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Russians Shoot
Down U.S. B-50
In Sea of Japan
WASHINGTON, UF> — The
United States Friday protested to
Moscow against the shooting
down of a U.S. B-50 plane in the
Sea of Japan and called on the
Russians to release survivors it
“presumed” were picked up by
Soviet vessels.
One of the plane’s crew of 17
—Capt. John E. Roche of Wash
ington, D.C.,—was rescued by an
American destroyer and was
quoted by the U.S. Far East Air
Force as saying Russian fighters
attacked the B-50.
The plane was shot down Wed
nesday. On Thursday, Moscow
charged the B-50 violated Soviet
territory, fired on Soviet fighters
arising to intercept it, and disap
peared in the direction of the sea.
Gen. O. P. Weylarud, command
er of the U.S. Far East Air Forces,
said:
“No American plane has vio
lated Soviet territory.”
Roche was picked up by the
U.S.S. Picking 40 miles off the
Siberian coast. He had spent 11
hours in the water and another
11 in a boat dropped by a search
plane.
The incident is one of a long
series of clashes with the Soviets
over shooting down of U. S.
planes. Moscow has insisted in
each instance that the plane vio
lated Soviet territory. The United
States has contended there was
no violation.
This is the first time, however,
that there has been any sugges
tion that survivors were taken
into Russian custody.
A State Department official
said he did not know the number
of survivors reported to be in
Soviet hands.
Soviet Army Reported
To Have Taken Real
Power Behind Malenkov
LONDON, Uf) — Reports that a
trio of Russian war-hero mar
shals under the famed Georgi K.
Zhukov has taken over real power
in the Soviet Union were studied
here today.
The Evenings News said Prime
Minister Churchill had been so
informed. The Foreign Office de
clined comment.
Fearful that he could not main
tain his grip in the wake of the
purge of Interior Minister L. P.
Beria, the paper says, Premier
Georgi M. Malenkov turned in
desperation to the professional
soldiers of the Soviet army who
are now the “power behind the
throne.” -
TAFT'S DEATH "TRAGIC LOSS
TO AMERICA—EISENHOWER
WASHINGTON, LP)— President
Eisenhower called the death of
Sen. Taft “a tragic loss to Am
erica.”
Within an hour after announce
ment of the Ohio senator’s death
in New York, the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower drove from the
White House to the home of Mrs.
Taft in Georgetown to express
their sympathy.
Raising of Federal
Debt Clears First
Hurdle in Congress
WASHINGTON, UP — President
Eisenhower’s late hour proposal to
boost the federal debt ceiling to
290 billion dollars cleared its first
congressional hurdle Friday. The
House Ways and Means Commit
tee approved it 17-6.
It was the first step in a tense,
rapid-fire drive by administration
forces to push across the strom
provoking request in the closing
hours or days of this congressional
session.
But there is fierce opposition in
the Senate, and the issue threw a
cloud of doubt over plans to ad
journ Congress this week. How
ever, there were signs at least
some of the Senate apposition to
the President’s plea was waver
ing.
Chairman Daniel A. Reed (R
NY) announced the House Com
mittee voted approval for a bill,
drafted by him, to increase the
debt ceiling from 275 to 290 bil
lion dollars. The action came after
Secretary of the Treasury Hum
phrey and Budget Director Joseph
Dodge presented the administra
tion’s case in a closed meeting.
“It is imperative that this ceil
ing be lifted before the govern
ment runs out of money,” Hum
phrey said. “Otherwise we would
not be able to pay government
salaries or pay our bills as they
come due. It is unthinkable that
the government of the United
States should not pay its bills
promptly.”
Reds Accuse Allies Of
New Truce Violations
MUNSAN, LP — The Reds ac
cused the Allies Friday of two
new truce violations but a U.N.
spokesman said the charges were
not serious.
The accusations came as the
Korean Military Armistice Com
mission and other truce groups
met at Panmunjom.
