- - - - --- - The Russians have touched off their greatest atomic explosion, thus far. The Atomic Energy Commission calls it "the largest thus far in the u.s.s.R. ' Adding that the power of the blast is to be measured in "megatrons." The megatron - equalling the explosive power of one million tons of T. N. T. The mere meaning of this is only too clear - hydrogen bombs. Hitherto, the ev dence has been that t 1 Soviets have tested - a-bombs. But now - a far more deadly variety - an h-bomb. Tonight's announcement by the Atomic Energy Commission is unusual - 1n the amount of 1nfomation given. Usually, the reports are - exceedingly brief. Now, enough to indicate - a hydrogen bomb. BRITISH SECURITY There's t o be an investigation of the Bri tish Foreign of ice - on the ub je t of sec urity. Today, in the - House of Commons, Prime Minister Eden sa ~d - a seven man special commission is being named. To make - a study of Communist infiltration into the foreign office. - - This is brought about by the di~closure that the missing British diplomats, M a ~ and Burgess had long been spies for Soviet Russia. MOUNTAINEERtIINNCG1---==-- -===;;;..~._iii.iiiiiiii iii.iiiiiiii ... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Lond on ha word that the Ch ines e Communists have seized , and are holding, t wo B ritis h mountaineers and a sherpa gu ide. Members o f an eocpedition along the border - of Nepa l and T ibet. The two British climbers - Sidney Wignall, The British expedition l e ade r, and John Harrop.jForeign ~ffice has ordered urgent in uirie s , as to theirfate. The Liverpool Post, which ls a sponsor of this exploration adventure 1 has EUDai received a letter from John Hanson, now acting-leader of the expedition. "On October Nineteenth, . , says the letter, "Sidney Wignall and John Harrop , with two sherpas, set off 1111 into the bleak wilderness - to climb Ur~i Langa Pass. We remained at our base anda-iaited wore. ' Nothing was heard until October thirtieth, emen - days after they left us," the letter goes on. Then on Sunday October the thirtieth, four figures approached us from - the direction of the Pass. One of the party was one of the two herpas who had ccompanied Wignall and Harrop. The others w e re three porters. "The ~erpas, "says the letter, MOUNTAINEERING - 2 "showed me a piece of paper. It was a messa e from Wignall, in ~ \ ~ ' ~ A ~ ; ~ n ~ t ::;ey had bee~etained by Chinese trooprs~ti~d at Takalot, and were taken ,I,.. to their h e a d ~arters . 11 In that area o ft. he il Himalayas, the boundary between Nepal and Tibet is vague, and ill-defined. Some sections of territory in dispute. So the climbers, ~ U t L a n g a pass, may have moved into an area claimed A. by the Reds. Chinese Communists - now in control of Tibet. ~ - W'1Gu mountaineering is hazardous1 especially in - ~ the Himalayas. Nowadays, a new p.tl peril - capture by the Communists. EDEN - r me Ministe r Anthony Eden want3 to visit President Eisenhower - early in the new year . To review - British erican policy, and establish full coor ination. London says - the Prime inister wants to Uk talk things over with the President. Before Bulganin and Khrushchev arrive. The two Soviet leaders will make a visit of state to London. The date - not set, but some time in the 8pring, probably. EISENHOWER Pre s ide n t Eisenhower too k a pl unge into politics, - todaY,, ummoning GOP national Chairman Leonard Hall - for a t\ 7o ~ ~ conferen c at the Gettysburg farm,~on Monday. The subject? 1th the Republi c an party,' says the President. He 1 s resuming active command of party afa affairs. The political talks are expected, naturally, to deal with that all-important question - a second term. The President will probably give some idea when he'll announce his decision. ~ This follows• medical check up - entirely favorable. ,..< Some of the newsmen thought- the President's face looked a ~ ~ little drawn, after meetings ifr ttie last two days, with his 7'- ,.( cabinet and the National Security Council. But the medical report says - no signs of fatigue. The President had laid out a series of conferences, which will include meetings with leaders of Congress, Democratic as well as Republican. All in all - representing Just about the normal schedule of work, before he was taken 111. EISENHOWER - 2 Tomorrow, he'll take time out, for a Thanksgiving day with his g randchildren. Wm Then, after that, convalescing' we but on the Job. BRAZIL The B razilian hamber of Deputies is deb atin g a bill - to put the country under military control, during the crisis over t he presidential succession. A s tate of siege;- modified martial aM law. Suspending - a number of Consttutional g uarantees. The bill was proposed by acting President Ramos,- 114et the army take charge. The Brazilian army - wanting to make sure that President-eiect Kubitschek will be inaugurated on schedule, January thirty-first. - - He won out in the Presidential election, early last month. And the word is that the Brazilian air force, Navy and other elements are striving to prevent him from taking offi ce . Sounds like politics with dynamite. The army on - one side, Navy and Air Force on the other. DIXON YATES The Dixon jates co nt ract has been declared - invalid. No payments to b e made - to t he company. 