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JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1951
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GEO. APOSTOL
NAMED ASST.
ATTY. GEN.
SEATTLE, April 24 —Of)— George
N. Apostol, who less fhan two years
ago was picking apples in Omak,
Wash., to support his family while
he conducted a “good government"
crusade, has been sv/orn into office
as special assistant attorney general
for the Territory of Alaska.
Apostol was much in the news
while practicing at Omak, In his
brief law career, the 32-year-old at
torney has won five of six appeals
to the Washington State Supreme
Court.
One established a county iail
sentence as the maximum penalty
for larceny by check, instead of the
penitentiary sentence which his
client was serving at the time.
Apostol, when he became involved
in the “good government" fight in !
Omak, transferred some $5,OOP i
worth of pending business to other j
attorneys because he thought it was j
“in the best interests" of his clients. j
Then he turned to apple picking i
and his crusade.
For the past six months he has j
been practicing in Seattle, working
nights as a traffic clerk at the Seat- i
tie Port of Embarkation to offset,
costs of building the new practice.
The 16-hour-a-day schedule was
interrupted this week with the an
nouncement that Apostol had been
chosen from scores of lawyer appli
cants from Los Angeles to Seattle
for the $7,000 a year Alaska appoint
ment.
A second assistant to Atty. Gen.
J. Gerald Williams was authorized
by the recent legislature because of
increasing Territorial legal business.
The only assistant at present is
John Dimond.
Attorney General Gerald Wil-‘
liams arrived in Juneau this morn
ing after several weeks in San
Francisco attending Court of Ap
peals.
He announced that Apostol would
arrive here to assume his new duties
on the Denali next Monday.
Apostol has a wife and three
daughters. He is a member of the
bar in Washington and is a grad
uate of Gonzaga University and
the University of Washington in pre
law.
IN DISTRICT COURT
In U. S. District Court this morn
ing the case of the Alaska Credit
Bureau vs. Lon and Bonnie Grover,
owners of Mirror Cafe, was contin
ued over from April 30 to May 2
on examination of defendants.
The case of the City of Yakutat
vs Libby, McNeill and Libby has
been set for May 7.
The Court leaves tomorrow for
Sitka for naturalization hearings
and probably will reconvene in Ju
neau on Monday morning, April
30, at 10 a.m.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday, April
25.
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Baranof from westward scheduled
southbound Sunday afternoon.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright. 1951. sy Bell Syndicate. Inc..
WASHINGTON.—'While the Na
tion worries about Par Eastern war
strategy, it can be revealed that
spectacular new atomic weapons
have been developed that can wipe
out an entire regiment with one
artillery shot or neutralize a city
without killing a soul.
For security reasons, only a gen
eral report can be given. However,
it can be stated that new weapons
are under way which may stop
« Russian aggression dead in its
tracks:
1. A terrible, more powerful at
omic bomb has been produced that
makes the old-fashioned Hiroshima
bomb seem like a firecracker by
comparison. This new super bomb
will be exploded at Eniwetok May
6 to 12 in tests so Important that
top Military and Congressional
leaders have been invited to attend.
2. A giant Howitzer, capable of
firing atomic shells, wiU be off the
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NO "FENCING OFF"
IN JAPANESE-U. S.
FISHING TREATY
HONG KONG, April 24 — <^P) —
Senator Magnuson <D-Wash> said
here there is general agreement on
the substance of a proposed Jap
anese-U. S. Fisheries treaty.
He said it will provide for con
servation and research, and not for
“a fencing off” of fishing areas.
(It was not clear just what was
meant by no “fencing off.” Memor
ials approved by the recent session
of the Alaska Legislature advocated
strongly that any settlement with
Japan should provide for what
would amount to “fencing off” of
Japanese from fishing in waters
adjacent to Alaska).
NO THIRD DEGREE
METHODS BY COPS
HIGH COURT RULES
WASHINGTON, April 24, —MV
Any policeman who used third-de
gree methods on a suspect may be
imprisoned and fined under the
Federal Civil Rights Act, the Su
preme Court has decreed.
The Tribunal, in a 5-4 decision!
yesterday, cleared the way for fed
eral presecution of federal, state or
municipal police who try to get
confessions by brutal methods.
In earlier years, the court has
thrown cut convictions based on
confessions asserted to have been
obtained by third-degree methods.
But government attorneys said
yesterday’s decision in a complex
Florida case was the first time
they have obtained a clear ruling
on their right to move against po
lice themselves.
