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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1951)
i ' .j Wonju Again Changes Hands In Korea Fight (Story also on page one) TOKYO, Sunday, Jan. 21 -(JPh A reinforced allied patrol gave up Wonju late Saturday after a sharp fight with superior numbers of reds who rw armed into the road and rail center from three sides four hours earlier. The U. N. unit pulled back to wards the main allied line, 25 miles south. The allied patrol had reoccupied the town Friday without opposi tion. Reds had forced the U. S. second division to pull back from Wonju for the first time last Tuesday. Seven trans - Korean highways pass through Wonju, making it the gateway to the heart of South Korea. Regimental Force In their second seizure of the already-wrecked town, the red in fantry struck in regimental force with mortar and small-arms fire. - Allied howitzers, mortars and tank guns roared back. Allied planes made five strikes that knocked out two red machine guns and some anti-aircraft weapons. But the communist fire increas ed and the reds infiltrated to the southeastern edge of the town and tc rail yards in the northwest. Allied patrols meanwhile report ed a rapidly-growing threat of en trapment by mounting red forces to the northwest, northeast and south. The red attack fell off after four hours and the allies retired to the southeast. Casualties Estimated Red casualties in the hot clash were estimated at 200 killed and many more wounded. The U. S. eighth army said the assault on Wonju and increasing communist movement in the Yong wol-Chechon-Tanyang triangle to the southeast indicated continuing red effort "to drive along the Woniu-Andong axis." Andong is about 40 miles north o Taegu, keystone of last sum mer's Pus an perimeter front. If the reds could push through the Sobaek mountains they would have a direct and fairly open route of advance south of Taegu. The Eighth army reported ele ments of six North Korean divi sions were deployed east and southeast of Wonju for this ef fort. - Threat in East The imminent threat on the east was a communist force grouping just north of the Han river for an attack on Yongwol, ky eastern' Allied position 31 miles southeastof Wonju. The town of Ypoigwol iilbcaf ed on the Han rjver, that cuts westerly across Korea in the shape of a crooked "V." The town has changed hands several times. U. N. troops, identified Satur day as South Koreans, hold Yong wol. Associated Press Correspondent Tom Stone quoted an American officer at Yongwol Saturday night that "several thousand North Ko reans have already infiltrated our lines and swung around to the south of us. Now it looks like some more are building up north of Maenad" Machari is eight miles north of Yongwol. 8aM Exaggeration United Nations troops were re ported to have virtually annihilat ed the "bulk of two communist divisions" in three days of fight ing south and southeast of Yong wol, but one intelligence officer said he thought this was an ex aggeration. The Eighth army announced that navy pilots killed 2,200 reds with fire and explosive bombs five days ago in a strike about 15 miles northeast of Tanyang. The results were withheld, the Eighth army said, until ground troops reaching the area had counted the burned and broken bodies in the snow. AP Correspondent Bill Shinn reported from Pusan that South Korea a marines were fighting far to the north on both the east and west coasts of Korea. Ia SaaMhek Area He quoted Rear Adm. Son Won H, South Korean chief of staff, that republican marines had mop ped up 200 North Korean reds in three days of fighting north of Samchok on the east coast, within 45 miles of the 38th parallel boun dary of South Korea. Shinn reported that young North Korean anti-communists, righting as guerrillas north of the Mth parallel had recaptured three towns near Chinnampo, west coast port for the North Korean red capital of Pyongyang. A South Korean naval officer told Shinn that about 2.000 reds were killed January 14 in a bloody xigni near umnnampo. South Korean navy vessels, fhim officer saidL have rescued 15.000 civilians from red-held North Ko rea in the past three days. MTKGI FIFTH COLUMN VIENNA Thousands of . Czechoslovak refugees from Com munism liva la lour-Dower Ylen- nt, although, they are surrounded by 44,000 Russian troops. But they omyw . zouna a uommunist