The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 172, Ed. 2 Wednesday, December 8, 1954 Page: 2 of 40
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2.A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
4 a Abilene,-Texas, Wednesday Evening, December s, 1954
Will U. S. Fleet
Protect Islands?
TAIPEH 0 — Red China would
love dearly to know the answer
to this question:
Will the U.S. th Fleet join the
battle if the Communists try to
Bangs Girl Is
Coleman FFA
Sweetheart
COLEMAN, Dec. T, - Dale
Strawn of Bangs was chosen Cole-
man District sweetheart at an
FFA banquet here Tuesday night.
Over 200 boys representing 19
towns attended.
Shirley Puckett of Winters and
Gail Hogan of Mozelle were run-
ners-up.
Principal speaker was David Ri-
singer, state FFA president of Fer-
ris. He presented honorary Lone
Star Farmer awards to Harold Pit-
tard of Novice and Walter J. Tay-
lor, president of the Coleman
County State Bank. ’
J. B. Payne, supervisor of Area
IV, presented Lone Star Farmer
degrees, the highest award that
the state association can bestow,
on Francis Fischer of Ballinger,
Dwain Cannon of Coleman, W.
Sumpter Weatherred of Coleman,
_ Eddie Whitt of Coleman, Don Wil-
kinson of Coleman, and Louis
Heinze of Miles.
Master of ceremonies of the pro-
gram was Don Zirkle, president of
the Coleman chapter.
Coleman won a gold emblem
chapter rating and Mozelle won a
silver emblem rating.
Deaths from lung cancer in the
United States expanded from 3,900
in 1930 to almost 27,000 in 1953.
capture any of Chiang Kai-shek's
offshore islands?
The Reds will have to learn the
answer the hard way.
The officially avowed U.S. pol-
icy is to say nothing and keep the
Rods guessing.
Possibly Chiang and a few other
persons on Formosa know the an-
swer. But everyone else here has
been left guessing too.
If the United States has decided
what island outposts must be re-
tained by the Nationalists as pro-
taction for Formosa itself, Wash-
ington is keeping quiet about it.
The string of island bases con-
trolled by the Nationalists dot
some NO miles of water from
Quemoy in the south to the Tach-
ens in the north.
Some of these-such as Quemoy,
Matsu, White Dog and the Tachen
group-might be considered worth
holding. But many others are neg-
ligible.
One subject of constant specu-
lation is this:
Would the Reds, in the face of
possible U.S. intervention, dare
risk an amphibious assault on any
of the more important offshore is-
lands?
Since the United States and Na-
tionalist China sipre’ the mutual
defense pact Dec. ' the Reds have
shown no disposition to call off
military activity.
But, on the other hand, they
have shown no dispositic to en-
large its present scope—at least
not yet.
Nationalist reports over past
weeks have portrayed a buildup
of Communist strength apparently
aimed at an invasion of the Tach-
ens. 300 miles north of Formosa,
and other Nationalist-held island
outposts,
Consequently, although things
appear relatively quiet now, the
general impression here is that
something bigger is bound to break
—and not too long hence.
Chiang So’diers
Kidnap 14 Reds
TAIPEH, Formosa 0 — Chinese
Nationalist * held Quemoy Island
Communist soldiers asleep during
a predawn raid yesterday on a
small island and brought all back
as' prisoners, the Defense Ministry
said today
The commandos raided Tapo.
0
HEAVENLY
roughly three miles northeast of
close to the Red China coast oppo-
site Formosa. .
"The raid shows that the Com-
munist shelling of Quemoy has not
intimidated us and we are always
ready to hit back,” the spokesman
said.
Mumps at 102
WAUKON, Iowa Vn—Mrs. Man
Ann Healy has the mumps. She’s
102.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 172, Ed. 2 Wednesday, December 8, 1954, newspaper, December 8, 1954; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1649659/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.