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HIS FITNESS ASSAILED-Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, Wiscon
sin Republican, gets out his law books after announcing that he
has filed a two-million-dollar libel and slander suit against Senator
William Benton, Connecticut Democrat. Senator Benton is the
author of a Senate resolution asking investigation of McCarthy's
fitness to remain ia the Senate. McCarthy said he intends to serve
as his own lawyer in the case.
Prineville Families
Returning to Homes;
More Water Possible
'.Prineville, Ore. (U.R) Many
of Jhe 500 persons who evacu
ated their ' homes when snow
swollen Crooked River shot out
of its banks here began moving
back Friday as the stream re
ceded slowly.
Completion of a new dike
considered capable of holding a
crest two feet higher than the
stream's high-water mark and a
Action Demanded
On Building Dam
In Crooked River
Prineville (U.R) Residents of
flood-stricken Prineville Friday
bombarded Oregon's congres
sional delegation with telegrams
demanding action on their
troubles with the Crooked river.
Residents said they have been
trying "for 30 years' to get the
government to build a high dam
and reservoir on the river for
flood control and irrigation.
A. B. Bowman, a spokesman
for the townspeople, said he had
called the Bureau of Reclama
tion office at Boise. Ida.. Thurs
day to learn the fate of a govern
ment report being prepared on
the area's flood control prob
lems. He said he was told the re-Tim-t
is beine rewritten and
won't be ready for two months
Bureau Budget Funds
Feel Economy Axe
Washington (U.R) The House
Appropriations Committee con
tinued its assault on President
Truman's budget Friday by vot
ing $172,800,000 less than he
asked for the State. Commerce
and Justice departments.
The committee recommended
that the three departments be
given $1,070,000,000 for their
needs in the fiscal year starting
July 1. That is about 14 per cent
under the budget request.
Commerce was voted $589,
569.499. a cut of $117,402,000;
State S266.056.510. a cut of
$52,351,000; and Justice $187,
600,000 a cut of $2,725,000.
Navy Men Marooned
On Arctic Ice Pack
Point Barrow, Alaska (U.R)
An "operation ski jump" Navy
plane broke its landing gear on
takeoff Friday, marooning its
nine-man crew on the desolate
arctic ice pack 700 miles north
of here.
None of the men was injured
and the group has food for four
days as well as plenty of shelter
and gasoline for fuel, Cmdr. E.
M. Ward radioed.
Social Event of Year
Shown in (Shudder)
Pictures on Page 12
Pictures of the social event
of the season are shown on
Page 12 of today's Mail
Tribune.
The event long - heralded
but mostly unexpected, is the
wedding of the perennial
bachelor and hunk of Ameri
can young manhood, Li'l Ab
ner, and his luscious gal
friend. Daisy Mae.
Li'l Abner has been escap
ing marriage, mostly by the
skin of his teeth, for almost 18
years now. He has avoided the
bonds of matrimony with a
wide variety of females, in
cluding the Wolf GaL Lady
Hotfoot, and others.
Bui at last it's happened
really, really happened. Car
toonist AI Capp. who feels
that such an important event
should not go without expla
nation, will tell why he (gulp!)
did it in the Sunday Mail
Tribune.
forecast of cooler temperatures
brightened hopes that the worst
was over.
New Floods Possible
However, Ochoco national for
est officials said a period of
warm weather could bring re
newed floods because of heavy
snow in the region, and crews
continued to strengthen dikes.
The Crooked river had fallen
nearly two feet. Families living
on the southwest edge of town
began the job of moving back
and cleaning up. But water was
still standing on one part of
town1 where 70 homes were
evacuated and residents feared
they might have to pump out the
water before they could return.
Many ranches were still under
water.
At the peak of the flood,
water stood four feet deep in
some residential areas. Rich
farmland nearby was inundated.
No loss of life was reported. The
water did not reach the business
section.
"You haven't seen high water
yet," Ochoco National Forest
road supervisor Alvin Grimes
said. Grimes said snow in the
area - .which drains into -the
Crooked river was twice as deep
as usual.
Rapidly melting snow and
heavy rains early in the week
sent ' the Crooked river and
Ochoco creek . to their highest
level in 40 years. Red Cross
workers, state and local police
and volunteers assisted in evacu
ation of 150 families.
