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GOP Candidates In
Three-Way Battle
In New Jersey
(By the Associated Pkfss>
New Jersey Democrats readied
for a relatively quiet presidential
preference poll Tuesday, but Re
publicans braced for a hot and
hectic three-way battle.
Up to a million ballots are ex
pected from 2,360,000 registered
voters. The record is 913,538, set
in 1940 when New Jersey held its
last presidential primary. Results
sre not binding on presidential
nominating delegates to be named
also—38 by Republicans and 36
: with 32 votes by Democrats.
Sen. Kefauver is the only enter
ed candidate for the Democratic
nomination as President and there
are but three contests in the
party’s delegate race.
The Republican story is differ
ent. Three GOP presidential nom
inee candidates are listed on the
New Jersey ballot: Sen. Taft, Gen.
Eisenhower and Harold Stassen.
Besides, the delegate posts are
well contested.
Taft tried to withdraw from
thev primary after New Jersey
Gov. Driscoll threw his support
to Eisenhower. Despite his dis
avowal of interest, Taft’s name
stayed on the ballot.
Taft backers claim Driscoll’s
powerful support of Eisenhower
assures the general’s victory;
Eisenhower forces retorted, “poor
loser,” later saying Taft strate
gists simply went underground
and kept spending campaign
money. Taft forces rejected this
as propaganda to boost Eisenhow
er’s vote.
Sen. Herman Welker of Idaho,
who has not said whom he pre
fers as the GOP nominee for
President, aimed a blast at Eisen
hower. In Washington, he said in
a statement that Eisenhower has
made a “complete repudiation” of
his attitude toward the nomina
tion. He added: “It is hard to
see how the people could rely on
his statements even if he makes
them.”
In Washington, friends of Vice
President Albin Barkley said they
believe he is in a receptive mood
about the Democratic presidential
* nomination. As Vice President, he
is reluctant to bid for it now, they
said, but may be available in case
of a deadlock in the convention.
World Premiere of
Gregory Peck Movie To
Be Held At Anchorage
HOLLYWOOD, (/P) — Anchor
age has been selected for the
world premiere of “World In His
Arms,” a movie about pioneer
days in the territory, a spokes-*
man for Universal - International
Studio said today.
A troupe of Hollywood stars
will fly to Anchorage for the oc
casion, then continue on an en
tertainment tour of Alaskan mili
tary bases the spokesman said.
Scheduled to attend are Greg
ory Peck, and Tony Quinn, who
play leading roles in the film, and
others including Rock Hudson,
Piper Laurie and Joyce Holden.
C-124 Globemaster Brings
Pan American Plane Parts
To Nome On Sunday
A C-124 Globemaster landed at
the Nome Field yesterday, bring
ing in the nose and parts for the
PAA DC-4 which is being re
paired here. Mechanics who ar
rived last Friday, immediately
started work, it is reported, and
will be busy for the next six
weeks putting the plane back in
shape.
Many people turned out to see
this giant of the air which is big
enough to carry 200 fully equip
ped soldiers.
The flight was made from San
Francisco to Anchorage in nine
hours. This plane recently carried
a 32,000 pound fire engine from
California to Boeing Field, Seattle
to have on hand fo£ the test of
the jet bomber XB-52, which is
being built there.
It was reported that this huge
plane landed on the Nome Field
in less space than it takes to land
a DC-4, due to the fact that it
has reversible props which make
it possible for the plane to back
up when necessary.
300 Die In Bloody
Overthrow Bolivia Govt.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, (/P)—Revolt
bloodied Bolivia, burying more
than 300 dead and tending some
1,500 wounded, appeared Monday
under firm control of its new
revolutionary government. Await
ed was Victor Pas Estenssoro, long
exiled leader who is due to return
from Argentiifh Tuesday to head
the new regime.
After installing a 13-man cab
inet of the National Revolution
ary Party (MNR), the victorious
rebels Sunday night sent a dele
gation by plane to Buenos Aires
to invite Pas Estenssoro, the
party’s chief, to return. He said
he would accept the bid.
