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Cermans Plan To Ask
Large American L
.arge American Loan
BY BRACK CURRY
BONN, Germany, Jan. 18.— (AP)—The West German
government plans to ask the United States for a big loan—
;robably several hundred million dollars — to help put
(;erman troops into the field with the proposed European
4rmy, Allied officials said today,
A formal request for the loan will be submitted to Wash
ington when a “peace contract,” now under negotiation, is
. oned with the three Western occupation powers—France,
Britain and the U. B.—next spring the official said.
Hunnicutt Tells l
Condifions Here
The following letter, which is
<clf-explanatory, has been sent
Governor Herman Talmadge by
John A. Hunnicutt 111, chairman
of the Clarke County Welfare
Board:
To His Excellency
Governor Herman E. Talmadge
Siate of Georgia
State Capitol
Atlanta, Georgia
“Dear Governor Talmadge:
“1 want to take this opportunity
to express to you my hardy con
sratulations on your views re
cently published concerning the
unfairness of Public Welfare sys
tm as presently operated under
+he control of Federal Authorities
in Washington.
7 deeply feel the present sit
uation that exists in the individual
County Departments concerning
¢lisibility of persons applying for
Publie Assistance is inadequate,
iust and merely an uncontrolled
Federal Project to pro-rate money |
24 will to all persons at 65 years of
ace or over. I have served as
Cheirman of the Clarke County
welfare Board for the past two
and one-half years and feel that
am qualified to make the follow
iro eriticisms and recommenda
tions concerning the rules and
resulations that we now have to
adhere to:
“1. The Board Chairman has ab
<olutely no authority whatsoever
y making rules and decisions con
ning eligibility of persons ap-l
plving for Public Assistance even
{"ough said Chairman has resided
v thin his respective County for’
vears and has good working
wledge and an access to a
Id of accurate facts concerning
the needs and the resources of |
ple receiving aid.
“2. T feel that 70 per cent of the i
people who are receiving Public |
Assistance in Clarke County are in |
need and meet the eligibility re
ments. The remaining 30 per |
nt in my opinion are not entitled
1o benefits in any way, shape,
mor fashion. The conservative
estimate of 30 per cent who re
ceive and are not entitled would
g 0 a long way in meeting the
monthly needs more adequately of
the 70 per cent who are forced to
live on inadequate grants as based
on the present cost of living.
“3. The absurd idea of any Fed
eral Agency setting standard rules
and regulations to apply on indivi
dual cases is completely out of
reason. Each case from my ex
perience is individual and rarely
do we find two cases exactly alike
in their assistance needs. There
fore, I feel that each County Wel
fare Department should have the
power and authority to make the
major decisinos concerning the el- |
izibility and need of people in each
respective County.
“4, The Aid to Dependent Chil
dren’s program is a growing pro
gram whereby we are encouraging
illegitimacy and causing many wo
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'ermed Possibie
By OVID A. MARTIN !
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—(AP) |
— The Agriculture Department |
orted today it is on guard
@ooinst possible enemy sabotage
0" the nation’s livestock and meat}
n-nstry.,
“Teat is such an important part
of the American diet one of the;
st things an enemy might do,
she Department said, would be to |
frv to get animal diseases andl
P'o7nes started on farms.
‘lt foot-and-mouth disease,
rinderpest, fowl pest or foreign
Ivoes of newecastle disease should
be allowed to devolped undected,
thev could menace our livestock
ndustry from coast to -coast and
Fa horder to border within
Weeks” the department said in an
@annual report of its Bureau of
Arimal Industry.
“We must be prepared to detect
@nd eradicate these and any other
‘oreign diseases that might ap
pe"r anywhere in the country.
‘ln view of the possibility that
Clseases could be introuced in
ntionally at any time, the plan
ners of our civilian defense have
asied that the bureau also be
brenared to meet that emergency
1 it should arise.”
<l
Shorthand Course
To Be Offered
~,‘f\_ shorthand course for begin
will open on Monday, Jan
(‘,;O‘P‘p?ll from noon to 12:40 at the
Evel \}a Continuation School, Mrs.
oy (.H“ J. Gholston, commerical
“er at the school, announces.
