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House Committee Approves
I8V2 Draft, 26-Month. Service
No Objection
Raised To Bill,
Vinson Says
WASHINGTON UP) The
house armed services committee
today approved lowering the draft
age to 18 years and six months, 1
and lengthening of the service term
to 26 months.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) said1
the action was final and was taken
"without objection."
The committee in closed session
is considering section by section-a
revised version of the bill intro
duced by Vinson for cutting the
draft age below the present 19-year
limit, extending the period of serv
ice, and setting up a universal mil
itary training program for the
future.
Differs From Senate Bill
The house bill differs in several
respects from the one which the
Senate passed Friday.
Vinson has predicted' speedy
committee approval, with the hope
of setting the bill before the House
Wednesday and obtaining passage
before Easter.
There was threat of a delay, how
ever, in a Republican proposal to
tie on an amendment requiring
congressional approval for assign
ing U. S. divisions to the North
Atlantic pact army. This proposal,
by Rep. Arends (R-lll) had the
backing of the house Republican
policy committee.
As it stands. Hie house bill pro
vides for drafting youths at 18'i
years, extending military service
from the present 21 months to 26,
and placing universal military
training under supervision of a five
civilian commission.
Agree On Ceiling
The bill passed by the Senate I
els the draft age at 18 extends
milliary service iu uiuiiin, aim
calls for three civilians and two
military members
training program.
to guide the
Both measures call for a 4,000,-OOO-man
ceiling on the armed
forces. The senate bill provided no
termination date for the program.
Vinson proposes an end to the
draft provisions July 1, 1954 unless
extended by new legislation.
Passage of the house bill would
call for a conference between com
mittees from the two chambers to
iron out the differences in the two
measures.
Deaf Ear Turned
To RFC Pressure
KEY WEST, Fla. P) Pres
ident Truman turned a deaf ear to
day to pressure for the dismissal
of the White House stenographer
whose expensive mink coat figures
in a senate investigation into Re
construction Finance corporation
loans.
The presidential quarters at this
naval submarine station continued
to withhold comment on the senate
inquiry as Mr. Truman turned to
his congressional leadership for a
first hand account of the tangled
legislative picture.
He placed a longdistance call
for 11 a. m. (EST). That was for
his regular Monday morning
"quarterback" conference with
Vice President Barkley, Speaker
Rayburn, Senate Majority Leader
McFarland and House Majority
Leader McCormack.
The President is anxious to re
verse a senate vote limiting the
armed forces to 4,000,000 men and
a committee resolution asserting
Congress should give advance ap
proval to the sending of additional
forces to Gen. uwignt u. tisen-
nower s rtuanuc oeieine i Stalin sneezes, that is considered
beyond the four divisions already!, contribution to the science nf
Meanwhile.
the White House
made it clear over the weekend,
on two separate occasions, that
dismissal of Mrs. Lauretta Young
has not been under consideration.!
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PORTLAND - P) - Funeral
services will be held here tomorrow
for Dr. William Fitch Allen, 75,
head of the department of anatomy
. .u. c..- ihm inr-p
of the State Medical school since
1916. He died yesterday.
The widow and a son, who lives
Los Angeles, survive.
The Weather
Cloudy with rain today and te, vigorous stand against the Sov
night. Showers Tuesday with oe- jets before the United Nations dur
casional periods of clear weather, ing the 1946 squabble over Iran's
in the afternoon. Continued mild Azerbaijan province,
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QUITTING Britain's Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin, 70,
(too I ."resigned his post because
f ill hlth it was announced
b prime MInister Clement AH-
, ' , D . aa. .
Deputy Prime Minister
Herbert Morrison I Bottom 1 ,
was appointed foreign secretary
to succeed Bevin. (AP Wire
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Tito Vows Bitter
Resistance Fight
BELGRADE UP) Premier
Marshal Tito told 1,000 war vet
erans yesterday this country is
ready to again "saturate" its soil
with blood to repel Russian-inspired
aggression.
