACK UP CAMPAIGN CHARGES OK CORRUPTION WASHINGTON. Dec.

15 (U.P.i- liepublieans iny plans for a dozen investiya- lions lo back up their campaign charges that communism and cor- million tainted the Truman acl: ministration. i The Republicans said today they expect lo be ready to start firing i cpieslions at a hdsl of witnesses as snon the new OOP-controlled jf'oiiyress meets Jan. 3. 'J'bey liave been waiting years lor the opportunity. i Republican party leaders have I promised they will leave no stone unturned llial might, conceal a scandal or fault, in recent Denio- icralic administrations.

Supplies To Far Eas Air Force To Be Stepped Up By Ike TUKVO. I 1(3 (U.P.I I'residenl-cleel Dwiuht 0. F.isco- declared upon return from Korea tiiat supply problems I of serious proportions CMS! in the' I war has promised the Far East air forces lo spare no effort in providing "everything you need." il disclosed today. Eisenhower indicated in a message to (Jen. C).

I'. Wcyland. commander of 1 Ihe Far Air Fori'es, liial sumo of the supply lie relcrretl to involved the United Nations' relentless 1 ulfcnsivc. auaiiir.1 llie L'niumiinisls. Primary purpose the dent-elect message, v.as lo thank lor close in oleclion supplied )iim while in III" war ami lo thank llie t'iuhtei- pilots to visit.

Kiscllhoucr lolil llie Air Fmce C'OJimiander In- "lii'alcliit li-r Ihe opportunity I liad ln-ar nn the Korean Mlualimi nili "You may he sure, he uieile. ''-is "Ihal Ufi efl'orl uill In- In Hie me ur lliciulx.Ts ol part In er-. Kel. you people in the Far yon need. The.

Preshleitl-elecl 1.1)1011 rival in York Ihal "certain problems ol' supply have real-bed rather scrims pi npm I inn- which require early con eel inns." Conferences in llir- uar-toin Smith Korean capital nf.Seoul villi I ni 1 Army, Navy and Force in UYc' hruughl. t.he prohltMir, Souri-os close tn illllicah'd thai Ihc suppl es included plan" icopters. I'Vir Air I-'cicce denied, however. ijat plane shortaac existed or planes now in UM- uetv mil due to lack of In KI-I. (l his i said "in spile i lems created President-elect against UK- en on .1 full scaie.

"Tlial his plisJUid Sri Sllluntnly ly while v.nliiu air-crall and mi lo the I'iem-k nf Ihe ail lln- parti 1 over information he had gathered during Ins (rip. Congress are rly Eisenhower's press there was no F.isenhnwer—MacArthur meeting planned today, and that, he hoped i lo be able to amiourice details of (lie iilans for llie conference bc- i lore il conies off. i Eisenhower plunged, into the work of knitting his adminlstra- i lion together and blue-printing his i irogr.im aimed at inducing the Communists (o make peace in He also turned to the subject I of European unity at a luncheon iiioetin? with Foster Dulles, who will be his secretary of state, i and .1. McCloy, who resigned in Aiieust. after three years as U.

i S. high commissioner for Ger; many. i "We talked about steps wblcb. miirht he taken in the. general situation relating to European unl- I McCloy snid after the lunch- con.

"It's a subject in which all nl us have been interested and engaged for many years." McCloy said the question oi un; ity was "diricussed thoroughly and -t lenyth" but that there were no articular references to foreign I jici ur German rearmament. 1 Kisenkfiwer conferred with Harold K. Stassen, who will be his (ihvclor for the mutual se' cuj-ily program, and who it would be "premature" to discuss i "amounts" of foreign aid under the new administration. Eisenhower had several other i iippoinlmcnls with top members of i his admini.stratle&, and j'lbj'ii went Into "staff cortculta- ti(jn to prepare for the uleetirig wijtli MacAi-tliur. RlacArlluir, former Far feastern I and once EiMnhow- i i-r's officer, anajuncod in a speei'h here Dec.

5 he had new nilntion for the Korean war ami indicated he would be willing tn it with the prealdeat- eleel. M-i' told Eisenhower his r'linii-el had not been sought of- fir-ralK since lie returned from iu the of 1951. The lasi lime he saw Eisenhower was in v.hen Kisenliower. then chid itl staff, visited MacArthur's command. I.A.N'D iMIMv TO SENT 'I'O KORKA WASHINGTON.

Dee. 15 A newly developed plastic land mine, so small il can be carried in the palm of the hand, will be sent. UN combat troops in Korea soon, the Army said today. The mine weighs only four and half ounces- but the Army said ii ran cause as much damage as 'ill': nine-pound anti-personnel used in World War II. 11 is much cheaper, too, costing as compared 1.6 more than for the old cast-iron models.

The Army said the new mine. enough lo blow the font oil anyone stepping on it. cannot be located hy mine detectors he- eatisc of its non-metallic construc- I inn. The liyhl weight, small ami iieniral color of Hie new mine manes il possible to lay quickly an invisible mine field, the. Army -aid KoK' i ak' I'd llie hill 1 I.ANA TI TIURn Ai.viu;i.\(.;!•: IN nivouci-'.

I'AHSON CITY. Dee. Ki il.H*•- Tinii' ran out today on I.ana I Turner's "Ihis is forever" mar- lo tinpliile tycoon Henry .1. 'I opiiing. cruelty.

Ide ol the moive "The Merry v.dii a Irom tbi. 4 aire in a 10 minute court divorce, her third, ended a begun in April. blonde actress forever" to Topping as. a ueddiim banti on her one ol Hollywood's most Itl-DAV d.v XVASIIIXC.TON. Dee.

