WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 Red Defenses Crack In E. Central Korea TOKYO, Wednesday, Feb. 28 (A')—U.S. Seventh division tanks and infantry • crumpled Korean Communist defenses in East-Cen tral Korea Tuesday and , pursued the fleeing Reds into wild, un charted mountains. A field dispatch said one regiment of the Seventh smashed through the 'Korean main line of resistance. It followed up relent lessly, sweeping the Reds frOm hills and saves north of Pangnim, 25 miles east of Hoengsong. ' West of the Seventh diV.ision drive, ,the U.S. Second division stopped five Korean Communist counterattacks in three hours. While the North Korean main line of resistance broke in the east, some 110,000 Chinese Com munist troops were firmly imbed ed in trenches and foxholes along the rest of the' 100-mile front from Hoengsong in the center west ward through Seoul to the Yelrow sea. , First Marines Return The 'U.S. First Marine divisioh, in the battle line for the first time since it was evacuated from the Hungnam beachhead two months ago, was being held up at Hoeng song by determined Chinese. A field dispatch reported Chi nese demolition squads slipped into Hoengsong and blew up the bridge on its southern outskirts. Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Eighth Army commander, an nounced- the Marines were attack ing in the center in his seven-day old drive. After the leathernecks with drew from the Changjin reservoir in northeastern Korea under "an nihilation attacks" from nine 'Chi nese divisions, they were assigned to clean out guerrilla pockets be hind the front lines. Marines Await Support The Marines jumped off from Wonju when the Eighth Army of fensive began Feb. 21 and drove ten miles to Hoengsong in- two days. Since then they have held high ground south and southeast of Hoengsong, 35 miles south of the 38th parallel, awaiting for Al lied units on their flanks to come up abreast. The Chinese 66th Army holds the hills north of the town com manding an important - highway running to Hongchon 22 miles south of parallel 38, where the Reds have concentrated in strength. Czech Purge Ousts 169,544 PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Feb. 27(/P)—The Czechoslavak Com munist party punctuated its charges of TiOism against Dr. Vlado Clementis and four ,other former party leaders today with the disclosure 169,544 party mem bers have been ousted since Sept. 1 in a continuing purge. .The membership of 2,025,318 has been cut 8.4 per cent in this biggest housecleaning since the Communists wo n power in Czechoslovakia three years ago. Examinations of 52,466 members and candidates are still in pro gre.ts. The details were disclosed with publication of a report that Deputy Secretary-Gener.al Josef Frank gave the Communist party Central Committee here last Thursday. Frank said the test had re,sulted in the exposure of Mrs. Marie Svermova and Otto Sling —two who are held with Cle mentis—and other "agents of the class enemy." As a. result of it also, he said, thousands of Communist officials in district and regional secretar iats were shifted around or fired because they had pot done their jobs right- Extended Forecast Extended forecast for the period Wed nesday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, March 4: Eastern Pennsylvania, eastern 'New York and mid-Atlantic states: Tempera ture will average near or a little above normal northern sections and four to six degrees above normal central and southern section; rather cold Wednesday and'Thurs day, but milder rest of the period, es pecially central 'and southern sections; some rain likely Friday and again Sun day, totaling about 'a half inch. .. -Western Pennsylvania, western New York, Ohio. and West Virginia: rather cold Wednepday and Thursday, but milder rest of period with temperatures averag ing two to four degrees above normal; some rain likely Thursday night or Fri day,.and again Sunday , totaling one-half to three•quarters inch. • . THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Church Groups Of Pa. Attempt To Defeat Bill HARRISBURG, Feb. 27—(W)— Church 'forces. of, Pennsylvania set out today .to defeat a bill in the General Assembly that would legalize horse race betting in the state: They have been successful in three previous sessions but Rep. Frank Costa (R-Phila.), co-spon sor of the pending legislation, thinks it has a better chance at the 1951 session. The bill would set up a state ral - ;:ig commission, authorize con struction of three race tracks and permit pari-mutuel betting. The state would get' six percent of the take from the machines. It could become effective only after a state-wide referendum: Sassman Leads Opposition Ira Sassman, general secretary of the - Pennsylvania Council of Churches, sounded the call for church and allied forces to or ganize opposition against legalized horse race betting. "It is felt that gambling in any form is a poor stewardship of the state's resources," Sassman told a reporter. Price Controls Eased By UPS WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (/F)— The government today unfroze the retail prices of clothing, furni ture, rugs, lamps, drygoods and household textiles, and clamped a new freeze