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22 Killed Gold Rush In In Plane Disaster

Albuquerque, New Mexico,

May 6.

A B-36 bomber crashed here today, killing 22 per- sons in the worst crash in- volving the world's biggest bombing plane.

when

it ni-

Two other persons were in- jured on the plane smashed into the ground tempted to lend at Kirtland Airbase here. Colonel Terry Griffith, commanding ofeer of the 4901 Support Wing Sandia Atomic Buse, said

21

crewmen were kliled outright In the crash, which occurred shortly after noon. One more man died at the base hospital from burns and other injurles.

On

was

The big plane

on a routing light from Carswell Field. Fort Worth, Texas, when it crashed

landing. Its right wing hit the ground, the plane caught five, and then it smashed blazing into the run- way.

Three other planes parked on the runway were damaged. Three injured men were pulled from the blazing ship taken to hospital.

1lme

and

The weather was good at the of the crank. Weather Bureau personnel said the wind was registered at 20 miles an hour with gusts up to 30.

did not report 'trouble before trying to land-United Press.

SALUTARY

San Sebastian, May 6, A novel method of lowering

the

Melbourne, May 0

Gold fever bas gripped 3,000 townsfolk of Kyneton, 57 miles from Melbourne,

where two

local businessmen claim to have neited almost £A400

in a

a weekend.

A rush has started to per claims in

in the area, where four miles from the main street of the little country town lles a reef which the two men claim has averaged 731⁄2 ounces of gold to a ton of rock at a trial crushing,

A localTM Karage proprie- tor, Mr J. Mellardy, aged 40, and a cycle shop owner, Mr A. Jones, aged 38, were the discoverers of the reef.

"I can see the gold glittering in the rock," Mr Mellardy Kald today. Link the reef is getting richer as

we follow i -Reuter,

JAPAN'S

SECURITY

Established 1845

MONDAY, MAY 7, 1951.

Challenging Advance By UN

Task Forces

Tokyo, May 6,

Allied tank-infantry task forces rolled for- ward 20 miles above the Han River defence line to- day in a challenge to the Communists' growing might, and one patrol stabbed across the 38th Parallel into North Korea without meeting the Communists.

Tank and infantry patrols cleared the Com- munists from a 20-mile wide sector of no-man's- land north of Seoul as they ranged ahead of big Allied guns that have moved forward once again to meet the Communists' growing threat.

There was little fighting across the entire penin- sula but record traffic on North Korean highways showed that the Communists

were rapidly mar- shalling their forces for the second phase of their drive to the south.

Allied pilots claimed a record 25 miles north of the Pukhan bag of 319 vehicles and 232 River without finding Com- Washington, May 6. railway cars destroyed on munisi troops. It had passed United Stales ofletals are Saturday night and Sunday through an area where a heavy extremely interested in the after sighting 3,475 vehicles on Communist buildup previously security of Japan and are taking supply routes from Manchuria was reported. steps to see that Japan is pro- the largest Communist troop tected against Communist in- ! movement of the

The only activity reported in the war. vasion, it

learned here

entire The Air Force spotted 2,570 this

the today.

vehicles on the

night before movement of a few Communist Tup

ometals, while not in and destroyed or damaged 169 tracks southward elong а agreement with Gen. MacArthur of them. It was comparable to secondary road near Kapyong. on Korea and China, are in the intense activity that preced- Jet aircraft pounced on trucks complete agreement with theed the first phase of the Com-just after dawn, destroying three Ave-star general on the neces-munisi spring offensive two and damaging one,

was

Red orbit. They are sure it can sity of keeping Japan out of the weeks ago. be done.

They

arc

110

way

ground.

sector

in tho east

was

centrat

12. Lose Lives In Typhoon

Manila, May 0. Twelve persons were re- ported killed or missing to- day as a Phalfo typhoon swept through the Philip- pines and headed toward the China Sea.

