Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1951 — Page 1

Vol. XUX. No. 57.

YANKS PLUNGE ON AGAINST REELING REDS

Ask Congress Approval For Men To Europe Truman Rebuffed* By Action Os Two Senate Committees W>olngton, Mat. 8 — '(UP) —< The administration took a beating ‘ today;, ? when two senate commit-.' teesr I'jjted to ask President4Truinag |ii seek congiessio’hal ' approval 4 ■before he commits U. S. troop| to the (Atlantic pact- defense juhny. 1 Ths.’ adminLtiat/ion . contends the . jij*!? slilent' nasj constitutional' autlio|'|iy' tii-/ deploy troops overseas T Sgithont asking' congress. Republicans. however, insist that the .htia se und senate* should make j the i»|lcy guiding the president in ®ui| mutters. * The j senate foreign relations 1 ■ -anil alined servic es corn)nittees I have; IlHen working for Weeks on j j the tmM)iMi'fOF*Nui’ope issue, und | j—, Deinoc 'ullc leaders thought yes terduy they had the sit nation well In-han 1. Thsy thought the vqmuilttepM would approve { qiil<;kly a resplu '}lloin ! it pressing 'tlir sense of the uh luvch ltig. illKpcUc h ot 11 "I'ultP! intnher o\ American troops Pt• nit'll. Dwight D ICisviihciwer'a t pact |li|ny. Tills drtift added thin t •Mr 'Biinmitl would he expected Ip 1 <on itfi ille iipptupl cate c otigi.o Mlritml; cotninlltees "before" send Big l|i|ii»rhiin units overseas liiitlplift petnoc rntlc draff mtn® 1 iiintnfc today hi two votes. both < ' 1 tyiW' / 1 I'lt 11’, th<' 1 <>tninltl» «'H approved a jti't pt>sa| by Sen Henry Cabot li Lotlgi) .It , .11.. Mass., that the pro J posed resolution jttnrfi that Euro-' lituHii Hic’t tneinhhrs should make* thf I; ’'major < ontrlbuilbn" of grmti| ( forces. *- I Tliflil,- they adopted an > ne nt|’y s J’‘ n H Alexander Sytßfi. [ R.'f f J., which would put ' the se/natw Um record as saying "con greKsWihul approval should be obtalned on any policy requiring' the of troops abroad" under tie Nortlk Atlantic pact. Th® bernoctrats joined RepubHcanzKetnbei s of the committees 1; in the changes. Repub--1 ■ heartened by these, vivtor‘ies. later to push a proposaffijihetuiring both senate anil housOahProvall of any foreign t roojOomminnent. Fo||fei/ relations chairman Tom .Comity, / I)’.. Tex., who has car-j • administration fight tlir(i|s|hou,t hearings and subserafting work on the troops) objected particularly to’rfflnts to bring ine house into the j||-|nre. T®' amendments voted today 10 rscrc- rauMi Hosford City Youth Under Wagon Bernard Jeffries 18, Har‘fo)'idqit , ity. died In a hospital he.re >oflitedav v uftei ho« was crushed bypjk I wagnn load <»l hay Jeffries f bet’gnp' 111 and tumbled tinder the While helping a ' Hani the. hay w T • - I'■ Governor Signs Bill F|r School Pay Hike ;Wd|inapo|ls. March 8 (I P) \ lnerec|i«H in minimum aitlary ached ulna If or Indiana school.! eur-hers worn an one of the latest lexislatiy® I**lll nignod by Governor Kchrl|ker. * Abqut 4,000 .teachers will benefit by thf measure recently passed by the sia.te legislature. Cost to the' state fwaft estimated at |1.500,000 annutaly. Oth/fer measure® signed by • SchriCker authorized the construction if'state toll roads by the state? toll ll'idge commission or hy the newlyfireated state foil road commission, and ordered high schools to teach a two-hour Government course to all sludents each election day. I • - J j _4_ _ (INDIANA LEATHER Mostly fair and colder to~‘ night Friday fair and rather coldt Lbw tonight 15 to 2Q_ nor|h, 20 to 30 south. High Friday *2B to 32 north, 32 to 38 soutji. ' ■ . 5 . *

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ■ ’ x k ONLY DAILY NEWIFAPIR IN ADAMS COUNTY v , v

