President's Aide Dies Suddenly
Washington (U.P.)—President Truman lost his second press secretary in less than two years Thursday night with the death of veteran newspaperman Joseph H. Short.
Mr. Short, 48, collapsed and died almost instantly Thursday night in the dining room of his Alexandria, Va., where he was recuperating from a virus infection which struck him last week.
The cause of Short's death was not determined immediately. Irving Perlmeter, assistant White House press secretary, said an autopsy might be performed.
Mr. Truman mourned the loss of "my loyal friend . . . a public servant to inspire others, a rare model which cannot be replaced." $ ^{*} $
Secretary of State Dean Acheson said Mr. Short "combined to the best tradition of the newspaper craft and a devotion to the President and to the country."
A native of Vicksburg, Miss., and a graduate of Virginia Military institute, Mr. Short had been a Washington newspaperman for nearly 20 years before becoming Mr. Truman's press secretary in December, 1950.
Coming here in 1931, he worked for the Associated Press and later the Baltimore Sun newspapers.
He succeeded Charles G. he was chapel and academy at White Hole desk on Dec. 5, 1950.
His Washington newspaper colleagues showed their respect toward him by electing him president of the National Press club for 1948.
Surviving are the widow and three children.
Jailed Allies Protest Made
London—(U.P.)-The British diplomatic envoy in Peijing has demanded that the Chinese Communist organization account for T2 Ameri-
ans, Canadians, Britons and Australians jailed or under house arrest. it was announced today.
British Charge D'affailles Lionel H. Lamb, in a note delivered to the Chinese Red Foreign Office Wednesday, protested the detention of the 72 Allied victims.
made. Lamb acted in behalf of the United States, Canada, and Australia as well as Britain.
He demanded details of their situation, permission to communicate with them and the release of those against whom no charges have been made.
The foreign office here said his note covered 34 Americans jailed and 13 under house arrest, five Canadians and six Britons jailed and 14 Australians under house arrest.
Dyche Museum Hires 2 Collectors
Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Heinrich have joined the staff of the Museum of Natural History as field collectors.
Dr. E. Raymond Hall, museum director, said the Heinrichs would have a month of orientation here, then begin collecting mammals, birds and reptiles in Mexico. This phase of museum's work is financed by an annual grant from the KU Endowment association.
The Heinrichs are biologists who formerly lived in the Danzig corridor, now Russian-occupied. They came to this country last year.
Mr. Heinrich takes the place of J. R. Alcorn, KU field collector the past five years, who resigned to enter business in Fallon, Nev.
New York—(U.P.) —Sen. Wayne Morse (R.-Ore.) turned his back on the Republican party today and refused to campaign for the election of Dwight E. Dissenhower.
Morse Turns Back On GOP Candidate
In a blistering attack on his party, Morse called Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-O.) a "dazed quarterback" who was leading the Republican party "toward defeat" in the November election.
At a press conference following a speech before the American Federation of Labor convention Thursday, Senator Morse said Senator Taft was brought into the General Eisenhower campaign as a "substitute quarterback now calling the Republican signals."
Senator Morse also criticized General Eisenhower for embracing "everyone running on the Republican ticket. All he needed to do was run for the presidency."
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The new missiles, nearing the production stage, would be "truly guided" aerial weapons, these experts said, and some of them would be capable of carrying atomic warheads.
Scientists who have been working on development of push-button weapons tended to belittle the significance of the Navy's use of remotely controlled fighter planes.
Rear Adm. John H. Sides, director of the Navy's guided missiles division, called the attacks by the World War II Grumman Hellcats, equipped with radio controls and television eyes, "One of the very first tries at a primitive method of operation."
New Atomic Missiles To Be Available Soon
Washington—(U.P.)—The guided missiles launched by the Navy against North Korean targets are Model T versions compared with the sleek, powerful new models which soon will be ready, reliable sources said today.
a primal Admiral Sides indirectly cast some cold water on speculation that the unmanned planes plunging into Communist targets ushered in a new era of push button warfare.
As he pointed out at a news conference Thursday, the Navy has been using the obsolete Hellcats as pilotless, radio-controlled "drone" planes for several years as gunnery targets. About the only thing new was installation of a television camera so the control pilot, miles away in a guide plane, could see where the "Kamikaze" was going and direct it smack onto the target.
Admiral Sides said the U.S. guided missile program is “coming along nicely, . . . showing promising results.” While the Navy's missiles, at least, are not yet in full production, he said “many advanced types” are under development.
Admiral Sides added a warning against underestimating Russia's
capacity to produce guided missiles. Soviet scientists have the necessary technical knowledge, he said.
In addition, the Russians are known to have captured many of the German scientists who developed the Nazi V-1 and V-2 missiles during World War II.
The Navy has announced development of at least 11 guided missiles of various types since World War II. Some were stricly for research, and some, like the loon which was the American version of the German V-1 buzz bomb, are now obsolete.
Byrnes Bolts Party To Support Ike
Columbia, S.C.—(U.P.)-Gov. James F. Byrnes, who served in high office for two Democratic presidents, has climaxed his feud with the Truman administration by announcing he will vote for Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Governor Byrnes told an abruptly summoned press conference late Thursday he will vote for the Republican nominee because Gov. Adlai Stevenson's views on southern issues are becoming like President Truman's.
The "Assistant President" to Franklin D. Roosevelt and secretary of state under Mr. Truman thus joined Democratic Gov. Robert F. Kennon of Louisiana in a break with the national party over states rights and civil rights.
Governor Byrnes said the Democratic candidate has switched his views on the Taft-Hartley law.
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