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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1952)
Ill TIm It ' V IT ' ::: ' Ml Ul By FRANK JENKINS From the New York hotel nutte (which until January 20 will be tlin temporary White flounn ) come thin Interesting little story: "President elect Klsmihower'e Hides uny ho Is dedicated to the achievement of durable world JHintie with honor, but Is wary 01 icing hoodwinked by the Russians at any eoiiloienco with Premier Uiaun, "Ho In understood to feel thitt thern must somehow be some CONVINOINO DEMONSTRATION OK OOOU FAITH on the pert, of Russia as a iore-runner of any mealing," Ike. top eoltller. la Intimate' ly lamlllar with history. An a Mil liter, he HAH to be lor history drain extensively with war. One o( history's clearest lessons la tint war la lull of atratugema. Bo When the enemy makes move ike, en an able aomior, luukd UbiiiNLi iiifc move 10 ace u a stratagem may bo concealed there. I itipiwaa you've read of the Tro. Jail bursa. II waa an outatandlnf military siruiegcm. 'Hie atory goea aometiiimi like tins: Away buck befure history waa written, the Greeks Were at war Willi the Trojan. They laid siege In tho Trojans' cupilul city 01 iruy The Kleuo went on lor 10 yearn. and the Hreeka began to fear they'd iirver win by lorce. bo tney rc MOrteH In trlckorv. Thcv built an immense wooden home, and led It out 'he 0n belore the aalea ol iroy. men iirelcndliur to Blve up the nlrge they got m Uiolr ships and tailed away. The Trojnna were deliriously hap. li v. Tliev aald PEACE IS MiKE. Tuey aliened Uielr galea and went OUt to long at ine wuuucn nwi They wanted to take It Inlo the town land maybe mount It on tlie courthouse, lawn aa a trophy ol victory I but priest named Lao coon warned of Oreek trickery. He threw a spear againat the horse's aide, and 11 gave off a hollow sound, ilia warning iremed rea wnable. and the Trojana were -about to destroy the horse. Wal the unvcholouical moment, trembling man who aeemed to be a prisoner waa dragged before lh' crowd. He waa a Oreek named filnon, and he aald the hone had been built by the Oreeka aa an ollrln to the coddeaa Athene He added that they had MADIt IT ,IUO ao the Trojana couldn't take 11 Into their clly and lua 11 a a tipny. Tliat turned the trick. ' The Trojans uld HA I HA I These asp Oreek, DON'T KNOW OUR fc-rjlENOTM ' 80 Uiey leveled a aeellon of the "walla of Uielr clly and pulled the home throtmh and that night Uie Oreek soldiers who had been Decked Into the horae'a hollow In terlor unlatched a trap door and caino out arid opened me gatea 1 ilia Troiana had nieanwmie re built the hole In the wall! and the Oteeka who had come back In their ships poured in and Durneo. the clly of Troy and put Ita people to Uie swora. I Imagine Ike, when he "heard Old Jo a crack about wanting peace in the world and maybe we'd all better get together again In frlendllneaa and amity and put an end to thla allly war In Korea harked back In hta mind to that Incident of the wooden horse and aald to himself that these Russians are a tricky lot and wed better look Utile out. Anyway, I'm glad we now have a man ilk that at the head of things. Rightist Tries French Cabinet PARIS in Premler-dealgnate Jacques Boustelle worked feverish ly Saturday to round up enough aupporlers to form a new govern ment around Oen. Charles De Oaulle's right-wing French rally parly. But the tough, ambitious young I)e oaulllal gave up hope of giving President Vincent Auriol a dell nile yca-or-no answer by Saturday night. yd Although he waa reported to Vave won cautloua support from a lew Independents, Boustelle alrea dy had frightened away some of the big party leadera by his pledge to scrap the European armv pro posal, demand Important revisions In NATO and change the constitu tion to give the President more power and weaken that of the Assembly. