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, ; UNITED PRESS- NEWS BRIEFS Says Atomic Reactor Could Be Built by 54 ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 28. Rep. Henry M. Jackson said today that "if we make the decision now," an atomic reactor to produce all the power needed by a city of 100,000 could be built by the end of 1954. The Washington Democrat, a member Of the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, said the plant could be built for 0,-000,000 to 0,000,000. Blames Conservatives for Yalu Incident ST. HELENA, England, June 28. Former attorney-general Sir Hartley Shawcross blamed the Conservative government today rather than the United States for no prior consultation about the Yalu River bombing in Korea. Laborite Shawcross said the government allowed Britain and the "Commonwealth to tail along behind American policy without asserting British views with force and confidence. Senator Byrd Reports on Unspent Funds WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28. Sen. Harry F. Byrd D.-Va. reported today that the government has 1,300,000,000 in unspent funds to start the new fiscal year July 1. Byrdjs chairman of the joint committee on reduction of non-essential federal expenditures. More U.S. Soldiers from P.R. Join Ridgway BREMERHAVEN, Germany, June "28. Another 1,499 United States soldiers from Puerto Rico have been assigned to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgways North Atlantic pact forces to raise the total of islanders in the European command to 3,000. U.S. Should Play Russian Game: Chennault LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 28. Leather-faced Gen. Clair Lee Chennault, leader of the war-time Flying Tigers, says the United States should "play the Russian game." "The Russian army isnt losing any blood," the General told a press conference yesterday. "The Chinese Reds and the North Koreans are doing the fighting. We should let the Nationalist Chinese do then-own scrapping after we equip and train them." Yugoslavia Recalls Sofia Embassy Officials BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June 28. Yugoslavia recalled four of its five Embassy i officials in Sofia today because the Bulgarian Communist police arrested a Yugoslav citizen. Charge dAffaires Stanoje Stojkovic, the Embassy secretary and two attaches crossed the frontier into Yugoslavia at noon, the official Yugoslav news agency Tan jug said, leaving only one man in the Embassy. State Dept. Expresses Regret to Lattimore WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28. The State Department today expressed its "sincere regret" to Far East expert Owen Lattimore for the "embarrassment" caused him by a "false report" that he had planned a trip behind the iron curtain. The Department also announced it has revoked its "confidential stop order" barring Lattimore from leaving the country. Demands Reds Disclose Prison Camps PANMUNJOM, Korea, June 28. Maj. j Gen. William K. Harrison, chief of the Allied truce team, demanded again today that the Communists disclose the exact location of four Red prison camps in North Korea. Harrisons request, in the form of a note to chief Red truce delegate Gen. Nam H, said Communist failure to provide the information "endangers the lives" of Allied men held by the enemy. President Signs Marine Corps Bill WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28.-Presi-dent Truman today signed into law a, bill to strengthen the Marine Corps and make its commandant a part-time member of the joint chiefs of staff. Yalu River Power Plants Blasted to Rubble TOKYO, Japan, June 28. United Nations forces, growing impatient after two years of war and more than a year of "peace talks," blasted the previously untouchable Yalu River power plants to rubble this week. FiVe hundred Air Force, Navy and Marine planes smashed the strategic series of electric stations in the biggest air raid of the war Monday. U. N. planes jwent back again Tuesday and Thursday. When they finished, more than 90 per cent of North Koreas electric works were disabled, much of it permanently wrecked.