"Every foot of our land is sat
urated with blood, but if it is
necessary we will saturate it
again with blood and it will remain
ours," he told the veterans rally.
Taking note of growing fears
that Russia may provoke an attack
on his anti-Cominform govern
ment, Tito said:
"We are always ready to defend
ourselves from anyone who wishes
to deprive us of freedom and in
dependence. There should not be
nervousness in connection with the !
threats against this country. We 1
should go ahead in building up and
strengthening our own defense and
preserving the unity. They will not
attack easily if the unity is solid."
For the first time the premier
voiced a personal jibe at Russian
Premier Stalin. Tito said he was
attending the meeting despite an
attack of influenza, which also re
cently invalided Foreign Minister
F.dvard Kardelj. The Cominform,
Tito continued, had interpreted
Kardelj's absence as a sign that
Yugoslavia was going over to the
imperialistic camp.
"That s why I am here.
Tito
explained with a grin. "It's dif-
ni-nnt in iha a.dn.n ntint fin 1 1
Marxism-Leninism."
u,jS,e:n ai Confirmed
nSSein Ala OnTirmea
AS rremier Of Iran
,
TEHRAN. Iran (JP) Iran's
parliament today approved 69-27
1 the confirmation of a new premier hViven to " hSita rm k market:
i -anti-Communist Hussein Ala. Th..1:..?."!?.!"?".?
i appointment was made yesterday
by Shah Mohammed Re J.hlevL
There was no indication yet of
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when the new premier would name
! his cabinet.
j Western diplomats viewed Ala
as a good choice to resist Russian
piessurc on this oil-rich countrv
A former foreign minister, he has
' been a national hero since h i s
WMfcAT SAKC SINKS
THE DALLES - VP) - The loss
of a bargeload of wheat in the
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Loiumoia river was reported nere
over uie wceiveiiu.
Wheat shippers said the barge,
n r,irV from The Dallei In Van.
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ROSEBURG. ORECON MONDAY. MARCH 12, 1951
Government
Takes Over
Tin Imports
WASHINGTON UP The gov
ernment today made itself the sole
importer and seller of tin to end
what a senate committee has
called price "gouging" by foreign
sellers.
The National Production author
ity also ordered all American
users of pig tin under allocation
control as of May 1, but made a
temporary increase in tin usage
possible starting next month to
provide for the packing of perish
able crops.
The actions do not alter NPA's
"essentiality of use" order, under
which tin is prohibited in such
items as costume jewelry, ash
trays, buttons and buckles.
RFC Takes Control
The production agency desig
nated the Reconstruction Finance
corporation as the only importer of
tin, thus placing the metal 1 n
the same government monopoly
position as rubber.
The action was urged a week
ago by a senate armed services
sub-committee, which concluded
that competition between the gov
ernment and private buyers had
helped push up the price by 150
percent since the Korean invasion.
The government last week tem
porarily halted its stockpile buy
ing, also in hope of driving down
tne prices charged by Hnlisn,
Dutch, Bolivian and other sellers.
Manufacturers of tin plate and
terne plate are permitted tempo
rarily to boost their use of pig tin
in the second quarter to 95 percent
of the average consumption in the
first half of last year.
Some Curtailment Possible
The seasonal increase will per
mit the packing of perishable
foods which start coming to mar
ket in May. Some curtailment in
the use of tin cans for "luxury"
items such as lemonade or beer
may be imposed later to insure
sufficient cans for the spring and
summer food pack.
Jess Larson, the general serv
ices administrator, announced last
week that the government was sus
pending new purchases for the
stockpile. He also said government
purchases for industrial use would
be held to a minimum. Larson in
dicated bolh policies would con
tinue until the price of tin reaches
a "reasonable" level.
Well informed sources now .ex
pect the National Production au
thority to issue an order making
the government the sole U. S. pur
chaser of new tin.
