GOOD EVENIBG EVERYBODY: In the Philippines tbe violence of nature baa becoae alaoat too fantastic tor iaagination. I••• tba\ ••• tire aoantain. A few daya ago we beard of the •olcano Bibok- Bibok in treaendou• eruption - d••••tation apread tar and wide o•er tbe island of Ca ■ i1uin. Today Bibok- Hibok erupted ■ia ti••• in a littl,ore tban •• bov. There ••r• alx indl•ldaal exploalona of terril,iq power ahatterin1 the auaait of the aountaiD. That in itaelf, ataggera i ■ a1ination. So it ••••• too ■ ucb - to add another cdainating fact:- Tbe aix eruption• occurred -- in a typhoon. A 1iant ~ropical atora - aweeping the central ialends in the Philippine,. 11th winds of aore than a hundred ■ ilea an hour, the typhoon was lashing the mountain - wb,n Bibok-Bibok burst into repeated new exploaioo1. lo new loss of life on tbe island ot Caaiguin, the i ■ periled population ba•ing been evacuated. But the city of Cebu, the second lar1eat in the Phili p pines, was bit lard by the t7pbooo .. a delu1• aur1ing through the streeta. IQll&•ZIPPI. (:_t PH IH J o ~ ~ m ; : ; : . ... •~4 counter char1ee. loth 114•• uaed the phr••• -- •quit 1tallin1•0 Ad■iral JoJ propo11d th& ■acban of ••r prl1oner• be taken•• up 1 ■■ edtatel7. Thea the Co■■•nl1t1 coanten4 bJ de•aadla1 that the Allie■ ftr1t ••••• to ia1peotlo• ••htn• the lln•• , , •••\•&1 power■, or ■o in■p■ otion at alll Gb• U I putti■I pri•••••• ftret, Tb• Co ■■aal1t1, that queatlo• of ia■p■otlon) l•a••hlle, tlae ••••• propa1a•d• ••• reao tbe air •a•••• wttb Gen••al ltd1••1'• bea4qaart••• exp•e11la1 the •l•• th•t the le4 ••fu1al tot te •• tbe queatioa of prlao•••• i1 - he••••• the word11 •a thoa1aad ti ■•• aore repulal•• tbaa tbe ordlnar1 act of kldnapptn1 bJ th• lo•••t for■ of 1an1atera.• To •blch the Peipi•1 radio •••••••4 that It••• th• llliee who w re 1tallin1. Peiplai repeated the 4eaand that th• questioa of inapeotioD by neutral• ■uat co■ e first. -~-0--- tu A1lle4 a.ad a ....... , tr••• ~...4.U-4~.::f- ··-, •• ·••Maa--t" ·---~-- fill• fell•• . . eullel ••Jlalal .. , , _ • • • ,1aa, , ........... ,., .. , •• , .. •••lra11,, air••••' •r a11aokla1 lae1oq. tbelr ~ •ew•••r •1• ••' ea, •Miker Ike a,, .. - waa troa ,~. alr or fr• Ille 1r•_.• ••• llerr & ••1111•• Jul la t r • lerea ■ tale■ 111&1 , ~ •a11ea 0 l a l l - llaa J•I MaillN tllat eM et ll'e lwla _..1aea u,■Q •••,· .. 111 aw,- tu a-ulat ••• 101 a1a-••• I ' le ~•1l• Ulllealla .. &laoualeaa •• aa eso11&a1• ef •~ lAll&·!A■ ~ o The onl1 ~ n••• froa tbe warfroat tonl1ht la of foar alaor e•••J. probia1 attact1 oa ihe laa\ Ceatral front. Ia 107 weatber tbe Co••••l1t1 attacte4 ••4•• oo••• of h•••J ■ now llarrl••• bat were beatea oft wttboat ••11011 of•~•••• by \be U I. llaewbere oa \be froat repor\1 aN •all ••let.• llll In Teheran today, ,r••i•r lo11a4•1b en• UD~•r h•••1 fir• in the lah~I - th• Irani•• ~ parli•••at. Tb• l•ader ot the oppo1ttion lbdullab Obadi• l1ad, lea th• attack aaa d•••ad•4 that lo•••4•1b r••t1n th• praierabip. · &sad •ad other •••'er, of th• oppo1ittoa accas•4 lo11a4•1b of fatlla1 la ht• oil policJ. •S••e• ■oath, aft•• aatloa•ll••tlo•; b• ••14, •tbe 1•••r••eat •ot oalr h•• lost Sta for••• lar1• r•••nue1 fro• tbe 5..qlo• Ir•al•a ojl coapaaJ, ,at •••t •••t th• b•1• co,u of ••1•1111•1•1 the•••••• Piela fro• 1earl1 ••Ptr coff•r•. Ia •n••••• Pr••t•r . 