THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20 , 1951, Reds Seek to Resu Kciesong Truce Tal TOKYO, Thursday, Sept. 20 (itP) The •Reds' Korean war 'commanders today proposed immediate resumption of truce talks / at controversy-rocked Kaesong, the trouble spot 'where the . Reds broke them off Aug. 23. There was no immediate official Allied reaction. Un "offiaally it was favorable. Peiping radio broadcast a Message by North Korean Pre mier Kim Ii Sung and Chinese Red General Peng Teh-Huai -to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. The message said "both sides should immediately resume the armistice' negotiations, at Kae• song." The Red message was couched in .polite , terms in cdritrast with recent fiery blasts. Allies Receive *le -" • • • An• Allied liaison team went by helicopters to the Kaesong neutral zone this morning, and returned with a note handed over by Red officers. Presumably this was the broadcast message. The Reds, - while yielding „lo pressure to get \the....'.tallcS;.going again, nevertheless., did not give up on any of their more than a dozen charges of Allied violations of the Kaesong zone: The Allies have admitted the validit33 of two, denied the 're'st, and even accused the Reds of fabricating the others. Reds Insist on Kaesong Kim and Peng proposed th'at the first meeting set up "appro priate machinery" to deal "with th e previously mentioned un settled incidents and stipulating an d guaranteeing strict agree ment on- the Kaesong zone neu trality."' Thus the Reds clung fast to Kaesong, the only city of note' they hold south of parallel *3B. General Ridgway had! urged a change of site after charging Red held • Kaesong offered .the Reds every chance of manufacturing "incidents." Lewis Accused . Of Taking Coal Industry South PHILIPSBURG, Pa.,, Sept. 19— (A')—A leader in the central Penn sylvania strip (surface) icoal min ing .business today accused Presi dent John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers with trying •to drive the industry into northern West Virginia. The charge is made in a state ment issued by G. Albert Stewart, executive. secretary. 'of • the cen tral Pennsylvania open pit min ing association. ;UMW' officials had no comment. Citing a current UMW drive to organize all non-union coal miners in central Pennsylvania, Stewart declared: •"Back of the project to unionize Pennsylvania's strip mine indus try.; is the hope and purpose to deliver its 25,000,000 ton annual coal market to the northern West Virginia coal. fields."' "Sy throwing this tonnage to the southern field either by stop ping, production or impoSing con ditions • Making ,it imposSible to co m p e.. , with southern coal, Lewis stands to collect over $7,- 000,000, at. 30 cents a ton, for his precarious welfare fund because 'northern West' Virginia is now under , his absolute control." . . . WATCH FOR • OUR .REOPENING After Remodeling is Completed - 9 ' Hur s Shop 114 E. College Ave. Opposite Old Main Trouble Shooter W. Averell Harriman Attlee to Let Voters Approve Socialistic Rule LONDON, Sept. 19-o'l—Prime Minister;, Attlee announced to nfght-'ha will let British Voters decide in a general election Oct. 25 whether they approve the so cialistic rule of his labor party, in power since 1945. Winston Churchill, 77-year-old chief of the Conservative party, scenting the possibility of a vic tory, called a meeting, of his "shadow cabinet" the men who would become the actual cabinet if the Conservatives win. The Labor party,- facing eco nomic troubles and a serious split in its own ranks over its policies, already, was busy on campaign plans for an election which is bound to have mighty repercussions throughout th e world. Speaking to the rationed Brit ish public over a nationwide radio hookup, Prime' Minister Attlee said: "For 18 months (since the last general election in February, 1950) the government have car ried on the affairs of the country with a very small majority in the House of Commons. I consider that the time has now come to ask the electors for a renewal of confidence in the government and to give it adequate parliamentary support in order to deal with the important issues with which the country is faced at hothe and abroad." THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Reds Strike Hard; Seize Major Hill U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea, Thursday, Sept. 20—VP)---Red forces struck back hard in eastern Korea Wed nesday and seized a key , hill in a day of fast action that saw a new flare up of the air war. Allied jet pilots emerged vic torious in three air battles with Russian-made jets high over "MIG Alley" in northwest Ko rea. As many as 112 jets were engaged. The Red air force lost one jet destroyed and five dam aged. 