'lrs. Gholston announced that
I\zfil‘s-ons whoe are ~‘, but |
could like to review tEorthand'
an do 50 at lunchtime.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
This “Peace Contract” will start
Germans rearming inside the pro
posed unified European defense
force and will return to them al
most full control of their own af
fairs.
Loan Request
The Allied officials gave this
picture of the loan request shaping
up:
The Germans will contend they
alone cannot finance formation of
a new armed force from scratch
after seven years of Allied demili
tarization programs.
In addition, the Germans expect
the United States to provide the
bulk of military equipment—in
cluding tanks, artillery and planes
needed by 12 divisions plus the
tactical air force they plan to or
ganize,
In “peace contract” talks, the
Germans already have agreed to
continue to pay part of the cost of
keeping Allied occupation troops
on in Germany as a defense force
after the contract is signed. The
exact sum has not been agreed on
but the Germans want a substan
tial reduction in present occupa
tion payments.
They presently pay 1% billion
dollars a year—4Bo million to Bri
tain, 352 million to France, and
668 million to the United States.
Canada has a brigade here, but
as a North Atlantic Treaty force,
not as occupation troops. She has
agreed to pay all her own bills.
In Ottawa, officials say they may
aceept a share in whatever bills
are sent Germany to pay for Al
lied NATO forces there after the
occupation ends. |
Cost Estimates |
Allied and German military
planners estimate it will cost
about 534 billion dollars to equip
12 German divisions. The cost
will be spread over 12 to 24
months, depending on haw fast the
Germans can muster men and pre
pare training facilities.
Present plans call for registra
tiong of youths to begin in June
and drafting by fall, if the six
European nations agree on the
European army and win parha-I
mentary ratification for it.
Allied officials said the Germans
want an American loan to help fi
nance construction of barracks,
airbases, and training areas, an_d
to expand their industrial capaci
ty for the Western defense pro
gram,
. -
Vishinsky Terms
.
Van Fleet Unfit
PARIS, Jan. 17—(AP)—Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vi
shinsky today called U. S. Lieut&
Gen. James Van Fleet a “cannibal
unfitted to conduct armistice ne
gotiations in Korea.
Vishinsky told the United Na
tions political committee the “un
reasonable demands presented by
the American command can give
no hope for a successful conclusion
of” those negotiations.”
“Only hypeocrites,” he said, could
want to leave truce talks in the
hands of Van Fleet and other mili
tary leaders.
The Soviet Foreign Minister
quoted the Associated Press as re
porting that General Van Fleet
was “perfectly satisfied” with war
destruction in North Korea and
the critical state of the civilian
population.
“Those are the statements of a
blood-thirsty man—of a cannibal,”
Vishinsky declared.
“This is what those who insist
on military negotiations are cov
ering up.” &
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MUD TRAPS CARS AFTER CALIFORNIA STORM
Carg on the heavily traveled Benedict
Canyon road leading into Beverly Hills
from San Fernando Valley, are trapped
window-deep in mushy mud during a re
spite in torrential rains that poured on
New Storm Brings Destruction To
Waterlogged Southern California
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18. — (AP) — A fresh storm
brought destruction to waterlogged Los Angeles and south
ern California today. .
The entire state has been plagued by the worst storms
since the turn of the century this week, and northern Cali
fornia braced itself for another one bearing down from the
Gulf of Alaska.
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 18 —
(AP) — Six of the eight candidates
who opposed Carlos Spaht, Gov.
Earl K. Long’s choice for Gover=-
nor, in Tuesday’s Democratic Pri
mary combined today to an anti-
Long coalition backing Judge Ro
bert F. Kennon for the Feb. 12
runoff.
Of the other two candidates, one
said he would announce late today
whom he intends to back.
The combined total of the six
anti-Longites in Tuesday’s voting,
including Kennon’s 154,812 votes,
was 547,546 of the record 706,-
385 votes cast in 1972 of the state’s
2112 precincts.
The Results
Arrayed against Spaht, who re
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SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.,
ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1952,
Virtually all main railroad and
highway routes across the Sierra
have been closed and there is gen
eral transportation chaos.