Homes not endangered were
opened to the evacuees. Furni
ture was stored in a school gym
nasium. Mayor Stuart Sheik said it
was not posisble to estimate
damage but that he did not be
lieve it too extensive.
Prineville is a town of 3.200
located in central Oregon's nor
mally arid plateau country.
Weather continued warm and
the possibility of rain and more
melting snow caused anxiety
over possible new crests. How
ever, Mayor Sheik said he be
lieved they could be handled
without additional damage.
Large Timber Area
Sold, Records Show
The sale of several hundred
acres of Jackson county timber
land at a price believed to be in
excess of $350,000 was revealed
today by records on file in the
county clerk's office. The land
was purchased by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas G. Ross, of Ross Lum
ber company. Camp White, from
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Edmonds and
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bauer, all of
Medford.
Land involved in the sale is
southeast of Butte Falls in the
Fish Lake road area, and in the
Wasson canyon area on the north
fork of Little Butte creek
West Power Project Funds
Survive Cut in House Vote
Washington (U.R) The House
sent a $488,248,253 Interior De
partment, appropriation bill to
the Senate Friday, with the ad
ministration's request for west
ern water and power projects
Arirtually intact.
The House sliced $6,186,510
from the department's budget for
the next fiscal year before ap
proving the bill late Thursday.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee earlier had lopped off an
other $137,567,037 from the ad
ministration's requests.
West Funds Left Intact
Western water and power ap
propriations were left unchang
ed from the committee, version
of the bill. The Bureau of Recla
mation construction budget re
mained at $153,353,000 and the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion fund at $66,523,400.
The committee bad cut about
Medford
United Pri
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Communists Accuse
United Nations of
Breaking Secrecy
Peiping Broadcast
Alleges Violation
Panmunjom (U.R) The Chi
nese Communists accused the
United Nations today of break
ing the secrecy agreement in
truce negotiations but an Allied
officer said the UN is "sincerely
striving" to keep the agreement.
The Communist accusation
was made in a Peiping radio
broadcast. It said American of
ficers gave out information of
secret sessions on exchanging
prisoners of war to a Reuters
correspondent on March 25, the
day after the news blackout be
came effective.
Broadcast Ignored
The UN did not take the
trouble to deny the broadcast.
Lt. Col. Joseph J. Borchert, act
ing spokesman for the UN com
mand read a statement that said:
"The UN policy concerning
executive sessions has been an
nounced. The UN does not in
tend indulging in any contro
versy with radio Peiping as to
our actions. We are seriously
striving to maintain inviolate
the agreement we made with the
Communists concerning closed
session discussions on the pris
oner of war matter."
Information Denied
United Nations correspond
ents at the Munsan press train
unanimously denied that any of
their number had received infor
mation from Allied officials on.
the progress of the secret nego
tiations. The newsmen, who are ac
credited to the United Nations
command for press coverage of
the Panmunjom armistice talks,
said no correpsondent had re
ceived any initimation from of
ficial or unofficial sources re
lating to the prisoner of war
discussions.
Said Inspired by Ridgway
Peiping charged the alleged
Reuters dispatch was inspired
by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
supreme Allied commander. The
broadcast said American offic
ers had put forth an "extra
ordinary rumor to the effect that
the Korean and Chinese side had
made indirect approach es
against the executive sessions."
Both sides agreed to secret
sessions on prisoners of war in
the hope of breaking a deadlock.
Prisoners Hidden
In Sawdust Located v
Salem (U.R) One of the lat
est attempts to migrate from
Oregon state penitentiary here
was thwarted Thursday night
when two convicts were found
hiding in a sawdust pile in the
prison yard.
The two were missed at 5 p.m.
count of prisoners and a search
begun. Prison guards found the
two about an hour later.
Warden Virgil J. O'Malley
identified the convicts as Alvis
Odell Davis, 34, doing time for
burglary from Lane county, and
David C. Johnson, 36, up from
Klamath county . for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Mechanic Arrested on
Charges of Molesting
Portland (U.R) Herbert L.
Morrison, 45, Longview,
Wash., garage mechanic, was jail
ed here Friday as a suspect in a
series of molesting cases involv
ing children and young women.
Police nabbed Morrison as he
started to get into his parked
car. They said they had been
looking for him. for nearly two
years.
