Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1951 — Page 1

Yot XLIX. No. 56

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Top Military Men Oppose Troop Ceiling Jjßrand Proposal In | Senate As Gambling | With U. S. Security ! BULLETIN I Washington, Mar. 7— (UP) - The senate voted today to | pllace a 4,000,000-man ceiling joifi the armed service*. I / Democratic leader* backed jth* limitation to block a lower Fceihngof 3,500.000 men pro- '■ | posed by Republicans. i • The 4,000,000-man figure, of* jfered by Sen. A. Willi* Robert- | son, D., Va., was adopted on a e roll call vote of 49 to 41. { I Washington, March 7. (UP)'lsh? nation's top military leaders l|duy branded a senate proposal to lilt a .nunpowjer , ceiling on the ag irn <l forces ajs a “direct gamble 'fith national that might l|ad to World War TIL The warning l came from defense ifc < retary George C. Marshall and t <• joint chiefs of staff in the midst <i debate on the administration’s 1 itfearpld draft hill. IRy-h. Wayne Morse, R.. Ore , has proposed an amendment to-clamp a 3 ewo.ooti-man lid on the army, navy a id air force - ’ . The defense department plans to b iilil up a 3.4f»2.<H»0 n|i»-m soinet Innli -Xt summer Bn: Marshall told I p. senate that figunydoes not rep r a “celling*' hut ft "I'nini.it din." lf< said li may Ittivt to go ( li | all yr n Lyndon B John <n. 1> Tex * f. tot tniinngi-r for the-bill nad a ' |< (tri fioijt 'Marshall lit whth.lhe iiii.iiy Mild tin- Morse piopo il I hid be ' a diii < i gambir with th* lipnal |*<«*urhy In the pr<*H*-iit I.ollr wolhl m|l nation.'' Bn- J. Lawton ('oUlns r head of • rttmv, said such A celling might the military to divulge "fu c plans to an enemy” when tin y re lot red tq appeal b< sot i (on ■mt to ayl< .that It be* lifted. Siicli ills. lie |uld. might be considered a foreign power "mi unfriendly ,t :*i pi i ipltul Irm World Wai I'll ’ Hl.n opiai X' Bradley, chairman (Mih* joint chiefs qf sthff.said the < Milam would give Russia "the j. latest single fixed factor that any . i dl ion coqid'have." It would be inwhuuble. he said, for anyone plott 0g life downfall of the United *■ (ales “through armed aggression." s»n. IJojjrt 8 Vandenberg, head of t air sores. said he is "sr»riou'sly because the amendment vjt'iuld be ' detrimental to the . < tirjty of our nation.” Johnson said Adm. Forrest P. ‘ Merman, chief of naval operations, qwiessed a similar view in testiippny before the armed, services t , * The ar med services plan to .hit ttjjg overall manpower target of 11i2,000 inen sometime this sum ifilr Rut MarshalUlnis warned that ißr unforeseen emergency could <|id that-figure soaring to 4,000,(fpfe or even higher. \ | The present manpower ceiling of Mid 2,tH)(l,omi men was suspended lOt: Atr-Ust uYttr the start of tin IWiean war Tire limitation is b“' ' iMeduhd. to go buck into effect t|mil tin summer of 1951 ll’he fight over the manpower cell gii wa- the second setback |suft» t SO hy backers of the hill dutjng tin A'. The first was irn army de 4lon'to holdjlie May .draft quota t|lji|!ll0,00(lo- 20.0'H) below the caßs foi ywiTlii tnimths Wheie WIIH lltfle congressional ’over the net ton but It liu-d ollV 101 l » effect on legislators ifeijv iloly, th« y questioned tlm'med m u draft m 1* yoat o|os while th< ffiiny wns cutting It’S dpft chllh, Ogent Prince Os jUinat Dies Today f| Il 1 -'i ’‘J&tingkoky Hlam, March 7. (UP) rOti'uimt Prince llungHlt, y of Jalnat dUd of a heart attack today Th? •ifernment ordmed nil flags MiiWn at half tnast,\ I q ■■ . - t pi INDIANA WEATHER If Fair and colder tonight. gThurtday incraaalng cloudine** ’ Mollowed by occasional rain by afternoon or night. Low to» >i»M 24-28 north, 30-40 south. |Hlgh Thursday-40145 north, 45- ? #0 south. 1 1’ . '

