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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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