Nationalists and Reds
Trade Bombing Raids
In Tachen Islands Area
TAIPEH, Formosa, UR—Chinese
Nationalist and Communist war
planes traded air blows Saturday
in the area of the Tachen Islands,
Nationalist outposts 200 miles
north of Formosa.
Three Red bombers escorted by
fighters dropped three bombs on
the Nationalists’ Pisha Island in
the southwest Tachens, wounding
two persons, the defense ministry
reported.
The planes escaped under fierce
anti-aircraft fire, the ministry
said.
Earlier, Nationalist warplanes
bombed and strafed Communis^
gun positions on Toumen Island,
Red outpost 14 miles northwest of
the Tachens.
Although the raiders encount
ered anti-aircraft fire, all (the
planes returned safely after*start
ing big fires, Nationalist head
quarters said.
To t/ne south, the Nationalist
outpost of Quemoy, 120 miles west
of Formosa, exchanged occasional
bursts of artillery fire with Red
forces on nearby Amoy Island
just off the China mainland.
B-57 Jet Bomber Explodes
And Crashes, Setting Fire
To Private Home
BALTIMORE, UPI — Two crew
members of a Martin B-57 jet
bomber were killed today when
the plane apparently exploded in
air and crashed into the back yard
of a private home near suburban
Essex.
The burning plane set fire to
the home of Edward H. Adams
but his wife and three small
children escaped without injury.
A spokesman at the Glenn L.
Martin Co. plant sai/l the twin
jet bomber, the American version
of the English Canberra jet, was
on a routine flight when it
crashed.
YUGOSLAVIA IMPROVES
RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
KOPAR, Yugoslavia, (UP)—Yugo
slav President Tito said yester
day that his country’s relations
with the Soviet Union are im
proving—but that does not mean
he is drawing away from the
. West.
Officer to Stay in Army
While Courts Review
Dismissal Sentence
AUGUSTA, Ga., WV-2nd Lt.
Charles C. Anderson may spend
up to a year in the Army while
the courts review his sentence of
dismissal for mistreating trainees
at Camp Gordon.
The conviction and sentencing
and the order to forfeit all alow
ances are subject to automatic
review by Brig. Gen. Francis
Howard, Camp Gordon command
er and convening authority of the
court.
The decisions also are subject
to review by the judge advocate
general of the Army, the court of
^•military appeals and the secretary
of the Army.
Any disapproval along the line
of review could restore the slim,
24-year-old Korean combat veter
an and native of St. Louis to duty.
Authorities estimate the reviews
and possible appeals may take up
to a year.
Nationalists Claim Sinking
Two, Rout II Red Ships
TAIPEH, Formosa, lift—Nation
alist China claimed it sank two
Red Chinese warships and routed
11 in a sea battle 12 miles south
east of the strategic Tachen Is
lands this morning.
The defense ministry did not
say what type of Red warships
was involved but they could have
been armored junks, of which the
Communists possess a great num
ber.
Official quarters said it was
passible the Reds had intended
to make a sneak attack on the
Tachens, northern anchor of Na
tionalist offshore bases 200 miles
north of Formosa.
Save Nationalists’ Islands
From Red Occupation,
Warns Sen. Knowland
WASHINGTON, tffi—S e na t o r
Knowland (R-Califi said Saturday
the United States “must not per
mit” Nationalist-held islands off
the China coast to fall to the Com
munists, lest this open the way for
a Red assault on Formosa.
Knowland, the Senate Republi
can leader, spoke out in an inter
view after the official Chinese
Nationalist news agency reported
Friday the Reds have moved a
paratroop division into position
for possible attack against Na
tionalist outposts off the coast.
The Californian said he does
not believe this country can brook
any Communist advance into the
Pacific.
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Eisenhower Starts
Annual Drive for
Tuberculosis Funds
WASHINGTON, UR—President
Eisenhower bought $5 worth of
Christmas seals Saturday to
launch the annual drive for funds
to fight tuberculosis.
Dr. Esmond R. Long, director
of medical research of the Na
tional Tuberculosis Assn., made
the sale at the White House. Long
was once a TB patient himself,
while a medical student at the
University of Chicago.
The public drive for funds will
be conducted by 3,000 tubercu
losis associations throughout the
country beginning Nov. 22.
Panama Canal Landslide
BALBOA, Canal Zone, IH—An
estimated 1,000 cubic yards of
overhanging rock tumbled off the
face of Contractor’s Hill into the
Panama Canal Friday night as a
result of nearby blasting opera
tions. Traffic through the vital
waterway was not interrupted.
ROYAL PAIR WED 7 YEARS
WINDSOR, England, W)—Queen
Elizabeth II and the Duke of Ed
inburgh celebrated their seventh
wedding anniversary Saturday.
They spent the weekend at the
royal lodge here with their two
children, Prince Charles and
Princess Anne.
Pioneer Paratrooper Dies
In Helicopter Crash
CAftTHAGE, N.C. W)—One of
the Army’s first paratroopers, Col.
James A. Bassett, 39, and two
other officers were killed when an
Army helicopter crashed near
here Friday _ night.
The three officers were return
ing to Ft. Bragg from Lexington,
N.C., where Col. Bassett had rep
resented Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Cle
land, Ft. Bragg commanding gen
eral, at the dedication of a Na
tional Guard armory.
Army officials threw a guard
around the wreckage, allowing no
one near the crash area.
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