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UNITED PRESS r NEWS I BRIEFS Strikers Return to Jobs PARIS, France, Aug. 17. Communist efforts to prolong the nation-wide strike wave appeared doomed today as many workers returned to their jobs while only a handful obeyed Red orders to stage sit-down strikes. The Red moves were particularly unsuccessful in the Marseilles area, traditionally a Communist hot-spot, where factory after factory reported workers appearing on the job in force. Awarded Highest Honor WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17. The nations highest military honor was awarded today to a wounded marine who slew 150 Chinese by firing two machine guns from the hip until he hands wereblistered. The Defense Department announced the award of the Medal of Honor to Copl. Alford Lee McLaughlin, 25, of Leeds, Ala., who with machine gun, carbine and hand grenades helped stand off a battalion-sized Chinese attack on a vital outpost of Bunker Hill in "Korea last September 4 and 5. Quake Victims Fight for Food ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 17.-:-Starving victims of the chain-of earthquakes that has devasted three Ionian Sea Islands fought each other today for food dropped from American mercy planes. The struggle be? tween the peasants became so intense, that a Greek official asked that the airlift be stopped until order could be restored. Admiral Carney Sworn In WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17. Adm. Robert B. Carney was sworn in today as Chief of Naval operations, the last member of the "new team" of top military leaders to be installed. He took office with a warning that the nation should be "profoundly concerned" over the "constant, bit-by-bit whittling away" of professional officers compensations. Soviet Blue Print MOSCOW, Russia, Aug. 17. The Kremlin has handed the Western big powers a Soviet blue-print for uniting Germany and called for a Big Four conference within six months to write a German peace treaty. The 14-page note was delivered yesterday, cessions designed to appeal to Germans on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Syngman Rhee Scores Reds WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 17. South Korean President Syngman Rhee today charged that the Communists are using! the Korea political conference "to confuse and divide the Allies all they can." "They will offer plans that may appear reasonable to peoples who are not immediately endangered, or whose very survival is not now at stake, as is ours," Rhee said. Pella Cabinet Takes Oath ROME, Italy, Aug. 17. Premier Giuseppe Pallas new cabinet took the oath of office before President Luigi Einaudi today, to end temporarily at least Italys long po- litical crisis. The new government will face its first test tomorrow when Pella presents it to the Senate for formal approval. Pools" Please President Eisenhower DENVER, Colo., Aug. 17. President Eisenhower was described today as "very pleased" by the early progress of his small business administration toward establishing state and local pools of private capital for the establishment and expansion of small businesses. Mossadegh Takes Charge TEHERAN, Iran, Aug. 17. Premier Mohammed Mossadegh moved today to set up a rengency council to take over the duties of fleeing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and it was disclosed he is considering the eventual establishment of a republic. Some informed sources expressed doubt that the Shah will return to this country, at least as a ruler.
