- The Swed1ah government haa given orders ,, to 1t1 naval veesela and Air rorce plane, - ehoot back I , . lf a.ttacted. Reports were that warahipa and planea, on routine ■aneuvera, had been ordered to keep awaJ from the !astern Baltic - internatlonal waters, over towa.rd the Soviet side.Thia following the shooting down of a Swed11h flying boat on & rescue mission. But Stockholm upholds 1t1 right to navigation on and over the Balt1c.Tell1ng its eh~ps and planes - •1hool They've discovered the wreok of the plane ,ha.\ was being 1ought, when the reacue plane wa1 1h01 down. The word 11 that the wreckage ca.nnot be 11 that this plane, too - & flying boat with e11ht aboard - was shot down by Red tighter planes. In Berlin, the Sovi e ts reject a protest ■ ade s by the western power - b cause of Russian interference - - with tran s po~t and communications. The Reds have been persuing a policy of systematic annoyance - to make thing difficult in the western sector of the city. They reply by charging - espionage and terrorism. Rejecting the western protests, the Soviet commander in Germany char1•• that lest Berlin has become a baae tor illegal activities, directed against the ;,.. So•i•t ao4e. That•• the excuse tor tying up the " highwa71, railroads, and telephone. tQJM,-ALIX4NDIR London states that reports tave been received from Defense Minister Earl Alexander - concerning Korea. And - London is rel1 Ted. The Defense Minister, after looking things oYer, state, that the American command is handling things well and efficiently. This 1s conflraed by a dispatch from Ottawa, capital of Canad& - where larl Alexander, on his way boae fro• Korea, 11 holding secret talks with Canadian Defense Officl&ls. Today he states: •crttlclsm of the handling of the Korea war and truce talk• 11 ab1olutely unjuatlfied. 1 ~ Then~added: •the Aaer1can1 are running a really good show.• IA!Me-¥41 On the Korean warfront, the Reds were at 11 again today - trying to knock the Oklahoman ■ off lhree atrateg1o hilltops. They have fa1l~d - runnln1, ~ at one h1lllop, into a pulser1z1ng surprise. /4 It wouldn't have happened except for the weather. Jlfty B-26 boabers were on their way to bl&at enemy ooamunloatlona far to the north of the fighting llne. The weather closed ln up there - an4 the bl& alr fleet didn't have any plaoe to go. But, not far from where they ••r•• 1waraa of Ooamunlata were ■ ur1ing agaln ■ t one of tho11 hllltopa. So the bombing fleet got order• - to 10 oTer there. They 414 - and the Red• found the•••l••• a target for a quarter of a allllon pound• of hl&h explollTe. That broke the a11ault. Ill IIAL4BP There's wonder and worry - at Auckland, tew Zealand. Office workers tell of a five-story building swaying back and forth, for••• no apparent re& ■ on. At a gasollne sta t ion - tanks underground got hot. Bislng to thirty degrees above noraal temperature. In the garden of a ho■e, a mlniature crater opened, and blew out a cloud of sulphur fuae1. Auckland ls ringed with old volcano• - & circle of cones and craters. There ha1n•t been an eruption 1lnoe the whlte man came. The laat one, 11x hundred years ago aay the Bew Zealand aborigines, the laor11. So what•• the meaning of the strange phenoaena today! Many belleTe - earthquatea are 1nd1oa te d. Scientists are trying to find out - aatlag & atudy of the ring of old Tolcanol that circle Auckland. 1111111 Con g ress today completed action on a Marine Corpe bill - g1v1ng the Leatherneck•~ ll&SS■ maximum pea ~ e-t1ae strength of four hundred 1hou1and. And - making the Karine Corp coa:na.nda.nt a member of the Chiefs of Staff, - in matter• concerning the Leathernecks. Pa11ed by both Bou1e1 - - - - of Co~gre11, the bill goes to the de1k of Pre11den, Truaa.n. - u•ABtKSBT or JUSTICI Congre s orders an investigation into the oh&rgea against the Department of Justice -- a<f.'/-- deal1ngs with big liquor companies. A sub-committee today scheduled public hearings for nex\ week, on oompla1nta that anti-trust accusations were •stifled.• In Nineteen forty-eight, there were chargel - -- &gainst the top ranking liquor companies, the •s1g rour.