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Indochina Rebels Capture Airstrip
By UNITED PRESS
Communist Indochinese rebels gained more territory today in their drive toward the heart of the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu.
Jumping off from an outpost which they seized in violent fight- with French and loyal Indo-Chinese troops Sunday, the Reds drove the defenders of the northern end of the main airstrip.
Brig. Gen. Christian De Castries, Dien Bien Phu, ordered the area abandoned to the Reds because the cost of keeping it was too great in supplies and manpower.
But the French said the loss of the northern part would not disrupt the dropping of parachute reinforcements and supplies because the defenders control the southern end of the strip.
As the Reds inched forward, time ticked off against Red Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, whose forces must take Dien Bien Phu before the Geneva conference starts a week from today if the Communists are to win a propaganda battle.
Moscow radio broadcast again an offer by Ho Chih Minh, bearded leader of the insurrection in Indo-China, to negotiate a truce with the French. French officials ignored Ho's previous offers because they were not sent through official channels.
Other international developments:
Other international developments: Seoul — President Syngman Rhee ended his holdout against the Geneva conference and dispatched an eight-man delegation headed by the Swiss minister, Mr. Rhee Tae to the Swiss city, Mr. Rhee Tae to the conference would fail to unify Korea, necessitating the use of force to return the country to democratic rule.
Canberra — Four Russians hustled the wife of a reformed Soviet spy to an airport in Sydney where she will fly back to Moscow with a one-way ticket. The woman's husband, Vladimir Petrov, surrendered to Australian authorities almost two weeks ago, bared a Soviet spy plot and asked for asylum. The Russians would not honor his request to say farewell to his wife.
London — Left wing Laborite Aneurin (Nye) Bevan received new support in his fight for leadership of the British Labor party. Britain's largest union offered a resolution opposing German membership in the European army and the Cooperative party annual conference backed Mr. Bevan by voting to oppose rearming of the Germans.
Vienna — At least 22 persons were reported dead or missing in the Austrian clips, where new avalanches have been reported. Ten of the missing persons are school children.
More than 600,000 books are now in the libraries at the University and 5,000 new books are added each month." Robert Vosper, director of libraries, said in an address to hometown correspondents recently
Libraries Have 600,000 Books
Most of these books are in Watson library. Other books are in the law, mathematics, music, geography, geology, and the medical libraries, Vosper said.
KU is nationally known for its outstanding collection of books on birds, economics, and Kansas history, Mr. Vosper concluded.
Accused Rustler To Testify In His Own Behalf
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will hold a picnic from 6 to 9:30 p. m. tonight at Lone Star lake. The chaperones will be Mrs. I. J. Hollingsworth, Mrs. L. L. W, Williams, Mrs. Hazel H. Jenkins, and Mrs. Fanny DeLozier.
He said that after the steer was shot by his son, and placed in an old pump hole, "there was an awful lot of scurrying around at night on my land."
Lyndon, Kan—(U.P)—O. W. Hess, wealthy Alma, Kan., stockman, was expected to resume testimony in his own defense at resumption today of his second trial on charges of cattle theft and cattle embezzlement.
He told of finding cigaret butts and packages in feed troughs, of tire marks left in feed lots where his truck never went, of someone disturbing his cattle, and of finding "the strange critter" in a pasture with another client's steers at shipping time.
"It was very obvious." Mr. Hess said, "that the sheriff of Wabaunsee county was heading a conspiracy of some kind to ruin me. So I decided to dispose of the decoy. I tired of feeding that kind of a steer."
Mr. Hess has testified for three hours, and was still under direct examination by Defense Attorney Ed Rooney, when the court recessed for the week-end.
The 67-year-old cattleman traced the trouble that brought his arrest and told of spending two nights in a hay mound trying to catch the man he said planted a steer in his herd.
The defense began presentation of its case after District Judge A. K. Stavely over-ruled a defense motion to dismiss the charges.
Mr. Hess said that a year before charges were filed, he began hearing rumors "that I was going to be arrested for cattle rusling."
The 1939 United States stamp commemorating the Panama Canal was first issued aboard the U.S.S. Charleston, which was at the Canal Zone.
Monday. April 19, 1954
Ousted Commissioner Scheduled Witness
The pledge class of Delta Delta Delta, social sorority, entertained 25 children from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. The children hunted Easter eggs on the lawn of the sorority house, and gifts were presented to them. Kay Wasson, college sophomore, was the chairman.
Washington—(U.P.)—Ousted federal housing commissioner Guy T. Hollyday was scheduled as the lead-off witness today as the Senate Banking committee opened public hearings on the multi-million-dollar housing scandal.
Groups Sponsor Easter Parties
Four University groups sponsored Easter egg hunts for selected Lawrence children last week.
Alpha Delta Pi, social sorority, and the Veterans organization composed a hunt for approximately 40 children Sunday. Transportation to the sorority house was supplied by teams of sorority members, veterans' wives and dates, and UVO members. Transportation to the campanile hillside was donated by the Lawrence Rapid Transit company.
At the sorority house the guests were entertained by refreshments and a marionette show performed by the sorority members. Meanwhile the veterans hid 12 dozen eggs in the vicinity of the campanile. Prizes were awarded to each child participating in the event.
Fifty children were entertained by Chi Omega, social sorority, Wednesday. The Easter eggs were hunted in the sorority house, and games were played afterward.
Joseph Foraker, graduate student,
and Donald Nelson, college freshman,
of NVO, and Teena Maduros,
college junior, of Alpha Delta Pi,
we co-chairman.
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In other congressional developments:
McCarthy — The Senate Investigating subcommittee called a secret meeting with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) today to try and settle some preliminary rows so hearings on the Army-McCarthy fight can get off on schedule Thursday. Issues up for discussion include McCarthy's demand for the right to cross-examine all witnesses and his complaint about the "premature" release of the army's formal charges against him.
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