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Vol, CXIX, No. 182, Associated Press Service
Last Ditch Talks
Set On Oil Crisis
Harriman Expected To Moderate
British, Iranian Negotiations
TEHRAN, Iran, Aug. 16.— (AP) —DBritish and Iranian
negotiators have scheduled informal talks today at which
\. Averell Harrriman is expected to make a last ditch
effort to solve Iran’s explosive oil crisis.
It is the first time since he got the two sides talking that
President Truman’s diplomatic trouble shooter has stepped
directly into the negotiations.
Puerto Rico Is
Threatened By
Tropical Storm
MIAMI, FLA., Aug. 16—(AP)
—A tropical disturbance, brewed
in the Western Atlantic, spilled
over into the Caribbean Sea and
swept toward Puerto Rico today,
but apparently had lost much of
its force.
“We are not passing it off—yet,”
said an observer at the Miami
weather bureau. “It doesn’t appear
to be much of a storm right now,
but it is still in the area where it
can generate into a hurricane.”
A plane from Miami’s hurricane
hunting squadron, flying from
Puerto Rico, will probe the area
today.
The storm reached hurricane
velocity as it neared the chain of
Island along the Eastern Carib
bean but diminished into heavy
showers and squalls last night as it
moved through the windward and
leeward island.
No Serious Threat
“It's intensity is about the same
as previously reported and it now
appears that there is no longer
any serious threat to the Virgin
Island or Pureto Rico from this
storm,” the weather bureau at San
Juan, P. R., reported in an advis
ory at 5 a. m. (EST) today.
The storm may still regenerate,
the San Juan weather bureau
added, “but it now appears that
if this occurs it will take place
north and west of Pureto Rico.”
The disturbance was about 30
miles south of the Island of .St.
Croix, in the Virgin Island early
today, and appeared to be moving
in a west-northwestwardly course
at about 18 to 20 miles an hour.
It was expected to pass over
the eastern tip of Puerto Rico
shortly after noon today.
Last night it passed near the
island of Dominica, a British col
ony about 1,550 miles southeast of
the Florida coast.
100- MPH Winds 7
A navy hurricane hunting plane
found winds of more than 100
miles per hour near the center
yesterday but by nightfall the
;:zinds had dropped to 90 miles an
our.
When the disturbance was first
spotted Tuesday, its winds did not
exceed 25 miles an hour and early
vesterday it still was only a “weak
tropical disturbance.” By noon,
however, it had grown into a full
fledged hurricane.
It was the second hurricane this
year. The first developed about
120 miles off Daytona Beach, Fla.,
on May 18, a full month before
the “seasons.” It moved out to sea
without causing any damage.”
McKinnon Rites
To Be Friday
Walter E. McKinnoo, life long
resident of Athens, died unex
pectedly at his home at 357 Oak
Street this morning at 4 o‘clock.
Mr. McKinnon was 62 years old.
Services are to be conducted
Friday afternoon at 5 o‘clock from
Bernstein’s Chapel with Rev.
Newt Saye, pastor of Edwards
Chapel Baptist Church, and Rev.
Burch Fannin, pastor of Oconee
Street Methodist Church, officiat
ing.
Interment will be in Oconee Hill
Cemetery, H. R. Bullock, Walter
E. Couch, Ralph Hansford, Wesley
Mitchum, Woodie Gann, J. M. Pat
man, Ernest Baker and J. E. Brit
tain serving as pallbearers.
Mr. McKinnon is survied by his
wife, Mrs. Lil McKinnon, Athens;
three daughters, Mrs. Wilbur M.
Paul and Mrs. John Collins, both
of Athens, and Miss Clara McKin
non, Washington, D. C.; two sons,
Walter McKinnon, Jr., member of
tLe City Police Department, and
Wesley Washington McKinnon,
both of Tthens; sister, Mrs. W. H.
Paul, Athens; sister-in-law, Mrs.
Charles McKinnon, and two grand
children, Harry McKinnon and
June Whitehead.
For the past twenty years, Mr.
McKinnon had been employed by
the City of Athens and during his
long residence here had made a
large number of friends who are
saddened by his unexpected death.
A i s
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 16—
(AP)—An exploding chain of fuel
storage tanks killed two men and
injured 13 others today and
spewed a towering cloud of smoke
and fire at the Esso Standard Oil
refinery here.
