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THE LATEST U.S.-U.S.S.R. PLANE INCIDENT
The latest incident off Siberia — the destruction
of a U.S. Navy plane by two Soviet jet fighters—is
merely one more of a series of such incidents which
continues to disturb chances for world peace. The
shooting down of the Navy patrol bomber into the Sea
of Japan, off Siberia, is another manifestation that the
Russians are continuing to follow a ruthless and ag
bressive policy, even concerning the United States. The
Navy plane was shot down well within the limits of
international waters, although within perhaps 50 miles
of Siberia.
The clashes remind us of the continued series of
clashes between Japanese and Russian troops in Man
churia, prior to World War II. The Russians looked
upon these little battles, which sometimes killed as
many as a hundred men, as nothing more than border
incidents. No doubt the Russians do not take too ser
iously the loss of life involved in a few incidents in
the air off Siberia. The danger is that the Communists
will push their aggressiveness too far, and bring about
retaliations which will cause a crisis.
SWEDEN ENDS LIQUOR RATIONING
For nearly 40 years, Sweden has had a rationing
system for liquor, the theory being that rationing
would check excessive use. Recently the Riksdag voted
to abolish the system as of next Oct. 1, the Finance
Minister.(who incidentally is a teetotaler) saying that
the benefits of the system were not sufficient to justify
the red tape involved. Sweden would have to rely, he
said, on education and enlightenment to combat the
abuse of alcohol. Since Sweden is one of the countries
with a semi-socialist government which tends to be
lieve in regulating everything, the change may be
significant.
St. Francisville, La., Democrat: “Jail. Socialism.
Communism. The welfare state. They’re all the same
—.same ‘benefits,’ same obligations, same ‘rewards,’
same payments. Keep on throwing bricks at the profit
and loss system and you’ll smash it; then you’ll get
your ‘security.’ But you woun’t like it.”
U.S. Demand Reds
Pay $1,620,000 For
B-29 Downed In ’52
WASHINGTON, UP)—The United
States Saturday formally deman- [
ded Russia pay $1,620,295.01 dam
ages for shooting down an Air j
Force- B-29 plane off Hokkaido, !
Japan on Oct. 7. 1952, or else j
agree to' submit the dispute over
the incident to the world court.
The fate of its eight crewmen
is still unknown.
A 24-page note presented to the
Foreign Office at Moscow by Am
bassador Charles E. Bohlen as
serted that the Soviets were com
pletely responsible for destroying
the unarmed bomber, “Sunbonnet
King."
Russia was also accused of
withholding information about
the fate of the eight crewmen.
The Americans contend that a
Soviet boat was seen in the vicin
ity of the crash in time to pick up
survivors.
Still another major point made
by the note was to' deny Soviet
claims to the Habomai Islands,
which are within sight of the east
coast of Hokkaido, the northern
most main island of Japan. The
attack occurred near the Habo
mais.
The Soviets, claiming posses
sion of the island by right of war
time- Yalta agreement, ’allleged
that the American plane has vio
lated Russian territory. Russia
also contended that the bomber
had opened fire on Soviet fighter
aircraft—which the United States
has flatly denied.
iUnder the Yalta agreement, the
Soviets were given control of the
Kurile Islands, stretching north
eastward of Japan. But the Jap
anese contend that the Habomais
do not fall under the Kuriles and
therefore should be restored to
Japan.)
Audrey Hepburn And
Mel Ferrer Are Married
In Switzerland
BURGENSTOCK, Switzerland,
I.T'—Academy Award-winning film
star Audrey Hepburn, 24, and
actor Mel Ferrer, 37, were mar
ried Saturday at a ceremony in
^the private chapel o'f a hotel
owner in this picturesque resort
area on Lake Luzern.
The Protestant religious cere
mony followed a civil ceremony
Friday at nearby Buochs.
It was Miss Hepburn’s first
marriage. Ferrer, who is also a
film director, has been married
before.