- The Southern California area
had hardly 24 hours respite from
‘the Tuesday - Wednesday storm
when the downpour began again
yestérday.- The sudden.storm
which developed off the coast sur
prised ‘the weather forecasters.
Nine new deaths were reported -
Schools in Los Angeles City,
Pasadena, Norwak and El Monte
were ordered closed today because
of the heavy rain, many flooded
streets and intersections. There
were 40,000 absentees in Los An
geles yesterday. Principals will
«be on hand to care for any chil
dren who show up today.
y Trains Blocked
Southern Pacific trains, north
and southbound between Los An
geles and San Francisco, were
locked by washouts or high wa
ter. Six inches of snow on the
ridge route (U. S. 99) between
here and Bakersfield closed that
route to all traffic at 3 a. m. :
The police and sheriff’s depart
ments ordered night watch offi
cers to remain on duty for the
next shift. The Red Cross and
American Legion opened numer
ous shelters to care for hundreds
forced to-leave their home in high
water, particularly in the San
Fernando and San Gabriel valleys,
Even one such shelter, the Le
gion clubhouse in Reseda, was
marooned by rising water while
40 persons were being cared for
there.
Traffic in this highly motorized
city was impeded as scores of cars
stalled, intersections or freeways
were blocked, requiring detours,
or landslides piled mud over the
roadways.
Nine known or probable deaths
were recorded yesterday and last
night, making 13 for the week.
Conditions early today were in
respects worse than the Wednes
day deluge. Water simply couldn’t
run off fast enough. Mud and
debris hadn't all been cleared
away from the earlier storm when
more of it poured across the land
scape.
Intersections Closed
Scores of low-lying intersections
were closed by police. Mudslides
blocked the coast highway, U. S,
101, in spots and numerous lesser
routes. Several houses slid off
foundations.
The most tragic fatal accident
apparently claimed the lives of
four Tacorma, Wash., persons. An
automobile with Washington li
cense plates slid off San Fernando
Road near the city of San Fernan
do and jammed in a flooded cul
bert., Two women were trapped
and drowned in the back seat and
police believe two men were
washed away in the flood.
Papers in the women’s hand-!
bags showed tentative identifica
tion as Mrs. Gladys McCarthy, 41,
and Mrs. Ruth Muir, 30, both of
Tacoma. Police learned that they
and two men had registered as
couples at a motel nearby. Papers
indicated Mrs. Muir’s husband’s !
name was Harry. i
Other deaths: Mrs. J. E. Biddle,
59, baky-sitting with her grand
children, killed when the roof of
a house collapsed as it slid 50
yards down a hill.
Adolph S. Terrones, 57, drowned |
when he tried to walk across the.!
Santa Ana river; Mrs. Margueritel
Chenoweth, cremated when her
car collided with a truck carrying'
film which exploded; Mrs, Ethel |
Smith, 65, Pasadena, and Garyl
Bassett, 14, Puente, killed on a
motot scooter. ' e
There were four known dcathsl
in the earlier storm this week.
southern California for two days. The
storm, one of the most intense ever to hit
the area, was responsible for five deaths.
— (AP Wirephoto.)
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V. M. NEWTON
« « » Press Meet Speaker
Press Insfifuf
Speaker Named
V. M. Newton, jr., managing
editor of the Tampa Morning Tri
bune and general chairman of the
Continuing Study Program ot the
Associated Press Managing Edi
tors Association, has been named|
as a speaker for the 24th annual
Georgia Press Institute to be held
on the University of Georgia cam
pus Feb. 20-23.
Newton will appear on the In
stitute program as the guest of the
Columbus, Ledger-Enquirer news- |
paper. He will be among a dozen
or more nationally - prominent
journalists who will address the
meeting of the Georgia newspa-.
permen,
Announcement of Newton’s ap
pearance on the program is made
jointly by Stanley Parkman, Car
roll County Georgian, Institute
chairman, and Dean John E.
Drewry of the University’'s Henry
W. Grady School of Journalism.
Annual Affair !
