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TAX BILL JOB STARTS
Congress To Get Excess
Profits Levy Program
From Committee Split
WASHINGTON (API Democrats end Republicans en tne
house ways end means committee questioned each others' mo
fives at they knuckled down today to the bran tacks job of
writing a corporation tax bill.
The committee finished seven days of public hearinqs
Wednesday. Democratic members
tax measure ready for house consideration one week after th
short session of Congress next Monday.
Atom Spy Aides
Of Gold Guilty
Of Conspiracy
NEW YORK lPI A chem-
ical engineer and his woman bust- j Mcts, profiu tax bill into shape
ness associate were convicted here (or consideration this year,
of conspiring to hinder a federal. Republicans oppose the admin
investisation of the engineer s re-1 huralions excess profits tax pro
lations with confessed atom spy p,,,,! imenjj lo 4ad $4,000,000,000
Harry Gold. 1 annually to federal revenues.
iney are nwauaut
38, and Miriam Moskowiti, 34.
A federal court jury of seven
men and five women brought m
the guilty verdicts after almost
four kours' deliberation.
Maximum penalties at the sen
tencing set for Nov. 28 could be
seven years in prison and a $15,000
fine for Brothman and two years
and $10,000 fine for Miss Mosko
witi. , ' .
Gold, formerly employed b y
Brothman. was the government s
star witness against the pair.
Brothman and Miss Moskowiti
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lice in a Rranu juij -..w
were accused specifically of con
spiring together with Gold to de
fraud the government of its func
tion of enforcing the federal crim
inal laws.
Gold. 39-year-old Philadelphia
biochemist," is awaiting sentence
on a plea of guilty to espionage.
He has confessed to acting as a
go-between for Dr. Klaus Fuchs
and a Russian spy ring. Fuchs, a ,
top British scientist who o n c e :
worked on ato.nic research in the I
United Slates, now is serving a i
prison term in tngland.
uoin le.MlllfU inn oiuiumaii iiii-
nished him with important tech
nical secrets for Russian spies.
The charge against Mist Mosko
witi was that she helped cook
up a false story that Gold told to
the authorities.
Another prosecution witness wat
Elizabeth Bentley. a e I f-styled
former Soviet spy ring courier. She
irninim Mir sri ri as a lumavi
between Brotherman and the late
Soviet master spy, Jacob Golot.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
1 tat yesieroay in a gamering o ; " "" - I.venworth. Kas., federal peniten
grave-faced men. The subject ! "'P0""" wrote that this city,.: c.nHia w Hihrrid mt a
under discussion was getting the f 23,000 persona today can boast : "Tir in PuVTo Ric
tale of government saving, bondslff the only city of its size ; l,wr T "B1 J
under way again. PARTICULARLY Jh. nation which is the I torn, si" .. h.ve.ni
all business establishments.
We're looking war in the
again.
Wars have to be financed.
eye
It was ftasy the last time.
We were the richest nation in the
world. We owed practically noth
ing. Our credit wat gilt-edged. A
bom! of the government of the
United States was the best piece
nf property on earth. You paid
118 75 for it. You put it in your
strong box. You waited until it ma
turedonly a little while, at time
goes. At maturity, the bond that
had cost spa S18.75 wat worth S25.
You cashed it in and bought your
self an automobile, or a house, or
a new refrigerator. A fourth of
what you paid was GRAVY, put
into vour pocket bv the masic of
compound interest. j
It s a little different now.
s 1 ne vaiup oi- your Dona i:
PAPER DOLLARS will still in-1
crease out 11 ir LAiiua. goes on ,
11 ... ura K".K
dollars you will get at maturity will
buy consitlerably less than they
(Continued en page four)
BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL
Economic Victory Calls
For Pay Cut Savings Bond
Buying, Director States
"Our nation is staging a two-front fight for survival mili
tary end economic," George W, Minnaugh, Oregon director of
the U.S. savings bond division of the Treasury department, told
e sparse gathering ot Koseburg business men Wednesday noon ,
at the Hotel Umpque.
We cen lose the military battle without firing e shot by losing
rne economic struggle, he continued.