Making the government sole
buyer would follow similar action
concerning rubber purchases,
which officials said has reduced
rubber prices.
OSC Milk-Cost
Probe Underway
PORTLAND (VP) The State
Board of Higher Education will in
vestigate the milk-cost figures
compiled by Oregon State college,
and used to determine the retail
price of milk.
Dr. A. L. Strand, president 0 f
Oregon State, noted published crit
icism of the figures and called for
the investigation.
The published criticism said the
public had lost confidence in the
figures.
Strand commented that if the
, figures no longer are valid, "the
State Board of Higher Education
thnilM immnnialalu ,nA... lha
I ministrative officers of the college
i from their nresent nnsitinns and
also all other members of the staff
who had anything to do with the
milk cost studies
The milk cost figures are com
piled by the college's dairy depart
ment. They are gathered from in
dividual milk producers, put
tnrough a complicated processing,
"JL," " ""ill These figures are
S'ed bv milk
"euing minmTm reta or ires
seuing minimum retail prices.
Consumer groups previously have
?M,o!hlv hieh
I y K
protested that cost figures were un-
Roseburg Basketball
Team Honored Tonight
Roseburg's sub-district basket
ball champions will be honored by
a father and son banquet spon
sored by the Junior chamber of
commerce tonight at the Junior
high school starting at 6:30 p.m.
: lege end rna'rh w
Kip laylor, Oregon Mate col-
be the ucst
; speaker. A technicolor movie en
titled. "Basketball Highlights of
1950," will also be shown. )
Fathercnf Indian hackpthall
: nlavor 1U. kaa -mittaal (a-,. A
few ,i,ke, r' tU1 available 'atSistine chapel today in honor of the'T
annum jewriry.
GOP Maneuvers
To Keep Balance
WASHINGTON UP) Repub
licans maneuvered today to keep
from losing voting ground in the
Senate where they are outnum
bered by Democrats 49 to 47.
Republican members of the Mich
igan state legislature sought ac
tion on a bill to require Demo
cratic Gov. G. Mennen Williams to
call a special election if 1 sen
atorial vacancy occurs in that
slate.
ocnoiur irauueuueig n-amai was announced with no corn
has been ill for months and there ment yesterday by Presidential
have been some reports he might
resign if his recovery is delayed
much longer. Under present law,
Williams could appoint a Demo
cratic successor, changing the Sen
ate lineup to 50 to 46 in favor of
the Democrats,
38 Taken Off
Sinkinq Ship
HONOLULU P -Thirty-eight
passengers, including one baby,
were taken off the stricken Ameri
can freighter Andrea F. Lucken
bach early today.
The 8.000 ton ship ran aground
three miles off the Hawaiian island
of Kauai last night. It was re
ported in a sinking- condition.
Names of the passengers were
not announced.
Still aboard were 35 to 40 crew
members.
The coast guard here said two
of its boats were standing by to
take off all but u skeleton crew.
Ship Said Doomed
A coast guard plane hovered
overhead, setting off flares to light
the rescue scene.
A skeleton crew was to try to
take the freighter to Port Nawili
wili on Kauai, about nine miles
away.
A coast guard spokesman said
there was little hope of saving the
ship. He said:
"She is listing badly and ship
ping water very rapidly in her
holds and engine room. She will
need all the luck in the world to
make it, but with the boats now
alongside the danger to life and
limb is slim."
The Andrea F. Luckenbach is
a cargo ship of the C3 type.
First fragmentary reports had
not mentioned her passengers.
Struck A Reef.
The freighter struck a reef after
leaving Honolulu yesterday after
noon. The ship was in charge of
the first mate. Capt. C. Holtman
was, left in Honolulu when he be
came ill.
The passengers were taken off
by the coast guard auxiliary boat
Mnkihana. A patrol boat was stand
ing by.