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falla and vicinity end Northern California! Partly cloudy to cloudy with a few anew Hurries inroagn Nunaay. man osuirnsr night is, high Sunday II. High temp yesterday II Low last night 12 v J ; km 5J; FUNERAL SERVICES for Mn. Myrtlo Kaiter McCullough, 82, who died her yaiterday, Mr to b held at 1:30 Mon Say from Ward'l Klamath Funeral Horn. r 11 1 t mtir imr4 siamaaiaii F 'asf- "1 1 T7T3 PTTK IVTT : "il l i J 1 p l 'S.lY.,,,lJL a,. .;... aid 'GRANDMA' HELD. Folic Chief Noil Andorton of Arcadia, Calif., thows Mn. Ethel Arata, 62, a toy gun which polic laid the mad in trying to hold up a bank in Arcadia. OHicen laid the woman told tham lh it tho "Grandma" bank bandit who hai held up leveral banki in naarby Lot Angeloi recently. "Grandma" hai taken nearly $4,000 in the itickupi. Mn. Arata wai captured in tha bank without a itruggla by the bank man ager, who had been called by teller. Grandma Bandit Discovered As Child of Ex-Millionaire I.OS ANOEI.ES IjP The tabu Inua background of Mrs. Ethel Ar ala, 62. who has admitted ahe Is the woman tabbed as Southern Cnl Ifornia'a "Orandms Bank Bandit." continued to unfold with more aur prises Saturday. Alter earlier disclosures mat ane was Uie daughter of a New York multl-mllllonsire and had studied voice in Europe, It waa learned that ahe once aang with the Uun can ataterg In their "Topsy and Eva" company. Ilie riches -to-regs story contin ued to come out piece by piece siter Mrs, Arata was arraigned Friday on three counts of bank robbery and aald ahe turned to banniiry alter iter istner lost ma mriuna and aiuiriiia crippled her hands. Mrs. Stewart McClellan. s!v ter of Ronetta and Vivian Duncan. told a reporter Mrs. Arsis, men known aa Ethel Celts, joined the Yreck Victim Said Better Oary Hansen. IS, had been un conscious IS4 hours at noon today, but atlendanta at Klamath Valley Hospltel reported some slight im provement In his condition. Tne yakima. Wash., boy was In jured In an bjtomoblle accident Friday night, Dec. ID, and haa not regained consciousness. Hla condi tion has been critical. He suffered a fractured skull, se vere concussion and other Injuries. Oary is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Olenn Cecil Hansen of Yakima. There are five other chil dren In the family. Hla lather was here last weekend but returned to Yakima earlier thla weekend to spend Christmas with the family. He was expected back at the hospital to be with hla son tonight. 80 fsr, special nurses have at tended the boy around the clock. The family la reported to be In poor financial circumstances now, with mrdlcsl and hospital expenses piling up. The father himself suf fered an Injury In an industrial accident a short time ago.. Three other boya hurt In the same accident are also still In the hospital. Tom Murdock, U, of Klam ath Fslls, who was critically In jured, Is reported Improving stead ily. He had a severe head wound. Delno Dean Hays, 18, of Yaki ma, and Ernie Mills, 17, or Ta coma. Wash., suffered fractures. The accident occurred above Col lier Park on U. S. VI. School Totals Highest Yet Klamath school enrollments have soared this year to all time highs In Klamath Falls, according to in formation roleased by the office of School Supt. Arnold Qralopp. KUHS with 1,257 atudenta this year Is 60 higher than last and at Its highest enrollment In. 10 years. Other schools, though, were show ing even better Increases. Falrvlew School showed the greatest increase when Its enroll ment hit 323 nunlls at the Decern. ber tabulation, Oralapp said, and Mills School the largest In the cltv elementary system was back up wun nni pupils. conger has 210 enrolled, Fromont 169. Pelican 236, Riverside 182, Roosevelt 341 and Fremont Junior Htgn scnnoi, 25.1. , Total enrollment In the elemen tary system la 3,410, the statistics anow. Largest single grade school class Is at Mills where 132 first graders were counted this month; 116 sec ond graders and 110 fourth graders are also enrolled there. The KUHS f rosh class Is - the largest there with 403 students. There arc 348 sophomores, 258 Jun iors and 261 seniors, . "' " ikeMgka., Topsy and Eva" show In San Francisco In 11123. "She had a remarkable and would have become a voice great ahow star If she had sieved In business," Mrs. McClellan ssld. Her uncle, Benjsmln 8. Catu, 70, Hollywood real estate broker, cor roborated her story, but said hla brother, Robert M. Catti, never was worth "more than two or three million at one time.' Robert Catla, her father, died In 1042 "I don't condem her." Benjamin Cstis ssld. "I feel genuinely sorry for her. She Is obviously 111 and in need of urgent medical atienuon.' He aald he would Instruct his at tor nu tit hsln hrr. Kobert Calls made fortunes In rest estate and erecting buildings in New York and pn laavipnia. "He owned the Orand Central Palace In New York." aald Ben jamin Calls. "He also Invested heavily In a Philadelphia oil busi ness and built several office and department store buildings. He hosted some of new xoras musi lavish parties." Mrs. Arata presided over several of the parties. Her lather lost his money in the 1020 crash. He was born In Romania