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Vol. CXIX, No. 180.
Eleven Killed As P mber
Plunges Into Apartments
Entire North End Of Apartment
Building In Seattle Destroyed
SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—(AP)—Charred, smoldering rub
ble and melted metal marked the pyre today where at
least 11 persons were consumed in gasoline-fed flames
spewed out from a crashed B-50 Air Force bomber.
Those who lived remembered the hot breath of death
that swept through a hillside apartment house into which
the medium bomber plunged yesterday afternoon moments
after taking off on a ruutine check-out flight.
(atholic Men's
Colleges Open
To Ousted Cadets
NEW YORK, Aug. 14—(AP)—
Many of the 90 accused West
Point Cadets—who had been
vondering where to go after leav
ng the academy—were reported
leted today over Francis Card
nal Spellman’s announcement
ey could enroll in three Roman
atholie Men’s colleges. °
Last night the Cardinal, saying
o err is ‘human, to forgive di
ine,” opened the doors of the
‘hools in his archdioese.
Many of the Cadets involved
n the ¢heating scandal—subject
‘o the draft unless they continue
tudies elsewhere—said they
vould glve Cardinal Spellman’s
ffer "s4ous consideratidn.”
One sadd, “the first good news
we've hed”
Anothé commented, “that man
eally has a heart.”
Some Cadets have said that col
eges are - “afraid” to accept
hem. Many educators say it is not
fear but merely routine policy on
transfers.
Cardinal’'s Statement
The Cardinal’s statement came
s many of the 90 were preparing
oday to leave the academy for
their homes, They are accused of
violating the West Point honor
code by cheating on examinations.
The Cardinal asked the presi
ients of the three schools—Ford
ham University, Manhattan Col
lege and Towa College—*“to aceept
any of these students who may
apply to them for admission.”
He added that the heads of the
schools ‘have consented by my
request.”
At West Point, an army spokes
man, commenting on Cardinal
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Burch Services
James B. (Dick) Burch, one of
Athens’ best known citizers, died
in a local hospital this morning at
10:30 o‘clock .
Mr. Burch was 70 years old
and had been ill for several weeks,
though his health had been failing
for a number of months. He was
taken to the hospital Saturday.
Services are to be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 5 ofclock
from Bernstein’s Chapel with Dr.
E. L. Hill, pastor-emeritus of First
Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Interment will follow in Oconee
Hill Cemetery with Ed Wier, Dr.
J. W. Galloway, Kent A. Hill,
Percy Johnson, C. W. Marlowe and
W. K. Edson serving as pall-bear
ers. An honorary escort will in
clude members of Athens Lodge
No. 790 B. P. O. Elks.
Mr, Burch is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Birdie Hanna Burch,
Athens; two daughters, Mrs.
Charlie Cox. Athens, and Mrs.
Thomas L. Hughes, Baltimore,
Md.; two sisters-in-law, Mrs, Ar
thur Burch and Mrs. John Burch,
both of Athens; three cousins,
Mrs. T. E. Smith, Mrs. Walter
Marbut and Mrs. Inez Burch, all
of Athens; one granddaughter
and four grandsons.
Lifelong Resident
A native of Athens, Mr. Burch
was a lifelong resident here. He
was a member of First Methodist
Church, and of Athens Lodge of
Elks for many years.
Member of a well known Athens
family, Mr. Burch for many years
was connected with the old At
lantic Ice & Cold Company, now
The Atlantic Company, and re
mained with the new company for
a time.
Before retiring in 1947, he was
employed by the City of Athens.
During his business life, he was
connected with a number of firms
here.
A person of unquestioned in
tegrity, Mr.- Burch was possessed
of a keen intellect and a delightful
sense of honor, He also had the
courage of his convictions and was
not afraid to speak them.
There was about him a softness
and gentle nature, which strangers
or chance acquaintances seldom
saw, but which were well known
to old and tried friends. In his
heart there was a strong feeling
of compassion for those in dis
tress and these were alway aided
to the limit of his eapacity.
He did not bestow his friendship
lightlys but when he once &C
--cepted one as a friend, that friend
ship remained warm and steadfast
through the years. He will be
greatly missed b&.flu many who
knew him over period of the
years and who valued his com
panionship so highly.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
Dozens of persons in Seattle’s
south end industrial section saw
the doomed plane suddenly lose
altitude from 700 feet up and veer
off sharply to the right.
