T mo · · o n h Pre i den e ho wer w ill ve a tele i o n-rad ore o r - 0n the er ·n th e Formo a tra t . X 1 n - mer c n ol cy . This w 11 oe ddre~~ed - ot o n l y t o our own publ c . vh te Hou e ,e re tar J m Ha erty, today , de c laring: 11 It w i ll b e a major re or t tote mer ~ can eople - and, for that matter, t o h e orld . 1 hat w 11 the Pres dent say ? 111 he develope the h ~ nt, -'ven ye terday by ec1'tary of tate Jeha Postel' Dul les - tat the United tates m· ht be will n to ma · e some concession to Commun·st Ch ina If - the Ch nee Reds will renounce the use of force ·n the d pute al on g the Ch i na coast? We do n 't \now , but off c'al~ ·n ~a~h ngt on are quoted a say n - that the U ted tates m ght , eventually , be w lling to let the ~ommun·~t have the Quemoy and Mats u Islands. Might - recommend that Nat onal st Ch ina 1tDR ve up those b ts of land off the C h 1a c o t . However, the word "eventually 11 s heavily stre sed . uch conce ~ on - unl ~ ely n the near future . R - 2 - o l o he Ch e .. e e · · e e p o po n i n • T1 e un · ed ~t te ~ t:n f ir ~ - ood e _ de n e th t Com un t Ch a 11 e r e 1 · · e wo ld clt~ zen . In tead - of rec ·le M a ~ -m · e r . gUEMOY The Red bombardment of Quemoy went on, today - more v i olently than yesterday. Five thousand s hells - fall ng on the sland. The bloc ade of Quemoy - today, complete. ~ t - ~ because of the weather. A heavy tropical storm is moving toward the islands - churning up eavy seas in Formosa Strait. Which, apparently, prevented the saD.ing - of Chinese Nationalist convoys, escorted by the U.S. Navy. However, word is that the artillery fire for the past few days has cut the supply lines at sea in such an effective way - that the Nationalists on Quemoy are being supplied by air. Provisions - dropped by parachute. One report is that Nationalist officials on Formosa - have made a recommendation to Washington. Urging that warships J of the Seventh Fleet - guard National i st vessels, all the way to the beaches of Quemoy. Instead - of stopping at the three m il e limit, as they•ve been doing. Formosa - expecting a decisio ✓ ""'- from President Eisenhower from twenty-four to forty-eight hours. J,.. However, a to p military official in Washington, today, stated that - he knows of no change in the present American olic~ of con•oying su pp ly ships only to the three-mile limit. Not going all the way to the beache1. This spokesman says no chang is indicated - in the policy ot trying to &Toid a shooting match with the Chinese Beds. The Chinese iationalists are saying - that the Reda are massing on the mainland for an invasion ot the Que ■o7 Islands. Two hundred thousand Bed soldiers - concentratecl acroaa the ba,. Also, a mobilization of air power. The Com■uni1t1 opening another airport, and ■oving in So•l•t built Miga. ICELAND ho st · t es. thin ery 1 olent - no nfire. Just ab t - of ushing around. Today, a British trawler - tried to ram an Icelandic . atrol boat. But - missed. The Britisher - sliding along w'thin a few feet of ts i ntended vict m. Sounds like naval warfare of Greek or Roman antiquity - when the tactics were for galleys to ram each other. Last night, 1n Icelandic waters - there was a previous attnpt at ramming. Which succeeded - to the wrathful 1nd1gnat1 of the Icelanders. Not much damage done - except, to the teapera of all concemed. ,. The gunboat "Odinn" approached the British trawler, 11 K : ng Sol" - as i f i ntending to board the craft. Whereupon the s ki per of the "King Sol" ordered "full speed astern". Raming the gunboat, stern f i rst. Scraping off - a bit of paint. But the Iceland c sailors remembered an incident of three years ago - when that same British trawler, "King Sol", ICELAND - ·2 ran aground on the southern coast of the i sland. The vessel i n trouble - Icelanders to the rescue. Local sailors - enabling the trawler to get off the rocks. So, now, in return - the "King Sol" rams the Icelandic patrol boat. Dl,:l;i@ lt NUh • • • = tbt I gas■ • WI' 'OHS of dignity. Today, Icelandic sailors were growling: "She'll