shin ton this aftern oo n baa its fa demonstration against the undt-jixon B ill for Communist control. ~ crowd of four thous and formed on ~ ~ t o Capitol Hill, an~IMlll!'t.,. t.be ll ite House · - a cro d in 1bich there w s no lack of keds and Pinks. There was plenty of noise and mil ing around? tiut that was about all:,r1he police arrested two for disorderly conauct. But there was no real violence - as Coamunista, fellow travelers, tienry-Wallace-·1 · hird..Party-1'ollowera and auadrJ others made a concerted protest against the bill that •ould i ■ poae •••• drastic restrictions on the Coaauaia\ Party. rrom ~ortlana, uregon, the wora tonight is - floo cre s t goin, ana flood crest coming. t oaay - the high- 'Ha ter ..level of the ~olumbia lt iver dropped . ,4•-.c. inches, as the crest of the flood moved aown-stream to the point where the Columbia pours its waters into the ..... " ' ' 2 ~ . -.a ~~~ Pacific,A . . . . Ci.t the same time.,~- warning Jl..U 1"••'1- ~-rtl ~ CN.J-- a new rise of the rive~ ~ coming. eather ~ureau authorities have been keeping a close watch on the behavior oi the ayriad ff atrea ■ a that flow into the Columbia, and these are surging again, pourina a new excess ot · water into tile big river, That's the sign, the signal - tnat a new flood is building in the upper reaches of the ~olumbia, a new crest that will move down stream. ~o the flood story may be tola all over again, a repetition of the tale of the deluge •hicb flooded twenty-five per cent of the city of t ■ ti fortlanu, inundated hu g e areas of land ih several states and ~anada, from their hoaes, a n d ~ ~ drove a hundred thousana people ~ ~ u n a r e d mi;lion dollars. • • ~ • a,.-..g... 'l'he hope 1 FLOO ~ -2 . i - - - - is that the econu flooa crest won't be that bad - the ater that ours don from the mountains of ~ritish Columbia, iaa Idaho, ashington and i ■ Oregon, as tbe heat of this early summer season melts the hu~e sno•a of a winter of blizzards. UROUUliT !ULLO )L 0 ------------------- the story o f water on the r a mpa ge is acco ■ panied by a contrast - as dry as the flooas are wet. There is cianger of drou gh t in the Mid<1le · est - <1anger also of forest fires, • wbich already are raging fiercely in Canada. The iCldlewest is having a beat wave, an<1 a lack of rain-fall -- a peril for the corn crop. The fielas ar~ hot and dry, and so are the forests. Ranger• are taking precautions agains~ outbreaks of fla■• in the woodlands - tbia aa aaoke pours across tbe northern border from giant forest fires in Canada. •• hear . •i•~ there's a haze over the Mississippi Valley,•• tar abutb as lentucky - that much smoke i-ro11 b.lazin& Canadain ' woodlands. ln the ~ongressional uproar about the voice of a ■ erica, an ofter was made by the ational ~roaacasting i Company today. ~be trouble ~ was caused by raaio , ■1 prograa~ broaacast by .._a ~.ti.