The decision, written by Justice
Douglas, said police could be pun
ished under a section of the civil
rights act which provides a fine
of $1,000 and one year in prison.
Justices Black, Frankfurter, Jack
son and Minton dissented.
The decision upheld conviction of
Jay G. Williams, a Miami private
detective who also was a special
police officer of Miami. He was
accused of violating the civil rights
of four lumber yard employes by
using brutal methods in an effort
to get them to confess to lumber
theits.
TAFT SUPPORTING
MacARTHUR'S PLAN
FOR KOREAN FIGHT
WASHINGTON, April 24, ——
Anriid fresh Democratic attacks on
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s propos
als, Republicans moved today to
present independently their side of
the row over President Truman’s
Par Eastern policy.
Senator Taft <R-Ohio> told a
reporter he expects Republican
members of the Senate Armed
Services Committee to take the
lead in organizing a case for broad
er prosecution of the Korean war.
Senators Bridges (R-NH) and
Knowland (R-Calif) are likely
leaders in this move.
"This would be independent of
what General MacArthur has to
say when he testifies before the
committee,” Taft said. “We think
there should be some organized an
swer to the case the administration
will lay down.” •
Taft, who heads the Senate Re
publican policy committee, has giv
en general support to the deposed
Pacific Commander’s proposals for
blockading Red China, operating
United Nations planes over Man
churia and using Chinese Nation
ist troops.
STOCK QUCTATIQN5
NEW YORK, April 24 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
11014, American Tel. and Tel. 154%,
Anaconda 40',li, Douglas Aircraft
100, General Electric 55Vi, General
Motors 53 14, Goodyear 77, Kennecott
7414, Libby, McNeill and Libby 914,
Northern Pacific 3714, Standard
Oil of California 45%, Twentieth
Century Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 4414,
Pound $2.8014, Canadian Exchange
93.8714.
Sales today were 1,420,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 256.10, rails 82.60, utili
ties 42.30.
THIRD BRIT.
LEADER HAS
QUIT POST
LONDON, April 24, —Iff)— Prime
Minister Attlee’s forces and rebel
lious laborite left wingers made a
deal today aimed at keeping the
labor government in power as long
as possible and preventing a gen
eral election at this time.
The deal, with both sides making
concessions, came after a third
government leader, John Freeman,
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minster of Supply, resigned in pro
test over the government’s arms
budget. He quit for broadly the
same reasons as Labor Minister
Aneurin Bevan and Board of Trade
President Harold Wilson; Britain’s
financing of her rearmament at the
expense of the national free medi
cine scheme.
The labor government announced
the appointment of Alfred Robenr
to Bevan’s labor ministry post, and
of Sir Hartley Shawcross as presi
dent of the Board of Trade.
The labor members of parliament
held a stormy two-hour secret em
ergency meeting. It resulted in a
deal in which the rebels, headed by
Bevan and Wilson, pledged them
selves to put party unity in the
House of Commons above the policy
split.
Observers said it seemed likely
Attlee now could hold his slim mar
gin of power in the House against
the conservative-liberal assault, at
least until autumn.
JUNEAU BOY HONORED
BY RED (ROSS ABROAD
American Red Cross European
headquarters at Essiingen, Germany
reports that Private Fletcher S.
Stitt of Juneau, has been awarded
the Standard First Aid Certificate
upon completion of an Army-spon
sored course in accident prevention
and first aid.
Accidents in Europe are costing
American taxpayers over a halfi
million dollars monthly, according
to military sources. The Red Cross
was asked to help reduce these fig
ures by setting up educational safe
ty courses for service personnel.
Private Stitt, who is with the
351st Infantry Regiment at Trieste
was chosen for the safety school by
his commanding officer. He was
given instruction in both the pre
vention of accidents and the propel
first aid care of accident victims.
The Red Cross safety program
has met with widespread approval
by -Army and Air Force authorities
in Germany, England and Australia.
24 ARRIVE, 27
OUT ON BARANOF
Twenty-four passengers arrived
Tuesday morning on the Baranof
with 27 embarking for the west
ward. The ship sailed for Seward
at 2 this afternoon and is scheduled
southbound Sunday afternoon. Mas
ter of the ship is Capt. Joseph Ram
sauer with J. W. Hickman, chief
purser.
Disembarking from Seattle: J.
M. Anderson, E. J. Bartheld, R.
Bartheld, Ralph C. Bohrson, J. R.
Clemens, T. E. Downes, Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Mrs. Sue L.
