PALESTINE - BATTLE ~ • >t-d)}, ~ _ ..1:,'-J,'; tr· -&k~~ - Both sides claim victory - in the Battle of the southern Desert. The Israelis declare their attack was entirely successful. Ciro reporting - that an gyptian counter-attack has driven the Israelis out. The fighting occurred at a point in the Hegev - where u the EgyptiaM ~ an outpost. Which the Israelis claimed - wu on their side of the border. So the command was given - push the Egyptians out. Today's dispatch fran Israel says - it waa a nilbt attack, in bright moonlight. c011111andos - making their way close to the Egyptian outpost. They fired a flare - a signal for artillery support. Israeli guns hurled shells into the Egyptian position, and then - the commando force made j:l,, attack. They seized their objective - fifty Egypitans killed, forty captured. The Israeli loss - four killed, nineteen milled. c iro admits - the outpost was captured. But adds - PALESTINE - BATTLE - 2 " Them was a swift Egyptian counter- a ttack," supported by cannon and warplanes. The Israelis driven out - 1th the loss of two hundred killed. The battle - having spread along a line of thirty miles in the southern desert. The fighting described - as fierce, hand-to-hand, with bayonets.--,All the while, representatives of the United Nations - were helpless. Couldn't do anything - to stop the fighting. Israeli authorities - ,r J restricting ~them to their quarters.• Today's battle ... the biggest since the end of the Palestine War - in K Nineteen Forty-Eight. PALESTINE - GENEVA The battle in Palestine is regarded - with dismay, at Geneva. With such expr ssions as - "great regret" and 'lj,ve concern." A spokesman for the British Foreign Office is quoted as saying: "The fact that Israel should have taken matters in her own hands is e:xtremely regrettable." we hear that, in London, Minister of State Anthony Hutting has called in the Israeli Ambassador. 1 V"'arning hlll - ,, that Britain takes an "extremely grave view" of this latest outbreak. ISRAEL - WASHINGTON ~ The State Department, in Washington, isJ\exploring ways - of avoiding a general outbreak of war in Palestine. Spokesman Lincoln White says the f i g h t i n g ~ MWlf - is "very serious, and getting worse." The State apartment favors direct top-level talka between Israel and Egypt, as proposed by David Ben-Gur1on, designated as the new Premier at Tel Aviv. Re s■;c 'ftie United States may also favor - action by the Security Council of the U.N. tic omphebl:■01 •t•t,)iplomacy is busy - trying to prevent an explosion of war. 1 Moscow g iv s us a statement of the way the Soviet Government regards - t he question of Conununist annament for E gypt ' The declaration is made in Isvestia, official newspaper of the Russian Conununist Party. It says flatly - that the sale of the Czechoslovak weapons to the Egyptians is k none of the business of the Western powers. "Purely a commercial deal," says Isvestia - "in which no other country has any right to interfere." The Western powers are accused of having evil motives - in protesting. Isvestia describing that protest aa "only a smoke-screen, to cover the Western campaign against the independence~ freedom of the Araba." ,A In Berlin, meanwhile, Jewish sources declare that the Russians have z opened a new anti-Jewish campaign. At least eleven arrests have been made in Moscow - on charges of "Zionist sympathies." The police - raiding Jewish homes, hunting for Zionist literature. People uspected - of being in favor of Israel, as a Jewish state. A late dispatch fro ■ the United Rations statea that 8ecretary General Dag Baaaarakjold haa handed secret proposals to Egypt and Israel. ai ■ ed at ending the border fighting. Proposals - ENEVA Secretary of State John Foster Dulles - asked a da afterda,. question, today. He asked it, in fact, fortlle sixth time.',\ Sounds repetitious - but he fails to get an answer. The question, addressed in Geneva to Molotov. "Do the Soviets really want a united Germany?" Today's reply by Molotov was - a long harangue. He criticized Western peace proposa s for a united Oenaan, - with security guarantees for Soviet Russia. He spcx.e qainat all German elections. Which are - the key to the Western plan for unification. &the never did say - whether or not the Ruas1ana want to unify Oennany at all. The question l1ulles asked - never answered. Observers at Geneva say it becomes more and more apparent - that this issue will not be settled by the conference of the Foreign Ministers. BURMESE PREMIER The Premier of Rlrma is on a visit in Moscow. Received - with plenty of ceremony. So now - a statement, issued by Pre ier U Nu and Soviet Premier Bulganin, Jointly. But it might as well have been Bulganin talking alone, since the declaration takes - the Soviet line one hundred pee cent. U Nu and Bulganin call for a ban on hydrogen bollba. They say Red China should be admitted into the United lationa. Formosa - to be turned over to the C011111Unist~They oppose, what they call - "the grouping of nations into blocs." Meaning, for example, the Horth Atlantic Treaty Alliance. Half of the voice is that of U Nu, but the ideas are - all Bulganin. NOBEL The Nobel Peace Prize has been a arded - but not bestowed on any individual. The prize goes to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees." Actually, it 1 s last year's prize - which was not a•arded. So what about this year's prize? It's withheld. The Nobel Camnittee at Oslo - as not able to decide on a winner. VIENNA Disturbances - in Vienna. Police called out - to stop a riot. What's the trouble? Musical Vienna - that's all. ~111 reopen On Saturday, they ~•9' the Vienna Opera House - was bomb~~ / in the Second World War. IL premiere - Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio." The gala The riot - staged by five hundred people, trying to ~.rw;.1 buy tickets. The house - sold out. Whtc~ the disappointed 1111aic lovers - and they tried to rush the bu1ld1q. Another line ot trouble - a strike, by the stage workers. To enforce a demand - that their families be admitted to the final rehearsal of the opera. The walkout - ending in a compromise. The management - to let the faa111ea in at the rehearsal of another opera, later on. Vienna - in a dither, as they prepare to reopen the Vienna Opera H 0 use. Famous - ever since the days of old. EISENHOWER Busy construction activities - on a Pennsylvanian farm ct That Eisenhower farm - a t Gettysburg. Where theytre getting ready for the President's return, for convalescence. The farmhouse to be - a temporary White House. With the center of communications - in the barn. The big wooden barn - being rebuilt for that purpose. The presidential staff - to have their headquarters in the Gettysburg Hotel. Where a gymnasiua-aud1toriua will be the headquarters for the newsmen. The Gettysburg Hotel - remodeled. Govern ■ ent acientiata have developed a aeru ■ for~• protection against th coaaon cold. 80 pro ■ iaing - that the Ara7 will ■ ate a•••• teat thia linter. 