Crash Description
With its four engines churning
at apparent full power, a wing
dipped violently, the B-50 flicked
against the side of a brewry, then
plowed into the frame and brick
Lester apartments on the hill be
hind,
“The noise was so loud I
thought it was a jet coming,” re
called Fred Prout, who was be
low the residential hill. “Then I
saw it, the wings at a 90-degree
angle to the ground—straight up
and down.” In the next instant
it struck and burst into flames.
Six of the dead were members
of the plane’s crew — three Air
Force men and three flight an
alysts from the nearby Boeing
Airplane Company, maker of the
B-50. The other five known vic
tims were dwellers in the 49-unit
apartment house whose entire
north end was destroyed.
Firem2n probed the still-hot de
bris undl midnight, searching for
the remains of others who might
have been trapped in the inferno
touched off by the plane’s 3,500
gallons of high test gasoline and
300 gallons of oil. The hunt was
resumed shortly after daybreak.
Twelve persons in the apart
ment building were painfully
burned or injured in the impact
or their escape from the lightning
quick spread of the flamres.
Three Missing
Three residents were unac
counted for at an early hour to
day.
Seventy-six-year old Peter Nel
son; who occupied an upper apart
nient, said he ran through a fire
filled hall- and heard screams
coming from the unit occupied by
Al Mason, one of the missing. Mrs.
Mason’s body was the 11th taken
from the wreckage. 2
Nelson said parts of the roof,
turned into firebrands, fell on
him as he ran. He was nearly
trapped as he paused to look for
his faithful dog Tippy.
What caused the bomber to
crash is not known. Military and
civilian investigators were to
probe the wreckage today.. The
parent Boeing company said the
B-50 was one of many being mod
ified at the Seattle plant. It took
off from adjacent Boeing Field on
a flight to check out military
equipment recently installed. The
company statement gave no indi
cation of what type of equipment
was being tested.
WILSON WARNING
EVANSTON, lIL, Aug. 14—(AP)
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil
son said today the danger of a
third world war is “greater than
ever” and it can be averted only
in building America’s might.
Warning the country against be
ing lulled by Moscow’s “sweet
talk,” Wilson said military and in
dustrial strength is the only lan=-
guage Soviet Russia really under
stands. ;
Wilson made the statements in
an address prepared for the Na
tional Institute for Chamber of
Commerce and trade association
executives. o
On the domestic front, he said
that price control changes recently
directed by Congress may mean
meat black markets and living
cost boosts of five to eight per
cent.
CURTIS CATTLE COMPANY
241 Sheep Arrive
To Swell State's
By RANDALL COUCH
Two hundred and forty-one
quiet and unheralded passengers
disentrained at the local South
ern depot here Saturday afternoon
after an eight-day trip from Mon
tana. They were sheep—236 ewes
(Columbia and Hampshire cros
ses) and five Suffolk rams.
The shipment was received here
by Richard and Tom Curtis, bro
thers, who came to Georgia from
Arizona approximately three
years ago and, on the advice of
Dr. Milton P. Jarnagin of the Uni
versity faculty, settled on 1150
acres of land in Wrayswood, Geor
gia; 23 miles south of Athens, to
raise cattle.
The brothers decided shortly
after arriving in Georgia that
“gheep-raising” would be more
profitable then ¢attle farming and
subsequently sold their cattle and
restocked their land with sheep.
Converted to Sheep
Asked why they converted, the
brothers replied, “Fhere’s more
money in #heep than in eows, and
the returm on sheep in 2 year's
gme in much higher than on eat~
e.”
“To begin with the brothers had
a rather small stock of sheep, four
flocks from other sections of Geor
gia and bringing in one flock of
Confusion Rife
Over Sales Tax
Ruling By OPS
ATLANTA, Aug. 14 — (AP) —
Uncertainly and confusion con
tinued today over the question of
when to collect the first sales tax
penny in Georgia.
The dispute is between the mer
chants and the Office of Price
Stabilization. The state is strict
ly hands off, insisting only that
merchants collect and turn over
to it the three per cent of the levy.
Spokesmen for merchants pro
tested yesterday that they were
left between the devil and the
deep blue by an OPS ruling that
they could nct collect the first
penny until the tax figures at least
a half of a cent, or the sale
amounts te 17 per cent. They said
such a bracket will not yield an
over all three per cent, they will
have to make up the difference
out of their own pockets and this
would wviolate the law.
