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KOREA OUR STAKE IN THE FUTURE The
destiny of the republic of Korea, end of the
world, i being written by the blazing gum of
of American F-80'i at U. S. Military might seeks
to drive Communist invaders from South Korea.
Since U. S. troops were recalled from the
Asiatic hotbed last June, the Soviet puppet
government of Northern Korea, separated by
the 38th parrallel, has eyed the 400-mile long
agricultural peninsula as a potential conquest to
In The Day 's News
By FRANK
War news:
"The first battalion of the U.S.
24th infantry division is being flown
to Pusan, in South Korea. It will
be rushed to the battlefront by
train."
Push-button war . . .'war in the
air . . . war by machine. That's
the kind of talk we've been hearing
for a long time.
But in South Korea, when the
chips are down and it's a case of
saving the world again for democ
racy, IT'S THE INFANTRYMAN
WITH SORE FEET WHO GOES IN
TO SAVE THE DAY.
More news from the front:
"Brigadier General John H.
Church, commanding the Ameri
can advanced field headquearters in
South Korea, said the first battal
ion's first assignment would be to
HOLD STRATEGIC BRIDGES 25
to 30 miles north of Taejon" (which
seems to be our headquarters in
Korea.
He added:
"Americans, with South Koreans,
will drive the North Koreans back
of the 38th parallel." (The 38th
parallel is the dividing line be
tween North Korea and South Ko
rea.) It sounds good in print. But if
you ex-GIs will dust off your mili
tary memories, you will recall that
whenever you were assigned to the
job of HOLDING STRATEGIC
BRIDGES some 25 or 30 miles
away from headquarters you knew
the enemy was advancing and that
he was pretty strong.
We might as well face the truth.
We're going in again too little and
to late. The Russian-trained North
Korean troops are booming down
from the north in force. They have
plenty of Russian-built tanks, and
Russia tanks are recognized as
probably the best in the world and
the Russians are good tank fight
ers. Over them they have heavy
air support of Russian-built planes.
Opposing them, so far as we
can judge by the dispatches, we
have ONE American division. A
paul J. Ploss Dies
At Veterans Hospital
Paul J. Ploss, resident here the
last seven years, died at the Vet
erans hospital Saturday, July 1
He was born at Hunter, N.Y.. was
graduated from Cornell university
in 1911, and served with the army
engineers as a first lieutenant dur
ing World War I.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
V:"tori" 's.. urtr t iree
sons, James, Richard and John.
a..a a daughter, Mrs. Mary Lucile
Ford.
Military rites and interment were
held this afternoon at the Veter
ans cemetery. Long & Orr mor
tuary was in charge.
The Weather
Fair and warm today and Tues
day. Few scattered thunder show
art Tuesday evening.
Highest temp, for any July . 109
Lowest temp, for any July 40
Highest temp, yesterday 17
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 56
Precipitation last 24 hours ... 0
Precipitation from July 1 0
Precipitation frem Sept. 1 .... J4.I5
Deficiency frem July I M
Sunset today 1:57 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:31 a.m.
weaken U. S. prestige in Indo-China, Siam, Bur
ma and Indonesia. U. S. aid to the mountainous
non-Communist area, populated by 16,000,000
persons, was desperately needed, for South
Korea, with only 100,000 armed men, lay all
but helpless before the Soviet-armed aggres
sors. Inset shows strategic location of Korea,
with respect to Japan, and as the only non
Communist section of the East Asia mainland
north of troubled Indo-China.
JENKINS
division, depending on what it is,
is somewhere around 15,000 men.
The first estimate of the North
Korean communist army was 75,-
000 men. It seems likely that this
number must have been greatly-increased
by this time.
Anyway, our present job is to
stop the Russian-built (and, who
knows, maybe Russian-manned)
tanks that are pouring southward,
tanks that are pouring southward.
If we don't stop them, there will be
another Dunkerque at the southern
tip of the Korean peninsula and if
we are driven ou of korea we will
have lost face throughout all of
Asia, where "face" is big medi
cine, and our big job of stopping
communism all over the world will
have been made immensely hard-
Will the time ever come, do you
reckon, when we will quit going in
TOO LITTLE AND TOO LATE?