1011ade1b •aaoncea today that h• t• •e•a•r• to turn o••r •••••••••t of th• Iranian oil taduatry to the lorld !ant for lecon , tructtoa. It all •e••• ao ■ethiDI ot • paradox, fir1t ••1•• tb• oil fro■ tor•t11ere and then hand it back a1ata. liIEZ. The l11pt!an 1overn ■ ent baa chosen an au1p!ciou1 date tor to ■orro•'• 1pectal •••tta1 ot the Cabinet. !uesday • - 111 be the annl••r1ar1 ot the bir.thdaJ of the Prophet loh••••4; an4 the Cabiaet ••l•cte4 tbi• ae the date on wbicb to 4ecl4e whether or aot 4lploaatlo relation• •Ill h ••••r•4 wtth lrltata. Th•N l• wor4 troa Cairo toe t.1ht tbat. the l11ptlu• will•• aotbta1 10 4raatlo - tor ecoao■ lo r••••••• )eoaa1., of tbe •ital l■portuoe of l11ptlaa tra4e with ln11aa4. r IIIPl!I. Tb• Forei1n lini1ter of !el1iu ■ calla for the creation of that European Ar■J •within two ■onth1: - - -- .!,.hich 11 an echo of the fact that, after all tbe 1011- drawa oat pala•er, General lta1nbower•1 interaatloa1l Ar•J of le1tern Defenae baa not Jet coaf tato ealatenoe. -1>-0-0-"- -to D•l•1ate1 f/11 the •coaacll of la••• are It,. 1athere4 la tba rr,aob CitJ of 8t,ra11»oar1 - wile••• totay, the l•l1ta■ 4eaan4 •a• 1»acte4 l»y Preater De aaa,ert of Ital7. •~• waa •••• ■ore draatle -- propoata1 tbe Saae41ate creatloa of a l•ropeaa ar-, aa4er a •aapra-aatloaal• aathorltJ. Tbat l• the autborttJ of a Uatte4 State, of larope. , General It••• &r■J 11 ,1oct14 by a ••rletr of econoatc 4lfflcultl•• - e1pectall1 in •ttata ~ an4 France. Ironic ally, Oer■an1.,.1et■ 1 t,o be the beat, ott!. the defeated country! Ill IQ.ti__ - 2 I have a letter from Cornelius Vanderbilt , juat retut'ned fro■ a tour of Germany. Be writes: •Ger■ any is today on the biggest building apree since the turn of the century. llore housing unite• he goe s on, •were constructed in Ger■ any thi1 year than in any other place on earth, except for aouthern Cal if orn i a~• Whereupon leal Vanderbilt, who ia 1i•ln1 an illatrated lectut"e at lew York'• Town Ball tonight, atatea the figures. In the A ■ erican Zone of occupie4 Geraany - three hundred and aeYenty-eix tbouean4 new bou1in1 unite were put up tbi1 year. Southern California, Loa Angeles County - three hundred and seYenty-eight thousand. r r o • Vi en n a ton i g ht, tu rt her word on that Czechoslovak a1 ■■ual1t purge. The dispatch states that the recent wave of arrests 11:A involved ■ or• than fifteen thousand peo}I,!, including ■ any party and govern■ent big-wigs. ( Those jailed are accused of conspiring with Rudolph Slansty, the tor ■ er secretary-Gengral of the Co■aun1st part1)s1anst1, arreste a couple of weeks ago, was charged with •conspiring to overthrow the Czech govern ■ ent,• -rt:..iz_ .... J ~ff'< aaa L~l=l~reaaon is also given tor the other fifteen thousand arrests. A sidelight on the r e cent purge suggest• that anti-se ■ itis ■ ■ ay be an underlying cause. ( Reports stated that fifty percent of tho e arreste during the past twelve months have been Jewish. Also, that Jews have been cleared from all top par y !!!llUI lhy did Pre s ident Tru ■ an fly back fro■ Iey lest? le are not told. At the White Bouse today the President was in aeaeton with the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Defense linieter Lovett, back fro■ Paris, and officials fro ■ the State Depart■ent. In a bulletin li " ven out by P1-e11 Secretary Short, •• hear only that ~h• world situation, includtn1 Iorea, wa1 dl1cu11ed. But no poliote1 or dect1io ■ 1 were ■ ade. • Frank lciinney, National Chair ■ an of the De ■ ocratic Party, told a news conference today that he made a profit ot sixty-eight thou1and dollar, on a thoa1and dollar invest■ ent. Thia caae on the heele of a rep~t that••• both lclinuey, and Frank McBale, De■ ocratic lational Co ■■ ittee ■ an for Indiana, had• de huge profits fro ■ invest■ enta in the E ■pire Tractor Coapany of Philadelphia. However, lclinn•J in1ista there was •nothing unethical•. •I• it cri ■ inal or unethical for the Democratic Chair■ aa to•• hold busineea intereats?