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Business Proposed
Tax Plan Studied
Tax Boost Would Cause Harder
Impact On Low-Income Groups
WASHINGTON, July 11.— (AP) —Senator Flanders
(R.-Vt.) said today a business organization’s proposal for
an income tax boost with harder impact on low-income
families appears at first glance ot be a good one.
But Flanders, a newcomer to the tax-writing Senate
Finance Committee, told a reoprter he would want to study
in detail the plan, laid before the committee yesterday by
‘he Committee for Economic Development (CED), before
making a commitment.
Marines, A
arines, Army
By C. YATES McDANIEL
WASHINGTON, July 11—(AP)
—The Marine corps has joined the
Army in calling for draftees in the
next two months, but both the air
force and the Navy will continue
to depend solely nupon volunteers—
at least through the summer.
The Marines yesterday asked
for 7,000 draftees in August and
6,000 in September because a
slump in volunteering and the re
lease of some reserves combined
to hold the corps below its 204,000~
man goal. . .
A shortage of volunteers also
caused the Army to raise its Au
gust draft sights from 22,000 to
28,000 and tc call for the same
number in September. The August
call will raise to 593,000 the num
ber of Army draftees since the
draft was regumed last September.
A% Falls Short
Although the Air Force fell con
siderably short of its June 30 goal
of 850,000 men, it gained some en
couragement from its June re
cruiting performance. The month
produced 25,000 volunteers, some
7,000 short of expectations. The
Air Force got only 11,000 in Navy,
A Navy spokesman said volun
teering in June was somewhat bet
ter than in May, when only 13,809
new men signed up. The Navy’s
volunteering peak since Korea, was
the January figure of 38,515.
Like the other services; the Na
vy has a reserve release program,
but it also has a well organized and
available pool of reservists who
have not seen service since the
Far Eastern hostilities started. t
These men are being calle ™ vp as
needed to replace Korean veterzna.
Several factors entered into the
Marine corps decision to resort to
the draft for the only time in its
long history except for a brief per
iod toward the end of World War’
11.
Marine Situation
Like the other services, includ
ing the Army, the Marines’ volun
teering rate fell off when the Ar
my started reducing its draft calls
last spring. The Army draf‘ed 80,-
000 men in each of the first three
months of this year. The April and |
May calls were cut to 40,000, June
to 20,000 and this month’s to
15,000.
Military officials have no way
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Blakely Hit By
\200,000 Fire -
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BLAK&LY, GA,, July 11,—(AP)
—Dowiritown Blakely lost half a
buzifiess block early today in a
two million dollar blaze, the worst
on record here.
Razed by the fire were buildings |
of the Holman Mule Company,
Blakely Masonic hall and the Blak
ely telephone company.
Phone communications between
Blakely and all other cities in the
area were severed by the flames
but telegraph wires remained in
tact, affording this means of con
tact with the outside world.
Temporary phone service is ex
pected to be restored to Blakely
residents late today or early to-
MOTrTOW,
Starting shortly after midnight,
the blaze roared through half a
block and threatened the entire
business district before it finally
was brought under control by the
local fire department beefed up
with men sped from Arlington.
Cuthbert and Dothan, Ala.
Only one injury was reported in
the fire. Glen McCabe, whose wife
it manager of the telephone office
here, ‘was overcome by smoke as
he assisted local firemen. He was
given first aid treatment and dis
missed by a local hospital.
A negro believed to have perish
ed in the Holman building was
later discovered to be safe.
Estimate of damage to the busi
ness area was advanced by an offi=
cial of the Holman Mule Company.
In the Holman building, 13
miles and a horse were burned
death or suffocated and the books
and records of the firm were sal
vaged. These were protected b{ a
fireproof vault. % :
The Masonic temple, housing the
local 100-year old chapter, was
ruined. It had only recently been
re-modeled.
A group of masons, led by Past
Master }Fouston, braved the in
ferno to save the Chapter’s docu
ments. ok b the
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
BY JOE HALL
The committee called further
hearings today. The CED is a pri
vate organization of businessmen
which has made many studies of
governmental -and economic poli
cies. Flanders, a former indus
trialist, was one of the organiza
tion’s first officials.
J. Cameron Thomson, Minnea
polis, Minn., banker who appeared
for the CED, told the Firance
Committee the House-passed $7,-
200,000,000 tax increase bill would
hit too hardyzin the high income
brackets.