Earlier it was reported the
freighter Dalton Victory had been
diverted and was expected to reach
the ship by 3 a. m..
The freighter was carrying un
determined cargo from San Fran
cisco to Yokohama. She was un
der charter to the Pacific Far East
lines.
Casey Testifies
At RFC Hearing
WASHINGTON IIP) Joseph
E. Casey, former Congress mem
ber, testified today he invested
$20,000 in a company which bought
five surplus government tankers
and later sold the stock for about
$270,000.
Casey, now practicing law i n
Washington, was asked about the
ship deal by senators looking into
alleged use of influence on govern
ment agencies. He is a former
Democratic house member from
Massachusetts.
The senators had developed ear
lier that Casey had been associ
ated with Joseph Rosenhaum in
practice before the Maritime com
mission and had received $15,800
in fees from Rosenbaum,
Civil Defense Deputies
To Meet Tuesday Night
A meeting of all deputy direc
tors, or their representatives,
Itoseburg Civil Defense, will b e
held in the city hall council cham
bers at 7:45 p. m. Tuesday. This
will be the group's second meet
ing. Director Col. M. Crawford has
requested that a copy of progress
reports or plans pertaining to each
deputy director be brought to this
meeting. These reports will be pt
sented to all present for their in
formation and guidance, he said.
PAPAL ANNIVERSARY
VATICAN CITY UP) Pope
i Pius XII attended a solemn mass
nf ThanWaiuina faklaahr-tawl in IhaW.
' iin anniversary oi nis coronation,
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Truman Signs
Huge Naval
Appropriation
KEY WEST, Fla. UP) -President
Truman has signed a naval
construction bill which calls for ex
penditure of an estimated $2,250,
000,000 the most since World
War II.
Signing of the bill, which passed
Congress without a dissenting vote,
Secretary Joseph Short.
While funds must be provided In
other legislation, the authorization
bill calls fpr building a 57,000 ton
aircraft carrier, an atomic pow
ered submarine, 173 new ships and
the remodeling of 291 ships already
available.
The huge new carrier will be 12,
000 tons heavier than the navy's
largest existing carriers. It gener
ally takes the place of a 65,000 ton
carrier junked while its hull was
being laid.
While the new carrier is being
planned with the same idea in
mind being able to handle planes
large enough to carry atomic
bombs to a potential enemy the
navy said it will be of even more
modern design. Its estimated cost
is '$235,000,000 and is expected to
require three and one-half years to
build.
No details or construction prog
ress on the atomic powered sub
marine provided for in the bill
were given. Among the other ships
in the program, the emphasis will
be on anti-submarine vessels and
minesweepers.
A ban against sale or transfer of
any United States warships with
out prior approval by Congress is
included in the bill.
St. Patrick's Day
Dance On Friday
To augment the church building
fund, St. Joseph's Altar society is
sponsoring a St. Patrick's day
dance Friday at the armory.
Hal Hoyt and his Country club
orchestra will play, and his group
will be aided by a top drummer
from Portland, it was announced.
Mrs. James Kilkenny is general
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Herb
Weisgerber, publicity; Mrs. Meda
Follett, tickets, and Mrs. E.
Foster, decorations.
The St. Patrick's day dance Is
an annual affair sponsored by the
church. The building fund has been
increased by encouraging amounts
on previous benefit programs, and
it is hoped by the church member
ship they may be able to go ahead
with their building plans soon, it
was announced.
First War Dead
Enroute To U.S.
YOKOHAMA, Japan (IP)
America's first war dead from the
battlefields of Korea are enroute
home.
In 50 coffins aboard the trans
port General G. M. Randall they
left this Japanese port under the
somber clouds of a gray Sunday
afternoon.
There were soldiers and sailors,
marines and men of the air force.
The coffin of Maj. Gen. Bryant E.
Moore was beside that of a pri
vate. They were of various races
and creeds, of all ranks, and from
widely-scattered battlefields.
