DDu
Br Thomas P. Whitney
MOSCOW, Feb. 16 Prime
Minister Stalin said tonight the
United Nations is dooming itself
to disintegration, with the United
States leading it toward .war.
.He declared American forces
face defeat in Korea unless Wash
ington and London accept com
munist China's terms lor a Far
East settlement.
Stalin pictured the Korean war
as extremely unpopular with Am
erican soldiers, and said this ex
plained western defeats there.
The Soviet leader made these
statements in his first major an
nouncement on international af
fairs since early 1949. He attacked
as "shameful" the U. N. decision
branding communist China an ag
gressor in Korea. The U. N-, he
said, has become an organization
for Americans which is being turn
ed into "a means for unleashing a
new war."
"The United Nations organiza
tion is taking the inglorious road
of the League of Nations," he de
clared. "In this way it is burying
Its moral prestige and dooming it
Sweet Klome Couple Loses Five
Children in Early -Morning IFire
KJJUS
fflroooca
The legislature has appropriated
a little over $70,000 to finance tne
state civil defense agency until
the end of the fiscal year next
June 30th. The budget sets up
$166,000 for 'the agency for the
year 1951-52, and anticipates that
CD needs in the second year of
the biennium shall be met from
the emergency fund. I hope Gov
ernor McKay rides herd closely on
civil defense spending. It is an
easy agency on which to spend
much and get little.
Of course it's a tamble. If we
have no war then all the money
spent is wasted save for some resi
due of education. If we have a war
and Oregon suffers no more ,than
in the last war, then the money
again is wasted. If we have war
and an enemy pours bombs on
Oregon then the preparedness en
couraged by civil defense will pay
off. The governor must figure the
odds and place his bets according
ly. You can't go by the nervous Nel
lies either on the home front or
the federal front. If you listened
to them you'd put all the people
In a state of fright so they would
n't know what to do if a bomb did
fall. About all I can see we need
presently is to teach the children
how to duck at schoolhousls and
the public where to duck in event
explosives start raining from tne
skies. I don't know whether the
federals are coming around quot
ing "It's later than you tninK" or
not. They did last time;" but their
timetable wasn t any good.
As far as any prospect ofarmed
invasion is concerned we should
sleep soundly on that. The Ameri
can navy has control of the seas,
and it and our airforce Is able to
fend off any such invasion, unless
it be a token air raid. There is
danger of aerial bombing or shoot
ing along, the coast from a sub
marine nothing more than that is
Visible at this time.
And it still is at least a 50-50
bet we'll have no more war than
we now have in 1951. Both the
state and counties and cities should
look over the merchandise offered
as civil defense with a critical eye,
and do their marketing with a
prudent housewife's caution.
Four Killed in Crash
Of 'Torpedo Bomber
SAN DIEGO, Calif-, Feb. 16-(fl-The
navy said an Avenger tor
pedo bomber crashed in mountains
40 miles southeast of here today
and four of six men aboard were
assumed dead. !
Two men were taken from the
wreckage alive and were brought
to naval hospital here.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
Whn are you going to do something
W that iek?V ,
Gffl
self to disintegration.!
Stalin said a new world war, "at
least at the present time cannot be
considered inevitable.' At the
same time, he asserted war may
become inevitable "If the war
mongers succeed in entangling the
masses of the people! in lies." As
for the Soviet Union, he said it will
follow a policy of averting war
and maintaining peace.
The prime minister expressed
himself in a 2,000-word interview
with a correspondent of the com
munist newspaper' Pravda.
The interview gave this ex
change between the Pravda cor
respondent and Stalin:
"Q. What do you think of the
intervention in Kprea? How
could it end? I
"A. If Britain and. the United
States reject finally the proposals
made the the People's iGovernment
of China, thewar in Korea can
only end in a defeat of the inter
ventionists." !
