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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13

in your letter any effort to
find that common language
which could indeed facilitate
the removal of the danger ex-
listing in the current situation
in the Taiwan area. On the
contrary, the description of this
situation contained in your
letter seems designed to serve
the ambitions of international
communism rather than to pre-
sent the facts. I also note that
you have addressed no letter
to the Chinese Communist
leaders uring moderation upon
them. If your letter to me is
not merely a vehicle for one
sided denunciation of United
States actions but is indeed in
tended to reflect a desire to
find a common language for
peace, 1 suggest you urge these
leaders to discontinue their mil
itary operations and to turn
to a policy of peaceful settle
ment of the Taiwan dispute.
If indeed, for the sake of set
ting the issues that tend to
disturb the peace in the For
mosa area, the Chinese Com
muniSt leaders can be persuaded
to place their trust in negotia-
ton and a readiness to practice
Cancellation, then / assure you
the United States will, on its
part, strive in that spirit earn
estly to the same end.
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Brucker Warns Reds
Against T esting' ofU.S.

GUAM, Sept. 10 (AP).-Army
Secretary Wilben Brucker today
warned Russia and China
against testing the tremendous
punch" of United States forces,
which he said are ready for
general or regional warfare.
THE Goddess and ambitious
Russian and Chinese Com
munists better not continue
ganging up on little democra-
cieS," he said. I'VE have had
enough Of that"
Here briefly en- route home
after a three-week fact-finding
tour of the Far East, Mr..
Brucker asserted that "the
Communists have known moth
ing but force" and would be
impressed only by action.
II would advise them they
better not test whether Presi-
dent Eisenhower was sincere" in
his Far Eastern policy address,
he added.
I'VE are not spelling for a
tight, but we have a tremen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
1929 Gain Shown
In Store Sales

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
were 10 per cent ahead of g
year ago in the week ended
September 6, despite a decline
of 10 per cent from the previous
week, the Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond reported last
night.
Area sales in fourl weeks
ended September 6 were 7 per
cent above a year ago and for
the year to date equaled 1857
marks.
The downtown portion of the
area sales total was 7 per cent
above a year ago, despite a
decline of 10 per cent from the
previous week. Four weeks
sales were up 8 per cent from a
year ago, but those for the year
to date remained Q per cent
lower.
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dous punch" the Secretary
said. II know that some coun-
tries would underestimate us
but the Communists better not
test u.s."
Mr.. Brucker said he thinks
the United States SEATC
allies would support United
States Far Eastern policy in
light of the Eisenhower speech
The SEATO allies, he said
feel that "if we yield at Quemoy
their countries may be next
/ believe they would back US
vigorously"
The Secretary said he con-
ferred with Chang Kai-shek
and other top Nationalist Chi
nese leaders. as well as United
States military chiefs and
found Gen. Chiang's troops
eager and ready to do their
job"
About 100000 Forinosan
troops on Quemoy and other
offshore islands will stay at
their posts come what may"
Mr.. Brucker declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13

