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Evening star., 1951-04-29
War Horse Hurley Against Committing Troops to China

start it either in Germany or in
Iran. There's nothing to stop
them in Iran and a lot for them
to gain. The whole Middle East
is soaked with oil. We control
it now and we need it. So do
the Russkis."
Was MacArthur's Boss
Although a Republican in poll
tics, the colorful Oklahoman was
in substantial agreement with
the foreign policies of Demo-
cratic President Roosevelt and
served the wartime Commander
in Chief with distinction and
faithfulneSs. Starting with a
mission to get supplies to Mac
Arthur in the Philippines in
early 1912 on ships to be bought,
borrowed or leased, he then be-
came our first Minister to New
Zealand. Later, as a special
representative of the President,
he ranged the globe on conf
dental errands involving con-
versations at various times with
Churchill, Stain, Chang Kai-
shek and many of the other
rulers of the anti-Nazi world.
AS Secretary of War under
President Hoover, he was Doug
las MacArthur's boss when the
recently relieved Far Eastern
commander was Chief of Staff.
And when Macarthur arrived at
National Airport in the middle
Of a recent night one of the first
persons to grip his hand was Pat
Hurley.
"It looks like we're both out
of a job right now. Douglas" he
grinned.
Evening star., 1951-04-29

S h a ! ViScount
Monte omery. No
armchair STRAIT
egist, his job in
the Att a n t ! c
force will be to
cover the ad-
vance of ground
forces with Al
lied bomber and
fighter might.
This is the
sort of job he did
in World War
II as Gen. Eisen-
hower's deputy
chief of air staff
when he was the
little . publicized
but brillia a n t
brain behind the
giant air UNI
brella which pro-
tected Allied
Evening star., 1951-04-29

Actu a lily.
with his law
practice a n d
his varied in
veStment in
terests, P a t
Hurley is never
really out of a
job. And even
thoug h he
claims to be
"a C h ar t e r
member of the
Sons of Rest"
his energy at
68 disproveS
tn e implica.
ton of the de-
Scription. Most
of Of his time
these days is
divid ed be-
t W e e n hi S
Massachusetts S
avenue home,
where he. will
discuss politics
or foreign af-
fairs before
one can drnn
Evening star., 1951-04-29

ones hat, and his home
in Santa Fe, N! Mex, where the
canyon entrance is so narrow
that his dog has been taught
to wag his tail up and down
rather than from side to side.
The general still does not
allow his politics to cloud his
thinking on foreign affairs.
IT approved President Tru-
mans decision to go into Ko-
Evening star., 1951-04-29

in 1917 and went on to new ex-
ploitS. He got the Distinguished
Flying Gross for shooting down
10 planes and two balloons.
In 1921, he got bar to the
DFC for his exploits against the
Turks. On two occasions he risked
his neck to drop food and sup
plies to the beleaguered garrison
at Samawah. Iraq, and to the
Evening star., 1951-04-29
'Dingbot Saunders Is Veteran RAF Figure
Esenhs Air

20, the British press covered his
biography in couple Of para
graphs. Their files revealed little
of the spectacular or anecdotal in
his published career.
AS Gen. Eisenhower's right-hand
man in charge Of air activities.
his is an overall command on a
par with that Of his British COL
league in the army, Field Mar
Evening star., 1951-04-29

soldiers in their invasion of Nor
mandy. He holds the United
States Legion of Merit for his job
in supplying fighter protection to
Americas Britain-based bombers
before an American fighter force
could be created.
He began his career as a foot
slogging private in the South
African Rifles. He was with them
in 1914 when he earned the mill
Itary medal for extraordinary
courage.
He transferred to the Royal Fly
ing Corps-the RATS predecessor
Evening star., 1951-04-29

as "a quagmire" into which
American troops should not
venture.
Tried Unifcation
"At the direction Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt / did attempt to
bring the Chinese Communist
armed forces into unity with
those of the Republic of China,
our ally against Japan. The
purpose Of such an attempt was
Evening star., 1951-04-29

rea," he said
during a con-
verSation in
his Sun-bathed
MasSachusett S
avenue garden.
II think it is
right for us to
fight commu-
nisnl wherever
it spills over
into the free
world, just as
I approved our
d e ci S ion to
fig h t it in
Greece. But a
stalemate in
Korea could
bring on an.
other world
W ar eventu-
ally"
Reverting to
the question of
Ch in a, the
G e neral de-
Scribes til e
land mass of
f1oo% poI1rtY,yy
Evening star., 1951-04-29

stranded gum
boat Firehy in
the Tigris. Sew
eral times he had
to make crash
landings, when
engines conked
out after enemy
engagements.
The husky g.
footer with the
difhdent air be-
gan to go places
in the command
setup of the Air
Force in 1941
when he became
an air commo-
dore. Prior to
that he had been
for two years
New Zealand's
chief nf oir etoF
Evening star., 1951-04-29

