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t tlGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. March 27, 1955npa U.S. Officials Said Pessimistic About Cease iFire Chances (Editors not: United Pre Correspondent Rutherford Poati first reported on March 9 fears of United States mili tary leaders in the Far East that a Red Chinese attack on Nationalist-held islands off the Red Chinese mainland, carrying with It the threat of major conflict, might come In a matter of weeks. In the following dispatch he reviews events and reports that his original sources have not changed their minds.) By RUTHERFORD POATS United Press Correspondent Tokyo fU.R; United States officials both here and in Wash ington are pessimistic about the chances for a cease fire in the Formosa strait. They believe a Red attack on Chinese Nation alist offshore islands could come "almost anytime" and that U S. prestige in the Far East will be placed squarely on the spot Their grave views parallel those first reported by this cor respondent in a United Press dispatch on March 9. That dispatch said United States military leaders in the Far East believed that a major war in Asia might be only weeks away. A recanvass of those sources today indicated no change in this view. It was disclosed in Washing ton yesterday that some high American military officials there now beleive the Reds will attack Matsu island at the top of the Formosa Strait around April 15. But others refused to predict any date. right along," one official said. "I don't thmk anyone can pick a month where an attack will ccme. We shouldn't be surprised if anything happens almost any time." But it is about April 15 when the "invasion season" opens the period extending into Aug ust when the waters in the For mosa Strait are calm enough to facilitate an amphibious attack. Civilian and military leaders of countries all over East Asia are watching to see what will happen. Many of them feel that war may come at any moment. All of them are watching to see whether they may safely count on the United States for help ii the Communists attack them. Might Cost Prestige Any sign of American weak ness might well cost the United States some of its prestige in free Asia. Secretary of State John Fost er Dulles said in a speech in New York Monday that the Chinese Reds are an "acute and imminent" threat to peace. He said the Red leaders seemed "dizzy with success," and were showing an "aggressive fanat icism" reminiscent of Hitler. Diplomatic observers in Dja karta, Indonesia, predict that the Chinese Communists will j not start any attack before May. They point out that Red China is one of the 28 Asian and Afri can countries due to attend a conference at Bandung. Indo nesia, starting April IB. "Chinese Premier Chou En Lai simplv can not afford to ccme to the Africa-Asia confer ence with blood on his hands," WHAT'S UP DOC? This wary squirrel on Capitol Hill cautiously approaches a golf ball (gift from President Eisenhower to a news photographer) behind which the photographer had put a few well-placed peanuts. Down the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, the White House admitted that three squirrels were "harmlessly trapped" on the White House grounds to avoid damage to the putting green and released in nearby Rock Creek Park. Destructive Ice Jam in Niagara River" Refuses To Yield To Dynamite Charges r Niagara Falls, N.Y. (U.R) A destructive glacier clogging the gorge below Niagara Falls re fused to yield Saturday to dyna mite charges planted in the ice by an explosives expert dangling dangerously from a wind whipped helicopter. The Army engineers called off the operation for the day after two dynamite charges had sprayed bits of ice into the air but failed to crack the solid mass which was 12 miles long and 45 feet high at some points. Heads for Hydro Plant The ice mass bore slowly but relentlessly down on a huge Ca nadian hydro - electric power plant and on homes, docks, busi nesses and pleasure boats. It al ready' had caused $1,000,000 damage. Wind squalls disrupted the ice - breaking operation. Col. Loren Olmstead, U.S. engineer for the Buffalo district, said blasting would be resumed at 8 a.m. today, weather permitting But the forecast was for lower temperatures and more snow, which would keep helicopters grounded. It was feared that the ice mass would grow in lower tempera tures because the glacier-like mound was being fed constantly by the roaring torrents flowing over Niagara Falls into the nar row, winding gorge to Lake On tario. Copter Called Back Karl Dintruff, explosives ex pert at the Hercules Power com pany, Rochester, N.Y., had the perilous task of planting the dynamite charges in the ice. He began work at noon and had imbedded only two sticks, one 25 pounds and one 50 pounds in the ice when Olmstead called the helicopter back to its Niagara Falls base. On the first try, the helicopter was buffeted about so severely it had to return to its base. Then, "We've got to be prepared an official in Djakarta said. 67 Reported EDead in Midwest CoDd Wave Chicago (U.R) A record' souri had moved northeastward cold wave wiped out fruit and vegetable crops in the south and turned midwestern highways Into snow-packed traffic traps. Floods heaped more hardship , on the south and icy winds kicked up more dust storms in the southwest. In New York state, Army heli copters "bombed" the worst ice Jam in 46 years on the Niagara river. 