again yesterday demonstrated
In court how he believed Mr..
Jones staggered drunkenly in
his hotel room, tried to grab a
floor lamp, struck its post
against his head, cut his lip
and fell with 1t.
IF he fell with it and into
1t, 1t would produce a very
strong force" DR.. Hunter said.
japanese Blame Blows
Japanese medical experts had
testified earlier that the fall of
the lamp could not have caused
injuries. The Jap
anese commended the injuries
could have been caused by blows
from a fist.
In a written expert opinion
submitted to the court. DR..
Hunter stated:
/. Mr.. Jones died as a result
of a subdural hematoma "a
type of cerebral hemorrhage).
2. This injury is not fatal
unless it goes unrecognized. In
most instances, opening holes
into the skull to drain accumu-
lating blood would eliminate
the pressure and the patient
would survive.
8. The subdural hematoma,
the injury to the left side of
the head and the left chest and
lacerated lip were due to a fall
sustained with the floor lamp,
4. Bruises and Commissions
over the remainder of the body.
arms and legs, resulted from
falls and collision with various
objects.
5. At the time of the injury
sustained to the head Mr.. Jones
was highly intoxicated, grossly
staggering and inco-ordinate.
according to the amount of al
'ohol in the blood.
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night, the United States and
Japan agreed the situation in
the Formosa Strait should be
settled peacefully and without
recourse to force" The state
ment was issued by Secretary
of State Dulles and Japanese
Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fu-
jiyama at the end Of two days
of talks.
Avoid NucIear Issue
In discussing the military
situation in the Far East, de-
Tense officials step carefully
around questions about the
possible need to use nuclear
explosives in event the Com
munists attempt to invade the
offshore islands or Formosa,
the Nationalist stronghold.
In all public statements so
far, top American officials have
left open whether atomic
weapons would be used for de-
tense of the islands.
Planes able to carry tactical
size A-bombs are aboard
United States Navy carriers in
the Far East waters. Also in
the area are United States Air
Force planes capable of ham
ding the battlefield-size atomic
weapons.
If circumstances should COM
pei American forces to use
nuclear weapons, the assump-
ton is they would be applied,
at least initially, against Com
munist airflelds, harbors, trans
portation systems and troop
and supply depots used to
launch and back up any island
invasion attempt.
However. the use Of atomic
weapons. even in case Of at
tempted invasion of Nation
alist territory, is opposed in
some quarters because of fear
this might trigger an all-out
nuclear war, with Russia NOV
ing into it.
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Chinese Communists in nego-
tiations.
But he told Mr.. Khrushchev
that he hopes IAN understand
ing can be achieved" through
talks between the American
and Chinese Communist am
bassadors in Warsaw which
will assure that there will be
no resort to the use of force
in the endeavor to bring about
a solution of the issues. :"
The President blamed the
present state of tension in the
Formosa area directly on un-
provoked military action by
the Chinese Communists.
And he limited at a suspicion
the Soviet Premier might have
had something to do with set
ting the Chinese Reds of on
their bombardment of Ma
tionalist-held Quemoy.
Peiping Visit Recalled
This intense military activity
was begun on August 23-some
three weeks after your visit to
Peiping," he wrote Mr.. Khru-
Shchev.
Mr.. Eisenhower made no di-
rect reference to many of the
charges in the long Khrushchev
letter.
Besides calling for with
drawal of American forces from
the Far East and warning that
any attack" on Communist
China would be considered an
attack on Russia herself, Mr..
Khrushchev's letter demanded
admission of Red China to the
United Nations.
The Soviet Premier charged
that "only the unrealistic posi-
ton" of the United States
keeps China's u. N. seat for
Chang Kai-shek's Formosa
regime instead of Peiping. He
called Chang Kai-shek a
political corpse"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
IceIanders
Sent Home

