Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1951 — Page 1

VoixLlXrNo. 42.

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Rai Trainmen Fii|ed $75,000 For Contempt Union Pleads Guilty Contempt Charge Growing From Strike W'wjjiinuton, Feb 1i» (Up) Tl»r l| lothorbood of Il nil way Trainmen | leaded guilty today to contemp® charge* In connection with it* -.rd lent MtrlkcH and was fined _ 'lfoql ;. - ,Th« 4 fine was a- <-s*rd by federal JildA<*| Edward A. Ttunm.- . . If MS i* lot bosh civil and -criminal contvn pt of court in rrfusing&to obey g court hnckt.o-work order: T.n|i n said $50.4)00 was punishinc At !| Jr the crhnlrial contempt and ■525,0(1 J'for civil contempt.’ >ne f the sentence. U.S attorney I. Georjig ; Morris ,Fay said th6 governniept* rjxpect* to move for dismissal of H'oniifiiipt cases pending in Chii. cage HAfl Cleveland against the tniljiniFn. ■ Jn ofrfthe Chicago cases a fine|bf $25.600was imposed on • thy iiru<>n blit further charges are stilt pfeding Tam»i referred to the fines as : ”subHt|(itial." lie said he thought • I it his ihuty to impose them even very limited number of unlftnJtpenibers took part in the , I , ‘sick”|ptr|kes. ? “If qftiohs are to grow and prosper ih«y must accept-their obliga- • Jions Mdy responsibilities as Avell as thijiitights.” Tamni said. i TheSuilty plea thisi morning, he add<d,3 indicates “continued progresg within the ranks of the orga -¥ e said J 1 “most in a case of this Ikind. Tamil 1 said the’civil contempt ' fltLe codld have used both to * in ike tip- trainmen comply with the eoMt% dlder or to ...assess damage.* ri)v "l'ij|o. he said, he no longer the wmkers are buck oft the job. said It is impossible to e*UmttShtOW niuch the complainant "W,hl@t Is tin- people- <>r the Unitid Hlhtfi" -lost due to the walkout. It! vmild require the gwiviit-* of •' a flrm!W aecmintuiil>r-|uborlng for, n vt tul||eui« Io reach alt accurate t'li inic ll'idamurr noffeml. ' Jt< said no DU- jiuii' pait of 41. io- said lli'i'idk” difficulty Tamm ggiil faghvotfld nt t'tolfl Ih-' ’i.O- mt ill of UA jpitornry (leoiae Mortis Ray ilial th|;< oaf to the - i iiin-i iii of. 'lha «|tlifcts ftotn the lime the hack to wijlkfMdm was i«*m?d In Ihcrin hri MuU-npt" oxlmnlrlv f.'.,0(»1' J The i lun ge* Involved WBIkOUtX 1 both Inj December tool rally this month, jlluny rail workers reported ••nick" Aid stayed home In protest |m'k delays In solving thi li ; wdgt-hmjr dispute with the nation s cairUoHJ *; The dispute now 14 In the hands of tlje mediation board. 1 The are being operated , by .file army under a j govetMlimt' seizure order of • last AUgUftt J- L -Recenjlily federal judge Michael Igoe oflkchicago fined the unions2s,ooo ||r contempt of court there. ' Plans[Are Made For Red Gross Campaign . I -Plans] for the 1951 Red Cro-s campaigi were formulated Saturday at a meeting at the Amer: can Legion home with Hugh AnDoyle filler, city Chairman, is .completftjig his organization for tht - drive Uhjch opens* March 1. The. goal *is which includissr|«.(»7s fdr the county,hoi.se hcrVA - .Office- in thia city. Citywide, aohcltatlon will be tnAde -,y the it was explained. Crippled Children I Society Will Meet , Miss , Idiziih.-th Scott, aecret.i of ihc Adama bounty, »oclety tm crippled < blldren t today annmim eu a uiefiihiii of ihat organlziUlou will ' im hold tonight; Ip the city hail. I TJlu'iliicrttlim i« schrdulcil fol' * : ll<t p in., iind> a|l imraona Interested |. lolunteer Work with the atnlety .iic'.tirgW w be'prA*ejtlt,. I .. ' '-i .rt .‘ ; ' INDIANA WKATHKR I Centlnutd mild toolkit and TuHSty with drlMle n«rth portion tonight and oocaolAniU rain meet Mctiono Tw#sdiy. Low tonight 3540 north, »outh. High Tu«* doy 4MO north. BOW oouth. • , . ' ' V-*

