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| ai the his Ai i for in di Cl D. U. I | in I I e f . f I I 1 1 ! »e eS e c nt ,r_ fire j-e title tle j I a,s j j is is ed | the ife ass Hj ve . PJ na his his ide n- con- mt 317 split Jlit aT" l a a in- UP News Briefs ] Back Truman on Korea / PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 3. — Presidential i aide W. Averill Harriman said last night t that President Truman had conferred with ! "best brains" possible before making decision to send U. S. troops to Korea. Wilson Heads for Home LONDON, England, May 3.— U. S. Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson headed I home today after a rapid series of talks I Paris and London on European defense B requirements. He pledged an "equitable e n distribution" of scarce materials and ma-chine " tools to Western Europe. c _ ti Clay Criticizes Congress p NEW YORK, N. Y., May 3. — Gen. Lucius p Clay, chairman of the Crusade for Free- r dom, has criticized Congress for cutting g e down the budget of the Voice of America. i. 1 N. Troops Fight Back u TOKYO, Japan, May 3.— United Nations s j1 in tanks and infantry fought their way north h l today into the key West Korean crossroads is town of Uijongbu, 11 miles above Seoul. An n • Eighth Army communique reported that £ other Allied spearheads seeking out Com- e munist strength routed an enemy regiment lt c a four-hour fight northwest of Seoul jl . and inflicted heavy casualties on an un- determined number of Red troops north- j * east of the city. T"~ r Promises Defense Assistance ALBANY, N. Y., May 3.— Acting Gov. v- Frank C. Moore promised the federal gov- ernment today that New York would assist st i in speeding the flow of iron and steel scrap P to defense industries. c Reveals Air Force Expansion 1 PARIS, France, May 3.— Gen. Dwight p. 3. J I Eisenhower announced today a gigantic ic * expansion of the U. S. Air Forces in Britain [n . « to equip the West with formidable bombers rs ] capable of penetrating deep into Russia if if J war breaks out. [ Bricker Curious About RFC WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3.— Sen. John m W. Bricker R., Ohio said today he in- 1_ , tends to try to find out "whether the White te . House is running the RFC for political pur- r" , poses." Bricker hopes to get the answer er from Donald S. Dawson, who has been j;11 , linked by a Senate RFC subcommittee, with th . an "influence" ring surrounding the Reconstruction e" Finance Corp. Border Skirmish Continues TEL AVIV, Israel, May 3.— An Israeli jli army spokesman said today that fighting ig between Israeli and Syrian forces in the tie border region north of Lake Tiberius has as entered its second day. To Parade on May 19 HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 3.— U. S. o tanks and infantry will parade through E the streets of all major U. S. Zone cities and towns on Armored Forces Day, May 19, l9 U. S. Forces European headquarters anon, nounced today. American jets will also ap- n- pi pear over key cities and towns, ■ Blames U. N. for China Crisis NEW YORK, N. Y., May 3.— If the United ecj Nations acted in China as in Korea, Chiang ng Kai-Sheks Nationalist government would dd have been saved, the Chinese Consul Gen- n_ eral, P. H. Chang, said in New York,
