THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1951 1
U.S., S. Korean
Chase Reds to Kumsong
U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQARTERS, Korea, Thursday, Oct.
18— (JP) —Retreating Reds were pushed back within rifle range of
;he big communist supply center of the central front
by American and-. South Korean troops Wednesday.
.In western Korea, however, the U.S. First Cavalry Division
was fought almost to a standstill
,when it attacked behinda smoke
sdreen.
The U.S. Eighth Army com
munique Wednesday night re
ported Chinese troops were
“slowly withdrawing” south and
southeast of Kumsong and offer-.
~ing • only . light resistance. That
Red rail and supply center is 30
miles .north of the-,3Bth parallel.
• ; Use Flame Throwers
In the west, the communique
said cavalry troops used flame
throwers arid grenades in storni
ing entrenched communist posi
tions on high ground northwest
of Yonchon. They met fierce and
bitter resistance. Only “minor
gains” were scored in this sector'
some 35. miles north of Seoul
In the east, two South Korean
division? fought toward high
ground in the Punchbowl Moun
tain. area northwest of Yanggu.
The opposition was termed light
to moderate.'
First Town
If Kumsong falls it would be'
the, first town captured by the
Allies since last June. C.'horwon
arid Kumhwa fell then, admit
ting the Allies into the Re d build
up area known as the .iron tri
angle. Kumsong, ripged by hills,
is 12 miles northeast of Kumhwa.
Kuriisorig is-the, last majbr link
in the central Korean railroad
that runs frorii Seoul northward
and northeast to Changdo, a few
miles northeast- of Kumsong. ,
Strike Strands
War Supplies
NEW YORK, Oct 17—(API-
War supplies at Brooklyn’s army
base were stranded again today
after a dramatic invasion by non
striking dock workers opened the
piers for a few flours.
Anthony Anastasia) of the notor
ious racketeer family, led the men
onto the docks early in the morn
ing.
Striking AFL longshoremen
muttered among themselves at the
invasion. Finally they went to
work on five idle' Army ships
rather than surrender the piers to
Anastasia’s squad.
The spreading wildcat dock
strike, now in. its third day, has
idled about 2,000 stevedores and
26 ships, including the Army ves
sels that carry troops and war sup
plies to Korea and other outposts.
The walkout began Monday as a
rebellion by Manhattan longshore
men against terms of a new east
coast contract with shippers. Other
dock workers quit in sympathy.
The rebel faction was dissatisfied
at wages, vacations and. certain
working, conditions in the new
contract.
A-Power Puts U.S.
Near tabor Chanqe
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17— (AP)—
A Columbia University engineeer
told a national planning confer
ence today atomic energy is .plac
ing America on the threshold of
3 new industrial revolution.
_Dr. JOhnß. Dunning, Colum
bia's dean of engineering and~one
of the first scientists to work with
uranium fission, told 600 debates
to the American' Society of Plan
ning Officials’ meeting that:
“Atomic energy has far more
possibilities for peace than for
war.” • , . ■
Taft Anxious to Run
Against Truman in 1952
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(AP)
—Senator Taft said today he
would like to have President Tru
man as an opponent for, the presi
dency next year because the issues
then would be f clearly drawn.
That made it mutual. Mr.. TrU
man said recently—without dis
clbsing his own, 1952 intentions—
that he would prefer'to see the
Republicans nominate the Ohio
senator next.'year. Some, Demo
crats have contended Taft would
be the easiest for their candidate
DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE; PENNSYLVANIA
Forces
Speaks to Legion
Gov. John S. Fine
The World
At a Glance
Government Laxity
MIAMI,' Fla., Oct. 17—(JP)—
Gov. John S. Fine, of Pennsyl
vania, said today “official laxity”
and “doubtful loyalty” by men
in • government l are weakening
America.
, “Unfortunately, there has been
a general weakening of our moral
fibers,” the Keystone governor
told the American Legion con
vention. -
Fight for Freedom
HOF,.Germany, Oct. 17— (IP) —
Ten Czechs, including women
and children, shot their way >tp
the free west on foot today after
failing to crash Czechoslovakia’s
iron curtain in a homemade ar
mored truck.
A-Webpons Expansion
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—(A s )
The Senate-Housse "atomic en
ergy committee voted today for
maximum expansion' of the na
tion’s atomic weapons program,
already a billion-dollar-a-year in
dustry. .
Pay Hike
Washington, Oct. 17 —cap)—
The Senate-House at'omic en
ported tonight to have agreed
tentatively on a compromise' bill
to grant 10 percent pay raises to
most federal workers in the civil
service. The minimum raise
would be $3OO and the maximum
$BOO.
Navy Demonstration
. ABOARD U.S.S. DES MOINES
OFF SARDINIA, Oct. 17—#)'—
Raging seas prevented the U.S.
Sixth Fleet from demonstrating
today how the Navy can s defend
Europe’s southern flank. i
Federal Tax
Bill Stalled
In Congress
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17— (JP)—
The second round of efforts to get
together on a tax raise bill both
the House and the Senate yrill pass
started this afternoon after the
Senate agreed to a new confer
ence.
