The United States haa Hew Yeara greetlnga -- ,d. ' gue11 trom. 'NII 11111 Malenkov 1 the Soviet Prellier who 1end1 ~ ) 111 a message ba tull ot 1wetne11 and li!bt. Be - q•rled bJ the International Ina Se"ice and the reaponae 1a -- the tlrat declaration that Premier lalenko, bu addN11ed to the western world. The glat ot it 11 1n Ula tollo"1ng quotation: . "I conlllder that tbere la no Hrlou ONUcle to the improvement of relat10111hlp1 betwen 1ibe VS SR and the U.S.A. and tor atrengteninl traditional 1Hlndl et triendahip. ~.,., "41 P/a;.. i.N. 'Die reat or it 11 1n the•- tcme, • &on...._ Malenkov Happy Hew Year to the U.S.A. The Western Big 'ftlree ha•• binded the lrelllln a diplomatic note saying - okay. ■trpru b ~cceptlng tbl Scwlet auggeation - that the ... ting ot the Poreign 1Qn1aten ot llbl Big Pour be put oft until J-"uar, twent~tlftll. Br1 ta1n, Prance and the United Statea ba4 propoaed - , January tourth. Moacow wanted a dela, of tbrH WNlm, and - that'. all right wl th Ill. The cOlallftloatlona are ctncrlNd • brief, not - okaJI PRJSOlfER A late dispatch tran Tokyo states that one or the Americans who reruaedm repatriation -- ha• chanpd h1a mind. Corporal Claud Batchelor ot l•l'lll~. Texas went to an Indian guard today, and said - he wanted to go bOM. Corporal Batchelor waa 1n the nen prn1cnaa1J, when a Japanese girl trlem 1n Tokyo Wl'Ote bill, uklng tiill to return. He refused. Bia~ now. ~ baa abandamd hla devotion to the Reds. Thia occurs •• the Indian pard1 are •Ol'Hldnl pr1sonen ot war. Aaerlcana. •• wll • the CblneN and ' lorth lorean antl-COllllinlata. South lorea makes a violent proteat becauae Indlan cuatodiana are screening anti-Cc unlit Cblne1e and ■onh Koreans. Some ot whoa have alreadJ taON 111d -,i..,.. others -- never inte"lewed. 'Bia Indiana . . . . . , . lbat _._ hurldred-and--t-h1rtrt1•e have uad ta. repatrta,t.on •• ptng back/ mak/to tbe Reda. >- The 1uppoa1t10il 11 that 111411D 64 ERdlljCIWNl 'l'b1lulna 1 want• to "clear the NNl'd• 11111 NfttN all Iba iw1nlng pr11oner1 are t1ll'D8d 1•• on, _ _, .!-',.Jld.M•· lloNOver then• 10Nlldfc u • Hi't of - - - M oca•illtll The South Korean prot•t over tbll reopenlnl of ' the prisoner buatne•• a ......... t. Bilt, will probablJ not go beyoud words.I ~ C E Diplomatic aourcea 1n Washington aay _ that ettorts are on, back ot the acenea, to pt a Korean peace have be conterence golngt irrans-nt1 ~ i I lit a deadlock - prellmlnar, talka bavlng been 1upended. So . . , there are eftorta to arrange a co111pro11l1e. 'lbrollgb the good ottlcea ot Indian ottlc1all 1n korea. charge and counter-cbarge - eacb 1ldl calling nm11. But the Reda are 1ald to be Willlnl to tlke Nolt 1111 nuaea they called lt we'll withdraw - tbe epltblla lbal we hurled. Bull -- tor. CCllll)NllH. We'IN goin g to hurl a hydrogen bollb from an airplane. In the Par Pacific, the En1wtok-Blltln1 proYing g rounds - a B-36 will take oft with an B-bcllb, and drop it. The stupendous explosion - to take place, utile a111ll• talle near the ocean. A daring experllllnt - tor tbl plane and the crew: Little 1110re than a year ago, a hJdrc)gen •IP1N1• was at aged 1n that 1n1wetok UN - Ind olNlffnN, thin, said they didn't belle•• ID airplane oould - · · dropped the device and got away 1n tille. When atom bOllb■ were hvled an B1l'Ollmla and Nagasaki, 1n Nineteen Porty tlve, the at01l1c ticllNN llade • safe escape - althoush buffeted around bJ 1bock •~• fro■ . the explosions. 'ft'loae A-bOllb explo11ona were, each, equal to the blasts ol' twenty thousand tons or TNT. The hydro en explosion, 1ast year, w as equal to more than t1ve mill i on tons of TNT. S o you u see the point. the question or the plane BBollb-2 ' and the crew. Would they eYer get away tro■ the haYoc they launch? A ~ vital queatlon - tor hydrogen bOllb warfare. In the forthcoming teat, the H-boab will be somewhat smaller than the one exploded 1n Nineteen ftftJ ho. Still, it will be Jllatly more powernu than an, atOllic boill,~ On the other hand, the B-36 w1ll be n,1ng llllch htpP thin the B-29& 1h the atca1c bmb1ng ot Japan. The H-bollb to be •••• dropped from an altitude of_ SZE 1 ?Ji rortr Ill tl•• thousand feet - nine ■1lea up 1n · the IQ. And tbl B-36 Will be flying raster than the B-29 -- tor a quicker pta•J• All adding up t o • the belief - •t the plan• and CNW will . escape safely from the hJdroged blast. wbe ,&I&; ta Nevertheless, 1t 1 a dangerous - and thl 111n,.