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CONNECTICUT SITE RECOMMENDED AS UNO HOME
The United Nations site committee recommended that the permanent UNO headquarters be lo
cated in the Stamford-Greenwich, Conn. area with New York City as a temporary location. Shown
as the announcement was made in New York City hall are, left to right in back of desk: Huntington
Gilchrist, U. S. aide to the committee; Dr. Stoyan Gavrilovic, of Czechslovakia, committee chairman;
and Mayor O’Dwyer, of New York City. Members of the committee are seated in front of the desk.
PROPOSED UNO SITE RESIDENTS
PROTEST BEING “SWALLOWED UpP”
GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 4—(AP)—This normally peaceful Con
necticut community, its nearby hills dotted with homes of many
wealthy New Yorkers, was in turmoil today over its inclusion in the
site recommended for the United Nations world capital.
An estimated one-third of the
own of Greenwich lies in' the 42
kquare miles of Connecticuaand
Vestchester County, N. ¥., Coun
tryside raied No. 1 by the UNO
ite inspection committee which
eturned to London yesterday so
eport to the General Assembly
n the proposed location for per
manent UNO headquarters. The
rommittee announced New York
ity as its primary choice for in
erim headquarters.
Protests also came from some
f the New York state communi
ies affected, especially the 200-
rear-old town of North Castle, all
f whose 1,000 inhabitants live in
he proposed permanent -site, but
t was in Greenwich that the storm
truck hardest.
UNO Support Voiced
All opponents were unanimous
n declaring that they were not
ighting the United Nations Or
anization, and they they whole
eartedly endorsed the UNO prin-‘
Ipies. |
Just what they could do to keep}
heir property from being swal
wed up in an international zone |
hey were not certain. They hop
d, however, that their protests
light cause the General Assembly
London to aet in their favor.
:\(:l’n ;s the New York State line
! North Castle, civie, social and
Olitical organizations fired a vol
y ol protest cables at the United
dllons Assembly in London.
fheme of the messages,. said
4 John E. Lockwood, lawyer
nd resident of the community,
45 that the UNO committee was
f!/c:umvu $100,000,000 more than
s necessary in order to be near
ew York City’s night clubs.”
VeEWood referred to the cost of
20 1n the area.
r‘]k\:‘ estimated 5,000 persons re
€ In the full 42-square-mile
(( _dmong them former heavy
~eot - boxing champion Gene
unney
. Say Mistake Made
“imney said if it were necessary
' world peace “we’d give up our
"4 10 times over” but added he
ke 21€ selection was “a great
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filain And Russia
3y Clash Again
UNO Proceedina
LONDON, et 4 —{AP)—The
ULy of a second elash be
"“eN Russia and Great Britain
their counter charges of en
“ring world peace was fore
‘h today as the United Nations
Tty Council resumed consid
alon of the Greek dispute. -
Soviet Viee Commissar Andrei
Shinsky, who engaged Friday
&n outpsoken debate with
itish Foreign Secretary Ernest
‘I, was expected to press
'Sslan demands that British
ops he withdrawn from Greece.
ily delegates believed that Va
'isky had been merely sparring
s far and that he would reallly
N up today to drive home his
'ernment’s stand.
Most delegates minimized the
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fittend Chamber Of Commerce Dinner Wednesday Night
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
UNO Military Staft
in Secrei Session;
Brifon Made Chief
LONDON, Feb. 4—(AP)—The
United Nations Military Staff
Committee which will conto]l the
world’s international police force
met for the first time today. It
was a secret mission.
. Seventeen high ranking officers
{representing the United States,
Russia, Great Britain, France and
China sat around a U-shaped table
in a crowded committee room and
talked for more than an shour.
One woman, junior ILt. Nini
Boiskov of the Rusian delegation,
iv&'as among the numerous aides
attacked to each delegation.
1 Adm. Sir Henry R. Moore, chief
of the ®Brit{sh delagation, was
named president of the first ses
sion. The delegates decided that
subsequent meetings would be
headed by the chiefs of the var
ious ' delegations, presiding in
alphabetical order.
Gen. Shang Chen of China,
Generalissimo Chiang Ki-Shek’s
persona] chief of staff, will pre
side at the next meeting sche
duled tenatively for Wednesday.
A member of the American de
legation said no busines had been
submitted yet to the committee
by the security council. Delegates
said the entire session today was
devoted to drawing up rules of
procedure.
Gen. George C. Kenney, Adm.
Richard K., Turner, Ls. Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgeway and Naval
Capt. Dennis Knoll represented
the United States.