An empty naptha tank opened
for cleaning, blew up, setting off
the instantaneous blast that rup
tured and burned more than five
of the tanks in the plant. The
sprawling 1,100-acre refinery is on
the Mississinni river banks on the
north* gide’ of tHs ofy T
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Obervers feel that results from
the informal talks—set for today
and tomorrow—will determine
whether there is any chance of
reaching a settlement at a schedul
ed full-dress conference Saturday.
Today’s talks were set up at a
dinner party Harriman gave for
the delegates last night after Iran
had rejected Britian’s latest offer
for 50-50 profit sharing.
Harriman Explained
Peter Ransbotham, a member of
the British delegation, said Harri
man “explained the necessity of
getting around a table to study
the situation in a very friendly
way. His views were that the pro
posals are very important for the
world and he observed that they
should be studied carefully.”
Iranian undersecretary of fin
ance, Kazem Hassibi, said the
Iranians were “impressed by the
very friendly and important ad
vice from Harriman.”
Although the two are still far
apart, observers feel the fact that
talks are continuing indicates both
sides want to reach a workable
agreement.
Informed sources said the Brit
ish offer—which Iran labelled
“unacceptable” — was largely
drafted by Harriman himself.
Iran’s deputy Premier Fatemi told
reporters the Birtish plan had
eight points:
1. All assets of the Anglo-Iran
ian Oil Company in Iran would be
turned over to the Natioanl Iran
ian Oil Company and due com
pensation wiuld be paid.
2. AIOC would set up a purchas
ing ofganization under a 25--year
contract to buy Iran’s Oil and re
fined products and distribute them
throughout the forld.
3. Iran would give the purchas
ing organization priority in oil
. 4. The purchasing organization
should have firm quarantees of
deliveries to meet customer needs.
To ensure this, a managing or
ganization to carry on producing
and refining operations would be
set up.
Selling Proposal
5. The Notional Iranian Oil
Company would sell oil to the pur
chasing organization at reduced
rates and split the profits 50-50.
6. A detailed agreement on sales
%o the purchasing organization
would be worked out later, but
immediate arrangements would be
made to resume oil operations.
7. All operations at Kermanshah,
a small oil field and refinery,
would be turned over to the Na
tional Company on payment of
compensation.
8. Iran would be represented on
the managing organization.
Richard Stokes, head of the
British Mission, said he thought
he could still convince the Iran
ians these were the best terms they
could get from anyone.
Fetemi said Iran had its own
three points to which it would
insit on limiting discussions. He
said these were:
1. The purchase of oil for British
requirements.
2. The claims of both parties.
3. Continuing the service of
British technicians.
HIGHWAY EMPLOYE KILLED
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Aug. 16.—
(AP)—Albert G. Kammrerer, iry
24-year-old State Highway De
partment employe, died in a hos
pital here Tuesday night of injur
jes suffered in an accident earlier
in the day.
His car and an Atlantic Coast
Line freight train collided.
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Rockefeller, jr., and Mrs. Martha Baird Allen (both
above) were married Wednesday at her home in Provi
dence, R. I. The 77-year-old multi-millionaire and his
bride’s late husband, Arthur M. Allen, were classmates
4t Brown University in their student days. The bride is
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EXODUS FROM THE POINT — Loading their posses
sions into the trunk of a car at the U. S. Military Acad
emy, three former foothall team members prepare to
return to civilian life. Among those involved in the erib
bing scandal at West Point they are (left to right) Bob
Orders of Huntington, W. Va.; John McSholskis of
Kearny, N. J., and Phil Shockey of Pittsburgh. More
than 30 cadets have already left the Academy and offi
cials say that all 90 facing expulsion for violation of the
honor code will either be gone or cleared of charges
within a week.— (NEA Telephoto.)
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US, Philippines Agree
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.— (AP) —The United States
and the Philippines announced agreement today on a mu
tual defense treaty pledging each nation to “act to meet
the common dangers” in event of an armed attack on the
other.
The pact will be signed early next month, presumably
at the Japanese peace treaty conference opening Septem
br 4 in San Francisco. e : i
Sporadic Patrol
Warfront Quiet
By GEORGE A. McCARTHUR
U. S. BSTH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea, Aug. 16 — (AP) —
Sharp, sporadic patrol clashes in
the intense and muggy summer
heat broke the quiet of the Korean
frent today.~
Reds used mortars, machineguns
and some artillery to repel Allied
patrols from th Hwachon Reser
voir to the east coast. Elsewhere
there were only occasional short
fights as foot patrols met sudden
ly, fought for a few minutes and
withdrew.
