TUESDAY, MAfcCH 8, 1955
Chinese to Defend Matsus
Nationalists Announce
Islands Reinforcement
TAIPEI, Formosa, March 7 (jP)—The Matsu Islands 100 miles
northwest of Formosa will be defended and are steadily being re
inforced, junior Nationalist officers declared today.
Apparently this meant with or without U.S. support. The United
States has not committed itself publicly to defend the islands 20
miles off the Red mainland.
The officers told foreign cor
respondents that strong fortifica
tions are being thrown up in thd
Matsus. The islands are being
laced by a system of military
roads,
The officers said the Matsus
will be built up to greater strength
than the Tacnen Islands, which
had a garrison of more than 11,-
000 men before they were aban
doned. The Matsu garrison has
been estimated at 5000.
Will Not be Abandoned
The junior officers, who chan
nel news to th. press, took pains
to impart confidence that the
islands will not be abandoned.
There has been much speculation
here that the Matsus would be
yielded.
One newspaper quoted the De
fense Ministry as saying the is
lands “will' not be abandoned
now or in the future without .a
bitter fight.”
The junior officers asserted the
United States had proved a gen
erous ally who understands the
military. and psychological im
portance-of not yielding the Mat
sus or Quemoy, across Formosa
Strait.
U.S. Help Expected
Thus the Nationalists, seemed
to have convinced themselves, at
least, that U.S. help is forth
coming in a defense of the islands.
The United States, however, has
given the impression this might
be the case only if the attack on
the offshore islands was part'of
a drive toward Formosa.
-Before leaving for Hong Kong,
Adm. Felix B. Stump, Pacific
Fleet commander, made a flying
visit to the Matsus Sunday. The
garrison commander declared he
was ready for any Communist on
slaught.
Stump told newsmen the Pacific
Fleet could “defend anything
against the Communists” if or
dered. Asked if that meant the
Matsus he replied: “Anything."
Leader Appoints 3
To Censor Board
HARRISBURG, March 7 W
Gov. George M. Leader asked the
Senate tonight to confirm three
new members of the state Board
pf Censors.
Leader’s revamped board, which
passes on movies shown in Penn
s' 1 Lvania, consists of Mrs. Louise
Moses ~ohn, West Chester; Mrs.
Helen K, Massock, Washington,
fa., and Mrs. Clara Stevenson
lack, Harrisburg.
Leader also submitted to the
Senate for confirmation:
Vita Curcio, Pen Argye, justice
of the peace, Plainfield Twp.,
Northampton County.
A. Reed Hayes, Belleville, Mif
flLi CoUnty Board of Assistance.
Miners Go on Trial
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March
7 (JP) —Four coal miners accused
of dynamiting a train as the Vio
lent climax of a mine strike went
on trial in U.S. District Court to
day.
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Man Killed
In 100 mph
Turnpike Ride
LANCASTER, Pa., March 7 (JP)
—A 100-mile-an-hour ride down
the wrong side of the Pennsyl
vania Turnpike ended in death
last night for a 27*year-old man
recently released from ■ a mental
institution. Police had been pur
suing him since he sped through
a toll gate without stopping to
get a ticket.
State police ended the terrify
ing ride by commandeering a
tractor-trailer and parking it
broadside across the road. The
driver of the car, Kenneth Shelly
never even slowed up as he raced
toward the huge truck spread
eagled across the highway.
He crashed into' it broadside,
his auto crunching under the high
body of the trailer and skidding
about 10 feet on the other side.
He was removed unconscious from
the wreckage, died several hours
later at Ephrata General Hospital.
The 40-minute chase covered 42
miles and sent startled motorists
swerving all over the superhigh
way.
Shelly, of nearby Lititz, accord
ing to records at the State Hos
pital in Harrisburg, Pa., was a
patient at the institution several
times between July, 1951, and
August, 1954.
Ohio River Floods
Reach. New High
CINCINNATI, March 7 (JP)—
The Ohio River crept tonight to
ward its highest level in seven
years, forcing hundreds of fami
lies along its banks to find new
shelter.
American Red Cross officials in
Columbus, Ohio, said the river
has reached “disaster” proportion.
Some 1600 families in Ohio,
Kentucky and West Virginia have
suffered damage, Mrs. Helen Ev
ans of the Franklin County Co
lumbus chapter reported.
However, in Cincinnati, Col. J.
L. Person, the Ohio River en
gineer, did not view the damage
as disasterous.
“There has been a good deal
of scattered damage, he said.