ana came to this country with Benjamin and their parents when he was a child. He married Ola McWhorter of Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Arata waa their child. Alter Mrs. Arata was 3 or 4 vears o d her lather obtained a divorce and her custody. Then he married actress Dorothy Tennant. Coun'v health authorities Pic tured Mra. Arata as an alcoholic. She was committed to Norwalk State Hospital In-1948 and at one time, authorities recalled, she plunged from the fourth floor of a hotel but recovered from her in juries. In St. Paul, Minn., the couple with whom she had been living In nearby Monrovia, Mr and Mrs. Prank McKellar, Interrupted a vacation alter reading of Mrs. Arsla'a arrest. They said Uiat after reading that she gave the stolen money away, they believe she Is the anonymous person who deposited a substantial amount of money In their bank account. French Move Toward Reds NA SAN, Indochina I French and Vietnamese paratroopers made parachute Jumps Ssturday to Join powerlul land forces moving on an important Vlctmlnh pocket near Na San. . Early reports from the ground said no important contacts had developed following the drop. which took place In the area north of the village of Conol, 10 miles southeast of Na San. The operation was called a "re connaissance offensive." Involving thousands of French Union forces, tho operation was aimed at eliminating a pocket formed when large enemy troons withdrew from Na San alter three violent out xuinous attacks four weeks ago. Man's Dreams Prove True PHILADELPHIA Ifl ' Stephen Stolarskl 44, clerk in a Western Union office hern, dreamed he Was a victim of a holdup. So when he came to work last night he took f 1.000 In daytime receipts and deposited them. The "hunch" was timely. Two houra later a plstol-carrylnir robber demanded "Uie big stuff. Stolarskl turned over 1800 In cash all late receipts. It was the second time Stolarskl was the victim of a holdup. The first time, too, back In May, I960, the robbery followed a dream. , mr 1 1 ew- 1 1 jThn 11 1111 c r A.m 11 11 11 1 v 11 vi 11 11 11 1 tiefr a I 11. 1 1 1 in in' mi n H imimiMlaMitlniwillii mm in 1 rrtee Vln Ceala II Page . KLAMATH FALLH, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 19M Telephone 8111 , No. 2011 Boy Beaten; Teacher led . ,'E MYERS His starved body a , wells and bruises, a .-old boy Is hospitalized here .nd the attractive headmistress of a secluded church boarding school has been arrested and charged with cruelty. Frail little Gary Olover, of Grants Pass, Is recovering from severe beatings and malnutrition In Sis kiyou County Hospital here, ac cording to District Attorney Floyd Newton. School Marm Miriam Zumwult, about 35 Newton aays, la free on tl.OOO ball. The school is operated at Fort Jones, some 30 miles southwest of hero In Scott Valley, under Juris diction of the California branch of lheSeventh Day Adventlsts Church, according to church headquarters In Ouklnnd, Miss Zumwslt waa both school director and the lone Instructor. When the Olover boy waa res cued by a deputy aherllf and Pro bation Officer Lester Newton, be was tied to his bed. The case broke when the district atloiney'a suspicion was aroused. Newuin said he visited the acbool on the excu.se of checking on two county wards enrolled there. RUMOR "I had heard a rumor or two about the school," the district at torney told Uie Herald and News today. "1 decided to look It over and I didn't like the way thtnga looked. So I asked Uie sheriff's of fice and probation officer to In vestigate further." Newton aald Miss Zumwalt. whom he described aa an attractive bru nette, bad admitted whipping the Glover boy several times. Her excuse for the beatings was that the boy had been geing out of bed to raid the Ice box. The whip pings were administered with a wooden coat hanger. Nine boya were enrolled In the school this fall. The district at torney aald three other boya be side Gary Glover had "black and blue"- marks on their bodies. Six of Uie nine boys are now home for Christmas vacaUon. Oary and two others are in the hospital here but only Osrv needed medi cal attention: the other two boys are being cared for at the hospltsl because they did not plan to leave school for tne holidays. FOI'NDKn The district attorney said the school was founded several years ago in a large residence. This momlng, the district attorney said he had not been able to establish whether or not the Seventh Day Adventlsts still retained control of the school. An Associated Press query by the