The Communists made their
11th and 12th complaints of Al
lied truce violation in the 4-day
old truce at the hour and 46-min
ute meeting of the U.N.-Red Arm
istice Commission. The commis
sion is charged with policing the
2Vfe-mile-wide demilitarized zone
across Korea.
House Bill Would Increase
Eklutna Power Funds
WASHINGTON, UPt—The House
Thursday passed in amended form
a Senate bill to increase the au
thorization for the Eklutna hydro
electric project near Anchorage,
Alaska, to 33 million dollars.
The present authorization for
Eklutna is only $20,365,400 most
of which has been appropriated,
although the project is still far
from completion.
Anticipating passage of the new
authorization bill, both House and
Senate approved the appropria
tion of 7V& million for the proj
ect for the current year.
The measure must now go back
to the Senate for agreement, or
to a conference committee.
Communist Police
Confiscate Food
Gifts to Berliners
BERLIN, liP—Communist police
Friday began mass confiscation of
U.S. gift food parcels which hun
gry East Germans are bringing
back from free West Berlin.
The confiscation campaign be
gan at the big rail terminal in
Potsdam, southwest of Berlin,
where the Red police intercepted
hundreds of persons returning
with the food. The Potsdam sta
tion was surrounded by police,
and the food bearers were herded
into an empty room and stripped
of their gifts.
West Berlin police immediately
began broadcasting warnings to
East Germans to avoid the Pots
dam station and try to get home
by other routes.
The confiscation began just as
West Berlin officials announced'
they had upped their target to
three million free food parcels
for the East Germans. Food sta
tions in the western sector braced
for a weekend invasion from the
East that was expected to boost
the first week’s distribution past
two million.
The Communists began seizing
the food packages after a cam
paign of threats and propaganda
failed to- keep the hungry Russian
zone population from streaming to
West Berlin to receive the Ameri
can sponsored gifts.
MANDERS WITHDRAWS AS
CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE
ANCHORAGE, UPi — Attorney
John Manders has withdrawn as
a candidate for judge of the Third
Division, Republican Committee
man Herald Stringer said Thurs
day.
He said Manders explained that
he was withdrawing because of
complications in his private and
professional affairs.
Two other Anchorage attorneys,
Ralph Cottis and William Sanders
have applied for the judgeship.
20 DROWN AS SPEEDING BUS
PLUNGES 25 FT. INTO CANAL
MORRISBURG, Ontario, UP) —
Twenty persons drowned Friday
in the plunge of a bus with 37
passengers, most of them asleep,
into the 20 foot deep Williams
burg canal. Most of the 17 pas
sengers escaped through windows
and the emergency door.
The speeding Toronto-Montreal
bus struck a parked tfcuck cm the
main highway — No. 2 — between
the two cities. Both vehicles top
pled 25 feet into the canal, used
by Great Lakes shipping to bypass
the St. Lawrence River rapids.
THURSDAY SCORES
National League
Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2
Milwaukee 5, New York 0
Philadelphia 17, Cincinnati 8
St. Louis 10, Pittsburgh 4
American League
Cleveland 4, Nek York 3
Chicago 17, Boston 1
Washington 7, Detroit 4
Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 3
Coast League
San Francisco 8, Oakland 2
Los Angeles 5, Hollywood 4
San Diego 7, Sacramento 1
Seattle 2, Portland 1
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Senator Robert A. Taft Dies Of Cancer
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Sen. Wayne Morse Will
Vote With Republicans
On Partisan Issues
WASHINGTON, Iff)— Continued
Republican control of the Senate
— despite presumptive appoint
ment of a Democrat to succeed
Sen. Taft — was assured Friday
when Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind
Ore) said he would vote with the
Republicans if the issue arose.
Morse told reporters'he feels an
“ethical obligation to vote with
the Republicans on Senate organi
zational issues.”
He added:
“The people of the nation in the
election of 1952 voted the Repub
lican party into power and I shall
abide by that mandate on Re
publican control of the Senate un
til the people have the chance in
1954 to review their decision.