S51.000.000 from the reclama
tion bureau's request, but said
the bureau had. unspent funds
that would allow it to carry out
its proposed program. The Bon
neville agency lost about $3,
500,000 by committee action,
most of it for an electric power
connection between Oregon and
California.
The major cut by the House
was $3,692,315 from a proposed
$29,055,000 geological survey
budget
Others included: Bureau of
Mines, cut $816,000 to $18,000,
000, and Bureau of Reclamation
administration, cut $500,000 to
$5,000,000
A $74,201,426 item for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs was
left unchanged after attempts to
increase it by about $7,000,000
and to cut it by approximately
the same amount were defeated.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28,
Navy Reveals Expanded Plane Goal;
Seven Models Superior to MIS-IS
Washington (U.R) The Navy
plans to produce 300 planes
monthly by the end of fiscal
year 1953, including seven
models superior to Russia's
MIG-15 jet fighter, it was re
vealed Friday.
Navy Secretary Dan A. Kim
ball and Adm. William M. Fech
teler, chief of naval operations,
reported these goals in recent
testimony on the record-breaking
$52,100,000,000 dfense bud
hget released by the House Ap
propriations committee.
On Two-Year Basis
Naval aircraft procurement
has ben scheduled on a two-year
basis, under which "aircraft de
liveries will rise evenly to about
300 per month by the end of fis
cal 1953 and will be held at that
level," Fechteler said.
Civil Suit Seeks
$50,000; Alleges
Assault Damages
A total of $50,000 in damages
is sought from Harry G. Dowson,
47 Berkely way, in a civil suit
filed yesterday in circuit court
by attorneys for Aubrey .
Cripps, Box 759, Central Point
According to records filed m
the county clerk's office, Cripps
asks $25,000 compensory dam
ages for injuries alleged to have
been received February 14 in
Central Point. Cripps charges
that Dowson struck him with a
blackjack, causing "great pain
and suffering." The complaint
also asks $25,000 punitive dam'
ages.
Portland Attorney Paul Bailey,
who recently obtained a crim
inal asault and battery charge
against Dowson on the same al
legations," " presented the com
plaint. Bailey is a member of
a firm of ' attorneys currently
representing two unions in labor
disputes in the Medford area.
Statements Open
Injunction Hearing
Attorneys presented opening
statements in . circuit court here
this morning in a hearing involv
ing a requested temporary court
order restraining picketing and
other practices at the Southern
Oregon Planing Mill company,
Central Point.
The complaint requesting such
a court order was filed March 21
by attorneys for the firm.
Named as defendants were Local
3030, Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union, AFL; the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America; A. E. Jun
gans, Ralph M. Davis, Gene Ted
rick and William E. Kuhlwein,
officials of the lumber union,
and Joe Kulas, representatives
of the carpenters union.
Court reconvened at 1 p.m. to
day after attorneys for the
plaintiffs had been requested to
have Harry G. Dowson, 47 Ber
keley way, official of the plan
ing mill, present during the trial.
Attorneys expressed the be
lief that the hearing will prob
ably be continued tomorrow.
Legislation Urged
For Serviceman Vote
Washington UR) President
Truman urged Congess Friday
to pass emergency legislation to
assure men and women in the
armed forces an opportunity to
vote in the 1952 elections.
The President asked Congress
to authorize a special federal bal
lot to be used in states where
soldier voting is blocked by spe
cial requirements. He also asked
the states themselves to take im
mediate steps to remove all ob
stacles to absentee voting by
service men and women.
Mr. Truman's recommenda
tions were made in a 1.800-word
special message to both houses
of Congress.
Seattle (U.R) Boeing Air
plane company's 1951 net earn
ings were $7,140,751. equal to
$6.60 per share, on total sales
and other income of $337,957,
026, the company's annual re
port showed Friday.
Portland (U.R) Hillman
Lueddemann was re-elected
president of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association at the
conclusion of the 41st annual
stockholders' meeting here. '
Vice Adm. John H. Cassady,
deputy chief of naval operations
for air, said that at the time of
the Korean outbreak, the Navy
"was getting about 60 to 70 air
planes a month.
Cassady said last January was
the month of highest deliveries
since Korea, but did not say for
the record how many planes
were delivered.
Superior To MIG-15
Kimball told the committee
the Navy has "in production this
year about seven models of air
planes that are superior to the
MIG-15."
