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Evening star., 1953-03-29
Marines Win Back
Vegas Third Time
After Artillery Duel
Reds Withdraw When
400 Are Killed in Night
Of SheIIing by Allies
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Sunday, Mar. 90
Grimly determined United States
Marines won back bloody Out
post Vegas at dawn today, after
a thunderous night-long artillery
duel with Chinese Reds.
Vegas is all ours-the slopes,
the crest, the entire hill," a Ma
Tokomo Pork Flyer Killed Neor End oi
Duty in Koreo. Poee Al
Map Showing the Current Fighting
Front in Koreo. Poge As
rine commander reported from
the front. THE Chinaman has
left it completely"
1t was the third time Marines
had won back the shell-ripped
strong-point of the western front
since the Reds took it from them
in a 3,500-man attack on a five
mile wide sector Thursday night
Vegas is in the Bunker Hill
area, a guardian post on an in
vaSion route to Seoul.
Shielded by Artillery Ring.
When the marines climbed to
the top of the hill at sunrise
there were no live Chinese
around, said a front report. But
the report added there were
Iarge numbers" of dead Chi
nese Strewn around the slope
One Marine officer reported rs
Chinese bodies piled in one spot
and more scattered all around
the hill.
The plucky band Of marines
stabbed to the top after a har-
rowing night spent on it's south
ern slope, shielded from swarm
ing Reds by a ring of U. N. ar
tillery. That circle of bursting
shells killed some 400 Chinese
trying to get at the Marines.
1t. Col. James Finch, Atlanta
Ga, A battalion commander
said Chinese fled the hilltop at
dawn.
Vegas is all ours" he said.
Sector Relatively Quiet.
Associated Press War Cores
pondent Forrest Edwards sale
Vegas and surrounding terrain
were obscured by smoke anC
flame from artillery bursts al
9 a.m.-the tag-end of the al
night barrage-but that the sec.
tor was relatively quiet.
Mr.. Edwards said a Marine
major gallantly held together the
remnants of two hard-pressec
Marine units last night unit
reinforcements arrived, then the
major was killed in the last hall
hour of heavy fighting.
A Marine division staff Officer
said the big guns, their target.
lighted by parachute flares
ringed the Marines while tht
Chinese Swarmed all around out.
side the shell curtain.
The Red punch in the Ole
Baldy and Vegas area is still
regarded as more of a test thar
an offensive. 1t has gained little
ground and at fearful cost
Marine stations also cared for 6
steady stream of wounded
Many Marines were killed OF
missing.
In the air, planes kept up 6
bombing of Vegas that has ex'
ceeded 100000 pounds in three
days.
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Mons Body Found;
Believed Auto Victim

The body of a man, believed to
have been killed by an automo-
bile, was found late last night
at Arlington boulevard and Gall
lows road in Arlington County.
police reported.
The identity of the dead man
had not yet been established
early this morning.
Evening star., 1953-03-29


Picture Of Blossoms and Nap Showing
Troffic PIons. Poee A. IA
shades Of pink, attracted a Sat-
urday crowd to the Tidal Basin
that exceeded 10000.
With mild weather predicted
for the rest of the week end,
an even larger throng is ex-
pected to see the blooms today.
The forecast called for some
clouds with the maximum tenn
perature expected to be in the
COS.
Weather is Balmy.
Yesterdays balmy weather
during the day enticed the sight
seers by vehicle and on foot.
They came in the family car,
by taxicab, rented limousine. bus
and bike Park police said at
least $500 persons arrived in
vehicles between 8 am. and 6
pm.
Another $4,000 who saw the
blossoms were pedestrians. They
preferred to stroll through the
Towering fairyland, making Ger
tain not to miss the most beau
tiful viStaS.
Almost every group had at
least one camera. The visitors
made stills and movies, color film
and the standard black-and-
white. The professional photo
graphers were on hand too-for
the newspapers, the newsreels,
telecasts and commercial studios.
Showers Route Crowds.
Just before dark, the skies be-
gan to get black with clouds. The
crowds thinned out and when
showers struck just before 6 pm,
the exodus began.
BY Z pm. the Tidal Basin was
virtually deserted. Even though
the shower had stopped, only a
handful of people were wander
ing around and looking at the
blooms under the light Of three
powerful searchlights.
These Searchlights, furnished
by Fort Belvoir. played across
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Cite Possibility
Of Expanded War
In Indo-Chinu
By Gornett D. Horner