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Tuesday Speaker • B’ -■ I I ■ i■ ' , 11. J. Dollinger. | assistant manager of the northern central divtsion of the ChumbAr of;Commerce of the United Stgtea. U! scheduled to be the principaj speaker Tuesday at the joint meeting of Lions. , Rotary add Decatur Chamber members, 4 The meeting will be- , gin at .6:3-1 p. m. jn the K. of P. home: The program was arranged by Earl FUhrmanJ Clmimber goverpment|al affairs rjirectbr. i * I" ["■ ! J' | '■ Report Compromise On New Draft Bill To Permit Drafting Men 18v 2 Years Old Washington. Feb.l9 — (UP) — The house-armelil services committee was reported -today to have agreed informally on a coni promise bill It would permit drafting men is’a years bjd butwould reqtilre six months bf training before they could he sent iutii’ combat. The length of service wduld he extended from 21 to 27 months No inhirnial vote wps taken. Hut iueml»e|s said aftei a dosed committer Reiialon . thlljt i hairmun Carl VJiisoh, -Xia . ' polled” memhei • on tlo-li' views tint! agreed to Ititiodiuefl a new hill along t,bo> <■ line immoi tow . . Vliisiin declined i|o ciimnient ; He was said o urjied ,litem hri-, to keep iii liop UUtll the hIH Is lilt i oiln rd, p | Memhei ■ viiiphanlxwd thtil pl lie dei iHhtli (h hul IdmllhM llil.l ihey — aid Jlgl Ci-no-lil imlio i|l ’“ulmonl , uhiuilmouM <jn Hie two iinilii p<Mnts towel Illg Ih < |M «■ ,«►»,( L'aft ||g|. from in to |s * mid rmiili Ing ' a months tralilliig period In effect, thio wiiiilil n-cuir,i (Ila! no ini-ii u.dii i into i onibhi liefoic i lu-y reach -1 9 jyrnt L os agi> Agrcpmonl fthio was [said to have been inched on a 2'7-montlr draft, term, co nititig normal leave -I inif, . ' , : I The senate a fined .services com-1 tnittee was agreed im -a ; bill to draft IS-year b ds, and' to lengthen service to a liftle (iver 2(1 months. Fiidpr its hllL however, draft hoards wquld have to exhaust all their -available men 19 through 25 «Tnra To VaiKe , sik> '-i ' i I ! H ! George E( Massonne Dies Sunday Morning Funeral Services Tuesday Morning George e Massonne, (H. a resident of Decatur mos Lot his life, and who resided at 71() iNprth Eljeventh street, died at fi:sh oU-lock Sunday morning at the Methodist hospital in Fbi’t Wayne after a month's illness of eompiicatlohs. He. wii- born in Indianapolis July 25. 188flj a\ son lof lleorge and Ua'hiilne .Musspnne. |He was aim Huber of St Mary's Catholic ehiirch, - Surviving art! hH wife, Gravg; a Htep-ou, William Fidtoii De_ cutur; a; »l»piiaiughteir/ Mr*. Irene Wolfe of dJi'uith nine gfanddill dren. a f’harlcH Ml)**sonh» and a -1 -1• r, M'lp Aiinii Ma-simim, hoth (if Drii'iituf ~ , Fllhf liil .iiivlift-H Will he held (1.1 fi am Tiii-Hilav t»i Ki, Mary's Coth olh • him h Hiu Vi i \ |t< i Msgj •I -I Melmatr oi’Hclatlm- Ihtrlal will be in fi><- rmiKdi.- remeivry Th« body w»<- removed to the flllllg Ai lioiin fiinrtnf home, where Olrmb mbv call T|ir johjitv, will he irdUed at th# fnhriitl homo t|l t o'clock l<dilnlil