' I certainly hope so. Our job now
is to run the world in such a way
that it will REMAIN A FREE
WORLD instead of coming under
the rule of the cruelest despotism
that has ever threatened the cause
of human liberty.
We can't save the world for de
mocracy by being always too little
and to late. Being too little and
too late is a habit we've GOT to
unlearn It's too risky.
Funds Appropriated For
Oregon Defense Program
SALEM, July 3 In an
extraordinary Sunday session, the
state emergency board approved
a $25,840 appropriation to step up
Oregon's civil defense program.
Governor McKay called the ses
sion. In a statement preceding the
board's action, the governor made
only passing mention of the Kor
ean situation. The appropriation is
necessary, he said, because Ore
gon air raid warning and ground
observation efforts are behind those
in California and Washington. The
1949 legislature failed to approve
an appropriation for the state civil
defense agency.
Russia Accuses U.S. Of
Potato Bug Bombing
LONDON. July 3 UP) Russia
had followed up accusations that
the United States is bombing East
Germany with potato bugs by
charging that "American milita
rists are actively preparing bac
teria! war."
Late last week Russia sent a note
to the United States formally ac
cusing American planes of drop
ping potato bugs on East Germany.
Similar complaints, made earlier
by the East German Communist
led government, were laughed off
by U. S. officials as too absurd
for comment.
New French Cabinet
Faces Socialist Ire
PARIS, July 3 P) Premier
Henri Queuille has formed a new
cabinet whose right-wing tinge al
ready has aroused Socialist ire.
! The government may receive its
first crucial test in the national
j assembly tomorrow.
! The new cabinet formed yester
j day, .eight days after George Bid
! suit's government toppled, could
ibe defeated tomorrow, if the as
1 sembly votes against Queuille on
some technical issue.
Thirty Tracts Of
O. and C. Timber
Sold During June
Thirty tracts of O & C saw tim
ber totaling 63,597,000 board feet
were sold during June for $1,036,-
464.00, it was announced today at
Portland by Daniel L. Goldy, re
gional administrator of the bureau
of land management.
The average selling price '-fur-all'
species was $16.30 per thousand
board feet. Highest bids were in
the Medford and Eugene districts
of the bureau. At Medford, sugar
pine sold for $28.50 per thousand,
while a tract of Ponderosa pine
brought 21.50 per thousand, At
the Eugene sale $27.10 per thous
and was the highest bid received
for a tract of Douglas fir. Hem
lock brought $6.40 per thousand at
Salem.
The timber is located in Clack
amas, Coos, Douglas, Jackson,
Josephine, Lane, Marion, Tilla
mook and Yamhill counties. The
appraised valuation for the 30
tracts was $723,085.25. The b i d
price of $1,036,464.00 was 43 per
cent above the appraisal.
Douglas county firms included
among the successful bidders were
Dollar & Patterson Co., Glendale;
Fir Manufacturing Co., Myrtle
Creek; Martin Bros. Box Co., Oak
land. Effort To End Portland
Bakery Strike Fails
PORTLAND, July 3 (P)
No end was in sight today for the
Portland bakery strike, now in its
16th day.
The AFL Bakers union, seeking
a five-day week, rejected the em
ployers' latest offer Saturday. No
further talks with employers were
scheduled, although the union has
a meeting slated for Wednesday.
A union spokesman said the
bakers objected to a clause in the
latest offer that would have requir
ed them to work as many hours
in five days as they previously did
Fireworks Stand At
Salem Ruined By Fire
PORTLAND, July 3 UP)
A Salem man's fireworks stock
went up with a thunderous boom
two days before fourth of July.
Eugene J. Zuger, Salem, was
attending a tent-stand owned by
Richard Allen, also of Salem. Some
one tossed a lighted firecracker in
that direction. Rockets flared and
the boom was heard for five miles.
No one was hurt. Allen was out
more than $2,000.
NUDISTS CONVENE
ESTACADA, Ore., July 3
Approximately 300 nudists were on
the Squaw mountain ranch near
here today for the annual session
of the Northwest Sun Bathing con
ference. The meeting, one of a number
held during the summer by the
sun bathers, will end tomorrow
with selection of a king and queen.