More revenue must be obtained
from the place Thompson said,
where most of the money is—in
the middle and low income brac
kets—if inflation is to be checked.
5 Per Cent Bite
Tkunison suggested putting a
five per cent bite on what the in
dividual income taxpayer has left
after paying his levies under pre
sent rates.
This contrasts with the House
method, which would increase by |
12% per cent the amount each
taxpayer now pays.
Under the House bill a married
couple with two dependents and
$3,000 income after tax under the
present law would pay $18.75 ad
ditional tax; the CED plan would
nick them for S3O.
The same couple with $5,000 in
come would pay $21.25 additional
under the House scheme, $l3O un
der the CED proposal.
But if the couple had SIOO,OOO
income, they would pay $30,526
additignal under the House bill,
$4,880 under the CED plan.
Thomson said that under pre
sent rates a person with $50,000 or
after-tax income would pay in
income tax 75 cents out of any
additional dolar he earned.
. Little Enough
“Twenty-five eents is little
enough—too little in my opinion—
for the continued vitality of the
American economy,” he asserted,
adding:
‘But (under) the House bill the
25 cents would be cut to less than
16 cents.”
The CED official said his plan
would raise $3,650,000,000 of ad
ditional revenue annually as com
pared to a $2,850,000,000 indivi
dual income tax boost in the House
measure.
However, he proposed that the
$2,850,000,000 hike in corporation
taxes in the House bill be wiped
out and a $2,750,,000,000 federal
retail sales tax be substituted.
The sales levy would be collect
ed at the rate of five per cent on
all items not already hit by fed
eral excises. The CED would ex
empt food and shelter.
. .
Voting Light On
Home Rule Plan
As had been expected, voting
was light today as Athenians
went to the polls in a city-wide
referendum to express their ar
proval or disapproval of Home
Ruel for Athens. At 12:30 p. m. a
total of 154 citizens had cast bal
lots.
The vote at that hour, by wards,
was as follows:
First Ward, 12; Second Ward,
37; Third Ward, 66; Fourth Ward,
20, and Fifth Ward, 17. Total 154.
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THE BRIDE IS 84, HUSBAND 37 — Thirty-seven-year
old Sidney Koch and his 84-year-old bride, the former
Mrs. Katherine Johnson Bruton, strike a cozy pose after
their marriage in Philadelphia. Koch, a jeweler, says
“she’s very lovable and a good ecompanion.” Says the
bride: “We get along well.” They’ve been courting for
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Foreign Sfudent
Touring Georgia
To Visit Cam
Five French and English stu
dents touring Georgia this sum
mer will arrive at the University
of Georgia tomorrow where they
will spend almost a week partici=
pating in campus activities.
The students are in this country
under the auspices of the Rotary
Club. Their stay in Georgia, dur
ing which they will see a cross
section of the state, is designed to
allow them to soak up as much
American life as possible.
10-Week Tour
Their visit to the University
campus is part of a 10-week tour.
While on the campus they wili be
entertained by University clubs
and the Athens Rotary Club.
Their program will include wvis
its to University classes, tours of
the campus and Athens, and sev
eral picnies and parties given in
their honor by University clubs.
Friday afternoon they will visit
the Athens Manufacturing Com
pany. Several entertainments have
been planned for them by the
Athens Rotary Club.
Miss Dolores Artau, counsellor
of University foreign students,
will act as official hostess.
Students visiting the ecampus
will be Keith Allen and John
Bentley of Oxford University;
John H. C. Hunt, of Cambridge;
Emmanuzl Duclert, of Lille,
France; and Diana Vinding, Ville
D’Avray, France.
Backgrounds
Allen, the son of a cotton man
ufacturer, is studying philosophy,
politics, and economics at Oxford,
while Bentley is studying law at
the same institution. Hunt in
tends to practice medicine.
The French student, Duclert, is
studying textile engineering, while
Miss Vinding, the daughter of a
French journalist, is interested in
history and international relations,
Solon Urges Ban
Onßeds’ Release
WASHINGTON, July 11.—(AP)
—Senator Ferguson (R.-Mich.)
said today he may ask Congress to
ban the refease on cash bail of
such persons as the 11 U. S. Com=-
munist leaders convicted of con
spiracy.
“Twice we have been fricked,”
said Ferguson, referring to the
fact that four of the Communists
have jumped bail and to the
flight from this country in May,
1949, of Gerhart Eisler, a Com
munist. Eisler, who also jumped
bail, is now an official in Soviet
controlled East Germany.