Herald and News clarified the point. Newton described Miss zumwalt as a striking looking woman with brown hair and eyes. "She's very alert and has line credentials as s tescher," he sdded. Withholding meals ass apparently a popular form of punisnment at Uie school, the district attorney said. He aald he had been told that the Glover boy was not starved for long periods but waa at times reduced to one meal a day. The prosecutor said Miss Zum walt was living at a Yreks. hotel awaiting a preliminary hearing which had not yet been scheduled. Army Recruits From Red Area FRANKFURT, Germany tf) The U. 8. Armv has recruited 484 aliens from 11 countries behind the Iron Curtain. Army authorities re ported Saturday. ims is lar snort 01 ine goal 01 12.500 set for the experiment which lets aliens enter the U. 8. Army abroad for the first time in his tory. But at least the program appears to be picking up a little seed. In the tlrst year only 220 recruits were sworn In. while 2B4 have been added In the last nine months. Hundreds of new appli cations are still pending. All these volunteers come from Communist-ruled countries. They are willing to fight If necessary even against their homelands in exchange for American citizen ship. Poland Is the biggest contributor to this alien army with 192 nearly half the total. Police Foil Looting Plot ORANGEVILLE. Tdaho t.fl What may have neen a fantastic plot tor the wholesale looting of the town of Orangevllle under cov er of darkness was thwarted early Friday when three men were sur prised In Uie act of dynamiting high tension electric lines serving the town, Deputy Sheriff Dick 8eay of Idaho County aald the three appar ently Intended to cut electricity off from Orangevllle. Washington Water Power Com pany District Msnager Owen Shlv- eiy or urangevuie also expressed belief the motive of the men was robbery In tha darkness rather than sabotage. The men blasted two nower Doles which support 69,000 volt lines near the Raymond Dulur Ranch five miles norUiwest of Orangevllle, I Ike Reported Wary Of Russian Tricks By MARVIN t. ARROWSMITH NEW YORK President-elect Eisenhower's aidea say he is dedi cated to achievement of durable world peace with honor but Is wary of being hoodwinked by the Rus sians at any conlerence with Pre mier Stalin. That is the way the general's sides privately are summing up the general's position on Stalin's stated Interest In ending the Ko rean War and his Indicated wil lingness to confer with Elsenhower In a move to ease world tension. The general reportedly will In sist that the new administration know in advance Just what Stalin has In mind before thinking se riously about any face-to-face con ference with Uie Soviet leader. And he la understood to feel there must somehow be some con vincing demonstration of good faith on the part of Russia as a forerunner of any meetuig. There appears to be no great optimism at the Elsenhower head quarters that such conditions would be met. The general himself expressed his views regarding the situation when he told a news conference last June that he would meet with Stalin if he thought it would help the cause of peace. He aald he would "do anything and go any where" U he thought it would con- Two Killed In Train Crash WARDEN, Wash. Wl A North ern Pacific freight train waa de railed near here early Saturday. The engineer and fireman were pinned beneath the overturned steam engine and killed. The head brakeman. riding In the engine, was also trapped but survived. He was still pinned down six hours later as trainmen cut through the cab with torches to resch him. The N.P. 'headquarter! at Spo kane said the victims were J. V. Demmitt, 32, the fireman, and Ha rold M. Cunningham, 30, the engi neer. Both lived at Pasco, Wash. The train, joaded with sugar beets and wheat, was heading for Connell In Eastern Washington from Wheeler. The wreck scene Is about 2S miles from Larson Air Force base . where a C-124 Globemaster plane crashed a week ago killing 86 men in Uie worst aviation disaster in 1 history. The wreck occurred on the Con nell - Northern branch, am N.P. spur line. A minor fire broke out in the train wreckage. Eight cars were derailed, six of them winding up crossways on the track five miles north of here. There were about 20 cars in the train. Police officers and ambulances from two counties were dispatched : to the scene but were delayed by snow on the highwsy. A wreck train was sent 1 from Connell, 32 miles away. The engine wound ur on its aide down a small hill. The