Declare U. S. Troops Must Be Sent To Europe Collins, Sherman : | Give Testirndny to. Senate Committed WiiHhlngioti, F»jb 19, i;lll>') - Gm .1 Lawton Collin*, aimyichlef of «furr Multi today tlmi U; S Itoops inti-*i Im H.nt to l-hiioim to kiVßwnt'"u* far a* practicable trojnl our ' : The nation, he *uld, <im lot depend for survival oh air and tea p-over,alone but muss help ICiirope build up adequate ground forces to . stave off a potable 6©nimuhh|t at- ■ tack. '■ s. ' '’' j I Adm. Forreat P. Sherman) phief . of ; naval operation's, claimed the United States is “doomed defeat” if it abandons it»j European allies and seeks to survive by ftiter- . continental a|r-warfare. I •A’. | Although they did.-pot 1 liame them. Collips and Sherman apparently were answering the view of foji’mer president Herbert Hoover and Republican Sens. Robert A. Taft. 0.. and Kenneth S. Wherry. Neb., who favoY |llmitfrig; the numher of troops that canj' b 4 sent abroad. ■ : 1 ‘ I Collins told a joint meeting of the senate foreign relax ions [and armed services committees: - •'From a strictly military .st’andpojnt. 1 would say without question that we should do everything in our power to prevent the [<|verof western Europe id we [are to prevent later aftackp against the United States itself." ! ! 1 Without adequate ground troops, he said, the coTnmuhl«tg rjouiAinot be stopped “no matter what air and power! we could bring akafih*t them" j lie said he is convlhced that western’ Europe can be defended and that U S allies there "hayej the will to resist and the c< minoif Incentive to contribute to, a ro|n[non defense ” ( ' ! t Sherman, who also t(stlfle4 at t)>e healing-, U S grqund troops must be used will *vi( :and all strength Io move the (Mtitw line “a* fur a* posHlhh- from hoijie ” ’ i T (Total Population Now 153,085,000 Washmgfon, Feb l|) (I'll) J )-< , ( ABU I bun ail UHi lalril Ihr poimlntlim (iflite United Ml al »•*’today id 1 5.1.(1NF.,mi1l an M Jut) I | ’ll)l» ir|ii'esi< nto itn im-irime of i,9b:i t |itm. oi I :i pi tci ni. over ihn decvnhlal census of A|n 11 I. I'i •" Will Dedicate Rod Cross Blood Center [- Formal Dedication Is Set Wednesday, j ' ; ■ I ! I \ Dedication of the area Red Crbss headquarters blood centierfln Fort Wayne will fye held Wodtiesday, logal Red Cross officials! h|ve been informed.! i ? Dr. Ross Mclntire, who was per--sonal physician to President Frahklln D. Roosevelt, will be the speaker. Judge Earl B. Adan) 5, Adams county chairman, and o:her Hed ‘Cross officials from this country |fe planning to attend. ' ! The blood center will open Wednesday and the first trip of |he bloodmobile will be to y Van iWbrt Ou Feb. 26. The mobile unit is scheduled In Decatur on Margin 19. Headquarters will be set ip 4t t;he American Legion home. ! t h Blood donor cards should be rtv jurned to Dr. Joe Morrln, recriiit < han man, not later than. Feb. 26, it was announced. More tian s l.|(>() cards have been ol*trlbut«d. I rhe blood mobile will visit' Decatur six times during the year And h \i -it 300 blood dombs, vflll be culled Ftoni .tbiit in nibfr |ai |«»at 125 eligible donor* wl|l jbe uvulluhle, the chiHriiian explalUep. Whole blood win be furiilshndHo hosplliiU in the 2.1 countloH Ih ||ir Fort Wayne blood renter aira, uiid Io the hiiik-iI son us, whip n«ml|'<l (n on ding io plans utlopirt hy jiu (I,OIH(I llttl Util t holder* \ > ’ ' " wmmmbwummbwLwww ‘ i f L 'IUI.I IT I N I W.aahln(Hofi, Pab 18 — " l —The air faroa today eanoolhd blinh to call up about 00,009 Jnd.vldual-enllatdti PfHH ti M cauvt of lsrga onllatmania. ? - r- <.■

ONJ.Y DAILY NEWSPAPER. IN ADAMS COUNTY

Oecatur, Indiana, Monday, February 19, 1951.

