1Noo cH1NA L..7'-K. F""'-.. ~ - I "1-'s't, Tody G ene ral DeC a st r 1es - he's eral tonight - r e a1n d ome lot oun . Hi troops id. Armore column attack1 the Reds on the North and West sides of Dien Bien Phu, srnash1n ~ a~rcss trenches recently ug by the Reds. Scores c rushed to death beneath ~he tanks as they bore down on th o e trenches. So for the present, General Giap's attempt to split the defenses of the Indo China stronghold has been stopped. Although the enemy is still less than half a mile from French headquarters. OECASTRIES Y es , the dashing C o lonel at Dien Bien Phu 1s now a General. A di patch from Paris, tells how Christian DeCastries has now been promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. The promotion coming, in spite of the tradition that no French officer is raised in rank during a battle. Perhaps they consider this not one, but a dn series ot battles . . There had been a rum.or that DeCastries was dl ~ satisfled because his promotion was with held. However that is otticially denie - both in Paris and by the Prench commander in Indo China. Whatever the reason - a precedent of the French Army ha now been broken and DeCastr1es tonight is a full General. He was one or the socalled "Flying Colonels" - the roup o f off1 ers wh o helped Marshal Tassigny stop the Red iniaslonof Indo China in Nln~te en Fifty T \ o. 'Ibey say he even ordere h sown a1 es into the trenches w henever and w herever he thinks they can be u sefu l. DECASTRIES - 2 A member of one of Fran c e's oldest military familie s , deCastries has spent hi life fi g hting. His is an aristocrat i c family and has been foroenturies. One DeCastries w as a Marshal in the Army of Louis the Fourteenth. Anothttr DeC a stries oecame Minister of the Navy. So the f1gllt1ng Frenchman at Dien Bien Phu is following a long tradition. Naturally he is the most talked about soldier in France today. And his countrymen are enthusiastic about hi s ne w promotion. Like w i s e the men under him out there 1n t h e ~ jungle. McCarthy versus the Aray - the battle to get under way, on schedule, next Thrusday. at least, Senator undt says so. Unless the Wisconsin Senator is ill. The temporary chatraan was referring to the possibility th a t there might be a delay because of the McCarthy de ■ and to khow who revealed part of the Aray•s case pre ■ aturely - that leak. According to ~enator MuDdt, the investigation will not be delayed tor that reasoD. In his words, •1t depends entirely on ~o•'• health - only if he ia ill can it be put off.• senator Mundt notea one good eign about the McCarthy health:- the •iaconain ~enator went tlahin1 la the ~ulf of Mexico today. Be's been vacationing in Arizona - an d he had a virus infection. But the com ■ ittee opinion see ■ s to be that if McCarthy can go fishing, surely he can turn up for the investigation on Thursday. EISENHOWER Presi d ent Eisenhower's statement about American troops remaining in Europe -- g ets favorable comment from all six of the European defense - ED C - countries. But the most important reaction comes from France. There, a spokesman for the foreign ministry says that the President's pledge may speed up French ratification or the ED C Treaty - or the treaty - held up in the French Parllt.ment because/that ancient fear - the fear or a rearmed Germany. Now that the French have the Eisenhower promise that our troops will stay in Europe as long as the Ruaa1an threat exists, they are relieved. Wash1ngtor. officials are sure this all c omes about on the advice of Secretary ot State Dulles. President Eisenhowe1· also trie to cal~ the tears about our announced military policy of "massive retaliation". S c me European c ountries rear that thi would bring devastation upon them if a war broke out. The P resident e xplained that our intention 1 s s imply to m ee t a gg re s & i on 111a immediately. EISENHOWER - 2 And thus prevent the devastation or occupation of any NATO country. The President's statement is being interpreted as a re-statement of NATO doctrine - "all tor one, one for all." STRIKE Workers at t ~ at ml lant ~ ill not trik w ni ht as they ha in ten e doing. The Pre ident's Atomic Ener y Labor Relat o ns an e l asked them to stay on the job. A hut down ould be angerous at this time. So the nine thousano at Oak Ridge and Paducak a ree to keep the atomic plants going while the dispute 1s being lD.&ls considered. The presidential panel hasn't the power to make binding decisions. But 1t can offer recommendations. And, 1 no agreement 1s reached - tbe President may ask for an injunction under the Taft-Hartley Law. SUB HOUSING Presi ent Ei s e nh o er or e r s al l o v rnment en c ie t o oo erat in the i nve ti a io n o f the F ed eral Housin A min strat on . So ann un ~ e in a spe 1al statement fr om th e Whi e House. 