conductor. Identified only as "Carson", said he talked fre quently with the trapped brake- man. The train had a crew of five. The engine and cars Jumped the track about 3:46 a.m. (PST). Legislative Changes Due PORTLAND ITI A change in organisation of law committees In the State Legislature was reported Friday by State Rep. Rudle Wllhelm who is scheduled to become speak er of the House. Wllhelm said that state Rep. Carl H Francis of Dayton will be chair man of both the Judiciary Com mittee and the Statute Revision Commission which In the past have bad separate chairmen. The Statute Revision Committee a new name for the Revision of Laws Committee, is to be made up of menV irs of the Judiciary Com mittee V- is 'ive or six other House members, Wllhelm said. The change is being made to facilitate statute revision work which the coming session plans to undertake, Wllhelm reported. He said the House caucus will be at 8 p.m. Jan. U at the Senator Hotel in Salem. The Senate caucus Is to be at 2 p.m. that same day at the State Capitol, Sen. Eugene Marsh, who Is expected to become president of tne senate, reported. Firemen Call For Assistance HARVEYSBURO, O. Ifl Red faced volunteer firemen here swal lowed their pride last night and colled in neighboring Waynesvllle volunteers for help. The Harveys burg flrehouss was on fire. The hose on Harveysburg'a pumper also Was biasing an the Harveyaburg firemen couldn't do anything except pray for the faat arrival of tha Waynesvllle depart ment. The Waynesvllle department gal lantly raced the six miles and had the fire under control In about a half-hour. tribute to world peace, but be also declared be saw no prospect that a meeting with Stalin would solve world problems. However, the latest Stalin move la not being taken lightly by Ei senhower or his key aldea. They realize that in the eyes of the world, Stalin In effect has said: "Let's get together and talk peace." Whether It's propaganda or not. It nllt thm ni ailmlnUlllnn . the spot. The reply of John Foster Dulles, secretary of state-designate, approved by Eisenhower, challenged the Russians to prove they aren't bluffing. And the next move, so far as the new administration is con cerned, is up to Stalin. Tne Incoming administration, through Secretary of State-designate Dulles, has called on Stalin to set forth any concrete proposals he has. "He can rest assured they will be seriously and sympathetically received," Dulles said in Wash ington yesterday after a telephone conference with Eisenhower In New York Dulles suggested that Stalin out- '" pcBc jjrujjo&aig 10 ine new administration after Elsen hower takes office Jan. 20. The Soviet Premier's latest over ture was made in a statement is sued by the Russian Embassy In Washington tn reply to questions submitted by Uie New York Times" diplomats correspondent, James Reston. In his statement, Dulles also sug gested that any Soviet proposals be submitted to tha Eisenhower administration through the usual diplomatic channels or through the United Nations. Such channels. Dulles added, al ways are available "for exchanges of views designed to find waya to promote peace and international good will." That suggestion waa regarded generally as a partial test of whether the Stalin statement waa in good faith or, on the other hand, another soviet propaganda move. Dulles returned to New York for the week end last nlsht but said to confer further with Elsenhower icgaraing me maun statement. Asked whether the new adminis tration would confer in Moscow (1r Wahintn A anwnphAw n.hk the Russians, Dulles said he per- aunauy naa no plans, and added: That Is for Oen. Elsenhower to decide." He also said he had no plans to meet with tH new rMrutlulR. nate. the United Nations or repre sentatives of any government on the matter. It also is up to Eisenhower to decide, Dulles said in reply to an other q u e a t i 0 n. whether he (Dulles) will meet with Stalin. The President-elect almost cer tainly will talk over the matter with Winston Churchill when the British Prime Minister arrives in New York early next month for informal conferences with the gen era. Storm Strikes Near Klamath A fierce storm hit Southern Ore gon and Northern California Fri day night with lashing rains, winds of gale velocity and heavy snow. U.S. 89 wss blocked for nine miles near Yreka by huge drifts of snow, and Highway 97 was closed at Don-is, by a heavy snow near the Oregon Border. All roads were re-opened this morning but chains are advised in Oregon and required in California. Storm