EUROPE France announces a proposal that •Y be an hiatorlc landaark - a plan to go into econ0111c partnerahlp with We1tem Oel'IIID1. So atated by French Porelgn lllnlater SCtman • diplOlllltlc note to the United Statea, Great Br Ve1tem deaocrac1e1. Prance and ve1tern their lnduatrial reao\ll'Ce■ - •• the c tral feature tor tak1ni Clel s,w into an econoaic un n The rrench auge1tion concent~te1 on thoH all-1slportant tactora - coal and ■tHl One ot tbl p-eat tact• ot BurOpean lite 11 - that rich coal lldnea and 1rcm atssa are found on both 1lde1 ot tbe JPNnco-a.1 ITD b Ma:kr,I- _!llleb baa been a ba11c oallM ot conflict between the two comaRt••· Prance 11 alw,1 atrald ot Geftllll ateel production - u tba 11Dewa ot Oel'IIIIII ailltar, power.So now ,ranoe propoHI • pool ot production, and a Joint aarketlnl ot coal and 1teel - with other counttiea or veatem i\lrope •• c111toar1. Porelpl EUROPE - 2 ____ ,_, ____ _ Y niter Schuman thinks th a t sue a artners h ip wou d make any fu ure w a r b ween France and Germany in his word :- "not n l y unthinkable, but im o sible. " T ' is • rovides the big new idea for the Conference of he Foreign Minister of the Big It 4) Three - with a romise of historic achievement. PRIVATEml Late news tonight brings a verdict on the fate of the Privateer and its crew of ten. The Navy Depart•nt annour.cea the result of a s tudy of wreckage found 1n the Baltic Sea, two lite-rafts, and a wheel asse■bly. These, definitely, belonged to the unarmed patrol plane, which OW' govel'lllent declares the Soviets ahot down over open sea. The two rafts were bumed into what 11 called "a folding condition." Which, together with the condition ot the wheel, 1nd1cate1 that the Privateer blew up - either 1n the air, or upon atrikirgthe water. All aboard 11L1at have perished - according to tonight'• report, baaed on the exaa1nat1on or the Reclcap. REORGANI ,.. ION __ _,_ _ _ , . . __ ,_, ___ _ President Tr u m n ro os wh a t toni ht's 'as h ington dis ate c al ls - • a virtua · · war- ' anning czar:~ H suggests th a t a mount of u hority for Stuart Symin t o n, ormer Seer . tar of t he Air Force, who is no \ t h e Chair■ an of the Nati o ns Security Re o urces Board. Th at Bo a r is in charge f p re · aring the n a ti · n, withal its industry, t o f " ce a ossible emergency o f war. Presi ent Truman s e a s of wh a t e c al la •difficulties of bo rd o er tion.• Ad t h e.re ave been r~ orts of dissension am on g the me ■ ber1. So now he ropoees to increase the authority of the Chair ■ an - Stu b rt Symington. Making him, wh t the dis pa tch calla - ••irtual w a r-plan ni ng czar.• ATOMIC Latest opinion on the hydrogen bomb - a statement Ede today by Sumner Pike, Acting Chainu.n or the Atomic Energy ' caaf~· He says the H-boab 1a - "in the lap or the gods.• Mean~, in his words - "something between P"Obable and possible." He said that the etrort to build a 1 t I 4 I , auper-atomic weapon 1a 1n tull swing, but there'• no tellinl yet if an H-b011b will work. "'!'he answer," aaya the Acting At0111c Chail'll&n, "will c0118 when one goea bang, or doean•t IO bang." Swlner Pike dtacloaea likewise· that work on an atOldc dr1Yen aubllarine, ta going ahead at apeed." The1,re concentrating on a veaael ot war tor the t1rat d•onatration ot the at011 aa a source or power - but point out that an atoa1c engine wilt a long step toward atoalc power tor peaceful induatr,. o rankin a o~ic scientist Dr. Robert Oppenhei er denies hat. be ever attended a closedbmmuni~t aee inJ - and ads that he has n~ver ade it a secret that he has associated with aanJ left ingers in the past. Thi - in reply to a statement· in California, where a witness testitfies that he had seen the scientist, so prominint in atto ic o P affair~, at a communist • etin 6• S'l'RIU It looks as if that railroad strike will happen - called for six A.M., local t1.Jle, 1n twenty-six states, largely the Niddlewest. Two weeks ago, the Union delayed the walkout, but no agreement has been reached, am the new atrike deadline 1s at hand. The trouble atfecta the Pennsylvania Railroad weat ot Harriaburg, the lew York Central west ot Buttalo, allot the Si:lllta Fe . . •· .Mi the southern railroads - not to •nt1on c. several other lines - and tonight t~ae Nlll'•u aN cuttllll 1:V down aerY1ce, 1n anticipation ot the atr ke. L'l'he