"Certain of these planes will
be operating in the fleet during
the present calendar year,"
Cassady said.
Cassady said all new long
range fighter planes requested
Baize Said 'Habitual,
Confirmed1 Criminal
By Sentencing Judge
Richard Hewitt Baize, 36, of
45 Hawthorne street, Thursday
afternoon was sentenced to an
indeterminate prison term not
to exceed three - years on a
charge of larceny by embezzle
ment. The sentence was imposed
in circuit court by Judge H. K
Hanna.
Baize pleaded guilty March 1
to cnaiges that he stole some
$1,600 from Medford parking
meters while serving as a police
Riots in Tehran
Protest Germ Use
' Tehran, Iran U.R) Ten per
sons were reported killed and
an estimated 100 injured Friday
when police and militia battled
10,000 Communist youths dem
onstrating against alleged use of
''germ warfare" by U. S. forces
in Korea.
General street fighting with
sticks and stones turned into
gun battles when rioters wrest
ed rifles and pistols from police
and militia. Police said 50 Com
munists were arrested. '
The mob turned their captur
ed weapons on the government
forces in pointblank fire, sup
ported by a barrage of paving
stones hurled by other youths.
Two policemen were killed and
one injured in the first fusillade
from the rioters.
Japanese Communists
Arrested in Big Raid
Tokyo (U.R) Police arrested
162 Communists Friday in what
was described as Japan's biggest
post-war raid on some 2,000 Red
hideouts and clandestine print
ing plants.
The raids were directed chief
ly against the Japanese Com
munist party's extensive under
ground network of printing
presses and propaganda distribu
tion centers.
Main target ' was the Com
munist publication "Peace and
Independence," which was sus
pended officially Friday. It was
the latest in a series of news
papers that succeeded the origi
nal Communist official organ,
Akahata Red Flag.
The Communist party is a
legal political group in Japan
but the subversive publications
are not.
Rescuers Fight To Reach
5 Men Trapped in Mine
Pottsviiie, Pa. 0J.PJ Weary
rescue workers fought hopeless
ly Friday to reach five miners
trapped and presumed drowned
more than 400 feet below the
surface of an independent coal
mine in -nearby Forestville.
The miners were caught by
tons of cascading water which
poured into the mine Thursday
night following a dynamite blast
Two other miners escaped by
running more than 400 feet to
safety in the main slope.
Hongkong (U.R) It is now a
crime to help American flyers
shot down in China, the Catholic
weekly Sunday examiner said
Friday.
Portland (U.R) Multnomah
county's 10th traffic fatality of
1952 outside of Portland was
recorded Friday with the death
of Mrs. Roy . Tomlinsoo, 28.
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by the Navy "will be able to
deliver the small atomic bombs."
"Moreover," he said, "we have
modified a sizeable number of
our fighter and attack planes al
ready built and building to
achieve the same capability.
"We now have on our carriers
an attack plane capable of de
livering the big bomb. A great
ly improved carrier-based attack
plane is in production."
Four More Years Needed .
Meanwhile,. Air Undersecre
tary Roswell L. Gilpatric said it
will take nearly four more years
for the Air Force to have 126
modern combat wings under the
"stretched-out" arms program.
When "budgetary limitations"
forced the latest reduction in
plane production schedules early
this year, a peak goal of 900
planes monthly was fixed for
sergeant ' in charge of parking
meter collections. He was arrest
ed February 29 by city police.
"Confirmed. Habitual"
In imposing the sentence.
Judge Hanna said Baize stole
every day for two years and be
came a "confirmed and habitual
criminal." The judge pointed out
that Baize's crime was a viola
tion of public trust by a police
officer to whom the public looks
for protection.
In answer to pleas for leniency
by four character witnesses who
appeared before the court prior
to sentencing, Judge Hanna stat
ed thai when rectitude comes
only after guilt has been estab
lished, it appears to be only an
effort to escape being sentenced
to the pentitentiary.
Wants "To Get Started."