Friese, Nancy Friese, G. Gervais,
G. R. Hammond. R. L. Harris, H. I.
Hunt, Ernie Lincoln, L. Longworth,
H. L. Plansoen, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Staples, Jerry Williams, H. Zehnt
ner.
From Ketchikan: Mrs. D. T.
Gaudette.
From Petersburg: Peter Hanson.
Mrs. Willa Swenson.
Embarking for Seward: N. Van
Houghton, C. M. Corpus, C. Bag
ayo, C. Mazon, C. Mendoza, P. Bogo,
Vincent Yadao, L. Pauleno, M. C.
Villa, F. Atluk, R. Hanson, Clairt
Dunlap. H. Styka, K. Williams,
Emily Berg, W. Stockelager, J.
Shotridge, E. Morberg, J. White
field, Lon Grover, Bonnie Grover,
Mrs. O. P. Olsen, Ole Olsen, Erling
Olsen, Erik Olsen, Capt. W. A.
Royal.
U. S. residents visiting Canada
who order 10 gallons of gasoline
get as much as if they bought 12
gallons in the United States, the
i gas being sold by the imperial gal
I Ion which is larger than the U. S.
j gallon.
300 MEN FIGHTING
1000-ACRE FOREST
FIRE RAGING, NW
By Associated Press
Fire crackled through slash and
snags on Northwest Oregon's old
Tillamook burn today and the dis
trict fire warden said the spreading
flames held a threat of catastrophe.
With more than 2,000 acres black
ened at dawn, Ed Schroeder, north
west district warden for the state,
said if the east wind came up again
as expected, "there is little we can
do.”
By 11 a.m., M. R. Mitchell, ad
ministrative assistant at the Forest I
Grove fire district headquarters,
said the scorched area was "pushing i
3,000 acres” and might be as high
as 3,500 as spot fires merged with
the main blaze.
Hazard was high throughout the
northwest, in Oregon, Washington
and British Columbia. Hundreds of
acres on Vedder mountain, 60 miles
east of Vancouver, were burning in
the Canadian province’s biggest
blaze.
Assistant Warden Bill Christensen
first reported the Tillamook blaze,
on Schetky logging company oper
ations, shortly after 4 p.m. yester
day. At that time it covered four
acres. By early evening it had cov
ered 600 acres and by midnight it
had spread to 1,000.
Located about 14 miles east and
a little south of Tillamook, the
front of the westward-moving fire
was only some three miles from the
western edge of the great Tillamook
burn — the 270,000-acre area burned
and re-burned in 1933, 1939 and
1945.
Between 250 and 300 men were
on the firelines today.
NEW ASST. MGR.
ARRIVES HERE FOR
BARANOF HOTEL
A new assistant manager for the
Baranof Hotel arrived via Stork
Airlines at 9:40 p.m. last night,
making a ten-pound landing at St.
Ann’s Hospital for Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. O’Brien. He is Edward James
O’Brien, V, and joins a young sis
ter, Kathy.
O’Brien, Sr. is manager of the
Baranof Hotel. Upon news of the
new arrival, Wallis George, PER
of the Elks here, immediately filled
out an application for membership
;n Lodge 420. The application is to
oe held for the young man for 21
vears when he will become eligible.
SQUARE DANCERS IN
BIG FESTIVAL SAT.
Nearly 100 couples danced (and
waited turns to dance) at the sec
ond annual Spring Break-Up, Gas
tineau Channel’s square dance fes
tival, which was held in the Doug
las gym last Saturday night.
Lively music by Jim Gregg’s or
chestra accompanied the fast-mov
ing, gaily-dressed dancers in six
teen square dance sets, six round
dances, and the grand march.
At intermission time, both the
balcony crowd and the dancers
were delighted by the performance
of the Douglas majorette drill team.
Coached by Mr. Zawalnicki, the
eight-girl team had perfected a
snappy, uninterrupted, ten-minute
routine of marching and baton
twirling for the entertainment of
the crowd.
Since the Spring Break-tfp was
held a month earlier this year than
last, it is the intention of each of
the four participating clubs to con
tinue meeting on its customary
night until plans for summer or
ganization are announced.
4-H’ERS MEET
The Upper-Crust 4-H Club met
recently at the home of Carol
Lawrence. We worked on our paj
amas. We had Miss H. Price, Uni
versity of Alaska extension agent,
for our guest who introduced our
next 4-H leader, Mrs. Smith. Re
freshments were served by Judy
Foss and Ann Furness. The next
meeting will be at Carol Lawrence’s
on Wednesday, April 25.