Eastern Front ;
Along the eastern front Allied
patrols pushed to the edge of dug
in Red positions before Commun
ist machineguns and mortar
opened up. Reds also hurled sev
eral heavy barages from their
Russian type self-propelled guns
and 76 milimeter artillery.
AP Correspondent Stan Carter
reported there were only three
small, but intense, fights on the
central front. i -
In the West one Allied patrol
twice ran into small groups of
Reds outside the five mile neutral
zone surrounding Kaesong, site of
cease-fire negotiations. The pa
trol withdrew after the second en
counter, .
Fifth Air Force planes struck
the Reds in 238 combat sorties
Thursday up to 6 p. m. Forty-eight
were in direct support of grcund
troops. Fifty were pre-dawn at
tacks by B-26 bombers and Ma
rine night fighters.
The Eighth Army announced
that African ground troops are in
action for ‘the first time as a
(Contmuoed On Pare [wo)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1951.
The announcement, made sim
ultaneously here and at Manila,
said that the defense agreement
will embody commitments which
already exist between the United
States and the Philippines. These
result from agreements on Amer
ican use of bases in the islands
‘and American aid in building up
Philippine armed forces. |
The American-Philippines trea
ty is one of four now projected
for signing next month in connec
tion with the establishment of a
Japanese peace.
3 Other Treaties
The other three are: The pro
posed Japanese Peace Treaty
which will restore Japan’s inde
pendence and permit its rearming;
a mutual U. S.-Japanese security
treaty to permit American armed
forces to operate in and around
Japan after the occupation ends;
and an American-New Zealand-
Australian defense treaty.
The Australia-New Zealand and
the Philippines pacts would make
precisely the same kind of com
mitment. In the case of Article
Four the wording of each treaty
is the same iff substance, ;
This article says: “Each party
recognizes that an armed attack in
the Pacific area on either of the
parties would be dangerous to its
own peace and safety and declares
that it would act to meet the com~
mion dangers in accordance with
its constitutional processes.
“Any such armed attack and all
measures taken as a result there
of shall be immediately reported
to the Security Council of the
United Nations. Such measures
shall be terminated when the Se
curity Council has taken the meas
ures necessary to restore and
maintain international peace and
security.” 5
The proposed pact submitted by
the United States contains these
main points:
1. Each nation will regard an
armed attcak against the other as
“dangerous” to its own security.
2. The Secretary of State and
the Foreign Minister of the Phil
ippines can consult to determine
how to meet common threats at
any time,
3. Both governments pledged to
take all steps necessary for self
help and mutual aid to bolster
their security. S
4. The treaty will last indefinite~
Iy.
5. A one-year notice by either
nation is required to end the Al
liance.
The treaty would reinforce two
military agreements the United
States now has with the Philip
pines. Around 20 Philippine mil
itary bases were placed at the dis
posal of American armed forces
on March 14, 1947. And an agree
ment initialed March 21, 1947 pro
vided for American weapons ship
ments and American aid in train
ing Filipino armed forces.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair to parily cloudy and
continued hot today, tonight
and Friday. Slight chance of
late afternoon thundershowers
each day. Low tonight 72; high
tomorrow 91. Sun sets today
7:19 and rises tomorrow 5:56.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
with little temperature change
this afternoon, tonight and Fri
day. Chance of afternoon or
evening thundershowers.
Main Points
Negotiators Subcommittee
To Discuss Peace Deadlock
Killing Of US Cloak And Dagger
Officer 7 Years Ago Is Solved
A C- .I
Functions Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—(AP)
The Senate passed a $638,578,213
bill yesterday for navigation, flood
control and other civil functions
by Army engineers after tacking
on an extra $124,130,813.
Passage was by a thumping 59~
10 vote despite two attempts by
Sen. Douglas (D.-I11.) to cut the
total.
Since the Senate upped the
House figure, the bill will now go
to a joint House-Senate commit
tee to iron out differences.
While the bill was considerably
more than approved by the House
it still was $23,859,630 less than
the amount recommended by Pres
ident Truman in his budget mes
sage.
The Senate also rejected by a
39-32 roll call vote last minute ef
forts by Republican Senators
Bridges of New Hampshire and
Ferguson of Michigan to lop $42,~
384,154 from the total.
Projects included In the total:
Clark Hill Reservoir, Georgia
and South Carolina, $18,000,000;
Buford Dam, Ga., $900,000; Savan~
nah Harbor, $370,000; Hartwell
Reservoirs, Georgia and South
Carolina, $200,000; Jim Woodruff
Dam, part of the Apalachicola,
Chattahoochee and Flint system in
Georgia and Florida, $6,300,000.
