Chinese Reds Shoot
Down U. S. Plane
South Of Border
WASHINGTON, (A3) — The air
force said today an American
F-51 fighter plane was hit yester
day by anti-aircraft fire from the
Chinese side of the Korean-Chi
nese border.
A spokesman said the pilot flew
the plane out to sea but had to put
down there. He was picked up by
a United Nations naval craft.
He said the American plane
was three miles south of the bor
der when fired on from the Chi- j
nese side.
This was the second report of
American planes subjected to
anti-aircraft fire from across the
Chinese boVder.
Dispatches from Korea yester
> day said two U. S. Marine planes
were fired on Monday. Neither
was hit.
The Marines were quoted as i
saying they were five miles inside |
Korea.
The air force spokesman told j
reporters at the Pentagon that op- ;
orations of United Nations planes i
in North Korea normally are ccfn-,
fined to an area 20 miles or more 1
i
from the border. They are allow-'
ed to go nearer to the border, he
said, on specific missions. The
Chinese communists have protest
ed several alleged border viola-1
tions by American planes.
The air force spokesman said
planes delivered 1,200 tons of
supplies yesterday to the Pyong
yang area. He said this was more
than enough to support all U. N.
military operations in that region.
Of a total of 300 sorties by the
air fcrrce during the day, 283 were
listed as “combat cargo lift.”
\ A sortie is one flight by one j
plane.
An army spokesman told re
porters that he has been unable I
to obtain any confirmation of re- j
ports that a communist column is
moving from near the Korean-1
Manchurian border toward the*
South Korean Sixth Division,
which is .spearheading the U. N. i
advance in North Korea.
The army spokesman said also
that no information has been re- ,
ceived here recently regarding
Maj. Gen. William Dean, former
commander of the 24th Division,
who disappeared in July during
the battle for Taejon.
Thomas Assila, King Island na
tive who is reported to have set
his own home on fire was bound
over to the grand jury by the U. i
S. Commissioner on a charge of t
arson.
The Assila home was complete- ’
ly destroyed and the home of Jim
mv Sirlock, who lived next door
* was damaged to the extent of the
windows being broken and the
building paper burned from the
side of the house.
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Freedom Bell
Scheduled To Ring
In lerlin U. N. Day
Dedication ceremonies were
scheduled to take place yesterday
in Berlin on United Nations Day,
for the twenty-ton Freedom Bell
which was delivered in Berlin on
Oct. 21st by popular subscription
from millions of people in Amer
ica.
The Crusade for Freedom which
started through the States months
ago has been headed by General
Lucius Clay who said, “the Cru
sade for Freedom is a spiritual
airlift originating in the heart
country of Liberty.”
In the crucial battle for men s
minds, the Radio Free Europe
station went on the air in Berlin
to supplement the State Depart
ment’s Voice eff America.
Freedom Bell, which was se
cretely landed in Berlin was sched
uled to ring for the first time with
liberty bells all over the world
yesterday. Millions of radio listen
ers throughout the world were to
hear the ned Bell of Freedom
which has been beamed on Czech
oslovakia and Rumania with Po
land, Hungary and Bulgaria soon
to have programs also in their na
tive language for six hours a day,
seven days a week. <
A1 Jolson, Stage
And Screen Star,
64, Passes On
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that began in 1899. His popularity
with the troops was unsurpassed.
In World War II, he traveled to
Europe, Africa, India and the Pa
cific, entertaining GI’s for the U.
S. |
On his return from Korea where j
he gave 42 shows in 16 days, he I
said “Know what it feels like to
be back I’m going to look up my
income tax and see if I paid
enough. Those guys are wonder
ful. This is a much tougher war
than the last one, believe me.’’
He entertained GI s at the front
when the American beachhead in
Korea was at its smallest and un
der constant attack.
“I was singing up there for
some guys and there was a lot. of
noise,” he related.
“So I says to an officer, “Why
don’t you tell those kids of yours
outside to stop shooting off those
rifles?” !
“Those aren’t our kids,” he told
me!”
A1 was born on May 26, 1886.
the son of a Jewish cantor, in
what was then St. Petersburg,
Russia. He came with his family
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BODY OF MISSING
SEAMAN FOUND
The body of the missing Negro
seaman who stepped off the tug
boat in the Snake River Harbor
last month was washed ashore re
cently up the coast about three
miles.
The body was found by Bill
Munz, and identified by a coron
er’s jury yesterday morning with
the stipulation that the finger
prints coincide.
to Washington, D. C., while a
small boy. His father trained him
for the church, but he had other
ideas.
FEDERAL TAX ON COIN
OPERATED DEVICES UPPED
The federal tax on coin-oper
ated gaming devices which award
prizes has been increased from
$100 to $150 per annum, effective
November 1, 1950, it was an
nounced this week by Internal
Revenue Collector Squire Clark.
For each gaming device now in
operation there will be payable an
adiitional tax of $33.33 for the re
mainder of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1951.
The collector’s office will cor
respond with each taxpayer listed
as ^n operator of gaming devices,
with the view of arranging for
collection for the additional tax.
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