stay on the rocks the next time." What they'd like to do - ia get hold of the "King Sol", ~ if they can catch -fJi away from the protection of the Royal l&YJ. /.. Those British frigates~ ~ ~ l \ t h e British fishi fleet, ~thin the twelve mile limit - claimed by the government of Iceland. Today, Icelandic Foreign Minister Godmundason declared . the Icelanders are going to take the "fish war" to the United Nations. CUBANS From Fort Lauderdale, Florida - the sad story of an expedition of Cuban rebels. The motor pacht, "Harpoon", loaded with rifles, machine-guns, pistols - and a ton and a half of ammunition. Aboard the "Harpoon" - thirty-three Cuban insurrectos, in combat uniform. Wearing arm bands, proclaiming them to be - "Castro's rebels." Last night, this military expedition was ready to start from a point along the Florida coast. But - they couldn't get the motor going. Which delayed them - until early morning. Whereupon, the "Harpoon" went navigating through the inland waterway. )l(it soon - ran aground on a sand bank. 'ftle rebel ) expedition - stuck in the mud. So there they were when a border patrol boat came along - Customs agents, looking for the insurrectos. Somehow, below decks - a hand-grenade exploded. One or the rebels, injured - peppered with shrapnel. Another, seeing the authorities approaching, pulled out the bilge plug trying to sink the "Harpoon", with its cargo of armament. But it we to :a-e . .e ;:: - - : 3 -.-' -~e ~ .. - - · , .., . ~ •• 1, t: •su a 1 . • ..,_ S " ~ .. e .. . .S r-: .. ::e ·:e--S s ·-. _,.. • -'1! ~ t ·e: ar. s as . ~ . - , • away !.:e . rs e: ar~ -e r- --~ • • e ·ra1~. re a • 1 J • AGA KHAN The Aga Khan - i s going back to Harvard. Announc i ng, stud i es, and get h i s degree. He was at Harvard, when his grandfather died - the late Aga Khan, head of the Ismail! sect of Islam. Naming the Harvard student - to succeed him, a, the spiritual leadeff millions of Moslems. Since then, leaving college, the new Aga Khan has been busy - 1n southern Asia and Kast Africa. •tu.g~natalled in his princely position - and carrying out the duties or a religious potentate. At Nairobi, Kenya, today, he presided at the opening of an Iamail1 hospital. Where he made the JjL, announcement - that J __ •11111• go back to Harvard. -., ll.■ t or /\. I\ I( • . MOON new scient i f c dev . ·ce - wh chm ght enable man to e · i st on the moon. f t - he ever e t ... there. revolutionary - k nd - of p ower plant. Wh ch would be adapted, especially - to ond tions on the lunar satellite. Devised - by scient sts of' . . , westinghous~ - -- -- -~ - - · - - - - ,I Wno are in Washington - presenting a working model of the contrapt . on. The,herense Departfflent - much interested, they say. The electric power plant consists of plastic sheets - coated with a special chemical. Which turns - light into electricity. Current - collected by a mesh of wires. Thia, when spread out on the surface of the moon, would make a power plant - for moon travelers. But - wouldn't it work on this earth ot· ours? Hardly. Too much acerage would be needed, because or the way the atmosphere absorbs the sunlight. The power plant - working best in a vacuum) ~ch as exists on tne surface or the moon - where there i s, virtually, no air, no atmosphere. In other words, a power plant - at1x• strictly nterplanetary. PRIMARIE The f igu res for yesterday's primary elections are in - enough to fill a volume. Hundreds of candidates, named by both Part i es - for offices all the way from Senator and Governor,. down to town alderman. R :a ••=wf'u may scan all those figures - without f i nd i ng anyth ing exc iti ng. In most of the primary races, 1ncumbe nls wanting to be reelected - won out. As in Florida - where Senator Holland won a landslide victory over former Senator Claude Pepper, a l i beral of the Roosevelt era. Senator Holland's victory is credited, largely, to the strong stand he took against racial i ntegration. prl / aef 1 te at wh1~~~ - h ; ~ep u .,St~te / / ' e 0ut,dfaw)ri'g Pl't>xm1 figur.