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Ask Electric Chair For Oscar Collazo Murder Verdict Is Demanded Os Jurors i ■ .' Washington, Mar. 7 4— <UPI Thd govei-qmenj asked a fed»>r.il court jurjjr today to condemn O«cur 1 Collazo, the Puertii Rican revo Intionist to . the eledl rid chair for 'he murder of a iWhite House guard. ( U, 8. prosecutor ( eorge Morris ! Fay demanded a firs degree murder verdict for the little 37-year-old defendant who was wounded in The attempted assassination of i re blent Trumain l*Rt Nov. 1.. White House guaj j Leslie (Jof* felt and Griselio Torresola, ..ColA lazos accomplice, w -re killed in th® gun battle 0n Mr. Truman's front' steps. ' ; . The case may |be turned over to the jury of nine woolen and three meh later today. Although Torresolaj actually fired the shot that filled Coffelt, s the jury can find CbHazo equally j guilty as an accomplice. >! Summing up the government’s > I case, Fay »aid the assault was carried out according to a plan Collazo has admitted was his own ! idea. Collazo had s<|d ijn his own I defense, that he plotted !d "demontration" in front of Blair House ; but had ho intention; of trying to kill Mr. Truman |or upybne else. Death in the elejthic (hair is mandatory if Collate is found guilty of slaying Uoffelt. The most danuttfing evidence 1 against Collazo d,tii'||i« the trial (Was preset Med by four govern [inent w q )( ) swore they ' heard, fothij-o say in ,tbe hn ,pi> tl tiler the shopthig Hat he and Tori esola ( ante to Washington Ct urh • Below Freezing Is Forecast Tonight 1 Indianapolis, Mar. It 7 f t UP) | Balmy sl>l lng like wehther stit- ; rendered to ih? chill of t Indiana today, \ - I emperntures which climbed t<> To morn or the s.tut.' \< A,W’day WC|-<| exported to Rote, J near r»o degi>os today, then skid below the fretting mtirk totilg.it. Rtoii mixed with .uio.v yyasqjjtutb- ( able upstate tbuiorrbw, Tonight's; low ttHiiijenitures were to range from 2l'to ,'!i; degrees wiAi rain in not them Indiana. Lo a- . es.t readings early Jodav word :;s . degrees in the qotth portion at I South Bend and 52degrees south • —at Evansville. r - ■ r ' - . • 'I I Union Township Farm Bureau Meets Friday • ' ' . Ben Gerke, chairman ojf the - Union township Farm .Bureau. • announced today that the speaker for the regular monthly meet ini I Friday will he Ward Studor, soil f ronservationist of Indianapolis. The meeting wll be held n the I Emmanuel Lutheran school. Ge ike 1 sjtates that everybody Is welcome at the meeting. wil. he served at the of the meet- [ f.)KI Carl W. Liebmaiin Dies Last Evening j Local Lady's Father Dies At Fort Wayne u.ni W Lit binutni, ftitliei <>t Mi- ; 11< i in-in Ki in c|<t b« i;• of thin city, idled at Sdfo pin, Tuesday nl hi-. liimic, 5.11 Ph i-re ii vt-niie in Fort Wiiynv ll>- HtillMl thlr. ye,||> ago llftt-l .wni l ,i ( wl'i Ii the G<-n ■ riil Eli. ii if cinnpiwiy lie wns u mniibi i pf thn E.manin-I Luilieiiin chinch. lh| mrn’B ‘luh <>i th«»\ church, and the G E, quartei irllt.lll V- tilth , . - i Hiirvlvliig are hlk wife. Anna; n ■ «on. Aithur of Foil Wuynr;. two . d.iughtctH. Mrs, -Ktui-t kt !>ng of ! this cliv and Mu* Hail Mau* of Toll do. (>.; three griimlehllllH n: a brother. .Julius of Oclrtiit. and a sf« K-.i, Miss Etna iLhhnuHin- oP'.iack -nil. MiCh : Funeial service! will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Klac.hn funeral home, the ReV. Heldbrink officiating. Rutia) will he in Concoidia cemetety. Friends may call ■at the funeral honfie after 7 p’clock this- ) ! | ■

