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NEWS IN BRIEF
BRUSSELS, (/P)—King Leopold
III was voted back to his throne
by the Belgian Parliament yester
day. He has been in exile in Swit
zerland since the war. A question
of bringing him back split Bel- j
gium badly for months, with the
Socialists particularly being bit
terly opposed to his return.
A joint session of both Houses
of Parliament, cast 198 affirma
tive votes for Leopold’s return
with most opposition Socilaists,
Liberals and communists abstain
ing in protest. There are 387 mem
bers in both Houses.
The decision was on legislation
to end the regency of Prince
Charles, Leopold’s brother.
OLYMPIA, (/P>—The House of
the Washington State legislature
passed a memorial to Congress in
behalf of statehood for Alaska
and Hawaii. The vote was 90 to 4.
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SEATTLE, (/P) — Yale’s John
Marshall smashed one world
swimming record and a flock of
American standards yesterday
but had to share the spotlight
with a quiet, 17-year-old high
school senior from Hawaii. .
That would be Ford Konno,
who swam a competitive mile for
the first time in his life and bet
tered the world mark of 20:29 set
in 1942 by another Hawaiian, Leo
Nakama.
But the luck of the draw gave
Marshall a lane in the first heat of
the mile preliminaries, opening
event in the 1950 men’s outdoor
AA|U. championships. He went
the distance in 20:09.6 for a world
and an American record. Konno
came through with a 20:22.3 ef
fort in the second heat.
This pointed up a two-man race
for tonight’s mile finals.
JUNEAU, (iP)—The Hirst-Chic
agof gold mine on Kimsham Cbve,
closed since 1943, is going to be
reopened and placed in top pro
duction during the winter, gen
eral manager Paul Sorenson said
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MARINES RETURN TO KOREA AFTER 79 YEARS
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THE FIRST MARINES went into action in 1776.
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MODERN MARINES are a far cry fron^ the blue-coats.
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Committees Vote
All Enlistments
Extended 1 Year
WASHINGTON, (iP)—1The Sen
ate armed services committee
voted unanimously today to take
all restrictions off the size of the
armed forces and lengthen all en
listments one year.
The House armed services com
mittee also voted, 18 to 1, to keep
all enlisted personnel in service
for a year after their enlistments
expire. It still was considering the
request of President Truman to
lift ceilings on size of the armed
forces.
Rep. Towne (R.-N. J.) cast the
only vote against extending en
listments.
In taking the action on the two
bills, the Senate committee also
agreed to strike out of one of them
a restriction that the strength of
the regular Marine Corps shall
not exceed 20 per cent of the au
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Congress Will Not
Give Truman Un
limited Powers
WASHINGTON, (JP)—Congress
men agreed generally yesterday
that President Truman must be
given new economic powers for
the fight against communism.
But some—among them Repub
lican Senators Taft and Bricker of
Ohio and Wherry of Nebraska—
contended Mr. Truman’s request
for a full range of allocation pri
orities and credit curbs must be
examined closely.
Wherry, Republican Senate
leader, said he suspects an admin
istration effort to “nationalize the
economy.”
While with but perhaps brief
debate appeared in prospect on the
economic phases, Congress seem
ed to be ready to expand military
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Will Seek Huge
Excess Profits Tax
WASHINGTON, (£>)— Demands
arose on Capitol Hill yesterday
for a multi-billion dollar excess
profits tax on corporations, to pre
vent profiteering.
A general tax boosting bill —
possibly putting larger levies on
individual incomes along with
higher taxes on corporation pro
fits— will replace the $1,000,000,
000 excise tax slashing measure
that Congress has put aside.
President Truman gave notice
Wednesday he will ask for more
taxes—he didn’t say just when—
to help finance the extra ten bil
lion dollars needed for the battle
against communist aggression, to
curb inflation, and to eliminate
profiteering.
His use of the word “profiteer
ing” was interpreted In Congress
as meaning he is certain to ask
for an excess profits tax. If the
wartime 85.5 per cent rate and
base for calculating such profits
were restored, they would yield
the government about $8,000,000,
000 the expert said.
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(By Alexander R. George)
({IP) Newsfeatures Writer)
WASHINGTON—U. S. Marines
on their way from the west coast
to the Battle of Korea will not be
the first Leathernecks to fight on
Korean soil.
Seventy-nine years ago a bat
talion of Marines, with the sup
port of ships and sailors of the
Asiatic fleet, won the two-day j
Battle of the Salee River Forts. It
was the first time that soldiers of
a western power had spent a night
on Korean soil.
The battle followed the alleged
treacherous firing by Korean sol
diers on an American party sur
veying the river. Asiatic Fleet Ad
miral John J. Rodgers had obtain
ed permission from Korean au
thorities to make navigation
soundings.
The surveying party was sud
i denly fired upon from the Korean
forts and the beach. American
gunboats steamed into action, re
turning the fire and rescuing the
surveyors The guns of the three
Korean forts were silenced by fire
from the American vessel. The
following day a Marine battalion
and a detachment of sailors, led
by Capt. McLane Tilton, stormed
and captured the forts.
For several years prior to the
Salee River fracas Koreans re
portedly had mistreated American
Sailors and others shipwrecked on
; Korean shores. Some Americans
were said to have been killed.
Anti-Trust Suit
Defendants Ask
Change Of Venue
ANCHORAGE, (^—Defendants
fought back yesterday with a
handful of motions asking for a
switch in courtroom scenery in
Alaska’s big anti-trust suits.
A change of venue was asked,
j and allegations were made that
one of the grand jurors was a con
victed felon, and thus disqualified
for jury duty. The juror was not
named.
Attorney R. E. Robertson filed
affidavits in support of a motion
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Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday, July 20, 1950
The communists hurled a strong
offensive into Taejon today and
the U. S. 24th Division was report
ed withdrawing in heavy fighting
from the flaming key rail and
highway junction in South Korea.
The whereabouts of Maj. Gen.
Wm. F. Dean, the 24th’s command
er was not known.
A broadcast by NBC from Tok
yo said Taejon already had fallen.
A U. S. Eighth Army spokesman
said the hard-pressed 24th Divi
sion still held the city at the end
of the day’s fighting, but a dis
patch from a command post said
the division was on its way out.
By 9:20 p.m., Korean time, ft
spokesman said, 25 per cent of
American units in the Taejon
area “succeeded! in making a fair*
ly orderly withdrawal.”
The Americans apparently were
falling back to the Kumihon area
where a new stand will be made.
But despite the retreat — it had
been predicted, Gen. MacArthur
announced that the North Kore
ans already had lost their “one
great chance” for victory by fail
ing to flatten South Korea before
the arrival of the Americans in
strength.
Two fresh American divisions
now are protecting the approaches
to Kumchon against a communist
push in the east coast and central
sectors. Airmen reported heavy
Red concentrations of tanks and
artillery in the central sector.
The communists threw an en
veloping movement around the
west flank of the defending forces
in the Taejon area, stabbing out
from captured Iri to take Ihoju
roughly 40 air mailes southwest of
Taejon. Allied airmen raked the
communists in this area. The Red
strength there is unknown. Fire
bombs rained on Kumje, near
Chonju.
The communist drive in the Tea
jon area, backed by tremendous
artillery fire which ignited the
whole city, was dented by the
new American ground rockets.
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