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The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28

fiercest. There the communists took off from the blackness of dawn under one of the heaviest Red artillery barrages of the war. A U. s. counterattack to relieve pressure on the advanced forces got under way, but the action was reported not to have developed on as big a scale as originally order ed.
 The American counterattack was thrown at the Reds in the pouring rain.
 Pressure was intensified on the east coast near Yongdok, where Allied naval forces continued "saturation" shelling with what were described as effective results.
 In Washington an army spokes- man said the communists now are in position "where they want to make big effort as long as they have anything left," and are probably throwing their full strength along the line and at the front" This would be aimed at seeking a decision before U. s. strength builds up, but the spokes- man said it would be too optimis- tic to call the offensive lone last fling"
 The Reds chose the time of the attack we'll, when clouds and rain hampered U. S. air operations. Some U. S. navy planes, however, flew low over the front in bomb ing and strafing attacks.
 The communists used the tac- tics which marked their march all the way down the Korean penin- sula-infiltration. lunges at weak points and the nattack in over whelming numbers, regardless of high casualties. The Reds. out numbering the Americans four to one, were using possibly their heaviest concentration of artillery and mortar fire thus far.
 Gen. MacArthur's headquarters said the next few days might be decisive and might bring the turn ing point in the war. President Syngman Rhee of the South Ko- rean republic promised in a broadcast that i've soon shall open an all-out offensive" to drive the communists back to the 38th parallel whence their invasion gobbled up all but a corner of the country.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
READ FEM BOTH

Just to bring readers up the current stage of the Mccarthy attack upon the State Department, we that the Wisconsin Senator has asserted that the State Department in 1946 destroyed files the loyalty of it's employees.
 The State Department immediately denounced the charge Absolutely falsea characteristic distortion of the facts" They explained that mo derogatory n formation concerning personnel of the Department had been destroyed"
 These two stories and readers entitled to feet the statement that they prefer to believe
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
Korean Situation At A Glance .-.

Continued from Page One)
 low Yongdok, some 25 miles north of the American-held beachhead at Pohang.
 The main battle was shaping up swiftly in the central sector. A communique from Eighth Army headquarters said about 200 North Koreans slipped behind an infan- try regiment position in the 25th Divisions sector, but U. s. planes were believed to have eliminated this threat.
 The U. s. First Cavalry braced itself for the shock of the new Red attack east of Yongdong.
 Gen. Macarthur was near the front as the first phase of the new Red offensive developed. The U. N. commander, who arrived in complete secrecy, announced him. self never more confident of ul- timate victory, although he warn ed that i've will have new heart aches and new setbacks."
 Macarthur hailed the decisions of other U. N. nations to send in ground forces. He expressed plea sure that once again he would be in association with troops of the British Commonwealth as he was during World War II. The U. N. commander has returned to Tok- yo after his conferences.
 Washington sources said the next two or three weeks can be critical in world history and more combat troops are urgently need ed. There is little space left on Ko- req to be traded for time. Rein forcements from the U. S.-The Second Army Division and the First Marine Division-are on the way, but defense officials make it plain these will not be enough. More are needed both to bolster the front and give rest to exhaust ed Americans who have been fighting upon the Asiatic penin- sula. Military leaders in Wash ington said U. s. casualties in Ko- req have been amazingly low" but there has been worrisome trend lately in the increasing number of those missing in action.
 Congress itself appears divided over how much mobilization there should be on the U. s. home front. Most members are against all-6ut mobilization right now, but some were calling for full-Scale mar shalling of economic forces. Com plete with rationing and wage price controls.
 A labor industry agriculture committee is reported in the mak-
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
BRITAIN EASES SOAP RATIONING

From London comes information that soap, rationed since Feb 1922 will be available to purchasers without tickets after Sept 10th
 The average ration of soap, per week. has been three ounces per person. This it is said, is about onethrd the average used in the United States.
 The may be comforting to British housewives who have long complained about their inconvenience but small boys in Great Britain will probably regret the governments decision.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
Thursday Games American League