Joined yesterday in an indirect
warning to the Chinese Com
munists against trying to use a
possible armistice in Korea as a
ruse to free their forces for new
aggression in Indo-China or
elsewhere in the Far East.
This was the highlight of a
communique announcing results
Text Of Communique on U. S. ond
French Tolks. Poee AS
of three days of conferences here
between President Eisenhower
and French Premier Rene Mayer
and key members of their cabi-
nets.
The communique stressed "in-
ter-dependence" of the wars
against Communists in Korea
and Indo-China. 1t made no
mention of a new Communist
proposal for resumption Of
Korean truce talks, coupled with
acceptance of a U. N. offer to
exchange sick and wounded pris-
onerS of war. But it asserted:
Obviously any armistice which
might be. concluded in Korea
by the United Nations would
be entered into in the Fhope
that 1t would be a step toward
peace. Should the Chinese
Communist regime take advan-
tage of such an armistice to pur-
sue aggressive war elsewhere IN
the Far East, such action .
would conflict directly with
the understanding on which any
armistice in Korea would rest"
French ReaSSured.
American agreement to this
statement served to reassure the
French against the ever-present
threat of direct Chinese Commu-
MIST invasion of Indo-China in
support of Communist rebels
who have been battling French
and loyal Indo-Chinese forces
there for seven years.
Officials said such action by
the Chinese Communists would
"blow up" any Korean armis-
tice. Thus, the Chinese Reds are
on notice they could not get by
with an effort merely to shift
their forces to the Indo-C Chinese
front.
The French-American talks
also made it clear that the
United States intends to help the
French and their Indo-Chinese
associates carry out a program
aimed at destroying the organ
lied Communist forces" in Indo-
China within two years.
The extent of increased Amer
tcan material and financial sup
port remains to be determined
however, after further intensive
study of the French plans.
Threat Still the Same.
Jean Letourneau, French Min
lister for the Associated States
of Indo-China, remained here
for further conferences with
American officials early this
week
On other major problems,
the communique yesterday an
(See FRENCH, Page A-15D
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Case Opposes Raise
For Police, Firemen
Until D. {. Gets Funds
Senator Takes Same
Stund on Repeal Of
Household Tax
By Don S. Warren

Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee yesterday
flashed a red light against the
$3.5 million pay raise bill for
Washington police and firemen-
until funds to finance it can be
found.
He told reporters he was TAX
ing the same position on the bill
Evening star., 1953-03-29

following negotiations with the
Senate Investigations Subcom-
mittee which he heads, have
agreed to stop carrying cargoes
of any type from one Communist
port to another anywhere in the
world. He estimated the agree
ment will halt at least 2.7 mil
lion deadweight tons of shipping
to those areas.
He described this as a major
blow against the Reds and as
having a very devastating effect
on Red China's economic poten-
tial and their ability to wage
war; in Korea.
Similar negotiations, the SEN
ator revealed, will result this
week in a further agreement by
which an additional $50 mer-
chant ships operated by a group
known as the Greek Owners Lon
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Appropriate Job for Gl

FORT HOOD, Tex. Mar. %
R.-The Army made Pvt. j. w.
Sample of Crystal City, Tex, a
hand-to-hand combat teacher.
His civilian job was in a circus
wrestling bears.
Evening star., 1953-03-29

