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Vol. CXIX, No. 109,
Iran Cool To British Prepos
For Settling Oil Differei’es l
" TEHRAN, Iran, May 19—(AP).
Iranian officials gave an icy re
ception today to a British note
warning that refusal to negotiate
oil differences would bring “the
most serious consequences.”
pPremier Mohammed Mossadegh
refused to receive British Ambass~
ador Sir Francis Shepherd behind
the locked doors and boarded up
windows of his office in the par
liament building. So Shepherd de
livered the note instead to Foreign
Minister Bagher Kazemi.
The nervous premier has barri
caded himself to thwart purported
acsassination plots, He has vowed
to stay in seclusion until the giant
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company has
been taken over under the na
tionalization law he pushed
through parliament,
Iranian officials said privately
the note—on which the United
States had been consulted by Bri
tain—was “just the same olx non
sense.”
The British proposed sending a
high level mission—possibly head
ed by Earl Mountbatten, a cousin
of King George Vi—immediately
to reach a solution on the future
of the British-owned company.
Shepherd delivered the commu
nication to Kazemi at a 35-minute
conference. Shepherd said their
talk was friendly. The ambassador
then drove to the Royal Palace
and had an hour’s talk with Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, an act
vhich underlined the inaccessibi
lity of the premier,
Informed sources said there ap
peared little chance that Moss
adegh will agree to negotiate. He
has rebuffed one such offer.
The next move seemed to be up
to the premier. Sooner or later,
if he persists in his present course,
the parliamentary board empow
ered by Iran’s oil nationalization
law to take over physical posses
sion of the world’s largest refinery
and rich oil fields will have to act.
Plan Meefing
Adoption of the by-laws and of
ficial enrollment of members will
head the agenda of business for
the first organizational meeting of
the Athens Band Boosters Clv.g%
tomorrow night, THE "¢lub w
meet at the high school cafeteria
at 8 p. m.
L. N. Quattlebaum, chairman of
the steering committee of the
newly organized Band Boosters
Club, said that the by-laws of the
club will be discussed and action
will be taken as to their adoption.
Vlembers of the club will be en
rolled at the meeting, and a spe
cial nomination committee will be
apnointed to prepare a slate of
officers, Members will also dis
cuss the aims and objectives of
the elub and oautline possible pro
ects for the future.
Mr. Quattlebaum wurged that
everyone interested in band work
of the city schools attend the
meeting. He stressed that mem
bership is not limited to band
parents, but that anyone inter
ested may become a member.
Members of the club’s steering
committee include Chairman
Quattlebaum, Grandison Caskey,
John Thurmond, Lovick Thomas,
Walter Crawford, Dan _Arnold,
Rabbi Samuel! Glasner, and O. J.
['olnas.
Price Control
A A ¢
leeting Planned
Retail merchants, wholesalers and
manufacturers have been invited
to attend a forum Tuesday morn
ing at 11 o’clock in the auditori
m at the Chamber of Commerce
0 get explanations of all regula
fions pertaining to Federal price
controls affecting them.
Claude C.-Mason, jr., District
Price Executive, with four other
renresentatives of the Office of
Price Stabilization, will be pres
ent at the meeting to discuss all
phases of price controls pertain-
Ing to all lines of business.
Arrangemerts for this meeting
were made several days ago by C.
W. Fitzgerald, Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Mer
chants Counecil, but Mr. Mason
emphasized that he and his staff
not enly would cover in this meet
ing regulations pertaining to re
tail trade but all other price con
trol regulations as well.
Strand Theater
B® . d
eing Repaire
_The Strand Theater closed last
nicht for several weeks during
which time repairs and improve
ments are to be made, Dan Hill,
local manager for Georgia Thea
ters, Ine., said.
Mt. Hill said among the im
provements will be installation of
an acoustical ceiling, high intensi
'y projector lights to give clearer
pictures, modern comfortable seats
and other “items.
When the repairs and improve-
Mments are to he made, Dan Hill,
the theater will be among the most
modern and comfortable in the
state, Mr. Hill said.
