Davies to talk to Eisenhower
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Eisenhower, aides are coming home
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Navy reveals ship repairs lag at home
Says workers quit as battle in Pacific grows stiffer
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Yanks round the world pause, renew pledge of debt to dead
By the United Press
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Paris press blames British colonial staff for disorder
Says outsiders cause trouble in Lebanon, Syria
By Richard Mowrer
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French honor Eisenhower
LONDON, England (LNS) – A French radio announcement said today that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had been appointed a companion of the Order of Liberation according to a decree published in the French official Gazette.
First Lady swings nine times – dents nose of one plane
WASHINGTON (AP) – Official forgetfulness plagued Mrs. Harry S. Truman’s initial public appearance as First Lady. But her troubles in christening two hospital planes Wednesday failed to disturb her.
In fact, she, too, began to laugh when nine valiant swings of a champagne bottle failed to do more than dent the aluminum nose of the Army ship at an Army-Navy ceremony.
A military aide did no better. He bounced the bottle against the plane four times. Mrs. Truman then moved to the Navy plane.
On her second try, the bottle splintered from the blow of an ax swung from below by a naval officer. Champagne splattered all over the First Lady’s black faille suit.
Undaunted, Mrs. Truman returned to the Army plane. Officers scurried for a fire ax too, but someone ordered the attempt abandoned.
Afterwards it was learned that no one had thought to tell Mrs. Truman to swing the bottles against the sharp-edged open wheel wells, nor had the thick bottles been properly “scored” to ensure breakage.
Crew members of the Army plane said they would fly their ship proudly with the dent made by Mrs. Truman’s repeated efforts to christen it U.S. Capitol.
Tokyo says Navy shakeup allows ‘special tactics’
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Says balloon bombs come from Japan
Forestry chief reveals weapon’s mechanism, how it travels
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Eliot: Pitfalls in crime trials
Urges against long delay, ill-considered acts – says Reds eye West
By Maj. George F. Eliot
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Senate trade fears imperil tariff action
House-OK’d bill waits as legislators discuss expansion plan of Reds
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U.S. bombs on ice jam saves lives in Alaska
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Job payments are big puzzle
Truman request involves much more than size of weekly payments
By David Lawrence
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