'No Allied losses were re ported. Heavy ground fighting cen tered in the rugged eastern hills where a gain or loss is not mea sured in miles but in altitude. Kor e a n Communists hurled three savage counterattacks at Allied infantrymen who had won a commanding peak on "heart break ridge." The t hird Red charge broke Allied resistance. It was a bitter blow to foot soldiers who clawed their way to the top Tuesday, carrying the heights in three hours of hand to-hand combat. Whoever holds the peak, north of Yanggu, commands a five-mile sweep over Red positions in the Soyang river valley to the north. Wednesday's reverse was only one phase of the hill fights that have become one of the ~ g reat battles of the Korean war. Greeks, Turks Seen As NATO Mem Dem OTTAWA, Sept. 19—(iP)- , -- The admission of Greece and Turkey to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization appeared assured today. The last opposition was reported to have collapsed. Informed quarters said Danish Foreign Minister Ole Bjorn Kraft had received instructions to support the American proposal. The other 11 members of the North Atlantic Council previously an nounced they would accept the two eastern Mediterranean coun tries as 'full partners. A decision wa s expected in the council either late today or tomorrow morning at the final session of the week-long Ottawa meeting, The action here must be rati fied by the parliaments of the ;?,*; ?: :ii , ..r::.'„'Z!3il::tt 'is':;l:,".:',l s .!':?: '>.... ':'.:!`.;: .: ..z,:: ~....?..:,: ......................................... , , • P . " 44 • 0 ; Pic,o,,;:,) ,, ,i 4 e , A , X?ineyf",t.n.W;VS':',ViVr't • ' ""ei'• • ............................... ... ....... ... . , me ks Heayy Fighting Peak Important .c...:‘:§;:v...w:z.,..... , K::,:.:iti . .,::•5f . ..:-:•••••*:-::?: 7•7•••-•:' . ..:';;;;;;L: :: :,'. : :,::: ' i : ,. j., ,, :'•-• re-: ". ':c'.i . ..'",`4,',:: . ::!•:?::::.. for 4 14Lic th at ' s2.4)anceaUe 14 Pieces -- Sweet and Smooth Call Ray—Ext. 1196 Campus Republican House Passes Compromise Tax Program HARRISBURG, Sept. 19 VP promise tax program pissed the night, ending a session-long dead The vote was largely along p. the House GOP leadership wrapped up as a substitute for the rejected income tax. Senate Action Set Sen. John M. Walker, Repub lican floor leader•, said the com promise package would receive immediate consideration of the Senate. The House-approved levies in clude a new tax of one per cent on real estate transfers; doubling the ' state inheritance tax from 10 to 20 per cent on property left to other than direct heirs; collecting the five per cent cor porate net income tax for 30 instead of 24 months in the pre sent biennium and closing loop holes in corporation, insurance and inheritance taxes. Unemployment Aid Democrats fought the program down the line. Rep. H. G. An drews, Democratic floor leader, charged the , 30-month collection of the corporate net income tax would cost corporations millions of dollars. At its afternoon session th e Senate passed unanimously the administration's unemployment compensation bill which boosts maximum weekly grants fr o m $25 to $3O and the minimum level from $8 to $lO. OPS Trails Trucks To Check Meat Prices PHILADELPHIA; Sept. 19—(?P) —Special agents of the Office of Price Stabilization have begun trailing trucks of slaughterers and livestock men to check meat prices from farm to butcher shop, a government attorney disclosed today. member countries before Greece and Turkey actually will take their seats, but no difficulties were foreseen. The admission of the two would bring into the open the delicate problem of changes in the mili tary command structure. Top military leaders here were reported counting on Turkey to become the pivotal nation in a new Middle East defense system. Ray Event His Orchestra I A last-ditch $138,250,000 cora- Republican-controlled House to ock unless the Senate balks at it. ty lines on the group of tax bills House Votes To Increase Mail Rates WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—(.2P) —The House today voted a $126,- 000,000 annual increase in postal fates, clearing the way for con sideration of a bill boosting the pay of postal workers $251,000,- 000 annually. House passage was by voice vote. The rate increase. measure now goes to a Senate-House confer ence, since it differs sharply from a bill passed by the Senate. The pay boost in the House postal rates bill won't be effec tive immediately, since a hike in INFLATION WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— (IF) The House voted today to mark up the penny post card to two cents but left the three -cent letter rate un changed. second-class rates, applying to newspapers and magazines, would be spread over a three-y ea r period. The House voted to increase these rates 10 percent annually for three years for a total ad ditional postal revenue of $12,- 000,000 in the third year. The Senate voted an ultimate 30 percent hike in newspaper mailing rates and 60 percent in magazine rates, also spread over three years. The House postoffice commit tee recommended a 60 percent boost for magazines and news papers but the House cut it to 30 percent by a standing vote of 131 to 98. The Class of 1921 has es tablished a $30,000 undergraduate scholarship. Butler's BARBER SHOP HAIRCUTS FOR WELL-GROOMED MEN 109 E. BEAVER AVE. Across from the Main Entrance to Post Office and PAGE THREt ?:: • ka??Ss
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