SOLONS TRIP
GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 19 —
(AP)—A group of Georgia legis
lators spent today on the campus
of the University of Florida in
specting plant and facilities. The
Georgia slons represented a com
bination of the legislature com
mittee on agriculture and higher
¢ducation. In the party were Chap
pel Matthews and Raymond Les
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Philadelphia Friday after sweeping a cargo ship. Police
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The University of Georgia is
expecting one of its largest gath
erings of alumni on June 2.
That will be Alumni Day on the
campus, the first of three big
events scheduled as part tof the
University’s June Commencement
exercises. These exercises will
close the Sesquicentennial cele
bration which has been underway
here since Charter Day in Jan
uary.
Hundreds of Georgia alumni are
expected to come back to the cam-~
pus for the final round of their
alma mater’s 150th birthday par=-
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Proposal
Acheson
WASHINGTON, May 19--(AP).
President Truman is running
headlong into a violent fight in
Congress over his insistence on
keeping Dean Acheson as Secre
tary of State. .
The fight is developing around
two vital administration money
bills. By slashing either one, or
by denying funds for Acheson’s
salary, Congress probably could,
and many observers believe will,
force his dismissal. :
The bills are the State Depart
ment’s appropriation of $283,500,-
009 and a $9,000,000,000 one-pack
age foreign aid propesal which
Mr. Truman plans to send to Con
gress late next week.
Powerful weapons therefore are
in the hands of Acheson’s enemies
and some members of Congress
who have been his friends in the
past are falling away.
Supported By Truman
Yet while the storm rages
around him, Acheson, with the
support of the President, has been
publicly strengthening his deter
mination to remain in office. He
has gone so far as to say in effect
that the only way he will leave
is upon dismissal by Mr. Truman.
Such a publie pesition is cus
tomary for a top-level official un
der fire. It is largely a defensive
position. Many a man has taken it
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WASHINGTON, May 19.—(AP)
'—A suggestion that President
Truman volunteer to testify in the
Senate investigation of the firing
of General Douglas MacArthur
was tossed into the big foreign
policy row today by Senator Wi
ley (R.~-Wis.), P
- "3t the President refused, the
joint committee might very well
consider subpoenaing him,” Wiley,
a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said in a
statement.
“Ample Precedents”
Although the proposal might
appear “unthinkable” at first
blush, Wiley stated, there are
“more than amrple precedents for
such testimony” in the history of
this and other governments.
“Apparently President Truman
is giving information at his press
conferences that we in the Sen
ate have not been able to get at
the joint closed hearings,” he con
tinued.
“He, himself, has taken on the
entire burden of explaining just
how and why the MacArthur dis
missal came about. He said the
decision was his, and that his
aides went along with him.”
While Wiley was campaigning to
get Mr. Truman as a witness, Mac-
Arthur was assured an opportu
nity to reply in detail to recent
comments by the President and
top military leaders about his
ouster.
MacArthur Testimony
“It is very likely that General
MacArthur will testify again,”
Senator Russell (D.-Ga.), chair=
man of the investigation, told re
porters. “If he desires to testify or
clarify anything, we will hear
him.”
Acceptance of Wiley's suggest
ions either by President Truman
or the Senate Armed Services and
Foreign Relations Committee ap
pearéd extremely remote.
Asked by a reporter if he would
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To Relieve
Stirs Fight
in which he may resign as grace
fully as possible, without appear
nig to be forced out by his
enemies,
_ Highly placed persons in Con
gress and the administration indi
cate that Acheson would in fact
like to follow that course: Given a
lull of, say a month, in the storm
he would resign.
But a lull does not seem to be
in the cards. The actual prospect
is for a showdown struggle be
tween the administration and its
anti-Acheson antagonists in Con
gress, including some Democrats
as well as Republicans.
Well Satisfied
Mr. Truman said recently in
response to a question about a
possible Acheson successor that
he had a Secretary of State with
whom he was very well satisfied.
This is borne out by all the Pres
ident has said publiciy and all
his closest advisers say privately.
