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PUBLISHED SIX DATS
A WEEK FEATURING
LOCAL NEWS
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
WEATHER
Claar la partly cloudy. Slightly
warmer (Might and Saturday.
Low cat tMigkt Mar M.
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NEA Failure Harriet
Devoted to Ike Di**>emiiution of Inforautlioa and I'pbuilding of
County
VOL. 31 NO. 121
HRE« KEN RIDGE. TEXAS— FRIDAY. MAY II. I9.->I
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KImUHKK REPORT
ANCER CAMPAIGN
MEETING CALLED
SEEN OK HEARD
WE HAVE HEARD IT *\ll
a man would go nut* if he hail in
work to do, but on a day 1 tlr-
on - nearly B<m nut* b#-caust "I
having to work and Hot being ahlt
to go fishing If i: could mi':
bottle up noliiv of this weath# i . "i
put it «>n cold llora|{> foi July '
Air conditioning lack.- everything
of giving zip to the tempiiatuii
of these day* that old Mother Na
tuie gives.
Th#- t# mp# ratures ih- past Jt
hours (i> M't high and I"*
WORK OF CONSTRICTION
of the walrl lines to Ifcmifl l.aki
an#! the watci town t of to*ri
is expected to b# computed in <
we#k. I . >n Berry said today Then
it will tak> about a not he i week
to clean up.
The water coining thiough the
pipe* now ist gradual!} getting
better. However. Berry -aid. It
may he a mouth hefoi« all th-
water in thi main.- i* Us#d up and
the eXact nature of the new water
will fit known. Already softer
water with less choloride ix com-
ing thiough. Flouiuie i> going n
to til#' watel to presciv. the teeth
of the young This is hi such -mall
>)iiantity that the only «a\ to tell
it i* there would be a chemical'
analysis. Flourine in oderles.-,
tasteless and color I. even in lai
get amounts.
MITH THE PROCLAMATION
I •-ued today b> Mayor Maivin
Naylor. tels. when on this pag< i
the local cancer fund drive now
get* into full swing
Mi>. tounts Ray. tliiv. chan
nun, haul today a little ovei JHihi
is being a.-ked of Stephens county,
and till.- amount should I'm realu
.d in two weeks. Thow wishing to
contribute by mail should send
their contribution.- to Mi- B C
Morgan, treasurei. It this is not
remembered a contribution to
"Cancer" w ill gif t" Houston and
rredit he given here. Mm. U.i> ad
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AIDE TESTIFIES- Donald Dawson, White House patronage advisor.
- the t nif t f "i photograph# rs as In takes the stand before the Senate
Hank • g Sul m.tti .• to answer charges that he influenced loans made
by the RFC. (NEA Telephotoi
Th ' cancel campaign here
sponsored by the Woman's Foi-
tim, th#- work no fai having been
of an ••durational natur. in the
battle against the dread #11.i-«
REP JAI K cox (.or IN at
3 o'clock this morning to say that
th# legislators may Ik in Austin
a week longer or two iii thrc.
weeks longer, the tune d- p#'nd;ng
on sp#*eij of action on the omnibus
tax bill.
Th#- appropriations bill is out #.f
the way. bu# after the senate had
pa-se«! the omnibus tax bill it was
Sent Kick to the houaw Jim land
sey of Texarkana moved not to
concur in th. bill Th#- h us> di«l
n# t go along with him hecaus< th'
rnemb# is w:#ntcd to s#e what th#
*#'Hat# had done So. cope * <if the
bill are being struck to h. placet!
on th# desks of repre-elltativ# s
The copies w ill he there Mondav
when again the motion n«-t to con
cur anil -end th# bill to conference
will be made When th# law n .ik
era g#'t through will depend r how
long it will take th. confi renci
cnmiiiitt#ee And th- legislators
now get only J.1 per day. instead
of $|n. until they are through.
Loud Speakers Hear!
Urging Chinese Reds
To Hold Their Lines
By FRANK TREM VINE
I iiited Pie-- Stall ("orlcspoiident
TOKYO. May 11. L p i •hin. a
Com Tiuni.-t command# i - resorted
to b.ittlefii d l#iuit-p# ak# is to en
eouragt then ha:d-pri->cd foices
on the ea-t cential Koi.-un front
today. p"iiii>mg them reinl'orc.
merits if they would hold their lin-
fx*.