Six

seqmes were drown- ed when the LCT Beatrix in rough water capsized and bigh winds off Cavite In Manila

Bay. Another six persons were reported

and

or dead or missing Visayan Islands Southern Philippines, where several thonsand

WETD

of

homeless by

nude 90-mph winds. There wa etilmas no immediato

Property damage but reports from Bicol Provipoe in Southern Luzon and Pampanga Pro- vince in Central Luson said dantags

homes crops was extensive, Manila 25 persons were injured in traffic accidenta caused by high winds. United Press,

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Fighting

In

On Israeli Frontier

NEW BID FOR A CEASEFIRE

On Syro-Israeli Frontier,

May 6, Colonel Bennel de Ridder,

A spokesman at Kirtland said all agencies, including the FBI

Only Air Force, Navy and Marine mountains did the Reds. show would immediately begin in vestigation of the cause of the

taking planes concentrated on this signs of life. About 300 Com- crash. He added that the plane measures to see that Jupan has bulkdup and the Air Force flew munist troops attacked Allied

American military. 100 sorties in direct support of lines cast of Inle twice on Sun-acting United Nations Chief stationed within the the United Nations

islands to maintain forces.

day morning. They were re- her security.

REDS AVOID FIGHT

pulsed both times. The first of Staff here, was reported United States officials, it was

attack came at 2 am, and lasted today to be preparing to ask learned, hold the following views But the Communists showed two and a half hours. The the Security Council to issue on Japan:

desire to fight until their second came at 6.30 am, and

an immediate ceasefire ap. buildup

completed. A was beaten back within an hour, tank-infantry patrol that crass-The attacks were in the same peal as fighting exploded ed the 38th Parallel on the general area where the Com-

anew on this border. cast central front found no munists hit the advancing South Communist troops,

Koreans on Friday and Satur- Some light arms fire was day. met by a foot patrol northwest of Chunchon

and It was be- leved that

the Communists here had withdrawn north of the Soyang River.

One

South Korean patrol the no-mun's lund standing alone without a means simost 20 Kapyong on the to defend herself United Press, Seoul-Chunchon highway some

food prices has been discovered in San Sebastian.

1. Japan is. Important to the United States and is a friend of the United States.

to

Co-

want's 2. Japan operate with American and other A group of 20 men, led by democratic nations in the in- lap housewives, seized 10 terest of world

peace. tradespeople, ted their feel, 3. Japan has important in-

machinery threw them into some rowing dustrial

and this boals; they took them half a must not be allowed to fall into mile out to sea and dumped them Communist hands. into the water. The police did not interfere, Next day the price of food weat down with a bang in markets and shops.

4. Japon might look inviting to the Russians if she was left penetrated

COMMENT OF THE DAY

MacArthur Keeps It Up

ENERAL MacArthur's testimony. 1 the Chinese Reds with fear and dismay.

before the Senate committee which

Reduced to fundamentals, MacArthur's argument was based on disdainful dis- missal of opposing views on the prob- able consequences of open declaration of war on Communist China: give Mac- Arthur his head and he would pull triumph out of the bag. For us, poli- tical considerations counsel caution; for MacArthur they stimulate the de- sire to put his own judgments to the test. Disagreement would not perhaps be so forthright if MacArthur could confine himself to irrefutable facts. When he goes deeply, however, into detailed evaluations of political thought processes in China, and slides off adventitiously into discussion about the future of Hongkong, it is permissible to query whether all his findings are founded on equally slender acquain tance with realities. When Mr U Tat- chee put it tersely in a phrase: "When there is so much ignorance about the Far East and certainly about Hong- kong," he put it rather mildly. Mac- Arthur has never put foot in China or