"Taps" sounded mournfully as
the transport pulled away. A n
army band softly played "Nearer
My God To Thee." Against the dis
tant booming of a 21-gun salute
from a navy frigate there was the
sharp rattle of a rifle salute.
Defenders Of Freedom
Overhead, allied jet fighters
formed an aerial cross.
For the first time America was
sending her battlefield dead home
from an active war front. Others
will follow.
Maj. Gen. Doyle O. Hickey, Gen
eral MacArthur's chief of staff,
said "this first shipment of our
dead represents only a small por
tion of those men who have made
the supreme sacrifice in Korea
given their lives in glorious testi
mony of our common determine
tion that all nations shall be per
miiiea m uve ccuiumK in ineir
own precepts, beliefs and desires.
Truly they represent all the
peoples of the earth who prefer
death to bondage.
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NORWAY JOINS
OSLO, Norway UP) Air
way's Parliament (Storting) today
approved this country's joining the
North Atlantic pact army c o m-
tnandea by Gen. Dwighl I), disen
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"against, tne government proposal.
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U.N. TROOPS PUSH AHEAD Arrows from boxes indicate where
American end South Korean troops era grinding slowly ahead
in Korea. Their advance overcame Red counter-attacks. Today's
report showed troops pressing en Hongchon, key hub base of
the Reds. IAP Wirephoto Map)
Ridgway Sees U.N. Victory
If War Ended At Parallel 38
CENTRAL FRONT, Korea (AP) Lt. Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway today asserted "it would be a tremendous
victory for the United Nations" if the Korean war ended
at the 38th parallel.
The U. S. Eighth army commander added, however,
that he knew of no plan to end the war on the old bound
ary between North and South Korea.
Ridgway said he could see in
the future only "positive action
from beginning to end" for the U.
N. forces.
"The things for which we are
fighting here are of such over
whelming potential importance,"
he said, "I can't conceive of any
member of our fighting forces
here feeling that there lies ahead
any field of indefinite or indeter
minate action."
The ground commander's declar
ation that there is no "field of
indefinite or indeterminate action"
stood out in contrast to Genertl
MacArthur's comment five days
ago that the Korean war was near
ing a stalemate.
In a news conference at Suwon,
MacArthur said: "The battle lines
cannot fail in time to reach a
Doint of theoretical stalemate."
Ridgway appeared trying to put
over a dynamic, positive fighting
purpose tor United nations troops
in Korea.
Wanted To Furnish Cause
He seemed clearly wanting to
convince his troops they were fight
ing for more than a atalemate.
Ridgway stressed repeatedly his
conviction that Communist China's
failure to drive United Nations
forces into the sae was a "monu
mental failure."
He estimated the Chinese capa
bility to launch a counterotfcnsive
was materially less now than be
fore the Eighth army's jumpoff
on its current major northward
smash last Wednesday.
Ridgway told a news conference
the ratio of Communist casualties
to allied in the U. N.'s renewed
offensive was "well over 60 to one."
"If Communist China failed to
drive us into the sea that would be
a defeat for her of incalculable
importance," Ridgway said,
"The allied ground, sea and air
forces have let a lot of air out of
the inflated balloon of the Chinese
military establishments."
"Meanwhile, in the degree to
which we deflate her military repu
tation we influence the thinking of
millions and millions of people tn
Asia. Eventually it must react on
the political actions of their gov
ernment. This would be of tre
mendous importance."
Solon Disputes
Argued Aid Delay
WASHINGTON UP) Senator
Knowland (R-Calif) disputed today
a contention by Senator Connally
(D-Tex) that congressional squab
bling is postponing U.S. reinforce
ments for the western turope do
fense army.
Connally told a weekend news
conference that some lawmakers
are trying to "hamstring and de
lay the sending of troops to Eu
rone."
knowland told a reporter, how
ever, he is "unimpressed" hy the
argument that congressional ac
tion on the issue will hold up troop
movements.