Mimnaugh spoke in behalf of: "
the current government drive to Program Called "Must"
enl emplovers in combatting in Tn Pinti luted were, to cut
flation by installing effective pay- non-military expenditures; i n
roll deduction Dlans in their nlantt. ; taxes lharply, and to in-
Accord.ng to H. O. Pargeter, 1
chairman of thr DouKiat county
war finance committee, there are
from 35 to 50 firms in Douglas
county with 50 or more employes.
These must all be contacted, said
Mimnaugh. and persuaded to tell
the payroll savings plan to their
employes.
Mimnaiiklr ritH a report on the
situation m!e by the V. S. Coin.iim k. ia. ..n.ii.r. '
mittee for Ecngsmic Development j
under Paul H(eman. which em-
phasized that this country- must
tin certain tn,iift immedtstetv or ,
... . if l
face the strusiT of losing the eco-d
nimic struggle for tumval.
hope to have an excess profits
-
Committee Republicans, out'
numbered 10 to IS by the Demo
crats, want to broaden the com
mittee's area of consideration to
permit action on other corporate
taxes.
They will offer next Monday a
resolution to broaden the congres
sional directive of last September
! nrri.nno tka mnmiiiu I uikin ...
, instead, they generally favor a
nixe in regular corporate income
levies. Spokesmen for business afco
favor that alternative.
Some Oamoerats Oissent
Committee Democrats are stick
ing to the excess profits tax plan.
They claim they have no other
choice in the ll-jht of the directive
from Congress.
But Ihey are not in full agree
ment on the administration's ex
cess profits plan. This would slap
a '5 percent tax on corporate in
come which exceeds 75 percent of
Iho 1B46-1949 level. The first 75 per-
. tJ .
crni wuuia sun oe taxea at cur
rent income tax rates
Business interests have assailed
the administration plan as infla
tionary, unfair and unworkable. Or-1
nainiru uor not supported it.
borne committee Democrats lean
.uwara a compromise which would
soften the excess profits levy and
j at the same time produce at much
1 Or more revenue. Thev ir tallrini
about raising the regular top cor-
poration income tax from the pres.
ent 45 to 50 percent, and putting
an 85 percent tax on profits which
exceed the 1946-1949 average.
The compromise probably would
have strong Republican backing if
the GOP members become con
vinced that they can't get a
straight away increase in corpor
ation income taxes. Both sides
agree more revenue it needed.
BOAST FIZZLES
Roseburg Rivals
City In Illinois
In Lawmakers
Pekin. III., it taking in too much
In a dispatch published bv the
! Peoria (111.) Jourhal. a Pekin cor. !
a United States representative, a
state senator and
a state repre-
The Pekin reporter apparently
nasn l neara 01 Koseburg.
Roseburg is the home of five
lawmakers, two in Congress and
three in the slate legislature, yet
is lest than half Pekin't tize.
Roseburg has sent to Congress
Senator Guy Cordon and Represen
tative Harris Ellsworth, and to the
state legislature, Senator Thomas
Parkinson and Representatives
Paul Geddet and V. T. Jackson.
HUK MINUS HEAtS
MANILA 'PI The severed !
head of Lorenzo Nasal, former
bodvguard to the Hukbalahap
- ! .
',:
commander. Communist
1...:. -r ; 1 '.
from , , n p,mp,n(,, prmic j
The body was sprawled a few
fpt awav '
Nasal suWendered to government I
force, ,hr(.e month! ,nd w ,
later released. Police theorized he
killed for telling officials too
m,.k .k... .k. ii
: much about the Communist-led
' Huks.
I
!'' J "inttr; 'fn1" i
than Thanksgiving day this fall.
The savings program must sue-'
ceed, the report stated, and it must
have support to succeed. These i
measures ae necessary, the r-1
port said, both to raite voney to
finance the de tense program imi
to cut down on civilian spending, i
thereby reducing inflation.
i he nation needs more money
Mimraegh emphasised, and the,
prol!r,m mu,t b, hrt now in i
ord,r g,t.)set fof whllev.r iirt 1
.. i
,n inf wiurr, 11 taxes a long limej,
1 (5net tetay, 4:41 a.m.