Other sessions are scheduled later
at others of the 14 organized camps
Other sessions are scheduled later
at others of the 14 organized camps
owned by the group.
MORALS CHARGE FACED
John Henry Turpin, 7.1, of 844 Mill
street was arrested Saturday by
city police and lodged i n the
county jail. Chief of Police Calvin
Baird said today that a charge
of contributing to the delinquency
of a minor will be filed against
Turpin on Wednesday. Involved, he
said, were two six-year-old girls.
Established 1873
Auto Accident
Sends 2 Men
Tq Hncni
Condition Of Eugene
Men Reported Serious;
3 Other Crashes Listed
Two Eugene men were taken to
Mercy hospital with serioifs injur
ies early Sunday, following an auto
accident 15 miles southwest of here
on Highway 42. .
State police said the men were
James William Wagnon, Rt. 5, box
785, driver of the car, and nis
companion, Charles Benjamin Mar
tindale, Rt. 5, box 185. Police said
the Wagnon vehicle struck the rear
of a parked car which had been
involved in a previous accident and
left by the highway..
Wagoner's condition is unchanged
since Sunday when he was treated
for concussion and internal injur
ies. Hospital spokesmen said Mar
tindale's condition is improved lol-
iowng treatment for head injur
ies. ;
Other Accidents Listed
Three other accidents were re
ported by state police since the
beginning of the long Fourth of
July weekend two of them in
volving three vehicles.
An accident which state police
said was evidently caused by
car passing illegally on a curve
18 miles south of here sent a Myr
tle Creek woman. Lorena Scott, to
the Myrtle Creek hospital for
treatment of facial lacerations.
State police said the three vehi
cles involved were driven by Al-
vin D. Bounds, Ashland; Robert
Franklin Scott, Myrtle Creek, and
Clarence Fenton Thomas. Modesto,
Calif. No other injuries were re
ported. " .
No on was lnlured in the see
ond three-car accident five miles
north of here at 10:28 p.m. Sun
day. Police said a stalled car oper
aled by Ernestine Easterly of Rose
burg was being pushed by Nicho
las Plassa, Reno, Nev. A car
driven bv Marion Fry of Powers
struck the rear efihe Plflss-Awv
hide, which in turn crashed into
the Easterly car. No citations were
issued. '
State police said David Oliver
Bruce of Myrtle Creek was arrest
ed shortly after 9:20 p.m. July 1
when he allegedly swerved into
the left lane of traffic, colliding
with an oncoming car driven by
Zane Quentin Becker of Canyon
ville. Although neither of the dri
vers were injured- both cars were
heavily damaged, police said.
Shah's Lady Friend Dies
Of Sleeping Pills Dose
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 UP)
An attractive 24-year-old artist
who was a companion of the Shah
of Iran during his week-long visit
here last December died of an
overdose of sleeping pills last night
before the eyes of her mother
and fiancee, William Morehouse,
25.
Police told this story:
Ruth Stevens' mother and More
house had taken her home from a
sanitarium where she had been
treated for a nervous breakdown.
Ruth was playing with her two
cats in the living room when she
collapsed without a word. Two
empty sleeping tablet bottles were
found in her room.
An unsigned note, which her
mother said was in Ruth's writing,
said:
"Just took too many sleeping
pills, mother hope to God
it works I feel very happy now.
Bomb Shelter In Plan
Of Office Building
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 3
UP) .lust in case, John Drescher
is building a bomb shelter.
The 37-year-old consulting engi
neer is erecting a business build
ing, with the shelter as a sub-basement
25 feet below ground. It'll be
a room 20 by 40 feet, with eight-foot
reinforced concrete walls.
Drescher figures it would with
stand even direct hits from ordi
nary bombs and would be effective
protection from an atom bomb, un
less it's a direct hit. He plans
to make it radiation-proof, and
stock it with bottled oxygen, food
and water.
Costing about t3,5O0, the bomb
shelter itself is Drescher's summer
spare-time project.