The Pravda correspondent ask
ed Stalin why American and Bri
tish generals and officers "are
Statesman News Service
, SWEET HO'ME, Feb. 16 A cigaret may have caused a fire in
'which five young children perished here today, Coroner Glen Huston
said tonight. I
The state arsons squad tonight joined deputy fire marshals in
probing the gaunt jfuins of the
Francisco Gutierezz home a block
ant" a half from Sweet Home's fire
station where five Gutierezz chil
dren perished in the ! early-morning
blaze. 1
Coroner Huston said an inves
tigation conducted M. J. Gil
son, deputy state fire! marshal, in-
LEBANON, Feb. 16 A Linn
county fire safety program will be
launched soon as a result of the
blaze that today Claimed five
Sweet Home children. Coroner
Glenn Huston said tonight. Sev
eral fire chiefs in the county al
ready have approved the idea,
Huston reported. il '
dicated that the floor around an
overstuffed chair in the living
room was charred more than any
other piece in the blackened
house. i!
Cause Undetermined j
Possibility that the fire started
from electrical wiring has not
been ruled out, according to the
coroner. He said wiring in the
modest, frame house, was of light
weight. I
Authorities termed! ' such evi
dence far from conclusive, how
ever. Deputy Fire Marshal Gilson
said cause of the fire had not been
determined. il
Coroner Huston said there was
no suspicion of arsonj but the ar
son squad had been called "to
leave no stone unturned in inves
tigating one of Linn county's worst
fire tragedies." ? !j
An early theory that an oil stove
exploded has been largely aban
doned, authorities said.
Father Injured ;
Mr. and Mrs. Gutierrez were re
covering tonight from severe
shock. The father also suffered
cuts and burns in an attempt to
rescue his children, aged six
months to six years.
Police Officer Albert Osborn
said he had obtained Scanty details
from the father ; indicating both
parents were awakened by the
blaze and ran out the: front door.
The father then dashed back in
to the house and located his baby
son in the smoke and flames. He
ran to a window and broke the
glass, but lost his grip on the boy
as he tried to toss him outside and
could not find him again.
Auto Also Burns
The city's volunteer fire depart
ment arrived promptly after
neighbors turned in the alarm, but
firemen were unable!! to save the
flaming house. The lamily lost a
1948-model car as well as their
belongings. Police said Red Cross
assistance is being offered.
Coroner Huston s&d the vic
tims were Joe Gutierrez, 6; Mary,
o; itaipn, ; Tancisco,j z; and Haul,
6 months. ji
A native of Albany,! Gutierrez is
a car loader for the Willamette
National, Lumber Co.
MacARTHUR KIN JOINS IKE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -JF)-Douglas
MacArthur H, career dip
lomat and nephew of the general
commanding United Nations forces
in Korea, has been l assigned to
serve with Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower's allied command staff in
western, Europe. um
KOSSELLINI FILM BANNED
ALBANY. N. Y.. Feb. 16-UP-
Roberto Rossellinl's controversial
film, The. Miracle, was banned
from New York state today by the
state board of regents, which
termed it sacriligdous.i
These words will figure In The
Statesmaii-KSLM Spelling Con
test for prizes, now underway
for 7th and 8th trade pupils ef
Marion and Polk counties:
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courtesy
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worse than the Chinese- and Ko
rean ones." Stalin said they were
not worse "than the generals and
officers of any other country," but
the most experienced generals
must suffer, defeat "if the soldiers
regard the war imposed upon them
as profoundly, unjust."
Stalin reiterated the Soviet view
that the United States invaded Ko
rea and "appropriated" Formosa,
the base of Chiang Kai-shek. He
called it "shameful" that the U.N.
had proclaimed Peiping an aggres
sor, and said "one must lose the
last vestiges of conscience" to be
lieve the United States is the party
defending itself and that the Chin
ese People's Republic, "defending
its frontiers and striving to secure
the return' of Formosa, is the ag
gressor !
Then Stalin aimed a broad blow
at the entire U.N. setup. He said
it "is being turned into an instru
ment of war, into a means of un
leashing a new war," under the
command of 30 nations the North
Atlantic Pact members and 20 La
tin American states.