House Bill Creating 26
Federal Judgeships Does
Not Include Alaska
WASHINGTON, Iff)—The House
passed by voice vote and sent to
the Senate Thursday a bill creat
ing 26 new federal judgeships,
but not including Alaska.
A similar bill, to create 39 new
seats, has been passed by the Sen
ate.
The two measures will go' to a
Senate-House conference commit
tee for adjustment of differences.
Attempts to amend the House
bill to make it conform to the
Senate measure were defeated.
The Senate bill would add one
district judge in Alaska. Similar
provisions were sought for the
House measure by Delegate Bart
lett but his amendment was de
feated by voice vote.
Judge Cooper Appoints
Russell Herman of Juneau
Nome District Attorney
Word has been received by Nor
vin W. Lewis, clerk of district
court, that Judge J. Earl Cooper
has appointed Russell R. Her
mann of Juneau, Alaska, as Uni
ted States attorney for the Sec
ond Division.
Mr. Hermann should arrive in
Nome within the next 10 days.
Three Killed, Two Hurt
In Valdez Highway Crash
VALDEZ, (J’l — Three persons
were killed and two others ser
iously injured Thursday in an
automobile crash on the Richard
son Highway.
Mrs. George A. McDonald and
Mrs. Andy Hall, both of Fair
banks, died in the crash. Mrs. Earl
T. Aronson, also of Fairbanks,
succumbed later in a Valdez hos
pital, where two others, George
A. McDonald, Jr., and Mrs. John
W. Deckerson, were reported in
serious condition.
Territorial Patrolman John
Bradshaw said the driver of the
car apparently lost control on a
four-mile grade south of Thomp
son Pass as it neared Valdez. The
car hurtled end over end and was
demolished.
> NEW YORK, UP) — Sen. Robert
A. Taft, a symbol of Republican
ism, died Friday of cancer.
The end came peacefully for
the 63-year-old Ohio Republican,
about 13 hours after he had lapsed
into a deep coma.
At his side were his four sons.
Taft’s condition suddenly be
came critical just four days ago.
Then, except for brief intervals,
his strength failed rapidly. Not
until the end did New York Hos
pital disclose the cause.
Taft’s widow, Martha, was un
able to be with him in his last
hours.
Herself seriously ill as a result
of a stroke three years ago, she
was at their home in Washing
ton, too sick to make another
trip. She had been flown here
for a visit Tuesday.
Taft’s death came in a new
and major chapter in his career
—the job of majority Senate floor
leader in the first Republican ad
ministration in 20 years.
His illness, however, forced him
to1 give up the active leadership
last June.
His death leaves the Senate—•
for the time being—with a one
man Democratic majority, 47
Democrats, 46 Republicans, and
one Independent.
Taft is the second Republican
senator to die within a week.
Republican Senator Chares W.
Tobey of New Hampshire died
last Friday.
A GOP appointee Ls expected
to succeed Tobey.
But Taft’s native Ohio has a
Democrat, Frank J. Lausche, as
its governor, and Lausche is ex
pected to name a Democrat td
succeed Taft.
Should these expectation ma
terialize, the Senate lineup would
be: 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans,
1 Independent.
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700 Juneau Kids
Get Polio Shots In
Mass Immunization
JUNEAU, (£) — Seven hundred
Juneau children had reason Fri
day to be sore at almost everyone
in town.
Otherwise, the first day of the
first mass polio immunization out
side the boundaries of the United
States Thursday was highly suc
cessful. Every organized group err
agency in Juneau cooperated.
Before the project was under
way an hour, physicians and
nurses set up a routine which
moved children through, from
registration to consoling lollipop,
one a minute.
The Kiwanis Club joined taxi
cab companies in furnishing free;
transportation to the clinics, city
hall and Harborview school cen
ters.
Scores of housewives, business
women and Girl Scouts assisted in
the registration and routing. Ev
ery physician in Juneau gave four
hours of time in administering the
gamma globulin. Nurses volun
teered.
Merchants furnished candy to
the children and coffee to the
parents.