"I think the resolutions the com
mittees have reported meet the
situation that Congress be con
sulted on this matter," he said.
"The debate over them won't de
lay the sending of troops for a
single moment."
School Expansion Plan
Approved At Coos Bay
COOS BAY (P) A Jl.888,000
school expansion program for the
next four years is in prospect for
the Coos Bay area.
Residents of school district B-C
voted Saturday for a SI .300.000 hond
i issue. They also approved a 10-mill
tax intended to raise $14,000 an-
nually in the next four yrs.
The money will double the ca-
pacity of the high school and create
new grade school buildings,
CHURCH DESTROYED
COTTAGE GROVE UP) Fire
destroyed the 40-year-old Church of
God here yceVrday before Sunday
scrviceCcgan.
The wooden structure, previously
used by the First Bapluf chtuwh
and the Church of the Nazarcae,
was valued at $20,000. (g)
Trainmen Slow
Steel Production
PITTSBURGH (.T) Steel
production vital to the nation's de
fense was shut off today at the
Pittsburgh works of Jones and
Laughlin Steel corporation by what
the company called a "slowdown"
of 500 members of the Brotherhood
of Railroad trainmen.
The trainmen are employes of the
Monongahela railroad, an inter
connecting line which served the
steel plant. It is a subsidiary of
Jones and Laughlin.
Nearly 12,000 employes of t h e
steel company were furloughed
Only a lew maintenance men went
to work.
For every 24 hours the shutdown
continues the nation will lose 4,500
tons of finished steel products a
day. The company is reported to
have been producing some armor
plate for tanks.
Washington Hit
By Easter Fever
WASHINGTON CD Easter
vacation fever hit Capitol Hill to
day, ' and administration leaders
hoped it would help shove along
some important legislation now in
difficulty.
Both Senate and House hope to
get out of Washington from March
22 until April 2, Whether they do or
not depends on the progress of leg
islation between now and March
22.
Standing between the Senate
and a vacation are two major mat
ters, an emergency extension of
the federal rent control program
and the hotly controversial troops-for-Europe
resolution.
Before an Easter recess, house
leaders would like to get rid of bills
for emergency food, aid for India,
defense housing, rent control and
reorganization.
The House may also be called
upon to act on a bill revising and
extending the draft act and setting
up authority for eventual Univer
sal Military Training and Service.
The Senate passed such a bill Fri
day. The house armed services
committee has not yet approved
its version but may do so in a few
days.
Vegetables In Florida
Wasted By Car Shortage
MIAMI, Fla. VP) A shortage
of refrigerated railroad cars i s
forcing Florida farmers to waste
hundreds of acres of fresh veget
ables. With an estimated 3,000 freight
cars needed right now to ship the
millions of dollars worth of vege
tables north, many farmers are
having to plough under, or watch go
to seed, ripened crops.
The estimation was made by Gor
don Stedman, secretary-manager
of the Growers and Shippers league
in Orlando. He described the sit
uation as "the worst in years,"
and said there are only 893 cars in
Florida now and 796 enroute. He
warned that between 3.5O0 and 4,000
cars will be needed this week as
more crops ripen.
Spokane Lumber Firms
Join In Wage Appeal
SPOKANE UP) Nine Spokane
area lumber firms have agreed to
join with the lumber and sawmill
woAers (AFL) in petitioning the
Wage Stabilization board for a 7'd
cent an hour wage increase.
William Ransbottom, local secre-
tary for the union, said in making
the announcement that empMyers
and employees ot lumber compan
ies throughout the northwest have
been issuing joint petitions to the
WSB for the increase.