. Nevertheless the feeling is strong
in Washington that Acheson, who
celebrated his 58th birthday April
11, will cease to be Secretary of
State long before his 59th rolls
around, It seems possible also that
this will come about because the
opposition in Congress is in posi
tion to threaten, if not to wreck,
the institution and the key foreign
policy program which Acheson has
wainly devoted himseli. 0. build-,
g up.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1951,
Gsls Crush North Korean
Suicidal 'Attack On Seoul
RED CHINA PROPOSED FOR TREATY TALKS
U. S. Rejects Russian Plan For Jap Peace
WASHINGTON, May 19.—~(AP)~The United States flatly re
jected today a Russian plan for a Japanese peace treaty which,
among other things, would strip Japan of all American defense
forces.
The Russians had proposed that the United States and its Allies
scrap their own largely-completed program for a Japanese peace
settlement and start anew, with Red China cut in on the treaty
making. »
An American translation of the Russia proposal, which became
available here tdoay, showed what the Soviets want in the way of
a treaty.
For one thing, it would call for the departure of all foreign
troops from Japan one year after the treaty was signed. This
would mean stripping Japan of American defenses,
For another, the Soviets would sharply limit Japanese armed
Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliaries
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. . . Presides Here
Knighfs Templar
Elect Officers
Members of Grand Comman
dery of Georgia, Knights Templar,
elected officers for the coming
year at the morning session of the
90th Conclave in Fine Arts Audi
torium Saturday.
All officers were advanced with
the exception of an office that had
to be filled because of a vacancy
created by death.
The new officers and those they
succeed are:
Charles Wilcox Pidcock, Moul
trie, R. E. Grand Commander, suc
ceeding William Stephens Ray,
Savannah; Walter M. Housch,
Chickamauga, R. E. Deputy
Grand Commander, succeeding
Mr. Pidcock; David Warner Wells,
Fort Valley, Em. Grand Generalis
sino, succeeding Mr. Housch; Jo=
seph W. Neal, Columbus, Em.
Grand Captain General, succeed=
ing Mr, Wells; James Robert Bel
flower, Em, Grand Senior War
den, succeeding Mr. Belflower.
Rev. William V. Dibble, Blake
ly, was reelected Em. Grand Pre
late; C. O. James, Buford, Em.
Grand Standard Bearer, succeed=
ing Mr. Green; J. S. Dodd, Macon,
Em. Grand Sword Bearer, suc
ceeding Mr. James; E. Alton Rog
ers, Milledgeville, Em. Grand
Warder,
Approximately 250 attended the
Conclave representing 34 Com
manderies, It was announced that
the site of next year’s conclave
will be selected and announced at
a later date by the new Grand
Commander,
All visiting Knights Templar
were very profuse in their praise
of the hospitality shown them in
Athens.
WASHINGTON, May 19—(AP).
Copper and brass for civilian in
dustries was drastically cut today
in a government directive setting
asicde 75 per cent of all these met
als for defense purposes,
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and warm Sun
day with high of 86. Sun rises
5:28 and sets 7:31.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued warm Sunday.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hourg ~ ... .00
Total since May '] .. .. .. .06
Deficit since May 1 .. .... 2.15
Average May rainfall ~ .. 8.54
Totak Since January 1 .. (13,29
Deficit since January 1 . 8.06
METALS CUT
Georgia Department Commander
Watson To Preside Over Sessions
Twenty-ninth convention of the United Spanish War
Veterans and Auxiliaries of Georgia opens here today with
delegates from all parts of the state registering at the
Georgian Hotel, headquarters for the convention.
ISe ices Tonight
l Members of the Georgia Depart
| ment, Spanish War Veterans and
the State Auxiliary, holding their
annual state convention here, will
hold impressive memorial exer=-
[cises for deceased members ‘to
night at 8 o’clock in First Pres
'byterian Church.
Dr. E. D. Pusey, Athens, Past
Department Commander, will pre
side at the exercises and after
“America” is sung, Dr. E. L. Hill, |
pastor-emeritus of the church, will
deliver the Invocation. |
The combined choirs of Emman- |
uel Episcopal Church and First
Presbyterian Church will sing]
“Salvation Is Created” and Dr.