“But there has been nothing like
a catastrophe. The low-lying areas
which get wet every few years
are in tne water now.”
He estimated damage at several
million dollars but cautioned that
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Mover Tackles
'Whale of Job '
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J.,
March 7 (JP) —A man in the mov
ing and hauling business tackled
the job of ridding the Wildwood
beach of an unwanted 48-foot
whale today.
The whale washed rp yesterday
and attracted a big crowd of spec
tators.
Police said the moving man
went to work with two helpers,
cutting up the odo.ous whale with
huge knives.
The bit, mammal weighs be
tween four and six tons, police
estimated. They said it was about
medium size for its species.
Blind Couple
Will Keeo Son
AKRON, Ohio, March 7 (JP)—
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hathaway
can neither see nor hear, but
that’s no reason for the Welfare
Department to take their infant
son from them, a Juvenile Court
judge ruled today.
The community must help the
Hathaways care for their 2-weeks
old child in their own home in
nearby Stow, said Judge Russell
Thomas.
“This is only the beginning,”
said the judge, who reached nis
decision after a two-hour closed
hearing. “Not one of us can drop
the Hathaway case at this point
and say ‘Let the other fellow do
it.’ We must work out a com
munity plan.”
Taylor Replaces Hull
TOKYO, Tuesday, March 8 (JP)'
—Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor today
was appointed U.S. Far East com
mander and head of the United
Nations Command, effective April
1.
an' accurate accounting could not
be made until reports were filed.
■ Pomeroy, Ohio, and Catletts
burg, Ky., were hit hard, he said.
However, he foresaw no great
damage unless there were a lot of
rain and none was sighted in the
Weather Bureau forecast.
But, he recalled, the river is at
about the same level now as it
was during the early stages of the
1937 flood when the Ohio ram
paged to 80 feet. - *
The Red Cross has sent 21 dis
aster specialists from its Eastern
Area headquarters to strategic
points along the Ohio in West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indi
ana.
Ten shelter centers were dis
tributing food and clothing t 6
1000-1200 persons.
At Catlettsburg, 100 families al
ready have been evacuated and
another 200 will be moved out if
the river goes beyond expected
levels.
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Tito Claims Access
To Nuclear Energy
BELGRADE, Yugosaliva, March 7 (JP)— Marshal Tito said today
Yugosaliva has “ample raw materials” and know-how to produce
nuclear energy for peaceful uses. He called for destruction of nuclear
weapons and “active coexistence” among countries of the world.
Tito made a 90-minute address at the first session of Parliament
this year. He was well tanned after his recent 74-day good will trip
to India, Burma, and Egypt.
His statement was the first of
ficial assertion that this country
has discovered within its borders
the essential raw material, pre
sumably uranium, for nuclear po
wer. He made no reference to
atomic or hydrogen bombs, con
fining himself to the term “nu
clear energy.”
Atomic Energy Plant
It has been no secret the gov
ernment has constructed an atom
ic energy plant outside Belgrade
for experimental purposes. Tito
gave the additional information
that well-equipped institutes for
nuclear research have been set up
in Zagreb and Ljubljana ,as well
as in the capital area.
Tito scored the use of nuclear
energy for military purposes. In
addition to demanding the de
struction of “all existing nuclear
arms,” he said efficient interna
tional control would be necessary
to prevent the “misuse” of nu
clear power. 1
Lists Points
Tito made these additional
points:
1. The outlook is good for the
“Little Three” Balkan alliance of
Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey.
2. Settlement of the Trieste dis
pute “has contributed to peace
and created better possibilities
for Italian-Yugoslav relations.”
3. “There have been no changes
in the past year” in relations with
the West. “We do not forget the
material aid they have given us'.
We must continue the policy of
friendship and cooperation with
the Western countries.”
Steps to Unify Germany
4. Steps must he take to unify
Germany as “a sovereign country
with means to defend its indepen
dence.”
5. Normalization of relations
with Russia and other East Euro
pean cominform countries with
which Yugoslavia split in 1948 was
a “contribution to peace and sta
bilisation.” The claim in some of
these countries that Yugoslavia
was confessing its “blunders” was
branded nonsense.
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Nugent Acquitted
By Army Board
FT. SILL, Okla., March 7 (JP)—
A nine-color.el court-m art i a 1
board, after deliberatinj two
hours and 16 minutes, today ac
quitted Maj. Ambrose H. Nugent
on all specifications and charges
accusing him' of collaborating with
the enemy while a prisoner in
the Korean War.
The dramatic climax came af
ter the longest military tria- in
history, which had started its sev
enth week.
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