(Continued On Ptge Two) i
Established 1873
Puerto Rican
Radicals Held
In Death Plot
Alleged Leaden Of Plan
To Assassinate Truman
Nabbed In N.Y. City Lair
NEW YORK ,T Two Puerto
Rican radical leaders, suspected of
being chief plotters in the attempt
to assassinate President Truman,
were held in separate New York
jails today under heavy guard.
The two men were seized here by
secret service agents.
1 They are Julin Pinto Gandia, 42,
veteran terrorist and president of
the New York unit of the Puerto
Rican Nationalist party, and Juan
Bernardo LeBron, 28, past presi
dent of the New York unit.
More arrests were believed in
the offing.
The wives of two men who at
tempted to kill the president in
Washington Oscar Coliazo and
Griselio Torresola were arrested
here shortly after the Nov. 1 gun
battle outsidt Blair House.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Frede
rick II. Block said that a federal
grand jury has evidence of "The
possible existence of an organised
plot" to kill the president, with the
i gunmen "having been guided in
; their mission by Gandia and I-
! Bron and the gunmen s wives
j Torresola was killed by a Blair
House guard. Coliazo. wounded by
I th 0iiarHc ia auiaifintf trial in
Washington. A guard died in the
gun duel.
The two would-be assassins, both
! New York City residents, were ac-
! live in the Puerto Rican Nationalist
I party a radical group which
demands complete independence of
the island from the United States,
The party recently staged an
armed uprising.
Chares Involves Wives
The charge against Gandia and
LeBron is that they conspired with
the two wivet Mn. Rosa Coliazo.
42, and Mn. Carmen Torresola.
22 against the safety of the
president.
I). . lommissioner Edward w.
McDonald held Gandia and UBron j
in S50.U00 bail each for a hearing I
Dec. . j
U. S. Attorney Irving H. Saypel : in the network. Many such corn
said Gandia was convicted in 1937 ntunities are already planning to
in connection with an attempt on
""" ju
,R,C0' ,nd f" ifV1y"r,Jl,-.,h'
members here with a head-
! quarters in the Bronx.
PoSSOfje Of Statehood
Bills Expected By Cordon
WASHINGTON (1 Senator.
Gjiy Cordon (R-Ore) laid today he
hopes that the Democratic party
next week will "redeem its promise
of statehood" for Alaska and Ha
waii. Cordon, a supporter of the stale
hood bill, said that "to redeem the
promise that it outstanding there
is nothing else the Democrats can
do but call up the statehood bills J
when Congress comes back Mon-j
lia'j " !
tu-i,"' ' ' ""n"hl. I
diate. consideration of the state-
hood bills was one of the major
Plnkt in the Democratic platform
ln'9,48' . ,. ,. .
-.yMnn nm-
!'nu' "lha'toth .b"ls wM1 D,s'
... ana hm y B to a voir . . -
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"P f de,Da,e' '.r v0'e nd b?
passed, else what has become of
good faith?
Campaign Of Oregon
Lawmaker Costs 90 Cts.
SALEM -J.Vu- State Rep. C. L. '
Lieuallen, Pendleton republican
who was reelected to a fifth term I
a nun term i
. A .m1!0:
.....
in the legislature, isn't a man who
tnrows nis money arui.no luoi.sn.y.
He reported to the State depart-
ment that hit genertl election ,
campaign cost him only 90 cents. I
He said all of that 90 cents was ;
soent on sdvertitinf.
Lieuallen go, ..M0 ve.es. com-
pared with 4,488 for his nearest I
rl"'
Circuit Court Jurors
Recalled For Nov. 27
Jurors assigned to circuit court
duly were reminded today by Cir
cuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly that
th court will resume sessions Mon
day. Nov. 27, and not Dec. 4'aa
previa y reported in the News-
Riew.
The Weather
Mostly cloudy with intermittent
rain today, tonight and Saturday.
Highest temp, far any Nov.
Lowest temp, far eny nky.
tetghest temp, yesterday
Lowest tteap. last 24 hovfs
Precip. last 24 hours
Precip. from Nov. t
Excess frem Nov. 1 .. ...
Precip. from Sept. 1 .
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Sunriee temyrew, 7:11 e.m.