4-8 FIRE CALL
Sparks from the rubbish fire at
the Juneau Dairies, Inc., Twelfth
and E streets, ignited the insula
tion on power lines, a power pole
and the roof of the nearby George
Converse home at noon today.
Little damage was reported.
"HELL 'N MARIA"
DAWES STRICKEN
SUDDENLYAT HOME
CHICAGO, April 24 —UtV— Gen,
Charles Gates (Hell ’n Marla)
Dawes, banker and statesman who
won fame in many fields during
his cyclonic career, died suddenly
last night.
The 85-year-old former vice presi
dent, who served under President
Coolidge from 1925-29, died of coro
nary thrombosis in his suburban
Evanston home. He was stricken
while talking to his wife.
Dawes, who was in public life for
more than 30 years and often was
the center of fierce controversies
and momentous events, had not
been ailing, a family spokesman
said. However, he said, Dawes, who
was chairman of the Board of the
bity National Bank and Trust Com
pany, did not go to his office yes
terday.
Dawes had been named as honor
ary chairman of the committee to
greet Gen. MacArthur on his Chi
cago visit Thursday and presum
ably planned to attend the cele
bration.
Success came to Dawes in bank
ing and utilities. And he was
prominent in public life — as vice
president, as ambassador to Great
Britain, as co-creator of the ‘‘Dawes
Plan,” and as the director of the
governments $2,000,000,000 Recon
struction Finance Corporation. He
also won fame as an author and
composer.
In the last decade Dawes kept
pretty much out of the public spot
light.
DR. T. OBERMAH TELLS
BPW MEMBERS 'HOW 10
BE DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY'
Members of the Business and
Professional Women’s Club learned
"How to Be Deliriously Happy”
•Monday when they heard the ad
dress of Dr. Ted Oberman—an ad
dress already famous among the
men’c clubs in town—and no doubt
will find their way to a “richer,
fuller, happier life” through his
guidance.
His address was fun and its
"straight” delivery had club mem
bers who had not known of his
talent, wondering whether he really
might have been a priest of the
"Temple of Joy” in Los Angeles
before he came to Juneau, as he
claimed.
The BPW program was arranged
by club vice presidents Opal Shar
man and Edith Moore. President
Lucile Stine presided over the
meeting and announced a board
meeting Wednesday night at 8
o’clock at the home of Mrs. Dor
othy Clem. Vera Knickerbocker re
ported on the Alaska Crippled
Children Association meeting held
last week.
Ouests were Mrs. Paul Jackson,
who was the guest of her frieiid
Mrs. Bertha Ellingen and Mrs.
Lillian Cash whose hostess was
Lucile Johnson.
MRS. FRIES, DAUGHTER
ARRIVE ON BARANOF
Mrs. Stanley Friesand daughter
Nancy Veva, arrived In Juneau this
morning on the Baranof to Join Mr.
Fries who Is branch chief in the
Office of Price Administration.
The Fries family formerly lived
in Alameda, Calif., where Fries was
principal in one of the schools.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
52; minimum, 35.
At Airport — Maximum,
54; minimum, 34.
FORECAST
Cloudy tonight and Wed
nesday, with light rain be
ginning late tonight. Low
est temperature tonight near
36, highest Wednesday about
46.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 e.m. today
City ot Juneau — None;
Since April 1 — 7.27 inches;
Since July 1 — 65.20 inches.
At Airport — None;
Since April 1 — 2.54 inches.
Since July 1 — 38.39 inches.
MAY 3 IS
DATE FOR
BIG MEET
Senate Inquiry Into Firing
of MacArthur, Other
Issues, Schedued
WASHINGTON, April 24 —UR—
The Senate inquiry into the firing
of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and
| related foreign policies will begin
on May 3.
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of the
Senate Armed Services Committee
announced the date today and said
it Is his plan to hear MacArthur
at a closed-door session. But there
will be an open or public hearing
"if the general expresses a desire,”
Russell added.
Senate leaders — both Democratic
and Republican—urged public hear
ings “as far as possible.”
Senator McFarland of Arizona,
the Democratic leader* told report
ers he favors making public all ex
cept vital security Information.
"We will gain more toward achiev
ing national unity than we will lose
by having the enemy find out some
confidential information," McFar
land said.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman of
the Senate Republican Policy Com
mittee, agreed.
