Congress Revives
“Wartime Unity”
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WASHINGTON, (/P)— Congress
revived wartime unity Saturday
as some lawmakers called for
American ground action not only
in South Korea but also in the
northern home grounds of the Ko
rean communists.
A 66 to 0 vote by which the
Senate Friday sent a $1,222,5.0,000
foreign arms bill to the House
marked the second unanimous
tally in as many days for a mili
tary measure since President Tru
man ordered armed intervention
in Korea.
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Previously a year s extension oi i
the military draft had been ap-,
proved 76 to 0 by the Senate. Mr. i
Truman signed that measure into|
law Friday.
But action on these measures—
in the mill before the communists
attacked South Korea—left somej
lawmakers unsatisfied that every-;
thing possible had been done to
open the way for American suc
cess in the Orient.
Senators Knowland iR.-Calif.),
Flanders (R.-Vt.) and Millikin (R.
Colo.) told the Senate that all
United States military operations
ought to ignore the 38th parallel
which separates North and South
Korea. i
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Red Koreans Com
mit Atrocities On
Allied Prisoners
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bodies were in an area where a
see-saw battle raged.
Then came Associated Press
correspondent William R. Moore,
who found two more in a front
line area. The markings on the
bindings of these two bodies were
different from those described by
Gates.
The twof Moore found had been
shot in the forehead. The seven
Gates reported were hit in the
face by bullets.
An army doctor, Capt. Donald
Duerk of Long Island, N. Y., re
ported seeing three bound bodies
at an aid station. At least one of
these victims had been shot be
hind the ear. He said the bodies
were found in an area recaptured
by the Americans.
General MacArthur has warn
ed the North Koreans that those
responsible for the atrocity slay
ings will be punished. He had or
dered United Nations soldiers to
observe the rules of civilized war
fare. %
South Korean commanders
have so instructed their troops.
(By William R. Moore)
Near the Front in Korea, (^P)—
I saw two dead American soldiers
Monday. Their hands were tied
behind them. They had been shot
through the head.
The two soldiers lay just off a
main road which carried the vital,
frantic traffic supplying front line
fighters. They had been there
since Monday morning I was told
later by infantry officers at rear
command posts.
These officers said three Ameri
cans had been tied and shot in the
head, but I saw only the two bed
ies.
I found no one who witnessed
these slayings. Based on what was
known of the fighting at this point
early Monday, the belief was held
generally that the soldiers, riding
in a jeep in the morning mist,
suddenly found themselves only
20 yards or so from a North Ko
rean tank. With the tank guns
raised upon them, they jumped
out and surrendered. Their bodies
showed what happened afterward.
One of the green clad corpses
lay face downward, the other on
its side. Cloth bands about three
inches wide, like the bandages
each American soldiers carries in
his first aid kit, were tied so tight
ly around the wrists of each that
the hands showed brown, the
arms above the thongs were much
lighter.
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Hospital News
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Mrs. Dimmert and baby daugh
ter of Gambell have been dis
charged from the hospital and
await transportation to the island.
Eva Ryan and daughter Susan
were dismissed and left for their
home in Unalakleet.
Fritz Carlson and Ernest Ailak
returned to their homes here.
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Americans Spend |
Less On Liquor
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Ameri
cans spent less on liquor in 1949
than in any year since 1944, the
commerce department reported
last week. It was the second
straight year in which they cut
down.
The total 1940 outlay was es
timated by the department at $8,
550,000,000, a drop of $250,000,000
from 1948 and $1,090,000,000 be
low the postwar peak of $9,640,
000,000 set in 1947.
It averages out to about $57.50
for each man, woman and child
in the population—or nearly $90 j
for each person over 21 years old.
In 1948, the general average was •
| $60, the over-21 average $93,
The “hard liquor class, distilled |
spirits, accounted for the cutback
in spending last year. Outlays fell
to $3,650,000,000 in 1949 from
$3,900,000,000 in 1948.
Beer outlays dipped $10,000,000 ;
for the second consecutive year to j
a $4,435,000,000 total in 1949, but |
spending on wine rose an off-set
ting $10,000,000 to a $465,000,000
total.
More than a third of the total
amount spent on alcoholic bever
ages went for taxes. The federal,
state and local governments pick
Name Ambassador
To Greece «
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—Assistant
secretary of state John E. Peuri
foy was nominated by President
Truman yesterday to be Ambassa
dor to Greece. He also will head
the American air mission to that
country.
Peurifoy has had charge of the
state department’s security and
loyalty program which has been ^
under attack by-Senator McCar
try (R.-Wis.) the White House an
nouncement of Peurifoy’s new as
signment, however, gave no ex
planation for the shift of jobs.
The nomination must be con
firmed by the Senate. That raises
the question whether Republicans |)
might seek to block the appoint
ment in view of the controversy
over McCarthy’s charges that the
state department is a haven for
communist sympathizers.
Peurifoy, a South Carolinian, is
a career diplomat.
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enue from this source. The federal
government alone took in more
than $2,200,000,000. *
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