Sawmill At Gresham
Razed By $100,000 Fire
GRESHAM, July 3 -iJP) An
unexplained fire destroyed the
Barger Lumber Company sawmill
here yesterday.
The blaze centered on the mill
and also destroyed some lumber.
Two planing mills, retail yard,
dry kiln and resaw plant were
saved. Owen Thomas Barger esti
mated the loss at $100,000, partly
covered by insurance. About 70
men were left jobless.
A fireman, Solon Spencer, was
overcome by smoke.
COUNCIL MEET DEFERRED
The regular city council meet
ing, scheduled for tonight, has been
postponed until Wednesday at 7-30
p.m. The meeting was postponed
because of lack of a quoram.
ROSEBURC. ORECON
Four Cities Offer July 4
Entertainment In Douglas;
No News-Review Edition
In keeping with Its regular pol
icy of observing nationally rec
ognised holidays, the News-Review
will not publish a paper
Tuesday, July 4. v.
Most businesses within the
city wilt close for the holiday.
Several retail houses did not
open today.
Douglas county folks should
have plenty to occupy their time
in the way of amusements, with
a four-day celebration winding
up at Sutherlin, a two-day rodeo
at Riddle, and another rodeo at
Yonealla. A big fireworks dis
play is scheduled in Roseburg at
the fairgrounds Tuesday night,
starting at 8 o'clock.
Many local people, however,
are treking te the hills er sea
shore. Fisher Road Cabin
Destroyed By Fire
A cabin, occupied by R. A. Cox
on Fisher road, off Garden Valley
road near the Country club. ' was
destroyed by fire shortly after mid
night bunday.
The fire was outside the rural
district, but city firemen answer
ed with the county truck. The fire
was too far along for the building
to be saved. The owner of the
cabin, valued at $3000, was C. M.
Stark, route 2, Box 660.
City firemen had a busy day
Sunday, answering four grass fire
calls in the afternoon. Three of
the calls were for rural fires at
the Green Valley Lumber Co. at
2:15 p.m.; at Shamrock Motel on
Highway 99 south at 3:15 p.m.,
and at Alameda and Vine street
at 7:50 p.m. The fourth calh with
in the city, was on Reservior hill
near the railroad cut "at 4 p.m.
Dan Mills Found
Dead Saturday
Dan L. Mills, 43, Myrtle Creek,
was found dead in a car near
Azalea Saturday. Death was. at
tributed to natural causes by Dep
uty uoroner M. u. tmmut, wno
investigated.
Born Dec. 23, 1906, In North Car
olina, Mills was married to Myrtle
Littrell at Hazelwood, N.C.- Sept
8, 1926. He came to Oregon in
1945 from Glenville, N.D., residing
at Canyonville two years and mov
ing to Myrtle Creek about three
years ago. He was employed by
Fir Manufacturing Co.
Surviving are his widow. Myrile,
of Myrtle Creek; children, Verlin
of Myrtle Creek; Billie of Ft.
Lewis, Wash.; Jerry Mills, Mrs.
Roberta Ingram and Louella Mills,
all of Myrtle Creek: brothers and
sisters, Dallas Mills, Glenville,
N.C.; Mrs. Alice Cagle, Clyde,
N.C.; Mrs. Bonnie Haynes, Can
ton, N.C.; Mrs. Etta Henderson,
Trenlon, N.J., and Mrs. Ethel Bry
son Clyde, N.C., and one grand
child. His body has been removed to
Long 4 Orr mortuary and funeral
arrangements will be announced
upon word from relatives.
Funeral Services Held
For Accident Victim
Funeral services were held Sun
day for Arthur Paul Bartle, 42, of
Glendale, who was killed Friday
when a tractor he was driving over
turned on him while working for
the Harvey Flipse Logging com
pany eight miles north of Glen
dale. He was born in Myrile Creek,
June 25, 1908, and lived in Doug
las county all of his life. Surviving
are his widow, Madeline; a son,
Jerry, and daughter, Pauline; his
parents, Fred Bartle and Mrs. Loa
Bartle; three brothers, L. H., John
and Ivan Bartle: three sisters, Lois
Johnson, of Glendale; Ethel
Staska, Rogue River, and Mildred
Van ivke, Portland.