CITY-WIDE CANVASS
FOR CLOTHES
BROUGHT ONE TON
The clothing collection con
ducted on Sunday by the Boy
Scouts and the Cub Scouts of
Athens brought in one ton of
clothes, Scout Executive Josh
Molder annocunced today.
There is still time to take your
clothing to Michael Brothers so
that it can be sent to the needy
in foregin countries. -
ATHENS AND VIOINITY
Considerable cloudiness and
light showers tonight and
Tuesday. )
GEORGIA — Considerable
cloudiness and mild with oc
casional light rain over the.
north portion this afternoon,
tonight and Tuesday.
TEMPERATURE
Hidhost | i & Ceksny 08
Towest oo o v 220 38
BeEN. iih Sk WA A D
NWossal .50 v, il e
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since Feb. 1 .. .... .03
Deficit since Feb. 1 .. .. .60
Average Feb. rainfall .... 5.03
Total since January 1 .... 9.92
Excess since Javuary 1 .. 5.06
Full Associated Press cervice. Athens, Ga., Monday, February 4, 1946.
Arnall Completes
Review Of Bills;
Two Are Vetoed
ATLANTA, Feb. 4—(AP)—
Gov. Ellis Arnall has complet
ed his review of legislation
passed by the 1946 Legisla
ture—with a veto affixed on
only two bills of a general na
ture.
The Governor vetoed a bill
which would grant loval gov
ernments the right to pass
zoning regulations. He also
disapproved a bill to prohibit
the Public Service Commis~
sion from issuing certificates
to an operator over -a Touie
before previous operators over
the same route had an oppor
tunity to remedy service.
Arnall was advised by the
Attorney General that he
could not revise a law creat
ing two new. senatorial dis
tricts. The Governor had
planned at’'one time to revise
the bill so that re-distribution
of counties could be postponed
to Jan. 1, 1952.
TECH TO BUILD 3
NEW DORMITORIES:
ATLANTA, Feb. 4 — (AP) —
President Blake R. Van Leer of
Georgia Tech, declaring the school
that solves the housing problem
will be the one to get ahead in the
post-war era, is planning three
emergency measures to meet a re
cord enrollment at the college
here.
Construction will begin within
30 to 60 days on three new dormi
tories to house 900 students. The
new buildings are the first step
in an eight-year, $12,000,000 ex
pansion program,
Meanwhile, Tech is speeding up,
acquisition of units in housing
projects in Marietta for wuse by
married veterans. Original plans
called for 250 units hy March, but
this figure has been doubled now.
Also, Van Leer has completed
arrangements for acquiring part of
the facilities at Lawson General
Hospital here to house 600 to 800
unmarried veteran students by
the beginning of next fall’s term.
'Feathering Nest’
To Be Premiered
At C. 0f C. Meefing
By PIXIE WALDRIP
The first membership meeting
of the year for the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce will be - -held
Wednesday evening, Febfuary”6,
at 7 o’clock, in the Georgian Ho
tel, it is announced by Joel A.
Wier. secretarv-manager.
A program for community de
velopment through our natural
resources is planned, with a fea
ture premier showing of “Feath
ering the Nest,” in technicolor
film of life and action in our
community. “Citizens and friends
are the actors, and our own
country the scenery,” Mr, Wier
says. ;
President A. P. Winslon will
head the program, .assisted by
Abit Nix as toastmaster. Walter
Brown of the Extension Service
will be the guest speaker. Mem
bers of the cast and producers of
the picture, “Feathering the Nest”
will be present.
Reservations may be made by
calling the Athens Chamber of
Commerce, 272. Tickets are $1.50.
Vets' Homes| Being Made Pawn
0f Politics Is Solon's Charge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—(AP)—Rep. Patman (D.-Tex.) contended today that a Republi ive &
strike out price control and subsidy provisions from his housing bill “makes a pohtilzg})hjcfsr:, edrcl;:.];te :)(;
homes for veterans.” T b
Patman’s comment to a reporter was m?e in advance of a closed door session of the H i
(t:‘ommittef;t (10:30 a. m. EST) to consider His measure as well as a substitute proposed byoflfg gfififfiflg
ee minority. o
P.H. WITNESS AGCUSES MARSHALL,
STARK OF DESTROYING RECORDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—( Al*‘) Naval Captain' L. F. Safford testified
today that “in my own mind” a suspicioun exists that General George
C: Marshall and Admiral Harold R. Stark’ violated laws against de
stroying public records. Al %
Sanford made the statement in
reply to this question by Rep.