~. to Latin-America, and now the bil radio as network offers to let the )eaeral uovernaent have the use of its short wave facilities for a fee of one dollar a year. '1 ' he proposal · is that the govern ■eat, should han•le all overaaase programs, take that responsibility in full, the radio network to witbQraw entirely from international ~~~ broadcastin1. '6 Aes• t 1,) ,_...,..,... M. B. C. bas three~ffty-- ■" A.. ort wave stations, and offers to hand these over to the govern ■ ent for a a year. j P O hl11' I -- - --- - - -- - lhe H ouse of ~e re se n tives h s passed a six-an~a-•1-halt-bil ion dollar bill, funds for the Ar ■ y and ~ ir torce - and the ~egislators are reaay to act on an appropriation for the ~avy, three-b1l l ionr11z- hundred million. all of which tollows~warning issue4 toClaJ by our top defense coa■ ana - warning that boYiet kuaaia is building an enormous war machine, Aray and Air lorce. Congress aa was advised - that •war is not iapoasible.• . 6TOIII£ The atomic energy workers at oat Ridge, - Ten easee, tonight voted overwhel ■ ingly against aoceptiog a tinal wage-increase-otter ot ten centa an hour by the £•rbon and carbide !_h• ■ icalt ■■J• ~orporation;- tta•~ ta, the concern that operate• t.he Oak Ridge laboratory for the gowernaeat. Th• aeat, ■o•e-;- a •••t.in1, ....,,9'-ft'W on S11nda7, •h•a tile " Ar of L • ~ • ato ■ ic worker• at ~,t 1141• will - - decide wbet.her or aot to 1trite.l\wbioh ••1 ••••lt in ao•eraaent ~nter•eation -- t.o prewea\ a \le up JJ ia our at.oaic eaera proar••• " I .l tAiEstIMI (New lead) (Here's the latest on Pale s tine!-! diapatch fro m Tel Av i v quotes a apokes ■ an tor the govern■ ent of Israel as aaying that Jewish force~opped firing at three A.I. today. The Jewiab 1pokee ■an aaid that Israel ia accepting the United lation1 tour-week truce propoaal)atter two aaJor laat• ainut• •••••• 1trategic aove1 by tbe Jewial araiea to proteot their po1ition1. ••• h••• deoide4 to rlat tb• livea of our owa people rather tu riak wlola\l ■I tha oaaaetira ordar• aai~ h a . ~ . . - ,f .. -.111i1a up to the other aide.• And it 1• tbe Arabi don't atop ahooLiDC by nightfall, tbe aralea • of Iarael aay atart aajor operation••• on all tronta. (A• yet ao word fro■ the Arab state■ that l the ceaae fir• order~•• contut to their troop~ who are reported to be still firing on five troota. Tbe New oity of Jerueale■ being heavily shelled (continue with original atory) nited O OOD81C1er - eptance A uncon<1i ti lay that, Ii••• • ~•ourit.J its C" •••••••• or afternoon ~ernadot,te inatructi to a o•••• fire date, a aefinite The ~rab acceptance •hen the full atateaent fro ■ the ~osleas waa aade public, today, had an unpro ■ ising look. -rhe Arab ~tates insist tnat, at tbe end of the proposed armistice 01 one month, they will definitely resume f i g h t i n g ~ - - - . ~Alfli~·r 1~£ unless the state of Iarael ie aiaaolvea. lbia, 01 cour••• will never find any Jewish acceptance - wbiob aat M &DJ truce look dubious, as a peraanent tbi•&· ~o•ever, tne Ual la eager to have the fighting stop unaer any oircua,taaoe aa4 hope• for the best. In ~onaon toaay, 1ore1 n oeoretarJ lru1, leYiD diaoloaed the present atatus of v!uD l'a1r.., t,be lritiah officer who co ■■ and• the Arab L•cioa. Ula• Paaha haa re1i1aea froa the •ritiab Coloaial ber•i••• •• tbet be ••J re\ain bi• bi h ~illtary po1t la • Important news froa Uer ■ any - tbe •••tern alli•• haYe reacned a ful l agreement for giving the of •••tern Ueraany a governaent of tneir own. · or •••&• tber• ••r• aecret negotiations between the United ~tat••• Qreat »ritain, france, ~elgiua, the aetberlaada aad Lueaboura, with ■ uch bitter •ran&lin& on •bat to do abo I 1ettl•& up a Geraan governaent in tbe zone• beld by tbe eatern powera. )ranee, in particular aade objeotioaa, t.