FORMOSA ~ d'•T.-DELCO. WEDNESDAY, OCT.15, 1958 ~ (Given by Allan Jackson,L.T.in So.Pac11'1c) The United tates will not use any k i nd or pressure - to force a reduction of Ch . n ese Nationalist forces on the off-shore is l ands. S o says President Eisenhower - supporting an earlier statement by u acretary of S tate John Foster D\ll.lea. The Du ll es declaration - regarded as a sort or reversal. Previous indications having been - that the United States would ur1e Chiang Kai-s h ek to withdraw Nationalist military torcea from the Quemoy and Matsu Islands. However, at his news conference today, President Eisenhower did repeat his opinion - that it was a mistake to have all those troops on the off-shore islands. He indicated - I that he'd welcome a voluntary reduction. Chiang Kai-ahek taking soldiers out - or his own tree will. Today, the Chinese Pation~ists called orr warplane flights - over the Red mainland. They'd been sending reconnaissance planes over r as a regular thing - and the Reds called this "provocative". The decision to stop the flights - was made after consultations between the Nationalists and the U.S.government. In Algeria - 4eaonatrationa againat ~ re ■ ier veGaulle. »7 thoae •ery •l•■•nts - that be1an the mo•• which put the General in power. Today, the Algerian •~o ■■ itt•• of Public oatety•, representing frenoh colonia ordered•••• •••tine• and a general 1trike, ••t for to ■orrow. Prote1tin1 the ueGaull• 4ecision - to ha•• wide open election, in Algeria next ■ onth. Moal••• - to have an equal part with the ~reneh coloniata. General ~alan - ueGaull: deputy pro ■ptly banned the atrike - but the •reach coloaiata ••1 the7 1 ll strike den , sen o w er wi ll , p ersonal l , ma e the f nal o n - n t he new u roar a l on the 1 ne of m i ss il es. The n w ace en cy - plann n to take some two thousand m i ssile cent sts from the Army . Includ ng Dr . Werner von Braun , the Arm y to expert on roc k ets. The Army - roaring with nd ig nat i on. Protesting - a g a nst the plan . At his news conference, today, General Eisenhower said - that a presidential commission is now studying the question of transferrin the missile scientists. The final decision - up to the President. ATOMIC The mal le ~ atom c e l o i on th e news reporters had ever seen - tha t ' to~ 1 s descr ption of a bl ast on the Nevada desert . A nuclear dev ce - detonated on top of a wooden tower. The f re ball - fadin almost instantly . ~ But this pigmy will be followed!~ under g round blast To be touched off tonight - the largest atomic subterranean explosion. • orme to o command r of l a z Germany - come to · e ort o f B r it h ' e ld ar ha l Mont o ery. Who , n his memo · r - er t·c ze th e trate g y o General isenhow er n the defeat of Hitler's Germany . Co nten din - hat General Ike a)loi shculd have adopted Montgomery's plan - to strike into nort hern German y . F ol l ow ing - the v i ctor y in Normandy. a General von Mant euffel, who commanded/tall German tank army, says: "I fully a g ree with Montgomery." Adding - that the way into northern Germany was open. • Today, President eisenhower was asked about the Montg omery criticisms, and replied: "We won the war in eleven m onths, from the day we l anded." Addin g - that nobody, then, e xp ected the struggle to be over in les s than two years. It z I o ten tha Pres den · senho wer a ree w th former Pre ... i dent Harr, ' . Truman. But he d d , emohatically, toda . The Pre dent - cond emn n the j ect on of U. ~ . fore i n poli c into the election campa n . Which, t h e Republ cans char e, the Democrats are do i n g . Former President Truman said - that forei g n policy should be k ept out of t he p ol tical battle. President Eisenhower, today, applauding the Truman statement. Th. ~a or o ro a , I l l no , w o u t of 1 t o a · - or d n an rea hln f l e . layor a n ~ OC ' ed t e o ce force he t ed o 're n van . The t ou 1 - a ant i - b n o cru sade. h . ch Police Chef Don Cu a n ould n•t on. The Mayor - order n the chief to be ou t ad, to ether w th all