Is Investigating his dismissal from command in the Far East was delivered with the General's customary eloquence, studied care and certain persuasiveness, but without eradicating, unfortunately for his cause, the impression of a head- in-the-clouds dissertation, consciously bidding for the appraisal associated with the infallibility doctrine. Much of it was non-contentious, some of it in- consequential, but the prevailing key- note was a direct challenge to any pre- pared to quarrel with his judgment, or dispute the soundness of MacArthur precepts. And, in the final analysis, on that score, the General failed miserably to carry conviction. His insistence that unless the United Nations took the war into the enemy camp and battered at Manchuria, a third world war was in- evitable, was almost mischievous. Pri- mary reason for MacArthur's recall was his refusal to abstain from intrusion into political fields when he found himself in sharp conflict with world figures better placed to assess the situation,-the-potentialities, the risks-ly The stress laid in Lake. Success, in London and in Washington, on the need for confining the clash to Korea, had no meaning unless expert opinion was satisfied that extension of the battle area could be the prelude to world conflict. MacArthur'a bland re- versal of that line of thinking on the stand in his own defence, for practical would, in other circum- purposes stances, be an eyebrow lifter if not pro- vocation for amused cynicism. So much of MacArthur's theory on the course required to be followed to halt Com- munism without Involving. a' general. conflagration, flowed in the same vein. Moscow's intention to honour the mutual aid pact with Peking he dis counted. Entry of powerful Russian forces, into Manchuria for defence pur- poses, ho believed would be viewed by

in Hongkong, his strictures suggesting

Hongkong as a British Colony is mere

countenanced-by-Peking because-of- "a constant flow of strategic materials which goes through there" presents Hongkong in a completely false light, due to one of two factors: MacArthur has used pre-Peking-intervention trade figures to attack our position in May, 1951, or he has not bothered his head about elementaries such as getting his facts straight and up-to-date. Whether it was by design or by defect, whether he was guided by unqualified" "support of the Chiang Kai-shelt outcast coterlo in Formoss, is of minor importance.. Our impression is that too much atten- tion has been paid to what amounts to loose talk that MacArthur's influence has been overrated. The most appro priate answer is to fold arms and watch calmly while the tumult and the shout- ing over the Senate inquiry dies its

natural death. H

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In the past 24 houra, despite reports of ceasefire agreements, the frontier clash broadened to some 25 kilometres from the tip of Lako Tiberias due north to the Huich swamp. There were sporadic artillery and mortar exchanges between

Syrians-and- Israelites and miping by both sides gained momentum.

While the warm shining on the smouldering bat-northwestern the area, Korean farmers took advantage of the lull to work their fields and the battered elty Seoul was stirred with of renewed hope. Some farmers waved at low-flying Allied planes.

REFUGEES RETURN

the

A report concerning Colonel de Ridder's plan said he would ask the Counci¡ to seek a ceise- United

Press correspondente that will be "full, final and sincere" William Chapman reported from Seoul that as the Allies moved north in search of the Chinese Army moving guns and troops out of the city, refugees began returning and the city showed increasing signa-of-life.—

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Marshall To Rebut MacArthur Testimony

Washington, May 6.

The administration's charge that General MacArthur is proposing a colossal gamble on World War III will be carried to Congress on Mon day by another five-star general of vast prestige-the Defence Secretary; General George Marshall.

General Marshall will testify at 10.30 a.m. EDT before the Sonata In- vestigating Committee, which spent three days last week hearing General Mac- Arthur expound aggressive Far East strategy which put him at loggerheads with President Truman and led to his dismissal. The President is counting heavily on Marshall and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who will testify later this week, to impeach General MacArthur's status as a military prophet.

Another Administration wit- ness will be the Secretary of,

State, Mr Dean Acheson, supported

decision ta

who

President Truman's į

dimniss General Coal Strike

MacArthur and who is himself

the target

of Republican de- mands for resignation. There *Iso is speculation that General

Eisenhower may Dwight

as an

bo called home from Europe 10 testify

ace-in-the-hole Aupporter of present United Siates defence policies,

General Marshall is expected to join the issue squarely by wurning that MacArthur's ple- mands for waging "limited War