He became an air marshal in
1947, with three years of solid
achievements behind him, includ-
ing command of RAF operations
in Burma, the Normandy invasion
and the Northwest African cam
Ipaign.
On Several Fronts
He has been inspector general
of the RAF since 1949, intrusted
with the job of rebuilding an air
force gone rusty in peacetime. He
welded a brisk broom which
swept out officer deadwood and
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Alaska in Precorious Spot
Should Reds Jump the Gun
North Territory Defenseess os Pearl Hurbor
Unless Pentogon Develops Lond, Air Forces
By Constantine Brown

America faced with another Pearl Habor disaster?
question in the minds Of who
returned deeply concerned with
Territory separated from the u Beng
Strait
When the japanese struck at Pearl
Evening star., 1951-04-29
rode Reports Emphasize
Need for Lotin Good Will
Good Neighbors Are Our Best Customers
And Provide Some AcuteIy Needed Materials
By Edword TomIinson

Frank and often heated discussions economic questions
took at the recent Foreign Ministers
in Washington served emphasize the vital erdpendence
and the southern republics in times emergencies
But the newest facts and figures available
last years hepheede the 1850 Department of Com
Evening star., 1951-04-29

Japan dA1O 1AO1Cd. rev IculGIl
available now to meet possible
Soviet attack on Alaska, one Of
the most vital defense outposts on
the American mainland.
If by some misfortune the Rus
slams were to gain a toehold in
that Territory-even for a limited
time before they could be thrc7 n
back by a concentration of Amer.
fican air power-they would &C Sc
far greater damage to our re-
Itional defense than the jar. e.
did 10 years ago. A few de-. . +.
Iundisputed possession of air. IS
in Alaska would enable them 10
Iwreak grave damage on our il J.
Iportant military installations in
California, Colorado, Oregon and
Washington State. ~
This is a fact which nobody in
the Pentagon can honestly dis.
Ipute. We have a first-class Air
Force and devoted and sturdy
ground force. But both are so
thinly spread and so little slp-
ported by our Allies that they can
mot at this time meet the threets
which endanger the Nations Sc.
cu-ity on the two fronts-the Pa
cific and Atlantic. ..
While our political strategIsts
emphasize the long range effects
Iof possible attack by tie ReosA
on Western Europe, they seem to-
fail to take into consideration Jtez
fact that our own land may be eS.
much menaced as Frances is to-
day. A few hundred miles sep
arate the Rhine from the Oder.
Only few miles separate Alaska
from Siberia, where the Soviets
have proportionately a greater
force than we have in Europe.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1951-03-09

End Il. Ragland Becomes First
Negro to Fly F-86 Jet Fighter

At Randolph FL | d, Tex. Il
Ragland completed his first six
weeks Of basic training. There he
was n member Of the honor com
mittee and the color guard Rag
land began his jet training At Viii
liams Air Force base, Chandler.
Ariz., where he graduated In the
class of May, 1850, the only Negro
to complete the course
After receiving his wings Rags
piled up 200 Jet hours to his credit.
lie now has l25 hours In the F-86
alone. Like the other pilots he
agrees that it gets quiet up there
in the clouds and the sensation
of extraordinary speed is ofen un-
noticeable.
1t. Ragland is the brother Of
Frank Ragland, senior and major
IN building construction and en-
gineering.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1951-03-09

Second Lieutenant Dayton Rag
land, %, former Lincolnite and
lg45 graduate of Lincoln High
school. Kansas City, Mo-, now sta
toned ut Selfridge Michigan Air
Force base is the first Negro to
fly the F-86 jet fighter. Rags, as
his comrades call him, Is the only
Negro member in the sixty-first
squadron of the Fifty-sixth Fight
er lnterceptor group.
Because he is only five foot five
he made the grade by an inch
since the minim i'm height for a
jet fighter in five four As a vol
unteer Ragland entered the Air
Corps in the spring of 1919 after
leaving Lincoln university in 1913.
where he was biology major,
member of Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity and an amateur taxider-
mist.
, 1951-05-03

