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! j . I • i : , ; - I , , , ; | ! UNITED PRESS NEWS I -BRIEFS Allies Hold Newly-Won Ground SEOUL, Korea, June 12.— Allied riflemen, supported by tanks on the ground and fighter-bombers in the air, pushed two wedges into Communist lines and still held their newly-won ground tonight. Recommended Against Punishment WASHINGTON, D. C, June 12.— A board of high-ranking officers which investigat-! ed the Koje Island fiasco recommended against punishment of Cols. Francis T. Dodd and Charles F. Colson, it was dis- closed today. The board held that the two officers who subsequently were demoted from brigadier general to colonels acted in the best interest of the United Nations. Says Britains Vital Reserves Dwindle LONDON, England, June 12.— Britain, warned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill that she is perilously near bankruptcy, was told today that the drain on her dwindling gold and dollar reserves has been only slowed and not stopped by drastic economic restrictions. Chancelor of Exchequer R. A. Butler told the House of Commons that the vital reserves continue to dwindle. Shortly before he spoke statis-, tics were released revealing that Britains import-export balance ran into the red by 5,000,000 last month. Taft Talks on Budget to N. J. Delegates NEW YORK, N. Y., June 12.— Sen. Robert A. Taft told New Jersey delegates to the Republican national convention today that ■ 5,000,000,000 federal budget could be achieved by 1954. Present federal spending is about" 0,000,000,000 a year. Taft met for one hour with the delegation which predominantly favors Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidential nomination. As the delegation left for an appointment with Eisenhower at his Columbia University homu, its leader, John J. Dick-erson said Taft "hasnt changed my opinion.* Anti-Red POWs in Freedom Koje Break KOJE ISLAND, Korea, June 12. — More than 400 anti-Communist war prisoners risked their lives today in a break for freedom from the fanatic Red commissars who have murdered at least 131 of their comrades. "Now we will live!" they shouted as they broke from marching ranks. They ran toward American guards who were shifting 4,875 of them to 500-man compounds. Italian Reds Call for Protest Meetings ROME, Italy, June 12. — Italian Communists defied police bans on demonstrations today and called for protest meetings against Gen. Matthew B. Ridgways scheduled visit on Monday. The Communist -led "National Committee of Public Partisans" held a two-hour meeting to map plans for Ridgways first visit here as Supreme Allied Commander for Europe. / Passes Price-Wage-Rent Controls WASHINGTON, D. C, June 12.— The Senate passed and sent to the House today legislation to continue price-wage-rent controls to next March 1. Ike Would Invoke Taft-Hartley Law NEW YORK, N. Y., June 12.— Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said today that if he were President he probably would invoke the Taft-Hartley law in the steel dispute. No More Prisoner Exchange Concessions PANMUNJOM, Korea, June 12.— Allied truce negotiators told the Communists "flatly and definitely" today they would make no more concessions on the prisoner exchange issue. They accused the Reds of blocking an armistice in Korea by refusing to accept the final United Nations offer. President Rebuffed Again on Seizure WASHINGTON, D. C, June 12.— President Truman got another Congressional turn-down today on his request for seizure powers to get steel production going again. The latest rebuff made it appear that Mr. Truman may be forced, against his will, to invoke the Taft-Hartley act against 650,-000 striking members of the CIO United Steelworkers.