The Georgia Press Institute is
held annually in February on thel
University campus. It is spon
sored by the Grady School and the
Georgia Press Association and
traditionally attracts hundreds of|
Georgia newspapermen and edi-|
tors to the campus. |
The program planned for the |
editors this year will include lec- |
tures by prominent journalists as |
well as shop-talk sessions where
editors can swap ideas and exper
iences about the newspaper busi
ness. |
The speaker, for the Columbus
newspapers is scheduled to ad-'
dress the Institute on the Tampa'
Morning Tribune’s drive for good
government in Florida. ’
Newton, a native of Atlanta, en
tered the journalism field early |
and worked his way through the}
University of Florida by serving as
campus correspondent for eighti
newspapers. % |
Background |
Upon graduation he worked as
a reported for the Tampa Daily
Times. In 1930 he transferred to
the Tribune where he worked as
sports editor, assistant managing
editor, and as mangging editor
since 1943. .
Newton is a member of a num
ber of journalistic organizations.
He is now serving a two-year term
as a member of the board of di
reciors of the Associated Press
Managing Editors Association. Last
year he served as chairman of
APME’s news production commit
tees and as president of the Flori-|
da West Coast Press Club.
Other spakers so rthe Institute
will be announced.
Solons Shy Away From US
Entry Into Suez Dispute
Lawmakers, Churchill Agree That
US, Britain Must Tread Same Path
BY EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON, Jan, 18— (AP) —Most members of
Congress agreed today with Winston Churchill that in the
uncertain years ahead Britain and the United States must
“tread the same path.”
But lawmakers of both major parties shied away from
the Prime Minister’'s suggestion that “token forces” of the
United States and other nations step into the Suez Canal
zone dispfite.
Others saw dangers in Chure
hill’s requests for U, S. Steel, or
his eloquent but grim forecast of
possible troubles in Southeast
Alsa and the Middle East.
After his thunderous reception
by the joint session of Congress
yesterday, the 77-year-old states
man turned to another conference
today with President Truman.
This is believed to involve the
touchy question of the Atlantic
Naval command, under the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Churchill, long a proud defender
of British prestige, was reported
opposing a unifle(i command in
this area that might dim the tradi=-
tional British Naval control over
sea lanes approaching Western
Some Opposition
Some Congressional opposition
seemed to be piling up against
Churchill’s statement that “free
dom of the famous waterway of
the Suez Canal” should ghift from
present British responsibility to a
“four-power approach.”
He said the United States, Fran
ce and Turkey might join England
in the Suez to protect world in
terests “among which Egypt’s own
interests are Paramount.”
“It would enormously aid us in
our task if even token forces of
the other partners in the four pow
er proposal were stationed in the
Canal Zone as a symbol of the
unity of purpose which inspires
us,” he told Congress.
Senator Bridges (R-MH), GOP
leader speaking *as an individual,
quickly questioned this, saying:
“I can’t see anything there at
the present time that would af
fect U. 8. Security.”
Senator Monroney (D-Okla)
said there is “serious question
whether we should be involved in
it” (the Suez dispute).
And Senator Gillette (D-Ia),
a member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, said he fould it “a bit
disconcerting that such problems
as the commerce of the Malay
peninsula, the protection of the
Suez Canal and the various in
terests in the Middle East were not
primarily the United Kingdom’s
'responsibility but one in which the
free world must share.”
Speech Applauded
Rep. Richards (D-SC), Chair
man of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, applauded the speech
“ags one of the greatest I ever.
heard by one of the greatest men
of the age.” |
“Who could blame the old lion
if, in his speech, he seemed not
to realize that the victorian colon
ial and empire system is a thing
of the past,” Richards added.
Unlike some of his colleagues,
Richards agreed it may be neces
sary for the United States “to
participate in the control of the
(Suez) canal area. Certainly we
should do it, if a step in that
direction becames necessary to
dam the tide of Communism there,
as we did in Korea.”
Another House Committeemen,
Rep. Vorys (R-Ohlo) doubted that
sending U. S. Forces to the Suez
would solve Britain's problem with
Egypt, saying:
“I think the solution would lie
more in better British diplomacy
than in joint action.’