Hut United Nation* forces over-
ran tin- K'il>' mountaintop posi-
tions and rtcaptured Inje, an im-
portant highway town five miles
north of th- '.*{h pat ail##l, without
firing a shot.
Elsewhere along th# IlSI-mile
Roic,tii fiimt tla re w a. .in omiri
mis stiffening of enemy rnntm*
Ce
Allieil troops probing toward*
suspected I ommunist buildup
points on th# western front mirth
of Seoul were blocked by li> #1 for-
c# apparently thrown out to
-i ie# n the mam Chin#-*# armies.
I be Ki'ds put special emphasis
on tl ■ central front. They eie
r#| irte#l massing wist, north am,1
east ot K.ipyong and Chunchon,
giving indications they may h#- a-
hout to pull thi trigger on round
tw.i o| their ,-piing offensive.
Tt,. enemy loudspeakers Welt
Horan Is Given
Five Years On
Perjury Charge
II < F
Ja-
A I.Kr TER HAS KEEN RK-
ceived by th#- t'hamb# r "f C#>m-
merce saying that an OPS r.-pie-
sentativ. will b# here on Mav 2-
to confer with businessmen to ;n
form them of th# lat#--* price ipe
illations
Rusiness men front Eastland.
Ranger. Cisco. Tnrockmorton. ird
Albany will he notified through
their chainh#-r of comm#-rre. Vr><i
Ward
Th#- c##nference dl h#- with till
visitors individually beginning it
'J o'clock.
THOI'I;HT FOR THE MOMENT:
K>ep your face t« the -unshin*
and )<mi cannot s e the shadow
Helen Keller.
SEEN OR HEARD: Rloek lead-
ers still being secure#! for cleanup
campaign drainage something to
be watched in May . Correction
- it was Miller Rroyles, w hw pur
chased Kelley Farrar home, not
Wood Rroyles . A repres#nta-
tiee of the Montgomery Paving
fCMrthined an Page 2)
NKtt YORK May .. .. * -
"■.#•- I Moian, friend and political
protegi it' forner mayor Willian
O'Ttvvyer. vvas s#'nt#■ 11ce#l today to
fiv. iai- in prison and fim tl
inn foi perjury. It was the maxi-
mum .-••nteiice possible.
Federal Judg#' Charles A. De-
w. y followed the rn'ommendutinn
of th. government in impostng th#-
tiff penalty on th. I'.l-ye.n old
form#-i city offical. who lied t#> th#-
S# riat. i'i in.- Investigating Com-
mittee.
11.*fen.-' Attorney Joseph I.. !* •-
Ian#-v «ani that hi wttuld file a
not ' of appeal immediately.
Mo ari wit- found guilty by a
juiy T'le-day.
He I nl when he fold the Ke-
fauvei in Maich that
II "klyn "(hiIh \ king" lyiuts We-
b# v tsit.-d him no more than a
half #ioz# i' tiri'i s when Moran was
first i|> puty fire commissioner and
th' n an d#is. st t#> O'Dvvryer whil#'
'h' latt. i v« as Mayoi
Th. government called witness-
es who pioved that the racketeer
v i-*11.-tl Moran no less than I< o
tl" • - Moral) offer- d no defense
Dewey ( -r mittetl Moran to go
free in th# cttstodv of his attorney
until I p i when h#- must post
ihsi mill to remain free p«'nil
ing .ppeal. Th# prosecution argu-
eil ur •.u.'ce-sfully tha' Moran
should h# reman#)'tl to jail.
Il> aid east of the 11)j. while South
Korean troops w. i> knocking two
compani. s of Communists off a
hill.
"Hold Y'iiji positions at all
co-t.-.* 'the lotidspcak#*!s blared in
Chin#- "R"inf##rceinent are on
the way "
Hut th. .Hi.- found no nuns
diate sign of th# promised rein-
forceinents Ki# ld ilispafcht s rath-
• t -aid there Weie signs of a new
withdiawal between I ii j# and
Yanggu. In miles to the noith-
vv.-st.
Fifteen miles northeast of Seoul
on the opposite end of th# front,
allied patrol- were halted by tank
trwps protected by heavy rifle and
machine gun fire.