-- }ahJv\nture know it. A special cNw 11 being trained, and they .-a g o1 . ng u into the teat with what la called "tull " awareness or the hazards involved. The experiment will be staged in the spring, 1n May. All important - because to atr1ke an era-, with an B-bc:lu, a-ould you•; have ~o drop it f'rom a plane. SBIATE Repu~lican Senate leader, Knowland ot Calltomla 1&11 the O OP aJ policy Coamittee Will consider propoaala. to consolidate the three congressional c01111.ttHI 1n . . itlpt Reds. If this were done, 1t would put the qu1etu on Senator McCarthy. Congreaaiapl Democrat• haYe cteclared open war on the w11cona1n lenator, and 11111 trr to curb bll inveatigating authority. 'nle qu11tion wlll c_. up ilbell additional tunda are propo1ed tor tlw NcCartbJ , • • ,,i t t • . Troay, Senator rnowland 1ald - 1t 1 1 •ent1"11 premature" to gue11 whether or not the Jeute will llldt McCarthy's powera. Republican leaden, be went on, baYe made no move in that direction. However, there are 1ugge1tlona tor a conaollctatlon of investigating coanittee1. Which are - the 80\118 Un-American activities group, the senate Internal SecuritJ Commit~ee, and McCarthy's permanent 1nve1tigating aub- committee.The consolidation would abolish the McCarthJ group. Sll&TB .. 2 The queatlon Will be diacuaaed bJ the Senate Republican PO11cy 0Ollllllittee, when Congre11 reconvene,. SOVIl'l' PRISOHERS In Berlin today Leland Towers told hla own •torr -- one of t w o Americana releaaed after 1mpr1 10111111 t 1n Soviet Russia. Towers - a Us OOllllm'l11t '6bo wanted to - the Re utopia r1r1t hand. He saya he JQ1ned tbe COlliim11t partr in•• Franc1aco where be waa a abipJard wrker. !bat - Sn Nineteen Forty Seven.,and be waa a card-carr,ing Red. ' The lure or the proletarian pandt.ae drew b!II, and ID enter Ruaaia trom that countr,. The Soviet autbOrltlea rel\lled perldulon INt 111111 did not deter so ardent a c0111ianlat. and ToweN got acra11 the trontier by cutting h1a way tbrOugh bal'Nd wire. ,neas• •· into 1!J:op1a. Today ha aaid •ten ■1m1te1 aner I C11t ■r way into Russia I was ar1-e1ted. What I 111-••• learned uout Russia I-. still c an't believe. I He was put in a . slave labor camp,_, chopping down trees an building road:,. The experience tumed hill lnto SOVll'l' RSOHBRS - 2 - an ardent non-conmmiat. Today be told the newa 111ft be etill does not love capital1111. But when aaked lt h• •1114 - . · 1 11ao•14 ~ I rejoin the Communist party be snapped •• 19111-luttll. The other American releued 11 Private Cox who aays be was shanghaied after • • • Nini doped 1n a Veat lel'lin tavern. He woke up 1n an But Berlin prllan cell. • He tell• ot bol'l'Oft 1n a lbaalllll 1laft 1.-.. , . . and aayt be mows ot 1evenl other ..-1C1D1 mo ue 1illl there. He glvel tbelr . . ,,and tmlr t•lllel in Ulll will no• countr, 1 bear about th• tor ~e t1r1t tille. SOLDIERS Two families are having a mighty happy New Year. One• in Alabama. The other - in PeMaylvania. At the little town of Starks, down 1n the BQou country today, Mrs. Fanny Verdine aald: "'l'hia 11 the f1Nt we've heard about William 1n six years. All I can 1a1, 1A 111a, • - my prayers have been answered.• . . · She • s the mother ot Private W , 11111• Verdine, of the G I's ap reported to be 1n Soviet Ruaa1a. Be disappeared in Oemany while doing aentr, dutr at ntatat - six years ago. At Rorriatown, PeM1ylvania, Clemson said: "My poor rather and mother are 10 exclted, I'm fearful for their health." Mra. Clemson la a 111ter of Private Bill Marchuk, another ot the Americana now 1 c,. 