Pilotless Plane
Shot Down After
Flight Over City
SIDNEY, Australia, (#>—An air
plane left its pilot on the ground
Tuesday, circled Sydney and its
suburbs for almost three houns,
and finally was shot down by an
Australian navy plane.
Radio bulletins on the runaway
craft brought thousands of resi
dents from their homes to watch
the flight. Ambulance and police
units stood by in the event the
pilotless plane came down in a
populated area.
Anthony Thrower, 30, was prac
ticing takeoffs and landings with
the plane, a four-seater Auster, at
'Bankstown Airfield. He said he
swung the propeller to start the
engine, the brakes failed and the
craft took off.
“I tried to hold it by a strut but
I couldn’t make it,” Thrower ex
plained. “Away she went . .
The plane climbed to 5,000 feet.
Its flight was so steady authori
ties at first thought a stowaway
might be at the controls. Two
planes flew beside the runaway
for a time, watching closely to see
if anyone was aboard.
After more than two hours the J
wind forced the Auster out to sea.
A Sea Fury fighter brought the
unmanned craft into the water 25 (
miles north of Sydney.
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Dulles Decries Reported Russian
Offer of Arms to Middle East Lands
Alaska Fishermen Union
Returns to CIO
SEATTLE, W*—Return of the
Alaska Fishermen’s Union to the
CIO has been approved over
whelmingly by the membership,
George Johansen, secretary-treas
urer, announced Monday.
With only a few scattered bal
lots still to come in, the count was
1,431 to 92 to accept the CIO invi
tation to reaffiliate.
Johansen will start the wheels
rolling at once to bring his 3,700
member union back into the CIO,
he said.
The AFU was part of the old
International Fishermen and Al
lied Workers Union ousted by the
CIO five years ago on grounds of
Communist domination. The AFU
broke off from its parent body
soon afterwards, however.
Johansen said “this will give
us representation in Washington
on some matters that hed been
pretty hard to take care of.”
Frances Langford Gets
Divorce From Jon Hall
After 17 Years Marriage
STUART, Fla., (£>—'The 17-year
marriage of actress Frances Lang
ford and actor Jon Hall has ended
in divorce.
Miss Langford filed the suit
some time ago but grounds were
not disclosed. The decree was
granted a week ago near here.
An attorney said the divorce
was “amicable” and the property
was divided in an agreement that
was signed Friday. The divorce
was granted under their real
names, Charles F. and Frances
Locher.
They were married in June
1938 and there were no children.
It was the first marriage for each.
The couple owned considerable
property in this area.
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' WASHINGTON, UP)— Secretary
of State Dulles said yesterday that
there have been reliable reports
Russia has offered arms to some
countries in the Middle East.
Such an action by Russia—the
supply of arms to nations in a
troubled area—would not con
tribute to the relaxing of world
tensions, Dulles said.
The secretary made clear to a
news conference that he had no
official information on the report
ed Russian offers of arms.
Reports of the offers have cir
culated for several weeks in dip
lomatic quarters here.
Dulles declined to name any
country as the traget of the So
viet officers. But he responded to
a question about whether he knew
of offers to Egypt or other states
in the Middle East, and said sim
ply that there are indications that
such offers may have been made.
Dulles said there was no evi
dence he knew of that Soviet
equipment was actually already
in Arab hands. Those countries
have been getting their military
supplies from non - Communist
sources, he said.
On other subjects, Dulles told
his news conference.
1. The United States has urged
both Israel and Egypt within the!
past 48 hours to refrain from the
use of force in their border dis
pute. The two nations have been
involved for weeks in bloody
skirmishes in the Gaza area.
2. Israel and Arab governments
are studying Dulles’ proposal of
last Friday for an American guar
antee of a peace settlement if they
can make one. The reaction of
those countries will determine
what the U.S. will do next in try
ing to get a settlement.
3. The U.S. must maintain pa
tience and hope in negotiations
with Red China at Geneva for the
release of American civilians de
tained bn the Chinese mainland.
Dulles said he did not feel any
great encouragement with respect
to the Geneva talks so far except
as he believes that with the pass
age of time some result eventual
ly will be achieved.
Not Planned to Keep
Mines Bureau Director
On Payroll After 70
WASHINGTON, WP>—Secretary
of the Interior McKay said Mon
day it is not planned to retain
Director John J. Forbes of the
Bureau of Mines after Forbes be
comes 70 years of age on Nov. 21.
Under existing law retirement
is mandatory for Forbes when he
reaches 70 unless he is granted an
exception by presidential execu
tive order.
McKay said in an interview it
is- planned to replace Forbes, who
completed 40 years with the
Mines Bureau last February.
Tom Lyon, Salt Lake City, was
nominated in 1953 to be director
of the bureau. This selection was
vigorously opposed by John L.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers. Lyon asked with
drawal of his name.
Agreement later was reached
in appointment of Otto Herres,
also of Salt Lake City, to succeed
Forbes, but the nomination was
not sent to the Senate because of
imminence of adjournment of the
1953 session.
Months later, McKay agreed
Forbes might remain in office un
til he reached the statutory re
! tirement age.
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