Detroit 5, Boston 1. Philadelphia 7, Cleveland 2. Washington 3-3, Chicago 2-6. St. Louis 3, New York 2.
 National League Philadelphia 13, Chicago 3. St. Louis 13, Brooklyn 3. Boston 5, Pittsburgh 3.
 (Only games scheduled
 Pacific Coast League Sacramento .3-4, Frisco 2-5. San Diego 5, Los Angeles 3. Portland 5, Hollywood 3. Oakland at Seattle postponed, rain
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
QUICK POPULATION DECLINE

The quickest population decline in American history hit the New York metropolitan the other day when Census Bureau officials announced that "an in adding has been corrected with the reduction of it's population by g. ,554 persons.
 Apparently civic officials took the loss in stride, without demanding immediately that the area be re- counted After all what is small thing like 2702, ,554 peope-there were 12 838 143 left in the revised list
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28

She attracts no more attention than thermometer after the ar rival of a cool wave. Toledo Blade.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Planes Will Supply
Far-FIung U. n. Forces
BY the Assoeioted Press

UNITED STATES 10th CORPS
HEADQUARTERS, Northeast Ko-
rea lSunday). Nov. 26.-Maj. Gen.
Edward M. Almond. 10th Corps
commander. today said far-flung
United Nations forces in Northeast
Korea would be supplied by air.
In a statement issued by his
headquarters. Gen. Almond said
rugged terrain and subzero tenn
peratures now were las great an
obstacle to our forces as the Com
munist enemy"
He added:
But just as we are licking the
Reds. we also are going to lick
the elements and the terrain"
He said the main problem on the
northeast front is one of distribu-
ton, not supply.
Here in Northern Korea" he
said, I'VE have a logistical situa-
ton unprecedented in military
history.
"Air supply is going to solve
lot of our problems as winter
comes in and we move farther into
the mountains.
Its the best means OF provid-
ing emergency supply to small
units operating in isolated sectors
against guerrillas."
Evening star., 1950-11-26


James
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Bavarians Voting
Today on Rearming
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov
25.-Catholic Bavaria. a strong
hold of the German Conservative
parties, votes for parliament to-
morrow in a new test of strength
on the question of West German
rearmament for Western defense
Rearmament has been the big
election issue, just as it was in
Hesse and Wuerttemberg- Baden,
where anti-rearmament Socialists
won victories last Sunday.
The Conservative Christian
Democrats, champions of German
participation in European defense,
have dominated this rich agricul-
tural state since 1916.
Now they are making a con-
certed effort to keep control of
Bavaria and to show that their
election rebuffs in Hesse and
Observation-Disclosures did not ex-
press German opinion on rearma-
ment.
The Socialists are striving to ex-
tend their victories.
They declared that the Hesse
and Wuerttemberg- Baden results
were a direct slap at the federal
governments advocacy of rearma-
ment and demanded new nationa
elections on the issue.
The conservative pro rearma.
ment parties are expected to wir
Bavaria, but Socialist gains woulc
represent a severe jolt to the al
ready shaken Christian Democrats
long the dominant politica.
group in the Bonn republic.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
u. n. Committee Approve,
Ethiopian Rule in Eritrea

LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 25.-A
United Nations committee voted
overwhelmingly today to place
Eritrea. Italy's former African COL
ony, under Emperor Halle Selassie
of Ethiopia. one-time victim of
Italian aggression.
Approval Of United States
advocated 14-nation proposal to
incorporate the 50,000-square- mile
territory on the Red Sea in an
Ethiopian federation came by a
vote Of SO to IL in the General
Assembly's Special Political Com
mittee. The Soviet bloc and q
combination Of Latin American
and Arab nations voted against It..
The proposal still requires ap-
proval of the Assembly itself.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
independence Of Libya
Proclaimed by Assembly
By the Assaeiufed Press

TRIPOLI. Libya, Nov. -25.-The
newly-gained independence of the
prewar Italian colony of Libya
was proclaimed today at the first
meeting of Libya's new Consti-
tuent Assembly.
Libyan independence was ap-
proved by the United Nations
General Assembly this year after
prolonged negotiation, first by the
Big Four powers and then within
the Assembly.
United Nations representatives,
officials and 20 elected members
Of the Constituent Assembly heard
the grand multi of Tripoli, who
acted as chairman, offer thanks
for Libya's unity, bringing to-
gether the North African country's
three provinces-Cyrenaica, Trip
olitania and the Fezzan.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Bermuda Population
Shows 21% Increase