Sgr. "Toby" Clark Killed
In Kortan War Action
J. I. Clark of RMbura hat
rcivd attic. a I nottct tram
Wathintjtan that hit ton, Sgt. 1-C
Eldrad B. Clark, wat kill In
action fn Koraa an July 10. Ha
had praviautly baan rapartad at
miitiny in action.
Sgt. Clark, known locally at
"Toby' loft Tokyo July 1 for
Koroa. Ho torvod with tho 44th
division
Clark wat roarad In Rotoburf
and attondod tho local school t.
Ho had boon In tho torvico for
tomo timo prior to World War
II, and torvod with distinction
during that conflict.
Air-Ground Radio
System For Civil
Defense Planned
Plans will toon become working
operations in an air-ground radio
organization in Douglas county for
use fn civil, defense and as a per
manent law enforcement device,
reported Brigadier General J. T.
Pierce, civil defense coordinator.
The radio network will be county
operated and ia destined to fit in
as a part of a atate organization.
The main transmitter and receiver
is to be located at the county court
house operating with 250 watts
( power and a remote antenna.
cart will carry two-way ten as
j will deputy sheriffs from Reeds
port, Drain and Canyonville. in
aHrlitinn t ha mmhr nf the
! cftunty court and the roadmaster
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sheriff's air squadron will use sue
J s,u ln conjunction with the ground
i operations .said Pierce,
An additional feature is to be the
use of three pack sets. These port-
I shies are stronger than the walkie-
i talkie variety and can be used in
case the main plant it knocked out
at the courthouse. The county plans
to have an additional power plant
in case the town's power is knocked
out but the portable outfits will be
an additional guarantee.
According to Pierce, the range
J of the station will be increased
! by the use, of planet and also a
booster station will be set up near
Scottsburg for better county cover
w. n a matter of time, he said,
the coverage will be improved .till
further bv including various townt
get sets on the same frequency
to work in conjunction
county forces.
with the
Airliner Wreck
Not Yet Reached
MORAN, WYO- (Jfr The snow
blasted peaks of tlark Mount
Mnran continued today to thwart
efforts to reach the wreckage of
an airliner which rammed the peak
Tueaday niiht.
Paul Judge, acting superinten-,
dent at Teton park, said that a fes-1
Cue Crew wmcn siarieu ny uic
sleep ridges Thursday will have
to return to camp here because
it is on the wrong trail.
He said that meant that crewt
probably will not reach unlit Sun-1
day the tcene of the apparent
deaths of 13 men and women and
eight children of the New Tribes
mission religious organization.
c,rl J- 0( Anon- "l
nn..n a fn.ir.niai. n lane . said
v. ik. irki rlearlv in
whal appeared to be a melted spot
about 1,100 feet below the summit
of the 12,594-foot peak.
Peterson said the plane it rest-1
jn the ,op edge of a jagged
. almost jerfect y ha a need
on the hump He said it appeared
" 'n """?' '1', .
that the plane might have cleared
the peak if it had been five feet
more to the right.
Property Damage Heavy
In Storm-Hit Anchorage
. K-.,,.n . -1- in
Aii.nunAur.. n.a.-aa -ii -
s d hj h d downw) pw,r
lines, shattered showroom plate
. jj i i i -k.-
5 "" :r7"a "w " , k,.C,,,,
Thur,a,v nittll shingles and roof-
Tnuray
'"f,,.,, from the day-
. 'P"r ' ,ne
' ;" "L 1
wiereiiroken window, brought a
threat of looting.
At Merrill field, the city s private
airport, planes were up-emled and
torn from moorings.
YUTH ACCUSEO OF TMEET
A 17-year-old Oakland youth was
released from the county jail on
his own recognisance Wednesday
after being charged with breaking '
and entering a dwelling with intent j
o steal.
, The youth it charged with taking
' out the window of the house of
Mrs. Laura Hunt of Sutherlin and
stealing a watch and locket.
was arrested by a deputy shernf
WOOL PRICE RECORD
SYDNEY. Australia Pi
A
world record high prM) of 27S
pence 1(280) a poraitj fur greasy
wool was paid this week at the
CirHnav unnl !