Clark (D-NC) of the Senate-
House commitee investigating the
Pearl Harbor disaster:
“Do you mean even to create
the suspician in the minds of this
ccrumittee or the public that eith
er {renera’ NMarshall or Admiral
Stark violated the law of this na
tion by desroying public records
to cover up a mistake?” ;
“Suspicion Exists”
“In my own mind that suspi
cion exitsts,” Sanford replied.
Sanford has testified that an in
tercepted Japanese message was
received by the Navy three days
before the Deécembr 7, 1941, at
tack and has now vanishd from
the files. He said there was “an
appearance of a conspiracy” and
'that it “is human to try to cover
up a mistake.”
Filibuster On FEPC
May Be Forced
off Floor Of Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—(AP)
~-The key that may unlock: the
Senate’s FEPC filibuster began
to take d¥finite shape today.
It is she 5,600,000,000 inde
pendent offices appropriation
bill, on which the Senate Ap
propriations Committee may
compiete work Wednesday.
Waen the big money bill thus
ig cleared to the senatle floor for
action, the argument that the
Fair Employment Practice Com
mission measure is the only im
portant one ready for debate will
lose considerable force. The in
dependent offices bill contains
funds for such institutions as the
White House.
"The fillibuster began immed
iately after Senator Chavez (D
--NM) Called the measure before
the Senate unexpectedly January
17 Tt has tied up al legislation
since. .
In addition to the independent
offices bill a conference commit
tee’s substitute for the so-called
“full employment” bil] also will
be ready for the senate this week.
Either measure conceivably could
be uged to displace the FEPC bill,
provided opponents of the latter
measure can convince its advo
cates it is no use to go any fur
ther with the talk.
Japan's Armaments
To Be Converted
info Civilian Uses
TOKYO, Feb. 4 - -iAP) —Gen.
MacArthur’s headquarters today
announced organization of a Jap
anese non-prefit consmittee for
converting to civilian use move
than 2,000,000 tons of steel from
the beaten nation’s arnaments.
The committee, organized at a
recent conference of American
military governmenti cfficers and
Japanese steel makers is charged
witla collecting and smelting all
scrap metal and weapons into
ingots and diverting the steel
into reconstruction channels.
Committee Chairman T. Koma
tsu, who once represented Jap-
GIITOT DITTL 1w edLs 11! Wi vaiea
states, saig the scrap included
units of machinery coemmuniza
tions instruments, electrical
equipment, ball bearings, wire
rope, tubing, electrical wiring
and similar articies -which can
be converted to civilian use
without modification.
The primary aim of the pro
gram, which is expected to re
quire 12 to 18 months, is to
make available for reconstruc
tion all, metal that can be re
claimed within Japan’s bounda
ries. Other sources of scrap are
closed to the nation’s industry.
Komatsu said Japan’s five
largest street companies would
collect the scrap at smelting
points. Construction firms will
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ESTABLISHED 1833
Marshll was the wartime Chief
of*tSaff and Stark was the 1941
Chief of Naval operations.
Clarke developed in questioning
Sanford that no one in the Navy
below the rank of Admiral Stark
would have been responsible for
sending a war warning message
based on the information he said
‘came in on December 4. -
Motive Questioned
“Therefore,” Clark reasoned,
“No one below him would have
any motive for covering up a mis-~
take. There wouldn’t be any neg
lect of duty below to send out that
message? There would- be no rea
son to cover up?”
“That question,” Sanfor re
plied, “Goes beyond anything I
want to answer.”
Clark, a slow-speaking presis
ent questioner, demanded an an
swet.
Sanford finally said *“‘you're
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Ex-sgi. John G. Agar and Actress Shirley Temple, who were
recently married, are shown as they received the press at Shirley’s
Brentwood, Cal.,, home after Agar received his discharge from
_l!u- Army following two years of service.
Weather Remains
Stable Over U. S.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Weather conditions remained
almost unchanged over most of
the country today, with contin
ued cold weather in the north
east, warm temperatures in the
southeast, and generally normal
recordings in the west.
The only break in the generally
good weather wag a blizzard near
San Bernardino, Calif., vesterday
—with snow piled up to 10 inches
on highways. ;
Four youths suffering with
frozen feet were rescued from
one stalled car, and hundreds of
other autos were marooned in the
Big Bear Valley and Lake Arrow
head mountain resorts.
Strong winds and rains lashed
the coast yesterday at Los Ange
les, endangering shipping, but no
casualties were reported there.
Little Precipitation
There was little precipitation
reported today, however, except
for light and scattered snow in
the Great Lakes region,: light
rainfall strewn along the Missis
sippi river, and a few snow flur
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The latter would grant separ
ate authority to Wilson W. Wyatt,
new housing expediter, to carry
out his program of low cost home
construction with preference for
veterans, regardless of whether
President Truman’s war powers
are extended beyond the J ung 30
expiratjon date. : :
Price Provisions Omitted
In this it follows closely Pat
man’s bill, but no provision is
made for price ceilings on new
and old houses or for authority
for the government to subsidize
the output of scarce building ma
terials without hiking prices to
home buyers.
