Korean Truce To
* Have No Effect On
Defense Program
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson told
the tax-writing Senate Finance
Committee yesterday a Korean
truce “will have no effect” on the
nation’s preparedness program.
That program, he declared,
“must be based, not upon the
Korean fighting, but upon what
we know to be the ultimate aims
and present tactics of the Soviet
Union.”
( “Until we know that there is
a genuine change in the long-term
aims of world Communism, we
cannot afford to slow the pace
of our own defense build-up and
our aid to other countries.”
Wilson urged the committee to
approve the $10 billion tax boost
which President Truman has
asked.
As to the rearmament program,
|V Wilson said “Frankly ... I am
not satisfied with our progress in
achieving defense production.’’ He
added he was taking numerous
steps to speed up output.
Wilson said orders for military
goods and facilities have totalled
$42 billion since the Korean war
began.
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Although Wilson said a Korean
cease-fire should make no differ
ence in the preparedness pro
gram, Senator George (D-Gal
said it unquestionably would af
fect the Senate’s attitude toward
a steep tax increase.
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Will Prosecute Anyone
Helping Four Communists
WASHINGTON, <£>)—Attorney
General McGrath threatened to-1
day to prosecute anyone helping
the four fugitive officials of the
Communist party to evade arrest.
McGrath warned, in a state
ment, that “any person conceal
ing a fugitive from justice is liable
to federal pfosecution.”
He noted the law provides fines
of $1,000 and six months prison
terms, or both for persons con- j
victed of such concealment.
McGrath’s statement followed a
vain 24-hour hunt by the FBI for
four leaders of the party who
failed to show up in federal
court a-t New York yesterday to*
start serving prison sentences for
advocating violent overthrow of
the government.
British Court Martial 11
Army Men In Korea
i Charged With Mutiny
SEOUL, Korea, (/P)—A British
general court martial today con
victed 11 members of the British
Northumberland Fusiliers of mut
iny and sentenced each to two
years in prison.
The court of four officers had
deliberated an hour.
The case against the 11 was
summed up by Lt. Cal. W. A.
Stubbs, bewigged and blackrobed
^Judge Advocate General.
The 11 privates had been on
patrol. Their company commander
was dissatisfied with the way they
marched on patrol and ordered
them to take practice training the
next day.
When they refused they were
accused of mutiny.
Judge Vetos Plans
Divorced Couples
To Get Married
PORT ANGELES, Wash., (IP)—
There will be no wedding bells
for two logging truck drivers who
announced after their wives di
vorced them last week that they
planned to marry each other’s
“ex’s.”
Superior Judge Max Church
said “No” yesterday to the plans
of Virgil T. Rondeau, 26, to marry
Elizabeth, the ex-wife of his
friend, William A. Fraker, 31.
Fraker had planned to marry El
nora, Rondeau’s former spouse.
One of the husbands called
Judge Church later to appeal to
him to change his ruling, but the
judge refused to see him.
William Conniff,. attorney for
the wives, added a new note to
the case. He said the women ad
vised him that the decision to re
marry was not made until after
the divorces had been granted;
that it was not planned ahead of
time as a spouse-swapping ar
rangement.
The judge issued a memoran
dum opinion setting aside divorces
granted last week. The opinion
•termed the couples’ plans a “fraud
practices on the court” and said
“the entire transaction herein out
lined is an egregrious insult to
public decency.”
The Two Forks, Wash., truck
ers learned of >the judge’s action
when they appeared at the County
Auditor’s office to pick up mar
riage license, applied for'a few
minutes after the divorces were
granted last Friday.
The divorces, neither of which
was contested, were granted on
complaints of the women that
•their husbands were “cold and
indifferent.”
In granting the divorce, Judge
Church awarded $150 a month ali
mony to each woman. Both
couples have three minor chil
dren.
26th Medal of Honor
Award Is Made To
Korea War Hero
WASHINGTON, (JP) — The
leader of a dashing bayonet charge
credited with routing an attacking
enemy force and saving an Ameri
can battalion has won the Army’s
26th Medal of Honor in Korea.
He is Master Sergeant Stanley
T. Adams, who came from Olathe,
Kan., and whose wife now lives
at 4327 Forest Avenue, Kansas
City, Mo.
Sgt. Adams though wounded,
survived the furious assault, and
will receive the nation’s highest
honor on a date still to be an
nounced.
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Permafrost Research
Undertaken By Army 1
WASHINGTON, UP), The Army
plans to open a snow, ice, and
permafrost ifrozen subsoil) re
search headquarters at Wilmett,
111., on July 1.
The operation will be directed
by the Corps of Engineers for the
purpose of gathering research data
to improve military operation in
extreme cold climes.
The Army said yesterday the
center will be commanded by Lt.
Col. A. H. Lahlum and will em
ploy about 50 scientific and tech
nical personnel.
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