Pas Estenssoro won the great
est number of votes—almost half
— in presidential elections 11
months ago but failed to win an
overall majority. Before the leg
islature could choose between
three leading candidates, a mili
tary junta headed by Gen. Hugo
Ballivan moved in by force.
It was this clique which Pas
Estenssoro’s supporters swept
from the government and hanged
President Gualberto Villarroel
from a lamp post here in the
capital.
Chinese Adopt Old
Japanese Custom
TOKYO, (/P) — Chinese manu
facturers have adopted an old
Japanese custom—and the Japa
nese don’t like it.
The International Trade and
Industry Ministry reports that
imitations of Japanese goods are
flowing into southeast Asia and
taking over Japanese markets.
Biggest complaints have come
from Japanese makers of medi
cines and toilet articles.
One example, the ministry said,
is Japanese eye lotiofl. An in
vestigation disclosed that between
70 and 100 million bottles of the
lotion is being produced each
month in China -and sold in south
east Asia under the Japanese
name.
Alaska Allotted
Space For 19
Television Stations
WASHINGTON, f/P) — Alaska
was allotted air space for 19 tele
vision stations in a final distri
bution of TV channels announced
Sunday.
The allocations announced by
the Federal Communications Com
mission ended the long freeze on
new station grants.
Alaska now has no TV stations
and no applications pending.
The Alaska allocations all are
in the very high freqeuncies
(VHF) now in general use. The
channel assignments for future
Alaska use are as follows, with
an “X” before a channel indicat- j
ing reservation for educational
use:
Anchorage—2, X7, 11, 13;
Fairbanks*—2, 4, X9, 11, 13;
Juneau—X3, 8, 10;
Ketchikan—2, 4, X9;
Seward—4, 9;
Sitka—13.
New Strikes Hamper
Resumption Phone Service
(By the Associated Press)
Some 12,000 Ohio Bell Tele
phone Company workers ended
their week-old strike Monday but
a walkout of more than 16,000
other communications workers in
Ohio and 42 other states contin
ued.
Granting of pay boosts settled
the Ohio Bell work stoppage but
actual return of the workers de
pended on whether striking West
ern Electric Company employees
set up picket lines at Bell build
ings.
Western Electric is the equip
ment -making subsidiary of the
nationwide Bell Telephone Sys
tem. Its employes in 43 states are
striking for wage boosts and other
benefits.
The strike of CIO Communica
tion Workers of America began
last Tuesday. It stemmed from the I
firing of a Morgantown, West Vir
ginia, operator and a union com
plaint of poor working conditions
in the Morgantown exchange.
In New York a CWA spokes
man for a local union there pre
dicted early settlement of the
Western Electric strike. John H.
Lotz, president of Local 1150, said
negotiators for the union and the
company are “apart on only one
issue, that of labor grading.” He
said the wage isue was “more or
less settled.”
Campaign To Build Memorial
To Gem MacArihhur In Tokyo
Goes $1,432 In Debt On Expenses
TOKYO, (/P) — The newspaper
Yomiuri reported Monday that a
campaign to build a memorial to
Gen. Mac Arthur has collected
only $222 — although $1,530 has
been spent for publicity and ad
vertising and it owes $1,432 for
other expenses.
The project was begun last July
by the association for construction
of a pavilion in commemoration of
Gen. MacArthur, former Allied
occupation commander.
In February it turned over
fund raising to a professional
soliciting firm.
Ike Reveals He Will be Home by
June 4 and Will Resign Five Star
Commission If He Is Nominated
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Puerto Rico Legislature
Launches Investigation Of
Pan American Plane Crash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, </P)—
The Puerto Rican legislature has
launched an investigation of the
crash of a Pan American Airways
plane here Friday, in which 52 of
the 69 persons aboard died in the
Caribbean.
Congressman Ruben Gaztam
bide, who moved for the investi
gation, said he had information of
“criminal negligence” in permit
ting the aircraft to take off on
a flight for New York. A formal
hearing by the U.S. Civil Aero
nautics Board also will be held.
The plane crashed after one or
two of its four engines reportedly
failed shortly after it took off.