Rep. Wolcott of Michigan,
ranking Republican on the com
mittee and spokesman for the
minority group, said in a state
‘ment the substitute was decided
upon to “prevent the program
from being bogged down because
of controversies in the pricing
and subsidy fields.” ;
Patman, however, said, “the
Republican proposals weakens
my ®&ill and makes a political
issue out of homes for veterans.
If anything, my bill should be
stronger, not weaker.”
Public Demand Seen
Saying he was convinced of the
necessity for both price control
and subsidies, the Texan added:
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NAZIS DELIBERATELY DESTROYED
FAMED LIBRARY, WITNESS REVEALS
NUENBERG, Feb. 4 — AP)—
Professor Van Der Essen told the
International Military Tribuhal
today that German invasion
forces “deliberately and system
atically” destroyed worid-re
nowned Louvain University li
brary in Belgium in 1940.
Appearing "as a prosecution
witness, the history professor
who also is the university’s gen
eral secretary, said two German
avtillery batteries were trained
on the library, desircyed by the
Germang once befcre -in 1914
and rebuilt with the aid of
American funds, while four
planes bombed it on the morn
ing of May 19.
Only Target
‘“They fireq ' systematically at
the library and only at the libra
ry,” he said, adding that one
Nazi bpattery scored four times
}?irid another registered seven
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A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3¢ —s¢ Sunday
FEDERAL SEIZURE IS POSSIBILITY
\F METROPOLIS’ NEED GETS ACUTE
A strike of 3,500 AFL tugboat workers in New York Harbor, which
Mayor O’'Dwyer estimated would cut off 80 per cent of the city’s nor=-
mal flow of fuel and about half its food, began today.
About 35,000 members of the AFL International Longshoremen’s
Union backed up the tugboat workers, affiliated with the ILA’s United
Marine Division, in their wage dispute with the New York Tugboat
Exchange.
STORM-TOSSED
WAR BRIDES - -
ARRIVEINN. Y.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4—(AP)—
Storm-tossed and tired, but rad
iant with anticipation, the first
group of “British brides”’—English
women who martied American
soldiers during the war—reached
New York today on the Army
transport, Argentina, after' a nine
day nightmare voyage across the
North Atlantic.
A total of 451 women and 175
children were aboard the ship
which docked shortly before 7 a.
m. (EST).
The wives ranged in age from
Mrs. Ben F. Butler, 16, to Mrs.
Harold N. Cooper, 44. Thirty of
the women were expectant moth
ers.
Three literally risked their lives
to make the voyage. They were in
advanced stages of pregnancy, and
when the Argentina encountered
the first of several record~break
ing storms, they were confined to
the ship’s hospital under constant
observation by Army doctors and
nurses.
44 Different States
The brides came from England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Mal
ta. They were destined for homes
in 44 different states.
It was the first “brides’ ship”
in more than 200 years to bring
British girls to American hus
bands. Not since the days when
sailing ships brought w;?a to the
;American colonists on the shores
of New England has there been
such a voyage.
It was a strange, pathetic and
even a terrible voyage.
On Sunday morning, Jan. 27 as
the ship passed land’s end and
headed northward into the open
Atlantic, she began to roll in a
long ground-swell. Before noon,
four-fifths of the women were
violently seasick. They collapsed
on the decks, fell in the passage
ways, and sat on the staircases,
with faces averted, limp and mis- |
erable. J
The doctors attributed the high
incidence of seasickness to ner
vous strain, reaction to the emo
tions of fear, apprehension and
high excitement that beset wom
en who were leaving their homes
to go to.a new and unfamiliar
country.
Normally, no more than 10 per
cent of the passengers would have
been seasick, ship’s officers said.
For the first half of the voyage,
more than 80 to 85 percent were
ill, Some never left their cabins
or the hospital wards * until the
ship reached port today.
Wednesday, Jan. 30, was the
worst of all the nine days.
Full Gale Met
Early that morning, the Argen
tina collided with a full gale. The
wind at times reached a velocity
of 70 miles an hour. It moaned
and cried in the rigging, and
whipped rain and hail across the
decks so fast that it took the paint
off the masts.
it was the worst storm, officers
said, of a winter that has already
broken bad-weather records in
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the library was on of the best
in Europe, housing priceless man_
uscipts and a large collection of
books of %fae 16th and 17th cen
turies.