h cop . B ut the chief and the cops refused. o last n ig ht His Honor cal l ed a mass meeting of supporters. These - includin a number of colle g e students. Whereup on Police Chief Curran raided the mass meeting - arrest i n the Mayor and four studentstday, the unfortunate students were fined - two hundred dollars each. ilul:xra. While Mayor Egan - ~ f i red another of his officials, ,, city deputy liquor i nspector. Tonight we find Lowell Thoma s - in a bewildered s tat e of mind. H e c a u e of a pa r a · ox in the far a c if i c. - - f e · mi nut e a o i t w as t o d ay . D u t now , f i v e minutes ate r, it.' s ye s terday ! ow' s that ' / h - in less than a day we've crossed the lnterna ional LJate uine twice. To do it once is always a little p uzzling. ~ut to do it twice, in a matter of hours, that's really confusing. lhat ha pp ened is this: we left the co a st of ~alifornia on a t riday ■orni ng. Arrived in Hawaii that same afternoon. A few hours later, Friday evening, we continued on to the South Pacific, flying 3000 miles during the night to Fiji, crossing the international ~ate Line, losing a day, landing at i ' iji Sunday morning. So far always flying west and south. Hut with our air destination a coral atoll in the ~ook Islands, today, Monday, from fiJi, we are now flying east to Samoa, and a mo ■ ent ago we bumped over the vate Line again - flying Crom today back to yesterday. W ho started all this confusion anyhow1 The p ilot of our special p lane - we are flying in the ~lipper L.T. -- A few minutes ago it was t oday . Dut now, five m inutes l ater, it's yesterday! ow's that1 Oh - in less than a day we've crossed the lnterna ional uate Line twice. To do it once is always a little puzzling. ~ut to do it twice, in a matter of hours, that's really contusing. What happened is this: we left the coast of ~al iforni a on a ~ riday 11orni ng. Arrived in Hawaii that same afternoon. A few hours later, Friday evening, we continued on to the South Pacific, flying 3000 mile• during the night to Fiji, crossing the !nternational ~ate Line, losing a day, landing at l'iji Sunday 11orning. So Far always flying west and south. Hut with our air destination a coral atoll in the ~ook Islands, today, Monday, fro ■ FiJi, we are now flying east to Samoa, end a mo ■ent e.go we bumped over the J.Jate Line again - flying fro ■ today back to yesterday. uo started all this confusion anyhow'/ The pilot ft, --- - - -A~ft, ,~na _ we are flying in the ~lipper L. T. - 2 .rgonaut, to a - l men yesterd ay - here a m l? O h, yes about to arrive at a g o a g o. Our ~ ilot says the members of Magellan's crew - on that first voya g e around the world - were the first to return home and find they had lost a day. ~ut how do you ex lain it? lf you imagine our earth standing still a nd the sun al o hangin motionless in the sky - then if you go round the earth counter clockwise, when you get back where you started you find you have lost one entire day. Tondelayo,when l go back to the mainlana so ■• d y, remind me won't you, to go to Harvard ubservatory and have the scientists really make this clear. There ■ ust be some simpler explanation Jhan I've just given. --0-~ Te r w rom J a pan co ntr ib ute - a 1 ttle thriller . ' a ed from po onou o · th · f t om - 1 n e n 1 c o me. In To ky o, a sea coo k of the frei hter Ko uku Maru, e n t nt o a dr store - to buy ome caust c sod a. With which to •ash th e d s e - n the sh i p's al l e • The dru gi st g ave h " m the r ht quant t of white power - and the sea cook departed happily . Then, after a while, the dru g 1st noticed - Kl he 1 d sold the sea cook - potassium cyanide. With which - to wash the 1 es. And the crew would eat - out of dishes coated with the deadly po · son. The drug 1st gave the alarm - but the Kot{uku Maru was already out at sea. And the frei hter - had no radio. ,~,-<~ f)V' So there was a frantic sea and air search~ing ~ , . ( essel ( reacni! the Ko?ku Maru, just as the sea cook ~as ready to wash the d i shes aith the potassium cyanide.