on the retailer's "margin" between what he pays and what he receives. Many price increases are due to result, as retailers pass to their customers price rises air ead y made by wholesalers. Officials alio say they expect some price cuts. Price Director Michael V. DiSalle told report ers, "my guess is that the roll backs will be greater than the roll-forwards"--,but he admitted that this view is not shared by all his aides. DiSalle's Office of Price Stabil ization (OPS), in 34,000 careful ly chosen words, issued the first of a series_ of "margin-type" or ders designed to put price .con- Senators Trace Coat In RFC Loan Probe WASHINGTON/ Feb. 27—M—Senators traced the history, of a $9,540 mink coat today in their investigation of alleged political influence in RFC lending. They discovered: 1— The coat belongs to Mrs. E. Merl Young, a White House stenographer. 2 It came from the stock of of furriers which applied for a $175,000 RFC loan but didn't get it. - 3 It was paid for initially by Joseph H. Rosenbaum, a Wash ington lawyer wh o represented the furriers When they obtained tentative approval of their loan application April - 3, 195.0. Belated Before Subcommmittee This set of circumstances ' re lated in testimony before the Sen ate Banking subcommittee; caused chairman Fulbtight (D-Ark.) to state that the transaction ap peared to be "part of a widespread pattern of activities" linking the names of Rosenbaum and Mrs. Young's husband around the frin ges of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Both men have been mentioned' frequently in the inquiry as wiel ders of influence in negotiations for big government loans. Fine May Ask Pa. Corporation Tax Increase PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27(FP)— Gov. John S. Fine told industrial leaders of Pennsylvani j a tonight he may ask the 1951 legislature to increase corporation taxes. It was Fine's first official pro nouncement on what new or in creased taxes will be required to meet the need for- $120,000,000 to $13000,000 in additional rev enue in the next two years. Slight" Increase The governor said the corpor ation tax increase would, be "slight." Th e Commonwealth now collects a four per cent tax on corporate net income and a five-mill levy on capital stock. "We may find it necessary;' Fine said, "to defray a part of needed additional • revenues by slightly increasing the corpokate tax. If-we cax avoid the impo sition of further taxes in indus try, we will do so. If not, you may rest assured the increase will be light." Discussing taxes at the annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Manuf6Cturers association, Fine said additional levies will be kept at a minimum. Demands Defeat, Senator Harry F. Byrd(D-Va.) demanded defeat for President Truman's tax program which he called "the very height of fiscal irresponsibility?' President Wants Penny Post Card Hiked To 2 Cents WASHINGTON, Feb. President Truman today strongly urged Congress to wipe out the penny postal card, an American institution for 79 years. The President ,said citizens should pay two cents each to mail the four billion cards that pour through the post office every year. . This was one of five major steps to hike postal rates recommended by Truman in a special message to lawmakers. Altogether, his pro 'posals would boost postal fees by $287,000,000 for the fiscal year be ginning in July. T,h e President predicted a $521,000,000 deficit for the Postal department next year unless the increases are approved. It's' "un reasonable and unfair" for all tax payers to bear this burden for certain mail users—such as pub lishers and advertisers—who ben efit most from postal service, Tru man contended. trols on - b. "fairer and more work able" basis 'than could be expect ed from the freeze of Jan. 25. Gunther-Jackel, a New York firm Testifying.. alternately today, they described how Rosenbaum had done Young a whole series of handsome favors in other finan cial deals. Asked "Brutal" Questions Asking what he called "brutal ; quest inquired " Senator Douglas (D- Ill.) of Rosenbaum whe ther he expected Young to steer clients to the Rosenbaum firm and then use his .political influ ence in their behalf. The lawyer said nothing like that was involved. Fulbright suggested it would be "highly immoral" if Young didn't do something to recompense Rosenbaum. And Douglas, pointing' up fi gures mentioned in the testimony, said it appeared that Young had increased his liabilities by around $BO,OOO in the last year, not count ing the mortgage of his home. Troops To Europe Means Trouble For U.S.