Unscroupulous abuse of dip.
locmatic prerogatievs by high
ranking Nazis paved the way 1o
German seizure of Norway and
Denmark, the French prosecu
tion told the court.
Piplomatic Subversion
In both countries, Proescutor
Edgar Faure charged, a Nazi
dplomat was among the gey fig
diplomat was usurpation of sover~
eignty. In Denmark, he said. Am
bassador Werner Best, wtao also
was an SS leader, was aided by
Danish Nazis and secret police:
"In Norway, Faure went on,
local Nazis under Vidkun Quis
ling and Reichs Commissioner
Josef Terboven played an impor
tant part in the supression of
Norwegian nationality legislation
and for procedures in favor of
National Socialist docirines. ‘
HOME
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
As Mayor O’Dwyer planned for
emergency distribution of sup
plies, his labor advisor and a fed
eral conciliator arranged meetings
with union and company officials
today in an attempt to settle the
dispute. Federal seizure of . the
tugboats was a possibility if the
city’s need becomes desperate, a
Washington source close to the
situation said.
The tugboat workers seek a 40-
hour week in place of the present
48, hourly wage raises from sl.lO
to $1.57 and from $1.42 to $1.85
for licensed personnel and a flat
$1.35 an hour for unlicensed per
sonnel in place of the present 87
to 72 cents. The tug-boat opera
tors offered a flat 10 cents an hour
raise for all personnel. =y
' This dispute and a walkout in
the bragss industry boosted the na
tional total of idle in labor trou
bles to about 1,450,000. Account
ing for the bulk of this figure are
the steel strike, 750,000: General
‘Motors, 175000, and electrical
‘workers, 200,000,
} In Washington, some sort of a
showdown was expected this week
}in the steel wage-price battle. Tt
‘was anticipated the White Honge
would bring: forth a new pricing
formiila which would enable the
industry to pay the 181% cents
hourly inecrease recommended by
Precident Truman, and thus send
750,000 CIO TTnited Steelworkers
hack to their jobs.
A White House offirial indicat
ed Mr, Truman’s visiting list this
week may include either Benia
min F. Fairless or Trving S. Olds,
president and hoard chairman re
spectively, of U, S. Steel. Tha
Precident’s departure on a two
week Florida fishine ecrnise iy
scheduled for next Mondav, hols
stering the belief he is honing for
a settlament before leaving ths
Capitai. :
More than 86,000 workers in re~
lated industries are idle because
of the lack of steel, and officials
of the Ford Motor Co., plant at
Chester, Pa., employing 3,000, an
nounced the plant would close
Wednesday because of the short
age. Slight increases in ‘produc
tion at St. Louis, Chicago and De
troit boosted last week’s steel out
put from five to 5% per cent of
normal, the magazine Steel re
ported. .
l Some 90,000 St. Louis public
'school pupils may be sent home
'as a result of a strike by 400 mem
\bers of the AFL Custodians and
‘Matrons Union, set for 7 a. m.
| (CST) today. Mayor Alois P.
Kaufman of St. Louis, has offer
!ed to act as conciliator in the dis
' pute over a demand fas wage in
creases averaging S2O a month,
Lack of heat probably would force
the closing of 135. public schools.
| Government fact-finders in the
‘meat industry wage dispute, which
iforced federal seizure of the pack
ing houses after 263,000 AFL and
CIO workers had struck, were ex
pected to hand Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach their report today.
It was not known whether it
would be made public immedi
ately.
Congress, meanwhile, was con
sidering strike control legislation,
with a House vote on the bill by
Rep. Case (R.-S. D.) expecied fo
morrow or Wednesday. However,
the bill is expected to move slow
ly through the Senate, and it
probably will be several weeks
before any new labor legislation
gets to President Truman.
Negotiations between General
Motors and the CIO Urited Auto
Workers were to be resumed this
afternoon, but the two parties
have not yet agreed upon what
issues will be discussed first.
4.H Cluybs Seek
25,000 Increase
In Membership
MACON. Ga.. Feh 2 _lAP}__
Georgia 4-H Clubs want to enroll
125,000 members this year. That’s
an increase of 25,000.
The 4-H Council meeting here
vesterday named that member
ship figure and selected guide
posts for 4-H Club work in the
state.
Among the guideposts are join
ing with friends for work, fun._
and fellowship, learning to live
in a changed world, choosing a
way to earn a living and serving
as citizens in maintaining world
peace.
For Georgia 4-H members ap
proximately $45.,000 in scholars
ships, educational trips, victory
boards and cash awards will be
awarded by commercial firms.
The awards will be made for
outstanding work.
Wage, Hours Change
School Strike