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UNITED PRESS NEWS L BRIEFS BRIEFSBlames Blames Hobson Disaster on Deed Chief ChiefBAYONNE BAYONNE N J May 10 The senior surviving officer of the destroyermine ¬ sweeper JBobson today blamed the vessels disastrous collision with the aircraft car ¬ rier Wasp on his dead commanding of ¬ ficer He was testifying before a Naval Court of Inquiry Lt William A Hoefer Jr of Thomaston Ala said if Lt Cmdr William J Tierney the Hobsons master had ordered only one left turn instead of two the U S Navys worst peacetime dis ¬ aster would hot have happened happenedRidgway Ridgway Denounces Red Truce Delegates DelegatesTOKYO TOKYO Japan May 10 Gen Matthew B Ridgway today angrily denounced Com ¬ munist truce delegates as liars and warned that the negotiations face complete col ¬ lapse unless the Reds accept United Na ¬ tions terms termsHoovers Hoovers 29th Year as FBI Director DirectorWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 10 J Ed ¬ gar Hoover today began his twentyninth year as director of the FBI There were no ceremonies to mark the anniversary The top GMan was at his desk as usual before 9 a m directing the agency lie helped build into one of the worlds great ¬ est law enforcers enforcersConfirm Confirm Reports of Party Purge in Bulgaria BulgariaLONDON LONDON England May 10 The offi ¬ cial Cominform journal disclosed today that 17446 Bulgarian Communists have been expelled from the party Confirming previous reports of a general party purge in Bulgaria the journal said that it started in April 1951 whon the Bulgarian Com ¬ munist party central committee criticized the work of rural units unitsSteel Steel Case Before Supreme Court Today TodayWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D Cf May JO The gov ¬ ernment and the steel industry today filed with the Supreme Court briefs reiterating their arguments for and against the le ¬ gality of President Trumans April 8 seiz ¬ ure of the steel mills Attorneys for both sides will argue the case before the high court Monday on the basis of the briefs briefsRidgway Ridgway in Farewell Message to Troops TroopsTOKYO TOKYO Japan May 10 Gen Matthew B Ridgway told the troops in his command that he has given his utmost since as ¬ suming command in Korea in the dark De ¬ cember of 1950 in a farewell message to ¬ night I feel I have had yours the out ¬ going Supreme Commander said I carry with me abiding faith in you and abiding admiration for your achievements achievementsDenies Denies RR Request to Stay Injunction InjunctionWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 10 Supreme Court Justice Stanley P Reed today denied a request by three railroad unions to stay a nostrike injunction issued by a federal court in Cleveland Ohio OhioRussians Russians Bar Lifeline Highway HighwayBERLIN BERLIN Germany May 10 The Rus ¬ sians barred Allied military police patrols from the lifeline highway leading to West Germany today and prepared to divert their own railroad traffic around Berlin in moves reminiscent of the great Berlin blockade blockadeThirteen Thirteen Red Planes Downed in Week WeekSEOUL SEOUL Korea May 10 The 5th Air Force announced today that it shot down 13 Communist planes during the past week but lost 10 of its own to Red Guns Ameri ¬ can Sabrejets shot down all 13 enemy air ¬ craft