Nations proposal for early ex-
change of sick and wounded
Korean war prisoners as the first
Communist step toward approx
; ing the principle of voluntary
repatriation.
The Reds coupled with the
offer a bid for resumption of the
U. N. Delegates Turn to Vishinsky foJ
Hint on Peace Plons. Poee AS
U. S. offieioIs Hope Trade Of Sick
PP0Ws Con Leod to Peoce. Poee AS
DipIomots Sense New Atmosphere oI
Accord in Moscow. Poee A
truce talks-broken off since last
fall over that very issue.
Gen. Mark Clark said last night
his United Nations command
favors reopening the talks if the
Communist offer is serious and
fortnight.
The overShadoWing interest in
the Red offer was that the ac-
ceptance apparently embraced
the Geneva Convention which
provides that no sick or wounded
prisoners need be sent home if
they don't want to be.
Most officials Wary.
There are thousands of Reds
in Allied hands-both sick and
well-Who have pleaded not to
be returned, fearing they would
be killed by the Communists.
But the Reds, until yesterday,
had not made one move to rec
ognize the voluntary repatriation
principle. 1t still remained to
be determined fully if they rec
ognize it now.
Although there was rising hope
that the development signalled
some change of heart by the new
Malenkov regime in Moscow
most high officials were inclined
to view the development warily.
The Reds handed over a note
minus all venom and going
straight to the point-at Pan
munjom. Korea, yesterday, ac-
cepting Gen. Clark's February %
proposal for an exchange of sick
and wounded POWs.
The note coupled with the ac-
ceptance a request for resump-
ton of the truce talks, broken off
October when the Reds refused
to yield to the Allied view that no
war prisoner should be sent home
against his will.
War at High Pitch.
The Red move came at time
when world Communism, led by
Moscow, appeared to some OBJ
servers to be trying to lessen
tensions, but whether this fitted
into the pattern was not yet
clear.
Even as the offer was made, the
war in Korea reached its high
est pitch in five months.
Gen. Clark viewed the Red
move with caution.
1--WE are going to study this
offer very closely" he said.
1--WE want to be sure there
| isn't ANYTHING in it we don't
understand"
Red China'S Peiping and North
Korea's Pyongyang radio under
scored their emphasis by repeat
ing over and over, in English
japanese, Korean and Chinese
broadcaStS of the note text.
Fraction of POWS Involved.
The Red acceptance covered
only the sick and the wounded
a mere fraction of war prisoners
held by either side.
The Reds claim they holG
$4,000 Allied POWs, including
about 5000 Americans. The
U N. Command disputes their
claims The Allies hold 132.304
Chinese and North Koreans, u
which 9,1O5 are civilian in
ternees and 123,199 POWs.
The letter to Gen. Clark from
North Korean Dictator Kim Il
Sung and Chinese Red Gen
Peng Teh-huai didn't make clear
whether the exchange offer was
contingent upon a resumption Of
the truce talks.
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Diplomat Has Birthday

MOSCOW, Mar. % (P.-
Lavrenti P. Beria. first deputy
prime minister and interior min
lister of the Soviet Union, will be
81 tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-03-29

D. c. Will Be Bankrupt in IS Unless 1t
Gets Aid. Donohue Soys. PoSe AIS
Evening star., 1953-03-29

endary figure in the sports world.
suffered the attack in his trailer
at suburban Lomita. A fire de-
partment rescue squad was called
and failed in an attempt to re-
vive him.
In the early years Of the CEN
tury Thorpe distinguished HIM
self as a great football player
and track athlete at Carlisle In
stitute in Pennsylvania. In the
1912 Olympic Games at Stock
holm he won fame as the great
est all-round track and field per-
former of his day. He won both
the decathlon and pentathlon,
all-around events.
Thorpe was eating a meal in
his trailer today with his third
wife, Patricia, when he collapsed.
Her screams attracted a neigh
Dor, Colby Bradshaw. He ad-
ministered artificial respiration
until the fire department rescue
squad arrived.
"Firemen said that for a mo-
ment during artificial respira-
Evening star., 1953-03-29
By Robert K. Walsh

Bypassing the White House
and the State Department. SEN
ator Mccarthy disclosed yester-
day that Greek owners of 242
merchant ships flying flags of
five different countries have
agreed to break off trade with
North Korea, Red China and
Russian Far Eastern ports.
The Wisconsin Republican also
announced that those owners,
Greek Shipowner Readily Agreed ia
Mccarthy Request. Poee AIS
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Cherry Trees in Full Bloom
Thrill 10000 Sightseers

Washington's famed cherry
trees burst into full bloom yes
terday. proclaiming the advent
of spring with a splendor which
thrilled thousands of fortunate
sightSeerS.
The profusion of blossoms,
some white and some in delicate
Evening star., 1953-03-29
Jim Thorpe, Greatest Athlete
Of Half Century, Dies at 81
Heart Attack FutuI
To Football and
Olympic Stur
Rx the A,seeiatad Pres.