Txfth Column.' growing in their ranks. As a mult, the refugees hay started ft purge of pro-Comunists zrom among their number. OTiiGil Highway Crews Battle Blizzard In Washington WENATCHEE: iJan. ( 20 -UP) State hiehwav crews tonieht bat-. tied , a sndw- blizzard whicfr-tdtH north central Washington at 11 4 p.m. The highway department said Stevens pass was closed! because of snow slides in Tumwater can yon, west of Leavenworth. Six inches of hew snow had fallen throughout the district. State patrol officers at Wenat chee reported numerous small accidents but no serious i mishaps. It was snowing hard and roads were extremely hazardous throughout the area. 3 Persons Hurt As Greyhound Bus Hits Truck PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Jan 20 -(JP)- A Northwest Greyhound bus struck a parked truck on a slippery, snow-obscured : highway 15 miles south of here late today. injuring three persons, one cnt ically. The injured: D. A. Skeen, about 30, the driv er, fort rownsend, serious in ternal injuries. Mrs- Ed Spangler, 28, Seattle, fractured left ankle. Ed Spangler, 29, her husband. leg bruises. Six other passengers were un hurt. At the hospital, Spangler said the bus came around a curve on one of a series of turns to find an automobile in a ditch and the truck parked alongside the high way. The truck was empty, the driver assisting in trying to free the ditched auto. Spangler said the bus skidded on the new wet snow trying to stop, and jammed the truck. The bus did not leave the highway. Skeen was smashed painfully against the s-e e r i ng wheel. Brought to the hospital here, he was on the operating table for more than two hours. The bus was bound for Port Townsend from the South Point Lofall ferry. Snow along the eastern slope of the Olympic peninsula was re ported heavy late today, with from 12 to 14 inches in the Mt. Walker area 30 miles south of here. Arab League Delegates Meet CAIRO, Egypt, Jan.' 20 -(P)- Delegates of seven Arab league states met today in a conference that reportedly will seek to create a United Arab stand on the cold war and the world situation. The first session was closed and lasted two hours. Represented were Egypt, Saudi Arabia. Iraa. syna, .Lebanon, Yemen and Jor dan. From Baghdad, Mohamed Meh di Kubba, leader of the Iraai in dependence party (extreme right and nationalist), cabled the Arab league secretary - general urging the league s political committee to take a "neutral attitude towards tho present international struggle mi a . ine great powers, nis mes sage asserted, "are struggling for expansionist ambitions. These states brought to the Arab nation nothing but injustice and usurped from her a sacred part of her ter ritory. The Arab nations should adopt an attitude which conforms with her interests to avoid the horrors of war In which the Arab peoples have nothing to gain or lose." Montgomery Asks 2-Year Conscription BRUSSELS. Jan. 20 -CP)- Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery called today for immediate two- year conscription for all North At lan tic pact nations. Montgomery was here on a busi ness visit as head of the Brussels treaty defense organization. A communique relayed tonight by the Belgian defense ministry said Montgomery "called attention to the international situation and to the necessity to speed up reali zation of the pi?- now on their way." "He emphasized the necessity to extend this two years constription immediately to the men now in training so as to avoid loss of al ready acquired experience.'' INVITATION BY SEA GORLESTON, Norfolk, England Mrs. H. M. Mills some time ago threw a bottle into the sea, with a message Inviting whoever found it O spend a holiday at her home. Now she has an acceptance from Hans Absen, who lives on tn west coast of Denmark. The number of tractors on U. 8. farms has more than doubled In the past ten years.' 1mm . . ..miMij.....i..lL....m mm. .,ui w?..i.wT..:v . j.mmw ' m r i - Z I ... H i . 'i i i " ' 1 - A i . ; ; - MSatasafsT . y...&-fr:-.&i,&&:-fiSM SNOW SCULP TU RE Four hones palling a chariot carry bg an angel were sculptured In snow la three days by a Jobless German sculptor during the recent cold wave ia Stuttgart. 