Poll Results Hold
National Attention
Compiled by Merle Mass
From the wires of Associated Press
Election news dominated the American scene Tuesday as mil
lions of persons trekked to the polls to cast their ballots. Their
main task was picking a congress for the next two years, sure to
be clouded with uncertainty over war or peace.
The first straggling returns furnished no major surprises. Re
publicans were out in front in normally GOP territory and the
Democrats led in areas they usually control. The returns did hint
that there might be some narrow margins in some of the races.
A total of 36 senators, 432 house members, and 32 governors
were to be chosen, and the women of the nation were sure to play
a large part in their choosing. Figures on registration show that
there are one million and a half more women voters than men.
However, it is expected that these women will vote as citizens
not as women, which should make the men breathe easier.
President Truman...
. . . returned to Washington after voting in Independence, Mo., and
promptly set up a round of top level conferences obviously dealing
with the new communist threat in Korea.
In succession Mr. Truman summoned to the White House his Sec
retary of Defense, George C. Marshall, Secretary of State Acheson,
and the U. S. Ambassador to Korea, John J. Muccio.
Andrei Y. Vishinsky.
, . .Soviet Foreign Mimster was also in Washington Tuesday, but
for purposes of pleasure rather than business. He first payed a court
esy call on Secretary of State Dean Acheson, after which he told re
porters that no business was discussed.
Vishinsky came to Washington as the guest of honor for Tuesday s
party at the Russian Embassy celebrating the anniversary of the Red
revolution in Russia. Acheson himself decided to pass up the em
bassy party to keep a date at the ballot box.
Puerto Rican Elections...
. . .won’t be held until next June 4, but the final returns in the
weekends registration are in, and they showed 70,955 women and
86,947 men as new voters will cast ballots in the coming election in
a plebiscite on a new Puerto Rican constitution.
Governor Luis Munoz Marin said the registration total was boosted
by last week’s violence and proved that Puerto Ricans were demo
cratic. Meanwhile, in Havana the Cuban House of Representatives
adopted a resolution demanding the independence of Puerto Rico, a
U. S. possession.
Puerto Rican Soldiers...
. . .along with U. S. artillerymen Tuesday drove hack a coordinated
Korean Red attack in the Northeast after six hours of close in fighting, j
The Red assault was on both sides of the river bisecting Yongchung,
about 30 miles northwest of Wonsan.
Allied officers are still pondering about the reasons for the Chinese
withdrawal on the northwest warfront, where allied troops had been
forced back as far as 50 miles. They speculated the Chinese either
were regrouping for a large-scale attack, or were deploying new lines.
In the latter event it was possible the Chinese only intended to hold
a buffer area guarding the Yalu rive hydro-electric power grid, vital
to Manchurian industry.
MacArthur's Charges...
. . .will be the main problem of United States diplomats as they
meet today. MacArthur’s charges were that Red China troops are
now fighting in Korea against U. N. forces. Informed sources said
the United States favors a simple demand by the U. N. Security
Council that Red China cease her aid to North Korea.
The King of Nepal. . .
. . .has sought refuge at the Indian embassy in his capital at Khat
mandu. Sources close to the ministry said he was anxious to come to
India for a change from the present autocratic, feudal type of govern
ment to a democratic system.
However, the official announcement said his majesty, Maharapad
hiraja Tribbuvana Bir Bikram, desired to come to India for “medi
cal treatment” but his government objected so he had sought the
assistance of the Indian ambassador.
The British ambassador at Khatmundu reported to his govern
ment that all was quiet. Britain signed a treaty of perpetual peace
and friendship with Nepal last week.
Nationalist China Leaders.
. . .met Monday night and' decided they were ready to fight side
by side with Western powers if events in Korea lead to a new World
War.
There was no indication whether Chiang Kai-shek intends to re
new his offer to send Nationalist troops to Korea. His offer was re
jected previously. It is generally believed that any new offer would
be turned down on two accounts. One to keep the Chinese Reds from
having a pretext to enlarge the scope of fighting, and two, Chiang
might need his troops elsewhere if a World War III came about.
A Mass Flight...
. . .of U. S. jet fighters has arrived in Germany after a trans
Atlantic trip to re-equip two groups based in that country. A total
of 180 Republic F-84E Thunderjet fighters were flown to Germany
in two groups of 89 and 91 planes each.
They will replace the F-47 piston engine planes and the old F-80
jets of the 36th and 86th fighter-bomber groups based at Fursten
feldbruck and at Neubiberg.
A Proposed Rail Link. . .
. .between Seattle and Alaska will be included in a possible joint
U. S.-Canadian economic survey “within a few weeks,” according
to Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash).
Interest in the rail link has heightened in recent months with the
outbreak of the Korean situation.
The News in View
SIXTEEN CHINESE CAPTURED near Chang jin R3servoii near the Manchurian border are questioned
by U. S. Array Lieut. Reynold Muranalca of Honolulu (right). Army officials said they are wearing
Chinese Communist army uniforms and that the mea said they were part of a non-combat group sup
plying the North Korean forces with ammunition.
SAMPLING SODAS at the opening of the Student Union were Edgar Smith, (right) chairman of the
State Board of Higher Education, and Dr. E. E. Kleinsorge, chairman of the board’s building committee.
Director R. C. Williams is serving the two officials. (AP WIREPHOTO)
TIBET’S BOY LAMA, who is
now said to be safe in his capi
tal directing the Tibetan war ef
fort against three Chinese Red
columns, is pictured above his
crest, the thunderbolt, insignia
of his power. (AP WIREPHOTO)
UNITED NATIONS forces in Korea are stabilizing their lines
and appear to have been able to hold firm against anything the new
ly committed Communist Chinese forces can throw at them. Area
(1) is the Unsan-Kunu sector, which appeared quite serious |^r
awhile, but is now well stabilized. Area (2) is just north over the
Manchurian border where about 300,000 more Chinese Reds are
waiting to go into battle. In area (3) a Marine detachment was cut
off last week but has now freed itself. (AP WIREPHOTO)
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SHIFTS IN CONTROL of the United States Senate aid the House of Representatives in the last five con
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