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Weather Forecast Fair, chance of showers tonight, low 87. Tomorrow, sunny and warm. (Full report on Page A-2.) Temperatures Today. Midnight 75 6 a.m. ..66 11 a.m. ..79 2 a.m. ..71 8 am. ..69 Noon 82 4 a.m. ..67 10 a.m. ..76 Ip.m. -.84 An Associated Press Newspaper 102 d Year. No. 207. Phone ST. 3-5000 U. S. Flyers Shoot Down 2 Red Planes Two Carrier Aircraft Attacked By Chinese While Searching for Survivors of Crash Off Hainan Crisis With Peiping Rises as Dulles Hits - Communist'Brutality' By James E. Roper Carrier-based American planes have shot down two Chinese Communist aircraft which at tacked them over the high seas In the Far East. Secretary of State Dulles an nounced the incidents today as soon as word reached here amid a mounting crisis with Commu nist China. Mr. Dulles said that when the attack occurred, two Amer ican “rescue-type” planes were searching for survivors of the British commercial aircraft which was shot down by the Chinese Eeds on Friday off the island of Hainan. Gunboat Fired at Navy Planes. “The United States planes re turned the fire and two Chinese Communist planes were shot down,” Mr. Dulles said. “There were no casualties on the United States side.” Secretary of Defense Wilson announced at the Pentagon that the attack occurred at 11 p.m. eastern daylight time yesterday. He also disclosed that the American pilots reported that during the air battle a Chinese Communist gunboat opened fire on the American planes. But the carrier pilots apparently did not return that fire. “Reports from the patroling carrier-based pilots said they were attacked and fired upon by the two Chinese Communist LA-7 aircraft, a low-wing, sin gle-seat fighter, reported to be one of the Communists’ fastest propellor-drtven fighter,” Mr. Wilson declared. “The battle oc curred outside the 12-milr area off Hainan.” Skyraiders Bagged Reds. “The United States carrier pilots, flying Douglas-built AD Skyraiders, returned the fire promptly, shooting down both the Communist planes,” he said. The Skyraider is a propeller driven craft. Numerous versions have been designed and pro duced, ranging from attack dive bombers, night attack, radar counter-measures, and airborne early warning and anti-subma rine work. It is a single-seat air plane, although some versions have accommodations for a ra dar operator. There was no explanation of the State Department statement that the American planes were of a “rescue type.” The incident came after Com munist China had apologized for shooting down the British air liner. Among the victims of this incident were three Americans killed and three injured. The United States was set to protest this when American air craft had the direct clash with Chinese Communist planes. The announcement, read to reporters by State Department Press Officer Henry Suydam, concluded: “The United States plans to protest most vigorously against this further evidence of Chinese Communist brutality and their belligerent interference with a humanitarian rescue operation being conducted over the high seas.” Announcement of the incident in the Senate this morning im mediately touched off a chorus of comment from the legislators, overshadowing for a time the marathon atomic debate. Shortly after Secretary Dulles (See CHINESE Page A-6.) Pries) Stabbed in Back By Woman in Church Sy Auociotad Pros* SAN FRANCISCO. July 26.—. A priest was stabbed in the back today by a woman as he was saying mass at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church. Hospital at tendants said his condition was serious. A member of the congregation Identified him as Father Bernard Cronin, assistant pastor. Police took a woman in cus tody. They reported she wouldn’t discuss the stabbing. A language difficulty apparently added to the problem, as the officers said the woman spoke with “a strong foreign accent.” One of the congregation was Mrs. Timothy O’Neill. She told police: "This woman just came along and stood there beside the priest. She was at the side of the altar. The priest was facing the altar. Suddenly he groaned and collapsed. The woman was talking. I don’t know what she was saying. I thought the priest suffered a heart attack and she , was trying to help him. Then she went to the back of the I saw a small knife.” News Delays Senate Debate; Legislators Call for U. S. Unity Knowland Reads Dispatch Amid Hush; Neely Urges Meeting Threat Head-On News of the shooting down of | two Red Chinese planes by I American fliers in the Far East j caused the Senate to interrupt ! its debate on the atomic energy ; bill so members could comment on the development. The Senate learned of the in cident when Majority Leader Knowland read a news dispatch in the chamber. Senator H. Alexander Smith, Republican, of New Jersey then read the statement issued by Secretary of State Dulles. Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson declared the announce ment was of “tremendous sig nificance.” He said the full significance cannot be judged until all facts are available, but “We know that it is an hour for all Americans to unite.” Senator Johnosn said there can be no doubt that Chinese Communists shot at American servicemen who were on a mis sion of mercy and were over the high seas in a place where they had a right to be. Says Feud with Reds Goes On. Senator Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan, told the Senate the incident “demostrates that in the Far East the reputed settle ment- at Geneva did not settle the great feud between the Com munists and freedom loving na tions.” Senator Morse, Independent, of Oregon, declared: “We cannot stand by and let anyone in the world transgress the sovereign rights of* this Na tion. The Reef Chinese now are shooting at American aircraft where the aircraft had a right to be. We must close ranks. I do not want my remarks to be interpreted as saying we should hasten into war. We must get all the facts. But we must make clear to other nations who joined in the NATO pact that an at Official Report on Attack State Department Statement Tells of Interference in Rescue Here is the text of a state ment on the engagement today between American and Com munist Chinese planes, as read by State Department Press Officer Henry Suydam: As I announced on Saturday, July 24, the Secretary of De fense has ordered two United States aircraft carriers to proceed to the scene of the Chinese Communist assault upon the British commercial airliner which resulted in the death of three Americans and the wounding of three others. The mission as stated then of these ships and their planes was to conduct and protect further rescue and search operations in the vicinity of the tragedy. This government is now in formed that two United States 1,000 Reported Dead In Tibetan Floods By tho Associated Press NEW DELHI, India, July 26 Reports from the India-Tibet border say more than 1,000 per sons died in the floods which swept the Tibetan trade center of Gyantse last week. One report from Kalimpong, the Northern India trade center linked to Gyantse by a Hima layan road, said the death toll may reach 1,800 in the Southern Tibetan town of 25,000 inhabi tants. Information received here in dicated the swollen Namchung River which flood Gyantse now is subsiding. Gen. LeMay Is Guest Os Prince Bernhard By tho Associated Pros* THE HAGUE, Netherlands. July 26.—United States Gen Curtis E. Lemay, commander of the United States Strategic Air Force, was Prince Bernhard’s week-end guest at tha royal country residence. Soestdijk Tal ace, a court announcement said today. Seen off by the Prince, I he general left Schiphol Airport this morning for Oslo. Norway. Chou Is Honored BERLIN. July 26 (fl s )—Chou En-lal, Red China’s Premier and Foreign Minister, was awarded an honorary doctor of law de gree yesterday by East Berlin University. Mamina §kf ★★ s WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 26, 1954-FORTY PAGES. tack on one of us is an attack on all.” Senator Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia, referred to the announcement as “the most im portant announcement made to this body since Pearl Harbor.” He said it should have a “sober ing and uniting effect on every American.” - Senator Neely said that s he hoped that the President and Secretary Dulles would act to meet the threat head -on as would have “Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin D. Roose velt.” He added that every Democrat would back the Presi dent and “fight with him to the last drop of our blood.” Asks Arms Budget Review. Senator Symington said the Chinese Communists’ attack em phasized the fact that all officials concerned in Congress shoiild take another look at the defense budget to see if sufficient funds were being appropriated and for the items needed to protect the country. He adted: “I do not believe we are tak ing the proper steps to defend ourselves against the growing power of the Communist threat.” 'On the othbr side of the Capitol, the incident also drew comment from House leaders. Speaker Martin said: “If the Chinese Reds attack rescue planes over the high seas there is no other alternative but for the United States ships to shoot. We must let them know we are ready if necesary to protect our rights.” House Republican Leader Hal leck told reporters that so far as he knew from reports thus far the shooting was “plainly a case of self defense.” He added that he did not believe that it would set off a “world conflagration.” carrier-based planes of the rescue type, while conducting their missions of mercy and seeking possible survivors, were attacked over the high seas by two Chinese Communist fighter aircraft, apparently of the same type as shot down the Cathay Pacific commercial air liner. The United States planes returned the fire and the two Chinese Communist planes were shot down. There were no casualties on the United States side. The United States plans to protest most vigorously against this further evidence of Chi nese