4 Scouts Die In Vain Try to Save Buddy CHICAGO, Jan. 20 -JPV- Five Negro Boy Scouts drowned in the Des Plaines river today when four of them tried to save one who feU through the thin ice. A patrol leader said Terry Allen, 12; Ronald Hatcher, 12; Noah Phil- pot, 11, and John Davis, also fell through the ice when they tried to save Roger Jones, 11. Lawrence Scott, 11, another member of the camping party, was pulled out of the water by two companions with a long stick. Stories of the tragedy told by the excited teen-aged boys varied widely, but Jack Perz, 33, director of Boy Scout camps for the area, gave this account: A patrol leader told him he was taking troop 208 around dam No. 4, which is near Suburban Park Ridge, when the Jones boy yelled that he saw fish coming out of a sewer. He walked out onto the ice, the patrol leader related, and fell through. Jones screamed for help and the other boys plunged into the- water to save him; Within seconds, all were floun Xleing.ni . icy. water over their heads. Forest rangers said the river is eight feet deep at the dam "We were all panicky and weighted down with heavy over shoes, young Scott said. "Its a miracle I got out." "It was terrible," said James Cannon, 11, a member of the troop. "Everybody tried to help the boys in the water, but nobody could get to them. "The water was bitter cold, and the boys seemed to disappear al most as fast as they went in. We tried to reach them with sticks and tree branches, but they went down too fast." Jimmy Fidler Buys Oregon Dairy Ranch MEDFORD, Jan. 20-tP)-Holly-wood radio commentator and col umnist, Jimmy Fidler, was in Medford this week to complete the purchase of the Junad dairy ranch on the Rogue river near Eagle Point Fidler bought the interests of the ranch's co-owners, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bohling, California. Bohling will leave Hollywood to enter aviation war work with the government in Washington, D.C. His wife, June Storey of motion pictures, will remain Hollywood. in USED CAS STOLEN Lester Capps, 253 Union St., re ported to citv Dolic a ffrev 1048 Plymouth convertible stolen from Capps' Used Car lot sometime be tween 5:30 p. m. Friday and mid night Saturday. HOLLY Says fssyami'j y ) wwsiHarsjsssayqBn 9 - -JP' lr " ' v " MIRRORED BEAUTY Dixieland's Maid or Cotton, leannine Holland, of Houston, Tex., is a reflected beauty as she sits In front of mirrors on hex arrival in New York. Heart Ailment Incapacitates Jacob Malik LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 20-(JP)- Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik is confined to his bed at his delegation home on Park avenue because of a recurring heart ailment, a Soviet source said today. He expects to return to Russia in March for a rest if his heart and U.N. affairs permit. A doctor attends Malik every day. The informant said that Mal ik must remain in bed but that he is not seriously ill. He was described as suffering the effects of long hours and pro longed overwork during the 1950 general assembly. He is 44 years old. Malik suffered a heart ailment while serving as Soviet ambassa dor in Tokyo during the second world war. He is a big man phys ically, looking robust, but period ically his heart acts up. He was present when the UJJ. political committee approved the fast chance cease-fire offer to com munist China last Saturday but when he left the U Ji. building that day he told newsmen that he had been having trouble with his heart and he might have to go home to Russia for a rest. He did not appear when the po litical committee met again last Thursday and it became known he was ill. Reports spread today that he was in a serious condition but a Soviet source denied that is the case. This source said he is resting In bed on doctor's orders and he did not know when Malik would be weU enough to come back to VSi. meetings. I never was much of a hand at "scare" advertising in fact I dis like, very much, urging people to buy anything. At the same time maybe I owe my patrons what little Information I have. First, your guess Is as good as mine as to what is going to hap pen in the future cow that should b quite a help to you. Personally, I feel that things are going to be "tight" and to back up my convictions X bought very heavily on watches, silverware and like Items. I have a wonderful stock, I want to protect my customers just as much as I am financially able to. What I have may last a month, week, a year I do not know. If I can continue to get Items' mad of scarce metals throughout the crisis I will be