warnings were raised from Oregon, where the storm started, south to Point Conception in Santa Barbara County. The storm moved toward South ern California, after drenching San Francisco with .64 inches of rain. Sacramento Valley temperatures dropped to the 40s. The snow level rose to 77 Inches at Soda springs, near Donuer Pass. Chains were mandatory on all trans-Sierra routes. Southern Pa cific traina ran through the area with the help of snowplowa. The Weather Bureau predicted rain squalls would move inland and southward.. Brodie Twins Still Critical CHICAGO I The Brodie Si amese twins, In their lUh day as separate individuals, remained In crlucal condition Saturday,' No change was reported by the University of Illinois Hospital where the 15-month-old boys have been in oxygen tents since their operation on Dec. 17. They were born joined, at uie neaas, m SHOOTING HOURS. DECEMBER 28 29 Open 7:05 - Close 3:42 Holiday Toll Continues To Advance By The Associated Press The nation's toll of traffic deaths soared to 349 Saturday, set ting a pace that seemed headed for an all-time record for a four day Christmas holiday. Besides the fatalities on the natlon'a highways on the third day in the extended holiday period, 49 OREGON MEDFORD UP, The first Oregon traffic fatality In the Christmas holiday waa reported Saturday morning. In It Mrs. Mark F. Wrijht, Medford, waa fatally injured in a collision of her automobile and a Southern Pacific freight train at a grade crossing in Medford. persons lost their lives In fires and 53 died in miscellaneous acci dents. The grand total stood at 450 with a day and one half to go. The National Safety Council, ex pressing concern at the high ac cident rate, urged motorists to use "common sense, courtesy and a practical application of the Christ mas spirit. It warned of the "biggest, ugliest traffic death toll ever piled up on any holiday in the history of our country." SLAUGHTER The record slaughter on the highways was during 'he four-day Christmas holiday of 1936 when 555 persans were killed In motor accidents. Last year's Christmas holiday recorded the nation's highest accidental death toll a staggering 789 including 535 traf lie. The council had estimated 590 deaths in traffic accidents for this year's four-day holiday from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sun day. The council said indications were that the estimate now appeara con servative unless there! is a sharp falling off. in deaths today ana Sunday. Police and safety officials aald reports indicated most of the na tion's highways are generally clear of anow and ice. Slates reporting the largest tolls included Ohio, New York, Califor nia, Texas. Pennsylvania, Mis souri, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia and Michigan. - FACTORS Major factors for tha current nigh accident toll, tney said, in cluded driving under the influence of alcohol, deceptive driving con ditions and lack, at common sense an courtesy. Lion Claws 6-Year-Old LOS ANGELES I A mountain lion clawed 6-year-old girl after escaping from its cage yesterday. Mary Lynne Baddon, who was being shown around an animal training compound by attendant Danny Moore, was knocked down as the animal leaped from Its cage when Moore tried to remove some food from behind the bars. Mary Lynn's face, back and arm were clawed and a doctor took 13 stitches to close the wounds. Defense Asks Large Draft WASHINGTON . I The De fense Department asked SelecUve Service Saturday for 53.000 draft ees in February, the biggest levy for manpower in almost two years. All requests are for the Army. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force have returned to Uielr ori ginal programs of depending on volunteer recruiting. The announcement brings tne to tal of calls since the draft re started in- September, 1950, to 1,- 250.430. The February levy compares with peak calls for 80.000 men In January, February ana Marco, 1951. The next highest call was 70.000 for November, 1950. The statement ssid that: "In announcing the February call, the Department of Defense points out that after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, Uie rapid expansion of the Army required the Induction of large numbers of individuals through the Selective Service system. The Selective Ser vice calls reached a peak during January, February and March of 1951 when over 80,000 were induct ed each month. "Now, two years later, these men must be replaced as they complete their two-year period of active service, in order