Etrlierp. French interests pur -
chased fVo lots of super- fine
greasy merino J 275 pencj
ROSEIURG. ORECON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1f50
Long Island Railway Train
Crash Under Investigation;
Death Toll 77, Injured 3 32
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TWISTED STEELRraman and
the interior of telescoped cars in the wreckage of two Long Island railroad trams which crashed
Wednesday night in Kew Gardens section of Queens county on the main line from New York to
Jamaica. Trains were erowded.with Thanksgiving eve commuters. At least 77 were known dead
and 332 injured, many seriously. . AP Wirephoto.l ........
NKW YORK (.VI O t r.
Thomas E. Dewev laid lodav thut
preliminary evidence indicate!
I human failure" wat the cause of
the Thanksgiving eve Long Island
railroad wreck which took 77 lives
and injured 3.12 other persons.
Dewey made his statement after
a meeting with the State Public
Service commission.
As the governor spoke there were
drjnands for quick action by na
tional, ttate and city officials lo
put an end to the carnage on the
jor disaster in a year on the rail-1
Long Island. It was tne seenno ma
road,
Dewey said commission findings
showed the express which plowed
into the rear of a stalled train
had passed through one warning
signal and one stop signal at full
speed of between 60 and 65 miles
per hour.
The warning signal was a mile
and a half from the tcene of the
ar-i.iHi.nt
stres.jnf ,h,t ,he investigation
, had .,ju.t ,rt(,d .. the governor
declared:
"Whatever the causes, human
or mechanical, the situation on the
i and railroad It utterly in
tolerable.
"I propose to take every step
Auto Thefts Laid
! Jft Two Tevan
I W I WW I "aTAWII
i i uvn iniai mrn ire ut-iii c i ui
i :- e.-tJ :
. ..,,, -nl.ntv iail on two I
separate charges of larceny of!
automobiles, state ponce reporien
today.
On Wednesday, Nov .22, the police
pursued hlmer Joe Roland,
Kileen, Tex., north from Rose
burg and arrested him just south
of Drain on an auto men cnarge.
The police said Roland reportedly
stole -the car from Texas. They
aHrieH that Roland is also an army
, deserter. He is being held in tne
county jail for Texas "'horit.es
arrested near Klkton Wednesday
a ex nae. nniaiiuu. i" ,
on a larceny of an auto charge,
jc. He ,nel!edly stole
the automobile from Reedsporl.
--li,. remrled. He is being
! eld in the ijougla, counly jail
under $3,000 bail.
Youth, 16, Kills Older
Brother After Quarrel
CLEVELAND. Miss. iPi A
series of bitter arguments led
,
ZrlXY '
County Aity. R. E. Jackson Jr. i
said Eugene Adams signed a state-
mem that he shot his brother ai-
vm with a .22 caliber nfie as he
slept at their home.
The m-year-old younger brother,
was booked on a charge of murder.
The mother and stepfather ot
the two high school boys were on
I their way to California when the
I shooting took place, Jarkson said,
and a sister was visiting an aunt.
-fi.
COPCO IO REJECTED
ASHLAND in The ( alitor -
fim Ore
Oregon Power company s bid
-?o take over this city s electrical
! system was reacted by(sie city
: council. The firm's nlfer wtj re-
, ported to be nearlyVW.OOO.
rescue worker! lift awav sheets
, necessary and possible to make
i a safe railroad at the quickest
possible moment."
One hundred and ten people have
died in the two Long Island wrecks
this year,
Death Toll May Increase
With three tcore victim! atill in
hospitals and 15 of them in critical
condition, it was feared the death
list from Wednesday's horror would
increase,
One electric train plowed into
the rear of another, which was)
stalled about ten miles from Timet
j square. With' a deafening roar and
1 a blinding flash from the third rail
the front and rear cart of the two
12-car trains telescoped.
Death and terror struck the 2.100
passengers, many of them crowtied
in the aisles. ,
Vast rescue forces were on the
scene minutes alter the crash, hut
I jt took nine hourt to get the last
mangled bony out of the sickening
death trap of twisted sleel.