Verdict Due
Today for
Crete Romeo
CANEA, Crete, Feb. 6-(JP)-A
five-man court announced tonight
it will hand down its verdict to
morrow in the case of Costa
Kephal-Cyannis, a mountain ro
meo accused of forming an armed
band to kidnap his Juliet, Tassoula
Petracogeorgi, member of a rival
Cretan clan.
Chief Defense Attorney Anthony
Maris said in a final appeal:
"Here in Crete, Sparta and the
ancient Greek land it is a com
mon practice and tradition for
strong men to steal their brides."
Before the court adjourned, Pre
siding Judge Socrates Kaviaeas
asked the mustached defendant
whether he had anything to say.
Nothing to Say
"Nothing," Costa replied
The verdict is due at 11.30 a.m.
(1:30 a.m. PST) tomorrow.
Petro Gheoghellas, one of the
prosecuting attorneys, conceded
the state's witnesses failed to
prove without doubt that Costa
headed an armed band. He insist
ed, however, that Costa had kid
naped Tassoula and should be
punished for the "crime commit
ted." Judge Kaviadas said the five
man court will deliberate on four
points:
1. The question of forming an
armed band, which calls for 15 to
20 years for participation and
death to the leader.
2. If the evidence shows the
armed band was not formed, he
will be acquitted.
3. If it 1 proved he took the
girl by force alone and armed, he
can be sentenced to five to 10
years. '
4. If convicted under the first
and third conditions, he may get
a light sentence if the court finds
he committed the crime when un
der emotional strain.
Court Rules
Union Liable
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 17-(Sat-urday)-(jiP)-A
circuit court jury
decided early today that the Unit
ed Mirie Workers of America and
two affiliated unions were re
sponsible for a construction com
pany's loss of contract and assess
ed the unions $275,437.19 in dam
ages. 4
The r Laburnum Construction
company, of Richmond, had sued
the UMW, district 50 of the UMW,
and- the United Construction
Workers (UMW) for $500,000.
Utah Inventors Patent Process
Using Water as Burner Fuel
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -VPh
Two Utah inventors said today
they had developed a process for
using ordinary water as a burner
fuel. t j.. :
They said the' device could be
utilized as a room heater "or for
commercial or industrial pur
poses, as in a boiler or other
power plant.' .
' George Jackson and William
Daugherty, .both of Salt Lake,
said in a patent , application , the
process could also employ ortho
dox liquid fuels, and added:
"We have found that the opera
tion of this unit as disclosed pro
duces an extremely intense heat
with complete combustion of the
constituent products resulting in
no carbon deposits, oily film,
smoke or other objectionable fea
tures generally encountered in
fuel burners as ; used heretof ore.
Daugherty told a reporter, that
a pint of water would be "burned"
to produce enough heat to warm
a four-room house for four hours.
He said this was based on ex
perimental estimates, ac
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'Reds
Lumber
Walkout
Hinted
PORTLAND, Feb. 16 -JP)- An
AFL lumber union leader said to
night that a strike of 65,000 lum
ber workers may begin in tne pa
cific northwest next week.
"There is a very strong possi
bility of a strike. I am awfully
afraid things will blow sky high
next week," said Kenneth Davis,
executive secretary of the north
western i council of ALF lumber
and sawmill workers.
Davis said no progress had been
made so far in negotiations for
pay increases. He added that all
contracts in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana now are over
due. Conclude Conference
Leaders of the union today con
cluded a two-day conference on
the negotiations. Two results were
announced: 1. The northwestern
council was authorized to call its
65,000 members out on strike if
wage demands are not met; 2. The
union will stick with demands for
pay increases ranging from 30 to
40 cents an hour about 20 per
cent above last year's scale.
Davis said the proposed federal
ceiling of 10 per cent oh wage in
creases would have no effect.
Hit 10 Fer Cent Rule
"We can't get by on any 10 per
cent," he said. "That 10 per cent
was established by somebody back
east who does not have to "buy
beans in the northwest."
Wage; negotiation meetings al
ready have been held for Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. They will
resume next week, with those for
Montana also opening then.