HAMILTON. Bermuda (R.-Un-
official figures on Bermuda's cen
sus show an increase of Il per
cent in the civilian population
over 1889. when the last census
was taken. The 1850 census shows
a total civilian population Of ST.
254, an increase of 6,440 over the
1889 count.
The returns indicate q marked
trend toward population increases
in outlying parishes and a de-
crease in the city Of Hamilton.
This is presumably due to the ad-
vent in 1916 of motor vehicles in
Bermuda for civilian use, making
Hamilton accessible from any
point on the islands.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Red Cross Aid Rushed
TO Storm Victims in
|Hardest-Hit Areas

The American Red Cross dis
aster service here swung into ac-
ton yesterday as reports of storm
damage mounted.
The nerve center, co-ordinating
relief, is at the Eastern area head
quarters at 615 North st. Alban
street, Alexandria. 1t supervises
relief for Is States and the Dis
trict.
Ralph Balm, director of disaster
service for the Eastern area, and a
crew of assistants began getting
calls for aid at 8 am. yesterday,
and requests were received from
chapters throughout the day and
last night.
More than go shelters have been
set up and more than $500 per-
sons are receiving emergency shell
ter and feeding in New Jersey,
Connecticut, New York, Delaware
and Pennsylvania.
Other relief centers are to be
opened and the needs of refugees
met on the local level. Red Cross
officials here said. The require
ment for warm clothing is being
supplied with Red Cross aid also,
they added.
Under long. standing arrange
ments, the Red Cross obtained
the assistance of the Army, Navy
and Coast Guard. where needed.
Out of the headquarters of the
Second Army at Fort Meade, Md,
and from Governors Island, N. Y,
First Army headquarters, went Or
ders to Army posts in stricken
areas to provide supplies. The
Army furnished cots and blankets
for use in Red Cross shelters and
| tarpaulins to cover unroofed
houses, hit by high winds.
Veterans units and the Ameri-
can Radio Relay League-the
"hams" who converse on the air.
ways as amateurs-are also as
SiSting.
Under previously-arrange plans,
Red Cross shelters were set up in
armories, schools, churches, court
houses and other buildings.
The Red Cross yesterday began
moving members of it's specially
trained staff into the storm areas
to assist local chapters in rehabili-
tation activities.
Here are some highlightS,
cleaned from Red Cross reports
here:
Central Queens, which earlier in
the week aided victims of the Long
Island Railroad wreck, found it
self called on again to render aid.
1t has three shelters, housing 400
to 500 people. now in operation.
The refugees brought with them
10 dogs and number of cats and
these are being cared for by the
Humane Society in Central Queens.
The Brooklyn chapter, aiding its
sister chapter, is caring for 80 per-
sons at Coast Guard headquar-
ters. The Queens Chapter is Sc
curing an electric generator for
the Hebrew Orphan Society Home.
About half of Tyrone, Pa, was
flooded by the surging Juniata
River, and waters reached nearly
to the first floor in the residential
area and was up to six feet deep
in the business district. The flood
was believed the worst since 1886.
At Bethlehem. Pa, heavy winds
unroofed several row homes; 18
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Bandit Escapes With $40;
Rips Telephone OF Wall

An armed man ripped the
phone from the wall at the Capt.
tol Market. 800 Maryland avenue
NE, scooped $40 out of the cash
register and escaped last night.
Leo Brody, 81. of 1900 Staples
street NE. manager. told police
he was alone in the store when a
Latin type" man entered and
ordered Mr.. Brody to open the
cash register.
Just as the robber started to
leave, the phone rang. Mr.. Brody
told police the man ripped the
phone from its fastenings and
dashed out the door.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Two-Thirds Of Rouds
Called Too Marrow

Two-thirds Of the 38,000-mile
interstate highway system is too
narrow for today's traffic, safety
experts estimate.
| And all but 1900 miles of the
81 .831 In the interstate system
need improvement to bring them
up to standard requirements for
existing traffic, these experts re-
port.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Rubber Plants Ready
To Give Up if Tax Passes