~• i ' reach al•a1• worried about * atrenatbenin& tJaei r rl••l• - th• ~eraana. iut no• all uiffer no•• have ,eea ae\tlea. Tnia ••• announced 01 · 1 · 1c1all7 tocla7, •lta aa added word that a conatituent ••••■ Dly for the people of eatern ~er■any will probably be aet up in oepte ■ Der. A di s patch from a broad brings a new theor7 to explain the murder of ~eorge Polk, correspondent for C.~.~. in Greece. He was, apparently, on bis way to trl for an interview with the leader of the Co ■■unist ~uerrillas, •hen he waa killed. ~o ■e auapeot the ~oaau while otherathink that George ~ol~ ••• aurdered bJ Greek reactionariea, the~-~-~. correspondent baYiDI ••tapoken in criticizing Yarioua aapecta ot the pr•••• ••••r•ati•• re11■• in athena. Today•, n•• theory eaanatea fro■ the Greel · led Guerrilla ■, wia Moscow, and Cleclarea that tae •••••an ••• aaaaaaiaated on itlatructiona of, •bat Moaoow calla - the - •••rican ••c~•t police. 'l ht Bed atory 1• Weorae Polk •a• lur l to his deatb in a trap laiCl for bia by the 4i■ eric ■ n ~ecret Police. lhat Juat •bat can tbia be, thia •••rican OGPU, tbi• M.l.V.~. of the u.~.A. Aaericana •ill be puzzled. ' Cuba has elected a ne• Preaid ot - ~ar!o1 Prio ~ocarraa. the figures for the vote cast in ttie election held yesterday, are still incoaplete - but t~e, art decisiYe. ~anaidate Prio, backed by the tiaYana Gowernaent, i running far ahead in all aix ,as pro•incea of ~uba - an4 bia election 1• conceded by bi• chief ri•al • . There were four candidate• iD tbe race, a laa\ place 1oe1 \o the Coaauniat, •boa tbe iaaoaple\e tl1sre1 ah~• \o ba•• a ■•r• ninety-aine thoaaaad ••t of aearl7 a ■ illion _ . tbree hundred thou••••••• Yo\•• p lle4 th•• far. Tod a y's ne s tells the results ot a i~imary election in oouth ~akota yesteraay - ana, alon1 with the figures coaes a vision of aaring peril in diataat tropical skies. In Minnehaha County, Cana1aate Joaep• Jacob Foss has won the ~epublican nomination for the btate Legislature. 1Aat•• equivalent to being eleo •• A ia love ■ber, beoauae tbe ~•■ocrata are not aaki•& ••1 ooateat in that County. ~o no• we'll have State Mepre1entative Joaepb Jacob loa1, who will plun1e iato Le1i1lative probleaa, debatea, bill• and reaolutioaa. ~ut • ■ eaory will bark l■ bac& to wild aoeaea in the ~outb •••tern Pacific, •hirlin& plan••• rattling ■ achine guns, air battle on bigb. ~•cause the newly elected ~tate Representative ia Lieutenant ~olonel Joe ~osa, wbo won fame by be1na th• firat A ■ericanliloi in tbe ~•conu •orld •ar to equ&l the recorQ eatabliabea bJ tddie Bickenbacker in 1orla •ar ~ne, the recora 01 twenty-six enemy planes shot down. re&, Joe toss will now busy biaselt with uull ■ etters of taxation, state budgets ana nigbway problea, But bis coara~es ot the ~outb ~acific will think of hia in terms of breathless adventu~ - lite the aay ot · t Uuadalcanal, •hen Joe roaa with a aquauron of Marine Corpe Planes, was flying up there at the ceilin&, t•••t1- aia• thousand feet high. be got into a tight witb a Jap aero, caugbt it aquare with hi• ■ achine guna, anG 89Dt it plunging like a root down to t ' he Pac i i ic far below. But, faat aa tbe zero fell, Joe 1oa1 plua1•4 faeter, becauae ••1 down · there, nearly aix all•• tielow, he apottea a couple of Jap Torpedo plan••• fl71ai at lo• altitude. ~own be ••at in a roaring power di••• 