• An official who handled the caee, tel11 the 1ub-ooamlttee that there were good groun41 to pro1ecute the liquor •btg tour• under the antl-tru,, law,. Bu, the department of 3ustlce refused to pre11 - the ca1e. •• That's the story - to be looked into next week. - President Truman takes issue with both Senator Taft and General Eisen h ower - on the subject of Taxe1. Both candidates, who seek the Republican no ■ 1nation, have promised - cuts it elected.Senator Taft 1ay1 - he'd a■ reduce taxes fifteen percent, down the line. General Eisenhower says b~'d 1la1b federal spending by forty billion dollars a year - and there'd be a corresponding decrease 1n taxation. All qualified, of course, bJ poaa1blllt1ea in the cold war. President Truman argues - that, in11ea4 of being leas, taxes should be more. A t • his newa conference today, be declared that a fifteen percent cut would put the country ln a woree bole than eTer. The federal ~eficlt 1• approaching eight billion dollars for the year. So taxes ahould be booated, not reduced, says the President - who la not running for~leotlon. ~ - President Truaan says - he's con11der1n1 the u1e of the Taft-Bartley law to end lhe 1teel 1 ir1te. But - be aays Congreaa can't aate hl ■ do 1,. - Al•• b1a new■ conference today, the Prea14en pointed out lhat, under 1ta own tir ■1, tbe !afl• BartleJ law 1• •per ■ 1 ■ a1Ye.• Up to the White Bouae io uee 1t - or not.Get a court 1n3unct1on, or not. Be 1a71 be doean't bel1eYe the Tatt-BartleJ ■elho4 would end the atrlte - bul be'• lblntln& of tr11a1 it. The ateel a1tuat1on, be polnled out, l ■ le&dlag rapidly to an uglJ cr1a11. Plant• aaklD& ■ 111tar1 equlpaent - coapelled to cloae down, tor the lack of steel. The late t - the steel workers • inion has - - a1reed to resume the operation of one hundre:•tirt A two plants, now tied up by the strike. T{... to proYide steel for national defenee.)llorkere - to back*• on the job in ninet1-s~ven steel ■ ill• and thirt7-fi•• warehou1e1. Thia announceaent ••• made tonight ti7 the federal governaent, which has dispatched a telegra ■ to the steel co ■ paniea, intor■ ing the• ot the 1rran1e■ ent. All an indication of the 1raYit7 of the cri1i1 - the strike a menace to the re-armaaent of tbi1 nation. 1 1 11 BKOOKLt• had & fire today - one of those cooteyed spectacular eTea11 for which Brooklyn 1 8 fuoue. A towering blaze 1purt1ng up to the lofty Manhattan Br141e, durlng a Tlolent thunder1tora. Manhattan br1dp ls one of three grea\ apu1 aoro•• \he las\ a1Ter. It reache1 the Brooklyn elde hlgh ln \he a1r - and far below there•• a coal pier. lo) Iha\ oaugh t f 1re~to4aJ, together wl \h aeyeral bar1e-loacl• of ooal,-4u1t then a tempeal of w1n4, rala, thunder and 111htnlng hll Rew York. Pr0Tidta1 a 1pec\acular draft tor the fire. The coal co■p&DJ ha4 a tall bopper, four •torlea hl&h, reaching up toward the steel 1paa of the Bridie. - ~ Which aade a firet olaa1 flue - and the t-'..ea, blown by the wind, etreaae4 up throu1h the chute. Beachlag up to the bridge and aeltlag ldalan aflame. But blaze-battling wa• equally goo4. Three fireboat• converging, with powerful etre••• of waler. Vhtle, on top of the bridge, tire■en poured an ocean I.DI. a towavar4. All , u t - and the ra1a1tora. The fire wa• oTer 1n little ■ore than an hour. 9 ...... - »•IJALL In Brooklyn baseball - a no-h1t,er tod&J. earl 1r1klne - pltchlng lt for the BrooklJa Dodger,. !he Oblca10 Cub1, beaten f1Te to nothing, never 1e,,1a1 anything 11Xe & hit. They batted only tour b&lll &I tar a• the outfield, and tho1e were ea11 oalohe1. !htJ 101 one au on ba1e - \hrough a walk. lr1tlae 1JLT1Aalble IQl§l At T&nkton in South Dakota today, a bitter dra■a of the rodeo was played out today. Bringing an Among the bucking brono1, that one••• the ■ 01t v101ou1. Sever&l weeks ago, a buckaroo, naud Reuben Bagola, tried to conquer tbe •killer-mare•, an4 loet bls life. Be wae thrown that hard. After which & brother-la law of the v1ct1 ■ made the trJ -- buckaroo Sonny Blair. In a ro4eo earlier th1• week, ~ he rode the •t111er-aare•and wa• toa1ed off. But - 1urv1ved. Whloh tak•+· to the MW■ toclaJ - Bour Blatr tr11a1 lt once again. Al lhe Tutton rodeo, be vaulted lato the 1a44le, aad the buot1a1 be1aa. The •t111er- aare• went lnto frantic gyration,. But atlll the rider etuot to the saddle - r11bt oA to the end.What an end! ta The 11&44ene4 bronc, 1n a cll ■ax of frenzied effort, wrenched ao violently - that ehe broke her back. !be 'tiller-mare• k1lltng herself. -- I &IPPLJe4B Here•• &bout two guys named Abdullah. One ...