Report To Truman On Refugees t I - u TWO ’‘PLYING REPORTERS” reptßaenting major Protestant church , groups deliver first-hand accounts >f the plight of war refugees and . displaced persona all over the woifd to' President Truman at the Wliite HoumP, ; seated with the Executive is Dr. Franklin Clark Fry. president of the United Lutheran Church in America. Standing are Albert Crews, of the Prbtestanlßadio Commission, and Dr. Stanr ley 1. Stubir, of the United Appeal Tor Christian Service. ' r i • .i s "v--/■ ■ . -a- - • ■ . . - • n / ) '-i' ' sii i u-' —

Gen. Clark Praises • American Soldiers Sees Yankee Troops In Aetiofi Ip Korea ' ■ P 1 On' the western front. Kore.t, Feb. 19. Ill') Gem Mark W. Clark, chief of y; 8. army field forces, saw Americgn troops |.i 1 action today and suid\ "the United Nations have nothing to w'orry about.” | “Tluf Chtnesa irpops an- not utn* fnyctloin uh good ns our men.” ne I Maid. ’Wn can whip them every i time so long u* they do not out . number us 10 to 100 per man ■ ■•oiirxniHii are -better lighter* and better soldlms, batter trained und with better morula Thblr mils an higher J’ (’lurk, who Is . rbuponelhln lor the trumint- of Muerlvmn troop* , before thqy gel Io Koren, muw Hu- , <j.l.‘* ting In within rinie ahot ol Heoul, with h Htill I* In UotuDiiiiihit liundg. - I Here for tin extended vlelt, Ulm k refused to be shunted Into an mil of-the-way \ observation post and was takri to one directly overlooking th» former South Korean capital. He stayed there some 30 mln* untes conferring with artny commanders and looking at the-gtnok-lng minis acroks the river. At. an | informal presb conference at a ! forward command pbst, the World War II commander of American troops iri the Italian campaign said: The fighting here is different from any we -have known; Our •troops have always been taught to conduct themselves in a soldierly and gentlemanly manner. Now we have to fight men Who have no moral conception of warfare. > "They believe in Aothipg that I <T«r» to Pave stx»

Gotten IHeditatiM ; ® . -I ■ (Rev. R. W. Parsley. Pleasant Mills Methodist Church) ' I “PROBLEM HOME” ' 1 ■' ' . ' ■ - ? ’ Josh. 24:15 v . ■ And If It seem ev(l unto you to serve.the Ix)rd, choose you this day whota ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers I aerved that were.on the other side of the flood, or the Rods of the Amorita*, In whore land ye dwell: bjtt HN f ()r me mid my house, ' we will serve the I«ord, [ j ‘ We are living in a day when there are so many hushanda and fathers who have ceased to be the priest of the homd because they have not m-eepted the Lord but haverather accepted th.* gods of the Ambrites or god* of evil and have therefore become unworthy to be h*u 9 of the home Having chosen civil rather than good they lire not capabff of leading their houaehold in wise. choices end thereby hi e respect and control and smmtlmt home Is a problem home for the school,! the church and the ethn'miinlty If you a* the head Os a family have not. «<■< rpi.-d Christ us yout •avlout and are earnestly trying tn bring ftp your family to do so. you have or soon will have a problem home that will be a liability to society, There la only mm aohitlmii attd that is to be mani enough to Uro your good common sense and tiißn ymn place beside 1 the Patriot of old ' for me and mt hmisuws will serve the Lord