Harmon B. Ramsey, pastor of the
church, will deliver the Memorial
Address.
“My Buddy” will be given by
Dr. W. G. Cook, after which the
Roll Call of departed members will
follow.
For the Veterans, the Roll of
Honor will be called by W, T.
Stradley and the Roll of Honor for
the Auxiliary will be called by
Mrs. T. E. Pate, department secre
tary.
Some forty Boy Scouts and eight
Girl Scouts will take part in the
ceremony. As the name of a de
parted Veteran is called a Boy
Scout will step forward and say
that a young American is taking
his place, a similar procedure be=
ing carried out by the Girl Scouts
for deceased Auxiliary members. |
Following the Roll Calls of
Honor will be the placing of a
wreath of memory by Mrs. Mary
Andrews, Department Chaplain.
Dr, Hill will then pronounce the
Benediction and the sounding of
Taps wilt end the ceremony.
US Planes Better
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 19—
(AP)—The chief of the U, 8. Air
Force said tonight this country has
better war planes than Russia but
the Soviets have more of them.
Local Church Observes
Diamond Jubilee Today
First Christian Church will ob
serve its Diamond Jubilee today,
with Rev. Paul C. Howle speaking
on ‘The Past, Present, and Future
of Our Congregation,” at the
morning services.
At 6:30 p. m. members and
guests of the church will gather in
the dining hall for a fellowship
supper, Afterwards, Tom L. Elder
sr., will read the preamble to the
church history, followed by read
ing of the history from 1876-1935,
by Charles Elder. Mrs. Stanley R.
Grubb will tell about the church
from 1935 until today.
The history of the First Chris
tian Chrch was pieced together un
der the direction of Mr. Elder,
who has worked diligently to give
the church members a glimpseg of
their c}l:urch“in the past, ..
At the fellowshiy Stipper a 75-
candle cake vyfi%m be cut by Mrs.
Kingsley Weatherly, granddaugh
ter of the late A. G. Elder, promi
nent Jayman-in church activities.”
Slides have been prepared by
forces, whereas the treaty draft proposed by the United States
would permit Japan to rearm in accordance with its own estimate
of its defense needs.
The Russian note was delivered to American Ambassador Alan
Kirk in Moscow on May 7. It was suggested the calling of a Big
Four Foreign Ministers Conference in June or July to undertake
“preparatory work” on the peace treaty, The four Foreign Minis
ters ot be represented would be those of the United States, China,
Britain and Russia. China, in Russian usage, means Communist
China,
State Department Press Officer Michael McDermott denounced
the move. He called it an effort to “stall” work actually going
forward on the treaty and to gain a double veto for Russia—her
own vetn and that of Red China,
Though the ranks of the Span
ish War Veterans is rapidly thin
ning, there will be a goodly repre
sentation at the convention, in
cluding distinguished guests from
North and South Carolina as well
as from Georgia.
One of the outstanding figures
to be present is Charles William
Bernhardt, Atlanta, now Senior
National Vice-Commander, who
will be elevated at ‘t‘hs national
convention in Gri Rapids,
Mich., in August to the highest
post in the organization, that of
Grand Commander.
Mr. Bernhardt enlisted In Com=
pany I, Second Georgia Regiment
in the Spanish-American War and
served with that group for the
duration, He has served the or
ganization in many ecapacities, be
ing a Past Department Comman-~
der of Georgia, member of the
Legislative Committee of the na
tional organization, and in other
high posts.
The Atlantan will assist Col. J.
D. Watson, Georgia Department
Commander, in the convention.
Col. Watson lives in Winder but
was reared in Atheng and entered
the Regular Army in which he
served brilliantly until his retire
ment. Like Mr. Bernhardt, he has
been outstanding in his work for
the Spanish War Veterans.