Ferguson is a member of the
Senate Internal Security Subcom
mittee which has subpoenaed
Frederick Vanderbilt Field 1o tes
tify here tomorrow at a closed
door hearing and Owen Lattimore
to testify the next day.
A New York millionaire, Field
will be questioned about the bail
bond fund raised for the Commun
ist leaders sentenced to jail for
conspiring to advocate the violent
overthrow of the government. He
has been ordered to bring his
bank account records with him,
But committee members also
will inquire intd what connections
Field had with the Institute of
Pacific Relations (IPR).
Lattimore also will be question=-
ed.about the Institute, whose af
fairs have been under investiga
tion by the committee for months
following the seizure of thousands
of its documents on a farm at Lee,
Mass.
Lattimore, a Far Eastern expert
who has acted on occasion as part=-
time adviser to the State Depart
ment, is now a professor at Johns
Hc:lpkins University in Baltimore,
Md.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1951,
Better Understanding Reported
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OFF ON A MISSION OF PEACE — Silhouetted against
the morning sky, a helicopter takes off with UN negotia
tors for the peace conference at Kaesong, and General
Matthew B. Ridgway (left) waves goodbye. The scene
is an advance base camp in Korea a few miles from
Kaesong. The negotiators returned to the camp after
talking with Communist representatives in Kaesong for
four hours. They are meeting again today for further
discussions seeking to end the Korean war.— (AP Wire
photo via Navy Radiophoto from the U. S. S. El Dorado
at Inchon, Korea.)
Spectacular Air Fight
Highlights War Scene
HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH AIR FORCE, Korea, July 11,
—(AP)—U. 8. Sabre jets today shot down three Commun
ist MIG-15 jets and damaged another in a spectacular 20-
minute air battle over Northwestern Korea.
Thirty-four Allied planes tangled with an estimated 30
MIGs in dramatie dogfights south of Sinuiju.
The aerial battle ranged from
33,000 feet down to 3,000.
It tsarted when the Sabre jets
went to the Yalu river border area
to fly top cover for 21 F-80 shoot
ing star jets which atfacked an
ammunition factory south of the
river.
Capt. Milton Nelson of Tarrant,
Ala., sent a MIG spinning down in
flames and brought his score of
the Russian made-planes destroyed
to four, tops for Allied pilots now
in Korea.
Ground War Quieted
The ground war in Korea has
quieted considerably with the be
ginning of armistice talks, but
there has been no letup in the bit
ter war in the air.
The U, 8. Eighth Army reported
patrol contact and artillery fire
from the Munsan area near the
United nations “peace camp,” base
for Allied cease-fire megotiators.
The Eighth Army communique
said “light to moderate contact
continued along the Korean front
as Eighth Army forces continued
their aggressive patrolling.”
The largest patrol action was
northwest of Kansong on the east
coast of North Korea. An estima
ted two Red companies were en
gaged in the predawn darkness.
A light Communist probing at
tack was repulsed northwest of
Yanggu on the east-central frnt.
Artillery Action
West of Yonchon, on the west
ern front, the Allies called down
an artillery barrage on an unde
termined number of enemy.
Thirteen B-29 Superforts at
tacked railway yards at Hwangju
and Hungnam. Six of the big
planes hit Hangju, south of the
North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
And seven hit Hungnam, on North
Korea’s east coast.
No enemy ground fire was re
ported. The planes dropped about
130 tons of bombs.
There was no letup in the Al
lied' naval attack.
The battleship U. S. S. New Jer
sey and the destroyers U. 8.-8.
Mason and U. S. S. Cunningham
yesterday plastered Red troop con
centrations and supply centers be
tween Kosang and Kansong, on the
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DeMolays Slate
Summer Plans
A meeting of much importance
is being held by the Frank Harde
man Chapter of DeMolay tonight
at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Tem
ple on Meigs street. The meeting
is of special importance as it has
been planned to discuss the sum
mer activities which include both
the annual Conclave (July 20-22)
and the houseparty which has not
been set definitely yet.
Plans for the Conclave are un
der way already with a number
of local DeMolays planning to go
up to Elberton to attend the meet
ings. The house party is being
thought about a great deal with
"August 27-29 being tentative dates
for that affair which will probably
be held at the Athens YMCA camp
‘at Tallulah Falls.
.