happy, and so will you, -I am sura. I guess you will Just have to use your own judgment. MKMSMmJmSMmJmm Potatoes Spill From Truck Onto Highway A truck load of central Oregon potatoes was (Jumped when brakes failed on a hill just east of the Cottage farm on highway 222 Sat urday night. A Bales and Brady tow service driver reported that he was called to the scene about 10:30 p.m. to clear the van of the truck from the highway. He said that apparently the van had come off the 1949 Chevrolet truck as It neared the bottom of the hill just east of the farm. RADAR WOMAN'S JOB' SINGAPORE -(JP)- The Royal Air Force in Malaya claims that what effective radar operations need is "the woman's touch." That's the word from Flight Lieutenant R. W. All wright, who recently staged a public demonstration of the detection of ships and planes by radio devices. He said: "This job requires a lot of patience and delicacy of touch. During the war, British women proved themselves much more capable than men at this job. I hope more women will volunteer. Its new! Only Hudson Hydro-Mat Hvskm Horm Visit us drive the fabulous new Hudson Hornet experience the thrilling get-up-end-go, the eager action of Miracle H-Power found only in Hudson. Then notice that the sensational new, high-compression H-145 engine that supplies this per formance unlimited is as quiet and smooth as a sea gull in a glide! Remember that this amazing H-145 engine is simple in design for low upkeep cost and trouble free operation. And it is built Oregon Man Shot toiDeath In Arizona APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz., Jan. 20-P-H. T Burns of Otis, Ore., was found shot to . death in the Goldfield Mining district west of here tonight - Burns, about 65, had been shot at least once in the chest, police reported. A small-caliber auto matic pistol and a box of shells were near the body. According to first reports only Burns footprints could be found in the vicinity. Tom RusselL secretary of Gold field Mines, Inc. found Burns. He had started a search when Burns abandoned car was discovered nearby on a desert trail. Burns was a winter visitor In Arizona. Investigation of the death is underway. Troops Take 5 Huk Camps MANILA, Sunday, Jan. 21-VPh- Phiuppine army headquarters said today government troops captured five communist Hukbalahap camps yesterday in the intensified drive to clean the huks out of central and northern Luzon. The troops met little opposition, the army said. In most cases, the huks fled as the troops approach ed their camps. Fourteen huk camps have been reported captured and destroyed since "operation saber." described as the biggest campaign thus far, was launched against the huks Thursday. Twenty-eight huks have been listed as killed in the drive of 15,000 troops against an esti mated 5,000 rebels. Eugene Man Jailed After 2 -Car Crash Dugald Q. Bidwell, Eugene, was in Marion county jail early this morning charged with intoxication on a public highway following an accident Saturday night near the 12th street junction with Pacific highway. Bidwell's car was headed south when it collided with a car driven by Ernest H. Kelly, 870 Hickory st., investigating state police said. The BidweU car went over a bank, but did not turn over. Both cars were damaged slightly. to outlast any other engine on the market! The spectacular new Hudson Hornet itself is rratbiaJringiy beautiful gracefully stream lined, with a new high note in luxury inside! And it is "step down" designed lowest built for the world's best and safest ridel Come hi see for yourself that . there's never been anything like Miracle H-Power and the fabu lous new Hudson Hornet! n - rabulotis new p, -P mo3t PIMPLE can, uoufc nrnvQcmv bug BuIlddg.Jackstin cairns; Jjraw in' City Legal -Battle Bulldog Jackson, once a wrestler of renown, was claiming at least a draw Saturday in a: parking viola tion match with the city. The Bulldog, also . known as Yukon Jake, had lost the first faU when forced to post $52 bail on ten $5 warrants and a $2 notice issued by the city for overparking. But Jackson came back to court flanked by two seconds. Attorneys Lawrence Osterman and Reginald Williams, and won back all but ten dollars. After the attorneys had asked for each of the eleven tags and wanted to see the patrolmen who had placed them on Jackson's car the dty decided to compromise. Bulldog pleaded guilty