l/.-iJdur. ~ p )toll. I"" - .)-_,,- co1r11s1c1 1he failure of the Geneva Conference may be aeasured in the verbiage of the announcement iaaue4 by the roreign Minister• - a• they oonoluded the Big rour proceeding• today. ~rief announcement - the cold fact• expreaa•d in the final paraggraph, a• follow,: 'The roreign Miniater• agree to report result• of their di1cu1aiona to their reapectlve head• of government, a.nd - recommend that the future course of d11cua11on• be eettle4 through d1plo■at1o channela.• They'll report fla. failure, and won't meet again. Any further diaoueaion - to be left to negotiation• through ambaa1ador1. The final 1peeohe1 at the conference ■ake the debacle - only ■ore clear. lach elde - blaming the other. Secretary Dullea - saying Soviet Ru111a preveneted German unity, by re~eoting free eleotiona. co111111c1 - 2 Molotov replying - that luropean eeourity mu1t ~ come before un1.,!t!icat1on. Before quitting, the Wee~ern rore11n K1n11ter1 rejected - an eleventh hour plan offered by Molotov. They aa14 1t wa1 nothing new - juat a ■ove to make 1o■e propa1and.a. The only re ■nant of the •1eneva lplrtt• wa• the friendly manner, with aaile1 - a• the rorelgn K1n11ter1 left l•neva, returnln1 home. I BR♦ cl de - ♦IHI Israel, today, made a formal request of the United State, - for arma.ment. To offset - the communiat weapons that lgypt 1s 1ett1ng. the appeal - made by Israel Ambassador lban, at a conference toda7 with Acting Secretary of State Herbert BooTer, Jr. Amba ■■ ador lban presented a 11st of a11•tar7 equipment. Which, we hear, 1nolude1 modern J•' plane, and antl-alrcraft, anti-tank, and ant1-subaarlne weapoa~ The Aabassador lnforalng the a~t1ng secretary - ,hat th1• la muoh l••• than l17pt 11 1eti1n1 fro• ae4 CseohoaloT&kla. HAIAQQA There waa hoopla, with cheering - in Korrocco today. In the capital city of Babat, orow4a of more than half a m1111on. Ba111ng - the return of Sultan 81d1 Mohamed Ben toua ■ ef. laile4 by the rrench - now reinstated. Xoracca.n official ■ elco■ed hlm wlth gift ■ of datee and ■ tlk - the traditional Kolle ■ 1 food If welco■e! Crowd• broke through police llnea - to kt•• the Sultan•• hand, or strew flower• in hie path. •o Tlolenoe - good-will eTerywhere. lven the rrench offtoial1 were cheered. lut - how long will the loTe-feaet laet T 111111111 &1•1z•11a 4RGENTI4 lhe new government of Argentine Prea1dent Aramburu aeema to be winning a ma~or teat of power - w1,h ,he Peron1at elemen\a aaon1 Argentine worker•. The Labor federation oalled a general •lrlke • . The 1uamon1 - obeyed, 1n part, yealerday. •01h1n1 ■uoh 1n Bueno• A1re1 - but effeot1ve 1n eo•e 1ndu•tt1al I corner•. !he reTer port of Santa re•, for exa■ple - paralysed. Today, there waa a back-to-work ■oTe. !he Labor federation, falling definitely, lt •e•••• 1n 1t1 effort aga1n•t the new goTern■enl. ,l 4141181 In Manila, a Corporal of Japaneae Mar1ne1, 11 out of the war. Out of it - completely. Be wa1 captured a couple of weeke ago. Another weird exa■ple of Japaneae lingering on ae fugitive•, long after the end of World War Two. In Hlneteen rort1-rour, the Jap&Ge•• corporal waa on a troop ehlp - aunk oft the ooaat of 1outhern Luson. Be awa■ aahore, and got into the ,un1le - where he re ■alned tor eleven 1eara. Bidden, lurkla - living on root ■ and fruit, llsard•, fro11 and wild ■ onkey1. Awaiting the day - when the Japan••• navy woul come and take hla ho■e. raiding a Two week1 a10, ~ o a p , u r e 4 - eweet potato patch.~ey told hl ■ over - .,_ he refueed to believe 1t. he'd be aent home, a free man. while the war •a• When he heard that, the Japaneae oopioral became - •very deapondent.