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, Deceased } January Term 1851
c T AT / o N
Joseph George, administrator herein, by his attorney
+. Il. Amphlett Leader, Esq, having filed his petition, duly
verified, for the purpose therein set forth:
IT IS ORDERED that all persons interested in the above
entitled estate appear before this Court at the Court House in
Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands of the United States
OF America, on the 3Oth day Of May, 1851, and then and there
show cause if any they have, why an order should not issue
authorising the sale of the real property of the estate known
and described as Parcel No. II of Estate Work & Rest, Queen
Quarter, St Croix, for the purpose set forth in the petition.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Citation
be published once a week 70 rfour consecutive weeks in THE
ST. CROIX AVIS, a daily newspaper published in this dis
trict, and that personal notice Of the proposed sale be given
to such heirs, devisees, and other other interested parties.
creditors excepted, who are within the jurisdiction Of this
Court, and a copy be mailed to those heirs, devisees, and 9th
er interested parties outside the jurisdiction of this Court at
their lat known address.
in TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscrib-
ed my name and caused the Seal of the Court to be affixed
this 18th day of April, A. D., 1851.
CYRIL MICHAEL
District Court Commissioner
ATTEST:
Cyril Michael, Clerk
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Norway Navy Chiefs
Son Seized as Spy
BY the Associated Press

OSLO, Norway, April 24.-Po-
lice today held the war hero son
of Norway's navy chief on charges
of spying for foreign power
The arrest, made week ago, was
not announced until last night
for security reasons.
The accused. Per Edward Dan
ielsen. 33, former Norwegian navy
lieutenant and son of Vice Ad-
miral Edward C. Danielson, be-
came famous for his daring war
time raids as a torpedo boat COM
mander along the Nazi-occupied
coast of Norway.
The police report said the
younger Danielsen was seized last
Tuesday at Skogen, near Oslo
during rendezvous with repre-
sentative of foreign power. The
announcement did not identify
the power involved.
Since the war he has been serv-
ing as photographer with the
Norwegian Sea Chart Institute.
Military authorities made clear
there was nothing to indicate
IDanielsen might have used his
fathers position for his alleged
Esubversive activities.
Presumably the foreign repre-
sentative with whom Danielser
was allegedly dealing was pro-
tected by diplomatic immunity
since his arrest was not an
|nounced.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
British
Continued From First Page.)

has topped the ballot in party vot-
ing on executive membership
There have been some reports
that Mr.. Bevan would ask the
executive to call a special ma
tional Labor Party conference to
fight over the split in the open.
Reaction Against Bevan Seen.
Some reaction against Mr.. Bev-
an was becoming evident. The
Scottish Trades Union Congress
Cancelled an invitation for him to
speak to them at Dunoon Fridas
and instead may ask Mr.. Gaitskell
to fill the spot. The executive oi
the Durham area. National Union
of Mineworkers. issued a state
ment that Mr. nBevan was wrong In
resigning. -
Mr.. Bevan found few sympa-
thizers in Commons yesterday.
The Daily Express chuckled
editorially that the fiery Socialist
veteran from the Welsh coal fields
was heard in a silence broken
only by one hearted Hear!
Hearn" The Express called the
speech a "fizzling flop"
Support Seen Alienated.
Mr.. Bevan's speech, said the
Daily Telegraph, "has undoubtedly
alienated much sympathy that
might have been his"
The News Chronicle said SD,
the time he had finished his
speech Of slightly over half an
hour, it seemed clear that the feel
ing of the House was against him >
Joining with the Laborites in
the parliamentary cold shoulder
were Winston Churchill's Con-
servatives, who have been baited
by MIR. Bevan too often to give
them any affection for the rebels
despite any, damage he may dc
their Socialist opponents.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Britain and Argentina
Reach Meat Accord
AFTER 1O-Month Row
BY the Associated Pres.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
April 24.-Britain and Argentina
signed a new meat agreement last
night which will soon give more
beef to hungry Britons. The
agreement ends a 10-month dead
lock over Argentine demands for
higher prices.
The news that Argentina is pre-
pared to begin Immediately to
ship 100000 tons of meat to Eng
lands bare larders came as the
British Labor government faced
its worst crisiS-and threats of
downfall-over the resignation OF
Labor Minister Aneurin Bevan and
President of the Board of Trade
Harold Wilson.
Government Under Fire.
The Labor government has been
under constant fire from opposi-
ton Conservatives and from the
British public for its handling OF
the meat deal with Argentina
Because of the stoppage of Argen-
tine meat shipments after nego-
tiations broke down early last
year. the ration of meat to Brit
iSh homes was cut to the lowest
| in history.
The bulk of the first meat ship
ments to Britain will be frozen
beef. About 10000 tons are ready
for loading in refrigerator trans
ports Immediately. Argentina
also agreed to ship 10000 tons OF
canned corned beef. The ship
ments could start today.
Accord With Uruguay Sought.
The news of the agreement set
wheels in motion for a similar
British accord with neighboring
Uruguay. Meat shipments from
Uruguay to Britain had similarly
been stopped last year because OF
price disputes. Uruguay tradi-
tionally gets the same price as
Argentina.
The signing ended renewed ne.
gotiations which started sever
weeks ago. The lengthy wranglt
ended with Britain paying 6
higher price and getting 100000
tons less meat than she formerly
did. Some Of the prices. were
even higher than those Britain
turned down last year. But, al.
though the new averages were
not announced, it is believed they
will be slightly lower than those
demanded originally by Argentina
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Moscow Honors Prokofieff
On His 6Oth Birthday
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, April 24.-Composer
Sergei Prokof1eff, once criticized
for being influenced by American
jazz. was honored in absentia last
night on his 60th birthday by a
concert of his works at the Mos
COW Conservatory.
Although i'll health apparently
prevented the Greater of peter
and the Wolf" from attending,
many other prominent Russians.
Including famed Composer Dmitri
IShostakovitch, were there.
Prokofieff, once officially crit
icized for foreign influences on his
music, is now back in the good
graces of Soviet critics. He re-
Gently received a Stain prize for
his vocal symphonic suite, Win
ter Bonfire" and his oratorio
Guarding Peace"
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Election
Continued From First Page J