LONDON, Sept. Is (Ar.-
The British frigate Eastbourne
finally succeeded today in send
ing home nine Icelandic coast
guardsmen who had been un-
welcome and unwilling passen-
gers for IL days.
The Icelanders from the gum
boat Thor boarded the Brit
lsh trawler Northern Foam on
September 2 to arrest it for
inside the nations new
l2-mile limit. The Eastbourne,
on duty to protect British
trawlers that refuse to recog-
nize and are defying Iceland's
fishing ban, took them from
the trawler.
Then the nine refused to re-
turn to the Thor. The British
called them guests on the East
bourne; Iceland called them
prisoners.
The Admiralty said the East
bourne crept with lights out to
within a mile of the Iceland
coast near Keflavik village at 3
am. and put the nine into a
whaler, a long and narrow row.
boat. They rowed themselves
ashore.
THE Icelanders were in very
good heart and thanked the
EaStbourne for their hospital
ity," an Admiralty spokesman
said. They made no objec-
ton to being put ashore"
Apparently the Eastbourne
thought it worth losing the
whaler to be able to quit feed
ing the men.
The Goldfish war has been
fairly quiet in the last few days
with most of the British
trawlers outside the 12-mile
limit because the catch was
poor nearer the shore.
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MOROCCO
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OOhtAnueu FROM EITSt rage
recently there had been opti-
mism that a satisfactory long,
term agreement might be
reached with the new govern
ment on the status Of the bases.
The original attitude of Mr.,
Balafrej's government had been
sympathetic. and since the
bases mean the pouring Of some
$50 million a year into the Mo-
roccan economy. prospects for
continuing availability of the
bases had appeared good.
However, since the landing of
American troops in Lebanon in
August-an operation for which
the base at Nouasseur served
as a staging area-the nation
alist cutlery against the bases
has become increasingly shrill
Whatever their own sentiments
may be in the matter, it ap-
pears the King and his minis
tiers have informed the State
Department that they cannot
risk negotiations without prior
agreement on the question OF
evacuation.
From the American point of
view. the military Importance
of the Moroccan bases is al
most less important than their
political significance. Within
five years their military value
certainly will decline greatly
with increasing reliance on bal
listic missiles instead of
manned aircraft as primary
strategic weapons. On the
other hand, the bases and the
agreement under which they
have been occupied represented
a kind Of mutual defense
treaty with Morocco, decisively
binding it to the Western camp
and shaping its policies ac-
cordingly.
The decision therefore is
symptomatic Of a disturbing
drift of Morocco toward a neu-
tralist positions drift pointed
up sharply by the official re-
quest of Morocco this week for
membership in the Arab
League. 1t also is felt here
that it indicates a progressive
weakening Of the position OF
the King and his government
in the face of leftwing and
generally anti-American Mo-
roccan nationalist.
OF particular concern here Is
the effect Of the American con-
cession in negotiations being
conducted by the French, moi
only in Morocco, but also in
Tunisia. Up to this point the
French have not admitted the
principle Of total evacuation Of
their former protectorates, lay
ing particular emphasis on the
need for holding onto their
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Noting there has been some
increase in United States
forces in the Formosa area. the
spokesman said this, too, en-
tailed the need for more sup
plies.
There also is 8 necessity to
replace ammunition used by
Chinese Nationalist artillery
batteries on the Quemoy Is
lands in replying to the bonn
bardment by Red Chinese
forces on the mainland.
No Shortage
There is no shortage OF
ammunition in the area which
would affect our ability to fight
a conventional war II called
upon to 10 So" the spokesman
said.
Meanwhile, there were these
Washington developments in
the Formosa area crisis:
l. George Yeh, Nationalist
China's new Ambassador here,
said yesterday Communist Chi
nese guns have blocked efforts
to supply Quemoy's defenders
and that 1--WE should choose the
proper moment to retailiate
with an air attack"
Mr.. Yeh, saying I'VE don't
want to involve the United
States in a war;" told newsmen
he did not suggest that Ameri-
can bombers should join in any
Nationalist air raid at this
time.
2. Secretary of Defense Nc
Elroy said at a news conference
that any Nationalist attempt
to strike back by air against
Communist shore batteries
might be "a rather provocative
action"
On another and major point,
Secretary McElroy said he be-
lieved the United States has
made it clear we would resist
an assault on the Quemoys by
the Chinese Communists"
8. In q joint statement last
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Dr.. Huffman to Toke
Post With Lutheruns

BUTLER, Pa, Sept. Is
(AP).-The Rev. DR.. Gordon
Huffman of Bethesda, Md, will
be installed tomorrow as East
ern District president of the
American Lutheran Church.
The ceremonies in st. Marks
Evangelical Lutheran Church
will be a homecoming for DR..
Huffman. He once served as
pastor at st. Marks.
DR.. Henry F. Schulz, president
.of the American Lutheran
Church, will perform the install
lation.
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D. c. PothoIogist Calls
Tokyo Death Accident