When asked by the court if he
hand anything to say, Baize stat
ed in a firm voice that he had
known the judge since he (Baize)
was a small boy and realized
that tht sentence imposed would
be just and fairly arrived at. He
added that he "wanted to get
started on the sentence in order
to start fresh as soon as pos
sible." The court pointed out that it
will be possible for Baize to be
paroled in one year. Judge
Hanna also expressed sympathy
for Baize's family, but stated
that such sympathy could not be
allowed to influence the court's
decision
Cite Good Record
The four witnesses who ap
peared before the court prior to
sentencing all pointed to Baize's
good record before theft of the
parking meter funds. District
Attorney Paul Haviland stated
that a pre-sentencing report on
Baize showed that he had no
previous criminal record.
The four witnesses all asked
for leniency for Baize and for a
"second chance" for the man to
make good. The witnesses were
Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor of
the Medford First Presbyterian
church; Oliver Gustafson, who
succeeded Baize as commander
of the Medford American Legion
post; Ray Sloneker, who served
with Baize on the Meaford po
lice force and who is now a lead'
er in the local Youth for Christ
movement, and Carlos Morris,
county coroner, who has employ
ed Baize on a part-time basis in
recent years.
Free on Bail
Baize was confined in the
Jackson county jail from the
time of his arrest until Wednes
day when he was released on
bail. He is still free on bail pend
ing his transportation to the Ore
gon Stste penitentiary in Salem,
probablv next week, according
to Sheriff Howard Gault
He was represented by Med
ford Attorney Edward C. Kelly.
BULLETIN
' Bangor (U.R) Supporters
of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow
er were nominated for nine of
Maine's 16 delegates to the
Republican national conven
tion Friday. The selections
were made by district cau
cuses for submission to the
GOP station convention.
Five delegates favoring the
nomination of Sen. Robert A.
Taft were named at the cau
cuses, along with two dele
gates who were not commit,
ted to any candidate. The list
was taken to the convention
hall for confirmation or rejec
tion by the entire convention.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
throuf h Saturday with a few
light showers of rain or snow
pellets in valleys and snow in
mountains. Colder. Low to
night 28-10. Highs Saturday
52-SS.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday Jf
Lowest this Morning 46
sometime in 1953. Gilpatric said
in "Planes," publication of the
Aircraft Industries association.
The Air Force's F-86 Sabrejet
is now the only U.S. fighter
ranked on a par with the MIG.
Models Listed
Kimball did not identify all
the seven naval aircraft to which
he referred, but Navy sources
listed five of them as the Grum
man F9F-6 Cougar and the
Chance-Vought F7U-3 advanced
version of the Cutlass, both now
in production; the North Ameri
can FJ-2 Fury, scheduled to go
into production next, and the
Douglas F4D Skyray and Mc
Donnel F3H Demon, both to go
into production later.
The Navy said all have speeds
of more than 650 miles an hour
and maximum altitudes of more
than 45,000 feet.
New Atomic Tests
At Frenchman Flat
Expected Soon
Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) A new
series of atomic blasts may be
set off soon at the Frenchman's
Flat testing grounds near here.
The Atomic Energy commis
sion indicated as much Thursday
night when it issued a warning
to southern Nevada residents to
keep celar of the Frenchman's
Flat area.
Meaning 'Fairly Clear'
An AEC spokesman here
would not elaborate, but in the
past such warnings have meant
new experimental explosions
were imminent. In Washington,
an AEC official would say only
that the meaning of the order
should be fairly clear."
Various. AEC staff members
from Lcs Alamos, N.M.. and oth
er parts of the country have
been arriving here in recent
days.
There have been to date 12
atomic detonations at French
man's Flat, including five last
spring and seven in the fall. The
final fall explosion-. was the
world's first underground explo
sion as fas as U.S. knowledge of
previous tests in Russia and else
where is known.
Type Not Indicated
The AEC has not indicated
what further types of tests might
be forthcoming, but there has
been widespread speculation
that the United States is now
ready to try out new designs of
various kinds of aerial bombs,
atomic artillery shells and atom
ic warheads for guided missiles.
Allied Soldiers
Kill 60 Communists
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Allied
soldiers killed 60 Communists
Friday in a thrust at heavily de
fended enemy positions in the
Mudung-Ni valley of the
"Heartbreak Ridge" sector of
Korea.
The United Nations troops
knifed into the stronghold and
withdrew before massing Chin
ese troops could counterattack.