NNoAANAAAuCO r1OIA FuSG FdSeD
both sides in the unsuccessful
campaign of Mr.. Ferguson. Ohio
State auditor, to unseat Senator
Taft.
Comic Books Brought Up.
Senator Gillette said informa-
ton in his subcommittee files in
|cluded comic books that were used
against Senator Taft by the CIO
Political Action Committee. In
the Ohio case there were COM
plants as to both scurrilous lit
erature and excessive expenditures,
Senator Gillette said.
The vote to hold hearings or
the Ohio campaign, Senator Gill
lette said, was divided" He said
he could not announce what the
vote was or who voted how. He
also refused to answer a question
as to who had offered the motion
Earlier it had been reported that
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Republican, of Maine, was urging
action in the Ohio case.
Committee Counsel Edward A.
McDermott was directed to pre-
pare a plan for the Ohio hearings
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Navy Identifies SoiIor
Missing From Big Mo-
BY the Associated Press

BALBOA, Canal Zone, April "a
Fifteenth Naval District head
quarters said today that a crew
man, missing from the battleship
Missouri. apparently fell over
board when the big vessel was
some so miles off Balboa.
The announcement identified
the missing man as William
Joseph O'Connor. a fireman, OF
Chicago. 1t said he failed tc
answer morning roll call Satur-
day.
The Missouri passed through
the Canal yesterday, en- route to
the Atlantic following Korean
duty.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Daylight Time
Continued From First Page

will be able to catch their usua
trains.
Greyhound and railways buse.
will operate on standard time or
all but commuter-type runs. The
local" routes into Maryland anc
Virginia will be geared to daylight
time for the convenience of COM
muters. Unlike most other car
rierS, railways will give telephone
schedule information in terms o1
daylight time to save confusion.
Airlines will continue to oper.
ate, as in the past, on standard
time.
Most transportation companies
publish new schedules for the day.
light time period, running from
the last Sunday in April to the
last Sunday in September. Pas.
sengers should consult them fo,
exact departure times.
Television viewers and radio
listeners will find their favorite
programs listed at the same time
as before, since they will be moved
with the clock.
Evening star., 1951-04-24

large numbers, lots of artillery for
the first time and the OBVIOUS in
Itention of wiping us out.
I'VE know that. And we are
waiting for him. He has taken
some terrible losses already. And
he is going to take some more"
Red losses yesterday were esti-
mated at nearly $4,000. About one
fourth Of them were from round
the-c1ock air attacks.
But that's not much out of an
estimated 100000 troops already
committed to the attack. An as
sault force of that size would leave
the Reds some 100000 in reserve
in North Korea. -
U, N. troops had pulled back as
much as is miles in places. The
withdrawal was generally well or
dered. But it was so fast that
units from company to battalion
size were surrounded. on the west
and central fronts. They fought
their way out today.
Weather Aids Defenders.
Clear, bright weather aided the
defending forces. Swirling dust
clouds kicked up by advancing
Reds gave away their positions tt
low-f1ying Allied planes.
The 5th Air Force mounted 34(
strikes yesterday in close support
of ground troops-its third busies
lfront-line day Of the war.
The toll was high, the Far East
Air Forces noted, "as the Red!
came out in the open in their of.
Ifensive with almost complete dis.
regard" of fire bombs, rockets
high explosives and machinegur
fire. Even B-29s were used ir
night bomb attacks on the from
lines. Flares and searchlight.
spotted the Reds.
One B-26 reported killing 40(
heavily massed Reds today with
fragmentation bombs.
Altogether U. N. planes flew vel
over 1000 sorties. In contrast one
Red bomber appeared. It dropped
six bombs behind the battlefront
No damage was reported.
One RuSsian-type MIG jet
fighter was hit, running the war
time total to 100 Red jets de.
Istroyed or damaged. Two U. N
planes were damaged by ground
fire.
Some Allied bombers were di-
verted to destroy U. N. equipment
abandoned on the central front
Rescuers Break Through.
One gallant battalion trapped
for 20 hours fought off all attacks
until a rescue tank column broke
through from the south.
Then, supported by the tanks
and by straf1ng. rocketing JET
planes, the U. N. battalion last
night forded the waist-deep I'M
jim River. GIs raced their trucks
ana Jeeps over rubber pontoon
bridges.
For IS minutes they ran through
a hail of Red mortar fire. But
the Chinese couldn't stop the
breakout.
Fierce U. N. air and artillery
attacks beat back new swarms OF
Reds trying to cross the Imjir
north of their 15-mile bridgehead
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Italian Workers Strike