I fi 1 A M-V waue I I'liiiimillee disposed nl a liaekloi: of .12.0011 re- lor appn.ixal of 1 iriei'i. 1 In a 10-day 1 on F.comninr. 1.. put the federal wave eon- lint program liacU into uperMiou boyedlt. Ile i- 1 MJ-'d ah oiiler llie lour p.uhlic ineinlii-rs of Hie old ileservists To Be Keaelivated in yViken nnt in the l-'nrl Sill, school in World Wnr arlilery SHOPPING DAYS.EFT IIST Says Those Not Alarmed By Red Menace Are Crazy Her.

I') d'l'l I'vesidc-nl 'I'n said hr nut by Ivianny is sltipid Ijnl M'aniijd llial stcria in or ruiiiinitnisin cunlil di'slrov tin- licediinis tin- nation is In at cciviiiiiiiii. 1 1 di'dicalini; Mr. nt-vv sin ine llirui- must trciisnn-il ddcuincnts tin denee llio Ninslihilion and lliu Hill ol lie Siiid llie ideals of human liberty which the documents symbolize now an: ehallenued by "Communist tyranny" from without and from within by fearful men who could suppress freedom of speech and thought in the name of I'lKhlinji: communism. "For us to embrace the and morals nf communism in order lo defeat Communist aHKression would be a moral disaster worse than any physical catastrophe," the President sftid. The ceremony, allended by Chief Hnildin Dccl Hie nation's ol Indepen- Justice Fred Vinson and other diynilaries, look place in the build- inn where the shrine was built to protect the documents for years.

Vinson warned Hie freedoms Muai'imtccd hy documents are "neither nor "On occasion," be- said, "we suffered factional selfishness inlempcriite. irresponsibility. hy impatience, wo have 1 been sometimes wont lo cast aside much ill' the substance these dnennu-iils." For all thai, he Ihe hi.sluric p'iipe'i'K have not. hi't-n abaiulxiied. and ncji hi he abandoned, (iuv.

Alherl N. Carvel of Delaware, whose s'atc- was Ihe fiisl Id ralify Ihe Cnnsl ii iiliini. called Ihe roll of the -)H in Ihe order of Ihcir ratification or their admission U. the union. As each slate uas called, its flag carried down the aisle by a scrvicewonnin lo lake its place idoiifl the walls id the exhibition hall in which Ihc documents will be displayed.

"If 11 ley are not enshrined." he said, "they would he no bettor than mummies in their case and would in lime become idols whose worship would be in a Hi'iin mockery of the true faith." The President conceded "I here are dangers in religious freedom h'ecduin ol opinion "But Iu deny thc.se rights is worse I'lan dangerous," he said. 'II i-. fatal to lilieily The eMernal threiil lo liberty, should tin! os inin 1 a I IIUIIM-. "Those who want ln iii.ilU'l'.s of llie (I and spirit are like men who so afraid of bciiiy murdered that I hey commit suicide lo avoid assassination." Mr. Truman said there are justifiable grounds fouling alarm" over the threat of international communism.

"The man who isn't aliinm-d simply doesn't iindci.sland Hie situation- -or he's he said. "Bid alarm is (ine thing and hysteria anolhpr. Il.v.sleria impels people lo destroy the very things they air- 1 tr, i "Invasion ci itiiiuo.i I llC.t'ilf'l IKII 1 jii'l niu pi -1 i ii 11 i 1 he a r.lll lie 11 fftf IU i don il ol I "We know iiiui i fathers did about i uf popular 1 an 'no' loie- 1 I 1 1. I li-ucc nut hanler. spirit fit the ic-ti ol TV (II "Ml ITN'SIVi: AND srcCiKSTIVi: Dec.

'U 1 riidin I of Clinic iv and i nialer- opposed am hip I bis lime, sunn fin a six-months in- I'nii nl radio a t'ommerco suli- in-: pi oures.i" in up Us programs and ild Ix- granted a further nee 10 ve hill il can do. ill il said I Ile hev. Kepnbliean- I slecred K.Xrd C'cingress should a continuing check on the indusli'v's rirogress. il should he ea.Mei. for us to preserve llie repulilie.

nol iu a marble shrine, linl in human hearts." Tile three linciiuietils are e.vhi- bilcd lor the first time mi an altar like siiclf ll'al can be lowered atler exhibition into a huge, bomb-proof subterrat.e- Viinll. BOARD DISMISSAL Dee. :5 iu.ni-- Truman's Loyalty view Hoard ruled today there is ii doubt" to the Vincent. loyally s'arlci 1 Tbi- review board recommended Vincent be fired. Ml ir-erve (iriiccrs in Aiken and i in- ai'ca 1'avD been iiotisu'il liiai the Aiken Chaplor.

lii'-rivi- it AsKociation I mtcfl States will be reacti- v.ii'''d ini'eling to bn held in Muilding at 8:80 i' Ueeemher 16th, Tliri.iigh llio efforts of Colo- iii-i Sii'nin Thurmond, who is I'lv-iden: tin- South Carolina Association, and C. Lnlt, of Gran- die. eiiiy known reserve offi- 1:1 (in- area has received a IN.id regarding this meeting. Hnv.evr. vince there i.s a liial ol'iiecr newly IK have been or that IUL.L known ari- been changed, i'i ib being published.

The i I'l be held in conjunction regular d.iil period of -li Slaltiun Coiuplemenl. KI: in Aiken. (I'lu-crs lor Aiken Chapter ill in' and organization ma''-' ai. the meeting lo neld on Tiu-sday evening. Colonel Thiirmoiid ill be present to as- 1 sist iii geiiiim the organization started and In welcome the offi- 'eers of Aiken area into the 'Aiken Chapter.

Officers of all the serviee.s are eligible for membership, and il is hoped that enough Air. Force, Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard reserve officers will he to give the Aiken Chapter a gnnil representation from all nf the services..