1 l "'he s t a tem e nt oe not go into details -- but as hlngton officials believ e that it means income tax files 111 be ma e available to congre ssi onal 1nve tigators. Thi s , to help idertify the builders who are charged with shady practices that have cost the FHA around half a billion dollars. Investigators will als have the t'ull resource s of the FBI. To d ay the Deputy CommisRloner of the FHA asked to be retire . or ani z atlon wa H petition, granted. The coun el of the reque~ted to resign~~e refused, 1'.. II 1 ft wa~ p ut o fficially on eave. One authority tate _ in wa~ hin ton that the FHA a an al broke - after a report that an of ficial ha uff re h eav los s e s a amblin. Th e i.Jma in ivi ual, n ot identified. But ~e h ea r that he lo s t a s mu·h as five thou sa n ollars in a ~ 1ng l n 1 ht. MRS BOWRING A Lady from Nebraska cow country - appointed to the\ Senate to replace the late Senator Griswold. Mrs. Eva Bowrin g , who runs a ten thousand ·acre ranch, and runs it from horseback, Mrs. Bowring goes out w ith her hired hands - <21- to direct operations during round up time. She's a veteran A of the G O P.- ~ Jdll.ven so she missed one meeting last .,::;( because-~ round~ uf strays in a blizzard. ~ 4:,7·e. . Governor Crosby says he's "IIJ proud to appoint Mrs. Bo w ring. S h e ~ t . . _ she'll think for herself in Washington ~ut 1he 1 U . be a good Republ~he doesn't - I\ preten d to kno w all the ans ers.eil,lillPa Which ls uot aiw&,- the eaae ·.,1th • 13eaatuaa. Says Mr ~ ' . Bo tr1ng: "As a woman fr o m an agri c ultural tate, I shall tu y farm p~oblems." Th h "I en ... g o s on : o ul n r v. u l h v th e a n w r i n ;., , t n t pr e um e th a t a brand ne " er . t y • th n a t f o r h e t e f , a or r ~o . Th e h - '11 1 av. o vern r Crosby hims e f to rur1 in the re ular c resslonal election thi fall. The New Haven ~ailroad to have a new head - Pat McGinnis. That's indicated by the battle of proxies. McGinnis, winning the fight for control. ,onight the word is that he has a majority of one on the board. Mating it virtually certain that he'll be el&cted when the board ~otea next week. The fight between llcGinnis and President • · redtrick •euct• ~u■ aine Jr. - was bitter, - and close. CountlDI the proxies took two tuil days. Each ■ an ending up with clo1e to half a ■ illion. llcOinnia, having aroua4 ten thousand ■ ore than J>uaaine - a aall maJort ty in 1ucla a large vote. The conteet for proxi•• has been vital in this struggle between llcGinnia and ~u■ aine, because Ninety-seven percent of the stockholder• voted in that way - by proxy. This mean• that control of the railroad goes to the son of a railroa ga ng foreaan. Pat McGinnis, riaing to becoae as ecialist in railroad 1ecurities - now President to be of the lew Haven. - - ~ =- KO R E A S u th K or a v U e Ameri c a o f tr y i t o b ass t h natl t h a t f o · h Co mmun w t1 in As i a. Th e a cc u ation com fr o m A. , 1 b as sa do r Y ang , in . h l ngt n. The Ambassador f ro m Sou l says h e ' s 1 sappo1nted over S ec r e tary or State Dulles" failure to invite South Korea and Nationalist China to join in a "NATO" of the South"'Pac1f1c. Ambassador Wa11g says the forces of Syngman Rhee and C~ian g Kai Shek rought their best against Communism in Asia, and he wants both to participate 1n any Fer Eastern alliance. In this he ls s1mplJ repeating what Senator Knowland of C alifornia said a few days ago, when the Senator c r i tici z e Mr. Dulles, said he w as 'unreal! tic" in ignoring the So uth Korean and Nationalist Chinese armies. Toni g ht w e hear from W a s hin g ton that those t wo n a t o ns are liekly t b e invite d to j o in later. JERUSALEM A dispatch from Jerusalem tells how Arab-Isra , el1 ho s tility is bein g shelved for the moment, to permit Chri s tian pil rims to pa s s througl tkai on their w ay to Cal vary - the u ual Good Friday and . Easter pilgrimage. 'Ile . ate between the Israel an d Jordan sections of Je rusalem has been open since yesterday. Pilgrims walking through line s of Israeli pollee on one side, and men or the Arab Legion on the other. Barbed w ire barricades removed, for the Easter period. Then when Easter is over, the Gate will be closed. Back w ill g o the barricades. No man's land again. LADY In Chicag 0 , it's announced that a young wife is being re w arded for saving millions of dollars in property during a great rainstorm last month. Mrs. Marla Nelwei'w~ ~My-oo-chee~took over as a hydraulic engineer - when the regular man was called away by sudden ' illness. 'ftm, wa1 riSllt « - = - A . ~ :-ln ~ 111tdst ot ttte :t•• - when the Chicago River had risen to within a root of flooding e..