KUALA LUMPUR R.-Many
rubber planters in Malaga say
they'll sell out and leave the couli-
try If the federal government
carries through a proposed in
crease in income taxes. That is
the report of the magazine "The
Planter" r.
Referring to a falling off OF
rubber sales to the United States
the publication said:
America has reopened many OF
her synthetic plants and, even
were the Korean war finished to-
morrow, she Is unlikely to close
them for a long time"
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Reds Rally Forces
For Showdown With
Allies Near Border
Continued From First Page.)


roads which snake through the
hills from Manchuria.
The Red counterattack on the
northwest threw back the South
Korean 9th Division to a point
near Yongun, % air miles east of
Tokchon. A United States 1St
Corps spokesman said the attack
ers. presumably Chinese, might be
trying to roll up the eastern end
Of the northwestern front.
He had no estimate of the size
Of the counterattacking force.
Prisoners taken Friday said full
Chinese Red division was dug in
about 10 miles north of Yongun.
Allies Gain 6 Miles.
The left side of the Allied front
moved ahead for gains up to six
miles against opposition which
was steadily increasing in in
tensity.
Reds said they were converging
five miles north of Kusong, before
the United States Oath and End
Divisions.
Kusong is 20 miles due north of
Chongju, which fell to the United
States oath Division Friday with
out fight. Chongju, on the west
coast, is 81 miles from the Man
churian border United States
troops struck out both west and
north of the city.
One pilot said the Reds were
"swarming all over the country
side" He reported long columns
winding along the roads and over
the frozen fields.
Americans poured heavy artil-
lery fire into the area.
Both the American 25th and I'd
Divisions moved cautiously for
ward on a 25-mile front into the
teeth of the Red build-up.
sporadic Resistance Met.
A United States. 9Th Corps
spokesman said they met "spo-
radio" resistance, heavier than
that of Friday, first day of the
general assault.
A field dispatch said task force
of the 25th Division captured a
heavily-defended hill position two
miles southeast of Unsan and was
battling counterattacking Reds.
Unsan is 80 miles east of the Red
build-up above Kusong.
Turkish artillery went into ac-
tion in support of 25th Division
troops.
On the right of the 25th, regi-
nent Of the United States I'd Divi-
sion crossed the Chongchon River
20 miles south of Huichon. There
1t was about so air miles from the
border.
Forward elements of the regi-
nent pumped howitzer shells into
Q concentration of about 1000
Reds II miles south of Huichn,
ran town and road junction go
miles south of the North Korean
refugee capital of Kanggye.
5000 Seen Moving South,
1t was IS miles north of Hui
ehon that air observers yesterday
said they saw 5000 Reds moving
south.
The oath Division, on the left
end OF the northwest front, ap-
peared to be having the easiest
time OF all the Allied forces in the
great push for the border.
In North Central Korea T1nitsd
Evening star., 1950-11-26

States 1st Marine Division patrols
reached the northeastern tip OF
the Changjin reservoir, part of the
great hydroelectric complex serv-
ing power to Manchuria.
The 32d Regiment of the United
States 7th Division drove north
ward for a link-up with the divi-
sion's 18th Regiment, which al
ready is on the Yalu River bound
ary of northeast Korea.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

families were affected and one
shelter is in operation.
In Bristol, Pa, heavy winds
damaged property; the chapter
there has two shelters in operation
assisting SO people.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Civic Group to Meet

The Northwest Boundary Civic
Association will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the conference room
of the Petworth Branch Library,
Georgia avenue and Upshur
street NV.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

Thirty-f1ve vessels are being
built in the Ryukyus and IS in
Japan under a program to restore
permanently the Ryukyuan fish
ing fleet.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

A 30-year-old hat won first
prize in q millinery contest held
in ESher, England.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Taft
Continued From First Page.)