They insisted upon their own
bracket collecting the first one
cent on sales of 14 cents. After a
meeting here yesterday, they de
cided to write all Georgia Con
gressmen asking clarification of
the OPS ruling,
The OPS in Washington indicat
ed it expected to have such a
clarification quickly, A spokes
man, preferring to speak anony
mously, said the OPS had no de
sire to intervene in Georgia af
fairs but acted only to determine
the tax’s effect on retail price
ceilings.
This spokesman said the OPS is
awaiting a ruling from Georgia at
torney General Eugene Cook. Cook
himself was out of the city yester
day but his office said it knew
nothing about any such ruling or
request for one. .
A protest against the OPS med
dling in Georgia affairs was voiced
in Washington by U. S. Senator
Walter F. George who discussea
the matter with the OPS there.
In the meantime, merchants
were left “up in the air” as what
to do. Some are following the
OPS bracket. Others are sticking
to the old wvoluntary brackets in
?iugurated by their frade associa
ons.
|-Lane Highway
Plans Revealed
ATLANTA, Aug. 14 — (AP) —
Plans to construct four-lane sec
tions on Highway 41 south of At
lanta have been announced by
State Highway Chairman James
Gillis.
He said today that two small
links in the Hapeville and Griffin
areas may be constructed in the
near future.
The four-lane section of High
way 41 north of Atlanta now is be
ing constructed to a point north
of Cartersville. Gillis said the
present traffic load does not justi
fy further northward extension at
this time.
The chairman also said that an
agreement probably will be signed
this week under which the Fer
nandina, Fla., ports authority will
build a toll road from Brunswick
to St. Mary’s river in Georgia.
Such a road was authorized by an
act of the 1951 legislature.
Other future plans of the High
way Board include re-routing of
Highway 41 between Forsyth and
Macon "and rebuilding the Jack
son- Macon “short route,” State
| Highway 87.
200 from the west. Last year they
imported 1,000 sheep from Mon
tana, and their most recent im
port is the flock which arrived
here Saturday afternoon.
Sheep, according to Richard
Curtis, are gentle and docile ani
mals, easy to handle. One man can
easily handle quite a large flock,
requiring help only during lamb
ing time, a period of approximate
ly two-and-a-half months out of
the year when almost constant
attention is required. At the pre
sent time the Curtis brothers em
ploy “four-and-a-half” hands
(they threw in the half hand to
describe the services of youthful
apprenttees who are assisting them
during the summer months.)
“There are several things you
peed to know about sheep,” the
brothers agree, “among them be
ing the fact that the health of a
flock depends to a large extent
on the type of grazing they are
afforded, for sheep won’t eat any
thing but the best, and the fact
that all the snimals must be
‘wwormed’ four times a year.”
worming, it was explained, Is a
term used to describe the method
used to rid the sheep of internal
asites of various kinds, which,
ftnleeml. are very fond of sheep
The two carloads of sheep which
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY,
ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1951.
Methods To Hike
Are Considered
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—(AP).
The tax-writing Senate Finance
Committee is studying eight oi
nine methods of raising individua
income taxes, several of them in
volving a deeper bite in the lower
earnings brackets,
The committee arranged to meet
again today in its rewriting job
on the House-passed bill to hike
takes some $7,200,000,000 a year.
Many members have evpressed
dissatisfaction with the House
formula to obtain $2,847.000,000 of
additional revenue annually by
higher personal income levies.
The 13 senators took up this
problem first yesterday at their
iritial closed-door session to write
another version of the measure.
One senator told a reporter ex
perts from the Treasury and the
Senate House Committee on taxa
tion yesterday gave the committee
figures on about eight methods of
hiking individual income taxes
other than the one used by the
House,
House Plan
The House adopted & plan of
adding 12 1-2 per cent to the sum
paid by each taxpayer under the
present law.
Several senators contend this
system would pyramid the increase
in the middle and upper income
brackets. They argue that lower
brackets should be hit harder as
an anti-inflationary measure be
cause the great bulk of the sepnd
ing is concentrated there.
One of the plans presented to
the senators yesterday calls for
adopting the treasury method of
adding a fixed number of percent
age points to the tax rate in each
income bracket.