LOS ANGELES. Mar. 28.-Jim
Thorpe, 81, voted in 1850 the
greatest athlete of the half-cen-
tury, died today of a heart at
tack. He had survived previous
seizures in 1943 and 1852.
Thorpe. the bushy-haired Sac
and Fox Indian who was a leg
Jim Thorpe Wos Most Tolked About
Athlete OF His DoY. Poee C-l
Evening star., 1953-03-29

Picture Of Blossoms and Nap Showing
Troffic PIons. Poee A. IA
Evening star., 1953-03-29

Text Of Communique on U. S. ond
French ToIks. Poee AS
Evening star., 1953-03-29
U.S.. and France Warn Chinese
nUsing Truce for NewAttacks;
Red Shift Seen on POW Issue
Exchange Of Sick
Could Open Way
On Repatriation
BY the Associoted Press

TOKYO, Sunday, Mar. 90
Some sources today saw the
Reds acceptance of a United
Nations proposal for early ex-
change of sick and wounded
Korean war prisoners as the first
Communist step toward approx
ing the principle of voluntary
repatriation.
The Reds coupled with the
offer a bid for resumption of the
Evening star., 1953-03-29

(See FRENCH, Page A-15D
Evening star., 1953-03-29

U. N. Delegates Turn to Nshinsky for
Hint on Peoce PIons. Poee AS
U. S. officioIs Hope Trade Of Sick
PPOWs Con Leod to Peoce. Poee AS
Diplomats Sense New Atmosphere Of
Accord in Moscow. Poee "A
Evening star., 1953-03-29

(See D. C. FINANCES, Page AS
Evening star., 1953-03-29

Partly cloudy and mild, low AZ, high in
the COS. Monday. fair and warm, high
about 66. CFull report on Page A-2D
Temperatures Yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-03-29

(See SHIPS. Page Az }
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
Little Man. Will Have Voice In
 StatehoodHearings

DENVER, RAPresident Eisen- hover Thursday created a new government committee to help prevent any hiring and firing dis elimination on jobs covered by federal contracts.
 At the same time, Eisenhower abolished somewhat similar committee which former President Truman set up Dec. 5, 1851.
 The President signed an execu- tive order at his vacation head quarters establishing a 14-mem- Der government contract commit tee.
 The committee, to be named soon, will be made up of repres- entatives of these agencies:
 The Atomic Energy Commis- sion, Commerce Department, De- partment Of Defense, Justice De- partment, General Services Ad- ministration, and the Labor De- partment.
 The other eight members will represent the public generally and will be named by Eisenhower White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said there will be some Negroes in the group rep resenting the public.
 In his executive order, the Pres ident said it is the policy of the government ''to promote equal employment opportunity for all qualified presons employed or seeking employment on govern ment contracts because such per sons are entitled to fair and equit- able treatment in all aspects ot employment on work paid for from public funds"
 Congressional Delegate Bartlett indicated a pickup in interest in
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
Still Less Spending Called For In New Federal Budget

WASHINGTON, R-A new fed eral budget for the current fiscal year, with spending figures marked down below the levels ap- proved by Congress, was reported in the making Thursday.
 It was learned Budget Director Joseph Dodge plans to get the new spending estimate out late this month. He has already or dered stringent money-conserving measures to go into effect imme- diately and has told government departments to plan budget slash es for next year at least as deep as this years.
 These steps were disclosed We'd nesday when a secret Dodge letter to all government department and agency heads came to light. It was dated July 9, more than a month before President Eisen- hover publicly called for all gov- ernment executives to ttake ev- cry possible step" to cut spending immediately.
 Dodge not only ordered econo- mixing up and down the line, but directed government executives to look for programs and projects the government could drop. He directed heads of federal lending agencies to reduce lending and swell Treasury coffers where they can by selling government-held mortgages to private business. He told service agencies to charge higher fees so as to put their of fices on self-supporting basis.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
ARMY SEEKS l.346 ACRES ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT RANGE

ANCHORAGE, R- The Army is seeking 1,346 acres along the north shore of Turnagain Arm near Anchorage for construction of anti-aircraft facilities, Col. Ray mond P. Tarr IT,, chief of staff for the Army in Alaska, said We'd nesday.
 He said 828 acres of the land is privately owned and the rest in the public domain. Congress ap- propriated $345,OOO recently for acquisition of the land and other phases of the project.
 The colonel said the range might not be ready for use before late in 1855.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
More Than 1900 Visitors Have
 Registered At IVA This Yeare

The official Nome Visitors As sociation thermometer posted in the window of the Nome Nugget shows more than 1900 registered tourists have passed through the city this season. There were many more who might have been added to the list but who have not reg istered, having been guests of friends in town or who arrived military or private planes.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
WEATHER FORECAST
Complied by the