No progress was reported from
the first session, however.
The House unexpectedly re
jected the first conference com
promise yesterday, 203 to 157, and
threw into confusion the prospects
for any tax bill at all and'for ad
journment of Congress at the end
of this week.
Optimistic Talk
Some key lawmakers were
talking more optimistically today
than they did yesterday after the
House upset the $5,732)000,000
measure worked out in the first
conference.
“I think we’re going to have a
tax bill,” Rep. Halleck ,(R-Ind.*),
assistant House leader for the Re
publicans, told reporters.
That was in contrast to a corn
merit yesterday from Ren. Mar
tin (Mass.), the GOP leader, that
there would be no use bringing
in a bill again because the House
wouldn’t pass’one'.
Storm Warnings Up In Senate
Storm Warnings were up on the
Senate side of the Capitol, how
ever.
Both Chairman George (D-Ga.)
of the Senate Finance Committee
and Sfepator Millikin (Colo.), top
Republican on that group, served
notice they will not- go'above the
amount of new taxes originally
agreed on. And Millikin made it
emphatic that he was unwilling
to reopen the whole bill for re
vision—that he would be willing
to talk only about selected por
tions of it.
The Library} of Congress con
tains a collection of- 30,959,000
pieces including 81,000 reels and
strips of microfilm.
Reds Told to Halt
Cease-Fire Delays
r MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday, Oct. 18—(AP) —The United Nations
command warned Wednesday it would carry the Korean Wap
through a winter campaign—possibly with greater strength than
anticipated—unless the Reds dropped their delaying tactics and
resumed the cease-fire talks.
The warning was issued in a statement by Gen. Matthew B
Ridgway’s headquarters in ad
vance of today’s scheduled meet
ing of liaison officers at Pan
munjom, communist outpost six
miles east of Kaesqng. The meet
ing—the eighth in nine days—
was due to begin at 10 a.m. (8
p.m. Wednesday, EST.)
The liaison officers held their
longest session Wednesday—
three arid a half hours. Only
slight progress was reported
toward an agreement on reopen
ing the armistice talks, suspend
ed by the Reds Aug. 23.
Possibly stung by communist
allegations that the Allies have
been_ stalling the talks while
pushing their limited offensive,
Ridway’s official release de
clared:
“Since June the UN command
New Pakistan Gov't
Heads Take Over
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 17— (/P) —A new governor-general and
an acting prime minister took oyer direction of Pakistan affairs today
and sought to 'unravel the fanatical motives that produced the assas
sination of Liaauat Ali Khan.
Liaquat, the prime minister who was shot down at Rawalpindi
in the shadow of the cold war
front with India, was buried to
day while Pakistanis still were
numb with shock.
Khwaja Nazimuddin, sports
loving aristocrat with friendly
ties in Britain and the TJnited
States, resigned as governor-gen
eral and stepped at least tempor
arily into the prime minister’s
shoes. He is expected to hold onto
the job.
Buckingham Palace in London
announced that Finance Minister
Ghula'm Mohamec, tall dapper
“brain” of the cabinet, had been
named the new governor-general;
Officials said they definitely
had identified Liaquat’s slayer as
an Afghanistan National named
Syed Akbar. This did not estab
lish that the assassination had any
connection, however, with agita
tion in Afghanistan for creation
of an independent state among
Pathan tribesmen in. the north
west border territories.
Pakistan had not officially dis
closed any connection between
the assassination and agitation for
a war with India over Kashmir,
but thejfact that the murder took
place in Rawalpindi made that
seem likely.
Austin OK's
New British
Oil Pleas
NEW YORK, Oct. 17—f/P) —
United States chief delegate War
ren R. Austin gave his full sup
port today to a British plea for
new oil talks with Iran under the
eyes of the United Nations.
Replying to repeated objections
frorn aging Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh of Iran that the coun
cil had-no business interfering in
Iran’s oil muddle, Austin said
that the council clearly, under the
charter, has the “right and duty”
to inquire into the situation and
to try to keep peace. .
The British move for resump
tion of talks in a different atmo
sphere already has been rejected
by Mossadegh. , \
Austin said the British resolu
tion as amended, was “designed
to perform the great purpose of
the' United Nations of endeavor
ing to bring the two'parties nearer
arid nearer together until a dis
pute can be resolved in agree
ment.” . -
He sharply challenged Russian
and Iranian arguments that the
council had no jurisdiction in the
dispute and criticized Mossadegh
for his threats to ignore ariy coun
cil action. Austin said the dispute
was a concern to the middle east
and the whole world and 1 could
not be accepted as a mere domes
tic incident.
has been ready to put an end to
the killing and to arrange for
an honorable armistice, but it
has not been and' is not now
ready to barter its principles or
its conscience.”
SUSAN HAYWARD
"DAVID and
BATHSHESA"
'DAVID WAYNE
HOWARD Da SILVA
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DAY
GORDON MACRAE
"ON MOONLIGHT
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