In other developments:
1. The White House said a state
ment of President Truman’s reasons
for firing MacArthur was sent to
MacArthur's command in Tokyo.
Presidential Press Secretary Joseph
Short made that Comment when
asked about a statement by a Mac
Arthur aide that the general does
not know why President Truman
stripped him of hip commands.
2. Democrats continued in the
1 Senate what apparently is a planned
1 series of speeches in the battle of
public opinion over MacArthur’s dis
missal. Senator Lehman (D-Lib-NY)
told the Senate MacArthur sought j
to involve the country in a “big
war to bring a speedy end to a
small one.”
Senator McMahon (D-Conn) said
the nation’s capitol may be “blown
to smithereens next week” by atomic
bombs if the United States pursues
a wrong policy in the Far East.
And the chairman of the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee said em
phatically in a prepared statement
he thinks Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s
policy is wrong.
McMahon launched the latest at
tack on MacArthur’s proposed strat
egy for fighting the Korean war—
the strategy that, publicly stated,
got him fired.
GLACIER BAY HERE
(HANGING TO HALIBUT
GEAR, UNLOADS COD
Though he left Juneau “codding”
in February, weather was so tough
that there were only two part days
of fishing until April 11, said Ken
Junge, in town with the Glacier
Bay, L. O. Jacobsen's boat of which
Junge is captain.
The five-man crew of the Glacier
Bay had about the worst weather
any of them had experienced,
Junge said.
In Juneau now, the vessel is
changing over to halibut gear and
will go west for the season that
opens May 1.
The Glacier Bay brought in a
catch of 28,000 pounds.
WORGUMS ARE PARENTS
OF GIRL BORN MONDAY
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Worgum
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of their second daughter,
Mary Helen, at St. Ann's hospital
yesterday at 2:20 p.m.
Paternal grandmother Is Mrs.
Mae Worgum of Ellensburg, Wash,
ington, and maternal grandparents
are Capt. and Mrs. J. Howard
Payne of Seattle.
The little Miss weighing six
pounds 14 ounces at birth. Joins
her sister Linda Florence at the
Worgum home on the Fritz Cove
road.
Mr. Worgum is with the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
RIDGWAY
MAKING
DEMAND
Korean Commander Sent
Request that Formosa
Chinese Enter Battle
NEW YORK, April 24 —(JB— An
adviser to Gen. Douglas MacArthur
said today that Lieut. Gen. Mat
thew Ridgway had proposed to the
Pentagon that Chinese troops on
Formosa he sent into battle.
Ridgway succeeded MacArthur in
his Far East commands when the
latter was deposed by President
Truman for expressing views con
trary to administration policy con
cerning Korea.
MaJ. Gen. Courtney Whitney, per
sonal adviser to the ousted general
told reporters Ridgway made the
proposal “after analyzing the situa
tion" — apparently soon after his
arrival in Korea and while Mac
Arthur still was in supreme com
mand.
Whitney said all senior officer?
in the Far East, including “Lieut.
Gen. (George E.) Stratemeyer, air
commander, and (Vice) Admiral
(Charles Turner) Joy, in charge ol
naval operations,” also favored the
use of Chiang Kai Shek’s troops.
Whitney said Ridgway “sent f
very strong message to the Penta
gon through Gen. MacArthur, ad
vocating use of . those troops to
strengthen our military position.”
MacArthur has estimated their
number at about 600,000.
Whitney said that, so far as he
knew, none of the military leader?
on the scene had changed their
opinions in the meantime,
MacArthur, spending the day
quietly in the Waldorf Astoria hotel
expected to review New York's Lov
alty Parade Saturday afternoon.
THIRD GRADERS PUT
ON SHOW FOR ROTARY
With all the poise o f troupers, 26
of Miss Alberta “Pat” Murphy’s
Third Graders entertained with an
enthusiastically received song and
dance program at a regular meet
rig of the .Juneau Rotary Club at
.the Baranof' Hotel Tuesday noon.
An extra audience in the lobby
crowded around the open doors of
the Gold Room to share the show.
Various members of the class an
nounced the numbers. The program
opened with a chorus selection
Spring is Here.” This was followed
by two harmonica numbers,
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and
‘Ruben and Rachel.” Tommy Blan
,on accompanied a third harmonic
(election on his accordion and fol
lowed with an accordion solo,
Butterfly Waltz.”
Pantomine action was used dur
ing the singing of “Peter Cotton
ail,” "Chuck Waltz King," "The
Thing,” "Orchestra Song” and
Buffalo Billy”.