carried no signs or placards and
appeared in good humor.
Senator Taft is not a friend
of organized labor and we are
organized labor" one union mem
ber said.
Another said the men intended
to return to their jobs after Sen
ator Taft left.
James P. Griffin. director of
United Steelworkers District 26
(CIO). issued this statement on
! the unioniStS' action:
They are ready and willing to
work to make steel, but they are
not ready and willing to serve as
captive audiences for a man who
consistently during his term of
office has attempted to destroy
their union. deny them the benefits
Iof the fair deal program and
whose ultimate objective appears
to be their enslavement.
Applauds Mems 'Spunk.'
II will not order any of my men
to serve as a captive audience and
I applaud their spunk in resisting
the company's effort toward that
end"
The steelworkers are opposing
Senator Taft's bid for reelection.
He has been a chief target of
their Political Action Committee
since he co-authored the Taft
Hartley law which tightens Gov
eminent regulations on unions.
officials of Youngstown Sheet
Tube said Senator Taft's visit to
the plant was arranged in advance
and would go through as sched-
uled If the Senator wished.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Controls
Continued From First Page.)

SOieliuC0 VIOLu i iSb dkC.J
Maybank, chairman of the con-
ference committee.
Most informed persons now
agree" Mr.. Brannan wrote, that
there are a few select items, such
as rubber, tin and copper Gmostly
imports) for which controls may
be required in order that these
commodities will be available al
reasonable prices.
"On the other hand, most in
formed persons are aware thai
there is not one domestically pro.
duced agricultural product fol
which controls are needed at thi.
time. The American farmer ha.
produced so abundantly and /.
capable of continuing to produce
so abundantly that price controls
of foods and fibers are not now
needed"
Assails Senate Bill.
Mr.. Brannan said the Senate
bill would require that if price
controls were fixed on one item
such as rubber, the Government
would have to put price controls
on all farm commodities and
wages. This is comparable to
tearing down the house to avoid
fixing one leak in the roof" Mr.
Brannan added.
Senator Maybank said the list
of price increases on Navy pur-
chases was obtained from Sec
retary of the Navy Matthews and
had been presented to the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
studying the supplemental defense
funds asked by President Truman
It showed that the price oil
crude rubber has increased 300
per cent in the last 60 to 80 days;
radiak training sets, 227 per cent,
fire house, 81 per cent; fats ano
oils and glycerine, IS per cent; ad.
hesive tape, Is per cent; copper, 2t
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Romantic Talk Linking Forouk
With St. Louis Girl Denied

eral members OF the royal party.
She said a press agent had
issued an unauthorized report that
Mimi had met the King and had
later received flowers from him,
This was published in French
papers.
Mrs. Medart. a silent film ac-
tress-Whose stage name was
Domal BlosSom-and who last
appeared as a co-star with John
Boles in Bride of the Colorado
for Cecil B. de Mile in 1928, said
Ishe and Mimi would continue to
live in Europe-probably Paris
and London. Mimi is going to
continue her studies for a stage
and screen career.
Minis father, a st. Louis res
tsurateur and steel company di-
rector, will commute between st.
Louis and Paris" Mrs. Medart
said. Minis brother is to enter
Sorbonne University in Paris this
fall.
Mimi will study languages and
dancing in schools yet to be
selected, Mrs. Medart said. She
said she surrendered her own
screen career in 1928 when she
fell in love and eloped with Mr..
Medart. He was a noted golfer,
holder of the st. Louis amateur
title and onetime participant in
the British Open, she said.
The Medarts came to Europe
last May and lived in Paris,
Gstaad, Switzerland, and Deau-
vile before moving to, Biarritz
They plan to return to Paris
September Is, and then visit Lon
don.
Evening star., 1950-08-29

ADVERTISEMENT. A
Evening star., 1950-08-29

determine what Lappin would be
interested in the Senator for. His
speciality. in my mind. was always
the woman angle. I did not want
to say to the Senator, Well, how
about your love life?' I thought
that would be getting little per-
sonal. I never met him before,
and I thought he might resent it;
but the thought was in my mind,
maybe the Senator has got a girl"
1t. Shimon stated positively that
he did not tell Senator Brewster
he had tapped wires while shadow
ing Lappin.
When 1t. Shimon said he wound
up the Lappin case on August 9
or 10. 1947, Senator Pepper asked
him how it happened that his
check on Lappin ended at almost
the same time that the Hughes
hearing ended, If there was no con-
nection between the two cases.
1t. Shimon insisted there was
no connection and put 1t down to
coincidence.