And Rep. Short (R-MO), rank
ing minority member of the House
Armed Services Committee said:
“I don’t think we are ready to
send any Force to the Suez, even
a token force. But Churchill is a
good showman. I wish we had one
like him in this country to fight
for America as he does for Bri
tain.” |
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy, windy and not
so warm this afternoon. Fair
and cooler tonight. Saturday
fair and mild. Sunday partly
cloudy and warm, followed by
rain Sunday night or Monday.
Low tonight 44; high tomorrow
56. Sun sets today 5:48 and rises
tomorrow 7:38.
GEORGIA — Partly cloudy
and not so warm this afternoon,
fair and cooler tonight, consid
erably cooler in north portion
tonight, Saturday fair and mild.
EXTENDED FORECAST
GEORGIA — Temperatures
will average six to eight degrees
above normal, cooler tonight
and about Monday night, war
mer Saturday night, Sunday and
Wednesday, rainfall -one-fourth
to one-half inch occurring about
Sunday night or Monday.
TEMPERATURE
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RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. ... 01
Total since January 1 .... .32
Deficit since January 1 ... 2.33
Average January rainfall .. 4.84
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Former Athenia
Is Winner In
Louisiana Vote
MINDEN, LA., Jan, 17 — (AP)
— Mrs, Clifton E. Harper, co
publisher and news editor of The
Minden Press, defeated two male
opponents in Tuesday’'s primary
and won the Webster Parish post
on the State Democratic Central
Committee, complete unofficial
returns from the parish showed.
Mrs. Harper, Webster Parish’s
only woman candidate for an of
fice in the Tuesday primary, was
reported to be the only woman
ever elected to the State Ceneral
Committee which has 100 mem
bers,
Led The Voting
She polled 3,191 votés, beating
Claude Payne of Spring Hill, in
cumbent, who received 2,797 votes
and Don Hinton of Minden, who
received 2,725 votes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harper have been
in the newspaper business 28
years, They moved to Minden in
1949 ~ They published weekiy
newspapers in .Louisiana before
going to Athens, Ga., where Harper
for several years, taught Journal
ism at the University of Georgia.
During their stay in Georgia,
Mrs. Harper was very acttve in
the League of Women Voters.
| Many Friends Here
| Many friends here of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton E. Harper, former
Athenians, will be made happy
by the above story telling of her
election to the Louisiana State
Democratic Committee in Tues
day’s state primary.
While here, where her hus
band was a member of the faculty
of the Henry W, Grady School
of Journalism, Mrs. Harper took
an active part in the work of the
Parent-Teacher Association, the
Early American Dance Club, the
Athens League of Women Voters,
and various other women’s and
cultural organizations. |
Active in religious and cultural
activities here, Mrs. Harper con=-
tributed much to the community
life of Athens.
From Athens they went to Min
den, La., where they took over
The Minden Press as co-publish
ers, with their attractive young
daughter, Elizabeth, They have
made a great success of the Press
which now is regarded as one of
Louisiana’s leading weekly news
papers,
C. 0. BAKER'S
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Friends of C. O. Baker will re~
gret to learn that his mother, Mrs.
Cornelia Baker, of Macon, died
last night. While her health had
not been of the best, she was not
considered seriously ill.
Mrs, Baker was living in the
family home where she had re
mained after the death of her hus
band two years ago.
Mrs. Baker is survived by two
sons, C. O. Baker, Athens, and
Neal Baker, United States Marine
Corps, Atlanta; two daughters,
Mrs. Eugenia Cadle, Swainsboro,
and Mrs. Sybil Newberry, Macon,
and five grandchildren,
Mrs. Baker was greatly admired
and loved by those who knew her.
For many years she had been an
active member and worker in the
Methodist Church and was one of
the leaders in her commmunity.
Time and date for the services
will be announced later by Hart
Funeral Home of Macon, in charge
of arrangements.
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Education Swap
MACON, Ga., Jan. 18—(AP)—
Thirty Macon high school students
have been selected to swap schools
and homes for two weeks with the
same number of youngsters from
Manitowoc, Wis.