Six Survivors Os rrivatper Rescued j Home. Italy. Mai <li V (IP), fSIx shrvlvoiH of a foi4 engine U. S navy privateer whl.h i'fiislieil In (he sea in a heavy nunstorm yesterday were rescued Irimi a raft I today hy an Italian destroyer 14 I miles off the World War 11 battle i ground of Anzio beach. Rescue vessels anti planep searched the Tyrrhenian sea. o:f the southwest coast of r taly\, for li second raft reported to be tarrying eight Americans. ' Showdown On 18-Year Draff Bill Delayed _ Military Leaders Unhappy On Limit For Armed farces 1 Washington March 8. <(UP) St nat<* leaders postponed, a show down on the administration's 18-vear-old draft bilj ' today because of the death of (Virgil ,M. Chapman, i>. 10 '" / ■ toii ranklng Bemocnti told repotters no Imsini'SH will Im transni tod\at today** sc slhn |Lsaid the kmtato will meet at mam and 1 lien adjourn after eu'hiMle dm Chapman , TH*, Kfiitiicklah died thia mom lap fltom injinies -r<*U'h* d in tin uiitohibhlle nceldenl Posipoiiemeni of i.hp draft volt* meant the end nf' a hnaMlmous I consent aKiwmrni reaped ypattn day lH»ader.«i .have not rtbc*ided when to reautlte oomjldvnitlon of! till', bill, Heinoc ruth h-mliorti believed aiiproviip of the Mil Ih pra< tlcnll> < ertain. Sen Lyiblon II; Johnson. D„ floor manager, hja.s predicted the senate —will pass a "good measure Military leaders were unhappy,! however, about thp senate’s actio;! I yesterday in voting Jo limit the I armed forces to 4,000,000 men. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint (chief* w staff, said that if congress fhially that limitation it will be "giving aid and ’.comfort to any 'potential enemy." Bradley sa|d that anyway con gress controls the size of the armed forces through appropriations so it would be unnesessary publicly’ to limit* their size. Backers of the hill said they i could not guarantee to beat -off’i I all (remaining amendments. Rut [they said they believed they had the votes to reject anything “really harmful to the, measure. • The principle controversy remaining appeared to be an amend I nient sponsored jointly by iSensJ Edwin IC. Johnson. I)., I'olo.. and ..John W. Bricker, Ri- (I. It would strip pom the measiiie all th'* universal military training tares J John R. Conklin * Dies At Bluffton : ■,, - | M]" ...s ' A ' • . 1 Elks Lodge Manager Is Taken By Death ' \ ’ i j John\ llohei f Uonklln. 41. munu ger of- file Elks |od|n<' nt Bluiitini, died nl 5 10 p in Wadnendiiv nt tin' Wells county hospifiil niter suff*r Inga i oromiry- embpll'-m wdille .i.t work nt the lodge, \ He was a member <|if the Evangel, leal and Reformed cinirch at Bluff.ton and a past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge. A lifelong reaident (if Bluffton, he is survived 4 by his wife, Molly; two sons. John T. and Timothy, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Ida Cpnklin of Bluffton; four sisters. Mrs. Raymond Keller and Mi s. Olive Wherry, both of Decatur, Mrs. Gail Roberts of Petrcdeum and' Miss Alma Conklin of Bluffton, apd a brother, Harold of Huntington. The body* was taken to the Thoma funeral home and will be re. turned to the residence, whhre friends may call after 5' p. m. today until 11:30 a. m. Saturday, -when it will, be returned to the funeral home, where services tyill be held at 2 p. m., the Rev. Matthew Worthman officiating. ’Burial will be in Elm Grove cetnetary.'

