THURSDAY, FESRUARI 8,-1951 Allied Offensive Pushes Closer To Battered Seoul _TOKYO, Thursday, Feb. 8 (W)—The Allied• offensive today swept close to Seoul and U.S. tanks and artillery hammered at Chi nese Red troops backed against the thawing Hari river. Artillery wheeled up within easy firing range of the smashed and almost deserted city, where typhus was reported raging. The Reds before them dug into the last line 'of hills south 'of Seoul. Three tank-tipped task forces for the third straight day Wed nesday rolled' ahead along this western front in gains of up to two miles. One Column drove to within four miles of the Han, which flows past Seoul. The Eighth Army announ r% - that the two .other armored raid er columns struck heavy resist ance eight to 10 miles southwest of Seoul. An increasing number of Russian-made mines slowed the advance on this 15th day of the limited United Nations of fensive• The Chinese Communist 50th Army Corps retreated five and one-half miles over a two-day period to new positions less than six miles south of the Han. Ice which had formed a hard surface over the river wore thin in an early thaw and began to crack. Log bridges were being thrown across the Han by Communist en gineers who feared a sudden thaw would leave them with no escape route to the north. As menacing as the thaw were the 'flashing bayonets of U.S. troops as they fought forward with their Turkish allies. One spectacular American bay onet charge drove Chinese from a vital hill three miles west of Anyang, a small town eight and one-half miles south of Seoul. Pravda Calls US 'Trickster' MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (/P)—Pravda charged the United States today with being a skinflint and tricks ter in its negotiations fora . set tlement of Russia's lend-lease ac count. The Communist party newsma per declared the U.S. State De partment intentionally sabotay:ed the negotiations with usurious demands for an "exorbitant and fabulous sum" and by resorting to "all sorts of artificial tricks" and "aggressive methods." (Secretary of State Acheson re jected• the charges at a Washing ton news conference. Acheson said the United States has done what it could to make a success of the negotiations and has shown great patience in dealing with the case.) Bill Would Raise Age Of Drivers HARRISBURG, Feb. 7—(4')— The minimum age for obtaining a learner's permit or driver's lic ense in Pennsylvania would be increased from 16 to 18 years under a House bill introduced to day. The measure was offered by Rep. Albert S. Readiner (D- Berks). Another measure offered by Rep. Ray W. Greenwood (R-Wyo ming), would place suspension of drivers' licenses on a point sys tem. Penalty points would be estab lished for each type of driving offense, with suspension periods based on the number of points charged against a violator of the motor vehicle code. Weekly Casualty Rise Smallest Of Korea War WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (W)— The Pentagon yesterday raised its total of announced casualties in Korea to 47,388, an iticrease of 574 in a week. It was the small est rise in the count since the first such report was issued Aug ust 7. The total, covering loses of which families had been notified through Friday, Feb. 2, included 7,014 killed in action, 30,941 wounded and 9,433 missing in ac tion. ICC Orders Wreck Inquiry . WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (iP)— Th e Interstate Commerce Com mission today ordered an imme diate inquiry into the tragic wreck of the Pennsylvania Rail road passenger train at Wood bridge, N. J. At least 83 persons were killed and 500 injured last night when th e commuter-crowded express, The Broker, leaped the tracks and plunged down an embankment. ' The commission announced it will open a public hearing into the causes of the accident at 2 p.m., (Eastern Standard Time) tomorrow. The sessions will be held at the Hotel New Yorker in New York City before Commis= sioner, W. J. Patterson and ICC examiner E. J. Hoy. Assistant Middlesex count y prosecutor Alex Eber said that the crowded Pennsylvania Rail road train w a s traveling twice its authorized speed when it hur tled off the tracks. On th e basis of preliminary findings, he said, "There are clear indications that speed wa s in volved 'in the derailment." He also said there were no cau tion signals in the immediate vi cinity of the newly-built trestle where the tr a in wobbled, then plunged off the side of a 20-foot embankment Breakfast Devotions At:. 'esley Foundation "Seeps To The Cross," a series Of breakfasts and devotions spon sored by the Wesley foundation, began this morning at 7 o'clock in the foundation's student center and will continue every- Thurs day. This morning's speaker was the Rev. Andrew E. Newcomer of the Presbyterian church, and Luther Harshbarger of the Penn State Christian association will speak next week. On Feb. 22 the Rev. Douglas Cook, Yale university, will speak; March - 1, the Rev. James Reed, Evangelical United Brethren church and March 8, the Rev. Robert Eads, Baptist church. Holy Communion services will be held March 15. 4-F ATHLETES DEFENDED WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (IP)— George Preston Marshall said to day "it is high time the sports profession rose to fight the cur r . 