The Macon delegation will leave
for Manitowoc about February 18.
Early in March, the Manitowoc
students will come here. ‘
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Red Negotiators
Remain Firm On
Air Base Issue
| BY OLEN CLEMENTS
~ MUNSAN, Korea, Jan. I&'%
(AP) — Truce negotiators kept
tempers in check today as they
wrangled fruitlessly over terms
!of a Korean armistice. The only
’outburst came from & Chinese
delegate who referred scornfully
‘to America’s Allies as “running
dogs.”
' Major General Claude Feren
baugh made his daily plea that
the Reds promise not to build air
fields in North Korea during a
truce,
The Communists replied, as us
ual, that their pledge not te send
‘combat planes across the Yalu
~during a truce was sufficient
guarantee,
In an adjoining tent Rear Ad
miral R. E. Libby tried vainly te
get Red negotiators to accept vol
untary repatriation of war prison
ers. :
General Matthew B. Ridgway.
Supreme Allied Commander, pd‘
a surprise visit to Korea Friday te
confer with the U. N. truce dele«
gation and the Eighth Army
commander, General James A.
Van Fleet.
Probe Continues
U. N. investigators made anoth
er trip to the protected Kaesong
area to examine a crater, The
Reds say it was made by an Allied
| aerial bomb Thursday.
The Communists’ Peiping radio
said preliminary joint investiga«
tion established “full responsibile
ity” of the Allies. The broadcast
monitored in Tokyo said American
planes attacked in full daylight
under clear skies.
Kaesong is headquarters for the
Red truce delegation, and is desig«
nated as immune from attack.
| The crater is on a hillside on the
outskirts of Kaesong. The Com
munists did not say any damage
resulted.
Brig, General Willianr P. Nuck
ols, U, N. spokesman, said *“there
was an absence of shoyting, table
pounding and invective” at Fri
day’s truce meetings at Panmune
jom,
Reds Remain Firm
He stressed, however, that there
was no indication the Reds were
I softening in their stand on airfield
| construction.
’ Ferenbaugh told the Commun«
ists “we have shown conclusively
‘thai an agreement by both sides
to restrict the rehabilitation and
construction of military airfields
during an armistice is neither a
violation of sovereign rights nor
an interference in the internal af
fairs of the other side. 3-u
“You cannot change the fact
that any sovereign state that en
ters into an armistice agreement
does so knowing that it hag agreed
to certain restrictions on its sov
ereign rights.”
Chinese Major General Msieh
Fang said the idea that nations
can agree to restrict some of their
sovereign rights without losing
their sovereignty may be all right
“for some of the running dogs”
going along with the United
States, but not for North Korea.
Truce Violation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 —(AP)
— Prime Minister Churchill’s ad
dress to Congress left open today
the question of just how much
Britian could help in a plying
“prompt, resolute and effective
action against a violation of the
proposed Korean truce,
| He said Britain and the United
States are agreed this would be
“our” response should an armis
tice, once arrived at, be broken.
His statement was generally ac
cepted as referring to the original
proposal of the United States that
any truce should be bulwarked
by an implied ultimatum that Red
China would be bombed and block
aded if the Communists launched
a new aggression in Korea.
Questions Raised
The Prime Minister did not spell
out the form the promised reso
lute action would take. That raised
such questions as these:
1. How much military force
could ‘Britain—deeply committed
to the defense of her own island
and Western Europe and in trouble
in Egypt—divert to the Far East
to help support a punitive opera
tion?
2, Did Churchill’s statement
mean that Britain was prepared e
end her recognition of the Chinese
Red Government by joining in air
sea attack on China’s harbors,
commerce and industry.
If for any one or all of various
reasons Britain was unable to
contribute more than tckem sup
port (Churchill note the U. S. is
bearing nine-tenths of the burden
in the Korean war), the task of
puntive measures would fall al
most entrely on this country.
VET ENROLLMENT DOWN
ATLANTA, Jan. 18 — (AP) —
Georgia colleges show a drop“ss
nearly 2,000 in veteran enrollment
in the winter quarter of 1952,
compared to the same period last
year,
Total enroilment for the period
declined 2,127.