- its banks. ft••• Nra/ Ma1ucc1 ...._ stayed at her post iR ,he e•i•y dt1,1iet • 911101 - directing the raising and lowering ot the gates on Lake Michigan. When she went home, she stayed at the telephone all night. She was on the job tor u rort7-eight hours. And her direction or operatloos kept the Chicago River from causing a violent flood in the area. That's why she's credited with saving millions of dollars in property. Her superintendent calls it ' ' one of the fine s t jobs ever performed around here." So Mrs. Ma1ucc1 g et s a rai s e or t w enty-five d ollars a month. And promotion to the rank of junior civil engineer. flle reward for the little la d y w ho save d a lot of Illinoi s real estate. MALJN)tOV Just what sort of a person is Mal,nkov? A tew articles have appeared, telling us about him. But the Weat continues to wonder. Is he as ruthless as Stalin? Or is he a more reasonable? The subject naturally has endless tasc1nat1on. And now we have the opinion of a French actreaa, who met him back stage. Mademois•lle Beatrice Brettr waa · playing the feminine lead 1n & ' Moliere show, in the Moscow theater. Malenkov, Molotov, Voroshilov - they ali ca• to see the play, and to admire the French actress. They no doubt liked the play because 1n it Molle~e ridicules the bourgolsie. Which I suppose brought loud applause t'ran the ' members of the Politburo. And then the No one Red leader asked to me~t Mademoiselle Bretty. She reports that she found him ple a s a nt, and humorous. F o r inst a nce he sa id ot ner: "Aren't you afraid to have come benin d tne Iron Curtain - and to b~ wl tn all the s e Co mmunists? 1 1 rler appriasal? That M alenkov 1s more w estern than most of us s uppose. That is, not nearly as or1tntal as Stalin. She says he's typically Russian in one respect. He likes toasts - dozens of them - in vodka, and champagne. bxlt French bubbly? No. Mademoiselle Bretty says it was . Soviet champagne, and that it was good.And the Prench actress ought to know since her native land all.la produces the real champagne. Net ■uchot a portrait ot C1 . t1zen Nalenkov. .' But, anything about the head of the USSR is interesting. NYSTlftY The Mayor of Seattle calls upon President Eisenhower - to help solve a mystery. His Honor, Allan Pomeroy, also trying to get Governor Langley to take part 1n the search for an answer to this problem - what is causing the peculiar pock-marks on automobile windshields. The mysterious damage has been occurring for several weeks. '!be area, the Washington coast trom Bellingham to Tacoma. Motorists, finding curioua pits penetrating their windshields. At first it was thought that responsible. vandals with bee-bee guns were~nw,nnt■ • But, there were f too many cases. One Washington ott1cial pointed out that it would take a whole army e,t •11.tde with bee-bee guns to cauae that much destruction. The point ls that the marks seem to occur ve11J suddenly. One policeman remarked, "I was sitting 1n a patrol car - and all of a sudden pock marks appeared on the windshield out of a blue sky." In Tacoma, two reporters left their car tor about five minutes. When they returned, NYSTBRY - 2 they found the nnasterious marks on their windshield - tour pits 1n the glass. {in one place, the thing happened llhlle the owners were s tand1ng by their cars • ( Said one : "It couldn I t have been anyone shooting pellets - becauae the oara were parKed racing a blank warehoue wall.") Gueaa,a about the cause range tro■ 1ndu,tr1al soot to "tall out" trom th~ H-bomb teats at B1k1n1. <me scientist says that the action on the w1ndah1el4a 1a ~ c a l - the pits not cauaed ~Y striking, but by some substance eating into the glaea. That · , s the mystery Mayor Pomeroy wants PNsident Eisenhower and Governor Langley to help him solve. So tar no one else has solved it - so His Honor goes to the top tor advice - to the White House. An appeal .t'rom Washington State to Washington, D.C. llillll A couple of scientists at the U niversit y of Minnesota think they can take the geaawork out of the weather. At least ~octors ~pilhaus and Mantia 1a7 that their •electric braiD• weather ■ acbine aotuall7 predict• accurately what would happen thia wiDter. Thia weather aachiDe operate• with puDob oard1. Car41 with data OD te■perature, Yiaibilit7, ba■ 14lt1, aDd 10 on. Th••• oard1 are fed into the ■aoblne. aa4 then the •electric brain• whirl• and wbirla and pro4- ucea the anawer. Proteaaora Spilhaua and Mantia aay that laat Dece ■ ber when they asked their weather machine what would happen the •electric brain• answered that the winter would be aild. And it baa been. lell, John Tex O'Reilly's wooly bear• told us that! Anyhow the tw o scientists see a lot of use for their weather ■ a c h ine - in industry and in railroading. Both ao auch 8tf88~,f.~Y the weather. aad, M ike, the fur business,