The treasury asked for four
points, but the plan under study
calls for three. There was report
ed to be considerable support for
it in the committee,
As examples of the effect of the
three-percentage plan, it would
bring in $l3B a year from a mar
ried man with two dependents who
has $3,000 net income as compared
with $135 in the House bill and
$1.20 in the present law.
It would collect $598 a year from
a married man with two depen
dents who has $5.000 net income
as compared with $585 in the
House bill and $520 in the present
law. Net income is -that sub!;ct
to tax after deductions.
~ In High Mrackets
In the high brackets, the effect
would be the opposite. The three
percentage points plan would yield
less there than the House bill.
For instance, a married man
with two dependents and $50,000
net income would pay $20,312 un
der the plan as-against $21,245 un
der the House bill and $18,884 un
der present law.
The plan would bring is an es
timated $2,900,000,000 a year in
new revenue, slightly more than
the method adopted by the House.
If the Senate adopts the three
percentage point method, it is ex
pected to make cuts elsewhere—
probably in the boosts in corpora
tion taxes and some excises—
which will reduce the total below
the House figure,
Seatrain Georgia
To Be Launched
CHESTER, Pa., Aug. 14—(AP).
The S. S. Seatrain Georgia, de
signed to carry loaded freight cars,
will be launched today at the Sun
Shipbuilding Co. here,
Mrs. Donald W. Smith, wife of
the vice president of the Seatrain
firm, will christen the vessel at
elaborate ceremonies. The ship is
the first to be launched from Sun
shipyard in a year and a half. It
is one of two under construction
for the Seatrain Lines, Inc,
The 8. S. Seatrain Georgia is ap
proximately 483 feet long, has a
beam of 63 feet, six inches and a
depth of )8 feet. It is used in coas
tal trade down south. The ships
take a load of freight cars part of
their route by thus shortening the
land haul and decreasing expense.
From Montana
Largest Flock
arrived here Saturday were suf
fering slightly from the effects
of the trip, and the owners est
imated that each of the sheep lost
approximately 20 pounds during
she journey, irregular and inferior
feeding and other factors pro
bably accounting for the loss of
weight.
Curtis Cattle Company
The Curtis Cattle Company is a
going concern in Wrayswood, and
the Curtis sheep flock is assumed
to be the largest in Georgia. The
large farms, plus a large number
of rented acreage, are covered
with lespedeza, one of the few
classes of cover crops sheep will
graze, according to the Curtis bro
thers. Although the farms are
abundantly supplied with water
resources, they say, lack of rain
in recent weeks has had some ill
effects on the pastureland and the
water supply.
Both Richard and Tom Curtis
are married and they each have
two children. Richard’s son and
daughter are Ricky, 6, and Cynthia
Ann, 5, and Tom's twp sons are
Jimmy, 3, and Bobby, 15 months.
When asked about their children,
the brothers agreed that even chil
dren are helpful on a sheep farm,
and “sheep and kids just naturally
get along together.” :
Peace Talks Snmag On U.N.
Air And Naval Supremacy
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THE WAR OF WORDS—With the main activity of the Korean war now being lim
ited to words hurled across the conference table at Kaesong, it is no wonder that
some of the conferees appear frustrated. The Communists are now holding up all
progress by their stubborn demands for a buffer zone along the 38th parallel. Here
Navy Lt. H. G. Underwood (center), a Unit ed Nations interpreter, appears worried as
he talks over the meaning of the Red words with a North Korean liaison officer (left)
and Lt. Colonel Soo Young of South Korea,—(NEA 1 elephoto.)
Cuts Proposed
In Army Civil
Functions Bill
BY HARRISON HUMPHRIES
AP Special Washington Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—(AP)
—The Senate neared the voti%%
stage today on the $637,000,0
Army civil funections money bill
today with two senators proposing
$50,000,000 cuts in funds for wa
terway projects.
Senator Douglas (D.-Ill.) intro
duced an amendment to knock out
funds for a dozen navigation pro
jects in the South, East and Mid
west.
Should that fail, Senator Fer
guson (R.-Mich.) said he will
move to return the bill to the Ap
propriations Committee with in
structions to whittle the flood
control and rivers and harbors list
a total of $50,000,000.
Waterways 4
As recommended by the Senate
Appropriations Committee, the bill
carries about $621,000,000 for wa
terways and flood control im
provements, an increase of $122 -
850,000 over the amount approved
by the House.