Senate Groups Favor Sending Men To Europe Two Committees In Favor Os Soldiers To Assist Europe |, Washington. Mar. 7 — (UP) —I Two senate committees voted 13-|to-ll today for Ipunediate action t j on the administration-backed resolution approving -jthe sending of American troops to Europe. * The administration's razor-edg-j ed victory came in the combined foreign relations? and armed ser vice committees on its demand that the legislators stop talking and start voting on the hotly-de-bated issue. The defense department has disclosed that it plans to send a maximum- of four njore U. S. divisions—a total of 100.000 men — to bolster Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s new Atlantic pact command. Two divisions already are stationed in Europe. Republican critics of administration defense policy want both the senate and house to exercise check on President Truman's commitment of U. g. troops over-' seas. ■ Chairman Tom i D.,’ Tex., of the senatp' foreign relations committee said today'*’’ vote at len t temporarily, sldetrg ked any action qn the, Republican do-f ma nils The two comniiltees .approved Connally's plan to limit congre-- , ional action on the ■ troops-fcr-K'-I'oo.- issue to HU Informal ipso lutlon In the senate Despit, today's decision to. act on the hdmjuiistration le-olitll. h, • here was iio .liquid that It '|iiilill< aps wouldgmiitlnue to press dr tmiuds that’ rhe house and sena:. isAfime legal authority, over dr ' pin* IIICIU 'or I’oop] oiltM'le the! J United Ntutes. I Ren. Robert >A. Taft, R„ O„ ar-"iiw.-d the Triin.mii iidminlMriULn of trying tOAu-uiri congress bv 'iiisls trchniqual'' iulo ru«hing troops into the North \fluiith p,i< t army Ll'lle crisis lt'<llinii|l|e -has bee I ■i p<l before and H 'is being use I now," Taffy iol<l a reporler In re* sptui-etto Democjath- Hahns that delays had 'haudi- ■ ,ipp< d ’ Gen Dwight I). Eisen bower. His coinment win made as Sen. Harry IF. Byrd, I).. \ Va.. joined ( Republican demands that c ( ongres; keep a tight check rein on \ tlu . troops-for-Eurqpe program hy passing a law governing its adtninisiTnrn To Unite Klwnti 15 Leave Tc day For Induction Into Army Today's Contingent Goes To Indianapolis I ' Fifteen Ada'ms county menl today were inducted Into the armed 1 forces, leaving Decatur early tor Ind ianapojls where they will undergo preliminary (examinations and be assigned to differ* nt camps. Aceoirding to, a state announce meat, inen of this area are now he. Ing deployed to ('amp Custer, in .Michlgm. Heretofore the Ijmlk of Indianu draftees wore assigned to Camp Breckinridge, Ky„ or Fort J Sheridan, 111. | ' Today’s continent of 15 men l raises the total <|f Adams counlA vduths to be imiti(|ted into the aer \h e. H nee lust September to 7!I S mi'll in date isi ebujity men have gone to Indlanapbllk and taken pre Induction physical!) 1 Tliomp Included In thf ".roup .that left today are: William Junior White, Robert Leo; Teapl*, Hill Eugene Licht em tiger, Raymond Euuem* Ehrsjim. William Jmmph I Meyer, I* li-oy Rudopih Niimhluiui.i (~ Lelloy Arihui’i, Nmiahituip, k Richurd , \rthur Runischlng, Kent V. Spriinger, Donald Wayne Slushe Robert William Wittwer. Dwighi Eugene Eglv. Richard Pabl t Shell, Robert August Gaßmeyei . and William Frederick Rauch. t Bobty Joe Meyers, who was in- . eluded on the list of men ached--1 tiled to leave today, has been trans c sered to local board Louisville, Ky.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 7, 1951.