"But I don't know that the mills
will be running when the confer
ences ate going on," Davis warn
ed. The union secretary asserted
lumber was earning higher prof
its than any other commodity in
the country. He said the industry
was well able to pay the increase
asked, j
First Atomic
Plant for Subs
Partly Built
. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 16-()
Commissioner Sumner T. Pike of
the Atomic Energy commission
said tonight the first atomic plant
for U. S. navy submarines is al
ready partly built."
Pike made the disclosure in re
porting the progress of the multi-billion-dollar
atomic program and
the quest to determine the feasi
bility of the hydrogen "hell"
bomb, !
As to atom-powered underseas
craft, Pike said in a speech pre
pared for delivery at the Univer
sity of Rochester:
"In an attempt to get useful
power from atomic fission, we are
engaged in the design and con
struction of a power plant for
naval submarines."
Marilyn Maxwell
Seeking Divorce
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16
Movie actress Marilyn Maxwell
filed a divorce suit today against
Anders N. Mclntyre, Beverly Hills
restauranteur, alleging cruelty.
Miss Maxwell did not ask for
alimony; but requested the return
of her maiden name, Marvel Mar
ilyn MaxwelL The couple married
in Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 1,
1950 and separated 10 days ago.
She formerly was wed to actor
John Conte. ,
tual heating of a house.
He also said that he could pro
duce a home-made burner unit
for $15,! but could offer no esti
mate as ; to what a commercial
device would cost.
The Invention was brought to a
reporter's attention by Senator
Arthur jWatkins (republican,
Utah) and members' of his staff
who said they had seen a demon
stration of the process.
They said that water was forced
into the device, "pre-heated" by
an alcohol burner, and that the
water then emerged in the form
of jets of gas which burned and
then apparently took . over the
running; of the burner.
The inventors -told a reporter
that the alcohol burner was
needed only to get - the process
going.
The Inventors said In their pat
ent application they believe that
the gases produced at the jets of
the device are hydrogen and oxy
gen, and that these are generated
as the j water : passes through a
special system of coflj In the ap
naratusJ - "-, .-
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Tlx Orejon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday
Penetrate
Fireworks Ban A pprpved j
House
By Lester F. Cour
Staff Writer, The Statesman
Fireworks were banned in Ore
gon Friday when the house voted
50 to 9 for a senate-approved
measure prohibiting sales of all
Fourth of July noisemakers except
cap pistols and sparklers.
The bill went to the governor's
office after the senate approved a
house amendment which added
sparklers to the items that may be
sold under the act.
The measure will outlaw the
shooting of any fireworks other
than caps and pistols except those
used in supervised displays ap
proved by the state fire marshal
or his authorized deputies.
Rep. John Hounsel, Hood River,
urged passage of the fireworks
ban, citing that fires starting from
fireworks last year resulted in
$40,952 in losses. He said 32 child
ren were hospitalized and one
killed with fireworks.
Graham Kill am, Portland, op
posed allowing the measure to go
into effect this Fourth of July,
stating that firecracker whole
Labor Slaps CoimtroB
AcBison
Withholding
Of Troops
Said Suicide
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-fl-Secretary
of State Acheson told
congress today that if the United
States held back troop support un
til after an attack on Europe, it
might mean "suicide for all of us."
Acheson also cautioned that
America's lead in the atomic
weapons race with Russia is lim
ited by time, and warned that
events in Europe may be building
toward an explosion.
The secretary, testifying at a
jam-packed senate hearing, gave
assurance that western Europe is
girding for its own defense. He
said this country's European al
lies are expected to double their
combat forces in the next year.
Improved Safety
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the joint chiefs of staff,
told the lawmakers that plans for
the dispatch of four more Ameri
can divisions to Europe as dis
closed by Secretary of Defense
Marshall yesterday would "im
measurably improve" the safety
of the two U. S. divisions now in
Germany if Russia attacks.
.Bradley said the divisions in
Germany would be "in great dan
ger" If war came. He said the pro
posed increase in military strength
would discourage, rather than pro
voke, an attack by Russia.