Compiled by the US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau Generally clear tonight becom- ing partly cloudy tomorrow. Nor therly winds 10 15 mph. Low temperature expected tonight 42, high tomorrow 53.
 In last A hours as of 700 am. today: high temperature 57, low 39. Maximum wind IT mph from the north. Sunrise at $50 a.m., sunset 8:23 pm.
 A year ago today: high temp erature 58, low 32. Extremes this date since 1907: high 79 in 1926, low 32 in 1852.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
Northwest Airlines Sued

ANCHORAGE, R m Northwest Airlines was sued Thursday for $250,000 by Enola Mullan of Ko- diak for the death of her son, Carl Neilsen, in a crash near Benton Harbor, Mich, July 23, 1850.
 Mrs. Mullan charged the airline was guilty of negligent operation, stating that the pilot pursued a course over a route he knew was crossed by turbulent air. Neilsen was travelling from New York to Anchorage when killed. He was IT years old.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
Gen. J. Lawton Collins Gets Related Medal

WASHINGTON, R- The Navy decorated Army Gen. J. Lawton Collins Friday for his perfor- nance as commander of the 18th Division during the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific 10 years ago.
 Navy Secretary Anderson said in presenting Collins with Gold Star in lieu of his third Legion of Merit that ''this should have been done long ago."
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14

the US. Senate committee state hood hearing here Tuesday.
 He said Thursday the commit tee will have to limit testimony if it is to hear all the witnesses in Juneau who have expressed in tentions of testifying.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14

Personal and business size file folders available at the Nuqqet.
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14

St. Lawrence Island was re- served as a reindeer station by President Teddy Roosevelt on Jan. 3, 1903. (GRO
The Nome nugget., 1953-08-14
US. Casualties in Korea

WASHINGTON, R-The De- fense Department Wednesday an- nounced a new total of 142,294 US. battle casualties in what may be the next to last weekly sum- mary of the Korean War.
 The breakdown showed:
 Killed in Action. ................ 22,7O6 Wounded .....,.................... 1O5,98O Missing .....:...................... 13,6OS Total .......................... 142,294
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-19
Special Meeting
OF audubon GrOup
Scheduled Tues.

Mrs. Frances Hames, president
of the Monroe County Audubon
Society, has announced tina a spe.
cial business meeting of the Soc
iety will be held at Wesley House,
100 Varela St., Tuesday evening,
October 20, at 8 O'Clock.
All members and friends Of the
Society are urged to be present in
order to obtain full information
concerning the Screen Tours, and
to assist in the distribution of tic
kets and literature. The Society de-
sires to cooperate with the Key
West Community Chest and COM
plete the Screen Tour promotion
during the month of October.
Screen Tour Tickets will be placed
on sale this week, and will be
available from members Of the
Society.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-19

seen such fair hair in a country
of brunettes.
During the war, her father again
moved his family, this time to the
Dutch West Indian island of Cura.
Gao where they lived in the port
city of Willemstad with its gabled
roofs and narrow buildings remin.
iscent of the Netherlands.
1t was at a dance given for
Dutch servicemen, stationed there
during the war, that she met the
young US. naval officer whom she
later married. Outstanding figure
al their wedding in her fathers
house, was the solemn little Dutch
clergyman in his high silk hat and
a cut-away with tails that stood out
nearly at right angles.
Then began the series of moves
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-19

VI ulplOmatlc ana court society.
AS the war clouds gathered, her
father, director of an exporting
firm, took his family to Venezuela.
Mrs. Spicer, then seventeen, spent
her last evening in Copenhagen en-
joying the beauty and gaiety of the
Tivoli, an amusement park in the
center of the city, with her charac-
teristic light-heartedness. When the
ship sailed, she did not realize the
finality of the breaking of ties with
her homeland.
Alice Spicer's long blonde hair
was the object of admiration al
most to the soint of embarrass-
ment while she was in South Am
erica. At one time her appearance
on the balcony nearly disrupted a
detachment of soldiers marching
past the house. They had never
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-19
Monroe Hospital
Meet Wednesday

There will be a meeting Wednes.
day evening of the Ladies Auxi.
Iliary of Monroe General Hospital
at the hospital at 8 o'clock. All
members and friends are asked to
attend.