An announcement by Para
mount Pictures in London said
Miss Hepburn's mother, Baroness
Ella van Heenstra, was present
and the bride was given away by
Sir Neville Bland, former British
ambassador to the Netherlands.
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Great Northern Ry.
May Give New Service
Between Seattle, Alaska
SEATTLE, (UP)—Great Northern
Railway is investigating the pos
sibility of establishing a combined
highway and piggy-back service
between Seattle and Alaska
points, C. E. Finley, vice presi
dent of traffic for Great Northern,
said in Seattle Saturday.
Finley said Great Northern is
studying the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway’s piggy-back service be
tween Vancouver, B.C. and Prince
George. Vancouver truck opera
tors are now availing themselves
of this service between Vancouver
and the end of rail at Prince
George. Trailers travel on flatcar
to' Prince George and thence by
highway to Dawson Creek, B.C.,
and Whitehorse, Y.T. over the
John Hart Highway and the Al
aska military highway.
If Great Northern or any other
American line serving Vancouver
should join in this service, it
would be possible to load trailers
at Seattle on flatcars for Prince
George.
Indians and Yanks
Series Expected
To Net Record $$
NEW YORK. I/W—The New York
Yankees will be missing from the
scene for the first time in six
years as the Cleveland Indians
and New York Giants come to
grips Wednesday in what is al
most certain to be the richest of
all 51 World Series.
With two huge arenas—Cleve
land’s Municipal Stadium seat
ing 86,000 and New York’s polo
grounds seating 52,000—this could
produce a record pool for the
players with each winning share
totalling $10,000 and each losing
share about $8,000. The players
share in the receipts of the first
four games.
Should the series go the full
distance of seven games—and
many experts believe it will—a
new atendanco mark is certain to
be set. The first two games in the
best-of-seven will be played at
the Polo Grounds, Wednesday
and Thursday. All- games will be
gin at 1:00 p.m. (EST).
Then, with no interruption for
travel, the battle-ground will
shift to Cleveland where the third,
fourth and fifth games will be
played on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. Should the issue still be
undecided, the scene will shift
back to New York for the sixth
and seventh games next Monday
and Tuesday.
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Radford Says U.S.’
Firm Policy in Far
East ‘Still Stands’
DETROIT, (£>—Adm. Arthur
Radford, chairman of the joint
chiefs of staff, said today the con
troversial “massive retaliation”
policy announced by Secretary of
State Dulles “still stand.”
Radford’s statement, in a speech
before the Economic Club of De
troit, seemed aimed at (1) reply
ing to talk within the United
States about the Indochina and
Quemoy problems and (2) warn
ing the Communists anew while
still keeping them guessing.
Radford said that after the Kor
ean War the United States made
two basic military decisions—to
base defense on a “long pull”
program and “to maintain ’’a great
capacity’ to retaliate by means
and at places of our own choos
ing.”
“The second decision about ‘a
great capacity’,” he said, “signi
fied that in our dc-fense planning
we would regard it as important
to have a capacity to retaliate at
the proper place, by whatever
military means are best suited to
the situation at the time. If con
fronted with hostile aggression,
we do not intend to let the enemy
pick only those battle conditions
which are best suited to him.
“This policy still stands.”
WOMAN'S TONGUE MORE
DANGEROUS THAN FISTS.
LONDON JUDGE ADMONISHES
LONDON, (/PI—“A woman’s
tongue,” said Judge Tudor Rees,
“can be infinitely more dangerous
than her fists.
“It is an instrument that can be
as soothing as a dulcimer or as
venomous as an adder’s sting.
“The use of such an instrument
calls for unremitting vigilance.”
His homily over, the judge or
dered Mrs. Gertrude Simms, 65,
to vacate her apartment in sub
urban Hounslow. Mrs. Olive Mon
ich, who owns the building, com
plained Mrs. Simms swore at her.
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