• ~o aaya a Defenee-department official 1n the Ph111pp1ne1. RI• Pt - ~ JAPA.181 - a Be felt - he'd be d1•graoed if he returned home &11Te. L&et night, in & pr1•on •tock&de, the 4apa.neae corpora~ - hanged h1aeelt. During the war, we heard & lot &bout that splrlt in Japaneae troop• - preferring death. •ow ,,.. & nother example - at th1e late date. (KORI) TVIIQQA,,4'8 The army hae abandoned all thought of court martialing the three turncoats. The former _____, pr11oner1 - of - war - - who went over to oommunl1 ■, and then changed their minde. Thie follow, the Supreme Court verdict - forbidding the court-martial of one tiae eervloeaen, who are now o1vi11ana. The three turncoat• were diahonorably dlecharged - and now haTe oiv111an stalu• The army, following the Supreae Court opinion, eaya - they will have to be trled 1n & clvlDl& court. But that preaenta a problea. Treaaon 11 dlffloul to prove. There was never any declaration of war in the Xorean conflict, and the offenee wa• in peace-tlae, technloally. The turn-ooata have been saying - they may eue the army for thirty thousand dollar• 1n back pay and other benef1t1. But, ln order to win the thirty thousand, they might have to prove - the army had no right to d1eoharge them diehonorably. Whloh woul take them out of oi!~lian status - and sub3ect them to a oourt-mart1&. STIVEBSQN --~~tevenson denies - that president 111enhower 1 1 1llne11 had anything to do with hie own deci1ion to run for the democratic nomination. -- ----' Suppo1~~ion1 having been - that the _!!mooratic nomination• ~uld be much more valuable,::: f i t eee•e~ that Ike would be out of the race. Stevenson - taking note of that. But he declare• - he made up hia mind early last ••11 sW1UDer. Then confirmed h1a decia1on around September first - after conferring with hie - children. The statement ■ were made at a newa I conference in Chicago. Ad'-14 ~•i~ing he'll enter ~ the m1nneaota primary,• hioh will be held 1n March. - About other primaries, he'll decide later. But it'a b~lfeved he'll make a primary contest in California, tenn1ylvan1a and r1orida, as well was M1nnaeota. Stevebaon named a Campaign Manager today. James r1nnegan of Philadelphia - as expected. r1nnegan - a whirlwind in tennsylvania politic ■• II8INHOWD-H08PIT4L Bere8e newe - about Preeldent lleenhower•• hoepltal blll. Whioh coaee - to fit~y-~ne-4ollar1--e.n4- aevent7 cent,. Baaed - on a charge of a 4ollar-&n4- ten-oenia-a-daJ, for eeT.en weeks. ~ the 1itze1mmone Ar • my Hospital in Denver, Lbal feople b•y• beea •••6Aa1 ..a.&11&a_.:u..,.-tNMMfti,ji1111j"'-r-_., . . -e-t._---1_..~ .. -.~a-e-tr1ll. INli~WMt--,IMN~ . . . •ha■ •~•g reo■1T■4"',.!1■11er She aa71 that 1he wa• in a navy hoe»ital, a• a allitar7 dependent, wife of a serviceman. ~4 eM wa• oharge4 1 r-- - one-dollar-. an4~event~fiv~ cen,,. a d&J. The pres14en ~ - on11-a-dollar-and-ten-oent• a d&J. So there••• one indignant lady. The Benver hospital uplain• thai the president wa• charged the regular rate - for & eoldler on active duty. That•• hie army rating, ae a retired .,,.-- ~ officer, serving ae Commander - in - chief. - - - - = • '-= • - - • - York murder trial ended - 1n a ,en•e, emotional scene, ,oday. The trial - of Nar,in Taaln, a former magiatra,e 1n Baltimore. Acouae4 - ln ,he gang•ter killing of Joseph Aronowlt•~ .fn bw Tork - la•t Jebruary. the foraer robbery. - 1 ■pl1oatlng hla ln a by a hired 1unaan - Robl•• .t ~o wa• arre•te4, an4 then ••oape4. Oornere4, .. . . . . a few 4&JI later - 1n a 1peotaoular gun battle w1,h •e• Tork pol1oe. In wh1oh - Roblee wa1 k111e4. Whereupon Taa1n wa• arreate4 - charged with help1n1 to plot th~ 1angland a•aa1aln&tlon. Bll plea - not guilty. TodaJ,- h11 trlal in Bew York ended wlth a sudden aurpr11e. Taaln, ex-aagletrate of Balt1aore - changing h1e plea to guilty. Be told the court - that he had reoeiTed a letter fro• hie father - a retired lieutenant TBIAL - 2 commander of ,he Us coa•t guard. A 1e,ier - readln1 aa follows: •ror ,he eate of your aoiher, I wan, JOU io plead guilty to ■ur4er - 1econ4 degree. B•oau1e I a• conTlnoe4, froa new•paper 1,orle1 &Ad repor,, I ge, - ,hai Jou faoe the eleoir1O oha1r.