| Big Easter Seal Heal Transacted 1 I JUa : / ' w ,; Hr •* v ■ ® .. ■■ ; ■ i'-?' in ; : 1 A YEAR-OLD Brett Downes', HaApftifi. Va.. 1951 Easter Seal, girl of the Rational Society for Crippled Children, sells the flrpt 1951 Easter Smilg to Vic® Presldehi and Mrs. Albon Barkley In the Capitol. Brett', unaille to walk since she was 22 motjths old, has improved so much she jbdon -will be able to discard her Crutches ' ' 1 ‘ ’ 14, l ?l " ■ ■ ■'

■s: ' . * ' ! Addition Proposed To City Os Decatur Plans Discussed At Meeting Os Council Pl:tn and specifications were -übintlf, d to, mt ihlh r« of the yhy •t i.uncil ’ Tuesday-. byj_J4en< y‘ J Fau discussed a ipi <• dlliml to th** city. TeljiaHvc plan*- pioj>-c|»d into, the iu:uir call for l hi- etef’jion of homiMi In an urea at the •nd of sireet, near th*- Homostdid addition The ana 1$ located jn the « <»i *»♦>»•<>t a tight iiimh* foimed by | Rn. ill and ' Itidlman jsi I« t ts Ex pan *Um would lo> eiMWaid of this lorntlpii Uiinbiiily. Fhuiolc paintrd oiji, nine 10l - In addition life H> i>.; piatud, hm imm-rangi piitn« call ill 27 such lotsjand nillmntrl'y F«[d)i<ih* said that m- Intended bui)di|i - home* In ihe addition, and nofodhlia' all lots ouilliil'-'d compiled with i|lh- spt'clflciilhhis of tin gon* ing commission. Other details, how t-Vs r,i|wer»- to bf worked out by this aßmmiaatan, to whom, tin- mat ter wias referred 1 by councilmeti in conjilictlon with city engineer RalpWi E. Roop. Edmlighland. Nickel Plate agent here.rj also appeared before the counep and introduced E. D Walsh, trainihnster, and R. C. Yarnell, in charge of the Nickel Plate's safety Thi, latter official spoke to councilme|n and sought permission to relieve the manual operation at the Windhester street crossing. The grossing is presently served by flashfer signals, but [coiincilmen, in meeting this request before, had ordainqd that railroad personnel must j be p|es£nt while trains are travelling through the city, especially 1 at the Winchester crossing. Coghcilnien pointed out the heavy traffip of- school children, and how trains park neat' the crossing causing tile flashers to maintain a steady sway while they train tits. This could be remedied, Varni|l said, by a cut-off switch, i It pointed out it hut during the v Ul’wrw Tn I’Hur NlkMi

~ „ , 4.. ——- 4-—-— *.-;xL '»’jL *_ 1 k/' — HJjl r 1 _ " u r“ur~i_Ti>_rS_X~uJ l - J W-XJ- *'*-*“’*- rM '* I%edifatuM \''lJ I ‘ 11 • (jllev, pale Onlloiii. St. I’tiul mid VVittelinster I It Clr' iilt > “BLIND GUIDES” L«*t them alone; they' h«* hlln<V.leu<l«»ra : of 1 the; blinds And If the lillnd lead the blind. bot| uhull fall Into th«« ditch.” •s ■ -J Matt, LI: 14. *1 h-«<> are th« word* »f Jeans to Hl* dlaclplda after Ha had , ‘'»r the tcrllm and Pharlaegi iiih dtaclpiep .thought thaae wofia were harsh and truly they wtjro. Often w<» tide fault In Uvea l of mhora who are accomplishing t hen we areiWhen we should b<- ttdditiK God's bleaulnas t pon tholf work. The and Phttrl- ' spew placed the emphaade upon the saw und tradition and were for* : Ret||na the good that they could do. thue ie«tm called them blind ■ miidje*. ( ' \ - . ppd often Ktiffera one Wan to Trad ninny to niln. A rich and profliikatp man. an infidel, a man'of learning, if i politician, or a teaqher, is allowed to sweep multitudes to ruin. Thir ls not tinJusq fbr those who are led are not compelled to, follow such men. They are tree in choosing such leaders, and! they are answerable for .being led to ruin Let us not follow the l»lind guides but follow Jestas and His teachings. I i ■ • \ ; 1 ■ I . 1