4 , smear ir. government circles of American athletes." Acheson Blames World Tension On Red Armies WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (JP)—Secretary of State Acheson today blamed world tension on the massive 'buildup of Soviet 'and satel lite armed forces and forecast that the West will insist on talking about this at any Big Four meeting. He charged Russia with fo ganc3a technique in accusing the pressing for a foreign ministers conference to deal chiefly with the rearming of Western Ger many. " The secretary said Moscow, in its latest note, moved somewhat grudgingly in the direction of an agreement on the issues to be taken, up at the proposed confer ence. He also increased the pros pects that the meeting will event ually be arranged by saying that the U.S., Britain and France will respond with -an early reply. Three Violate Treaty Without giving figures, Ache son at his news conference de clared Eastern European Soviet bloc countries are building up very great armies. He reaffirmed the Western contention that in the case of Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary this was in violation of peace treaty limits. ',THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA State Guardsmen May Go Overseas CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Feb. 7—(JP)—Major General Daniel B. Strickler, commandant of the 28th Infantry Division, said today he "presumed", that a number of sol diers now being transferred from the division "would be sent over seas" this month. Strickler's statement followed by a day disclosure that an unde termined number from the key stone division are headed for re placement centers. ,The 28th is made up largely of the federalized Pennsylvania Na tional Guard. Its commandant, General Strickler, formerly was Lieutenant Governor of Penn sylvania. Said General Strickler: "All the men sent to port re placement centers are basically trained privates and their trans fers will not interfere with the division's program. They are 14- week selectees who were s en t here for basic training." Gen. Says UN Strong In Korea WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (4))— The man who commanded the 24th Division through the heav iest fighting so far in Korea says it simply isn't in the Chinese Communists to build up force enough to drive United Nations armies off the peninsula. The U.N. forces chew up the Red masses too fast for that, Maj. Gen. John H. Church told a news conference today. At the same time he said there is a "possibility" that th? U.N. will drive on North of the 38th parallel. However, he was -talk ing only about possible ability to do that if it is desired, for he added that the decision depends on directives from the U.N. One idea behind that suggestion is that it might keep the way open for a diplomatic settlement. Church talked with reporters during a stop here on the way from his former Korea command to Fort Benning, Ga., where he will head the army's infantry school. He was commander of the 9.4 th Division from July 22 to Jan. 26. He was given the assign ment when Maj. Gen. William F. Dean was reported missing in action. The general described as "ter rific" the casualties inflicted on the Chinese. He estimated their losss as at least 10 men for each one lost by the Allies, and em phasized that his figures covered only losses inflicted by ground forces. Navy shelling and unre lenting air strikes have built that proportion higher. The president of the Washing ton Redskins of the National Football League took issue with congressional critics . who have been questioning dra f t defer ments of pro athletes. lowing a familiar Moscow propa- West of aggressive intent while This, combined with Russia's failure to demobilize when the other powers did after World War Two, is, the real heart of the world's present troubles, he said. Acheson was commenting on the Moscow note published yes terday in which Russia demand 'ed again that German rearma ment hold the top spot in the projected Big Four me eti n g, which has been under discussion for the last three months. The secretary said that al though Russia moved in the di rection of agreeing to a general discussion of major East West differences, it still wanted to re strict talk , of subjects other than Germany. Nevertheless, he said, the three Western powers will work out a reply quickly. He de clined to predict how much furth er the exchanges would go. Senate Group OK's Primary Date Change HARRISBURG, Feb. 7 (IP)—A Senate committee today pro posed Tuesday, July 24, as the date for Pennsylvania's local pri mary election this year. The date was written into a bill the military affairs commit tee is considering to advance the primary date so that Pennsylvan ians in the armed services may vote in the primary by absentee Hoover Favors Aid For India WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (EP)— Herbert Hoover, frequently a sharp critic of administration policy, joined today in President Truman's drive to .put through a vast program for feeding fam ished India. , The Republican former Presi dent gave his advice on the pro posal at a White House meeting with Mr. Truman and his top aides. Expressing support for at least the fundamental aim of the program, Hoover told a news con ference: "This has nothing to do with politics, but with our fundamen tal Christian faith. The United States has never in its history failed to be helpful to a famine stricken people. It will require some sacrifices from all of us." Hoover indicated he will be available