. Reds Claim
- Sinking Of
3 UN Ships
TOKYO, July 11, == (AP) w=
The North Korean Communist
radio at Pyongyang tonight
broadcast 8 claim that three Al
lied ships were sunk off the west
Korean coast by Red gunfire
today.
The e¢laim was made in a
broadcast of a war communique.
No ships or locations were
named.
There was no confirmation
from Allied sources.
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New Drewry Trial
Solicitor General D. Marshall
Pollock of the Western Judicial
Circuit said today that a new trial
for Mrs. Kathleen Merry Drewry
would be called during the curvent
term of Clarke Superior Court if
conditions permit, possibly early
next week.
The State Supreme Court or
dered a new trial for Mrs. Drew
ry, who was convicted of shooting
Miss Miriam Thurmond, whom
her former husband, Dean John
E. Drewry of the Henry Grady
School of Journalism, later mar
ried.
Mrs. Drewry said here last night
that she had new evidence which
she would introduce at her next
trial. She said the evidence, con
sisting of “letters from John to
me,” would clear her of all
charges.
Meanwhile, in the regular July
session of Clarke Superior Court a
jury returned a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff in the Giles vs.
Harris case. That case, involving
questions of payment for materials
used in construction work done by
Contractor Giles, had been in pro
gress since Monday morning.
Three cars were condemned and
ordered sold to the highest bidder
by the court this morning also.
Those cases were State of Georgia
vs. Frank Bush and a 1939 four
door sedan, State of Georgia vs.
Joe Allen Johnson and a 1940 two
door Mercury sedan, and the
State vs. 1938 Tudor Ford (owner
unknown).
At noon today the case of Par
son vs. Snow was still in progress.
The owner of Snow’s Service Sta
tion, H. A. Parson, is seeking to
dispossess Snow from the property
on the grounds that Snow broke a
verbal contract concerning the
brand of products to be sold at the
station., Snow’s Service Station
{;a;)cated on the N’l‘“}t"n ')I;IHI_;.
ed Radio Says Withdrawa
Red Radio Says Withdrawal Of
BY JIM BECKER
MUNSAN, Korea, July 11.— (AP) —A “better under
standing’ between negotiating parties’” developed during
the second day of Korean cease-fire talks at Kaesong, an
Allied communique said tonight.
The communique credited the improvement to a change
in attitude by the five Communist generals. It said they
showed “less stiffness and were less formal than on the
previous day.”
"~ The formal U. N. announcement
made no mention of Communist
demands reported in official Red
radio broadcasts. The Reds’ ra
dioed demands included with
rawal of U. N. troops from Korea.
Allied delegates, returning from
Wednesday’s talks in Kaesong,
made it clear they wouldn’t even
talk about this.
Rear Adm. Arleigh A. (31
Knots) Burke said it was a politi
cal question. U. N. representatives
have barred political issues from
discussions.
Atmosphere Improves
Improvement in the atmosphere
of negotiations was reflected in a
communique announcement that
20 Allied news representatives
would be authorized to go to Kae
song for Thursday’s negotiations.
Previously they had been
banned on Communist insistence.
Five Allied photographers went to
the Red-guarded city Wednesday
after the U. N. delegation had left.
They traveled along roads
guarded by a motley assortment
of Chinese, armed with American,
British and Russian-type weapons.
The Reds stood with their backs
to the road. They said they were
protecting the peace delegates
against “guerrillas.”
The U. N. communique reported
“there is a general feeling among
United Nations delegates to the
armistice negotiations that pro
gress is being made.” .
Opposing delegations have not
yet agreed on “priority of items
for the agenda,” it said. But “a
better understanding of the in
tended scope” of cease-fire talks
~has been reached “by all con
j cerned.”
e language barrier has slowed
| negotiations considerably.
- In the more informal words of
Admiral Burke, progress has been
“fair—fair, but you never ;n tell
about these things.” :
Communist radios in Pyongyang
and Peiping said North Korean
and Communist negothmi
laid down aflthreehpolnt_ " 1
for a cease-fire a T ‘
! 1. Establish a 12% % butfer
zone at the 38th parallel. |
2. Re-establish the status étn as
of June 25, 1950, when the Korean
war started, with the 38th paraliel
dividing North and South Korea.
3. Withdraw all “foreign troops™
from Korea and start talks imme
~diately for exchange of prisoners.
Burke said Wednesday sessions
were shorter than the 4% hours
spent in talk opening day.
Stayed To Long
“We stayed too damn long yes
terday, anyway,” the admiral said.