Breakin And Entry Investigated Here County and.,city police authorities war* investigating today* the hrwakin and entry and subsequen* burglary of Doc’s Car Dock, which occurred i?Hi>meti|he after 11 p.m. Tuesday . Acc««s to the building was (gained knocking ,in a door pane! ißaiglars damaged and rlped the Lash ivulgter. making off wRh an e**sllmate<| >SO In < nsli. j - - ' Youthful Escapee Caught Here Today Robert Grim Seized Here This Morning '' ■■Roimii -Grim,-17. tacAp®® frdni Hm Pliilnfiyld bn VfC scbool wa aihr i»d idillv todav at ihc hoin* of his parents HOilUmnst of, |)t- ( ;i tiir. .The y<>mh had been the subject of all intensive Search since Inescape H'qm Jhe hchool Npvejnbei 19. He wgs sent to Plainfield last fall after being sentenced In juvenile court here, after having been involved in a series of thefts. Klrlin-was apprehended by coun'v ajrlrt city police authorities, and admitted his escape from the school 015 correcljim the latter part of the year. j His statement, obtained hy sheriff'. Bob Shraluka, , deputy sherif*' Jiifn Cochran, city chief of police Jellies Borders and patrolman Bob Syhmitz, mhled that he had stolen auair in Florida about four weeks ti'go In (hiving ninth he wrecked the car in Lafayette when he was pursued by q state trooper. 'Grim said in his statement that lie escaped from Plainfield with another boy.' whose name is being 'withheld pending apprehension.. \:Hv was arrested at his parents’ after word h.-id been received here by police authorities that lie wiks in the city •Constantly cheeki«d since h® bet-an e the object oi < « pre To Klarbt*

! ; Storm Across River At Three Points, Covered J:'-: 1 i. ' r 7 . ' By Tremendous Barrage .. ' i r -,n i|-, y.r , j-i--- u i,-.,-. f - nw. i»i»iinMii i i inn mu , , i,, L.,.* .ii.— n. i.,.' <wi i ..w«i.i'.i

Premier Razmara Os Iran Assassinated Killed By Assassin During Ceremonies Tehran, Iran. Mar. 7 — Premier All Razmara Was killed today by an assassin whp fired three jshots at hint at range ' during a speciall religious ceremony in a mosque. The assassin, Abdullah Movased Rastegar, a reader, of the Koran in; the mosque, and tlq-ee of his gang were captured by police as they tried to commit suicide after the assassination. it was reported they were members of the fanatical Fidaiyah Silam religious sect. Razmara was taken to Sina hospital where doctors said: death had been instantaneous. lie will be buried in the 'mosque wh.re the shooting took place at 10:30 a. m. (1 a. m. CST). 1 ) ;l ■I. Police said the Fidalyan Islam sect "devotees tis Islam” — hak l»0en criticizing Razmara for rejecting demands to nationalize the oi| industry The sect held a meeting at the mosque last Friday and denounced the premier as “an ■Epglisli stooge ’ I Th® icremony at) the Central -dah ngiMiUH was. given by Shah Mohammed Reza pahlevi after the ■h:i(h of a high tnoslem i letlc A I high government source said the pitemlcr had been' warned bHore •I• t«-n<ihiM the Turn lion that mi ai’h-mpt might, b« made on his life hill he Ignored the wnrrilljg The Sli.-tli Initne.liat. !v . ft fflJMrtibg ol his gdViMrt ami '.lp p<iltited Khalil Fuhlml, lliizintra’s iqlnlHß i without portfolio, to take charge Os Hie r.ovci tiin<-tn Ji WMM repos ted Ihiit the ahuh was copIdetlng Invoking martial law . I ntlat R.i/ni..r.i. lian moved i<> ward ( loxei friendship with RiiHsla l*|\»rn Tq Ml* I Railroad Official Is Lions Speaker Citis ImprovementIn Railroad Safety ■Pointing; up the strides made in recent vtetts in railroad safety<-pro-grams. (’ E Yarnell.’ supervisor of the Cloverleaf division of ' the Nickel Plate railroad, told meinbeis of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday evening that the safety project is I considered of the utmost importance. ' 5 Before the introduction of safety programs, he told the members, cusujal Indifference on the part of railroad employes resulted in innumerable injuries And deaths. Making the emplbyes safety oqnsciotis through the efforts of such a program has reduced drastically such accidents. Yarnqll. who was introduced by Ed Highland, local Nickil Plate agent tn chargf of the program, also showed films, on pedestrian and motorist safety. | Lions club officials pointed out they were aware qf such safety prograihs, and staled that' their pro grant was aimed directly al support Ing safety patrols In the, ,Drcatiir ■I . bools. f : Plana for an attendance contest ware alsb outllneti a( th® meeting. R. W I'ruden and Dick Macklin were named caplaui* of the r<j xpectlve trains fbr the cumpalgil, which will hist for the next three months ' ' ■ ' i i Second Victim Dies Os Carbon Monoxide Plymouth, Ind . March 7 - Mrs. Shirlev mouth, <|led of cat bon monoxide poisoning last nlglJ. (he seednd victim of'what county coroner Paid Connell called a "faulty automobile muffler.” Mrs. Himes ami Dervel Good. 17. Lapaz, were, found overcome In a parked car Monday. Good di«d th< same day In Park view hospital. ■ '■' - ' •

Sees Military Stalemate In War In Korea Reinforcements Need Cited By MacArthiir For Korean Victory On the Western front, Korea. March 7, — (UP)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur predicted today an inevitable military stalemate In' Kordar unless he gets major reinforcements and more freedom to strike back at the Chinese Reds. The supreme VN commander said his forces'- already haYn, blasted any Communist hope for victory in Korea and thereby dampened the enlemy's ardor fqr ether aggression in Asia. ■ But. he said: t “Even now. there are Indies- ' lions tliAt the enemy is attempting to build up from China a new and ' inassive offensive (in Korea) for ' J the spring." 1 i MacArthur reviewed the wjat at a press conference dh?. I Ing o Bylng visit to the westeir,. liand eentra| Korean fronts. i; 1 He flew from Tokyo to Bn won |.|7 miles south Os Seoul, in his • rersonal < on'Mellathm SOAP, then ' hopped a liaison |ilaiic to a lougli ' < mergence airstrip In a riverbed 1 behind the central front. ‘ Wearing his famous tarnished gold braided garrison cap and wrapped i In nelveral blankets. MacArthur iiihdc a .‘lO-mllr tom oi the central front in a A '1 linen, he was within eusv morta. '.range of ('ommtiihal forced ' lb- held a press < imferem ♦* <m hi* relmn to StiWoh He i(’u«l ■ statement he hud prepared (pt his morning night from Tokyo, added 'and then took off on (lie retuit" I flight to Japan. I J MacArthur landed al Tokyo's Haneda airport at (5:4q p.m, ».’’»: !•» a.m. CST). He said be had found “everything in (excellent condition' in Korea. He described his trij las "routine.”) MacArthur reiterated to newsmen that UN forces would not ( cross the 38th parallel if therJ were “cogent political reasons .‘for not doing so. lie presumably preferred to British demands that ,jno new crossing of the parallel t ;bp made without censuitatlon ■ among UN members represente I j I <Tur« t» P»«f atx» Concession Space Laid Out For Fair i Much Woijk Is Done 'A At Hanna r Nuttman 1 Robert Helm, concessions - chair mpn of the Decatur free -fair. 1 which will be held this year: at Its Dow quarters in Hanna-N»t|man park spent several hour* Tdeaday afternoon laying mjtt the eomiesaion apace. Several new roads will be built and th® entire will be oi cinders, Helm Wald. Work has been completed oh setting the drain tiles In the ground and the 'entye area is now drained The east end has beeVt smo<»the<l ’ off for parking Htwtcti during th> fair and the parking area will a,, iiiniimdate aeiveral limi<be<i aittotnoblteN. Thera will be three entranceg available |to falr*goer.< Rest rooms will ijie erected In the few wwk* ami seveiui ' place* , where .there ,-g HekVy | growth’ of brush will h« cleared away. Holm announced that he already ' had received eeivetai inquiries eoncet'nlng available coticeesion space and that h* would nhneunce the amount t>< available space and prices |soon. 1-ocal concessionaires wjll get thj [first opportunity to buy the spat e, the chairman said. H " I S' ’■ . L '. --- ' I