to five violations and the others were dis missed. Sen. Kef auver Retracts Press 'Directive' WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -(JPy-Senator Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said today he should not have "direct' ed" the Indianapolis News to stop publishing a crime report which Kefauver called confidential and unverified. He said he should have put his communication in the form of an urgent request. His use of the word "direct' brought a challenge yesterday from a representative of the Am erican Society of Newspaper tors, who asked what right Kef auver had to control publication in a newspaper. Kefauver, chairman of the sen ate crime investigating committee. told a reporter: "I have no desire or intention of Interfering with the freedom of the press. I do desire to protect the confidential nature of the com mittee's work and innocent citizens from possible slander or libel. Asks Investigation He said he will ask the commit tee to "make a thorough investi gation of how someone improperly obtained a copy of a confidential and unverified report" by senate investigators on crime conditions in Indianapolis. He indicated he did not know who acted improperly. While the crime committee was holding hearings In Cleveland, Kefauver issued subpoenas for Eu gene C. Pulliam, publisher, and Eugene S. Pulliam, managing ed itor, of the Indianapolis newspaper to appear before the senate com mittee and explain how they ob tained the information. The senator said today, however. has... fin inJ Id) Performance Unlimited from this sensational new H-145 ENGINEI Tim U THI SIU.T SOM SHOW. MC-TY m SEA CAN3TONS ERODING .LOS ANGELES Many deep underwater canyons t have canyons : been found off world coasts. It has been believed that thes were eroded when the sea bottom was above water. Now Dr. John C Crowell of the University of Cali fornia says they may be formed under water. In some instances they are still eroding, he says. He believes that they are carved out by sand and silt sliding down steep slopes. that he suspended the subpoenas on being informed that Publisher Pulliam ; would, supply what in formation he could. Shocked by Order James S. Pope, chairman of the committee on freedom of inform? tion of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and managing eaitor of the lxuisvtue Courier Journal, wired Kefauver yester day saying he was shocked by Kef auvers order to the Indianapolis News. Pope asked if the subpoena to the Pulliams "was to get informa tion or to put pressure on editing of their newspaper." "Surely you are one senator who would oppose the right of tree control by any senator," Pope wir ed Kefauver. ' W m nnt iniprnw1 " PnrX informed newsmen, "with the merits of .whether the Indianapolis News should or should not print the report. Our point is that Sen ator Kefauver naa no ngnt to issue a direct order to the newspapermen what or what not to publish." Returning here from the Cleve land hearings, Kefauver sent a telegram to Pope saying "I agree fully that use of words "urgently request discontinuance of publica tion by Indianapolis News of un verified and confidential report should have been used instead of the word 'directed'." For Security Reason Kefauver's wire added: "Subpoena to Mr. Pulliam was for purpose of obtaining such in formation as he could give us in the interests of protecting the se curity of the committee and its confidential reports." Upon receipt of Kefauver's tele gram. Pope said in Louisville to day "I felt sure that when Senator Kefauver understood the exact basis of our protest he would join us in recognizing the Importance of keeping our basic freedoms ab solutely clear. He is certainly one of the strongest defenders of those freedoms in the senate." "I had-no intention," Kefauver commented to a newsman, "of in terfering with freedom of the press. I intended only to request that publication cease." The senator said these are the facts: Senate Investigators were sent to Indianapolis to gather data in the nationwide probe of organized crime. They returned here and dic tated a confidential report based on what persons had told them, without trying to verify this." aczoc3 the iifesfcT . xfcfcbbs'iHE w&iak "Holly" JACKSON Jewelers - mm i SHROCK MOTOR CO. Est. 18 A MayOewer Warehms Thum S-X43S i Salem, Oregon 316 IMV Church St. T aviBsisNnawBsj aw www an i