ROME, April "a (P.-Govern.
ment workers in three regions o1
Italy walked off the job today fol
one to two hours. The strike, fol
higher pay, was called in the in.
dustrial regions of Piedmont ane
Emilia and agricultural Southern
Calabria.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Chinese Report Russia
Has Armored Division
Stationed at Suchow
BY The Associated Press


TAIPEH, Formosa, April
24.-The Nationalist Chinese
Defense Ministry said today
a Russian armored division
is stationed at Suchow, a Red
Chinese rail junction about
200 miles northwest of Man.
king.
The ministry quoted a re-
cent arrival in Hong Kong
from Suchow. He was not
identified.
The informant said the
Soviet troops were housed in
barracks in the Suchow air
field area.
Evening star., 1951-04-24
Naming Of Brewster
To Foreign Relations
Committee Proposed
By the Associated Press

Senate Democrats may open the
ranks of the Foreign Relations
Committee to a sharp critic of
President Truman's Asiatic pro-
gram rather than risk a blow at
the battered bipartisan foreign
policy.
The critic is Senator Brewster
of Maine, Republican. who main
tains a personal friendship with
the President despite his opposi-
tion to many of the latter's do
mestic and international policies.
Senator Mcfarland of Arizona,
the Democratic leader, told re-
porterS the Democratic Steering
Committee will meet later in the
week to decide what to do about
filling the foreign relations va
cancy left by the death of Sena-
tor Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan.
Mccarthy to Be Bumped.
Blair Moody, 40, a newspaper
man, was appointed yesterday by
Michigan's Democratic Governor,
G. Mennen Williams, to succeed
Senator Vandenberg. AS a Senate
newcomerehe will get minor COM
mittee assignments.
However, his addition to the
Democratic ranks means that
party will get two more commit
tee memberships under the new
50-to-46 margin over the Repub-
licarlS.
Democratic leaders already have
made up their minds to bump
Senator Mccarthy, Republican, of
Wisconsin off the important APP
preparations Committee, changing
the present 11-to-10 majority
ratio there to IL to 9.
Senator Robertson, Democrat,
of Virginia will get this place.
The move will take Senator Nc
Carthy off subcommittee dealing
with State Department affairs
before he gets a chance to ques-
tion Secretary of State Acheson,
against whom he has led the Re-
publican attack.
To pick up their other place,
Democrats will change the present
7-to-6 majority ratio on some
committee to 8 to 5.
They could do this on Foreign
Relations. but some Democratic
Senators said they hope this won't
happen, because it probably would
produce new charges that the BIZ
partisan foreign policy is being
roughly handled.
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat,
Of Connecticut, a committee mem
ber. said he thinks it would be a
mistake for the Democrats to take
an additional seat.
Senator Brewster is third in line
to fill the Republican vacancy
on the committee. Senators
Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire and Taft. Republican,
of Ohio. ahead of him, have in
dicated they don't want it.
Senator Brewster has record
Of supporting such administration
proposals as the European eco
nomic and foreign arms programs.
He supported the troops-to- Europe
resolution, but backed the amend
ment calling for congressional, &C.
ton on future troop assignments,
which the administration fought.
However, the Maine Senator has
been a strong advocate of using
Chinese Nationalist troops in the
Korean war and thus is lined up
with Gen. Douglas MacArthut un
this issue.
Mr.. Moody's appointment gen
orally was hailed by Senators who
have known him as newspaper
man. Republicans kept their
praise strictly on a personal basis.