Another patrol killed three
Communist soldiers in hand-to-hand
combat southeast of Pyong
yang. In the air, American F-80
Shooting Stars destroyed 13 sup
ply buildings northeast of Sun
chon, and another eight near
Haeju.
Eisenhower's
Seen Only Question of Time
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's early
departure from Europe is . re
garded as inevitable by the 14
North Atlantic Treaty nations,
informed sources reported Fri
day.
"It now appears to everyone
that the general's resignation as
supreme commander is only a
question of when and it prob
ably won't be long," one in
formant said.
Expected About April 2
In Paris, the semi-official
French news agency, Agence
France Presse, reported that
Eisenhower would ask release
from his European command
on or a little after April 2" and
would return home about May
15. Sources close to the general
agreed.
Authorities here said formal
Atlantic pact talks on picking
Wilson Expects
Settlement Before
April 8 Deadline
Mobilizer Meets
Truman's Cabinet '
Washington (U.R) Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said
Friday after meeting with Presi
dent Truman he thought . the
steel wage-price dispute would
be settled before the April 8
strike deadline.
Wilson's remark was made to
reporters after he met with Mr.
Truman and the President's cab
inet at the White House.
Sees Solution
, However, Wilson said the steel
situation was not discussed at
the cabinet meeting.
"Do you think a solution to
the steel situation can be worked
out?" a reporter asked.
"Yes," Wilson replied, "before
the strike deadline set for April
6."
Wilson declined further com
ment on what he based bis op
timism. After leaving the White House
Wilson went to meet Chairman
Nathan P. Feinsinger of the
Wage Stabilization Board in
Feinsinger's office.
The two apparently will con
tinue talks on the situation
which began Thursday but reach
ed no conclusion then.
As Washington officials grap
pled with the steel crisis, nego
tiating teams of the United Steel
workers Union CIO and Beth
lehem Steel company met for 30
minutes at New York City.
After half an hour the meet
ing was recessed at the com
pany's request because "of the
confusion" in the steel dispute.
Although Wilson said the steel
situation was not discussed at
the White House cabinet meet
ing, a spokesman for him earlier
had said Wilson would put the
"whole steel situation" before
Mr. Truman at the meeting.
News Secrecy Ordered
Wilson's office clamped a lid
on all official news on the steel
dispute after a three-hour meet
ing Thursday with price con
troller Ellis Arnall and Fein
singer. Informed sources said Arnall
and Feinsinger refused point-.
blank to go along with a state
ment Wilson had planned to
issue, laying down a wage-price
formula for settlement of the
steel fight. ; .
Pay Raises Recommended '
Feinsinger's wage board has
recommended pay raises and
fringe benefits totaling 26 cents
an hour in three installments
over the next 18 -months for
Philip Murray's 650,000 CIO
United Steelworkers.
The steel industry contends it
cannot pay that much without a
compensating price increase of
$12 a ton for steel.
Research Scientists
At U of 0 Recognized
Portland (U.R) Two Univer
sity of Oregon medical school re
search scientists have won inter
national recognition for their
work in the use of anti-histamine
drugs with patients suffering
from a particular type of heart
disease.
An editorial in the February
issue of The Lancet, a British
publication similar to the Jour
nal of the American Medical as
sociation, said Dr. Elton L.
McCawley, associate professor
pharmacology, and Dr. Lenox
Dick, clinical instructor in
medicine, have discovered a new
use of the drug, benadryl.
Syria Bomb Destroys
United States Office
Damascus, Syria (U.R) A
bomb explosion destroyed the of
fices of the United States in-,
formation service here early Fri
day and killed a native radio
operator.
The bomb was planted in the
USIS garden and the explosion
was described as "most severe."
Resignation
Eisenhower's successor will hot'
begin until he notifies President
Truman officially that he is
quitting. But they . said the
treaty powers already are
"thinking" about the problem
on an informal basis. ' -" ,v
Mr. Truman, on his return
Thursday night from Key West,
Fla., said Eisenhower had not in
dicated to him when he wants
to resign. j,
Gruenlher May Be Choice ''"
But 'administration insiders an
ticipate that the general will
give his word next month and
return home between- May 15
and June. 1. .
This schedule would give him
time to wind up his work and
allow his successor to be chosen
before he leaves Europe. -
All signs point to selection of
Gen: . Alfred M. Gruenther,
Eisenhower's deputy, to be the
next supreme commander.