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No Delay in Casualty Lists
The Army was recently accused of not issuing correct cas-
ualty figures in the Korean fighting but officials pointed out
that casualty notifications were following the pattern worked
out in World War II.
The Army admits a time lag in the report of casualties but
points out that there has been difficulty in contacting units
and that reports of those missing are constantly corrected by
later information as scattered men return to their organizations.
We Borrow Philippine Tanks
Mr. John Foster Dulles. Republican adviser to the State
Department, speaking in the last days of July, asserted that the
tanks “now being used in Korea were begged from the Philip-
pine government because we didn't have enough of our own to
send."
This statement comes under the category of news but, we
presume, the borrowing of tanks, previously given to the Philip-
pine government, was due, not to a lack of tanks in this country
but to the fact that tanks from the Islands could be gotten to
Korea much more quickly than those from the United States.
Wants to Be Included
Turkey was one of the first United Nations countries to
offer to send ground troops to Korea. This act emphasizes the
strong and loyal stand that Turkey has taken on the democratic
side since the end of the last world war.
The Turks, or course, Know that they hold a key position
for the Western World. Moreover, they know that the Ruski&ns;
having denounced the Turco-Soviet Treaty of non-aggression,
will, one day, make a strong bid for control of the Dardanelles
and to regain some of the Turkish border districts.
Consequently, Turkey, which has moved toward Western
democratic forms, is anxious to be included in the North At-
lantic Pact and to secure a seat on the Security Council of the
United Nations.
While it might look like a novel idea to include Turkey in
the North Atlantic Pact, there is some room for the argument
that it is as logical to include Italy. The Turks have a formal
treaty with France and Great Britain, guaranteeing aid if Tur-
key is attacked by a European power. Moreover, the Truman
doctrine of military aid to Greec and Turkey has been tremend-
ously valuable and effective.
Nevertheless, the Turks want to be recognized as a full-
fledged member of the democratic groups. We do not know
what the ruling heads of the various democratic states think
of the Turkish proposal or whether military advisers suggest
caution in connection with commitments to defend such a vul-
nerable geographic position, but. so far as other grounds are
concerned, the Turks make out a good case for themselves.
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Coach Mike Murphy won’t have
many reserve* this year. In fact,
the man Is going to be lucky to
have griddars to make op a team.
Like other coaches, Murphy can
whip out the old towel and start
crying with the bed! of them, but
one gets the idea that he isn't
conceding anything to anybody.
Maybe he doesn’t expect to win ell
his games. With the schedule he
faces, it would be foolish to stick
out your necks and favor the Yel
low Jackets to win more than 60
Mf cent of the tilts scheduled.
But there’s an if:
If the Jackets have a good night
against Sweetwater, you can ex-
pect a competent team. If the
Jackets don't gat beat up and bat-
tered, you can expect them to give
other teams s run for their money.
It all hinges on the Mustang
game.
Sweetwater’s Mustangs are clev-
er. They have beqn in West Texas
long enough to learn the wide-
open passing and running attack
featured out there. And they have
reserves. In fact, they could go a
long way in the state race.
Therefore, if the Jackets should
play the ’8tangs a good game, it
would give them the confidence
and poise they need.
Confidence and poise—nfty per
cent of any team's success. High
school boys—like college boys—
can do about anything they feel
big enough to do. If they remem-
ber that boys on other teams don
their trousers one leg at a time—
eat cornbread and beans just as
other people do—that they’re no
rougher than anybody else—then
fifty per cent of the battle is won.
Fans have a lot to do with build-
ing a football team. No matter
With Nichols in Washington
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Stag Correspondent
It’s about time that somebody saw the flying saucers again;
better still, it might be a good idea, if there are any such things,
to let the Koreans see them.
Washington, Aug. 22 IW—The
worm turned—and the pretty baby
gave the politician a big kiss.
The “baby” in this ease is lovely
Mary Jennings, 18, of Hot Springs,
who stopped in our lown briefly to
spread lip-rouge where it counted
—on her way to Atlantic City to
compete in the Miss America con-
test as “Miss Arkansas.”
The polictian was Rep. Oren
Harris, D., Ark. The congressman
siat still for a big buss and wished,
the young lady well.