One platixiii of enemy tio#>ps
attempted to push down tile li-
jongbu condor into no man's
land just -outheast of th# town.
Xlli#*l artillery decimated the Red
patrol
Allo t! fighters ami light# r-
bomhei.- rippeil into Communist
troop- moving up to tin- front in
the Kapynng•<'hunchon area. A
." th Air Force summary said most
of the day's close support miss-
ions wen- flown on the central
front, with an estimated ■".•si Reds
killed or wounded there.
Scout planes attempting to
-•arch out enemy movements nor-
th of the I'ukhan River ran into
fierce anli aircraft barrage which
drove away all but one plane.
This scout broke through the um-
brella of fire and reported that
several groups of Chinese w. re
moving -outh through the foot-
hills.
K-'JM superfortresses, meantime,
carried the allied bombardment of
Communist airfields through its
seventh straight day with attacks
on air buses at Sari won and Sin-
mak in west-centrnI Korea.
Th • !H t« n> « f ^>mbs
f t «intinu**«! on 2)
Senior Play Has
Audience Going
For Two Noun
"Not in a Thousand Years," Sen-
01 Class pi.iV, kept the auitiellce
laughing foi nearly two hours last
night as l.ildie Huffman pottray-
• d Junior Conroy, a teen-ager on
his first date who gets into many
complications before he gets his
girl.
Margaret While was outstand-
ing as Junior's little sister, tor-
in# ntiiig and deriding him throu-
ghout th#' play. The rest of the
cast turned in fine performance)*,
ith the Faulkner twins, Rober-
ta and Rog.-ne, stealing their
-ceiie.- as talkative old ladles, Mrs.
'iilgsby anii Mrs. Habbletiwi.
Norma Jean Sheffield, was
'sweet fifteen" ill her role -as
Jeunnir Matthews, Junior's date.
Hei parents were Delmelia Dunn
and Franklin Earney, and the
Ci.nroys were played by Wanda
( ay Young and <«Ien Mitchell.
Filling out th#- cast were John-
ny Rodger* as Bert Arden, the
gaidening neighbor; Patsy But-
ler as Dilly Dalton. Marjorie
•'on roy's giggling b#'st friend;
David Buchanan as Hap; Wils#in
Thompson as Morrison Vander-
|mol. the morbid intellectual: Ri-
chard Phillips as Buzz Flugle,
Jeannie's uncouth b#iy friend: Col-
leen Davis as (ireat-Aunt Alice;
and Sue Buchanan as Cousin Ali-
cia. the sluipeless COUSII1.
Preceding the play and betw -en
acts, tin high schim>I orchestra and
soloists furnished entertainment.
Ivonn# l.i'wis, Nancy Duncan
and Jo#- Latham sang special
iinmb#>rs. and Alton Roan was di-
rector of the group.
Miss Billie Ratliff directed the
production, with Eugenia Power
as student director. Mrs. John F.
Bailey is class sponsor, and mak#--
up was done under the direction
of Mr A. (I. Chastain.
I'rograms were planned and ad-
vertising sold by Bob McCathren.
Jeanne Co#ik, Julia Schwind, ant!
IVtris Charles. Properties crew
were Jimmy May and James
Screw s.
Cshers for the performance,
whuvli fillet! the auditorium, were
Patty Andrews, Barbara Bunger,
rv. lis Charles. Dorothy Crudging-
ton. Haileiie Flynn, Alicia Knight,
Elizabeth Kmght. Mary F'arlc.
Emily Pardue. Bobby Jean Peeks,
| Charleiie Raglin. Julia Schwind,
Dnphvn#' Starr, Carol Tharp, Nat-
alie Toll#-, (iemgia Whittenburg.
and Netira Williams.
MARSHALL SAYS WAR DANGER
TODAY IS GREATEST HI ASIA
Western Europe
Arming Risk H.S.
Forced To Take
Gas Measure In
Hands Of Senate
AUSTIN. Tex.. May II 'U.R'—
The state Senate tmlay received a
committee-approved measure auth-
orizing the Railroad Commission
to set a minimum field price on
natural gas and was expected to
bring it out for floor action in one
of its rare Friday sessions.
The measure was approved. !
to by the Senate oil, gas and
mining committee yesterday.
