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: , . UNITED PRESS * [ NEWS BRIEFS Warns on Air Force Shortage NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.— Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, retiring Air Force chief of staff, said today the Air Force is so short of personnel that even if all present restrictions were lifted, we would still have a serious manpower problem for the future." 10,000 Red Casualties SEOUL, Korea, June 23.— Eighth Army reported today that Allied forces killed or wounded 10,000 Chinese Communists in last weeks savage fighting in. the "Battle of the Bulge." The Communist casualties, amounting to a full division, fell dead or wounded along a battleline already fixed in an unsigned document by truce negotiators at Panmunjom. New High in Cost of Living WASHINGTON, D. C, June 23.— The cost of living hit a new 1953 high mark in May, the government reported today. Rising prices of food and medical care led a three-tenths of one per cent advance between mid-April and mid-May in prices of all goods. France to Send Rhee Protest . PARIS, France, June 23. — France is sending a sharply worded note to South Korea protesting against President Syng-man Rhees release of prisoners, it was reported today. Ti k. A ■ I n C EiranknuAv f nrnfne l/li lYtlllUM UllSIIIIUITbl IV vuiuvui WASHINGTON, D. C.f June 23.— Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower took off for Caracas, Venezuela, today on a tour of 10 South American republics as the personal representative of his brother, the President. Presidential Envoy to Korea SEOUL, Korea, June 23. — A personal envoy of President Eisenhower flew toward Korea today with an offer of American military support which, it was hoped, might soften the bitter opposition of Korean president Syngman Rhee to an Armistice. Rhees Actions Called Peace Threat UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., June 23. — President Lester B. Pearson of the United Nations general assembly told the Korean president Syngman Rhee today that his actions are a "threat to a peaceful solution in Korea." Scottish Welcome for Queen Elizabeth II. EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 23. — Queen Elizabeth n. was welcomed to her northern capital by the tumultuous cheers of her Scottish subjects today for a week of "little Coronation" pageantry. Reprisal for Uprising BERLIN, Germany, June 2,3. — Russian execution squads and Communist courts dealt out merciless reprisal today for East Germanys June1 17 uprising, while all West Germany went into an official state of mourning.