L | BULLETIN Fred C. Hoeneisen, 80, of 822 Weet Adams street, died at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon, at r the Adam* couhty memorial I hospital. The bddy was taken I to the Gillig A poan funeral 1 home. Funeral I arrangements «I have not been completed, :• j ■ See No Communist Middle East Move No Aggression Is Expected In 1951 ■ . iHfanbul, Turkey. F»b k 19 (.UP) U.H> diplomat* in ths middle rum do mu expect commiinl«t aggie* 1 -lon in ihut p N II of the win Id (lining Fht-I lu'm uh-(I H-mrcHH -iild tiidui The dlplmiiau- 4i>tlml»th out l(juk mi i hfipeva fur peace the real . qf lhe yrui an* haxiul on (wu major fuctnrh! ' ' I The *liriik.ilimlMg of ihe mid (lid. eh*('« c- i-ii-'iiii- polltkah and tiHlHaty poalthm* (Iml- Io uh join liny and •-conumh- ahi proatamii .2 Tho-pic--nt Riihhluii tutul Io wild Ifilh-j-r, (hull (In <71)1-11 | mot Higlltoh hi-i Houlhnli neighbor* The middle cast diplomat* have ! been meeting here with jothet us diplomat* from the nefer eaat to di«cubs prohletp* In tlu-h Hectors. The exploratorj- phase of the weeklong talk# have, now ended. Informed smircea said. The three main points emerging fiom the discussions were: 1; There was little chance of overt Communist military or political aggression in the middle this year. 2. U.S. aid to strategically important Greece,. Turkey and Iran, howevier; will be increased appreciably - 3. Ipcreased , American militaryaid to the entire area will not be • made at the expense of .economic aid. Existing and scheduled EC A iTur» To Paso Stkt

Smash Ahead Four Miles Into Heart Os Menacing Communist Troop Bulge

Plea For Home Rule Sounded In Assembly Demand Government To Stop Subsidies • Indianapolis, Feb 19 (UP) The Republican majority in t inIndiana home' demandwd today that the federal* fcovertinient stop all subsidies, "benevolently deal rllmd as' grants In aid" to the states and let' the stales Return to “sound principles of honie rulei" Teetor, R„; Hagerstown. I IlMfroduced. W concurrent resolution similar to one adopted; by the 1947 general assembly, and) it was adopted by voice Vote oyer the loud protests of- th£ Democratic minority. 4 Teetor criticized ’-congress ; for ’ignoring" indiana ; s stand that it was "fed up with subsidies, doles. • and paternalism." ' . "The people! of Indiana resent [the encroachment of the federal government into the fields of education, employment, medicine, agriculture. banking, welfare and Ipcal civic projects," the resolution .said. ' - "Congress (should) take steps to restore to the, stales all of the rights ind privileges that have been away from them by •the federal government j. . . - to curtail (immediately and Eventually. eliminate all federal raEaldtea, doles and grants .In aid : to the various states . . lamlii restore to them the taxing komTes that rightfully belong to them;"; Minority (leader [Hugh pillin ,of ■ Petersburg spoke against the reso hition,Jcullipg it "another shotgun resolution ylmllar jo tlie Korean resolution Adopted earlier in this se- sion ■ ) ' lie lefeiri-d to U (IOI I '.sponsored measure uf'ulng the I K to use an all outs m get ■ out aptioi) 'in Korlmi 1)11(111 also i nlltnl the lean liitlpn ‘-iimhlguoim' and r*.»i<l 'p • ‘era I'd )’«•• M«i . d h. Party Saturday To Aid Cancer Fund Decatur Elks Plan Fi|sh Fry And Dance ' ! ■ .d ! A public party will be held al the Decatut Elks home Saturday evening for thh benefit bf the Indiana Elk* can,cdr fund, J. K. Eady, exalted ruler.) announced today. ‘ ; Since 1915, the Indiana Elks association and subordinate lodges contributed generously to the cancer iesearch, fund. Recently. the Elks lodge contributed $35.00(1 t|o ndiana and Purdue Universities medical schools for cancer) research. Exalted ; Ruler Eady explait ed ■ that "every penny of the proceeds from Saturday night's affai- will he donated to the fund." I jA fish fry will be [held at : 6 p.m. followed by entertainment and a dance, Individual {donations for tickets, which include the supper and entertainment, ‘-will be $1.50, 'he .said. ’ 1 ii j The local lodge Is defraying all the expense lor the ((upperand the evening's en ertalmrient. A spec-, lai permit w*s Issued'for the pub lie parly, so Decafui lodge li’ould ! make its contribution to thd state cancer fund i Local or 1 itfhmiil er funds' ! do Itoi purtU iphte fn the Elks [ state fund. It was ‘The ( -Indiana Elks made a commit mein ( to false fund* for rosear< h at the ( state unlverdltlea mid' all bontrl iiutlotiß are earmarked fori this ( purpttse, the officers • said. I llpgli llo|t||ouHe, pjildhity < hair , man, annoiihfed that !>ag|nnlng , Thursday com Innina thfoukh t Halurday . nlaht, telephnna [relay i broadcaata o' the tmrHontp ha-*, knthull tnurni y wotil# he received t it the Elka home rm the enjoy t mem <»t mmu|w> .inj uiirnda.