Interiuvnt followed the services
in the Masonic cemetery at Glen
dale, with arrangements in care
of Stearns mortuary.
Loggers, Truck Drivers Vie
In Skill On Today's Program
AtSutherlin's Celebration
Loggers take over today
their July' 1-4 Timber Days carnival, with log rollers and
drivs-j slated to compete for about $200 in cssh end mei
dise
The log rolling contest, which
began at 10 a.m. at the Rock Is
land pond, is sponsored by the
Swartz Clothing company of Suth
erlin. To the man who can keep
dry the longest will go a suit of
clothes valued at $60. Second prize
is a $32.50 pair of logger's boots
and third prize is a $19.95 jacket.
Truckers will vie at 1 p.m. in
the Sutherlin city park, with a cash
award of $50 going to the best
driver. A log truck lire from Fire
stone's will be given the runner
up and a passenger car tire will
he given for third place by the
Carter Tire company of Roseburg.
Completing the special activities
slated lor today is the ancient auto
parade at 2 p.m. A $100 cash prize
will go to the owner of the oldest
car In start and finish the aprade
car to start and finish the parade
Dancing at 9 p.m. to the music
MONDAY, JULY 3, 1950
Switchmen
Reject Plea
To End Strike
Union Questions Claim
Of National Emergency,
Advanced By Railroads
CHICAGO. July 3 -UP) The
Switchmen's union of North Amer
ica refused yesterday govern
ment plea to call off its strike
against five western and midwest
em railroads.
At the same time, It served no
tice that the strike will end only
it the nation becomes involved in
war or President Truman should
declare some other national emer
gency exists. It offered, however.
to help in movement over the
struck lines of any shipments the
government should' deem essential
to" the national economy.
The statement was in reply to
the request, made of the union
Saturday by John Thad fccott Jr.,
chairman of the National (railway)
Mediation board.
In his request, Scott asked the
switchmen to go back to their jobs
"in the national interest" because
of what he called "current critical
developments" arising from the
fighting in Korea.
The union reply questioned
whether a national emergency now
exists.
The walkout of 4,000 switchmen
June 25 has left four of the five
railroads completely tied up since
then. The fifth line, the Great
Northern, has been forced to cur
tail operations. Thousands of shop
craft, office, and other workers
have been laid off by the lines
since the strike was called.
The switchmen walked out In
support of their demand for a 40
hour week at 48 hours pay. They
rejected a Presidential fact-finding
board's recommendation that they
accept the 40-hour week with a
pay boost of 18 cents an hour.
A spokesman said yesterday the
next move is up to the railroads
or mediation board and added that
neither had . made more than
'arris!! effort" to settle the strike-.
"We've done all we can," he said.
Washington Has
9 Holiday Deaths
By The Associated Press
A parade of death marched down
Washington highways this Fourth
of July weekend. As the stale went
into the final two days of the five
day holiday observance period, the
toll of the killed stood: traffic fa
talities 7; drownings 2.
Four of the dead were soldiers
killed in two separate accidents
last Friday night. .,
Two of the traffic victims were
infants. Three-year-old Stanford J.
McLerran Jr. was struck by a
gravel truck in Sclah, near Yaki
ma, Saturday while walking back
wards up a hill pulling his tricycle.
James Callan, 5, was killed in Spo
kane yesterday while running
across an intersection. The acci
dent happened a few moments be
fore his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Callan, called police to report
the boy missing.
A truck driven Richard Porter.
23, of Kent, was burned to death in
the cab of his truck when it
plunged down a Stioqualmie pass
highway embankment last night.
Coroner John P. Brill Jr. said the
truck and trailer were sideswiped
by a passing motorist.
Everett M. Fuller Of
Canyonville Passes
Everett M. Fuller, former resl
dent of Myrtle Creek, died sudden
ly at his home two miles west of
Canyonville bunday, July z. M a.
Emmitt, deputy county coroner
who investigated' reported his
death was due to natural causes.
His body has been removed to
the Long & Orr mortuary and fu
neral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
at Sutherlin in the third day of
truck
rchan-
of "Moustache" Weaver and his
orchestra at the Sutherlin Ameri
can Legion hall will complete the
day.