Declaring that Europe must be
defended, not rescued after Soviet
conquest, Bradley commented that
he would rather fight a communist
enemy abroad than in the United
States. '
At Joint Session
"I would rather fly our planes
from North Africa, from France
and from Norway than from Flori
da, from Michigan and from West
over Field in Massachusetts," the
five-star general said.
"I j think many Americans will
agree with me in this choice."
Acheson and Bradley appeared
before a joint session of the senate
armed services and foreign , rela
tions committees in a follow-up to
Marshall's testimony yesterday on
the troops-to-Europe issue.
EngjUie Trouble Forces
Seattle Flight Change
SEATTLE, Feb. 16-PV-A Seattle-bound
Pan American World
Airways plane was diverted to
San Francisco today when one of
its four engines failed midway be
tween Honolulu and the Pacific
coast 5 . ! , ,.t ' "..
A coast guard plane escorted
the transport craft to San Fran
cisco, where it remained for re-
pairs, i Passengers were brought
here from San Francisco via Unit
ed Airlines to avoid delay. - --
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reau. McNary Held, - Salem)! Mostly
cloudy with rain today and tcnifht.
Hirh' today Mar SO-aad low tonight
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salers with $250,000 worth of stock
on hand are "being legislated out
of business.' - . .
Rep. Paul Geddes, Roseburg,
said the wholesalers could dispose
of their fireworks in states which
allow them to be sold and ex
ploded. The senate spent almost an en
tire day discussing the state of the
world and ended up exactly where
they started. The senators engaged
in a bitter debate over a house
approved memorial which would
take back a memorial by the 1949
legislature which asked the fed
eral government m worit for a
world government to prevent wars.
Final disposition of the matter
was deferred until next Tuesday.
The house food and dairying
committee set ; the , stage for the
battle of oleo versus butter by
voting 6 to 1 to recommend de
feat of "the senate-approved bill
which would allow sales of color
ed margarine.
The proposal approved 16 to 14
by the senate about two weeks ago
will be decided by the house In a
Urges; Eyropeaoi Aid
Doghouse Shaped
Tags Answer to
Previous Protest
AUGUSTA, Me, Feb. 16-4P)-Hydr
ant-shaped dog license tags
got the state agriculture depart
ment in the dog house last year.
Sensitive dog lovers protested
that the tags were a slur on man's
best friend. '
So ' the department came out
with, a new style tag for 1931
shaped like doghouses.
March 5 Date
Proposed for
Big Four Meet
PARIS, Feb. 16 -V A French
government source said today the
west's latest note to Soviet Russia
will propose March B as the date
for deputy foreign ministers to
meet in Paris to arrange a Big
Four meeting on major world
problems.
Diplomats said the note, the
sixth In a four-month old ex
change between Russia and the
United States, Britain and France,
is to be dispatched to the Krem
lin tomorrow or Monday.
Confirmation, was lacking In
Washington, where representatives
of the western Big Three have
been conferring. U. 8. state de
partment officials said, however,
that if the west and Russia agree
promptly on a meeting of the de
puties it would be physically pos
sible for them to get together by
March 5.
French Premier s Rene Pleven
conferred In his office today with
the U. S. and British ambassadors
to Paris, presumably on the text
of the western note.
Both Sides of Egg and
r Suit Rest Cases
SEATTLE. Feb. 16-WVBoth the
defense and plaintiffs in the $973,
000 libel suit trial against Betty
MacDonald, authoress of the best
selling book, The Egg and I, rested
their cases late today.
Final arguments - will be heard
Monday, when the case Is expected
to go to the superior court jury. -
'Partnership' Charge Termed Slanderous,
Irresponsible by State liquor .Comnnrsibn
PORTLAND, Feb; 16 -ff)- The
Oregon Liquor ' commission said
today that it had rejected all but
five of the 33 applications for
tavern-type licenses which had
been approved by the Portland
city council last year.
' . The statement was In answer tp
charges by City Commissioner J.