He explained the U. N. delegation
was up half of Tuesday night writ
ing reports.
Information was scarce as to
just what is happening in the
Communist-guarded private home
in Kaesong where the meetings
are held.
Allied correspondents have been
barred from the ancient Korean
capital at the insistence of Com
munist negotiators.
But the North Korean Pyong
yang radio and the Chinese Peip
ing radio broadcast a detailed re
port on what they said was the
basic Red demand for armistice
terms.
There was nothing startling
about the three-point demands.
They have been voiced frequently
by the Communists. They offer
some ticklish points of interpreta-‘
tion and are sharply divergenti
from expected U, N. demands. ,
It is generally understood in|
this peace camp that U. N. delc—{
gates will insist on an armistice |
commission, including neutral ob- |
servers on both sides of the de-i
marcation line. The U. N. also|
may demand a cease-fire line[
more nearly along the prescnt:
front. Y
U. N. forces are 30 miles north !
of the parallel in the east, rough- |
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and rather
warm today, tonight and Thurs
day. Low expected tonight 68;
high tomorrow 92. Sun sets 7:48
and rises tomorrow 5:30.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and continued rather warm this
afternoon, tonight and Thurs
day.
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Total since January 1 .. ..24.87
Defic¢it’ since January 1 ... 3.65
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens T_l:ld. Area
Availability Of
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Nominee Is Seen
WASHINGTON, July 11.—(AP)
—Harry Darby, Kansas Republi=
can National Committeeman, pre~
dicted today General Dwight D.
Eisenhower' will be available for
the 1952 GOP presidential nomi
nation,
Darby, former senator who sup
ported Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey of New York when the latter
won the 1948 nomination, is look=-
ed upon by some as the unofficial
manager of an unofficial cam=
paign to get next year's nomina
tion for Eisenhower,
Eisenhower declined to seek
either the Republican or Demo
cratic nomination three years ago
and has said he was “not going to
let any sort of talk by others make
me a candidate,”
Darby Confident
Remarking he is confident the
five-star general will become
available, Darby said in an inter
view he hasn’t talked to Eisen
hower about the matter and
doesn’t believe anyone should
while the latter is in uniform as
head of the North Atlantic defense
forces.
“] believe the American people
want him for President and when
the time comes, I believe Eisen=
hower will answer the call, just
as he has always answered all
i calls to duty,” Darby said.
The Kansas committeeman ex
pects to head home state delega
tion pledged to Eisenhower as a
,“tayofltetolon" candig?te. He is
reported to have been given a go
ahead signal from Dewey and
| Senator Duff (R.-Pa.), Eisenhow
‘er supporters, to do what he can
to organize backing for the Gen-
Darby apparently believes, how~
ever, that the best campaign is a
waiting one, in which volunteers
are encouraged to nflne but no
attempt is made to solicit conven
tion delegates.
Entry Questionable
Whether Eisenhower’s name will
be entered in some of the early
primaries next year apparent re
mains to be decided by events—
or perhaps by accident, if local
enthusiasts get out of hand.
Darby and others apparently
think Eisenhower could run away
with any primary in which his
name was entered. But they don’t
want any formal campaign launch
ed for the General while he is in
uniform and they frankly don’t
know how long he will have to
stay on the job in Europe.
Execution Of
Rapist Asked
VICKSBURG, Miss., July li—
(AP)—The case of Lonnie Bevell,
97-year-old white veteran charged
with raping a negro woman, was
expected to go to the jury some
time today and the state is asking
for the death penalty.
Bevell is charged-with raping a
31-year old single colored woman,
at gunpoint last New Year’s eve.
This is the first time in the mem
ory of officials that a white man'’s
life has been asked in cases of this
kind in Mississippi.
Bevell is a Batesville, Miss.,
farmer and a- veteran of both the
army and navy.
The frail, 100-pound woman
took the stand. yesterday and
identified Bevell as the man who
attacked her.
A capacity crowd of 275 persons,
whites and negroes, heard her give
this version of the attack:
She was seized from a group of
negroes near a country store by
Bevell and another man about 8
p. m. Bevell told her “I am the
law, I am going to arrest you.”
She said Bevell tore off hér
clothes and raped her, then later
threatened to kill her. “I begged
for a chance to pray,” she said,
adding that she was knocked out
while on her knees.
“I woke up about daybreak, got
up and tried to find the highway,”
she said. “I kept falling down.”
She found a farmhouse and was
Brought to Vicksburg, where she
was hospitalized five days.
