PLANE LT- The Air Force i s g;; I ag to f anot er et-tanker fro Japan to Span . This, because G e neral William Eubank of Welsh, · est Vir inia - d dn 1 t quite make it today. General Eubank, eaded for an airbase near Madrid. ,,B(it •had to come ) down in the Azores - twelve hundred miles short of his oal. The reason for the failure - unpredictable currents in the jetstream. Gel'll'al Eubank didn't get enough of a ride on · li' e ,1etstream - after h e left Tokyo. He had to land in the Azores - when he ran out of fuel • . . . fven so - his tau feat was spectacular enough. His average speed - a record five-hundred-and~ifty miles an our. H s time between To yo and Waah ngton - more than six thousand miles int irteen hours and fort -seven minutes. Cuttin the old record in half . (General} But ta,i•u Eubank•s strato-tanl·er didn't make it all _.I\ A t e wa Mto ·pain . o t e Air Force will be sendin g another plane alon t e same route i tty soon. .. EISENHOWER President E sen h ower 1 s answer to rus h c he v - is a c h allen e to t l e ov et boss to prove h s sincer i t . Mr. Eisenhower proposin t h at K rus h c h ev accept t h e peace plan we introduced five y ears a o. That was t e famous Eisenhower " Atoms-for-Peace Plan" - under which nuclear materials would be manufactured for peaceful purposes onl. The President's letter adds - if Khrushchev doubts our ood intentions - wefre ~~ ~~. atil ~ r an "open skies;/ . . . . , .I\ Mutual inspection of Soviet Moscow and American territory . 1/,,J, 11..f! a..'\(. addin~ w 1r 21\ ready for Tl is letter from washin ton to technicians on both sides - to start drawn up plans for the international control of atomic ener • Mr. Eisen ower•s ar ent is summed up in one statemert rom t e J etter - "T h e heart of the problem snot the testin o f weapons - but t h e weapons themselves." BRITAIN - FOLLrn EL ENHOWER London announces - ful l support o f President E i sen h ower's stand on t h e ban of ato m ic weapons. The Macmillan overnment sa in t h e knew about the contents - before the note went to Khrushc e v . o did other Nato countr i es - and they all bel i eve Mr.E i senhow e r ave the r ig ht repl, to Khrushchev. When will Macmillan make hi s own repl . Not for a while yet; The British Prime Minister, to wait for Moscow to say something• about diplomatic talks, leadin g to a possible summit conference. LLi,S At his news c nf _rence tod , ·ecret ry lea sa~d - that we will h veto conduct more atomic tests - f o 11 ow i ng t e on ci com i ng u. at En i " et o ~ • T he re as on - erfect small and clean nuclear wea · ons. That we need more ex eriments - before e can roduce a device with little radioactive fall-out. ~en asked egin - about the ' oviet renunci tion of atomic tests - unilaterally, he gave the same answer - that no inspection system is foolproof - unless i■a,■■l inspection teams are inside the nations involved. That we will not trust hrushchev's •ord - until he allows United Nations •eams to cover the ~oviet Union. How aany inspection groups would that take? Accordin to r. Dulles - about twenty-four for the Soviet Union, and p resumably, the same number for he United States. RECESSION Ton i ht there's disagreement in Washington - overt ' at report b y te Labor and ommerce Departments. The report, show i n that unemployment increased b y twent -five thousand in March. President Eisenhower believes it shows, the recession is elowin g up - because February showed an unemployment increase of seven hundred thousand. Secretary of Labor Mitchell agrees with the President - calling the report, "encouraging. 11 I S, President of the AFL-CIO -- - . .... --- ·-- George Meany claims the recession 1s getting worse. The Labor leader feeling, there isn't any sj_ g n yet - of a business ~ · The report shows that we have over five million jobless - the h i hest in seventeen years. The Mare t. pick-up, below normal for this time of year. But there 1 s optimism in t h e report too. Over-all employment rose b y more than three h undred thousand in Marc h . ixty-two m i llion Americans at work - t h e fi rst over-all g ain s i nce the recession started last fall. INDONESIA island of The latest news reac h in g in a p ore - describes , ~ ~ ~ c l e-ailt_ umatra eruptin g into an inferno of civil war. , ..... the Loyali s ts and rebels.,.... fi g htin sava g el y i n five different areas - -14 e~t",1- The key point 1,Medan, whic h Jakarta still controls. Today, the rebels burst i nto Medan, seized arms and annnunition - and then retreated before lo y alist reinforcements could arrive. And fighti ng is now g oin g ~ b a r u - headquarters of the Caltex 011 Company. At Pakanbaru, the rebels captured some armored vehicles - a g ain, escapin g before the loyalists could mount a counter-attack. On both sides, charges of assassination attempts. The rebel Defense Minister had a DD narrow escape - when someone threw a h and g renade into h is office"\ f rom a speeding car. T h e Min i ster, uninjured - but f our policemen with him w ere r1:t f ;:. k. ' ~ "' " ~ £ (. In Jakarta, t h e admin i stration sa y s i t ~ - a plo t to ki l l Pres i de n t u l< arno. T \i · e l ve suspects, rounded up - c h ar e d wi t atte m p ti n a coup.I Ii 1. T h ree o f t h e twe l ve - INDONESIA - 2 offic ials of t h e ulcarno overnment. Meanwhile, the quest·on of where the arms are comin e from - is more confused tan ever. Western sources in Jakarta still say - Sukarno as ade a deal~J l\zz:ns 116}: iron curtain countries. The cost, p I Ill two hundred and fifty million ~ dollars. But Sukarno continues to den y - that he, made any deal with Communist countries. He simply says he 1 s sorry that America won•t sell him arms. Secretary of State Dulles, standin g firm on our general foreign policy - no weapons for either side, in a civil war. CUBA In Cuba, t e lo alist arm y a ·ust beaten of f a rebel attack on a arrison post i n Oriente Province. The rebels rus hi n do\·m out of the i lls - ettin r i ht up to the walls of N i quero. This, a ke port on the gulf - whic h Castro wants so •tzt e can br1n i n guns and ammunition. But before his men could g et into Niquero - Batista•s army counteP-attacked. Killing one of the rebels - driving the rest back •to the hills. L Meanwhile, th.-e seven American newsmen - have been released by Batista. 14,tJ auze Arrested because the Cuban g overnment claimed - they were in a military zone during a state of emergenc. Only released, after our Ambassador to Havana, Earl Smit - conv i nced Batista's officials that the ne,-,smen are no threat to the safety of Cuba. Toni ht, all -£_-4...Ji. -{....u-,~ seven - out of jail, ~ • ctss ' \ warned t:1 ey m ay find ~'~~l the sel es bac k i n . ~ - unless the leave Oriente Province, ~ !\ a nd return to Havana. CALIFORNIA Today's news from Cal i fornia - sunshine. Which Jg ■nit 18■1111 a■aal • ■Hi ~~e lon g ° e . i ~ of ~pring rain in a hundred y ears,- ~as• IMS1Wg. A hundred thousand acres -a:11e flooded. The damage, estimated at thirteen million dollars for last weekaone. Nine hundred families - still in shelters • • , ... thGitE HS& I ■ t.L:lil . . . . . . bj Iii ,100 Jc The Red Cross R helpin •e baltS :arf;; nine /\ thousand people - the families of laborers who have not had work yet this Sprin. The farmers or California, just beginning to think about planting tis year's crop. CHICAGO ch·ca o's pr m ar soun ds lile s o m et n g from t e old da s. Te f r t s oot n - s·nce 1 neteen Twent -Ei Gh t. T ha t ,,as dur·n t1 e rei g n o Al Capone - w o ad a brot er killed - runn n awa · , . i t h a ballot bo x . a Well, toda y AChica o detective k lled a man who threatened voters with a n. Nathaniel Hausley turned up at one precinct - carryin his revolver wrapped in a newspaper. Hausle, , warning the voters to stay away from the polling place. When two detectives approached - he ran for 1is home - two block awa. One detective burst into Hausley 1 s apartment. They struggled to ether for a moment - and then the detective killed Hausle with a sin e le shot. fuat about t h e election ? ~ 4-C.lo~ '"t. {-r 9t, 1blS goln off all right. /, )le o other excitement.- ~hae~e~aw~a~eAL~twae~1•19=••••a~1~1•~tABt~AP.11-~national issues at stake. Onl thr .. e Republicans facin opposition - and the~re ""~~ " all from down-state Illinois, ~the y )re expected to win without mu ch trouble. NATHAN The passin of G eorge Jean a t an snaps the last l i nl< t h a colorful per i oa i n American life. The era of satire - -- t h e era of H.L. MenckenAand Geor e Jean Nathan. The two met in neteen Fourteen. Mencken, an up and comin newspaper reporter on~ e Baltimore Sun. Nathan, America's top dramatic critic - coverin g the theatre for the New York Herald. Both, famous for jibing at the complacenciea of the times. Mencken and Nathan decided to pool their talents. First, they founded a magazine called "Smart Set" - and · -~.)CL 4,.4... published/\new writers~ Scott Fitz g erald and Theodore Dreiser. In Nineteen T\ienty-Four, Mencken and Nathan began turn n out t h eir most famous product - a ma azine called the 11 American Mercury". In it, they printed some of th-;..