for future advisory work on the relief project. He refrained from approving specific details of a proposal ad %lanced in some quarters for pro viding 2,000,000 tons of American grain at a cost of some $200,000,- 000 to relieve hunger in India resulting from drought, locusts and other troubles. On the subject of cost, Hoover commented that India itself has some money to buy food. Cooperation from the former President was sought by the ad ministration in part for its effect on a Congress which does not feel unanimously generous toward India. UN Committee Raps Russians LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 7—(lP) —The United Nations political committee buried under landslide votes today the last two Russian charges against the United States still hanging in the U.N. General Assembly. The committee agreed with the United States that the Russian accusations were "base less." A Soviet charge that the U.S. committed aggression against Formosa was beaten down, 49 to 5. The Soviet bloc voted alone for it while Yugoslavia, Burma and Indonesia abstained. The second Soviet defeat was on a resolution asking the Gen eral Assembly to condemn the U.S. for bombing Red Chinese territory in Manchuria. The vote was 50 to 5. The Soviet block again voted alone for the charges. Afghanistan and Yugoslavia ab stained. Judge Urges— (Continued from page one) they would get some men over there to run these trains and they would get . some soldiers over there to see that the roads oper ate." Kennedy made his remark on his arrival in Chicago to testify at the contempt hearing. He said he had worked in Washington un til 12:30 a.m. on the strike ques tion and would return imme diately after his testimony in Chi cago. Switching operations still were severely crippled in the key rail hubs of Chicago, St. Louis and Peoria, Ill.,—the, three big gate ways for transcontinental rail traffic. The western and eastern rail roads end their' runs at Chicago and St. Louis, and freight cars must be switched at these points to continue their transcontinental journey. Some of this traffic nor mally can be shunted from Chica go to the Peoria and Pekin Union beltline in Peoria, bu t strikers tied up 70 per cent of the traffic there. ballot. The primary date is Sept. 10 under present law. The measure, in addition to changing the date, revives the model soldier vote law in effect during World War 11. Elaborate machinery was set up in that law for servicemen and women to apply for absentee ballots, mark them and return them to their home counties. Returned To Senate The Senate committee, after fixing the primary date, returned the legislation to the Senate it self for a vote next week. The committee dropped an earlier proposed date of June 19 in favor of July 24. In the House, Gov. John S. Fine's package of civil defense legislation struck a temporary snag in objections by labor groups to the death sentence as the pen alty for sabotage. Both Rep. Charles C. Smith, the Republican floor leader, and Rep. H. G. Andrews, the Demo crats' top man in the House, in dicated they felt the death pen alty severe without an alterna tive prison sentence or fine at the discretion of the court. They are co-sponsors of the bills. Cabinet Deadlock Continues The cabinet deadlock simmer ed as the assembly quit for the week with a showdown due on Tuesday on confirmation of the executive's cabinet. The dispute revolves around Fine's effort to retain Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti for a time without Senate confirma tion. Democrats, holding four votes necessary to confirm ap pointments, insist that the Gov ernor should send the nomina tion of his attorney general for confirmation and have held up action on all other cabinet ap pointments. Republicans have 30 votes with 34 necessary on con firmations. Fine announced yesterday he would call for a vote in the Sen ate Tuesday on the cabinet. The Democrats called a caucus for Monday to discuss their position. Final passage was voted unan imously by the Senate to legis lation extending until next July 1, the deadline for filing claims for State veterans' bonus. The former deadline was July 1, 1950. House Extends Interest On Bonds WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 —(IP) —A bill to permit holders of Series E government bonds to keep them for more than 10 years and con tinue to draw interest was passed yesterday by the House. Passage was by voice vote. The bill now goes to the Senate. Series E bonds are in small de nominations, and are those gener ally held by the public. Some $35,000,000,000 worth are out standing. Jury Deliberating In Remington Trial NEW YORK, Feb. 7—(il 3 )—A federal jury today began deliber ating whether William W. Rem ington, form e r $lO,OOO-a-year govern men t economist, com mitted perjury in telling a grand jury he never was a Communist. Federal Judge Gregory F. Noo nan told the jury in his charge that the sole issue under the in dictment was whether Remington committed perjury in denying Communist party membership. Information On Summer Camp Jobs Available Information on summer em ployment at camps and resorts is now available at the student employment office, 112 Old Main, Allan Reese, director, announced yesterday. Job information and listings of 250 camps and some resorts are available to both men and woman students, Reese said. PAGE THREE
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