Department President of the
Georgia Auxiliaries is Mrs. Min
nie H. Owens of Albany, who hag
done an excellent job and who has
been ably assisted by her secreta
ry, Mrs. Gertrude Pate, Treasurer,
Mrs. Pearl Parham and her chief
of staff, Mrs. Nina Carswell.
Convention chaifman for wo
men is Mrs. Mildred Rhodes,
Athens, a Past President of the
Auxiliary, who has planned a most
interesting and enjoyable program
for the women.,
Dr. William M. Burson, a Past
Commander of the Georgia De
partmeht, is chairman for the men
and likewise has done a fine job.
Auxiliary Registration
Registration for the Auxiliary
will start this morning at 10
o'clock and continues until 2 p.
m. in the Georgian Hotel lobby,
with the men registerilr\lf Sunday
gt 10 a, m. and also Monday at
a. m,
The Auxiliax?' Council of fi
ministration will meet in the Le
gion Roomn at the Georgian at 8
o’clock end at 4:30 p. m. both
groups will be gken for a drive
over the city, followed by a tea at
'Memorial Park, courtesy of the
'Athens Recreation and Park
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Kenneth Kay, and will be shown
after the fellowship supper. The
slides will show the old meeting
places of the congregations of past
years; places such as the old Town
Hall, which stood in the middle of
Market street, now Washington
street. This was the place where
the church was formed. Also, to
be shown is a picture of the First
Christian Church when it stood on
the corner of Pulaski and Dough~
erty streets, now where the Pure
gfl Station stands. The old church
now Bridges Funeral Home. It
was moved years later after the
congregation moved into the pre
sent church in 1915,
The ch?ggh today has a mem-
Qaarshifi of about five hundred res
ident members and a well planned
program of worship, fellowship,
education, benevolence and mis~
sions. It is a part of a congrega
tion known as the Disciples of
Christ, numbering today some one
million, nine hundred - thousand
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HON. W. C. BERNHARDT |
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Lions Organize
Club At Colbert
A Lions Club has been organ
ized at Colbert, and the charter
will be presented on “Charter
Night,” June 23. The club is Col
bert’s first civic club,
President is L. C, Hickman and
secretary-treasurer lis Phil M.
Hardman. H. G. King is in charge
of the *“Charter Night” program.
Next meeting of the club is sche
duled for May 28.
At the organizational meeting
last Wednesday, W. B, “Scottie”
Cunie, special representative of
Lions International, was present
to help with the organization, Refi
resenting District Governor W, B.
Caldwell was Hamp McGibbony
and Lion Freeman of Greensboro.
Deputy District Governor Jack
Winn, Washington, was present,
and representing Zone Chairman
J. W. Matthews, Athens, were J.
W. Henry and Eugene Epting, both
of Athens,
Clubs represented at the meet
ing were Greensboro, Washington,
Athens, and Comer, which is spon
soring the Colbert group.
Colbert Church
Forms Men’s Club
The newly-organized Colbert
Methodist Church Men’s Club has.
elected officers.
They are Oscar Adams, presi
dent; R. A, Faulkner, vice-presi
dent; Joel Hardman, secretary
treasurer, The first meeting of the
group was held May 9, and the
next meeting is set for May 23.
Pastor of the church is Rev. J. W.
Eberhardt,
Carlton Jester
Continues Il
Friends of J. Carlton Jester sr.,
well-known Insurance executive,
will regret he continues ill in St.
Mary’s Hospital as the result of a
heart condition.
Mr. Jester entered the hospital
a little more than a week ago and
while a patient there suffered a
heart attack and was placed under
an oxygen tent.
Though he was reported show
ing improvement yesterday, his
condition eontinues serious.
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Episcopal Meet
The Rt. Rev. John Moore Wal
ker, D. D. Bishop of the Diocese
of Atlanta (Episcopal) will ad
dress the Men’s Club of Emman=
uel Church at a supper meeting,
Tuesday, 7 p. m. in the Parish
House.
Bishop Wallker is wei! known in
Athens, having attended the Uni
versity of Georgia. He is a brother
of* Professor Ronszvelt . Walker. of .
the University faculty.