And the pretty Miss Jennings
also had the blessings of another
gent from her home state—John
R. Steelman, one of the assistants
to President Truman. J. S. was
born in Arkansas and is proud of
it. He provided Mary with a White
House car and an escort to show
her the sights around Washington.
When the first shot was fired in Korea thousands of busi-
ness men in the U. S. looked with glee upon the record of the
profits they made during World War II.
Burleson Would
Exile U. S. Reds
It strikes us as extremely silly that the great industrial
plants of the United States have not been set to work to produce
the largest and best tanks in the world.
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If business men will organize themselves to stop graft and
corruption, instead of trying to scare the people with silly
bogeys, they will render their country a service.
You can acquire a liberal education if you read the news-
papers of the thirties and see what the big businss boys were
saying about what would happen if certain laws that were pass-
ed were passed.
So far as we know there is no instance in the history of the
United States when any industry rejected a subsidy from the
U. S. Treasury. If you doubt this, look up the history of the rail-
road building, steamship lines, air lines, etc. and etc., not over-
looking the, protected industries.
Congressman Omar Burleson to-
day offered a resolution in the
House of Representatives, which
would direct the judiciary commit-
tee to consider measures to exile
aliens and citizens of the United
States who are convicted of crimes
affecting internal security.
Burleson’s resolution calls for
action which would banish the 11
iconvicted Communists in New
York, and such convicted persons
as Alger Hiss, Judith Coplap and
Axis Sally to an island in the
Pacific. He compares his idea with
that of the exile islands of Elba
and St. Helena, and says he be-
lieves that is where such criminals
of this type belong, rather than in
our federal prisons, where they
are likely to develop a martyrdom
and suffer little punishment.
“These traitors, when convicted
by a jury in a court of competent
jurisdiction, should be imprisoned
on soil removed as far as possible
from the United States. They
would like this less than the sen-
tences some receive.
“Further,’’ Burleson said, “it is
time we get over the idea that we
can have no political prisoners.
What difference does it make?—
they are traitors and, hence, are
political enemies and inimical to
the best interest of this nation.
“Under more strenuous laws gov-
erning subversive activities, we
are likely to have a great many of
such people on hand. Allens can
be deported, but American citizens
cannot. They can and should be
put out of this codhtry, and this
is the only way to do it,” Congress-
man Burleson said. “I saw some
places in the Pacific during the
war which would he ideal for this
purpose, and little expense would
be involved
“We now have several customers
for such a place, and If war should
come with Russia, we will have a
situatiotn incomparable with any-
thing wc have ever faced before
In quickly ridding this land of
such treacherous elements.”
urleston said he is supporting
the strongest measures possible to
further curb Communist activities,
of which will soon bo
brought before the Congress.
“There was e time when traitors
were put to death, and it fs difficult
fer me to divorce some of these
acts being perpetrated by sub-
versive elements from acts of
treason,’
But even with all those official
good wishes Mary Jennings still
faces a tough time in the big
league of beauty, poise and talerit
at Atlantic City. So do the girls
from Wyoming, Wisconsin, Illinois
or sny other state.
But if the girls finish in the first
16 or win any of. the special
prizes, the gravy is fine. Gravy
generally being scholarships for
higher education.
The road to the finals isn’t easy.
Mary J. started out by winning
as “Miss Hot Springs.” She com-
peted with six other kids there.
Then there was the state contest.
Mary won for several reasons.
She has the poise and the measure-
ments—36 inch hips, 24 inch waist,
and a bust of 3614. Her talent
counted a lot, too. She sang a
classical number in the state finals
called “II Bacio,” by Arditi.
The brunette from Arkansas
studied under Marjorie Lawrence,
a former star of the Metropolitan
Opera, who later became a polio
victim. The instructions from the
wheel chair were just as good as
though they had come from the
stage.
Trouble with many of the state
finalists is that they don’t know
how to handle themselves in front
of a few thousand people.
But the kids from Arkansas al-
ways learn the complicated busi-
ness of poise, grace, and how to
strut down the ramp before the
critics. Mrs. Tom Allen, who has
been chaperoning “Miss Arkansas”
to the big league for many years,
always manages to give the young-
ster a couple of weeks training
with the masters of such things In
New York before the big show
starts.
Last year, Mrt. Allen turned
Barbara Brothers of Little Rock
over to a specialist in New York.