3:> stated by the Atomic Energy Co mmission tonight. Which adds - that the contract had angles that made it - invalid. Legal advice being - that the government has no obligation to make any payments to the company. ADD DIXON YATE Tonight, the Dixon Yates company announces it's g oin g to court, suing for money it spent on the much debated contract. FARM - Secretary Benson wants your a vice 11' you~e a farm er . Addres in --- a convention at the National Grange, in Cle ve lan, he calle for suggestions - in solving the farm problem. Saying: "I asked everyone of you, boil here at this national g ran ge meeting and home by your radios - to send me your ideas about solutions to the problems we face. "we will" ' he went on, " listen to any suggestions - except a suggestion that would turn back to the program that helped create our present difficult problem. He meant - the rigid ninety percent parity for the support of agricultural prices. Declaring - that the rigid supports were useful in wartime. But they failed in peace time. L, So, if you,..lre a farmer, send in your bit of advice. But make it - flexible. In Washington, meanwhile, the President of the National;farmers Union declared - he doubts te if the major FARM - 2 - farm org ani zati ons wil l ever agree on measure for raising - fa rm income . Senator Ellen d er, Chai rman of the enate Ag ricu l tural commi ttee, wrote the leade rs of t h e big fa rm or g anization s , asking them to agree on a program. Which is what James Patton, of the National Farmers Union thinks -- is unlikely to happen. His organization is for the rigid brand of parity. The farm bureau is advocating - the leiible support Jgm~• program. The Grange believes that neither the rigid nor the fal flexible is the whole answer. Three different farm organizations - with three d i ff erent theorie s . RADAR In the wnmer, the Air orce constructed an artificial island - one hundred and ten mile off the coast of Mas a hu etts. Setting up - a radar tower. An island- standing on le s of steel, thrust on down into the floor of the sea. Last week fifty Air Force officers and technicians - went out to that island-en-legs, on an u inspection Job. Then ~ e-~- iai!A tempest ,A blowing so hard, they couldn't get back to land. Marooned - for six days. Today Arthur Pinel, a Navy inspector said: It wt...s a real test. aJ,J. we felt like guinea pigs. The tower had J never been up against a storm like that." But the island::af on--stilts w~ held up against the storm. The fifty Air Force ____. men - finally taken off by a sea u going tug. The ocean - so wild - the tug had to use a derrick reaching over for them. A At the end of the derrick - a basket, in which they were s~ung aboard the boat. RADAR - 2 The only trouble was that the basket, upon reaching the deck, had a way of turning over • . - -Spilling them out. The officers and technicians - dumped on deck like load of fish. SHIP - Off the coast of Massachusetts - today, a private plane spotted - two poles. Which were sticking - out of the water, one hundred miles or so out in the Atlantic. Two brightly painted spars - thrust above the surface of the ocean. At the same time, the plane sighted floating debris. All of which renewed the search for a Liberian -"" freighter - missing with twenty u four aboard, ever since ~ early Sunday. The fear is A the craft may have foundered. The two painted poles possibly - the tops of its masts. The scene - th11by-five miles northwest of the "Texas Tower 11 radio station. Where the party of Navy and Air Force men were marooned for six days. JUDGE At Toledo, Judge Thomas O'Connor is getting well - after an abdominal operation. In which he had blood transfucions. Procured from blood donors. Where? In the county jail. Prisoners, whom the Judge had sent to the ... ~ ; volunteering. Today, one of them remarked that last June, Judge O'Connor gave him six months-,)'fien it might have been - a full three year term, for parole violation. "He gave me a break, when I didn't have one coming," said the prisoner, "and I wa.nt to help pay him back." So the judge is getting well - thanks to characters he sent to jail. ROBBERY Now a story - about four cops, one bartender, and one aauaxu customer. The cops were in a tavern, in Chicago, when aaaik bandits entered, shouting: 'Stick up!" One policeman reached for his pistol, but a robber fired and hit the cop 1 s thumb. That settled it, and the four offlcers obeyed the order -- to lie on the floor. So did everybody else in the tavern, and the bandits made off with four hundred dollars. But, as they were leaving the bartender reached Id for two pistols and tossed them au over the bar to a customer, John Tracas. Who caught the guns, dashed outside - and blazed away at the bandits, fleeing in an automobile. Later, the escape car was found - with ten bullets holes in it, and one tire shot out. Two of the robbers have been captured - one wounded. Hit in the leg - when the customer fired the fusillade. DIXIE Over in Londo~, there's a British nobleman - who Pl. has American reporters buffaloe1 • .,< United Press correspondent Robert Musel tell ow they were having lunch with Sir Wolstan Dixie. And his Lordship id "or h 1cn sa : course, you caps ow, the south of the United States was named after - my family." They glared at Sir Wolstan Dixie, and one growled: ~-e•••t'+ "The south was called Dixie • the Mason-Dixon line. ' Whicb, ). -- by the way, is what the dictionary says. But another newspapennan claimed the south was named after ten dollar bills, issued in New Orleans in the old days. They were called "Dixies." From the French word D-ix. Meaning - ten. Sir Wolstan Dixie said: "Pooh, pooh! pooh pooh!" And went on to relate how, back in colonial days an ancestor of his, John Dixie - thought he'd grow tobacco in New York, Harlem. So he got himself some slaves, as was proper in those sad days - and planted tobacco. But tobacco wouldn't grow in Harlem, and the slaves had nothing to do - Just idle their time away. Finally, John Dixie gave it up and sent the slaves down to South Carolina, where tobacco would grow - and where they had to work plenty. Which made them sing: "Oh, to be back in Dixie's land where things , e free and easy." /f"'f(, Now, was Sir Wolstan Dixie spoofing - or did he mean ,A I it~ 'b