TOKYO, Sept. 10 (AP).-A
noted American pathologist
yesterday told a Japanese court
he was more convinced than
ever that New Haven Conn
Businessman T. A. d. Jones. jr.,
had died an accidental death,
DR.. Oscar B. Hunter OF
Washington, d. c., could not
be shaken by nearly two hours
Of prosecution cross-examina-
ton in the granddaughter trial
Of Joseph p. Crowley, the dead
mans brother-in law. who is
accused Of fatally beating him
after a night of drinking.
Crowley has pleaded not
guilty.
Before the hearing a closed
session was held to show DR.
Hunter projected slides, in
color and black and white, Of
Mr.. Jones body taken before
the autopsy. Mr.. Jones had 81
wounds and bruises including
q cut lip.
Firm In Opinion
Asked by Prosecutor Minoru
Uchida whether seeing the
slides had caused him to
change his opinion, DR.. Hunter
said:
mo. Honestly, I am now
more convinced than ever that
the injuries had to be done by
the floor lamp and other furni-
ture in the ROOM" he said. The
injuries illustrated very accu-
rately the way ! described how
they occurred"
DR. Hunter is consulting
pathologist to the coroner Of
Washington and to the medical
examiners Of the States Of Vlr-
ginia and Maryland. He was
called by the defense from the
United States.
The specialist Thursday and
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Dear Mr.. Chairman:
/ have your letter Of Sep
TENDER 7. ! agree with you
that dangerous situation
exists in the Taiwan area.
do not agree with you as to
the source of danger in this
situation.
The present state of tension
in the TaiwaI1 area was ere
ated directly by Chinese Com
munist action, not by that Of
the Republic of China or by
the United States. The fact
is that following a long period
of relative calm In that
area, the Chinese Communists.
without provocation. suddenly
initiated a heavy artillery
bombardment of Quemoy and
began harassing the regular
supply of the civilian and
military population Of the
Quemoys. This intense mill
tary activity was begun on
August 23-Some three weeks
after your visit to Peiping.
The official Peiping Radio has
repeatedly been announcing
that the purpose Of these mill
tary operations is to take Tai
wan (Formosa) as well as
Quemoy and Matsu. by armed
force. In virtually every
Peiping broadcast. Taiwan
(Formosa) and the offshore
islands are linked as the OBJ
jective Of what is called the
Chinese Peoples Liberation
Army"
The issue, then, is whether
the Chinese Communists will
seek to achieve their ambitions
through the application of
force, as they did in Korea, or
whether they will accept the
vital requisite of world peace
and order in a nuclear age and
renounce the use of force as the
means for satisfying their terri
torial claims. The territory con-
cerned has never been under
the control Of Communist
China On the contrary, the
Republic of China-despite the
characterizations you apply to
it for theological reasons-iS
recognized by the majority Of
the sovereign nations of the
world and its government has
been and is exercising jurisdic-
ton over the territory con-
cerned. United States military
forces operate in the Taiwan
area in fulfillment of treaty
commitments to the Republic
of China to assist it in the de-
Tense of Taiwan (Formosa) and
the Penghu (PeScadoresl is
lands. They are there to help
resist aggression-not to COM
NIT aggression. No upside down
presentation such as contained
in your Letter can change this
fact.
The United States Govern
ment has welcomed the willing
ness of the Chinese Commu-
nists to resume the ambassa-
dorial talks, which were be-
gun three years ago in
Geneva, for the purpose of
finding a means of easing
tensions in the 'Taiwan area.
In the past, the United States
representative at these talks
has tried by every reasonable
means to persuade the Chinese
Communist representative to
reach agreement on mutual
remuneration of force in the
Taiwan area but the latter in
sistently refused to reach such
agreement. The United States
hopes that an understanding
can be achieved through the
renewed talks which will assure
that there will be no resort to
the use Of force in the endeavor
to bring about a solution of the
issues there.
I regret to say I do not see
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to intercept the plane on the
Soviet Turkish border. It de-
manded information ION the
full circumstances surrounding
and following interception of
the American plane by Soviet
aircraft"
It was reliably learned that a
Soviet Foreign Ministry official
in a telephone conversation
with Mr.. Davis Monday, two
days after the first United
States note was delivered, de-
MED all knowledge of the in
cident.
The Kremlin said the plane
crashed about "a miles north
west Of Yerevan, capital of
Soviet Armenia, IS miles from
the Turkish border. The note
added that it was "a signifi-
cant distance into the Soviet
Union evidence that the
plane Intentionally violated
USSR state borders" This was
protested.
The Soviet note gave no indi-
cation how the plane came
down.
In Washington. the State
Department said an investiga-
ton showed a C-130 was in
tercepted by fighter planes in
the border area near the re-
portd crash scene and was
then directed eastward under
control Of Soviet aircraft.
Explosion Heard
Following this the sound of
an explosion was heard and q
column of smoke was seen
rising from behind q range Of
hills within Soviet territory,
the State Department said.
The Air Force said the plane
was taking part in a worldwide
study of radio wave propaga-
ton. Flying from Adana, Tur-
key, it disappeared between
Trabzon on Turkeys Black Sea
coast and Lake Van, Turkey. .
straight line between the two
points would parallel the Soviet
border about 100 miles to the
east.
In this same area last June
81 Soviet jet fighters shot down
q United States Air Force
transport which strayed over
Armenia during bad weather
on. o fight from Germany to
Pakistan. Four men rode the
plane down safely but the five
who bailed out were roughed
up by peasants before Soviet
Officials rescued them. All nine
were returned to United States
] authorities 10 days later.
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tionalists in learning to handle
amphibious supply operations
under fire. I'VE will try all
kinds of different techniques, +"
he said.
Plane Turned Back
He did not explain the adj
vantage of a landing in the
dark. Presumably the Red
guns are zeroed in on the
beach and can open fire as
soon as radar spots a convoy
coming in. Before the United
States 7th Fleet began escort
ing the Nationalist ships to the
three-mile limit 10 days ago,
Red torpedo boats turned back
a nighttime Nationalist convoy
The predawn barrage also
turned back a Nationalist
transport plane carrying a
group of American and other
newSmen, Nationalist officers
and miscellaneous cargo for
Quemoy.
Despite the Communist ar
tillery curtain. Rear Admiral
Liu Hoh-tu, the chief Nation
alist military spokesman, told
newsmen, I'VE are determined
to get the stuff through" He
did not elaborate.
Reports persisted that the
Nationalist might attempt air
drops of supplies from Formosa
on Quemoy, which nestleS up
against the Chinese Communist
mainland 100 miles west Of
here. There was also some talk
that the Nationalist might
use their old method of sneak
ing supplies to Quemoy on
small fishing junks.
Food Shortage Denied
Some American commanders
have acknowledged privately
that Quemoy eventually would
strangle unless some way is
found to get more than the
present trickle of supplies to
its l00,000-man Nationalist
garrison. In Washington yes
terday, United States Secretary
OF Defense Neil McElroy dis
counted chances of Quemoy
running out Of food.
Peiping radio reported Com
munist China has begun or
ganizing "the entire people
into an enormous militia. The
broadcast said millions have
already Joined the militia with
the watchword, strike back al
any time the enemy dares to
attack"
In Warsaw, Poland, Chinese
Communist Ambassador Wang
Pingnan returned from Peipine
after five days Of consulta-
tions. He will represent the
Peiping government in talks
with United States Ambassa-
dor Jacob Beam over the cur
rent Formosa crisis.
Smiling as he met newsmen
yesterday, Mr.. Wang repeated
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naval base at Bizerte in Tu-
nisia. American concessions to
Morocco have placed the
French in a difficult position in
these talks. especially since Tu-
nisia's President Bourguiba
hardly can be expected to adopt
a more liberal and pro-West-
ern line than the Mopaccan
government has.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13