to main tain approved strengths. The in crease In the call for February over those made during previous months is a direct reflection on these increased losses. It also should be considered In light, of Uie plans for earlier release of Army inductee veterans of Korea announced Dec. SS, 1953, by Sec retary of the Army Frank Pace Jr. These release plans will effect increased economics In the assign ment and utilisation of personnel." Armv officials had said previ ously thai during the current fis cal year about naif of the Army manpower would be leaving aer vlce due to expiration of duty tours bv draftees, volunteers who were called up after outbreak of the Korean war and volunteer enlis tees. The present strength of the Ar my Is about 1,553,000, Var, Trade First Items On Schedule LONDON UPI Prime Minister- Churchill will ssll for New York New Year's Eve to talk over global problems Informally with President-elect Eisenhower, pay his re spects to President Truman tn Washington and fly to Jamaica for a two-week tropical holiday. The announcement of tha 78-year-old Prime Minister's trip on the liner Queen Mary was made today by his office at 10 Downlnj Street, The Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd, said the huge ship would sail at noon Dec. 31 and waa expected to arrive in New York about 8 a.m. Jan. 6. , In New York, Elsenhower "I have heard that my old friend was coming and I am delighted to meet him." Diplomatic Informants said dur ing his three days in New York, Churchill will discuss with the President-elect the Korean War, British-American trade and finan cial co-operation and defense prob lems In West Europe and South east Asia. It Is likely, also, that the. two leaders will talk over the possi bility of a meeting with Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. - ANNOUNCEMENT :. The announcement of Churchill's trip came less than 48 hours after Stalin stated he looked favorably on the idea of direct talks with Eisenhower aimed at easing world tensions. Churchill has said he favored top-level talks with. the Russians with Britain taking part. Elsen- oower naa not disclosed his per sonal reaction to 8talln's over tures but his secretary of atate designate, John Foster Dulles, said in a statement yesterday that, the incoming administration would give serious and sympathetic re ception to any roncrete Russian, proposals. Dulles Issued his state ment In Washington aft consult ing with Eisenhower by telephone. American officials were certain Churchill will demand recognition as a. full participant in any Eisen hower - Stalin talks. But there seemed little chance of any euch top - level East-West conference unless Russia gives advance guar antees of her desire to end the cold war. British Embassy officials in. Washington said Uie Prime Minis-' ter's main aim will be to try to re store the close Brlthsh American partnership that existed between Churchill and the late President Roosevelt during World War II. Churchill also can be expected to discuss resumption of an exchange of atomic secrets and Eisenhow er's recent trip to Korea, AISTBIA If Stalin Eisenhower talks do come about, Austria's Chancellor Dr. Leopold Flgl was reported an xious to have the big power chiefs (Contlnoed en page 3) Allied Raiders Capture Reds i SEOUL IB Allied raiders pushed through a freezing snow on the Western Front today and killed or wounded an estimated 63 Chinese Communists. The Eighth Army tactical sum mary said the Allied unit engaged the Reds in a 40-minute clash near the truce-site city of Panmunjom in near-iero temperatures. The Fifth Air Force said tighter bombers hit Red front-line areas tn clearing weather this afternoon.' Earlier, rain and snow had ground ed most Allied planes. Along the freezing, 155-mlle bat tlefront. Allied patrols encourtered large groups of Red defenders. - une Aiuea patrol ran into a group of 60 Chinese near Chorwon on the Central Front. The Allies called for artillery, which killed or wounded 30 Communists. The Air Force weekly summary said three Allied warplanes were lost over North Korea last week. One U. S. Sabre Jet was shot down by Communist MIO fighters, an Australian twin-Jet Meteor was downed by antiaircraft fire and an unidentified Jet was lost to "unknown causes" presumably mechanical trouble. COMING HOME. America'. top- jet ace, U. James F, Low (above) of Sautalito, Calif., i on hit way home from Korea with record of nine Red MIGs (hot down end two damaged. He it the 1 7th Jet ece of the Korean war. 1 s ' Wi