1oia1 after the two torpeuo plan••• At the end ot tba atupendoua dive, be leveled oft aLd shot down one of tbea. ~e sent it crashing into the ocean before tbe zero, •hicb be bad blasted far aboYe, feil~into the water. In tbe dive of nearly 11.X ■ ilea, Joe foaa baa beaten tbe fallin1 wizL_ x zero ,r seconds to spare, DJ enough t i t to shoot another Japanese plane into tbe sea. ~ut now it will be committee bearings ana 1egislat i ve en a ctments for bout h LJa kots ~ tate Represent tive Joseph Jacob ~oaa • • tsut__, it •ill be ao ■ ethin else t · or a war hero Lieutenant in Illinois, a s a lesaan wno, unfortuaatel7 ••• never in the ~rmy, let alone the war. In a Uhica10 Court tociay, he pleaded guilty of talaitying Aray • • • • reoorda, in which he bestowed upon hi ■ self botb ■ ilitar7 raak and exploit• of Yalor. 'L ~ ....::t.1..--. ~ e r Ni-II• •d:41MA to be a bero in tbe ••,C -:k ~ lnat~•••r had ~ chance. lie drea ■ eci of' exploi ta of ooura1• :}_'\,\~ 1 ltft~ 0 r/r•■ \\~t. hi■ out of - ■ervice. i>o all he ooal4 do••• ao to work tor th• aray aa a oiYilian. ~~~.....::1~zr- P'llralll~•, A.be••• •••i&D d tot.he 'Ofticer•• Record ■ ~raaoh,• where he had to copy and file away citation• f ~ ~ t i c i a l accounts ot · the exploit• of ot:t"icera in battle. f waa the depth of fruetrationt.he salea■an ho longed to be a ••r - - ~ ~ 4 ~ hero banQling the hero-records of others. It was also a ~ fJMA~~ te ■ pt a tioo. '-A filled in bis dream by making out a record for himself, and putting it on file. On paper, he aade himself a ti ■■ t ■ aa Lieutenant, and ~••igned hiaself to a glorious branch of the service - the Paratroopers. 1be theatre 01 war Ae chose was &urope, the aecona front invasion, ~-ua1. tie coaposed citations hooorin exploits in battle tnat he figureci out for hiaaelf aa a solaier of tbe aky. tie aJ.. a■aa■ awarded biaself ou■eroua ■edala, inc!udin& tAe .llroaae atar, the coabat int · a n t ~ 1 and the purple beart with oak leaf cluster - al ■oat everytbia& exoep\ \be ~oa1re1aloaal Medal of Honor. -,.hat •a• aa near aa he couid co■• \o ■aliD& bia drea■ a reality, a Clrea■ that explouea w1\l a fiaal ■e1aocboly bans in a ~bicago Court roo• \oClaJ - •• he pleaded suilty of falsifying aray recorua. HUG -- aerica h~ a ne vi si tor, a m ost un elcoae guest, n amed ematode. ln case you are not ~cquaintett ith him, let me make a 1ormal introduction by saying tAat lematone belon s to the Phylum Nemathelmin6e~to4ay iD Washington, the ~epartment of agriculture as~ea ~ongre•• to put up half a million dollars a year• all for tbe purpose of getting rid of the ieaat•de. It aounae ••rio•• - and it is. Recently, on New York•• Long lsland, taraere noted that their toaato and potato plan~s ••r• i~o~ing sick• lea••• withering, plants wilting. laYeatiaation disclosed a tiny •bite •or■, aoaetbiaa l a piece of ' string - the Me ■ atode. lbicb was aurpriaia1, because tbat particular type of peat bad never before be4'fn known on this aide of the Atlantic - a!tbougb the l Beaatode bas long been a blight in the tomato and potato patches of England, ~cotland and lrelana. ,~ ~o•s 1D~e OD Long ia, for l Meno• the urgent need of doin~ ao ■ething to &•t ria of the unweloo ■• aueata. ~o,-. faraera far ana wi4e ••i ba•• uninvited viaitors by the~••• or - ieaatod•~ Ph7lu■ Me~a\hel■iathea • .;...... ~ ~ YILQ.,