Barbara was among the first 16 at
Atlantic City and now is taking ad-
vantage of her scholarship.
But win, loss, or draw, Mary
Jennings of Hot Springs is a lit-
tle confused.
-“I can't see why they didn't pick
my mother instead of me,” she
said.
She showed me a picture of
“Mom."
can ruin him by knocking his team.
Ruin him and you've ruined his
team.
They tell me that Stephenville
likes its football and turns out for
high school games. If that is so
—and if the town stays behind the
team win or lose—it wilLbe a good
season. Most of us like to win, and
most of us <*> inplain if we don’t
win.
Hut’s bad. —~XT
Too much emphasis is placed on
winning. I know that the old saw
about being a good loser is a bit
shop-worn, but-we should remem-
ber it. If the team fights and
Gases in Point
he United States government, In ita handling of foreign
e, throws the weight of this country db the side of the
Th#
affairs,
free nation* hut, nevertheless, exhibits an independence In
actian that often disturbs and alarms its associates.
Our friends in other countries do not understand the work-
ings of American politics nor the concessions that Congress
often makes to placate pressure groupe. They fail to under-
stand that these political acts, while inconsistent with estab-
lished foreign policy, no liot of themselves indicate any weak-
ening on the part of the government itself.
Recently, the United States Senate voted for a compulsory
loan of $lb0,000,000 to Generalissimo Franco'in Spain. This of
course, is expected to bring some votes to the Democratic Party
and is considered politically a “good thing.”
The action of the Senate, which may be followed in the
House, overlooks the very definite decision of Western European
nations that they want to have nothing to do with General
Franco. Our action, if it becomes final, will be misunderstood
by millions of people in the free nations of Western Europe.
Somewhat along the same line is the determination of the
United States to use a naval force to prevent an invasion of the ■
island of Formosa. While the purpose of the blockade is to nett*^ ... V I d) . ,
tralize the war between the Chinese factions, the likely pros-
pect is that the Communist-dominated government in China
will launch its invasion of Formqsa. This will bring about a
clash between American naval forces and Communists and
might even develop into war. If this occurs there is also the
possibility that Chinese forces might move to the assistance
of the North Koreans in expelling the westerners from Korea.
The action of the United States government was taken de-
spite the fact that it is not supported by our Asiatic allies nor,
for that matter, the European countries which, have a definite
interest in the Far East. The situation has not been improved
by the recent visit of General MacArthur to Generalissimo and
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek nor the effects been helped by the hur-
ried trip of Averill Harriman to the Far East.
I,
Taft Misses a Point
Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, opposes the economic con-
trol bill, which would give to the president the power to impose
wage, price, credit, production and other Controls.
Mr. Taft describes himself as one who favors all-out eco-
nomic controls under all-out emergencies. He does not consider
the Korean crisis such an emergency but one that can be hand-
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her own. She doesn’t look a day
older than her daughter.
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Thirty-Sixth
Begins Training
Austin, Aug. 22 (ffl—The 36th
Infantry Division, Texas terror of
the Italian campaign in World War
II, began two weeks of intensive
training at North Camp Hood Sun-
day.
Wearing their honored “T” patch
thousands of National Guardsmen
headed for their summer encamp-
ment in green field uniforms.
Most of them began moving to-
ward North Fort Hood in their
own vehicles, but many of the
more distant units of the division
traveled by rail.
Major Gen. H. Miller Ainsworth
of Luting, division commander, said
the guardsmen’s training would in-
clude use of all weapons, from
pistols, bazookas and recoilless
anti-tank guns—such as are now
being used in the Korean cam-
paign—to heavy artillery.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Pack and
sons, Charles and Billy of Lamesa,
were recent guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Moss. They
also visited relatives at Huckabay.
BRIEFS
New of Your Neighbors
and Friends
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Nichols re-
turned Sunday to their home in
Dickens after a visit in the homes
of their aunts, Mmes. L. A. Cox
and John Martin. Mrs. Leafa Staf-
ford accompanied them home for
an extended visit.
ing powers, particularly in regard to credit controls.