HOME
EDITION
Americans Half
Chinese Drive
On East Front
By DON HUTH
TOKYO, Sunday, May 20—(AP)
American troops Saturday broke
up a suleidal North Korean assault
on the outskirts of Seoul and
stemmed a new Chinese smash on
the east central front while heold
ing firm in the center,
Shocked by the unprecedented
cost in blood of their four-day=old
spring offensive, the Communists
eased off in their attacks late Sat
urddy but were reported frenzied
ly regrouping for a new attempt
at any moment.
Americans Stab
In at least two places, American
tank teams stabbed out northward
to determine the enemy intentions.
One found the road en:Ety as far
as 11 miles north of Seoul; the oth
er bumped into a fanatic Chinese
infantry attack northeast of Seoul.
Officers of the U. S. Second Di
vision, which weathered the furi
ous storm of the east-central front,
estimated Chinese casualties to
talling 35,000 or more in that nar
row sector alone since the great
Red fpush began Wednesday. It
was the most concentrated single
assault of the entire Korean war,
with 96,000 Chinese almost but not
quite succeeding in overrunning &
single U. S. division.
Four battalions of North Ko
reans (possibly 2,400 to 4,000 men)
slammed against Seoul’s outer de
fenses in broad daylight Saturday.
They were repulsed with tremen
dous slaughter after charging into
Allied mine fields and barbed
wire,
Red Pressure
Allied -defenses stood fast in the
central front ‘“anchor” against
steady Red pressure.
Field dispatches said the whole
100-mile wide Korean front guiet
‘ed somewhat Saturday afternoon
~while the Communists regrouped
their shattered legions.
~ U.S. Fifth Air Force planes flew
[ 600 sorties by 6 p. m. Saturday and
claimed 550 casualties inflicted on
the Reds. During the past week
Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge esti
mated his Fifth Air Force fighters
and bombers killed or wounded
7,900 Reds, the largest toll of the
war for a one week period.
Local 40 And 8
Elects Officers
The local Voiture of 40 and §
society elected officers last Thurs
ddy for the coming term.
The fonowifi were elected: R.
A. Stetson, Chef De Gare; Marion
L. Gilbert, Chef De Train; J. H.
Gunder, Com:ndmt; o 1.
Wheeler, Co aire Intendant;
Mayo Buckley, Chemist; George
Williams, Conducteur; A. J. Cam
arata, Commis Voyageur; W. A.
Buchanan, Garde La Porte: C. C.
Hawken, Lampiste; Floyd Thomp~
son, Aumonier.
The 40 and 8 takes its name in
reminiscence of the French box
car of World War I in which so
many of its members rode across
France. The capacity of the car
was 40 men or 8 horses.
The chief aimg of the 40 and
8 are to support and uphold the
American Legion and to do child
welfare work.
Voiture number 489 is charter
ed for Clarke County and has
jurisdiction over the following
counties; Clarke, Oconee, Green,
Morgan, Walton, Jackson, Barrow,
Wilkes and Oglethorpe.
Any Legion member who has
proven himself a good Legionnaire
for a period of at least one year
may become a member upon in
vitation only.
Tax Collector
Election Slated
Ordinary Ruby Hartman has set
June 27 as the date for a special
election to select a Clarke County
Tax Collector to fill the unexpired
term of Albert E. Davison, who
died last week,
Candidates must file their inten
tion of running for the unexpired
term with Ordinary Hartman not
‘ later than June 12, and voters ¢an
qualify up until June 12.
i Mr. Davison’s daughter, Miss Ida
Davison, who hag been in the of
| fice of her father for the past six
years and who was recently named
Temporary Tax Collector by the
ordinary, has filed her intention of
being a candidate for her father’s
unexpired term which ends De
cember 81, 1952.
All county officers must run for
the regular four-year ferm next
spring.
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CAMP N. J., May 18.
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urope under the North Afi.nz
defense pact msmmnc out
of this camp . They were E
first elements dy tha fourth
fantry. division, who.arrived here
for processing earliér in the wesi