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New Atlantic
Storm Threatens
Capt. ““Enterprise”
LONDON, (/P) — Capt. Kurt
Carlsen was cooped up Thursday
in the cabin of his wallowing
ghost ship while a new storm,
raging across the North Atlantic,
raised doubts that the damaged
freighter could stay afloat until
a salvage tug arrives.
The fearless skipper, hailed by
the British press as “Captain
Enterprise,” appeared more con
§ cemed about the suffering of his
would-be rescuers than his own
fate.
Carl sen, 37, who refuses to
abandon his ship, the American
freighter, Flying Enterprise,” is
existing on a slim diet of tea and
“bits of dried food.” He informed
the commander of the U.S. De
stroyer John W. Weeks, which is
f standing by:
“You fellows are taking a worse
beating and are suffering more
than I am.”
The American destroyer radio
ed that “preparations have been
made with Capt. Carlsen for res
cue if required.” It was the first
indication that the doughty cap
tain may not be able to stick out
his lone, iron-man attempt to stay
with the crewless ship.
President Determined
Push Federal Medical
Care Program
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Presi
dent Truman said Thursday he is
determined that “sick people re
ceive adequate medical care” and
vigorously defended his new
Health Commission scheduled to
hold its first meeting here next
week.
The 15-member commission of
health needs of the nation has
been criticized by Dr. John W.
Cline, president of the American
Medical Association, as a “misuse
of emergency funds” for political
propaganda.
Mr. Truman said in a prepared
statement that he set up the com
mission solely because “I want to
see to it that the health of our
people is protected.”
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Eight Bodies Recovered
From Air Force Crash
PHOENIX, Ariz., (JP) — Bodies
of eight of the 28 persons killed
Sunday in the crash of an Air
Force C-47 have been removed
from an Arizona mountainside
and brought to a mortuary in
Mesa, 16 miles east of Phoenix.
An exacuation team of airmen,
aided by Arizona cowboys, strug
gled up the mountain Wednesday
and found the mangled bodies
among the scattered wreckage of
the twin-engine plane. The vic
tims were 19 West Point cadets,
four crew members and five other
military passengers.
Pay Increase For Armed
Forces To Get Priority
When Congress Convenes
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Legisla
tion giving all members of the
armed forces a 10 per cent in
crease may get a high priority in
the session of Congress convening
next Tuesday.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee told newsmen Friday he has
asked the Rules Committee to
give the tneasure prompt clear
ance so it can be acted on im
mediately.
The increase would be given to
everyone in uniform, from the
lowest - ranking private to the
highest general. It would apply
not only to pay but also to sub
sistence and quarters allowances.
Retired service personnel also
would receive the increase.
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Red Proposal May
Break Up Truce
Talks In Korea
PARIS, (/P)—'The United States
expressed grave concern today
that a new Russian move to bring
Korean armistice negotiations to
the United Nations Security
Council might break up the talks
now going on at the front.
U.S. delegate Benjamin Cohen
told a news conference that the
U.S. could not understand why
the Soviet Union had made such
a proposal at a time when truce
talks in Korea appeared to be
making slow but sure progress.
The proposal, he declared,
could not fail to have a bad
effect on the talks at Panmunjom.
He said he wondered whether the
Russians wanted to settle the Ko
rean war or reopen it.
The effect of the resolution in
troduced by Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Vishinski, he de
clared, might well be to delay or
disrupt the talks now going on.
If the Soviet Union thinks it
can help push them to a success
ful conclusion, he declared, they
are no doubt in touch with the
Chinese communists and North
Koreans and can work through
them.
Flying Congressman Soon
To Tackle Pacific Ocean
TOKYO, (JP) — Rep. Peter F.
Mack, Jr., (D-Ill) plans to con
tinue his round-the -world flight
in his single-engine plane as soon
as he gets a new radio compass.
Mack said he was scheduled to
leave Tokyo two days ago but
that air express shipment of a
new automatic direction finder
had been delayed.
His present plans call for hops
to Iwo Jima, Wake, Midway and
then Honolulu.
Originally he had planned to
return home by way of the Aleu
tion Islands and Alaska.
Wreckage Barrow
Plane Located
On Chena Dome
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — Search
pilots reported Thursday night
that there are no signs of life
around the wreckage of a Trans
Ocean Airlines plane located cm
Chena Dome, about 30 miles east
of here.
Four men were aboard the C-46
when it disappeared Sunday night
on a flight from Point Barrow to
Fairbanks. The badly shattered
plane was sighted squarely atop
the 4,400-foot dome, its fuselage
crushed and wing and tail broken
from the body.
A helicopter was unable to land
at the site and its crew radioed
they would land as close as pos
sible and hike in.
Two weasel crews are heading
to the scene from Ladd Air Force
base near here.
The men aboard the plane were
identified previously as pilot Rob
ert Warren, Fairbanks and Oil
City, Pa.; co-pilot Richard Erwin,
Oakland, Calif.; Jcre Weiler of
Nyssa, Ore.; and Dick Cross, Fair
banks. The last two were em
ployes of another airline and were
passengers on the ill-fated plane.
