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TSINGTAO, China. UP) — The
new U. S. navy commander in the
western Pacific Saturday declar
ed the United States “need not be
afraid of any naval eventuality in
the immediate future.”
Vice Adm. Oscar C. Badger,
who takes over formally tomor
row from Adm. Charles M. Cooke,
Jr., told newsmen the navy’s man
power situation “already is in a
very favorable position and is get
ting better all the time.”
The capital ship of the future,
Badger said, will carry rocket
guns,” he said, "in short, every
weapon to make it effective afloat.
Speed and maneuverability will
be important. Without modern
ization, the battleship of yesterday
is outdated.”
Europe Won't Get
Canned Fish
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The state
department notified Rep. Tollef
son <R.-Wash.) today canned fish
will not be sent to Europe.
Previously, Tollefson said, it
had been planned to include can
ned fish in the relief supplies.
The representative quoted the
department as saying the Euro
pean countries do not need the
fish as much as other supplies be
cause of an increase in livestock
production overseas.
It said that it costs five times
as much per thousand calories to
ship fish as it does to ship grain.
Tollefson said he was informed
dollar credit will be furnished Eu
reopean countries with which they
may purchase fish in this country
if they wish. He said he would
urge that this be done.
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MacArthur “Too
Busy” To Give
Advice Iii U. S.
WASHINGTON iff), The House
foreign affairs committee had a
touchy political decision lifted
right out of its hands Saturday by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
The general’s name got tangled
up in the committee’s aid-to-China
discussion* Friday when some
members suggested inviting hrn
to Washington to testify on Far
Eastern problems.
That started an argument. Con
gressmen opposing the move said
it could be used as an attempt to
boom MacArthur for the GOP
Presidential nomination.
But others insisted that MacAr
thur should be asked home from
Japan to give valuable advice on
how to help China overcome i4s
native communist armies.
The general settled the whole
problem himself. He said he is too
busy to make the trip.
“While I deeply appreciate the
confidence reflected in the sugges
tion I return to the United States
to state my views to the House for
eign affairs committee on the Chi
na relief plan,” he said in a Tokyo
statement, “I hope the committee
will not further the idea.”
That seemed to settle the fight
before it really got going.
A MacArthur man, meanwhile,
announced in Chicago that he is
going to establish a national head
quarters in Washington for back
ers of the general.
The Chicagoan is Warren
Wright, banker and former Illin
ois state treasurer.
“The objective of me and my
friends,” he said, “is to create a
popular demand for General Mac
Arthur that will compel the Re
publican national convention to
nominate him this summer.”
Interior Dept.
Proposes New
Amendments
WASHINGTON, (>P) — Amend
ments to the Alaska statehood bill
to let the Territory select 21,930,
000 acres of land for the new state
was proposed Friday by the inte
rior department.
The bill as prepared by Dele
gate Bartlett of Alaska would have
turned all public lands over to the
Territory except land actually
used by the United States, nation
al park and monument lands and
naval petroleum reserves.
The interior department sug
gested that the formula used with
the latest states admitted to the
union be followed in Alaska. That
was to give the state four sections J
out of every 36, but amended to
allow Alaska as a state to select
the 21,930,000 acres rather than
following the checkerboard pat
tern by taking sections.
This formula, the department
said, would be fair to the new
state in that it could select the
best land.
Of the total, 21,000,000 acres
will be for schools, 430,000 for the
land grant university and 500,000
for all other purposes.
The interior report on the bill
urged that it be enacted as soon as
possible. It said the people wanted
are well suited for statehood and
deserve the recognition of being
made a state.
Rep. Crawford (R.-Mich.) re
cessed a hearing of the territories
sub-committee of the House pub
lic lands committee which was
hearing testimony on the bill un
til next Tuesday. At that time the |
proposed amendments to the mea- j
sure will be considered.
Eagle Attacks
4-Year-OI<l Boy
CARLSBAD, N. M. I/P)—A pair
of pliers and a bed slat were the
weapons used by a Carlsbad cou
ple to save their four-year-old son
from an eagle’s clutches.
The mother, Mrs. C. J. Reinhart
told it this way:
The child was playing in the
yard while she hung out a wash.
Suddenly, the big bird hopped
over and dug its talons into her
son’s head.
For a minute she pulled in vain
at the eagle’s legs, then ran to the
house. Returning with a pair of
pliers, she jerked the talons free,
snatched up her son and rushed
him to a doctor. Three talons hurl
pierced the child’s skin.
In the meantime, her husband
had returned home. Reinhart beat
the bird to death with a bed slat.
Hogs Can’t Rifle
In Ambulances
DECATUR, Ga. f/l*) — Several
hogs wore injured severely when
the truck in which they were rid
ing overturned near here Wednes
day.
Th price of pork being what it
is. somebody in the crowd around
the accident called an ambulance.
In fact, two ambulances.
Neither of the ambulance driv
ers was perturbed on arrival.
They said they understood the
situation but still were confined to
carrying just people.
Examination of the bird showed
its tail feathers had been pulled
out. Reinhart said he understood
it had been captured in nearby
mountains and had escaped from
its cage. The name of the owner
has not been determined.
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