The grand parade of floats, mov
ing displays and special entries
will begin the final day at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, July 4. Following the par
ade, loggers will again take the
spotlight in competition for $600
in cash and merchandise awards.
Winner of (he chopping contest
will be $50 richer. The hand buck
ing events (both light and med
ium) will he awarded $75 each.
Other special prizes will also be
given.
The final dance at the Legion
hall, beginning at 8 p.m.. and a
fireworks display scheduled at 10
p m. will provide the finale to the
four-day celebration.
155-50
( 4 7i
SET CIRCUS FIRE Robert So
qee, 20, jailed at Columbus, O.,
has admitted, oficials said, te
setting the Ringlinq Bras, cir
cus fire in 1944 that killed 168
persons In Hartford, Conn. Se
gee also confessed, officials
added, setting between 25 and
30 major fires in Portland, Me.,
between 1939 and 1946, other
fires in New Hampshire and
Ohio and that he is personally
responsible for the slaying of
four person. IAP Wirephoto)
Portland musical
Group Rates Tops
At Sutherlin Fete
The City of Roses musicians post.
Portland American Legi n, walked
off with all honors at the second
day of the Sutherlin Timber Days
carnival Sunday in activities slated
for the annual all-veterans day.
In addition to a $100 prize as
the best visiting veterans musical
organization, the Portland group
collected the $25- prise ss the isrg-:
est out-of-town group attending and
another $25 for bringing their col
ors from the longest distance.
.speakers during the day includ
ed Sam Bowes of Grants Pass, de
partment commander for the
American Legion; John Walker of
Shady Cove, department inspector
for the Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Mrs. Helen Parks of Eugene, de
partment commander, Disabled
American Veterans auxiliary; Bob
Bryant, Grants Pass, department
commander for DAV; and George
Clinton of Portland, vice-commander
for district nine, American Le
gion. In addition, representatives
of the American Legion, VFW and
DAV from Roseburg and other
Douglas county points were in at
tendance. Legion spokesmen announced
yesterday they had secured the
services of the North Coast Shows
amusement group and that special
attractions would be offered Suth
erlin crowds Monday and Tuesday.
The show is open daily at the car
nival grounds near the baseball
diamo.id.
Looting Of Forty Oregon
Farms Charged To 2 Men
PORTLAND, July 3 (IP)
Two men, accused of stealing live
stock and farm machinery from
40 North Oregon farms in the last
two years, were held here today.
Bond was set at $5,000 for Leo
nard A. Jordan, 44, and $500 for
Emmett L. Bairzhof, both of Port
land. They are charged with lar
ceny. Howard Kelley, captain of coun
ty detectives, said they stole from
33 farms in Multnomah county,
three in Yamhill and four in Clack
amas county. Among the loot
were 150 chickens, 100 rabbits, -two
pigs and three calves, he said,
adding that most were then sold
through auctions,
Alvin York, Famous War
Hero, Hit By Pneumonia
PALL MALL, Tenn., July 3 UP)
Set. Alvin C. York, 62, American
hero of World War I, is ill with
virus pneumonia.
A year ago, York returned to ac
tive work on his 396-acre farm a
few days after he suffered a par
tial facial paralysis.
the big, red-haired Tennessee
mountain man single-handedly cap
lured 132 Germans in one of the
outstanding exploits of World War
I. As a soldier, he was noted for
his marksmanship.
He was awarded the Congres
sional Medal of Honor and the
French Croix De Guerre.
Half Foot Of Water In
Can Drowns Little Child
WOODWINE, Md., July 3 CPI
A two-year-old child tumbled into
a 10 -gallon paint can holdnig six
inches of water, and drowned yes
terday. I
Little Milton "Mickey" Jenkins
Jr. greeted his father when he
drove up, then scampered around
drove up, then sampered around
to the back of the house.
The youngster wasn't seen for a
while, sthis father and grand
father went around to look for
him. They found him, face down, it
the big can.
