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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
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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."
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Louisiana s peach crop was ail
but lost and the northern Louis
iana strawberry crop was set
back at least a month.
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moving cautiously through the
gorge, it reached the spot Dint
truff had chosen for the first
blast.
There was a pall over the area.
The public was barred from the
scene. Only authorized personnel
were allowed within 1,000 yards
of the blast. Because the dyna
mite charges were rigged to be
set off electronically, all radios
in the area were silenced.
Florida Bay, between main
land and the Keys, shelters
about 200 spoonbills and 60
nests during breeding season.
When the National Audubon
Society started protecting them,
there were but 35 birds and 10
nests.
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