Tk. ,,,,., r k. ..!
train was killed, and the cause of' court to remove the railroad a two
the disaster is still uncertain. i bankruptcy trustees and replace
.Wednesday night's rush hour'lhem with 1 tingle new trustee
wreck the nation'! worst r a i I of "Nationally recognized exper
disaster in seven years k 1 1 1 e d i ience in railroad management and
more than twice as mfny persons operation'
'Juror Excused When Deer
Mia Ai.l.l.lla
Rf EDSPORT itt Lee
Bernhardt was on his way te
Rosaburg te sarve en the iury.
Instead, he mat a buck daer en
the highway and wound up with
a worthless 19S0 automobile, a
taw bruises and a wrenched
knee. He was excused from jury
for the rest ef the weak.
Natural Gas Pipeline
Ripped By Explosion
i rr ' r
KING OF PRUSSIA. Pa. (.Ti
A blast, ripping the earth with ter
rific force, tore up a mile of Texss-to-New
York natural gas pipeline
Thursday, rocking this fertile farm
area for seven miles in all direc
tions. Blinding flames shot 3(H) feet in
the air and seared trees and grass.
Windows in homes miles from the
explosion were shattered.
I wo persons were reponea in-
lured
Firemen and police, said they had
been alerted tr. watch (or trouble
on 4ha new section nf nineline bv
n - . . -, ,
representatives ot 1 ranscominemai
. P-r.-i, wat begun'ues-
aax-
.
Forgery Charge Paced
gy Former Offender
'
Lester Daniel Weaver, 28. nf
sa,m has been rf t ned here from
Portland by a duputy sheriff to
face a grand jury indictment
.r,.A vh.r.ri n t r.ri.r v...v.r
faces a possible habitual 'criminal
action for the number of limes he
, has been convicted, according to
' District Attorney Robert G. Davis,
j Accord: to the complaint filed
against Weaver, he allegedly stole
j some blank checkt
Wit r her Logging Co.
them. M
O
from the
and forged
275-50
of sheared steel In effort to reach
itlaa the Long Island rail road eol-
1 lisinn nine months ago at Kock-
I ville centre.
Thirty-three were killed and 125
I injured in the feb. 17 nead-on col
lision of two traina at Rockville
centre ten miles east of the
Thanksgiving eve wreck near Kew
Gardens, Queens.
Public Anger Increases
The second disaster on the bank
rupt railroad brought a rising tide
of public indignation which had
centre tragedy
Anger mingled with grief at
mass death shattered hornet and
saddened whole communitiet in
tuhiirban Long Island.
The railroad hat a modern block
signal system but, except for tracks
in tunnels, the system operates
wilh lights only and there are no
automatic brake tripnert like those
on the cily subways.
Officials of Nassau county, ad
jacent to New York City, an-
nnuncefl tnev wouin asx a irueiai
Prisoner Admits
Killing Paramour
sa fran:isco pi a
young father was being held today
lor tne nammer Killing of his para
mour. He surrendered to police,
saying he had intended to jump off
the (iolden Gale bridge but sobered
up and changed his mind.
The blood-smeared body of Mrs.
Cheryl Jane Davis, 20, was found
stuffed into the trunk of an autn-i
mobile abandoned near Fairfield,
Cahf. I
Mrs. Davis was the mother of a
three-year-old-son, living with her
mother, Mrs. Laura Mae Dusney,
in Sacramento, Calif. Her es
tranged husband, Roland, is in
Chtirubusco, Ind.
In jail was Robert Hnrnhuckle,
27-year-old floor layer. He told po
lice he killed Mrs. Davis during
drunken argument over money and
whiskey.
iinrnhni-lcle'i
wife, a beauty
operator, divorced him one month
ago. She lives in Woodland, Calif.,
! with their three small children.
Police bonked Hriruckle on
; k,j.0 ,h,, ni.r.H a
; cide guard over him.
Repetition Of Bills
Defended By Neuberger
PORTLAND lrti State Sen.
Richard A.. Neuberger, Portland,
today defentled'.0ie repeated hills
he has introduced in the legisla
ture. Neui.erger said Sen. Paul Patter-
son. Hillsboro. had criticized the
I Practice of introducing bills wittT-
u "t"""
"It me tell Senaiar Patterson
i tint prarticaltyeveiWJmeasure in
W-gon historenacteo lor tne
benefit of the average citir.cn
had
lo he introduced in repeated :is-
Istive sessions to hecome taw."