He thinks that “it will take a real economic emergency
to justify the dangers of control.” While admitting that the
American people “are now beset by a very grave crisis, in
which our future freedom and freedom everywhere” is at stake,
the Ohio senator says that “from an economic standpoint, the
Korean warfare is not any particular strain on the economy of
this country.” He does not think that the people “In time of
peace” have a “spirit of sacrifice” which is produced by all-out
war.
While there are tremendus arguments against the imposi-
tion of effective controls, we think the senator from Ohio
misses the main argument in behalf of effective and immediate
controls. Not many people in this country believe that the Ko-
rean war, if it stands alone, and remains an incident, is suffi-
cient to justify what one might call all-out regimentation.
Nevertheless, the people of this country are not so much con-
cerned with the Korean war as they are with the total war pic-
ture. • /
Commies Still
Have Power for
Major Assault
Mrs. Charles Stephens and dau-
ghter, Sharon, have returned from
Fort Worth where they were called
last week on account of the death
of Mre. Stephens’ brother, Vernie
F. Hawkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Power and
daughter, Bonnie Ruth of Fort
Worth, spent the week-end here
with her fitters, Mmes. Ernest
Dickerson and Bill Clague and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Power.
Jimmie Gene Power who has been
visiting here for two wheka with
his grandparents returned borne
with them.
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Bucks, England. Left to right are Prince Michael, Princess Alexandra, the Duchess of Kent,
\nd her ion. now the Duka,of Kent.
Washington, Aug. 22 IW.—North
Korean Communists “still have the
capability of putting on a major
attack” despite their heavy losses,
a military spokesman said today.
The spokesman said that the
Communists have effected a “/airly
good-sized build up” in the Chinju
area on the southern front and still
have a heavy concentration of
troops west of the Kaktong River
i nthe Waegwan-Kunwi area north-
west of Taegu.
He said that the 6th North Ko-
rean Division in the Chinju area
obviously had been reinforced be-
cause the Communists there were
making attacks in regiment
strength whereas they were able to
throw only battalions and compan-
ies Into the battle a few days ago.
Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s re-
ports show no major change or de-
velopments along the entire battle,
front, the spokesman told reporters
at 10 a. m. EDT briefing at the
Pentagon.
He said that things on the Ko-
rean battlefront generally were
“fairly quiet.”
An Air Force spokesman report-
ed that the Air Force had flown
more than 13,000 combat sorties in
the Korean war through Sunday.
As proof of ita combat sturdiness,
the spokesman said that the F-80
jet “Shooting Star” had the best
operational record of any fighter
being used in the Korean war, in-
cluding the piston-engine F-61
“Mustang.”
He said the F-80 had averaged
flying a sortie * day on 20% days
out of 42, starting July 1. He also
said that the F-80 had flown nearly
half of the more than 13,000 sorties
through Aug. 20.
McDonald Urges
A-Bomb Be Used
To Save Soldiers
Austin, Aug. 22 (Spl.)—J. E.
McDonald, commissioner of agri-
culture, returned to Austin Wed-
nesday from a visit to Mrs. Mc-
Donald’s nephew, injured in com-
bat in Korea, and declared that
“the use of the atomic bomb as
a freedom bomb is justified at this
time” to prevent another world
WSty-
Ur. and Mrs. McDonald visited
Roland Reaux of Port Arthur, her
nephew, now in Broeke General
Hospital at San Antonio. He was
wounded July 10, seven days after
reaching the Korean front.
McDonald took time out from
his runoff campaign for renomi-
nation to comment on the Korean
war after visiting the wounded
kinsman.
“We ought to know by now,” Mc-
Donald said, “that you cannot toy
with a rattlesnake, neither can
you toy with Communism. We have
a job to do. Let’s do it now and
save the lives of American boys.
“Real significance,” he said,
“should be attached to the fact
that the United 8tates, a God-
fearing, liberty-loving nation, was
privileged to develop the atomic
i. It is a
bomb. It is a God-given talent to
a Christian people and «an be used
to end wars, or be allowed to drift
into the hands of pagan peoples
bent on world domination and
slavery. , . . Let the atomic bomb
be a freedom bomb for construc-
tive use, not destructive use."
He declared that as American
sons are dying on Korean battle-
fields, “the thing that will save
lives of our boys and stop this
threatened World War IH is to
immediately notify North Korea
to cease fire and return to their
country, or within a given time, ,
the freedom bomb will be freely §
used on North Korea ..."
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