Army Will Drop
One Armored Division,
14 Air Defense Battalions
WASHINGTON, UP>—One ar
mored division and 14 air defense
battalions will be dropped by the
Army as part of its drive to cut
100,000 men from its strength by
next June 30.
The announcement last night
did not specify which units would
be affected, but said the number
of troops at various posts also
will be cut back, with some of the
installations being closed.
The greater part of the reduc
tion, 71,000 men, will be accom
plished by Jan. 1, the Army said,
with the remaining 29,000 being
eliminated by next June 30.
To the extent possible, the cuts
will be concentrated in adminis
trative, supply and special activi
ties so maximum combat strength
can be maintained.
The Army cuts are part of an
over-all reduction of 200,000 men
in the armed services ordered by
Secretary of Defense Wilson in
separate orders last July 16 and
Sept. 19. The cut will leave the
Army with 900,000 men.
Foes of Beck & Hof fa
Seek Reinstatement of
Staying Injunction
WASHINGTON, Foes of
Teamster Union bosses Dave Beck
and James R. Hof fa went to the
Supreme Court today seeking re
instatement of an injunction
against election of new Teamster
officials this week.
They said that without the in
junction the 1,400,000-member
union would be saddled by “dic
tatorship control.” They contend
ed the voting would permit in
trenchment of such leadership.
Attorneys for 13 New York
teamsters who want to postpone
the election of the giant union’s
convention opening today filed
a petition asking that the injunc
tion be put back into effect.
Chief Justic Warren probably
will decide the question. The high
court itself is in summer recess.
The New York group contends
that delegates to the Teamsters’
convention have been picked im
properly. They also assert the
election has been rigged to insure
that Hoffia will succeed Beck as
president. ,
Alaska’s First and Last
Health Ship, MS Hygiene,
Is Taken Out Of Service
JUNEAU — The MS Hygiene,
first and last of the Alaska Dept,
of Health floating clinics serving
remote coastal communities, was
taken out of service at the end
of its summer operation in the
Aleutian area and is now in Ju
neau being stripped of its clinical
equipment and gear. Then it will
head for Seattle where it will be
tied up at Hake Unicn dock for
disposal by the Territorial Dept,
of Finance, according to Dr. Chas.
R. Hayman, acting commissioner
of health.
He said a land - based nursing
service station at Sand Point will
furnish health services to the
Aleutian area where the Hygiene
has been operating the past few
yars. Improved air services and
other facilities now provide more
economical and efficient means of
furnishing health services than
were available when the Health
Dept, initiated work of the float
ing health centers in 1945, Dr.
Hayman said.
Me- were milking cows as long
ago as 9,000 B.C.
Symington Says
Administration
Wrecked Talks
KANSAS CITY, UB—-Sen. Sym
ington (D-Mo) charged today the
Eisenhower Administration has
“pulled the rug out from under
our negotiators” and wrecked the
recent London disarmament con
ference.
In a speech prepared for a dis
trict Kiwanis convention, Syming
said the announcement of a 100,
000-man cutback in armed forces
by Secretary of Defense Wilson
in July “was tragic in .view of the
disarmament conference then in
session.”
Then, the senator added, a ceil
ing was placed cn defense spend
ing, forcing cancellation of hun
dreds of defense contracts, and
“there was a group of vague and
disorderly pronouncements” on
defense policies.
Symington said it is naive to
think the Russians would agree
to controlled disarmament when
the United States already is dis
arming unilaterally.
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NATO Armada
Fails to Catch
Red, Jet Snooper
WITH THE U.S. 6th FLEET
OFF TURKEY, WV—Vice Adm.
Charles R. Brown ordered Ameri
can jet interceptors Friday to
shoot down with Sidewinder mis
siles a possible hostile aircraft
over the U.S. 6th Fleet. The plane
escaped to Communist Bulgaria
before U.S. Navy delta-wing Sky
rays could catch it.
An unidentified plane believed
to be Russian flew over American
amphibious forces massed in
Turkey’s Saros Gulf at midday on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day. It came in at high altitude
from the direction of Bessarabia,
across the Black Sea along the
Romanian and Bulgarian coasts,
across the Isthmus of Turkey and
over the invasion fleet massed
for a NATO exercise only 30 miles
south of Bulgaria.
The 6th Fleet took no action on
the first three days, altho the
plane was detected on radar and
by jet trails. The plane was be
lieved to be on a photographic
mission. It flew higher than 35,
000 feet. '
On Thursday the swept-wing
aircraft came in very low, at an
estimated speed of 600 miles an
hour plus, again at about noon.
It was not detected by radar
this time, but flashed over the
amphibious force and was seen
by several qualified officers.
Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt
Says Military Might
Will Not Defeat Russians
NEW YORK, —Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt says military might
alone will not defeat the Soviet
Unjon.
The United States can beat the
Russians only by being “far bet
ter than they are,” she said as she
returned here by plane yesterday
from a 25-day visit to Russia.
To make a successful appeal to
the world against persistent and
carefully conducted Russian dip
lomacy, Americans need greater
knowledge and understanding of
that country’s background and
motives, Mrs. Roosevelt declared.
She advised students of Russian
affairs to “study history as you
have never studied it before.”
There is no law requiring “In
God We Trust” be put on all U.S.
coins. It is simply a precedent
started in Civil War days.
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