Brotberboocl or Loc0110t1ve F1reaen and Enginellen 1a preasinl the dlll&lld, which haa been d11cuaaed frequently 1n the newa - the d-nd tor an extra ttreaan on mlt1ple Diesel engines, Dieaela with more than one unit. The Union argues that the second tireaan ls needed - tor aatety. The Co11panie1 replJ • "featherbedding." They aay the additional tireaan 11 unnecessary - and would impose on the railroads ot the nation a needless expense or forty ■1111on dollars a year. FLOOD ------- In OU ea Nebra ka fl oo s . even ives lost, - ten 11issin a f l h floods brc ht a ' sudden rus o f t e d lu e. L as t ni ht, th . y 0 ned, an seve 8 d 8 half inches of • t r fe ll - a orre t of r in tb t. sent streams o v r their b n A Bur ingt n bus over- whelmed - one woman pa en · er, a nu c ~ , fl oe in fi• ,ailes a he c ung to the trunk f a tree. Three other pa s en er~ srved - fou r I issing. At North Auburn, Nebraska, 5 a re ~i• ing - after an auto ■ obil e disap eared in the flood of a river. In the town of .Dunbar . t• chi ld ren a w e t from the arms o f their parents, as the delu e struc the ■. Simil r scenes - at Canadian linni eg. Th P e, h flood w rs of t Red Riv r r ee:-io throu thr e r l n , f " r n r y C 1 e w a rn in 8 b r - hr h • en an; me, . b FLOODS - 2 with a wall of water twelve feet high rushing upon Wirmipeg. Already, s011e au tholl8and citizens have been washed out ot their houses - a total of twelve thousand, when tbe h0118le■a 1n the aurrounding country are counted. lQ~~Q!_lLQQ~§ Tbe latest -- Winnipeg cut in two. The flood troa the ri••r baa iaolated the center ot the oit7 froa it• •••tera aaburb1. CAIADIAN FIRE Canadian uebec is having bad luck with fires - a devastating blaze today s~eeping the town of Cabano. Which ple,ee is atxty-f1ve miles from R1mousk1, which waa wtl)ed out by a monster conflagration over the weekend. Today at Rillouski, anay patrols were strengthened - to atop lootil"'.g, the prowling or ghouls whc go seeking tor plunder thro\lgh acres or b\lmed-out c01111ercial bulldlnga and hoaes. While at Cabano, sixty-five ■ilea away - a 11a11ar tire waa destroying thrfie hotels, two lu■ber yarda, and tortr bollaa. - ~ Plues, blown by a high wind, still aweepinl on -~he raalnder or the pt;ople evac\la?:ltroa their hoaea. 1' PRI~CE -- -- Princes Elizabeth had an adve ture today - the heiress t the cro n in the eril of the sky. She has been at lalta, for a three-week stay with her husband, Prince Philip - before returning to London for the birth of the baby she i ex ecting. Prince Phillip is remainin at Yalta, on duty a a naval officer - and toda t e Princess took a lane, which went in i g into the Mediterranean sky. But, es they reac ed the coast of Fra ce, they ran i~to Yiolent weather - e tr & mendous electrical storm. Clou41 of the te pest, with &trea· • of blinding lightning and a deafeni & roar of thunder - so bad the ~ ilot t o~ght it dangero 1 to fl on. ' . So he sought a lace to land, and icked the air : 1 or ...... at t~e h rbor of Rice - where the 1~ e came do~n safely. The Pri ess took it o 1 it i 1 . s ·; ing it i • The Princess of Persia will be married to her California bridegroo ■ with a Moba■■ edan cere ■ on7 -- after all. The religiou1 head of the Moale ■ s in Paria refued to perfor• the ritual-~n the ground that lillia■ Bill7er, while becoaing a Mobaa■edan,was doing 10 •~r•lJ for the purpoae of ••4din& Prince•• rati ■ a. So who will perfor■ th• 1011•• aa1riage? That ia the interestin& part of it. the Tb• Aga lhan, fabulou1 bead o~I1aaili,• aect of I1laa, wbo•• 10n Prince Ali, aarried Rita Hayworth in that 1pec- tac~lar affair ■ ontba aao. They are broadaiA4e4 in aatri ■onial ■ attera -- ao tb• Aga lban will oblige Pril••• ~•lifornia Fati■ a of Per1ia and ~•rxbrid•aroo•. ALCORO IM ---------- e ic 1 ci ence s te f tly -- ha a cure fo r a coo ism h s bP.e n f ound. o announced tonight hy r James J mit, Director o · Rese rch on Alco~olis ■ at Bellevue Med ' cal C ntre, New York. Te theory is t t alco olism is a result of un- balanced b~r nee -- particularly tho oft e pituitary gland. hich disbalance can be reaedied by treataent with various hormones -- soae exceedin ly sc rce, however. Th• cure is said to be co ■plete. •The cravin for alcohol diaappeara,• says the doctor. Moreo•er, the ea• ■edicine alao re ■ edies -- hango•er. lhic can be abolished oui kly by injections of hor■ one " P EC-TA C LE .:> If you'r o n of those many eo l who hate bifocals, here's the bad news - tr1ro c als. This is the latest contribution to th . e discomfort of spectacles, a new invention announced by Dr. , James Grout, President ot the Northern Illinois College of <>otometry. He says that bifocals are unsatisfactory fo . r many - and he's not kidding. ~~ trying to shift from on . e ~ · ~ - _..,._..,~'44,. lens to the other, , - . . . . t a ~ seeing double. So, to . A.. 111&ke matters worse, the doctor comes out with s011ethiog to make you see triple - trifo~alsf TE now rr v at - tw twent M 1 tr t. - B rlington, V rmont, J o e Whiteston, f orty -two years old, tr ed to mak a d a te with a w ai tress in a restaurant, an she smiled sweetly and s aid - Yes. As she push a plate of bash, she whispered: ''lleew me at two _! wenty Maple Street.' Well, you know haw it is - Joe perked up, fixed his tie - and, in due time strolled around to two twenty Maple - - Street. There he found - the sheriff. TWo twenty Maple Street being - the county jail. Joe didn't like that, as who would? In tact, it de him mad. And he went back to the restaurant to tlnd out where he could get hold or that waitress. He kicked up such a rumpus that tonight he's serving a five-day sentence at two twenty Maple Street. IG u h n o a . r1 o m , , o th own r of r as 1 nth o - o n. , f OU Oto do - on to 1 1rn th g r s d p ig, w o n' h a il you with tt welcomd strains of " O ld N ssau." At a the tre 1n the coll ge town la 1 t, they · · ere glvine; performance r l y call d ''My Foolish Heart." Svunds like 1ne. But it wss ev n, ore foolish than that. Because, at a sentimental oment of the drama, somebody l 1\-n a grea ed pig - whtch went charging through the aud1 nee. You can 1.Jllagine what that did to - "Ny Pool1eh Heart." To have a 1g in the r nee was bad enough - tried to capture the beast, it slipped throu&h their hand, the way greased 1g always s . T ud1en e howled, and he actors forgot their lines, until the sltppeJJ urauit as finally successf 1 - and they put th grea ed pig in the dog- on. ·o ilia rln t s cadem1c Jok ter with m pl c - h~ to li h b 1n. THEFT w fo rd, M ss chus tt - burgl rs, breaking into sunt tu us nsion, stole a suit o f clothes. They took nothing else, but coat, v e st and trousers. of money - literally, fl\e suit of clothes tailored of bills, ones, fives, tens. Also - a crown made of money - about five thousand dollars 1n all. Th place ot this reJD&rkable robbery was the residence of th.e negro Bishop, Charles Grace, head of a religious cult. He returned recently from a trip to Europe, and his twenty thousand followars<~hill - by preaent111i that suit and crown, made of bills . pinned together. It at have been qw• . te a sight - to see the B1ahcp all dre aed up in money, and crowned with cash. But maybe now a burglar will be wearing that financial apparel. ~~- So, call a · ~ A . - if you see a . walking bank on a stroll down the street. BOY o rt Huron, Mi hig n, w a city o f p rayer od y - as its forty tho usand inhabit nt join din sup 11 ttons for th e safet of a two nd - - h lf y ar ol boy who dtsa peared week ago. L i ttle Brian Marsh 11 was p ying at his hom, when h vanished - n a widespr ad, intensive search h a s failed to find any sign of him. They've b en dragging the river near his home, and hunting for possible abductors, on the supposition that he may have been kidnapped. Today at Port Huron, work paused in ractori a, ministers opened their churches, and the Mayor procla d - an hour of prayer. B ING CRO BY Mrs. 1 Crosb as - tl she oe$ n t kno how those rumors ot started. 'There's no se ration, \ 1 says she, "and we don't plan n. I a m v ry 1sturbed nd upset over these stor 1 s,' shed l a r s, and adds: ''We haven't ven qu rreled." Bing Crosby and his wife have long been married - ;dL ~ four sons. ~ d--e1J '1lft"4tJt~ ot- - c.teadY't e e - v . ~ fieports came out that they were brealc1ng , up - separation or divorce. Which Bing, traveling in &trope, denies - and h18 w1te says today that the best guess she could 11&ke 1 that the rwaor factory started all because she and Bing de 011e arrangemttnts with attorneys. But that, she says,••• merely a trust fund, putting away money for their four sons.