In the lower chamber, however,
all was i|uiet as House members
left for their usual three-day week
end.
The committee-approved meas-
ure contained an amendment, by-
Sen. Howard A. Carney. Atlanta,
providing that any increase in
prices authorised by the Railroad
Commission could be passed on to
the consumer.
When the House returns next
week, it will still be faced with
the troublesome omnibus tax bill
which was approved yesterday by
the Senate.
After debating the matter for
one hour yesterday. House mem-
bers turned down a proposal to
send the bill to a conference com-
mittee anil reject Senate amend-
ments
Before House members closed up
shop for the week end. they ap-
proved by a slim T'J-til margin the
single-package appropriation bill
which called for a
state spending program for the
n#'Xt two years. The appropriation
bill now goes to the comptroller
KMInCradi
C.LADEWATER, Tex.. May U
'f*1—A man identified as Charles
W Dilley. Thomasville, was
killed last night when his car
rammed into the rear of a truck
on I*. S. highway Hit near Glade-
water.
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HAPPY RECNION-—(>eneral Matthew B Ridgway, holding young son
Matt, grins broadly at re-union witli uif. .mil son at Tokyo's Ham-da
Airport. (Radiophoto by Staff I'hotographer Richard C. Ferguson.I
Three Women Rob Officers Mazing
And Force Man To At Burglars Stir
Indecent Conduct
BANK tOBB AT GINPOMT
BIT MONEY IS IEC0VEBD
last yenr some 'Jlii.tHMi families
lo a father, a mother. # r a child
to cancer. Of these more than
imumn were in the prime of life,
between the ages of .10 and
Tbey were stricken when their
families, their work and their com-
munities needed them most.
Thone wh#> have lost a dear one,
know cancer is a terrible threat.
They know that the disease reach-
es beyond the patient to family
and loved one*, all of whom must
share a serious burden.
Happily, there is a brighter side.
Pbyaicians can now cure half of
thoae who develop cancer if the
diaeaae is diagnosed early and
treated promptly. Today, however,
only iboiit one in four, «ho have
th. disease, are h#'ing save#!.
We a- individuals h«<>. a great
responsibility: we can strike hack
at cancer through spreading life-
saving facts and through contrib-
uting to th# Cancer Crusade. Lives
will be saved—in our country, our
state, our community, and perhaps
in our own families.
Therefore. I. Marvin A. Navlor,
Ma) or of Brcrkfnridge, procl.-dm
Mav aa Cancer Control M#inth. I
cill on all citizens to j#iin in th *
Cancer Cruaadt of th#' American
Cancer Society. I heartily subscribe
to the Crusade's theme: (iuard
Your Family. Strike Hack, tiive to
Conquer Cancer.
Chinese Commies
Loses Placed At
Total of <93.642
WASHINGTON, Mav I! OP —
Th#- army said todav that Chinese
Common.st and North Koiean
forces have suffered H!K.,l i.'J cas-
ualties through A m il ';<•
Th#' total include enemy casu-
alties suffered during the first
nine days of its big spring offen-
sive.
It represents an increase of H#.-
lii'J since the army's last report
which cm-end the period through
April 21. th# date on which the
enemy drive b#-gan.
F'v comparison. Cri 'it) Nations
forces have suffered roughly 24S,-
or.." casualties through last Fri-
day including M.'Wa Americans,
some IHO.tMin S,.u#h Koreans, and
t.issi troop* of other I'nit.rt Na-
tions
The new breakdown of enemy
casualties through April :tll show-
hattle casualties. Tl'i.ftfi''. noil-battle
ed
North Korean forces - 'itt.oMI
and I4H,*W eaptur*d for a total
of Vt4.14«
Chinese Communists—
battle casualties. l!t.*ll n#tn-bat-
tle. and 3.42-'! captured for a total
of .t.V .a 16.
100 Years Given
In Rape Attempt
HOCSTON. Tex., Mav It <1 P —
Jacob K. Richev, a 27-year-old
construction worker and father of
three children was under a Dai
Vear penitentiary sentence today
for attempting to rape an eight
vear old girl, th#' daughter of a
friend.
The sentence was imposed hv
[Criminal District Judge Frank
[Williford yesterday after Richey
pleaded guilty to the charge.
