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UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP NATIONAL: President Pays Tribute to Unknown Soldier WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. President Eisenhower reverently placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier today to lead the nation in solemn tribute to Americas war dead. The Presidents act of grateful remembrance on this eighty-fifth Memorial Day preceded formal services in the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater across the Potomac River in Virginia. The amphitheater is only a few Steps from where a World War I. fighting man "known but to God" lies in honored rest. Crew of Bennington Mourn Their Dead QUONSET POINT, R. I., May 31. Crewmen and officers of the ill-fated aircraft carrier Bennington mourned their dead in a special memorial service today shortly after the death toll in the disaster rose to 100. The latest victim was Lt. Robert Wright, 34, of Marlboro, Mass. He died in a Naval hospital of injuries received when the big ship was ripped by an explosion and fire while it cruised at sea last Wednesday. Scott Apparently Has Won Senate Seat RALEIGH, N. C, May 31. Former Gov. Kerr Scott, who denounced Democratic primary campaign attacks on his liberal record as "McCarthyism," today apparently won the U. S. Senate seat of conservative Alton Lennon. Scott, although a one-time "Fair Deal" Democrat, avowedly opposed public school de-segregation and his supporters demanded an FBI investigation of "false"campaign leaflets picturing him as a segregation foe. Dairy Farmers Price Boost Doubtful WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. Congressional farm bloc leaders acknowledged today there is no more than a 50-50 chance that Congress will boost Government price guarantees for dairy farmers. The trouble is nobody has been .able to figure out how to boost prices for dairymen without either 1 boosting consumer prices for butter, cheese and milk, or 2 boosting the cost of the dairy program for taxpayers. Veterans Pay Hike May Be Lost in Rush WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. A recommended 31,722,000 annual increase in veterans pension and compensation payments today appeared likely to get lost in the congressional adjournment rush. The increase, which would benefit all but a handful of the 3,676,872 ex-servicemen on veterans administration rolls March 31, and their dependents, was unanimously approved by the House Veterans Committee last week. Carney Says Youth Need Not Fear Future CHARLOTTE HALL, Md., May 31. Adm. Robert B. Carney, chief of naval op-erationssaijL today American,.youth. need FOREIGN: French Claim Reds 42 Miles From Hanoi HANOI, Indochina, May 31. French authorities announced today that the Communists successfully have moved the bulk of their 40,000-man siege army from Dien Bien Phu to within 42 miles of Hanoi. Egypt Commits 26 Persons for Trial CAIRO, Egypt, May 31. Egypt today committed 26 persons for trial by a military court on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government by "methods similar to those used by Lenin, Stalin and Russia." The 26, including two women, four lawyers, two doctors and government officials, were indicted for allegedly forming a secret league to propogate class hatred and distribute leaflets attacking the regime of Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser. India Willing to Supply Guardian Forces GENEVA, Switzerland, May 31. India has indicated to both the Red and Western delegations to the Far East Peace Conference that she is willing to supply guardian forces and to accept some kind of responsibility for keeping peace in Indochina, it was reported today. Indias decision was made toward ending the fighting in the seven and a half year Indochina War. Pravda Says Milestone to Peace Passed LONDON, England, May 31. The Moscow Communist Party newspaper Pravda said today the Geneva Conference has "passed its first milestone on the road to restoring peace in Indochina." The dispatch praised British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, but levelled heavy criticism at the French delegation to the Far East Peace Conference headed by French Foreign Min-: ister Georges Bidault. French Nurse Heroine Hopes to Visit U. S. - CALCUTTA, India, May 31. Nurse Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, "angel of Dien Bien Phu," said today she hopes to visit the United States before returning to her duties in Indochina. The brave young woman who endured the long Communist siege at the fallen French fortress said she may not be able to return to Indochina, however, because she is a released war prisoner. Laniel Asks Schmittlein to Take Post PARIS, France, May 31. -French Premier "Joseph Laniel today asked Gaullist deputy Raymond Schmittlein to"take over as secretary of state charged with relations with i have no fear of the future if it follows the "twin beacons of intelligence and integrity." Speaking at Charlotte Hall Military Academy, Carney said "weaklings and moochers" have capitalized on the willingness of "paternalistic government" to care for people legitimately in heed. the associated states of Indochina a job which was vacated yesterday by another Gaullist, Marc Jacquet. Schmittlein, a deputy from Belfort, conferred with Xianiel at the official Hotel Matignon this morning. He told newsmen on his departure that he would give the premier his answer tonight or Tuesday morning.