—Hoover WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (IP)—Former President Hoover said to day the plan to send four American divisions to Europe "will mast likely lead" to a land war with "utmost jeopardy" to the United States. • Hoover insisted that air and sea power is the only hope for Eur ope's defense at this time; that Russia could pound across the conti nent to the English channel in 20 days. Testifying in the Senate hear ing on the hotly-debated issue of sending American foot soldiers to join a North Atlantic treaty force Herbert Hoover to guard against Russian attack, the former President said it might take 125 divisions to de f end western Europe on the ground. Agreeing that it would be "pretty hard on the United States" if Russia overran Europe, Hoover counseled: Must Decide First "But you can't do everything. You have got to decide what you can do. I can see no hope of an adequate stopping of Russia by land armies at the present mo ment." He pleaded this course: "There is only one real salva tion for Europe at the present moment. That is to build up the Wage "Increase Put Into Effect WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—(W)--- Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston tonight ordered the 10 per cent "catch up" wage formula into ef fect at once and asked the Wage Stabilization board to approve promptly seven amendments fur ther liberalizing the wage ceiling. Johnston told a news confer ence he "hoped" his action would bring the board's three labor mem bers, who have walked out, back to the board, but AFL President William Green already had dis counted the possibility. The formula, designed to re fikace th e present wage freeze, provides that pay increases shall be limited to 10 'ner cent above the levels of Jan. 15, 1950. It was approved by public and industry members of the Wage board. One labor leader contacted im mediately a f ter Johnston's an nouncement said that a return of the labor members to the wage board wps "unlikely." Earlier, be fore Johnston ha d acted, AFL President William Green had pre dicted that labor would find such a solution "unsatisfactory." The AFL chief declared that Johnston himself should use his power' to liberalize the formula, without throwing the question in to the board for consideration and possibly a long-delayed decision. Nine EE Students Attend Confabs Nine electrical engineering students attended the annual dinner meeting and student con ferences on the America Insti tute of Electrical Engineers in Pittsburgh Monday. At the afternoon session Jos eph Stanzione presided, and-Al bert Fegley presented a paper on "Power Supplies and Arc- Over Protection for Electrosta tic Precipitation." Other students attending were Vito Angerson, Lee Barnett. Rob ert Funk, Donald Gibble, Daniel McDade, Raymond Shultz Jr., and, John Skoogland. PAGE T.Hi-tEE; air and naval power . of the United States and Britain so as to over whelm Russia in case of attack." Obligation To Europe Hoover agreed when it . was suggested the U.S. has an obliga tion to western Europe, but he denied contentions that this coun try needs Europe in order to sur vive. "This country can be pro tected," he said. The big caucus room broke in to heavy applause as the only living ex-President concluded a prepared statement. He testified before the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees which soon will recommend to the Senate a policy concerning the dispatch of troops. Shortly before Hoover appear ed. Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the Republican floor leader, testi fied that air power, rather than land troops, was Europe's best de fense and deterrent to war. Pre-Med Group To Hear Frings Speak On Jobs "Opportunities for Premedical Graduates Who Didn't Attend Medical Sclral," will be the topic of a speech. by Dr. H. W. Frings at the meeting of the Premedical society tonight at 8 o'clock in 317 Willard. Dr. Frings is assistant profes sor of entomology at the College. His speech will be one of a series sponsored by the society. Other speakers who will speak on topics pertinent to medical students are the assistant dean of the University of Pennsylvania Medical school and -the assistant dean of the University of Pitts burgh Medical school. They will speak on March 9 and 1, - y 2 re spectively. The society, which has been on campus for about 25 years, was officially recognized when it filed a charter with the Dean of' Men last month. No one knows exact ly when it originated, William De- Crease, president of the society, said. This is the first time the so ciety has really been alive, De- Crease said. The organization, which numbers about 100 mem bers, adopted a new constitution this year. In addition, it has suc ceeded in obtaining a section of the chemistry and physics library in Pond laboratory for premedical students. Officers of the society are: Wil liam DeCrease, president Ber nard Yurick, vice-president; Rob ert Jones, secretary; and David Bronstein, treasurer. Riding Club Has Critique Today The Riding club is sponsoring a Critique of Horsemanship at 7:30 p.m. today in the pavillion. Leader of the critique will be Capt. Vladimir S. Littauer, a rid ing authority from Syosset, Long Island. It will be conducted for both beginning and advanced rid ers. Captain Littauer has produced movies on horsemanship and 'is the author of several books on the subject. His latest is "Be a Better Horseman." The captain is sponsor and judge of the National Women's Athletic association. This associa tion formulates rules and regu lations for women athletics. It has recently organized a special chap ter for horsemanship. In State College, Captain Litt auer will be the house guest of Capt. Gregory Gagarin, adviser to the Riding club. All interested persons may at tend the meeting.
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