Supporters of the Senate bill
contended during the first day of
debate that it would be “false
econonty” to neglect the nation’s
internal development while spend
ing billions for economic assist
ance to foreign governments,
Senator McClellan (D.-Ark.)
said recent flood losses, estimated
at a billion dollars in Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma, will be
deductible from income for feder
al income tax purposes.
Thus, he said, the federal gov
ernment lost in one flood half of
what it would have cost to pre
vent the flood.
Flood Threats
The same flood threat, he said,
exists in a dozen other areas of the
nation.
Senator Douglas’ amendment
would eliminate all planning
funds for future rivers and har
bors projects It also would strike
from the bill construction funds
for:
Jimr Woodruff lock and dam,
{Continued On rage Two)
WEATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair to partly cloudy and
continued hot today, tonight and
Wednesday. Low tonight 70;
high tomorrow 96. Sun sets to
day 7:46 and rises tomorrow
5:32.
GEORGIA—MostIy fair and
hot this afternoon, tonight and
Wednesday, widely scattered
thundershowers in south por
tion this afternoon.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA — Average tem
peratures slightly above nor
mal, no important daily change,
average readings mostly in mid
dle 90’s and in lower 70’s at
night. Rainfall light to moder
ate, averaging less than half an
inch and oceurring in widely
scattered areas In afternoon.
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Deficit since August 1 .. .. 1.82
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Total since January 1 .. . 30.04
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U. N. DELEGATES RIDE RED JEEP — U. N. delegates
to the stalemated armistice talks ride from the Kaesong
airfield to the conference house in a Russian jeep with
Red driver provided by Chinese Communists. Vice Ad
miral C. Turner Joy (cener) is the chief U. N. delegate.
At left is Major General L. C. Craigie, another Allied
delegate. Monday’s talks ended in another deadlock
over the location of a buffer zone in Korea—(AP
Wirephoto.)
4,500
To Be
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14— (AP) —Unofficial esti
mates indicated today that, of the 10,624 Americans offi
cially listed as missing in action in Korea, as many as 4,500
probably are being held in Communist war prisoner camps.
This figure comes from Allied military “sources which
cannot be named but which are in as good position as any
one on the Allied side to know the score on this hush-hush
matter.
Neg 0 Admit
B |' w
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Aug.
14—(AP)—A negro trusty serving
time for attempted rape was quot
ed by an officer today as confess~
ing to insulting and beating into
unconsciousness a 27-year - old
white mother of two children.
District Sheriff Journey Phillips
said Willie Ford Ballard, under a
ten-year sentence from Bibb coun
ty for an attack on a negro woman,
has admitted mauling Mrs. Ruth
Addington with an iron chisel.
Mrs. Addington was found beat
en and bloody at her farm home
near Buford Thursday. She is now
in fair condition at an Atlanta
hospital where she regained con
sciousness Sunday and told inves
tigators a negro entered her home,
struck her with his fist, then ham
mered her with a piece of iron.
Phillips said Ballard admitted
leaving a road machine he was
operating, cutting across some
woods, entering the Addington
home and confronting the house
wife and her young baby.
The negro related, the officer
added, that he rained blows upon
the young mother with his fist and
the chisel after making an impro
per remark to her.
Read Daily by 35,000 People In ”Atllronis Trade Area
Gls Estimated
Red Prisoners
BY SPENCER DAVIS
[ The prisoners are said to be con
fined near Kanggye, deep inside
North Korea about 20 air miles
from the Manchurian frontier.
Allied authoritiegs have said lit
tle about the treatment of prison
ers for fear that a chance remark
might anger the Reds and make
’life harder for the prisoners.
| Caution Taken
Even men who have escaped
from the Reds, or have been lib=-
erated, have been cautioned not to
say anything that might react
against their comrades.
| Howerver, a group of 18 Marines
| who escaped last April on the
| central front confirmed that pri
| soners were fed the same food as
| Communist troops and were given
| medical attention.
| Marine Maj. Andrew Geer of
| San Francisco, who conducted the
| freed Marines back to the U. S.
| from Korea, said in an interview
!that the men reported they were
| well cared for, by Chinese stan
’ dards.
i The apparent purpose for this
| good care was to weaken the re
sistance of hard-fighting Allied
| troops and make them surrender
more easily. If it became known
that the Communists were ‘“‘easy”
{on their captives, the Reds rea~
lsoned that the enemy would not
fight so hard to avoid capture.