E. Bennett that Portland has so
many taverns and other drinking
S laces that It isn't safe to be on
le streets any; mar." . a
The' city council' said yesterday
It would employ special field rep
resentatives to determine wheth
er or" cbt Portland' has retched
the "saturation point in, , liquor
licensing. . ",- :
To this the .ccrrunL'sion said. it
was "pleased, althovsh somewhat
to xearn ,i: is tne aorv
eourdl .e:t-r ihowl-
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February 17, 1951
Eastern Flai
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special order of business. Monday
at 10:30 ajn.
Committee members voting
against the sales ot colored mar
garine were Reps. Jack Green
wood, Robert Thornton. Fred W.
Adams, Dean'Erwin, Earle Fisher
and Carroll Locey. Rep. V. T.
Jackson, Roseburg democrat,' will
ask the house to repeal the color
ing restriction. i
The house, by voice vote, killed
a measure by Rep. Joseph Harvey,
Portland, seeking a 10 per scent
tax on theatre admissions and
other forms of amusement, i
The house sent to the governor
a senate-approved resolution des
ignating Ben Hur Lampman, Ore
gonian associate editor, as f poet
laureate of Oregon. i
A new bill introduced in the
senate Friday by Sen. Elmo Smith,
John Day, would abolish the state
board: of aeronautics, turning its
duties' over to the highway com
mission. Smith said the board is
spending $100,000 a year and is no
longer needed. f
Both the house and senate will
meet at 9 ajn. today.
Program
Withdrawal I
Threatened 1
By Members
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 rVPh
The government's ' whole home
front controls program. Including
a new wage-ceiling formula, was
angrily assailed by top labor lead
ers today with a veiled hint of
complete withdrawal from the
program.
The three labor members of the
wage stabilization board walked
out last night and were authorized
by the United Labor Pouey com-"
mittee (ULPC) to submit written
resignations to President Truman
immediately. . i;
The ULPC, which represents
AFL, CIO and Railroad Brother
hoods, was joined In Its protest
today : by John L. Lewis, f The
United Mine Workers chief issued
a statement saying .the proposed
wage ceiling limiting wage in
creases to 10 per cent above Jan.
13, 1850 is "unjustifiable I: and
oppressive.'' . jj
Wholesale Prices Up ji
In the midst of these develop
ments carrying a threat to the
whole wage-price control effort
tha government announced i that
wholesale prices rose to a new
high for the 14th straight week
despite the price freeze. .
The ULPC leaders not only op
posed the proposed wage formula
but said they were being denied a
real voice in any part of the mob
ilization program. They demand
ed ."equality of sacrifice."
Lewis Net Represented . ;:
Lewis was not represented on
the wage board, although he Is a
member of an advisory labor com
mittee for Charles E. WUscp, boss
of the whole civilian mobilization
program. ' f
It was Wilson against whom tha
ULPC directed most of its crit
icism. The chances appeared great
that . when, the Wilson advisory
committee meets again Monday
afternoon, the labor chiefs will de
cide to step off of it too,, unless
Wilson or the president does some
thing to pacify the unions , over
the week end.
number of licenses issued In Port
land, has suddenly' moved to con
duct an Investigation on what they
have been approving so long.
- In answer to Bennett's charges
that the ' liquor commissions had
failed to enforce the law; ' the
statement prepared by Chairman
Crrl W. Hogg and Administrator
William Hammond said: ... "
"A commission study will show
that there were more no-rTfiZdsa
consumption liquor lk eies in
Portland per capita cu..-j- the
perisd Commissioner Berrta furr
ed, his previous term thaa t ere
are at present. When Comrisi. on
er Bennett said the i&ucr com
XdsAgn makes no effort tj esicrea
the laws, he displays eltir iter
ance or disregard of the law.
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Attacked!
By Rebert j Esnsea : 1
TOKYO, Saturday, Feb. 17-4TV
Between 15,000 and 20.000 KoWk
Korean reds today I penetrated th
east flank of the central front ce&r
Chechon, a field dispatch report
ed. -v -
- AP Correspondent John Ran
dolph said three North Korean di
visions attacked a few miles north
of Chechon, a rail and road junc
tion. .. . ; -
The penetration was limited and
for the moment, not serious.