• he asked. Then he added, 1arcasticall7: •rt aoae people had their way, ~ you'd have to go into an abhey and choose a aont aa party chair■ an•. UlllQl Go•,ernor Val Peterson of lebraeka today appointed Fred Seton to succeed the late Senator Wherry. Wherry was a Taft follower. Seton is a close supporter of Harold Stassen, and is deecribe4 by the Governor as an •internationalist.• 0 IIQIBll At Cleveland, Yrs. Pauline Patter s on hae I a good •r~ - .!hey ought to try her out in baseball, the way abe pitched a hu•ty strike today. Mrs. Patterson, thirty years old, was trapped in a fire - with her two year old daughter. They were on r. ~ ,i gb second floor, at a windo• - and the flames •ere sweeping through the roo ■• The ■ other screa ■ ed for help, and the call was answered by a di1abled veteran of the s~cond lorld lar, Joaeph Tacin ■ ti, who ca ■ e running. Shouting, he told her to tbro• the child to bi■/- and, the •ay things ••re, it ba4 to be a con1iderable toes. •she pitched thll baby hard,• th• veteran 11id today. •1 h d to atep back to ■ ate the catch.• Like a backstop, who baa to reach for a high one. By this tiae the flames ~ere singing the aother•s hair. She ju ■ ped, and was caught by a Gil!ll • 2 sixte e n year old boy - Toa libort. Full grown woman co■ ing down - quite a catch tor a sixteen year old. RE c CUE ---------- From Oregon, a re1cue story -- with juat about all the thrills you could ask for. On a far ■ four miles out of Hermiston, fifty-one year old I ■ lorman Ford was digging a well yesterday - aided by his eighteen year old son, Leon. Be was at the botto ■, twenty feet do m - when the planking at the upper part ot the well collapsed. Down c a ■ e a huge ■ ass of boards and sand. The fallen ti ■bers - catch~ng hia toot in a wise. The sand burying hi ■ to the waist. Leon tried to save hia {ather, and A shouted for help. The rescue job began, only to run into new disaster. There wa1 another collapse of board• and sand. This tiae Ford was buried up to his neck -- and still another collapse was threatening, planka giving way. But no the eighteen year old showed the stuff he was made of. At the bottom of the •11, i lf against sagging tiabers, and held be braced h mse the ■ up by auscular strength. Thie he did for seYen hours - saving his father from death every minute of the ti ■ e. The only way of rescue was to dig into the well fro ■ the outside - and help was 1u ■■ oned tro• the laclary Da■ ntarb~the great barrier across the Colu ■ bia River. Workers responded - with dis ing equip■ ent. light ca■ e, a nd they put up floodlights, aa they dug. They used bulldozer• to gouge out the earth, and · then had to go the rest of the way with aand shovels. Thia ■ orning they reached Ford, but still could not get hi ■ out - his foot wedged by the timbers. !ut they could relieve the son fro■ ~~ th.tjob,A.of holding up collap1ing boards and ■ and. like a modern Atlas. Farmer Ford, all the time, w a s in good spirits. After eighteen hours, he was cheering his rescuers. Finally, they released his foot, and took him to the surface. Bis first •orda were ~how is that boy?• The answer was~- otay•io bed! The doctor, I had ordered the eighteen year old to bed, he was that · o.:.J~ - ~ ~ - 1 - exhausted - and no wonder. •ee s t o o d ~ i k a concrete . , ... _5-~So\'\- ( wall 1 for hours~• ~ r ua t tztL •