Neuberger ttitl.
f
1 00,000 U.N.
Troops Hurled
Into Assault
War's End By Christ
Commanders Intention;
Peace Rumors Smashed
TOKYO t.fl United nation
forcea attacked today on all wintry
fronts in a powerful bid to end
the Korean war by Christmas.
They advanced at much at eight
miles.
The attack began in bitter cold.
Like a pair of ice tongs, it wat
aimed at squeezing the Redt from
two widely teparated sidet. It
cracked unconfirmed peace ru
mors. One hundred thousand men were
arrayed in the II. N. surprise of
fensive on the long-quiet northwest
front, 45 to 60 milet aouth of the
Manchurian border.
General MacArthur went to the
front to direct the kick-off. Then
boldly he flew over Red territory
and along the Yalu river border
en route to Tokyo. He announced
everything waa going "according
to scnenuie.
The U. N. commander said "New
Red armies" had joined the es
timated 100.000 Chinese and North
Korean troopt in the mountains of
the northwest. But front line dis
patches said they put up little
fight along the 80 mile northwest
front or none at all.
Ratittanca Weakening
MacArthur reported "stubborn
but failing resistance." Presumably
he referred to the tnow - mantled
northwest front, the right arm of
the giant pincert.
rne supreme commander laid U.
N. losses in the first day of th
massive offensive were "extraor.
dinarily light."
The roar of warplanet flying
cover for the advancing troopt and
blasting Red strongholds drowned
out talk of a negotiated peace
which had blossomed Thursday.
The planet left two key Red eltiet
in iiamea.
Before leaving the front Mac
Arthur told hit field general:
"Tall the beya when they reach
the Yalu they ere going heme.
I want te make geed en my state
ment that they are going te eat
Christmas dinner at home"
He did not elaborate.
(It seemed doubtful that manv
American troopt could be moved
back to the XI. S. by Christmas
even if thejt alerted now.) -
Advancing troopt found M
wounded American pritonera,
newly releated by Chinese Beds.
All but three were litter easea. They
were member! of th U. S. Eichth
cavalry regiment, ambushed by the
Chinese early in November. These
were in addition to 27 releated by
me uninese wennesoay.
In a special communique an
nouncing the start of the western
offensive, MacArthur taid:
"If successful this should for all
practical purposes end the war, re
store peace and unity to Korea, en
able the prompt withdrawal of
united nationa military forcea, and
permit the complete assumption by
the Korean people and nation of
full sovereignity and international
equality.
"It it that for which we fight."
The offensive came on the heels
of a flood of peace rumors. Diplo
matic aulhoritiet in Washington
said the assault might help chancea
for a peaceful settlement.
Holiday Death
Toll Sets Record
Br Th Auoctatad PrM
The nation counted a record
breaking number of accidental
deaths over the Thanksgiving holi
day. A orash on the Long Island rail
road Thanksgiving eve, killing 7T
persons, wat the main factor in
boosting the toll to t new high for
the holiday.
A aurvey 'showed a death toll
of 189. surpassing last year's rec-
I ord high of 181. It also was far
I ahead oi the 114 accidental deaths
: in 1948: 128 in 1947 and 84 in lMt.
Traffic accidents thit year took
j the lives of 83 persons es com
parer to a record iu on inanss
giving day last year. But the colli
sion of two jammed trains on Long
Island brought np the toll. In addi
tion, there were 28 other fatalities
listed under miscellaneous causes
shootings, fires, drownings and
other f ausea.
The nalion't traffic death! for
the first nine months this year
I totaled 24.SHO.or 90 every 24 hourt.
These figures included deaths oc
curring as long as months after
; the atcidenlt in which the victims
were injured.
DEATH FOLLOWS FIRE
l.OS ANOELES .-P One man
died and twn firefighters were in
jured in a 11.000.000 blaze t Pa
cific Clav Products Co. Thursday.
Meredith Hall Hawk, 42. com
pany engineer, suffered a fatal
heart attack after helping salvage
plant property. Battalion Chief
Charles N. Hamlin and fireman
Hugo Wild were overcome by heat.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F' Rettenstetn
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