"While the North Koreans pene
trated the line, it was in no aeme
a breakthrough,-Randolph said.
KU With Panea j ;
"Rather the alliad forces xcLed
with the punch. i
The North Koreans, identified ata
the fifth corps, appeared tofb
trying to slip into the Pycar
ehang - Yongwol-Tanyang xncba
tain route to the south. t
This was a sharp shift in com
munist strength eastward from
Chipyong and Wonju. two mcuy.
tain strongholds where Chican
reds suffered -22,123 casualties la
four punishing days trying for a
breakthrough. f s
Allied forces not only held firm
ly at those two points today but
even sent patrols north for xrmrm
than two miles beyond Chipvcajji
Chinese forces which had been
battering at Wonju vanished last
night. . "'')"''' 1 ;
Back Behind Parallel - j
On. the east coast. South Kor
ean troops pulled back to new de
fense positions well south cf lh
3Sth parallel, the artificial boun
dary lor North and South Korea,
U. S. eighth army headquarter
said there was no indication the
reds were pursuing the South Ko
reans. The new positions were root
specified. . ' f.- f f
Northwestward from Chechon,
along the nearly 70 miles of fault
ing front to Seoul, there was scat
tered fighting. But tha angsa
ments were not on the seal of
the massive assaults which nine
Chinese divisions had made
against Chipyong and Wonju.i
British troops dispersed srcaU
red groups Friday about eight
miles south of Chipyong. ! f
Flrht Bed Patrol j ' j
Four miles east of that area, a
South Korean unit early today
fought a continuing battle with a
red patrol. ... s
Nine miles cast of SeouL Puerto
Bicans early today were holding
their positions in a fight with 1
unknown cumber of enemy, i
Haval air and surface attacks
continued on both coasts of Korea.
The heavy cruiser St. Paul bom
barded villages, road junction
and automatic weapons position
north of the Han river and weal
of SeouL ( . ! i
Carrier planes gave close re
port to ground forces. - ! i
-A force of U. 6. destroyers, j
eluding the Lind. Boris and C -bourn
shelled the east coast tov i
Of Chumunjin and Tasenon. 1 t
Canadian destroyer AthabaA. t
and the Ozbourn destroyed xnimj
off the east coast.! "Si
Three Battles Flare i J '
Enemy Infiltration t h r o u g h
snowy mountain corridors east ci
Wonju toward Chechon in the cen-
tral front area began after the red
disaster at Chipyong and Wooju.
Allied intelligence officers mi
today that four divisions ct the
Chinese 41st corps were badly
chewed up In the Chipyong- Won
ju assaults and had to withdraw.
Three separate I battles Caret
around Chechon, Two were Neru
Korean assaults which were tt
pulsed. The third was sa sitae t
by South Koreans northeast: i
Chechon against southbound reda,
DEFENSE BUDGET aTLTD I
LONDON. Feb. lftWVVferitei't
military establishments today i
mi tied Incomplete budget t ,
mates designed to Increase the t - -tion's
defense spend; fig altt&si
$1,000,000,000 this yasr. f
nore tha fact that the city -
mission itself is the body wxut
actually determines whether j e f
not a license applicstioa shtil I
considered by tha .Or? Joa lktuc?
Control commission. Ko Ecema ij
issued unless it has the srprovsr
of the city commissloa'wfco rc
Imply , the liquor corIisics i
Slely refponslhle for lae nuzrJbtj
licensee issued.", ; f ,
The cmmissioTi eaJ
nett's statements Va5i ;
responfibie and cpmpleiiy
out factual baris. f
Bennett replied jwiih a fUt
meat tr'feir2f "a'sttta-vlia :l-
vesiigat' on c-f liquor ltcepi- 'IT .
licira. La also proposed 'I l i
ta freeze on tat nvar
cm lists la PorCar-d. if.
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