Searching aircraft Sunday found
no trace of the 39 passengers
still missing. Thirteen bodies were
recovered Friday. The 17 surviv
ors included the five crewmen
headed by the pilot, Capt. John C.
Burn, husband of singer Jane
Froman.
U.N. and Reds Meet Just 15 Secs.
MUNSAN, Korea, (/^—Negoti
ators of a Korean truce set an
other new record for brevity Mon
day. They met only 15 seconds,
including the time for translation.
United Nations Command sub
delegates gave no indication when
they would be ready to resume
the recessed talks on the prisoner
of war question.
It was the fourth straight day
the negotiators had lowered the
previous day’s length of time in
session.
The record of the quarter-min
ute session went like this:
Chinese Gen. Hsieh Fang: “Has
your side anything o say?”
Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison,
U.N. Command: “No.”
Hsieh: “Since your side has
nothing to say, I suggest we re
cess until the usual time tomor
row.”
Harrison: “We agree.”
Planes and }Varships Blast
Korea Manufacturing City
By STAN CARTER
SEOUL, Korea, <(/P) — U.S. jet
fighter-bomber Monday smashed
a huge Red supply point near the
western coast of North Korea.
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One pilot said: “TO bet we de
stroyed a division’s worth of sup
plies.”
Sabre pilots reported they de
stroyed 7 Red MIG-15 jets, pro
bably shot down one, and dam
aged four in Easter Sunday battles
over North Korea.
Planes from the U. S. carriers
Boxer and Philippine Sea dumped
more than 240 tons of bombs on
Chongjin, East Korean port and
manufacturing center only 125
miles from Siberia, Sunday. The
cruiser St. Paul and the destroyer
Hanson poured gunfire on the city
at the same time. Smoke and dust
blanketed Chongjin after the at
tack.
» HEADQUARTERS ALLIED
POWERS IN EUROPE, (/P)—Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower disclosed
Saturday he aims to be home in.
Abiline, Kas., by June 4—just 33
days before the Republican na
tional convention.
Until he leaves, Eisenhower told
a news conference, “I’m not going
to discuss any kind of political
questions, so I can devote my
self to this job.”
Eisenhower said he had not
the slightest information” on who
his successor as NATO command
er might be. A good many other
men could fill the post, “possibly
far better than I,” he said.
He also disclosed he will re
sign his permanent commission as
a five star general if he is nom
inated to run for President so he
would be “free to speak, like any
other citizen,-on any subject.”
But, he said, he will resign only
if he is nominated.
No general of his five star rank
can be forced to retire—but he
can resign if he wants to.
As long as he keeps the life
time job, he draws full pay of
$18,761 a year. Of that amount,
$7,304 is in non-taxable allow
ances and the remaining $11,457
is taxable base pay.
He held the floor for a quarter
hour before a packed gathering
of reporters and refused to sub
mit to questions.
His talk included a plea to keep
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Christians Pray For Peace
On Easter Sunday In
World of Continuing War
(By the Associated Press)
Easter Sunday with its prayers
for peace and its spring parades
of joy came Sunday for Christians
in a modern world of continuing
wars and changing values.
There were religious services to
hail once again the resurrection of
Christ. And again millions pa
raded in their new spring finery
along the world’s avenues.
But there was no peace in many
places, and some of the tradition
was gone from the annual fashion
promenades.
Millions throughout the free
world prayed for peace this Easter
Sunday. They massed in Home to
receive blessings from Pope Pius
XII at St. Peter’s Basilica. Allied
soldiers in Korea knelt in prayer
on the battlefield. Americans went
to mountains, parks and churches
for the outdoor sunrise worship.
Pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem.
Pope Pius was cheered by
300,000 in St. Peter’s Square as
he called for “great phalanxes of
apostles” to arise in a new Chris
tian crusade “to save the world
from threatened ruin.”
A message from President Tru
man for the opening of Sunday
School Week, starting Monday,
urged that “a revival of the spirit
of old-fashioned religion” is need
ed for the United States. The
President’s message was sent to
New York to the Laymen’s Na
tional Committee sponsoring the
week.