Red China on

would bring on an all-out conflict with Russia before the United States is rearmed. MacArthur argued forcefully that risk of wor with the Soviet Union would not be increased by any

might steps which the United States take to win a eleur- victory in Korca not cut even by a naval blockade of Soviet-owned Port Arthur In Manchuria,

the In attempting to offset powerful

impression which General MacArthur's testimony":-

of both made

Senators Parties, the Administration's witnesses may place heavy em- phasis on the premise that Mec-

on

Over

Sydney, May 6, A strike which has heen causing a loss of 17,000 tons of coal daily ended- today when coalfield en- sincera decided to resume work,

Members of the Amal- gamated Engineers' Union, key men on the northern New South Wales

coal- neids, came out on Wed- nesday over the suspension of an electrio fitter who had refused to do turning

work.

At a meeting today the engineers resolved to to back-on-the-understanding that electrical Attere should ust be called upon to do turning pending arbitration on this point-Reuter,

STRIKERS

Arthur "has been wrong ocFIGHT

ho was confident fore" that Red China would not intervene in Korea,

-NOT-FIRST CLASH

Garrison's Ordeal

Saigon, May 6, French reinforcements have been rushed to relleye

a post under strong attack by Vietminh troops north- west of Hue, the central: Vietnam provincial capital; an Army communique said today.

Vietminh troops attacked all last night, but the garrison held name of which the post, the was withheld,

This morning the attackers withdrew, leaving six dead la='\\ side the post's barbed wire bar- ricade, the communique added.

In the French-held Tonkin French bridgehead, the Union 2nd Division, under General Berchoux, made д quick swoop on à pocket Vietminh guerilis

Delia

of

HERT the

capital of Hantel and reached Its first day's objective,

In

other

during

parts

FIRE French reported

of Indo-China the past 24 hours the 40 Vietminh' Lizceps killed, 5-wounded-and-

45 taken prisoner. Auckland, May 6. Working under extremely through the region

French forces were sweeping south of hazardous conditions, coal-Kesat, 22 miles east of Hanol

General Marshall, who was miners today brought under and had arrested 200 people in Army Chief of Staff in World control a serious fire in the the first day of the operation, a War II and a renowned military Millerton State Colliery in said.

French Army source in Hanoi cirategist in his own right, spent

reve

tes

several hours at his desk today the Westport district.

The French Anny was out- preparing his testimony, Those

wilting the Vietminhs and Men who had been on strike sistance to the operation was who know the general best are 10 weeks answered the call for so far only light. The French Colonel Moshe Perlman, sure he will mince no words, Israeli military spokesman, told

Brst freighters. They succeeded in Air Force has made two probing It will not

the

rolating the fire in two sections ralds on newsmen that in the face of the

time General Marshall and

the Doneben region, ceasefire order Issued Jagt

ave been after working round the clock northeast of Phuly and south of General MacArthur have been at odds Friday the Syrians took ad-

Chapa, Results over global strategy. In shifts since Friday.

were not yet vantage of the lull by renew-

known. Reuter, Disagreement between the two

Millerton feld ing attacks on Tel Motlla,

famous old soldiers dates back in what was de- scribed

Train Derailed WE of which has. bitterly several

been burning take it". Colonel Perlman said

years, but the present protested against Marshall's der outbreak was the most serious the Syrians lost

Vancouver, Moy 0. two attacke

give the European on the height, on Friday and Saturday. He added that in

theatre OFTIS

priority. Marshall yet. both the Syrians were repelled closely on two points in Mar- Secretary of Mines, said the loss today.

undoubtedly will be questioned Mr Charles Benney, Under with heavy casualties. There were

an

has been

Only C-ration cans remained † Israeli hindetermined bid to the early days of World we troubled by recurring fires, ono

around

emplacements where eight-inch cannon had stood and 155-mm howitzers were gone from

the grounds of capital buildings, but children played in Seoul's

crooked title alleys again and shops and stalls were reopening along the streets mill marred by now sandbag barrl- cades, barbed wire entanglements and tank traps.