( - the Texae Abdullah who married thw lguptlan Dancer, became a Xoalea, and gave hlm1elf a Mohammedan naae. Al Boueton, Sheppard Abdullah ling will oonte1t the will of hl1 mother, Mr1. Bonner Kin&, She never 414 like her playboy 1on'a marrlage lo Sula Gt.a&l. lo, dying reoenlly, abe left Abdullah only one-fourth of her three ■ 1111on dollar e11a1e. !hree- fourth1 to go to Abdullah'• eighteen year old 111,er, ,a,rlcla. f l r , , Pat r o la , to . r oh proY1de1 chaflged her ia1y, ■ he' i , age 11 ■1t alterel, ..fihou ~ nt~• U.u ••• her polntT •he ol Abdu l lah In bre&klDI the wlll, 1he'd be oul ✓ •11 or ao. ♦IPPLJ,♦B - 2 But Abdull&h goee to court. Be aa11 be aeedl the money to flnance hle wlfe'• DaaolDI tour of U.S. nlght club1. And - eaable bl ■ ,o crea,e a movie re1a,1n1 ibe ro•noe of tbe 4aaoer fro• the •tle and the Texan oalled Abdullah. - - - - c:) Thll other Abdullah, whoa •• have la the a1w1 tonight - la different. ln Boaton, taken to ooul b1cau1e he wouldn't get a llcenee for h1a do1. He'• a real•• Abdullah -- because, addreaa1a1 the J•d••• be burat into Arabic. lt happea1 that bla Honor, Jud1• llla1 lhaaon, un4erataa4a lbe 1oa1u• of lbe Eoraa. lo be 101 1,. Be ,a,. Abdullah orle4: 1 th1a 1• a tr•• coutry, 11 lt aolT then, why all the taxe11 •••• a dog taxt• 8ound1 good ln ln1111h, and ■uat have 1ounded even better 1n Arable. But Abdullah waa given twenty-foUl' hour• to pay the two dollar 11oen1e fee, 11 be wa.ntl ,o keep hll dog. Too bad, Abdullah, th1• 11 a free country, i•t not free of tax••• gopfLllt A prize 11 awarded to - the happiest aarrted couple. Though nothing 1• aatd about the_ happteat unmarried couple. At Beverley B1111, California, the parents League of Aaerioa aanouaoe1 - - the 1elec11on,- 10 who wine the lrophy! Pre11deAI - and Mrs.Truman, at the top of the 11st. We44ed tor thirty-three year,, and never a dome1t10 ar11111ent - •• auppoee. .. The Truaane head a 11'' of 1eTen. the other bappleat of couples being: •orcheatra ba Cond•etor Leopold ltotow1tl and the tor■er Gloria Vanderb111. 111• atar Alan Ladd and h11 wife, Bue. Nr. and Nr1. Beary rord, the Second. Ir•ln& Berlta and wife Illa. J I Casey lten1el, •anager of the •e• York Yankee• an4 wlte ldna. And - General and Nre. Dougla• NacArthur. J qu1te a varied 111t - all the way from Caeey Stengel to General MacArthur. The prise 11 now on its way to the White Bouse - and what do you think the trophy 11! A 1•• &Olden rolling pin. Sure sound• llke happy marriage - ... ADPPkl1 - 2 • \be ,ra41t1on&l rolling p1n bouncing on hubbJ'• cran1wa. tor Well. 1t suggests an appropriate 1ree,1a1 we44lng annlYer■ar~a-;;; rollln1 pln \o yo•• /\ •••• Nll'W.■easei. 101,1.,.....,,~ f l l t--N• ■a.,.-011•UM-te•, D!PIILAl8 The Depar,ment of Agriculture announces. a record breaking year for watermelons. Bigger thaa 1a1t Je&r when eighty-three million, two hundred &n4 n1nei1-1eTen thousand waiermelon1 were marketed. There are twenty-nine Tarietlee, and 1oae b&Ye unusual nuea. Like - the •Georgia ra,tlean&te.• That wa,ermelon 11 particularly aweet - unlike the raitlean&ke. Ttiey're &11 ■e ■bera of the cucuaber f&11ll1,. Ia Italian, for example, the word b for water ■eloa 11 - cucuaber. So, Americana tr&Teling in Italy are ~ 1oaet1ae1 4iacon~erte4. They order cucuaber, u4 1et -- water ■elon. One of the chief enemies la - the cucuaber at bee,1e. Which ru1n1 many a watermelon patch. The 1outhern farmer wlll include another 1ort of peat -- the amall boye. Who, down 1n Dixieland, have an incurable habit of raiding the watermelon patch. Bui, actually, the Department of Agriculture atatee - tbe cucWDber beetles are wor1e than the ••all boy1.