Further Limit Is Placed On Use Os Copper Order Effective April 1 On About 60 Copper Items ■ Washingumr Feb. .19 (UPI — The government today limited the use ol copper in about fio more ‘items. -including deep uhitrt, zipper* gnd vtaffle irons. , \ The order js effective April 1. j At t|ie same time, it relaxed temporarily. the ; previous restrictions ordered on thf use of copper tubing )for hot and ciold water systems in homes. L ! . ' tThe addition of the 60 items lengthens itopiearly 300 the list of things for which copper is either limited or banned outright. The national production authority said the relaxation on copper tub ing for water systems wt)l helji complete on Schedule many of the homes now under construction. Otherwise, it 'I said, the homes could not have been completed be cause there ii not enough galvan ■ i*ed water pipe*availab!e., In most bf the 60 newiv-affepted itenis. the NAP ’limited the use ol copper jo operational parts sm h as those essential for carrying electricity ill home, and farm freezers, .coffee -nukti-, (<e cream freezers. 1 1 t i itter;,! ion) (tnd air conditioning machinery and equipment It also limhied the use of copper to ess. :itm|' phrtH In zt|>|ui-. t;..ti point pens, flashlight cases, out board, motors poifithl.- electric lain. nt*. '' | , I ho oitl< r i.lko f«»rt»i<lM rlslnr « mj> p. i Ip (loot knobs, i’ctiri slot*, tags for pets, furnljun* and fixture fittings (ttocpi -for hosp Huh ' and lhhomtoi'les,| l tind l|t Hrveral tt|in f ImttdlliK nmlt-ijlul' Hems uml build . i Im --I-v,t <, . The XAI* r , It' • Hotn < opptq llmi Igtloti iiitli i fikhos <ltt< t March t. 11-ovt in, (mUy'li ttidt-t pioHdrs Unit nlauiifatjup t s rntti o •- topper h.id io ihmii-i* on Marth i |h t io- limited iic'iim if the -twpet i-, "wholly unMiltiblr" (m ofhri pro' dto’ik (’ttppf: klready ovdc|ed and, •-< belittled .to He de|lhdied to 11><, manufacture! s before April 1 may' also be used under the shnje Condi tion i . Ilncluded <m i that likt: was the uie of coppej* tubing for home tTara T« Page Six) Discuss Condition 6f Roads In County Commissioners And Trustees Meet Here, Niemberg of the'board of county commissioners s met today with superintendent [of r?chools Hansel L. Foley and the.different township 1 trustees to discuss the road "situation" a;s it applies to school buses. Tire trustees’(concern is primarily one of transportation, They attest that the roads, following thiws, become) soft and Up many places impassable. This [condition leads to the possibility, of closing the schools. The county roiada were not built for heavy iraffiq. and they become easily washr-d-out and hazardous even In certain sections. The -< hool bu«e«, which. nuriU ordinarily traverse evety road t<> i<>mpl«iithe round* add I to assemble children In the schopla. are often forced to dftour hiug distance* to com plt-to their dally [work. _ I It l« Io "get aiwny" from closing lli< { coll I \’s scliiiols because of Im pasLghlr imid .cOmllllmis that the tiusiovs rrmieMed the meeting with tin- vn|i]imlrs|unei s ,In hnprH| lhal »»»I|IHI|.-. will be linuh- tty handle anv rogd dltfletthica ■ The iio.nii :( i p mri dining the iifivimkm H- the) Inmid of flnam-e to allorat# piihlh- fmph to the three Adams county btmks 1