1d to be in Russia •. He, too,dis~peared 1rt Germany. His elater · saying: "This 1s the first word w e have received, of any kind from anyone, to sho w that B111 is still alive. " SOLDIERS - 2 What remalna now, is to get the 101"1ra back. Which our g overnment 11 trying to do. • Govemor Dewey aaya that New York State wlll intercede before the National Labor Relatlona Board •• 1n the controversy over the a waterfront electlan lut week. Govelnor Dewey declare•' that the old .,1aa11 1ongahoremena u1oc1&tlan •1ch won tbl cU.apll\ed el•o~l 11 "gangster ridden" And adda: •t11e ertdmee of ONN1• and 1nt1m1dat1on 1n the election will N fanllrlr pla_. before the NLRB." ~ VA'l'IR1'ft0NT • 2 Here's tie latest (President liaerdlo-.r re31ct1 the request trom the IL A -- asking tor vtlite H01111 intervention in the Hew York watertront d11put1 . . . I un10n ao orten charged with racketeering ~ltterlr ,(~~~~ hostile to govemor Dewey'• 1ntentnt1 "no. he won't 1nterter." CHANPAGlfE In France, the champagne growers are cont111plat1ng the Hew Year with mixed feelings. On the bad aide • u. tact that sales of champagne are decreaalng. Lut ,ear, tblrt~ m1111on--t1va--hundreo-thouaand bottle• - aarketecl. CCIIPared with th1rt~1x-111111onr-two4mndre~tboiaaand tbl ,ear Htore. Even 1n Prance, there•• a decline. the idlll producers .,.,,, complainint .. - that l'Nnclllln IN ns.,1111111 to whiakey and aoda. They call it - the JMrlcan lnfl--•• On the other hand, the ch111Pllft8 BrONN ban · had, what 1a called - a reurkable vintage rear. C - Just right tor the beat growth ot • grape•. !MJ llf Nineteen 11rt1 three vintage proalae• to be the beat 1n - twentraf1ve yeal'a, But what good 11 a great vintage - if I • people don't drink the champagne? :~D 1 ____ _ ... _ _ . l • - ~ U .I. t. . ' , -= i · C ~ ..i ti w e r ~ e~ a on ~ & i e t · i > r · t a r -r., d. ~ . · • ~ - "' · c i a Arno , a u ht.er o f the _l e b rat. e r c a r L o nis l , e ler Arno duce r ,· r ren h cerernoney - aboard a prosy, uni n ) i r in o at , a ender. P a r i c i a A r no ha c r o s se the Atlantic on the I i an l i r ~ ! , An ea Dor ia, an d i h e couple had intended to - .. t ar L .. , in sLy le, a · o ar th a t v essel. H ut, it as o un -: , t,bat, Ital ian law or i - s .. e d in G a boar ship, e x ce an1 t his n o. s n't. c o n s i.:lere u c h an e ~ _rgenc . ~o th~J h a Lo set t le f ort.he next b est thing - hen the Andrea oria m ade a s t op at Yibraltar, anchor- in~ in t he sha ot o f t he roc k . A British tender drew alo g s i e t. he line r , a nd the couple were married aboard tha t, 1un le er · ft, - ih il e L he passen ge rs aboard the An d rea u r i a ..1.in · • ha ' i l U J L · " i o n ~ I • t OJ ' A e dra . n i..y t ~ rails, a n cheere u f n ., i ,J u 1 a r . v e e in g =- the ' .. . /n oL aul 1h y f our o sh o ul SUICID E Fort l o rth , Texas, r epo rts a suicide . The vi c tim of self e struction - man of strong beliefs. s o convin c d , there wa s no c0mpromise. Luther Li n d sey once w rote a song, a song that sai "I w oul d rather die than see my tu daughter smoke." · He shot himself, and left a suicide note. With a postscript reading: 11 Damn women that smoke 1• " , r1ither · He •••a.felt/ strongly about that,4 ....... - QUEEN u e n E li z a beth saw one of the strange sights of th e ~ orl to ay. She a n d the Duke of Edinburgh visiting the 11 lo · orm rotto. 11 - That's in New Zealand, w here the great W r, itom a ave reaches far under g round - a weird subterranean w orl . W eirdest of all - a g rottOIP that has an underground river, an 1s inhabited by millions of g litterlng glowwortla. The Q ueen and her husband boarded a small boat, which proceeded up the subterranean stream into glowworm - g rotto. Where the black spaces were 1llwn1nated by IDJl'ladl :f ' 1 stars." Swarms of gleaming insects over h/f;'!/;;; • sky full of flitting stars • • LTP.1953.12.31i.pdf LTP.1953.12.31ii.pdf Untitled