11•• to ten thouaand aoldiera - to be iaooculated, for the prevention of colds. Th• anti-cold eeru■ baa alread7 b••• tried o•\ on eiahty-thr•• iaaatea in reforaftori•• in Ohio and laryland. roand - ee•entJ-one percent eftecti••• lo a•••• ar117 teat, for *k• a ■ ore deci1i•e try-oat. FLOODS The state of Washington - hit by floods. Following three to seven inches of rain - deluging the western part of the state. The ' uillayute River - pouring over its banks. Families are in danger - as the river rises at the rate of a foot an hour. ~ s c u e operations by helicopter+ 1lllpo1111ibl4:> Bli'cauae of poor visibility today, and w nds up to sixty miles an hour. N o r can boats make their way to the marooned families. The river currents too swift - driving along with masses ot drifting debris. OOniARD Th uchess o f Vindso as que st io ned again, today, in the Woodard c as. rev i ously, the Nassau ounty police had spoken to her on the ele p hone. Today, they had a personal interview with the Duchess in i her suite at the WaldDrf. ~ TheyA,re questioning all the guests at the party Saturday night - which the oodwards attended. Their purpose - to determine the attitude of the couple toward each other - shortly before the fatal shooting, after the Woodwards had returned home. The Duchess of Windsor told the assau County detectives - that, at the party, she spoke to William G. Woodward, Jr. Complimenting him - on his great race-horse, Nasua. Then, after speaking to the oodwards, she went on to another room of the house~ where the party was held/ And - joined other guests. She said she had known the Woodwards for about a dozen years, and had been in their company at various times. _,_A. ~.:" S he described them as an "~ deal couple". With - "no ~ a or .. 1 a 'e discovered n 1 o d~s r e tory o d b Mrs. ood a.rd - that she though she shoot ng at a r ler. hiet or Detectiv s inne 11 repeats his Aief - that 1 was an accident. COURT-MARTIAL An Army court-martial has sentenced Major Ronald Al ley to ten years in prison - for collaborating with the Chinese Reds when he was a prisoner-of-war in Korea. Before the military court at Fort Meade, Maryl ncl, the defendant's German-bom wife nade an emotional ple in his behalf. But the court returned a verdict ot guilty on ten counts - of collaboration. The sentence, now subject - to review and appeal. DOCTOR At Minneapolis, Dr. A. Arnold Axilroad has be n convicte - of manslaughter, in the first degree. The case has been in the headlines - the killing of a young woman who ha been a dental patient of Axilroad.The verdict of manslaughter carries - a prison sentence of five to twenty years. KILLING Tex s has - a weird murder ca . Texas - always doing things in a bi g way. The fantastic story t 11s - how, on a deserted island in the Gulf of Me ic o, a wealthy bride shot her second husband. Mrs, Sunny Worden declares that, in two months of marriage, he swindled her out of one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. By using - hypnotism. He had a watch charm on a chain - and this he'd swing in front of her eyes. Meanwhile - fixing her with a ~ g a z e . Which would hypnotize her - and she'd do anything he told her. She says he also made her take some kind of drug - which caused a "power" to come over her. So that - she had np will of her own. In that way, he got ninety-five thousand in cash from her - and fa forty-five thousand dollar home. Then, ten days ago, he took her on a fishing trip - together with her five year old daughter - a child by a former husband. They went to lonely Padre Island, and there < KILLING - 2 he told her - to dig a grave in the s • Which - she did. He said - he intended to kill the little girl, and bury her there. Previously, he had taken out heavy life insurance on the child. But then, there at the grave dug in the and, he i f . e - ~ changed his mind~ and ordered~ to shoot the girl. Handing her - a revolver, studded with diamonds. She took it - and shot And him. "Buried the body - in the grave she had dug. The killing remained a secret until now - with the disclosure of the weird story told by the wealthy bride. HOUSEWIFE From Chicago, a report - on the psychology of the housewife who shops at supermarkets. They' e analyzed - her buying habits. How her mentality works - when she goes to a shelf and picks a can of beans, a layer cake, a jar of pickles. The report is given out by Martin J. R. Corcoran, a psychological adviser in matters of advertising. He says - the housewives at supermarkets can be divided into several classes:- One class habitually buys the most expensive brands. Although, often m••PJ enough, she has less money than the housewife who shops for bargains. She's the type - conscious ot her social status. "She likes to think," says the psychologist, "that the things she buys are better than those her neighbors buy. Her husband frequently has a title more imposing than the salary he gets." More social status than cash. As for the bargain shoppers, who look carefully at the prices - most of them have one common trait. hen questioned by the psychological staff, they revealed - a close attachment to their mothers. Which may sound su~prising. HOUSEWIFE - 2 But the reason is this. They learned housekeeping from their mothers, DII learned to shop for bargains. { economy. - ~ - Leave 1 t to mothe_;:, - to "teach daughter the ways of )..