SHERMAN. Tex, May It HI.*
A hitchhiking Oklahoman who
was "broke and needed money"
robbed the Collinsville State Bank,
l.i miles southeast of here, of 14,-
« «>#. at gunpoint today and fired a
couple of shots at a foot-slogging
posse before surrendering meek-
ly.
Grayson County Sheriff Obie
Blanton identified the gun-packing
bandit as Karl Franklin Morris. 29,
of Kaw, Oklahoma, and said that
the man still had all of the money
in his possession when arrested as
he left town the way he came in—
hitchhiking.
Blanton said Morris walked into
til.- bank shortly after it opened
at a. m. and forced the cashier
and i woman employe to give him
th. money while holding a -12 cali-
ber Italian-make pistol on them.
A group of Collinsville citizens
followed the bandit out of town,
"at a respectable distance," the
sheriff said. He fired at them twice
without hitting anyone, but offered
no resistance when Deputy Sheriff
John Everidge drove up beside him
In an automobile .'10 minutes after
the robbery.
He had walked arid run about a
mil#- west from town when arrest-
ed. the sheriff said.
Morris told the officers he had
been working at Wichita Falls,
but w as out of a job
"1 wait broke and needed some
money." the sheriff ifuoted Morris
as saying. He said h#> spent the
night beside a railroad track last
night and walked into town early
this morning before the bank open-
ed.
Bledsoe said Morris told him. he
had no previous criminal record.
He was not masked when he en-
tered the bank, but apparently had
made some attempt to change his
normally blond looks, the sheriff
said. There were indications of a
reddish dye having been used on
his eyebrows and around the edge
of his hairline.
FK«r Dies WbM
flail* Folk
DAYTON. T#x.. May II < ■*>
Lt. Col. William N. Hensley, X!,
of San Antonio, was kill#>d yester-
day when his National Guard jet
fighter plane crashed in a rice
fi«-ld eight miles north of here.
Hensley, district attorney at
Stin Antonio on leave since the
182nd Fighter Squadron he com-
manded was called to active duty,
was en route to fjmgley Field. Va.,
where the unit is stationed.
The air-rescue unit at Ellington
\ir Force Base near Houston said
Hensley radioed saying his en-
gine had "flamed out" at an alti-
tude- of 40,(NMt feet. Two minutes
later he radi'w-d that the plane's
"windshield has frosted over."
That was the last message receiv-
ed.
The plane struck a power line
and burnt into flames as he at-
tempted to crash land in the rice
field.
Two Area Wells
Are Completed
Echols it Dofflemeyer No. .'5 J.
R. Coody, Section 44. Block 4,
TdH' three miles southeast of Cad-
do, has been completed with a
gauge of 2"i.5 barrels of 40 grav-
ity oil in 24 hours on pump from
'the open hole at !,!>ll-27 feet. The
section was treated with Hydra-
frac.
Warren Oil Corp. No. 2 C. C.
Robinson, Section D iV>, TEA I.
Survey, an outpost to the Cadd'i
discovery well six miles northeast
of Wo# id son, is being completed as
as Mississippian discovery well.
Casing was inn to 4,.r>4fi feet.
A drillstem test was taken at
t,"i4#'i-a7 feet, with recovery of
1.11o feet of oil-cut mud in two
hours and 4o minutes. It bad show-
ered for possible production in the
Caddo and that zone may be per-
forated later.
Former County
Resident Dies
Howell Henderson, former Ste-
phens County resilient and relative
of several Breckenridge residents,
died in an Abilene hospital last
night. He hail been in ill health
a long time.
Funeral service* will be Satur-
day at :t p. m. in Kiker-Warren
Funeral Home in Abilene.
Henderson, who was born and
reared just east of Breckenridge.
is survived hy three children. How -
ard and B#nny Henderson of Abi-
CHARLESTON, R. I. May 11
■ I.pi—Three young w omen accused
by a business man of forcing him
at knife point to have sexual re-
lations with one of them, were
jailed today to await trial.
The women uteutifled themsel-
ves as Eileen and Barbara Reposa.
sisters, and Eunice Miller. All said
they were 21 and gave several
addresses which proved fictitious.
State police said the three were
given a ride from Providence yes-
terday by the man, vv ho w as mo-
toring to Narragansett Pier from
Providence for a fishing trip.