~•uu, sat i re of our t im e. Mencken, ridiculin the 'Twenties -- e v e t · i n from fl appers to bathtub in. Nathan, exercisin his w i t on Broadway - jeerin at popular i dols like Noel Coward and 16TB61 - 2 Maurice ~htYalitr. But Nathan could recognize geniu1, when he saw it. e as one of the first to defend the New School of •riah .la,wrighta - es p ecially Sean O'Casey. Nathan and ~encken left the American ercur7 during the d~preesion. The magazine'• p lace, seoure in the history of Aaerican letters. As Nathan hi ■ atlf onoe put it - •A ■ erica needed a couple of had boya then.• Two years ago, H. L. lenck~n departed. How hi• famous partner - George Jean Nathan, at seventy-six. ~ORAYA Tonight the ex- ueen of lran - is officially an •ex•. S oraya, formally scce tin g the Shah's divorce d ecree. The Iranian inister of Justice flew to Cologne, Ge rmany - to 1 resent Soraya with the docuaent. Thia, almost a month after the Shah bowed to the wiahea of hia advisers - and decided to ut aside the lovely who failed to produce an heir to the throne of Darius. The ~hah, reluctant to see his divorce become final. But he finally signed - which Soraya now accepts. Fro ■ now on, she to be known aa Her llighne1a, P rincess ~oraya Esfan44ari. No doubt she get• penaioa - but she declines to say whether she ever intends to return to Iran. ext on her schedule - a visit to the U nited ~tate Ex - ueen ~oraya, scheduled to be aboard the liner Constitution when it sails on ~onday from ~enoa. lier return p assage, booked for Ua y Thirteenth, from ew ~ork. W hich means that she will l eave merica only a few ays . before her former husband g ets here. The ~hah of Persia, SQBAXA - 2 ue to arrive on a state visit. A melancholy change from the days when he and Soraya seemed inse ar a ble. §IGLANP ln ngland, com _ etition a s just be g un in - the Stately Homes Meague. Meanin g , members of the aristocracy are trying to attract tourists - illing to pay a few shillings to walk through their aansiona. There hae been a lot of humor ? Oked at the noble lords and ladies - who go in for this kind of thing. ~ut for soae of tbe ■, their stately homes - palaces and castles - woul be in government hands by no• - except tor the tourist,. The Marquis of Bath lives in a p..jlaoe with two hundred rooaa. 1th it going to rack and ruin - when he decided to open it to visitors. Also the noble Marquia serves tea and soft drinks - and he tas made enough, to have the whole p lace done over. A still more noble lord, Bis Grace the Uuke of Marlborough - has thrown open historic ll lenheim alace - where t ere is a s p ecial attraction - the room in which Sir inston ~hurchill iBGLAID - 2 Uost successful of all in the "Stately Homes League" - the Duke of ~edford, who sells g uide books, serves buffalo stew from his own herd of buffaloes - and himself serves as a tourist guide. Last year, the Uuke of aedford had three hundred aad fifty thousand paid adaiasions. That made hia the chaapion. But this year, he's facing stiff competition - aany others getting in the act. Alas, Uon, that it Phould come to this. Th• ~uke of Bedford, the Duke of arlborough - even the M arquis of Bath! iABTHQYAIE · ere 's a follow-u p to a story we h d 1-st ni , ht. That earthquake, re orted from Al ska - one of t h e most · o erful in h istory. el l , h ere i s the scientific re ort - from the amont Geophysical Laboratory at Piermont, New York. That Laboratory, four thousand miles from the scene of the quake - but its instruments got a clear record. The quake, reaching eight p oint five on the magnitude scale. The greatest ever reported before - eight point six. That one, in Assam and Tibet, in Hineteen Fifty. The Alask a quake hit the bleak tundra - north of Fairbanks, on the Koyukuk River - no~ the Kuskokwin as we thought last night. Fortunate, because there were no ~ skiao villages in the area. The Koyukuk flows through a wilderness, a vast empty Arctic 1 nd inhabited largely by caribon and wolves.