✓.:) In Minnesota - a good deal of inteet in the contest for a congressional nomination on the Democratic ticket. One ffiIMARIBS-2 candidate, Mrs. Coya Knutson, seek i n g re-election. Her husband - backing her opponent, Marv i n Evenson. Mr. Knutson - in opposition because his wife rejected his plea to come hom~ and renounce politi cs. So who won? Blonde Mrs. Knutson - renominated by the Democrats. Al'AMS The news buzz n, today - w it h the nu.111e of herman Adams. Beginn i ng with a report from New Hampshire - Adams• home state. A newspaper, the "Laconia Cit i zen", declaring - that the p residential assistant has resigned. The newspaper declaring - i t had the story from, what it called, "a Washington office holder." That was followed by a dispatch from Washington. Stating - that Sherman Adams was a a through as President Eisenhower•s top assistant. This information - attributed to an off cial 1n the Administration. Sherman Adams, right now, is on a fishing trip in Canada. The official - quoted as telling the United Press International;- 'I think the question of resignation is over and done with. I don't believe he's coming back." s o what's the word from the vacation White House at Newport, Rhode Island ? A denial - that Sherman Adams has resigned. White House Secretary Jim Hagerty declaring, "There has been no resignat on, i n any shape, fonn or manner." ADAMS - 2 However, the ash ngton wor d pers_~t - that the che f White House a de ha s formed hi own conclusion. Namely - / ' that his usefultness at the White H r us~ is a thin of the past. And that - i f he rema ns on the job, i t w 11 damage the President and the R publ i can Party. se, ri • Sherman Adams made up his mind - after that heavy Republican defeat in Maine, on Monday. Deciding - to step out. Such, at least, is a the belief in Washington - as rumors of the Sherman Adams resignation came 011 the news wires, today. RACKETS In Washington, an admission - that the Teamstera•Union, last year, spent eleven thousand dollars) ~veat1gat1ng - three employees of the Senate Rackets Coanittee. The time - when Teuater President James Hoffa was accused of atte■pted briber,. Today, Union Lawyer Oeorge Fitzgerald testified that a private detective in Wuh1ngton, 'l'homaa Lavenia, waa hired - . to tind out what he could about three -bera ot the 1nveatila atarr. Whereupon c0111111ttee Chairaan, senator NcClellan, broke in and aaked: "Who waa aent to Arkanaaa to inveatipte •?" P1t&prald' f U■ pt~reply1ng - with a denial that the ftmtera had •ployed anyone to check on the Senator. PASSPORT over in Kurope, 1 t I s a sad, 1'•1l i ar atory..J ,,1'6ur1ata - losing their passports. But there's something special 1n the way a S panish cou~le, in Paris, lost theirs. Reporting to the -- Parisian authorities - that their paaeporta were eaten bv an - - ~ = i t . - elephant{ They •ere at a zoo - •here the · wite poNd tor a picture, while her husband anapped the c-ra. Wanting to •ke it interesting, ahe poaed in front or ttie elephant cap - 10 the picture lfOUld show a big elephant in the background. elephant reached out with hia trunk, and snatched her handbag. --- Which the pachydera put in hil IIOUth and swallowed )l . . . handb~with the paasport~~or,a. ~ • T ~ /\ \- J,. " it, ~ - ½ - ~~-~- FISI Now - a fish story. Or you might call it - a tish mystery, a p1acator1al puzzle. Prank Saith or Sheboygan, Nichigan, waa fishing in the local river, when he caught - a bucket, a ten-quart pail. Nothing strange about that - hooking something on the bott011. ' ... But in tlw pail, when he pulled i t u p ~ ~ • ; ~ b l a c k 11aa1 ■a I 22!1 - swillling around inaide the bucket. lo•, how did that happen? Brother 8111th tigurea - one hook on hie line snagged the handle ot the pail. While, at the•- tiM, the black baaa - ••• caught on a aecond hook. But - got looae, and into the pail, u it wu being pulled up. The 7am ■ight sound like a typical tall ator,, except tor one thing. Brother Saith - ia a Sunday School teacher. With a Bible class - at st.Paul'• lllthodiat Church in Sheboygan. Which guarantees hia veracity - beyond a doubt.