Mrs. E. B. Cole
Dies Here Today
Mrs. E. B. Cole, mother of Mrs.
Clyde E. Maxwell of Athens, died
early today at Athens General
Hospital after an illness there of
four weeks.
Mrs. Cole’s former residence
was in Columbus, Miss. She was
the daughter of Edmund Osborne
Kirby and Elizabeth McArver
Kirby.
Born Mary Kate Kirby, Janu~
ary 13, 1870, in Noxubee county,
Mississippi, she was married on
January 4, 1890, to E. Burke Cole,
who preceded her in death several
years ago.
Mrs. Cole’s failing health pre
vented any activity after a recent
stroke, though her brilliant mind
and keen interest in all affairs
about her never faltered. She pos
sessed unusual attainments. Her
knowledge of science and litera
ture was uncommon among wo
men. Widely read, she had a pro
found knowledge of world affairs.
She was tolerant in all things but
a stern arbiter of justice and
right.
She was loved and honored by
all who knew her, and was a de
voted mother and grandmother.
Other Survivors
In addition to Mrs. Clyde E.
Maxwell, her son, Clyde Edwin,
jr., she is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. William A. Barnett
of Florence, Ala.; sons, Jerry Cole
and Edmund Cole of Columbus,
Miss.; E. Burke Cole, Shreveport,
La.; Frank Kirby Cole, Tehua
cana, Texas; and several grand
chilrdren. Her brothers are Dr.
John Eugene Kirby of DeQuincey,
La.; Judge Frank Kirby, Kerr
ville, Texas; and Dr. Mac Kirby,
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Hundreds Attend Formal Opening
Of Southeastern Rubber Company
Several hundred Athenians
were invited to a preview of the
newly - completed Southeastern
Rubber Manufacturing Co. Inc.,
here yesterday afternoon, an old
fashioned barbecue following the
conducted tours through the new
building, which is located on
Oneta street.
It is estimated that between five
and six hundred Athenians visited
the new plant and enjoyed the
delicious barbecue, cooked by
Athens Firemen and served at six
o‘clock under the trees which sur
round the plant.
Holloway, President
The new company, chartered by
Clarke County Superior Court
last September, is headed by
Charlies W. Holloway, Augusta.
Other officers are Ralph Snow,
vice-president, treasurer and gen
eral manager of the plant; and
Abit Nix, vice-president and secre
tary.
Actual construction of the plant
building and installation of the
giant equipment for the manu
acture of camelback (a product
used in recapping tires) began
last year. Now complete, the
‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—(AP)
~A cold-blooded “deuce of
spades” Kkilling of an American
cloak-and-dagger officer behind
enemy lines in Italy seven years
ago has been solved, the Defense
Department said yesterday. :
The Department declared Major
William V. Holohan, then 40, was
killed by two {fellow American
servicemen with the aid of two
Italians, All were attached to an
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
mission parachuted into enemy
territory to get the low-down on
partisan guerrilla bands.
One of the former U, S. service
men denied any connection with
the killing; the other withheld
comment,
Named by the Department as
the principals in the case were:
Aldo Xcardi
Aldo Icardi, then a 23-year-old
lieutenant, formerly of Pittsburgh
but now employed in New York
City. The Department said in a
formral mimeographed announce
ment that Icardi hatched the plot
in a disagreement with Holohan
over how much arms aid to give
to Communist partisans. 0
Carl G. LoDolce, then a ser
geant, from Rochester, N. Y. The
Department said LoDolce “drew
the two of spades” and thus got
the assignment of shooting Holo
han when Icardi decided poison
given him earlier might not be
effective.
At his home in Preakness, N. J., ‘
Icardi denied any part in the kill
ing and said he assumed it may
have been done by {two Italians
who, the Departnmrent said, had
told the entire story.
“The Department of Defense
has gone way off base in assum
ing I am implicated,” Icardi told
a reporter, “I deny any connection
‘with the killing, §
“The way it hamd is news
‘have admitted they were involved
in the killinz, I assume that part
of the story is true. This is the
first time I have heard of it, how
ever,
“When the shooting started, I
ran. That’s the laét I ever heard
of him (Holohan).”
LoDolce Silent %
In Rochester, LoDolce’s wife
Ruby said “My husband does not
want to make any statement until
he finds out what it is all about.”
She said he has been studying un
der the G. I. Bill at the Roches
ter Institute of Technology.