The State rested its case yester
day after a series of witnesses told
of finding her clothes.
One of them, J. G. Haskin, said
théy were scattered over a wide
area and “they were ripped and
torn and looked like they had been
washed in blood.”
HOME
EDITION
Will Attend
Armistice Talks
diKs
MUNSAN, Korea, July 11—
(AP)—The United Nations eonr
mand announced tonight that 20
Allied news representatives will
‘accompany U. N. negotiaters to
'Kaesong tomorrow, third day of
Korean armistice talks.
An official communique said the
newsmen will be allowed within
the area of the negotiatioms but
not in the conference room.
Allied correspondents were not
allowed to attend the first two
days of talks because of objections
by Red negotiators.
Five Allied cameramen went to
the conference city today. Acered=
ited to the U. 8. Army and the
United Nations, they were permit
ted to make the trip as official
Army photographers. The Chinese
had agreed that up to five “Arny,
photographers” could be in Kae
song.
AP Photographer
One of the cameramen fs Jim
Pringle of the Associated Press.
The others are James Healy,
Acme News Photos; Joe Scher=
schel, Life Magazine; Gene Zenw
ijer, Warner-Pathe News Reels,
and Ronnie Noble, British Broade
casting Corp. Television.
Chinese Red soldiers halted the
photographers at an outpost along
the way for an hour. The Reds
turned down repeated offers of
American cigarettes and ecandys
They apologized for lack of facili=
ties to show their hospitality te
the Allied photographers.
North Koreans made up for
that lack when the Allied group
arrived at U. N. House in Kaesong,
North Korean soldiers and a
North Korean girl uniformed in
blue distributed North Kerean
drinks, Russian candy bars and
Chinese cigarettes. The Americans
readily accepted.
The five Aliled cameramen,
with an equal number of Red pho
tographers in uniform, were ale
lowed to move freely in the com«
pound of the conference house
and take whatever pictures they
wanted. But they were mot per~
mitted to enter the conference '
room. .
The Red negotiators agreed te
the presence of Allied correspond
ents in Kaesong only after several
requests by American delegates.
Marine Colonel J. C. Murray
had flown to Kaesong today for
the specifiec purpose of obtaining
Red consent for admissiom es the
western correspondents. 2
Joy Request :
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, se«
nior member of the Allied ceases
fire delegation, requested at the
opening of the sessions Tuesday
that 20 U, N. newsmen be allowed '
to attend. <
When Tuesday's first full-scale
peace talks were over, the weste
ern world got only a scanty reporf
of what went on.
Correspondents were given aa %
official communique of some 5@
words and heard a press officee
read from notes he had taken |
from Air Force Colonel Andrew,_g;»%
J. Kenney, delegation staff mrem= ||
ber, i
The communique said 'merelyt’ff
The first meeting was held at 11 |
a. m., Tuesday, as scheduled, “in |
an open and formal atmosphere”; g
each delegation presented its
agenda for consideration; and thfi?
parties arranged to meet at 11 a.
m. Wednesday. f‘
Bumper US Crops
Are Predicted |
WASHINGTON, July 11.—(AP}
—Another bumper crop, one of the:
best the nation has ever kmowni
was forecast by the Agricultur¢’
Department yesterday. i
It was the farmers’ answer t€h
the plea to grow more under &
broad defense production programe
More acres are under cultivatiogi
now than at any time sinee 19333
the Department reported, an¢:
yields promise to be as good as the®
best in recent years.
A corn crop of 3,295,143,008
bushels, third largest on record
was predicted, but even so it waill
slightly below the goal set t&
maintain large feed reserves fol @
meat animals, dairy and poultris
products 4
Planted to the nation’s 52 pri
cipal crops, said the ageney, werff
371,500,000 acres, nearly 14,000,008
more than last year. i
The indicated production &
crops compared with last year angg
the 10 year average included: &
Potatoes, 356,043,000 busheld
439,500,000 and 410,203,000
Sweet potatoes, 39,854,000 bush
els, 58,729,000 and 61,148,000 ’
Tobacco, $2,302,963,000 poundi
2,032,450,000 and 1,787,136,000. |
The indicated {»roducflm »
fruits compared with estimates
month ago, production last yed il
and the 10 year average incliide¢it
Peaches, 67,128,000 bushels, 65;
537 a month ago, 53,485,000 lasts
year, and 71,150,000 for the b
year average, ‘ o S