I'olice said one of the two girls
on the front seat with the man
drew a knife. H# vvas shoved into
the rear seat and one of the girls
drove the car.
The car was stopped on a bat'k
road. The man, whose name was
withheld by police, said the girl
in the rear seat forced him to
have relations with h#-r while the
gilis in front threatened him with
the knife. He then was robbed of
$10.
The girls took their victim to
Pawcatuck, Conn., where he was
ordered to go into a dnig store
and buy peroxide. The girls said
they wanted to bleach their hair
n.s a disguise. But the man called
police.
The girls were taken to West-
erly, R. I., where they pleaded in-
nocent to charges of vagrancy and
of lewd and obscene conduct. They
were remanded to the reformatory
at Cranston, R. I., for trial May
I
r . , il , |
rxNr woQiRvr in
West Texas Seen
tBy l/NITED PRESS)
Fair weather was reported in
West Texas today ind in East
Texas it was clear t#i partly clou-
dy with some thunderahower ar-
tivit. reported at the a. m.
observation iii the I'orpus I'hristi-
Alice-I.aredo area.
Rainfall reports for the 24-hour
perm#! ending at rtrW a. m. today
included Sit inch at Laredo; .4H
at Houston; .41 at Beaumont; .!<;
af fialveston. .nt at Cotulla and
:t at l.ufkin.
Temperatures yesterday range#!
from r r. d#-grees at Presidio t# 71
at Dalhart and this morning from
4i> at Dalhnrt and Amarillo to 7t
at Br##wnsvill#!.
Scattered showers were predic-
ted tonight and tomorrow in the
south portions of East Texas.
Pipeline Burst
Hurls Car 140 Ft.
DALLAS, Tex.. May II «UR~
Motorist Kern Harris decided he
pickcd the wrong time to pass
over a certain street yesterday.
As he was going to town, an
NpAmariHoans
AMARILLO, Tex., May It <U-
, — It's getting so officers can't
even engage in a gun battle with
ho#->dluins w-ithout getting turned
in for "shooting up the town."
Police squads answered a num-
ber of frantic calls from residents
yesterday who reported a lot of
-hooting in their section of town.
When they arrived on the scene,
police found sheriffs officers blast-
ing away at three burglars who
were trying to flee after being
caught knocking the hinges off a
safe at the Pierre Street Baptist
Church.
Only one person was wounded.
He was the man who heard the
burglary b#-ing planned then tip-
ped the officers off. He was grazed
by a bullet as he was "running
with" a deputy.
Mrs. Myrle O'Dell. a resident in
the area, was standing at her pic-
ture window when a wild bullet
splintered it
I fell to the floor and started
screaming for my daughter," she
said, "fiuess I was plenty excited
because my daughter lives at Vigo
Park. Tex.
That's .V miles away."
When the smoke cleared. Sheriff
Paul Oaither to#ik Johnny County,
1H and Ted Allen. 20. into custody
and charged them with burglary.
The third culprit was turned over
to juvenile officers.
Two KMod When
Train Hits Auto
HOUSTON, Tex.. May II <U.*_
Two persons were killed and three
others were injured critically today
when a New Orleans-hound South-
ern Pacific passenger train plowed
info an automobile at a grade
crossing on the outskirst of Hous-
ton.
First reports to the Harris coun-
ty sheriff's department said five
persons were killed, but later re-
ports showed that three were still
alive although unconscious at the
time. They were taken to the
Pasadena fieneral Hospital.
By RAYMOND LAHR
And JOHN L STEELE
tinted Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 11. HP —
Defenae Secretary George C. Mar-
shall said today the risk of Ru.-.s
lun intervention off World Wai
III now is "more acute by far" in
Asia than it is in western Europe
He gave that appraisal id the
risks of World War a.; he testi
fied for the fifth straight day b
fore the Senate armed services-
foreign relations committee which
is investigating the removal of
Ceu. Douglas MacArthur from
command to the Far East.
In Asia, Marshall said. Com-
munism stands to lose something
w hich it already possesses —Com-
inunist China.
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlaoper,
R., la., set off a discussion of
comparative war dangers by a-k
ing why this nation had accepted
a "calculated" risk in Europe hut
refused to take one ill Asia by
bombing Red Chinese bases sup
plying the Communists fighting in
Korea. MacArthur had proposer!
such attacks on Red bases but th"
high command refused lest Russia
jump into the fighting.
