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UNITED PRESS N E W S BRIEFS BRIEFSSmashing Smashing Massachusetts Victory for Ike IkeBOSTON BOSTON Mass April 30 The vote count gave Gen Dwight D Eisenhower a smashing victory in the Massachusetts pri ¬ mary today He topped Sen Robert A Taft by better than 2 to 1 in the writein popu ¬ larity poll and captured 29 of the states 38 delegates His delegate victory threw him into a 271271 tie with Taft in the number of delegates to the partys nom ¬ inating convention committed so far farOverpowering Overpowering Says Eisenhower EisenhowerPARIS PARIS France April 30 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower returned from a threeday farewell visit to allied troops in Germany today and said that his sweep in the Massachusetts primary was an overpower ¬ ing sort of thing thingCall Call Government Officials In Tanker Case WASHINGTON D C April 30 House investigators today summoned 10 govern ¬ ment officials to an open hearing Monday to explain the justice departments han ¬ dling of a surplus tanker case involving Newbold Morris MorrisSays Says Russia Hostile to Israel IsraelJERUSALEM JERUSALEM Israel April 30 Israel celebrated its fourth independence day today following a warning by Prime Minis ¬ ter David BenGurion that Russia is hostile to the young nation At the same time BenGurion speaking at the start of the independence observances last night praised the United States StatesWarns Warns of Ceiling on Military Spending SpendingWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C April 30 De ¬ fense secretary Robert A Lovett said today that a Houseimposed 46000000000 ceil ¬ ing on military spending would force the United States to demobilize a substantial part of our armed forces forcesAllied Allied Forces Ready Says Fechteler FechtelerROME ROME Italy April 30 Adm William M Fechteler United States Chief of Naval Operations said today that if war started tomorrow the allied forces would be ready to start shooting people and that they could take care of the Soviet Navy NavyContinue Continue Efforts to Obtain Oatis Release ReleaseWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C April 30 Secre ¬ tary of state Dean Acheson said today the United States is continuing vigorous efforts to obtain the release of William N Oatis American newsman imprisoned in Czecho ¬ slovakia Acheson told a news conference this government will not rest until Oatis is freed freedProtest Protest to Soviets on Plane Attack AttackBERLIN BERLIN Germany April 30 The west ¬ ern allies sent a second protest to the So ¬ viet today on the attack by two Russian jet fighter planes against an Air France airliner The protest was made as the So ¬ viets grounded nearly all their fighter planes in East Germany GermanyUS US Pilots Shoot Down Six Red Fighters FightersSEOUL SEOUL Korea April 30 American pilots shot down six Communist MIG15 jet fighters and damaged four others in brief dogfights near the Yalu River today in the first air engagements in five days