Communist brutality and their belligerent interference with a humanitarian rescue operation being conducted over the high seas. $37.5 Million Requested To Build Five Tankers President Eisenhower today asked Congress for a supplemen tal appropriation of $37.5 million to finance construction of five tankers. The White House said the re quest was in anticipation of pas sage of pending legislation pro viding for construction of 15 tankers through private financ ing and five with Government funds. In another supplemental ap propriation request, the Presi dent asked that $900,000 be voted the State Department to finance additional educational exchanges with Latin American countries. French Heroine Reaches U. S., Grateful for Nation's Bid By th« Auociatad Pi#*» NEW YORK. July 26.—Lt. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, heroine of Dien Bien Phu, told a welcoming crowd at Idlewood Airport today that “I do not de serve this honor, for I have only done my duty.” The 29-year-old French Air Force nurse, acclaimed for her Pktm on Pag# A-2 work among the wounded of tne ill-fated Indo-Chinese fortress, arrived by plane from Paris as an official guest of the United States. A reception committee headed by Representative Frances j*. RedChinaApologizes For Shooting Down British Airliner Mistaken for Chiang Plane, Peiping Says; May Pay Damages By tho Associated Pros* July 26.—Communist China apologized to Britain to day for shooting down a British airliner over the South Chiiia Sea Friday with an apparent loss of 10 lives, including three Americans. There were eight survivors. A Peiping radio broadcast heard here said Red patrol Eden Wants Action To Bar Recurrence Os Airliner Attack. Page A-6 Pilot in China sea Rescue Began Flying Career in D. C. Page A-6 planes thought the transport was Chinese Nationalist. It ex pressed a willingness to consider paying damages. The apology—virtually unprec edented since the Red regime took over the Chinese mainland —was in a note to British .Charge d’Affaires Humphrey Trevelyan from Chang Han-fun, Red Chinese vice minister for foreign affairs. The conciliatory note—a reply to a British protest—seemed to tie in with Peiping’s current line of propagaryda aimed at getting a United Nations seat at the ex pense of the Nationalists, by woo ing Britain and France and de nouncing the United States. Called “Accidental.” Later in the same broadcast the Red radio told of recently shooting down a “U. S.-made Kuomintang (Nationalist) plane over Chekiang Province.” “If the United States imperial ists order the Chiang brigands to send any more planes in provoc ative action against us we will shoot them down as we have done before,” it added. Text of the note, broadcast by Peiping, said shooting down of the Cathay Pacific Airlines Sky master over Hainan Island was “entirely accidental” and an "un fortunate incident.” “They shot us down with the intention of killing us,” Capt Philip Blown, pilot of the air liner, told newsmen in Hong Kong. Britain protested the shooting Saturday night and United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles charged the airliner was “deliberately shot down.” Two American aircraft carriers—the Hornet and the Philippine Sea— were ordered to the scene to pro (See PLANE. Page A-6.) j Bolton of Ohio, and Jean de La garde, French consul general in New York, greeted her at the airport. Spectators cheered as she emerged from the plane, dressed in a white uniform and . blue beret. She told the crowd her | thoughts still go to those who were killed at Dien Bien Phu. As she spoke in English she occasionally referred to notes. “I am deeply moved to be here.” she said, “and I feel very grateful for the honor which President Eisenhower and the Congress of the United States have shown me by inviting me to come this country. •V Rhee, Arriving Today, Sees Thailand as Reds' Next Target Defense Leaders Lunching With President, Faced by Pleas for More Aid to Korea Headed for White House con ferences here, President Syng man Rhee of South Korea pre dicted Thailand “will be the next victim” of Communist aggres sion in Asia. The 79-year-old statesman, due to arrive at 4 pm. today Greot Moral Grand* »• Prometo Peoee Urged by Eisenliower. Page A-3 Busy Schedule Await* Visiting Rhee Party. Png* 8-3 at National Airport, made the coQiment as his four-engined Constellation landed at McChord Air Force Base in Washington State last night after a 22-hour flight from Seoul, Korea. Meanwhile, facing pleas for help In doubling the 20-division South Korean army and for a resumption of warfare to reunite the divided country. President Eisenhower called in his top de fense experts for luncheon today. Among them were Secretary of Defense Wilson, Admiral Ar thur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and re tired Gen. James A. Van Fleet, who recently returned from a 90-day survey of Far Eastern military iiieds for the President. Mr. Rhee’s visit to Washington was launched on the heels of the recent Geneva