Eleven miles north, *Allied patrols tabbed through the town of Uljonghu encountering some Communist fire northeast and northwest of the town but find ing no contact immediately cast or wex of

United Press correspondent Gene Symonds said there were reports of new Communist move- ments to reinforce the Red units north of Uijong and these seemed to be substantiated by Air Force reports of record traffic on North Korean high- ways. United Press.

Red Ambush

Fails

Communists

Agures,

ΠΟ

,

I when MacArthur

cision to

Arthur's testimony.

A Canadian Pacific Rathway Rood ni wa decalled in the Fraser Canyon, north of here

of the

killed.-Router.

of coal may exceed 100,000 *Three specific casualty General MacArthur sald the tons. - Associated Press.

Joint Chiefs of Staff recom- COUNTER-ATTACK Colonel Periman also

mended that any Koman peace sald that during Saturday

falks rule out entirely the ques- night Syrian forces emerged from the tons of giving Formosa to Red China and admitting Red China demilitarised zone and fortifled themselves

to the United Nations. He mid yards west of the westernmost on the height 130

General Marshall overruled the those Joint Chiefs and sald point in the zone Inside Ismaeli

сол territory. Reports from the fight-sidered in negotiatiores.

polnis might at least be ing. sald carly this morning Israeli forces counter-attacked

aren

MacArthur also asserted that and, after hand-to-hand fight- the Joint Chiefs supported some ing, drove the Syrians out of of his proposals for limited war their position. The height is

on Red China but presumably" About 1,100 yards south of Tel were overrided by Marshall or

the President, Capernaum, said

the Syrians

That will be the key sue not "number of dead and wounded." only in General Marshall's

Motila near

sustained 18 |

Meanwhile, reports from the testimony but in the appearance swamp, where drainage of the Joint Chiefs themselves, oen resumed, ind

indicated United Press,

had

that armoured tractors repelled

several Syrian attacks, engaged

Syrian c mipers-in-gun-duels-and

Four Talks

bought down a number of Pravda And Big

Spokesmen at the United No- tions Headquarters in Jerusalem Rangoon, May 6.

sold UN observers had

cott- lining both sides cluded their investigation of the of the Rangoon Mandalay road nghting and reported to Colonel

London, May 8. Pravda, the Russian Com- ambushed Mandalay Division

do Ridder. UN Headquarters munist Party Commissioner Aung Myint re-

newspaper, sald sald Coloncl de Ridder today that "given goodwill" the burning do Mendalay from the Central Burma tower of Yono government to agree to a mice be found in

Ventendny asdeed the Syrian way to agreed decisions. could thin, according to reports today ing between the Chiefs

the four-power The reports sold the Com- Staff of both sides int

of Foreign Ministers' deputies.con- munists throw hand grenades at Daughters of Jacob

thio ference in Paris. the Commissioner's escort,

Bridge

An agreement on the agenda to a proposed Foreign Minis- Jerusnicim that Syria rejcelled on the position of the United

mofficially believed

the suggestion, but there were no official coporta indicating Syrian reaction to it. It already has been accepted by Israel.

In Tel-Aviv, the Israeli, goy-

wounding two, before opening mouth of the Sea, of Gullice intera' Conferenco “now” depends

are with rifles and Sten guns They did not hit Aung Myint.

The escort, returning the fire, killed two Communists and the others fed.

Am unsuccessbub, attempt to kill Aung Dariit was made lani

Slates, Britain and Franco re- garding the proposal on a re- duction of armaments and arm- ed forces by the four powers," said the super, quoted" by

the | pear, at almost the identical spot, | oxunant rešenáct thousand Soviet news agency, Tass.

ated and--White Bag Com- wond Rotter from this "acting Pravda referred to the Boviat mianista, control the territory Prime Miniatier, Dr Moshe delegation's "determined desire immafiatoly outalde Yamethin's Shires, to Colonel de Ridder to achieve an agreed "solution municipal lanika, Asociated dry which to Minter out of controversial problame." Pross

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