Hickenlooper said it was getter
ally agreed that American colla
boration with western Europe a.-
a calculated risk which might,
provoke a third world w-ar. Tin;
situation in Asia, he said, is otm
of "desperation" and yet the Uni-
ted States has refused to tak>:
what he termed a "similar" risk
In answer, Marshall said "it vv.i,
felt we had no choice in western
Europe but to proceed as we did.
unless vve allowed that region to
go by default to Communists do-
mination."
The secretary added that It w,w
the administration view that the
situation in Europe "was not simi-
lar to the present situation wherr;
we are in action and the ijuestion
is whether or not we can extend
that action without developing an
enlarged war on the Chinese *!#!••
or a full war because of the reac-
tions of the Sov iet Union."
"The principal difference that. I
3e - in the matter," Marshall said,
"is that we have an issue th'-r-
till Korea* that is very critical
to the Soviet Union in that they
are now in complete accord w itr*
the Chinese Communist govern-
ment so far He vve know and thej*
have a treaty of accord."
"That is being imperiled, f
would assume, and my asaociateH
have assumed, by what is happen-
ing to the Communist force* in
Koran."
Here Marshall apparently mean*
that the accord vvas being imper-
iled by the Chinese Communists'
Korean troubles.
Therefore, the
situation
as to
the possible actions of the So- je-
government," Marshall said, "is i
more acute one hy far than that nt
western Europe because, if I hey
lose a close community of inter-
ests and cooperative arrangeme nt
with China at this time, that
would be a very great loss '•>
them of something they now po.,.i-
ess.
"There is a situation where th;
Chinese can be brought to feel, h;-
continued highly destructive losi-
es, that the Soviets have let them
down. Therefore, the situation is
more dangerous."
Today's session started at
a. m. CST.
It was apparent that Marshall
has not changed many minds a
mong the Republicans supp«irtiiuf
MacArthur. Chairman Robert \
Taft, O., of the Senate GOP Policy
Committee accused the. ndmini
tration of using the Russian-''hi-
nese Communist mutual defense
pact as a straw man to justify th#-.
(Continued on Page Tt
lene and Miss Suxanne Henderson i eight-inch gas pipeline burst as he
of Ft. Worth; two sisters, Mrs.
T. C. Yates of Bishee, Aril., and
Miss Hazel Henderson of Hous-
ton; and one grandson.
Cousins who live in Brecken-
ridge are George Bingham. Mrs.
Mabl#' Thompson. Mrs. R. C. Kel-
leyr Mrs. R. L. Sargee, and C. M.
Echols.
passed over it, throwing his car
out of control.
The auto rolled 24* feet down
the street, crashed into a filling
station where it bowled over two
pumps then skidded to a stop 39
fret beyond the station.
Harris got out of it with only
a slight arm injury.
Britain Still Favors Handing Over
Formosa To Reds Following Victory
LONDON, May II 'f.Pv—Britain sa while she was blocking untfica-
still favors handing Formosa to 11ion of Korea.
Red China, but only after peace Morrison's statement put he
has been restored in Korea, for- United States and Rrit.ain on the
eign secretary Herbert Morrison | opposite side of the fense regard-
said today. iag the future disp#isition of For-
Morrison told Commons that the
government still subscribes to the
Cairo declaration of 1943 award-
ing Formosa to the "Republic of
China after World War II.
But, he said, the first step was
to obtain a Koresn peace settle-
ment. Then the United Nations
might "usefully" consider the
Formosan dispute at "the appro-
priate time," he said.
Morrison pointed out that the
Cairo declaration called for free-
dom and independence for Korea
He warned in effect that Peiping
hardly could expect to get Formo-
The Cairn declaration waj« iss-
ued by President Ro#isevelt,, Pre-
mier Joaef Stalin and then Bri-
tish Prime Minister Winston t'hor-
chill.
Although all three agreed that
Formosa should be restored to
China, the Soviet Union and Bri-
tain now reeognixe the Commun-
ist government in Peining as the
legal government of China, whil'
the U. S. still holds Generalissim
Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist re-
gime on Formosa is the legal gov-
ernment.
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