67 Reported Dead Blustery winter weather dur ing the first week of spring had taken a total of 67 lives through out the nation. Twelve persons were killed in Indiana alone, most of them in traffic accidents on icy highways. Four soldiers stationed at Colum bus, O., were killed in a single accident at Fort Wayne, Ind. Texas recorded six new deaths, five of them in two plane crashes in blowing dust. The storm which brought bliz zard conditions to parts of Ne braska, Kansas, Iowa and Mis- 'Copter Pilot Well Treated by Commies Stuttgart, Germany, U.R) An American Army pilot, held by the Russians for a week after his helicopter was blown into the "Soviet zone of Germany during a snowstorm, said Satur day he was treated "very well" by his captors. First Lt. Louis E. Jacquay of Fort Wayne, Ind., recounted his experiences at a press confer ence. Hit Strong Winds The 26-year-old pilot was fly ing West German Labor Service employee Horst Kuehn from Friedberg, near Frankfort, to Fulda, on March 17 when he said, "we encountered strong winds and snow flurries." He said the helicopter was blown across the frontier but he was able to land safely. He said they were surrounded almost immediately by East German po lice who took them to a nearby Russian headquarters. Jacquav said he an his pas senger were placed in a room, without bars and were question ed only twice from 15 to 20 minutes during their week-long stay. He said most of the interroga tion concerned matters of a per sonal nature "on our families, and things like that." More Than Enough Food He said the Russians provid ed more than enough food "we were never able to finish it." They were allowed to take walks two or three times a day, es corted by a Russian officers, he said. Jacquay said he was "scared at times, "but I knew the family in Stuttgart was safe and that made me feel better." Mrs. Jac quay was expecting a child when her husband disappeared. She bore a daughter Friday night. I and was centered over western Pennsylvania. Icy Arctic air blanketed all the area from the Rockies to the Appalachians. Snow and rain stretched from Colorado eastward to the Atlan tic coast and southeastward into Alabama, Georgia and the west ern Carolinas. Low Records Set As the frigid air surged south ward into the Gulf of Mexico, low temperature records for this late in the season were set at most points in the south and low er midwest. At San Antonio, Tex., the mer cury plunged from Friday high of 91 to a low of 31 Saturday morning. Texas growers feared the cold would kill what was left of their peach crop, two thirds of which was wiped out by a freeze a week ago. Temperatures as low as 20 de grees were forecast for the fruit belt in the deep south, through Billy Graham Sets Daily BBC Talks; Crusade Continues London (U.R) American evangelist Billy Graham will make a daily talk over the Brit ish Broadcasting corporation next week on a five minute pro gram called "Lift Up Your Hearts" the BBC announced Saturday. The BBC usually demands live broadcasts but decided Graham could record his message be cause of the "tremendous de mands on Mr. Graham" during his Glasgow "Tell Scotland" campaign that has won 1825 converts. Arrived Late The fifth meeting of his cru sade opened in packed Kelvin Hall in Glasgow Friday night with no sign of the North Caro lina clergyman. For 15 minutes the crowd of 14,000 wondered what had happened. Gospel Singer George Beverly Shea held the fort until Graham came to the platform. Graham had left the main auditorium to visit an overflow j room where 3500 persons were and began his service. A total ed circuit television. Give Greeting "I wanted to come here to night to give a word of greet ing," he told the overflow. "This is the first time I have been in this room and the first time I have seen closed circuit tele vision. "From now on as I sit on the platform, I am going to watch how I scratch mynose Decause I can see that you see every thing that is going on. He returned to the main nan and begain his service. A total of 377 made "decisions for Christ" at the meeting, bringing the five-day total to 1825. Georgia and South Carolina. A Georgia grower said if it got that low "we won t make enoun peaches to bake a pie." mm Louisiana s peach crop was ail but lost and the northern Louis iana strawberry crop was set back at least a month. t t To r 7 I f McLain's Drug Centre Monthly News Letter RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN CASES RE PORTED of serious consequences resulting from overdoses of medicines given to infants and children. EVEN COMMONLY USED HOUSEHOLD MEDICINES can be harmful if improperly taken. 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