Govt. Ends First
Half Fiscal Year
7 Billion In Red
WASHINGTON, (,/P)—The gov
eminent wound up the first half
of this fiscal year $7,467,242,215
in the red—a deficit of about 13
times as big as that for the same
period last year—the treasury re
ported.
With defense spending up al
most 300 per cent, the deficit was
the biggest ever at the half-year
point, except for all - out war
years.
The deficit stood almost exact
ly where Secretary of the Treas
ury Snyder had estimated it
would be for the full year. Heavy
income tax payments in the next
few months, however, are now
expected to reduce the year-end
deficit to about six billion dollars.
The national debt at the end of
December 1951, stood at $259,460,
778,794, compared with $256,731,
304,988 a year ago.
SYRACUSE, N.Y., (/P) — John
J. Swift, Sr., died of cancer
Thursday night, three days after
his flier son reached his bedside
from a prison in communist Hun
gary.
Capt. John J. Swift, Jr., 34, ar
rived by air from Germany Mon
day on emergency leave after 39
days in a Hungarian prison. He
had been jailed with three other
Air Force men when their C-47
transport landed in Hungary.
They were “ransomed” by the
U.S. last week.
Navy To Convert Heavy
Cruisers To Guided
Missile Warships
WASHINGTON, (IP) — The
Navy soon will begin converting
two. heavy cruisers into the
world’s first known guided mis
sile warships.
It was learned Thursday that
the 13,600-ton Canberra and Bos
ton, which have been in the moth
ball fleet, will sail from the West
Coast, probably within a week, to
East Coast yards for a start on
the remodeling.
An authoritative navy source
said the navy expects that when
extensive changes have been com
pleted, guided missiles for their
main armament will be ready.
This source declined to say how
much time would be needed
either for conversion of the cruis
ers or for perfection of missiles
for their new-era batteries.
Britain Will Be
Consulted Before
Any Atomic Attack
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Winston
Churchill can get assurances
when he reaches Washington, if
he so desires, that the United
States will consult Britain before,
ordering any atomic bombing
from air bases in England.
The prime minister voiced con
cern soon after the Conservative
election victory that Britain might
not be told in advance. He said in
his Guildhall speech that an Am
erican atomic attack from the
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East Anglia air bases would put
vulnerable Britain in the very
forefront of World War III.
American authorities said today
it has been well understood from
the start that the bases would be
used on a partnership basis.
Officials think it is possible that
Churchill and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden will press for re
vival of the more generous ex
change of atomic information
which was in effect in wartime.
The U.S., Britain and Canada
were carrying on negotiations on
this until the Emil Fuchs spy
disclosures virtually shelved the
whole idea two years ago.
Report Baptist Minister to
Serve On Board Rooting
Out Corruption In Govt.
PHILADELPHIA, (/P) — The
Evening Bulletin said today Presi
dent Truman asked Dr. Daniel A.
Poling to serve on a three-man
board for rooting out corruption
in the federal government.
The Bulletin story said the pro
posal was made to Poling about
a week before Christmas, when
the President summoned the Bap
tist minister to Washington.
In Washington, the White
House declined to comment on
the report.
Matanuska Banker
Arrested, Charged
Embezzlement
ANCHORAGE, (£>) — The for
mer manager of the Matanuska
Valley Bank at Palmer has been
arrested on a charge of embezzle
ment, the UJ5. Marshal’s office
reported Wednesday.
The warrant for the arrest of
Jack Maze, issued by the U. S.
Commissioner at Palmer, set bail
at $45,000. The amount of money
involved in the charge was not
disclosed but one bank official
said it was “considerable.”
Jan Koslosky, bank president,
said an audit of the bank’s books,
begun several months ago, was
continuing. Bank depositors were
protected under a reserve fund
set up by the bank and by a
$50,000 bond carried on Maze.
Before going to Palmer, Maze
held banking positions in Anchor
age and Seattle.
In addition to his duties as
, manager, Maze was a bank stock
holder, had an interest in the
Matanuska Valley Press, an in
surance firm, a roadhouse and a
real estate firm. He also was one
time president of the Valley
Chamber of Commerce.
Maze is married and has two
children.
Truman Requests
Resignation RFC
Head Symington
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Stuart
Symington, an ace pinch - hitter
for the Truman administration for
six years, will bow out in a few
weeks as head of the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, prob
ably taking a shizeable slice of
top RFC officials with him.
President Truman told his news
conference Thursday he expects
to accept a resignation from Sy
mington later this month. Sy
mington is planning to return to
private business.
Symington and his houseclean
ing crew took over the big gov
ernment lending agency last May
when it was a storm center. A
Senate subcommittee had charged
the RFC to yielding to a political
influence ring with White House
contacts.
Symington was out of town and
not available for comment, but
his close associates made it clear
the abruptness of Mr. Truman’s
announcement took them by sur
prise.
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL, Turkey, (/P) — An
earthquake killed at least 93 per
sons in eastern Turkey Thursday.
Officials said the death toll un
doubtedly would go much higher.
Rescue workers prodding in
ruins of homes and buildings had
recovered 93 bodies Friday.
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Meeting Saturday Night 8 o’clock
at Assembly of God Church
Rev. Arthur Freeburg, Speaker
Young People Especially Invited