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Chinese Communist Defenders Os North Bank Flee Before Terrific Attacks Tokyo, Thursday. Mar. B—(UP)8 —(UP) — American tanks and infantry stormed across the Han river at three points 15 miles east of Seoul Wednesday under cover of the greatest artiilpj-y barrage of the ’ Korean war. I Chinese communist defenders of .the north bank fled under a flaming holacaust of 50.000 artillery — helis raiired doW n upon them within two hours and 20 minutes. The drive across the Han spear-, headed a general United Nations attack which gained from (one to three miles along a 40-mile -front. Gen. Douglas MacArthur flew from Tokyo to Korea to watch the jumpdff. i He said UN forces have victory in Korea. But. he added, blasted any communist hope of the war would settle into an inevitable staWmiate unless he receives major reinforcements soon and freedom to hit the contmunl Ists in China. , MacArthur landed at a forward (airfield m)d went by jeep to within, easy mortar range of the front. By night the drive across the , Han had carved out a bridgehead on the nor:hern hank and set the stage for a ttiMssivr envelopment i move against the <-ommit-nlabhMt' I South Korean capital of jßeoul V ) Infantrymen hi assault boats I spearheaded Ute river (-rosslbg while b||t guns played an earthshaking tattoo ahead of them, . Tanks forded the Han three honts k Istet One tank task force killed 100 <dininunlH— aittl oapiured 3u l'il otii-i < dvimoqU/od hy the pr<dawn' barrage. The original landing was made on a r<M ky thumb <»f land formed hy ,t hot H'-s-boe bend In Jhc ILiti »t short distance west of Its junction! with th* rlvjer. S 2UL division:, lenplnr off east of the liver assatilt In (he urea of Vangpyong, lnng»‘d first for the heights, of 6.600-foiot "dragon door" ihountain six miles north east of Vangpyong. Front dispatches said they were making good progress ini clawing theJr way up the mountain, which . dominates the entire west central front. Joining in the attack along the 40-mile front were Ameritutn. Australian. Canadian, Greek and South Korean tropps. U. S. marines in the central sector began a new drive north along the Hoengsong-Hongchon road and reached a point five miles norih of. Hoengsong. U. S. 7th division ' troops ontheir right ' gained more than, a mile, reaching a point miles northwest of Pangnim. On the far eastern front, however. communist forces smashed into South Kprean troops on the right flank of the U. S. 2nd division. The Reds gained one to three miles, driving the South Koreans Into* new defensive positions south of the Pangnim-Kangnung road | j Korean-based fighters gnd fight-er-bombers roared nut to support the attack despite a low overcast By nightfall they hud l|o»ln (Hit sort las. , ■ ULLETINiWaahington, Mar| 7— (UP) —Th* government today ordered a 20 percent cutback In the uee of eteel for automobile* and eoneumor durable ' good*, effective April In eome **•**, the order will mean ft leaat ari equal cutback In manufactured good*. ■ Th* national production authority appliea the prder to paerenger care, about 150 Berne c<f furniture, Uton«lle and euttery, household appliances including radio and TV , aeta. jewelry, gamea, cameraa, bicycle* .and clothe* hanger*. ■” I - J ‘ ' lit