Attack Takes
Toll Of Tanks,
Trucks, Planes
U. S. Infantrymen Given
Baptism Of Fire; Foe's
Capital Takes Beating
By The Associated Press
Communist invaders of South
Korea slowed down their powerful
armored advance today to lay
in the face of a fierce daylight
pounding by U. S. bombers and
fighters. Under cover of night they
were likely to move again and pos-
1 Kit. nyoU f;et ..,,,
U. S. ground troops.
First U.S. infantry units digging'
in at the front were greeted by .
a savage 25-minute attack of five
to seven unidentified strafing plan
es. For many of the young Ameri
can troops it was the first taste
of battle. For U. S. infantry it was
the first combat action since
World War II. A U. S. sergeant
was the first casualty.
American bombers and fighters
in large numbers sprayed bombs,
rockets and machinegun fire at
the Communists, four of whose
tank columns were across the Han
river. Another Red tank column
had taken Wonju. 50 miles east of
Seoul, captured South Korea capi
tal.
American and Australian fiehier
planes wrecked seven North Kor
ean tanks and 22 trucks and down
ed two hostile planes Monday. The
Communists were building . up
their anti-aricraft positions in the
Seoul area and carrying out
heavy bombing attacks on Suwon,
but they failed to dislodge the
South Koreans still hanging on to'
the town and its airfield, 23 miles
south of the fallen capital.
Breakthrough Not Serious
Two Red tank columns were re
ported 25 miles below the Han in
a menacing breakthrough outflank
ing Suwon and its airfield, aban
doned by the Americans as an ad
vance -supply base, but a spokes
man at Gen, MacArthur's advance
headquarters in Korea said this
breakthrough was not as serious
as it had looked at first.
Headquarters said the Reds
made no serious progress during.
the day, but that nightfall might
touch off a renewed surge and
bring Americans and Communists
within shooting range. The day's
reports indicated the red drive was
at least temporarily stalled, pro
bably because of the severe past
ing oy tne American planes.
The Communist radio said Amer
ican " bombers raided "'lie' North
Korean capital, Pyongyang, twice
Monday, dropping more than 800
bombs. It said fighters knocked
down two bombers.
Officials studied reports from
Hong Kong quoting Chinese dis
patches from Canton which said
the Chinese Communists were mo
bilizing a force of 20,000 or more
men for the Korean campaign.
Lightning Bolt Kills
Legion Jr. Ball Player
HELENA, Mont., July 3 -UP)
A 16-year-old baseball player was
killed yesterday by a bolt of light
ning which also injured seven other
players knocked a dozen persons
to the ground and stunned others.
Robert Freeman Morris of Ana
conda, Mont., was killed when light
ning struck the diamond during
a game between Helena and Ana
conda American Legion junior
baseball teams.
Striking Morris on the head, the
lightning split his cap and tore
off one of his shoes. The boy's
parents were in the crowd of sev
eral hundred.
Bulletins
GENEVA, Switzerland, July J
(fP) Emile Jacques - Dalcrozo 85,
Swiss composer, died yesterday
after a fall in his home here.
BOURGE-EN-BRESSE, Franca,
July 3 P) Twenty-three excurs
when a train hit a bus at a cross
ing. WASHINGTON, July 1 ft The
army yesterday put out Its first
official casualty lilt of the cam
paign In Korea the result of a
plane crash. It named 11 oflcers
and man mining after the crash of
a transport carrying them from Ja
pan to South Korea. There ware no
details.
ELKO, Nev., July 3 P A Gray
hound bus accident late Saturday
night Injurad 13 persons en high
way 40 east of Battle mountain.
Five ware taken te a hospital but
none ware regarded as in a serious
condition. The bus went off the
road, down an embankment and
overturned.
MEXICO CITY, July J P Press
reports from Puebla, Mexico, said
five men ware killed yesterday
whan police and army units fought
a band of cattle rustlars. Two sol
diers and a policeman were among
the dead. The soldiers said they
thought they had killed eight of
the rustlers, but the bodies were
not recovered.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. t. Reizenstem
It's the Yanks vs. Yaks. Here's
hoping Gen. MacArthur does e bet
tar job mopping up the Reds in
Korea than Uncle Sam Is doing et
heme.