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I "| its is of * t I r : _ _ - c j j . 0 j d t r 1 r i £ " y l" :s h I 1 . , . is t L0 ] n I lg ] to x ;r • :e I- his is - I ie it h ■ "» :S UP News Briefs % ♦ Honor Wolfhound Regiment i SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, May 2.— Big i | guns and heavy mortars of the U. S. Twenty-Fifth Division roared a five-minute ; salute today to the Twenty-Seventh "Wolfhound" Infantry Regiment, honoring | one of Koreas most celebrated outfits on fiftieth anniversary. W.U. Requests Rate Hike NEW YORK, N. Y., May 2.— The Western Union Telegraph Co. asked the government today for permission to increase its 5 j. interstate message rate to pay a cost-of- living wage increase to its 43,000 employees. • • t Hints Mao Well Again HONG KING, China, May 2.— The of- - ] ficial Peiping radio indicated today that t z Mao Tze-Tung has regained his health and I t running Red China again after an illness s 1 several months. I Vogeler Vetoes Press Talk I NEW YORK, N. Y., May 2.— Robert A. .. t Vogeler, five days out of a Communist t prison where he spent 14 months in soli- - I tary confinement, rested in a Manhattan i 1 Hotel today before going to a "hideout" to o I recover from his ordeal. Vogeler told news- - ■ men he could not conduct a press confe- - i ence until after he talks with U. S. State e Department officials. . i Chiang Pledges Cooperation TAIPEH, Formosa, May 2. — Generalis- " | simo Chiang Kai-Shek pledged the fullest co-operation of his Chinese Nationalist j. i . government today to the new U. S. military _ j | mission in Formosa. J J Coast Guard Plans Increase WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2.— The e Coast Guard announced plans today to increase the size of its organized reserves to 0 , provide men for tighter security at the na- tions ports. It broadened its regulations 15 . for recruiting reservists to include men : J aged 27 through 36 and veterans of any of II the armed services. It also established or- " , ganized reserve units in principal port ! areas. Van Fleet Claims Victory TOKYO, Japan, May 2. — The first phase * of the Communist spring offensive in Korea has ended in a "great victory for the ■ United Nations," Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet said today. Government Employment Rises WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2.— The ie ranks of government civilian employees — - for consecutive months increasing nine — - rose during March to 2,364,000, a hike of f more than 56,000 over the previous month. i. Czechs Bar Oatis Visit PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May 2. — U. S. 3y j Vice Counsul Richard Johnson said today that the Czech government has refused to let him visit American newspaperman William [° Oatis, who has been charged with h "anti-state activities." . Warns Against Fear Salesmen WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2.— Economic Stabilizer Eric A. Johnston warned today iy against "fear salesmen" who claim Amer- n r- ican industry is building up to a depression. a.
