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UNITED PRESS . NEWS • BRIEFS Press Barred From POW Camps PUSAN, Korea, May 17.— Gen. James A. Van Fleet, 8th Army commander, today behind correspondents from visiting prisoner of war camps on the Korean mainland. Newsmen still were being allowed to visit Koje Island. Public information, officers said they had heard the order affecting the mainland camps would be lifted shortly. Nation Pays Tribute to Armed Forces WASHINGTON, D. C, May 17.— President Truman and the nation paid tribute to the Armed Forces today in the conviction that world peace depends upon U. S. military might. In the capital and elsewhere, in this country and abroad, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard joined in celebrating the third annual Armed Forces Day. Adenauer Warns Against Strikes BONN, Germany, May 17.— West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned a trade union leader today that he would regard strikes protesting a proposed labor law as "an offense against the constitution and a dangerous disturbance." Recommend Price Increase in Fuel Oil WASHINGTON, D. C, May 17.— The petroleum branch of the Office of Price Stabilization has recommended a price increase on fuel oil from gulf ports to end the east coast shortage. Price stabilizer Ellis Arnall wrill decide whether the recommendation should be adopted. New Promises of Cooperation in Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia, May 17.— Authoritative sources said today that the Bay of Tunis has given new promises of cooperation in efforts to reach a peaceful settlement of the bloody Franco -Tunisian dispute. The disclosure was made as a high-explosive bomb rocked the native quarter of Medina in another in a series of bombing which have killed six persons and injured a score in the past week. Atomic Expansion Project WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17.— The. Atomic Energy Commission expects to ask Congress next week for a down payment of around 00,000,000 on a vast new expansion program to double Americas output of atomic weapons. President Truman has said the expansion project will cost ,000,-000,000 to ,000,000,000 over the next five years. Allied Raiding Party Blasts Reds SEOUL, Korea, Majr 17.— A bayonet-swinging Allied raiding party struck Communist outposts northeast of the truce village of Panmunjom before dawn today. They killed 27 Red soldiers, wounded 13 and blasted 20 troop bunkers before pulling back to their own lines. Support Hearing on Tunisian Complaints WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17.— The United States will support a United Nations hearing on Tunisian complaints against France if it appears there is no prospect of the two sides reaching an early agreement, informed sources said today. Says Conservatives Saved Collapse ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 17.— Britain was running into debt so fast under the labor government that the "collapse of the sterling area" would have come this year if the Conservatives had not been returned to office, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden i said today.