conference which produced peace in Indo- China, but Drought no solution of the split in Korea, under which the Communists hold the northern part of the country. The White House was report ed ready to discourage Mr Rhee’s hopes of resuming the Korean war, but there was spec ulation that the United States is on the verge of abandoning plans to cut back its troop com mitments in the Far East, At McChord Field, according to the Associated Press, Mr. Rhee described as “an unfortunate thing” the manner In which the Indo-China war was settled. “It is unfortunate that we have let Indo-China go. What more are we going to lose?” he added. With the change in the Far Eastern balance of power caused by the Indo-China settlement, Mr. Rhee’s visit is expected to lead off a general reassessment of free world strategy In the Orient. When he arrives here, the Washington - educated Korean President will receive a formal welcome at the Military Air Transport Service terminal from’ a delegation headed by Vice E*resident Nixon. While there he also will get a symbolic key to the city from Commissioner Spencer and hear the Army Band play the national “I wish, first of all, to express my thanks with all my heart. I do not deserve this honor, for I have only done my duty. “This honor is intended, through me, for all those whose life I was proud to share in Dien Bien Phu, and for the nurses, for all the nurses, who devote them selves to the best of their ability to alleviating the sufferings of the wounded. “You can understand that at this very moment my thoughts go to all those who were killed in that far-distant land, to those who are still over there, all de anthems of both Korea and the United States. Then President Rhee and his party, among whom is his Aus trian-born wife, will start for the White House in a motorcade headed by a flying wedge of mo torcycle police. Itinerary of Cavalcade. The cavalcade will cross the Potomac River on Memorial Bridge, go down Constitution avenue to Seventeenth street, fall in behind the Marine Corps marching band and proceed di rectly to the White House. President Eisenhower Is to re ceive President and Mrs. Rhee on the White House steps at 4:45 p.m. The party is to spend the night there and move to Blair House tomorrow. Government and District em ployes who work in the vicinity of the motorcade route will be released from duty at the dis cretion of their supervisors. Mr. Rhee will remain in Wash ington until Saturday, when he will go to New York. On Sunday he will share the rostrum with Francis Cardinal Spellman of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York at the opening of the Veterans of Foreign Wars na tional encampment in Philadel phia. Two Brilons Are Killed In Malaya Red Ambush By th« Associated Prrts SINGAPORE, July* 26—Am bushed by Communist guerrillas as they toured a palm oil estate in Johore State, two Britons were killed and three were wounded yesterday. The wounded included Christopher Shawcross, brother of former British Attorney Gen eral Sir Hartley Shawcross. Those killed were W. A. Gib son, 56, manager of the estate, and P. Gregoiere, 39, an official of the Colonial and Federal Building Society. Mr. Gibson had been a Malaya planter for 30 years and had planned to re tire next year. Mr. Shawcross, who is senior counsel here for British Overseas Airways Corp., was wounded in his lower back. Two special con stables escorting the party also were wounded. The guerrillas opened fire on the Britons as they drove along a road 25 miles from Singapore. Police fire finally drove off the Reds. serving much more than I the honor which you do me. “My thoughts are with their families, so close, under the pres ent circumstances, to the Ameri can families who have gone through a similar ordeal as the result of the Korean war.” In New York today the nurse will have a Broadway ticker tape parade and a reception at City Hall. Later Columbia University will award her a silver medallion for heroism. Tomorrow she goes to Wash ington for another round of cere monies, and Friday leaves on a tour that will take her to Cleve land, Chicago and San Fran cisco. ?! Having Trouble Salving Scramble? Starting today In addition to the “surprise word," the answers to each word in this popular puzzle will be given to help you doublecheck. See Pages B-12 and B-13. Horn* Delivery. Monthly Rates. 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[Viet Minh Troops Strike Southward Beyond Truce Line Ho Chi Minh Pledges To Liberate Lower Half of Indo-China By the Anocioted frtil SAIGON. Indo-China, July 26. —Viet Minh forces stabbed southward in Viet Nam over the week end, striking far below the dividing line set in-the imminent cease-fire. The new attack. 