} Indoctrination Courses
t Before releasing a group of men,
the Communists require them to
[ attend “school” eight hours a day
for indoctrination courses on Com
| (Conttancd trn Pave [wWO)
HOME
EDITION
Allies Read
If T:rs Fail
BY ROBERT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN, Korea, Aug. 14,
— (AP) — Kaesong armis
tice talks snagged today on
an argument over the im
portance of Allied air and
naval supremacy.
If cease-fire negotiations
break down, the United Na
tions ground commander,
General James A. Van Fleet,
said his troops are ready to
“clobber” the Reds.
In Tokyo Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, U. N. Supreme Com=~
mander, said the Reds have been
steadily building up and are in a
materially better position to at=
tack than they were when fruce
talks started July 10.
Van Fleet, commander of the
Eighth Army, commented:
“The military feels we would
like to have the opportunity to
meet the Communists if they at
tack. It would be a real clobber,
“I don’t know of a better way
to get it over faster.
Reds Need Peace
“The enemy Is hurting. He is
in bad shape. He needs peace.”
Van Fleet’s opinion of the abil
ity of the Bth Army to meet a
Red onslaught coincided with
views expressed by Ridgway,
when the top Allied commander
told about the Red build-up.
Ridgway said the U, N. pesition
was not inflexible, but that his
troops must have a defensible po
sition during a truce approximate~
ly along their present battle line.
He said the U. N. won’t go back to
the 38th parallel, where the Reds
want to set up a buffer zone.
At Kaesong, just before mego
tiators adjourned until Wednes
day, North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam
11, top Red envoy, wound up Tues
day’s two-hour and 40-minute
session by annocuncing the Red de
mand for a truce on the old poli
tical boundary line is unshakable.
It was the demilitarized zone
deadlock which generated the ar
gument at Kaesong over U. N. air
and Navy might.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, head
of the U. N. delegation, told the
Reds that Allied planes and war
ships “are prosecuting a war be
hind your front lines which is not
duplicated behind our lines.”
A U. N. spokesman said this was
a reply to a one-hour and 13-
minute attack by General Nam at
tempting to “discredit the inde
pendent effectiveness of Afr and
Naval power which the U. N. eom~
mand would relinquish in an ar
mistice.”
In one breath the North Korean
said they weren’t doing much fi
and in the next he said the
would run U. N. troops out of
Korea except for Allied planes
and warships.
“Detailed Analysis”
Nam Il said his speech was a
“detailed analysis.” Nuckols said
it was mostly an emotional attack.
The spokesman, Brig. Gen. Wil
liam P. Nuckols, who attended the
session, said Nam’s speech was
sprinkled with such words as “ir
responsible,” “belligerent,” “abu
sive,” and “intolerable.”
Nuckols said Joy, in a one hour
and six-minute reply, emphasized
Air and Naval power in an effort
to convince the Reds of the reas
onableness of the U. N. proposals
for a demilitarized zone along ap
{)roximately the present battle
ine.
Joy pointed out that the U. N.
would have to relinquish s air
and sea supremacy in the event
of an armistice. Therefore, he
said, U. N. ground forces would
bhave to be left in positions that
could be defended.
A U. N. communique said this
“logical military reasoning” was
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First ‘sl Polio
Case Reported
The first case of infantile par
alysis in this county for the year
1951 was reported to the Depart~
ment of Health, Monday, August
13, according to Dr, Wedford W,
Brown, Clarke county commis
sioner of health. Adequate quar
antine measures have been put
into effect by the department.
As requested last week through
the Bannetr-Herald, all parents are
advised to keep their children at
home or at least in their immedi=-
ate neighborhood. Keep your
children away from parties, pic
ture shows, swimming pools, and
all other gatherings where they
might come in contact with ehil
dren or adults other thai those
they see in their own neighbor
hoods every day. Do not let your
child play too hard or become
fatigued or overheated. Stremuous
athletic competition is mot ad
vised. Rest should be stressed;
increase the intake of fruit juice
and other liquids.
When other cases devel:'ilfem
the Department of Health 10=
tify citizens of Clarke county im
mediately, Dr. Brown stated to~
day. v fsug FEEE N 9