The Defense Department said it
and the Justice Departnrent have
been poring over lawbooks seek
ing a way to prosecute Icardi and
LoDolce in this country, and it
added: “All possibilities have
now been exhausted and it ap
pears that the only hope of prose
cution lies with action by the Ital
ian courts.”
The Italian Embassy declined
comment on whether it would
seek to have the two men sent
back to Italy for trial.
CUBAN OFFICIAL DIES
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 16—
(AP)—Senator Eduardo R. Chi
bas, 43, died early today of
wounds suffered when he shot
himself August 5 in a spectacular
move to protest the regime of
President Carlos Prio Socarras.
Chibas turned a pistol on him
self after concluding a fiery radio
broadcast denouncing the Prio
government,
“] gave the people of Cuba one
alarm. They did not respond. Now
I am giYing them another alarm,”
Chibas said.
“I'm dying for my party, for the
people of Cuba,” he said before
lapsing into unconsciousness.
building is a beautiful red brick
structure, the front portions of
which are devoted to several at
tractive pine - panelled ofices.
The greater part of the building
houses the machinery necessary
for the processing of crude rubber
into camelback. b
The company is to specialize
in the manufacture of camelback
in the beginning, according to Mr.
Snow, but later will make other
rubber products necessary for the
recapping of tires.
“We feel that our plant will fill
a need that has existed in this
section for tweive or fifteen years
—the need for rubber materials
vital to the recapping process.”
Mr. Snow stated in a recent in
terview. “There is more recapping
done in the southeast than in any
other section of the country, and
until our plant was constructed
no other such facility was in
existence east of the Mississippi
river south of the Ohio.”
In Operation :
Visitors to the plant yesterday
saw the machinery in actual op~
eration. The complete operation,
involving the transformation of
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
Gallant-Belk
Buys Furst
Cotton Bale
In keeping with a tradition in
this area Gallant-Belk Company
has purcl the first bale of
cotton ced in this section,
according to an announcement
made by F. E. McHugh, mana
ger of the store, today.
Roy B. Crowley, Watkinsville,
received $233 for the bale which
weighed 466 peunds.
Gallant-Belk Company has
purchased the first bale of eot
ton produced in this section for
a number of years, the purpose
being to give farmers an incen
tive to get their cotton harvested
and baled, Mr. McHugh stated
today. '
The cotton purchased from
Mr. Crowley is to be on display
in front of Gallant-Belk on
Clayton street.
SENATE CRIME
PROBERS EYE
N. J. POLITICS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—(AP)
Senate crime probers today turned
to gangster influences and politics
in northern New Jersey after writ
ing another chapter in their Wil
liam O’Dwyer story.
Richard G. Moser, the erime in
vestigating committee counsel,
told newsmen the lawmakers
would try to show that racketeers
played a role in the ouster of
Frank Hague as boss of Jersey
City in 1949.
The key witness wanted by the
committee for the New Jersey
probe apparently will not be on
hand, however. He lis Abner
(Longie) Zwillman, whom Moser
describes as a one-time bootlegger
now powerful in northern New
The committee has had a drag
net out for Zwillman for weeks
but he has eluded subpoena sery
ers. He reportedly has been
aboard varfous yachts in the At
lantic but even the Coast Guard
has been unable to gatch up with
him.
Loose Ends
Before quizzing the New Jersey
witnesses, the crime group intends
to clean up some loose ends in
testimony begun late yesterday on
the narcotics traffic.
Committee staff members said
they would develop a link between
Charles (Lucky) Luciano, one
time New York vice overlord, with
dope sales in this country. Luciano
was deported and now is in Italy.
The committee yesterday delved
into politics and the dope traffic
in New York City.
SIGHT REGAINED
SCRANTON, Pa., Aug 16—
(AP)—Eleven years ago, during
childbirth, 38-year-old Mrs, Mary
Cerra became blind.
Since then her husband, Frank,
and her three children served as
her eyes.
But Mrs. Cerra prayed. She
said she felt “deep down in my
heart I would see again.”
Several days ago she ‘was in the
office of Dr. Alexander Munchak
and—as Mrs. Cerra described it—
“my vision began to return.”
the crude ribber into finished
camelback, is on amazing process
to the layman. It is doubtful that
many of those who witnessed the
plant processes yesterday had pre
viously seen a similar manufact
ury in operation.
Full operation of the plant with
facilities now available will re
quire the services of at least 50
people, company officials state.