The final number was an In
dian Brave dance. The children
were dressed in colorful costumes
ind Indian head dresses which
they themselves had made for the
occasion.
Tom Morgan was program chair
man.
New officers to take office July
1 were announced: Nell Fritchman,
president; Eric Newbould, vice
president; Dr. I. J. Montgomery,
secretary-treasurer; and Henry
Harmon, sergeant-at-arms.
Visiting Rotarians were C. M.
Archbold, Ketchikan; T. 8. Bat
chelder, Fairbanks; and Larry
Johnston, Washington, D. C. Other
guests were Sterling S. Sears, Les
Avrit, Bjarre Olsen, Irvin Curtis,
all of Juneau; Ralph C. Mize, Los
Gatos, Calif.; and A. E. Christen
sen, Valle-Sommers Construction
Co. Seattle.
MARRIAGE APPLICATION
Application for marriage license
was made yesterday in the of
fice of U. S. Commissioner Gordon
Gray by Roy Andrew Repogle,
farmer, and Florence E. McCarty,
waitress. Both gave their residence
as Juneau.
FROM ELMENDORF
Lt. Col. H. H. Palmer, Jr., of El
mendorf Field, is registered at the
Baranof hotel.
REDS ARE
STRIKING
SAVAGELY
Center of 100-Mile Line
Crumbles Before Fury
of New Offensive
By Associated Press
Nearly one-half million battle
tested Reds smashed a hole in the
center of the United Nations line
today in their third invasion of
South Korea.
Communist troops streamed thru
the gap and bent back the right
flank of the Allied line.
They were striking savagely with
the aim of breaking up the inter
national Eighth Army into piece
meal units.
South Korean units manning the
center of the 100-mile line crumbled
before the fury of the Red spring
offensive. Their retreat exposed
other Allied divisions.
Situation Serious
Frontline officers considered the
situation serious. But headquarters
commanders were confident the re
juvenated Allied forces could stem
.he offensive.
Lt. Oen. Matthew B. Rldgway, the
grenade-packing paratrooper who
shored up the morale of Allied
forces before he succeeded General
MacArthur'as supreme commander,
visited the front.
Ridgway said the great battle
"well may prove decisive." He called
lt the greatest Red offensive yet
launched, but warned that the Allies
probably have not yet met its full
strength.
Strike With Strength
On the Eastern flank Red Kor
;ans overran Inje. They struck
with surprising strength. Defense
of the town, four miles north of
the border, collapsed.
South Koreans gave way before
i similar Chinese assault in the
center. The Korean retreat exposed
the flanks of other UN units.
Reda Ram Wedge
Reds rammed through, deepening
their wedge south of the 38th Par
allel. Censorship withheld the pre
cise distance. Earlier in the day the
Chinese had pushed four miles into
South Korea. And they were still
pressing forward over the dusty hills
on foot and by horsebask. j
Ridgway’s Views
Ridgway declared:
It appears to me at inis ume
that this attack is another major
effort by our Communist enemy to
drive UN forces from Korea, or to j
destroy them, regardless of the fur
ther destruction of his own troops.”
An Eighth Army spokesman said
Red casualties were 10 times those
of UN forces. On the Eastern front,
an officer said Red losses there
were 20 times those of the Allies.
UN Confidence
Field commanders described the
situation on the Central front as
critical. But Rldgway said, ‘ I have
complete confidence.” i
Korea officials were not so con
fident. Great columns of refugees
clogged the highways south of the
Central and Western front.
People Dispirited
AP Correspondent Jim Becker on
the Central front said the “tired,
dispirited people” didn’t even raise
their heads to see what was hap
pening along the roads they plod
ded. Twice before they had fled
along the same routes from the
Communist advance—always in de
creasing numbers.
They walked down roads threat
ened by a great Red pincer move
ment.
Real War Now
“This is a real war now,” a dl
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HOSPITAL KOTES
Admitted to St. Ann’s hospital
Monday were David Holt Clem, A.
Hollman and Andres Juiason. Dis
charged were Mrs. Arthur Sturm,
and baby girl.
Three babies were born at St.
Ann’s yesterday. Born to Mrs. John
Worgum at 2:20 p.m., a girl weigh
ing 6 pounds 14 ounces: to Mrs.
Robert Paush at 3 p.m., a boy
weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces: to
Mrs. Edward O’Brien at 9:40 pjn.,
a boy weighing 10 pounds.
There were no admissions or dis
charges Monday at Government
hospital.