The 7'4-cont raise would boost
minimum wages to $1.80 an hour
in the sawmills and to $1.48 in de
tail and stock shops, and would
bring the total increase since Jan
uary, 1950, to more than 10 per
cent, Ransbottaaat said. . y
Damage Four
Red Planes
Red Resistance Fades
On East Central Front
Before 3-Pronged Drive
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO (JP) A spectacular
explosion or two colliding Russian
made jet planes stole the Korean
war spotlight today as ground ac
tion slowed behind retreating Com
munists. The MIGs were trying to make
a tight turn while chasing an
American F-80 Thunderjet. They
couldn't cut it fine enough, col
lided and exploded.
"Best damn show I've ever been
on," said Lt. Arthur Walton of
Bethesda, Md., one of the pilots
in a flight of four F-80s attacked
by 16 speedy Red planes.
The four F-80s reported ther
damaged four other MIG-15s in a
10-minute dogfight. That brought
the bag of damaged MIGs to seven
for the biggest two days of jet
fighting over northwest Korea in
this war.
A total of 61 MIGs in flights of
10 to 20 each engaged U. S. F-SOi
and F-86s in four dogfights Sun
day and today.
Allies Advance
On the ground, Red resistance
collapsed on the east central front
and faded sharply before a three
pronged allied spearhead along the
west-central sector of the allies'
advancing 70-mile line.
United Nations tank columns
rolled to within five miles of Hong
chon on the west-central front.
Hongchon is a great Communist
troop starting area and once wai
reported to be Chinese general
headquarters.
U. N. forces met little resistance
as they probed within sight of the
big Red supply center. Only the
day betore, Keels before Hongchon
fought stiff rear-guard action, in
dicating they would make a last
ditch stand.
British, Canadian and Australian
troops were within five miles of
Hongchon on the south. They were
22 miles south of the 38th parallel.
A U. S. First cavalry division
tank force stabbed three miles for
ward Monday to within five milei
of the Red center on the south
west. U. S. First division marines, ap
proaching Hongchon from the
southeast, were reported six mile
away.
North Korean resistance col
lapsed on the east-central front
Allied troops moved in quickly be
hind the fleeing Reds and seized
mile-high Mount Taemi without fir
ing a shot. -Heavy
Red Losses
Seizure of the commanding peak
straightened out the east-central
front. It was dented five miles last
week by a ferocious Korean Red
counterattack.
Front line officers said there
was no danger of further buckling
of the line in that sector.
The Chinese Nationalist defense
ministry reported from Taipei that
heavy losses have forced the Chi
nese, Communists to order more
than' 200,000 more troops to Ko
rea, including a whole new army.
The Taipei statement said the
Reds decided to send 150,000 men
of their second field army, d 1 s
patched 30,000 "irregulars," and
had another 30,000 waiting to go.
The Chinese Second field army
Is commanded by one-eyed Gen.
Liu Po-Cheng, Communist tacti
cian who conquered most of cen
tral and south China in the Chi
nese civil war.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Political note:
Senator Vandenbere. of Mich-
. igan, who comes pretty close to
being a statesman, has been seri
ously ill for a long time. A year
and a half ago, he underwent an
operation for removal of a portion
of a lung. Last summer he was
operated on to remove tumors
from his spinal column.
He is being called upon to
resign "so that Michigan can have
the same representation in the sen
ate as other states."
Is that the REAL reason?
I wonder. This is the present sit
uation: Michigan has a Democratic gov
ernor, with power to appoint to fill
vacancies. If Senator Vandenherg
should resign immediately a Dem
ocrat would undoubtedly be ap
pointed to fill out his unexpired
term.
Meanwhile, Republicans have In
troduced in the Michigan lcgis-
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Levity Fact Rant
By L, F. Rcizensteln
The InFLUema In civil life,
The InFLUence In the RFC,
3oth alike are filled with
grief.
That produce no worry to
H.S.T.j
When trouble thrusts Its ugly
n0S (oi
Into Harry's face, away he'3'
SB1'
Sometimes with a staggering
"beef,"
And enjoys romp at the
Hylda Keys.