T ere are conflicting reports from formosa on the talks between ~ ecretary vulles and ueneralissimo ~hiang Kai-shek. ~ome versions say they have run into - major disagreements. That the American becretary of ~tat• asked the Nationalist leader to reduce his military forces Not only on the off-shore islands, apparently - but on Formosa as well. ~ulles _ ro p osing - an over-all r~duction of the si z e of the Nationalist army, which nW1bers half a million men. This 9 orposal sup p osedly was rejected by ~hiang Kai-shek. At the same time, these re p orts say ~hiang asked for new su p plies of American wea p ons, but ~ecretary uulles g ave no re p ly to th~t. aking - no p romises. lf the Generalissimo won't play ball with us, we won't p lay ball with him - that seems to be the idea. 0 n e b a i f o r t es e re o r t o f d i s a r e e me n t is t be fa ct - th a t t h e ~ h inese Nati o n a list o f f ici a l s are keeping mum on the s ubject of the talks. Thier silence p resumably indicating t eir is ap ointment in the result thus far. fficia ll y, A sst. ~ecretary or S t u te W a l ter R ubertion, w h o is with JJu l les, says there is no disagree- ment. tiut he h a s announced no agreement. M eanwhile, the ~eds resumed the ~ombardment of ~uemoy, tod a y. Hurling eight thousand shells - a t that off-shore island. The iationalists re p ort - that their g unfire ttestro~•4 fifteen ~ommunist guns, twelve artillery p ositions, and one observation p ost. CARDI A L Th e H un ar an R ed s i ll n ot p erm i t card nal Mind s zenty to att end th e co n c l ave n Rome, wh c h wil l elect a new Pope. T h at' s t he m ean n o f a d' s patch from Budapest, wh i ch merely e tate ~ - th at the Commun i ~t re ime has di! refused a request from t he American Le ation. Which asked - that Cardinal M i nd zenty be permitted to leave the country. The cardinal is li v i n g at the Legation - where he sought asylum at the time of the Hungarian revolt a couple of years ago. In rejectin g the American rdguest, the Reds call it - an "interference" in Hungarian affairs. The sum and substance of it bein - that the Hungarian prelate will not attend the conclave of cardinals. lt looks as if the Reds of ~as t ~ermany ar e holdin g a n A ne ric a n tourist - for the pur ose of m king the United 8tates give diplomatic recognition to the East e rmar. ~ommunist regime. The tourist - ~eorge Milroy or An Arbor, ichigan. Arrested - while driving across ~ast German territory, charged with making illegal ph otographs of a Soviet mi itary installation. O.~. authorities in West ~erlin sent a communicatic to the Hussian Array - demanding Milroy' s rele as e. ~ut they g ot no re p ly. lnstead the ~ast German Reds declared - that the case is in their jurisdiction. e'll have to deal with t h em. There ha ve been similar cases v reviously - in •hie] the ~ommunista of • e st Germany have tried to use hosta es to force Am e rican recognition of the.Ir satellite governmen1 CUBA Cb rep ort a darin etu n t - b the re b e l s. The capture of a co mm e r c al a i rliner - wh ·1e on a s c h edu l e d f ligh t ov er O r'ente Pro v ince . T he p lane ad e i h t p a ss e n g ers and a crew of three a b oar d . T ree of the p assen g ers - rebels, po s in g a s air iZ•Xfit tra v e l ers. 7/?he i r JiDa l an wa s carried o u t smoothly. The - t hr ee - n v a di n g th e coc pi t of th e p l ane, and forcing the pil o t to chan g e course, mu fly t o th e Si erra Maestra Mountains 1 an d lan d at a rebe l ai rf i e l d. The other passen g ers - presumably h eld as prisoners. · reisdent E isenhower in ~hicago tonight on his olitical cam aign tour - s p eakin g t ere of the national economy. H e says his administration has brought the nation's income to an all-time high, and without any help fro• what he calls •federal wheelchair.• T aay, the hite House issued a st a tement condemni~ a declaration by former resi ent Harry ' ! ' ruman. •ho said - ' resident Lisenhower surrenaered to the ~ommunists in Korea. residential ~ecretary Jim dagerty calls this - •re-writin the history.• ~nd makes - other blistering remarks. C o a I a d a .. te n I aly ta t r a c e n d - rou • I a le of 't'f a ro a nce . A B r i t ~h a rl i ner - coll d e d w th ~ m 1 tar e o v e r A n z o. Thi rt -one 1 v e s l o s t. A nd o n e of the v ct ms s Jane B uc ki n h am, a London mode l . Who was on her way - tr i n to p atc h u p a bro k en love affa i r. Jane B uckin ham, k nown i n fash i on pictures all over Br ta i n, thou ht he'd marry an Indian prince. But then he turned from her - to Actress Eva Bartok. Who, previously, had been i n the headlines - named with the British Marquess of M i lford-Haven. Yesterday, there was an announcement - that Pr nceShiv would marry Eva Bartek. Whereupon the model, Jane Buck i n g ham, told newsmen: " I u won•t let her ta k e him away from me." ) Her plan eciAg - to seek adv ce from the father of Prince Shiv. I\ A Maharajah - who was at Naples. so s he took an airliner, bound from London to Naples. That same airl i ner - which came to disaster today. Jane Buck i n ham - one of the victims. \. Abli - 2 -- Tonight, the ossibility of the worst of cronies - it cod.a be the announcement of the .oartok-.:>biv en · gement , th aanouncement th& sent Jane ~uckingh m on her tragic flight - was just a press agent's oream, after all. I r o m lh , n i - a e p o t , u e moo u o f o m c • o h er chapt r n ta time t 'l affa r, o muc n the eadl i ne - P nee~~ 1a a et and rou C p , ain Peter Town~end . mhree years a o, Mar a et made l e oa nful dee sion - t h at she'd renounce marr i a e w i t Pete Town~end . hereupon h e, ~ee n to for e t - went on a trip round the world. A me la ncholy ourney - that he is now recreating . Makin g a motion picture - of h is travels. For this pro ect, he took a picture -ma king party. Which ncluded a B el gi an gi rl of nineteen, Marie Luce Jama gn e. Act i n - a~ photographer . Peter Townsend had k nown her in Brussel~ , where they were members of the same riding club. Both - enthu iasti c horsem en. Today , the were in India, New Delhi, and the report s - they 'r e to et married. Mademoiselle Jamagne doesn't deny i t - she merely sm il es. Back n Be i um, hr mother s ays - y es, t may be . MARGARET - 2 The wedding, we hear, may be celebrated at Hong Kong. The next stop for the couple on the picture-making tour - A recreating the journey Peter Townsend made, trying to forget Princess Margaret. WOOD At Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - a mystery. Who stole three cords of wood - from a farmer•e back yard, near Bridgeland River ? The three cords - of freshly cut poplar logs. The peculiar thing being - that there were stacks of other logs, spruce and balsam. But they were untouched. -M~. thief• taking only the -threlf~de of papa poplar-. The police investigated - following the trail of the stolen wood. Which led - onto the river, and then down the stream. Where they found - the robber. A beaver - laying in a food supply for the winter. Poplar bark - being the favorite edible of the busy little critter. ~o self respecting beaver would Spruce and balsam? /M•■■I zz■• touch them. He11ee 1,111 ~ 1u•!~lJ.a•l'61 - ••• Ml• ••••» 1tole oai, tAe , . ANe '