• So io4ay Yaaln told the lU4&e, ln a obok1DI To1cea ' I oannoi pui •1 ■other and ta,ber ihrougb ihl1~ Tbe plea of aurder 1n the · ••o~~oepie4. The foraer Baltiaore ■&gletraie - io be •en,enoe4 1a,er Poe11ble aax1mua - twenty year• 1n prleon. PAPQBTSI Here•• a etory from m Ch1cago - etrange example of the drama that comes 1n the new,. Danie Pomon11 1s a Greet, e1xty-two year, old, who married late in life - and had a daughter a few year, ago. He became utterly devoted - to the oh11d. Then 1n tl■e, hie wife grew home1iot tor ber nat1Te land - she'• alao a Greet. So bact 1he went - tatln1 the glrl with ~er. PAPIIZII a Whereupon Pomonia pined away. Be aent lettera, cablegram■, to Athena - begging hi• wife to return with the child. B& made a tran1-atlant10 telephone call - but all to••* no purpoee. Po■ on11 wa1 going out of hr■ mind - and, ye1terday, he crawled onto a hlgh window led1• of hl1 hotel rooa. Saying - he thought he 1 4 juap. A friend, in the roo■, trle4 to talk h1■ ou, of it. S But Po■ onl1 re■alned, out · ther• on the led&•• Then the frlen4 called out to hla, aaylng - there wa1 a telephone call i ■x fro■ Athena. Bl• wife - on the trana-atlant1c phone. - But Pomoni• on~7rt:usxxxtq laughed b1tter17. It wa• a trick, a ruae - to get h1■ to ooae ln. Actually, 1t wa• h1• wife ln Athena - on the phon, ftnally an1wering hle appeal•. But howf could you expect bl■ to believe that t Be merely took it a• a final mockery - and jwaped. Tonight - deeperately 1n~ure4 in a hospital. As for the telephone call from At~•n• - oh, the tran1-atJant1c operator replied; Kr Pomoni• 11 not in. &P401 and art1f1c1al eatelllte1. The pred1ci1on 1• - a whole iown 1n space, a aa,ellite oity. Thi ■ marTel 11 the 1u1ge1i1on of Darrell Romlck - of the A1tro-phy1ic1 departaeni ot ihe Goodyear Aircraft Corporation. ,,no, today, a44re11e4 / the twenty-tltth ann1Teraary conTentlon of the uerlcan Booket Society. J . . . Be Saa■•- forer - a 1erie1 of man-made aoon1. The k1n4 - that are now being planned. The next thing - a collection of the•• artiflolal aatellitee out in apace. A bunch of thea - enclo1e4 in a huge cylinder, Oon■truat•~s~Jth■re, b' worker ■ in apace aulta. The whole thlng us - houa1ng crews and fam111ea. Making - a regular town. Which w"<>uld grow - by adding ■ore apace ahlpa. ~#_/o11114■ 111te ■a1enee uauo~~- 11m' Tt' ■ ~ an addre1a by a practical ac1ent1at. Club. meeting of the •stidoo• A society - dedicated to the resurrection•~• ~ ••x■t of old - time slang, now fallen into d11use. Remember - twenty-three akidoot The boy.a want to bring back into u1age euoh prioeleae expresaion1 aa ••wee, patootie•, •cake eater• •the cat's aeow•. And - •my etaraf• Bow your Aunt lama used to exclaim: •my 1tar1•! The fanciers of obeolete 1lang practice what they preach911. To gel into the meeting~)fe pa11wordJ ~ d-fi_, _41s.11,~ :;e, ! ~ • ._. - •oh yeah•. AThe proceeding• were •acruapt1ou1.• A• reported - by B. D. Quigg, of the United Pre••• One member got up on his•• hind leg1, and gave a epiel. Other member, · d11agreed with what he laid, and there was a chorus of dieapproval. •Btre f ( ( a hall. Dry up. So's your old man. Cut the comedy. Go fly a kite. Tell it to the Marines.• ~ And now Hugh, 2 .i---- • 'VV' " ' 1 . ~