Chinese Communist Chief Mao
Tze-tung's statement: IF both
sides show good will the
talks may achieve satisfactory
results"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-13
Pentogon Calls Supplies
Adequate in Far East
nr the Assoclated PrsI

Defense Department spokesman said today American
forces in the Far East have adequate supply ammunition
for fighting any conventional war.
But he to questions. additional supplies
Of many types such as food clothing and other material
as well as ammunition being sent as normal resuppy
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REPLY TO KHRUsHcHEV
President BIones
: Tension on Reds

NEWPORT r. l., Sept 10 (AP).-FollotCing is the teTt
of President Eisenhowers to Souet Premier Nta
KhruShcheU today:
The Sidney herald., 1958-06-11

| Julia Herbst
Colleen Shannon
Obstacle Race
Glib Lightfield
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Pop Race
Ben MERCER and Kenneth
Thornton, Junior Whiteman and
Aileen Lightfield
Baton Race
George Provost, Fritz Reh-
bein, Glib and Aileen Lightfield,
1st.; Ben Mercier, Junior White
man, Frank Gladowski, and Ken
neth Thornton.
Novelty Race
Marjorie Murray
Tom Darr
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Women's Pole Bending
Aileen Lightfield
Marjorie Murray
Women's Novice Pole Bending
Elsie Putnam
Mems Pole Bending
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Glib Lightfield
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Mems Novice Pole Bending
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Tom Darr
Saddle and GO
Tom Darr
Ben MERCER
Glib Lightfield
Rustlers in the Cow Camp
Marjorie Murray
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Quarter Mile Race
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Gretna Green
Ben MERCER and Marjorie Muir
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Rescue Race
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Keg Roping
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Kids Barrel Race
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Girls Barrel Race
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