With added facilties, which are al
ready in the planning stages, the
company will employ a force of
approximately 100,
The building is approximately
14,000 square feet in size and is
of concrete and brick construc
tion. Designed by J. A. MacLellan
and Associates of Akron, Ohio,
the plant was erected by Mathis
Construction Company. "
Grady Oaks, plant and produc
tion manager of the company, is
the only Southestern employe
from outside Athens, according
to Mr. Snow. "Originally of Des
Moines, Towa, Mr. Oaks has now
taken up residence in Athens. Miss
Frances Moseman’s acting secre
tary to the plant managers
HOME
EDITION
Daily Sessions
"
0f Five-Man
BY ROBERT B. TUW
MUNSAN, Korea, Aug. 16,
— (AP) — Armistice nego
tiators diverted truce talks
into a new phase today in an
effort to break their three
week-old controversy.
They created a subecome
mittee to try informally te
so]ve the problem of where
to create a line of demarca
tion between oppoging are
mies in Korea.
The subcommittee—two repre
sentatives from each side—will
hold its first meeting at 11 a. m.
tomorrow (8 p. m. Thursday EST).
It will meet in the Kaesong con=
ference hall where all truce talks
have been held. e
Daily sessions of the full, fivee
man delegations will be suspended
while the smaller group works.
The subcommittee idea was ad=
vanced Wednesday by Vie Adm. C.
Turner Joy, chief U. N. delegate,
He suggested a small pmeet
ing informally might the
question which has stymied con=-
ferences of the full delegations for
16 consecutive meetings:
Reds Accepted
The Communists accepted in a
55 minute session Thursday —the
shortest meeting since talks starte
ed July 10. S !
North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam 11,
chief Communist negotiator, proe
posed two delegates from each
side instead of one as Joy had sug
gested.
The U. N. accepted.
The change permitted Nam Il
to name both a Red Korean and a
Chinese Igleneral to the subcom=
mittee, He appointed North Ko~
rean Maj. Gen. Lee Song Cho and
Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang.
Joy named only one of his dele=
gates immed!ate{y — Maj. Gen.
William I. Hodes, deputy chief of
staff of the U. S. Bth Army.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U. N. spokesman, said the other
will be named Friday.
The subcommittee’s job will be
to recommend location of a mili
tary demarcation line and a buffer
zone separating opposing armies
for the duration of the armistice.
In forfrrnal :essiogs neither side
moved from its original rul
although Joy said the U. N. "::B
consider modifications in the line
it recommended.
| UN Proposal
ibu';f'he U. N.:;roposal calls for a
| er zone along present
%lines. The Communistg hm
sisted on making the 38th parallel
the demarcation line, Mast of the
battle front now runs north of this
old political boundary. .
A U. N. communique said Nam
Il accepted Joy’s suggestion of a
subcommittee “meeuni‘l:wnd,
rather than across the » The
admiral said this would get away
from one of the major impedi
ments—formal speech-making.
Nam Il made one of these
speeches in accepting Joy's pro
posal. It took 51 minutes.
Nuckols said most of the m
was devoted to denying
claims on the effectiveness of its
dominant Naval and Air power.
He wound up the speech by
agreeing to the subcommittee sug
gestion.
Joy called for a 30 minute re
cess. After the recess the admiral
agreed to a subcommittee eonsist
ing of two delegates from each side
aided by one staff assistant and
one interpreter each. ;
This is the first subcommittee
created by the five man delega
tions, although they had had liai
son groups of staff officers op~
erating since the start. 1
Recessed Sessions
Full conference sessions, the U.
N. communique said, “will be re
cessed during the joint subcom
mittee meeting unless a session is
mutually deemed desirable or is
recommended by the subcommit
tee'" 3
Nuckols said there would be no
“hard news” coming out of the '
subcommittee meetings. ]
“We want to give them complete
freedom,” Nuckols said. “We will
maintain close security on what
transpires unless they (the Com
munists) use the meeting as a é
springboard for propaganda.”
Nuckols, an U. N. briefing offi
cer, has attended conference ses- j
sions. He has been the Allied
news source of what transpired -
across the green-topped table. He
said he would not attend subcom
mittee meetings.
42 Georgia Men
Back From Karea:
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 16 —
(AP) — Forty-two Georgians and
31 men from Alabama were among
1,136 combat troops returning
from Korea today aboard the Navy
transport General H. B. Freeman.
The ship was the 19th to return
fighting men to Seattle under the
rotation plan. %
The Georgians include: =
SFC Frank 8. David, Daniels~
ville, and Sgt. William C. Dores
mus, Madison, il ok