180 miles northeast of Saigon, came as Peiping, radio trumpeted a pledge by Red Viet Minh Chief Ho Chi Minh to "liberate” the lower half of the partitioned Indo-China state. Red China broadcasts also in tensified anti-American propa- Stevenson Attacks G. O. P. Right-Wing Stond on Indo-China. Poge A-6 ganda attacks, warned Peiping is tightening coastal defenses, and said it will shoot down any approaching Chinese Nationalist | planes. I In north Viet Nam, which for mally passes into Viet Minh hands tomorrow under the Geneva agreement, the French got ready to evacuate up to one million civilians and fighting men. The giant operation is j set to begin Wednesday. I A French high command | spokesman said the rebel attack in the south began Saturday. He said the Viet Minh struck at Nha Trang, on the China Sea coast. Rebel commandos sabotaged sev eral bridges in Nha Trang after Viet Minh artillery had bom barded the coastal town’s de fenses. Rebels Attack Elsewhere. The rebels also attacked French and Viet Namese posi tions at Qui Nhon, 100 miles north of Nha Trang, and struck at Tuy Hoa, midway between the I two towns. Other Viet Minh forces brought pressure on Cheo Reo, a post 60 miles southwest of Qui Nhon on Central Viet Nam’s plateau. Gen. Paul Ely, French commander in chief in Indo-China, warned the rebels to stop or face mass air retaliation. The stepup of fighting in the j south, just as the cease-fire is i about to go into effect, appeared based on a Viet Minh desire to i show their strength to communi ! ties which will not be under their ! control. I Peiping radio has broadcast i (See INDO-CHINA. Page A-6.) SO Vessels Open Navy Maneuvers Off West Coast By th *Auocioted Prvit SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 26 The Navy today began what it said was the largest maneuvers since World War II along the length of the West Coast. More than 50 ships, carrying 18,000 officers and men, started moving from San Diego and Long Beach, Calif. A condition of total war was assumed, with a foreign power ; threatening the coast and en dangering shipping. The plans called for the force to shepherd a vital convoy from Southern California ports toj Seattle and back, fighting off at tacks by-enemy warships, includ ing submarine packs, and air planes. The exercise will end August 13. New York Markets, Pages A-18-19 Debate Is Limited On One Amendment In Atomic Measure BULLETIN The House today passed Jta atomic energy control bill, 230 to 154. Roll call passage followed a 222 to 165 defeat of a Democratic move to re turn the measure to commit tee. The bill now goes to the Senate, which is tied up in a debate on a similar measure. By J. X”6leory The Senate deadlock over the atomic energy bill appeared to be breaking this afternoon, de spite the defeat pf Republican Leader Knowland's effort to in voke the drastic cloture rule to curb debate. Cloture, which requires 64 votes, got a bare majority of 44 August 7 Adjournment Is New Target Os Republican Leaders. Page A-3 to 42. If it had carried, each Senator would have been limited to one hour on the remainder of the bill. But within half an hour after cloture failed, the Senate got its first unanimous consent agreement, limiting debate on one amendment to two hours. Leading of the bill in its present'form then went into a cloakroom huddle con sidering the possibility of a gen eral agreement on the major remaining issues. Attack Injected in Debate. The news that American planes had been attacked by Communist planes off the coast of China was Injected into the atomic energy debate as soon as the news was flashed over news tickers in the Senate lobby, and Is expected to spur an agree ment. Senator Morse. Independent, of Oregon, and one of the bit terest foes of the administration bill, helped work out the two hour agreement on the pending amendment of Senator Lehman, Democrat, of New York. It was too early to tell, however, wheth er this means the Oregon Sen ator would go along with a time limit on other remaining amend ments. “I am not greatly motivated to enter into any blanket agree ment by any argument that we ought to proceed with great haste to consider this bill be cause the international situation has worsened,” Senator Morse said. Rather, he said, the subject matter of the bill, which con templates some sharing of secrets of use of atomic weap ons, “should cause us to go slower than before.” "I think,” the Oregon Senator said, “we ought to take a long look at this bill before consider ing any let down of our security in the atomic energy field.” House Set to Act. Meanwhile, the House was ex pected to pass the bill in admin istration form this afternoon If it votes down a pending motion to recommit. Unless conferences in progress early this afternoon result In some general agreement to limit debate. Senator Knowland is prepared to keep the Senate In session around the clock as ha did last week. The liberals fighting to re write the bill have been greatly weakened since last week, how j ever, by the decision of Demo- I cratic leaders to co-operate with { the Republican leadership In disposing of this controversy ! and getting on with the rest of (See ATOMIC. Page A-3.) Who Does the Work For D. C. in Congress? 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