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[ . / i 4*-- ■ Hurl Back Forces Threatening Allied Flank; Red Forces Sent Into Retreat Tokyo, Feb. H—•<Ul‘» Vftltdd Nations tanks-, pm! Infantry Wont on the offennlvelgbovc Chechop In the Korean mountains today and smashed ahead .lour miles Into the heart of a menacin)t communist bulge. The powerful UN thrust hurled 1. back eiements cif three North Ko--9 ream divisions who for a time bah e threatened |■ to j turn the allied I, flank below ’ the central front i of ;Wpnju. 20 (uiles northwest of Chechon. i- It also gave the' allies the Injtias live all along the Korean front 5 from the West coast 80 miles inst, land to Chechon. UN forces were pushing north 8 all along the western and central f sectors on the heels of retreating. r beaten Chinese Reda who hive lost 32.200 in dead, wounded and ? cd pt u red since [they begap their *' abortive counter-offensive it week P a &° ? Lt. Gen. Matthew B.i Ridgway, commander of the Rth a|my and of s all ground forcejs in Korea, confirmed that the pities have (rroken ’ the counter-offensive and sent the Reds into retrea)t. But, he said, j the Chinese etih * have iremendoui forces north of , the 38th parallel and could use them to stop a|iy allied advan< e In force to the o)d border het weeh 4 North and. Soutli Korea at the present time.. . . r ."I haven't consideration I to the matter of: going across the parallel," he said) ".My current ob- . hostile forces [apt! the conservu lion of out itwnj- * I Tank t.jd \i n , | |,.| lH . nil lhe t'be<h<m liont |iiiii|k-i| pff < I at 9, a m (ti p 'm Hunday t’HTi ttmlty polling |Hiiiillery harragea | <iml strong air strlkea. They) fought t mh- wav north over aifow edvrrml road» and trails moH of the d< ( \v jairlklng sfinlMht , ihuntah the [where the North b-on-ati Sih eorpa mad* it« btoody but tinam t essfui itiiempi to break . the allipd line b»ty lust weak The foin nillv ftdvH'ncc Tarried j the \m<b b uns |Q miles north of [t’hm hoh, They ciiptmod strategic high ground one tjille 'south of the village of Chufhob. ArtlUprjr alyne HUled an e-itlmnt-ed 20P. Reda during the assault, but over all enemy casualties were not totalled. ! ' Farther east, ( South Korean troops clashed (vith 1.000 Reds some six mites north of Yongwol. 15 miles east northeast of Chechon. and were reported holding their own. ! •., Other tout'll Kprean forces on the east coast pujled back to the Kangnupg area, 20 miles south of the 38th parallel, ik a line-straight-ening [They Were not uhder enemy pressure. ' At the opposite end of the front, allied forces swept the entire Kimpo peninsula \ northwest of Seoul to withib 15 miles of the 38th parallel Without finding a trace of the enemy and consolidated their hold oni the south bank of the Han from (he Yellow Sea 35 miles inland. : - Mrs. Hersh Heads Heart Fund prive '•'s »R c Hersh today , named chuirmun of the Heart Fund drive Inji the county, to succer<| )Irs i.ofs Black, (former <-halrmuu who In iNavlng the )|dty. Mr*. Ilergn w)b <<>mtmt t'-, cHmpglgn for the remainder of tin tnontjh pf February Bed plMih heart)! have been placed througbtmt [th# ,('mini y in huMlneH* •Nlgldlsh. itimita ftjir the I'nnvhnmmp i»f pm M)na to doimin to Ihe futid Anv fu| llmr < mitrthull<ms tn llw AdOnii rtmilty llmm Fund, It whh notPd) nhotild be bent to Mt» Herith *1