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UNITED PRESS NEWS RlfrS UN Reds Agree on Prisoners PrisonersPANMUNJOM PANMUNJOM Korea June 8 The Al ¬ lies and the Communists signed an agree ¬ ment today guaranteeing that no war prisoner would be returned against his will and removing the major stumbling block in the way of a truce in Korea However cautious United Nations negotiators warned that this is not the armistice agreement There are still some other administrative matters to be negotiated negotiatedCease Cease Fire Line Next NextPANMUNJOM PANMUNJOM Korea June 8 Estab ¬ lishment of a new cease fire line across the Korean peninsula appeared today to be the next and perhaps biggest task of the truce teams after the signing of the agreement on repatriating war prisoners A cease lire line which is roughly the present battle line was fixed in November 1951 1951Atomic Atomic Production Booms BoomsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C June 8 The United States is turning out atomic weap ¬ ons at such a rapid clip that the Atomic Energy Commission is running out of sites to store them it was disclosed today Gor ¬ don Dean AEC chairman also told a house appropriations subcommittee that parts of the vast Savannah River atomic planfr in South Carolina have started operation This could mean that large scale produc ¬ tion of hydrogen bomb materials has be ¬ gun gunReport Report Sweden on Commission CommissionSTOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM Sweden June 8 Sweden will accept membership on the neutral commission to supervise AntiCommunist prisoners in Korea and the government may issue an official statement soon well informed sources reported today todaySentence Sentence Red Spies to Jail JailWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C June 8 Kurt Ponger was sentenced today to serve 5 to 15 years hi prison and his brotherinlaw Otto Verber was gitfen 3 to iO years for spying for the Russians The two Vienna born former American GIs had pleaded guilty to takiijg part in a postwar inter ¬ national espionage ring ringRed Red Planes Bomb Seoul SeoulSEOUL SEOUL Korea June 8 Communist planes bombed the South Korean capital tonight throwing the city into a state of near panic as at least 15 bombs exploded injuring seven persons One bomb was re ¬ ported to have hit near the home of Presi ¬ dent Syngman Rhee Two others exploded near Eighth Army headquarters headquartersWilson Wilson Boosts Air Force ForceWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C June 8 Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson told Senators most emphatically today the nation will continue to have the best not the second best air force Wilson making his second appearance before a Senate appropriations subcommittee which is studying the de ¬ fense budget devoted most of his attention to disputing statements made last week by Gen Hoyt S Vnndenberg retiring Air Force chief of staff