Collazo Faces Death In Plot On President ' ■ 4 'I \ 1 : '■ ' J Attempted Assassin Convicted By Jury; Faces Death In Chair i Washington, March 8. — (UP)-]- , Oscar Collazo, Puerto Rican assas- | sin whose dreams of island inde- ! pendence are due to be snuffed out in the electric chair, pinned. 1 hopes for his life today on an appeal to higher I'oqrts. v The 37 year-old Puerto Rican re\ .volutionary was Convicted late yesterday of the' first degree murder i of a White House guard In the at* tempted assassination, of President Truman on Nov. 1. The verdict by the federal court jury of nine women and three men made the death sentence mandatory. The jury deliberated ohe hour and 42 minutes. Collazo’s cjimrt appointed attor*. ney Leo A. Rover said he would file a motion for a new trial within five day*. There was l|ttle hope it would lie granted Rover said, however.. he - intended to lekc the e,i’-> to the" Mupnme court if nece»> saiy . Collazo waa found guilty of atuy 4m.'p\i Leslie Cof.f»lt In the gun, battle in fiout of Blair House last ; Nnv. I . : ' /. .... ■' Aituitlv th! ♦IIJ Torresohi (fol ItiZi* iit coinilllrv, Tin d Iho shot m lilt li klllt it Ci.it. I' I ml. i the law, Collaio could he judaul rtitmlly Ktfllty Tott•■sola died In the kuii hut t ic I’mloial judwo fr Alan Goldborough will piononmt Ihi mamlt*-j i toty death Vuteme In about a week <(i'. i tullng on RQvei ■ vp< <i• <t motion for a new It lai. If appeals to ini higher coutts fail (’.ollaao’s only hope would be clemency from Mr Truman Tb*re has been no indication from tlie LWhite House that commutation of ! the death penalty is being consider (Tarn To Pn<r KiaOtl .' A Kentucky Senator Killed In Accident Sen. Chapman Dies Following Accident Washington, March 8. —(UP) — Sen. Virgil Chapman, D., Ky., died J today of injuries suffered when his automobile with a trailer truck. Chapman died at the nhval host pital in nearby Bethesda, »Md. he was 55. / The Kentuckian was injurfed at 3:20 a. m. when his automobile colIlided with safeway grocery chain tractor-trailer as he attempted, to make a left turn. He died about seven hours later. In addition to fractures, severe lacerations, and loss of several teeth. Chapman apparently suffered frpm Internal injuries His ar was smashed so severe! v that police had to pry open a door to get him out. - 'l’he jovial, ruddy fm ed\senator was elected to the Heniu.e In ltit> lit- wuh a membei of tJmMmporti'Ut eanAte armed earvlcea /(KMnmlttw* and the committee on pu/lillc works Chapman also aened on the Mpi'i tai Mcmiic pri'pnreihieMa suboonimlttaa hjim had batn chMkltti the fnat lon's mil Ire dofonse prog rd,n, ltd was n I'obaresMinan from l!*2t mt,nl lie was elected Heniitoi except fnr two y*ars after he ( ajii* defeated 111 1928. I Farmers Guide Editor Speaks At Luncheon i Editor Jtßnes P Hoekzema, of the Farmers, Guide, stressed the Importance of "cooperation and understanding” in a talk before Rotarians and 4-H club leaders at the Methodist Church this afternoon. "A great xieal can lie accomplished through cooperation.” the speaker said, vyith apt illustration, Hoekzenia brought the advantages obtained through cooperation and understanding, and applied the lesson .to community life. ' Wilbur Petrie. Rotary clbb president. presided at the dinner. The speaker was presented Iby Dr.? Ralph Allison of city. Louis C. Rastettier, governor ot the 221th Rotary district, attended the meetIn,.

Indiana, Thunday, March 8,1951.

Decatur

, -I », ■. —r- —■— Nina Warren Leaves Wheelchair ■L i IR|l ■f :'S '?■’ ® RfejL* Mr LOOKING. CHEERFUL, Nina WarieiFleaves tier wheelchair (right) In take 'fßst steps since contracting polio t n election time, hi t November. jpaliyornia’s Gov. and Mrs, Eijrl Wftrrep ut company their daughter at Arrowhead Springs, Cal, Hit* arm tg ailing and re quires thP.iapdiiHc tiealtment at tin- h<« nptlng*. ' : •■■ ■•- • ' i{ .

Adult 4-H Leaders I ■ In Conference Here ' District Training Parlay Held Here Mor. Hl.u No to.d.ro *,-*ctj t<»i the dj/sitlci 111 t lull Imdersi <n< <■ at' th® Fb -t I 4lvthiHil«f/( huich tmhiyjtle kwomm In iip: In V’lmive of L E Aichbold. Adams eifunty Mgclciiitui® agent, and Mlmm Anna K eniiiriv home ihmbnstration agent : Hponsorjol by Purdue University agricultural extrusion sirylee and, 1 Rotary clptis of let 224., a committer from the Decatur duh registered Uhe guests rroni Adams ; and counties. Leo Kirsch, { Decatur postmaster, ias chairinan of the composed of Oscar and Robert Ashbaurher. |trrangements for the one- , day conference were, in cl arge of J; Ward Sim Burk. Ralph Allison J. L. Krider. I Speakers Here ing and aftlernoon con-1 re divided into women, iuns with speakers from 4-H club department at verslty. addressing the A joint conference of pohduded the afternoon p-J /'■ .'-J.', | J A■ / were Mary F. E. A. Holm, assistants > work? from Purdue.. nt I Archbold anfl Miss io conducted assemblies t leaders who promote I dub programs ini their reas. 1 ■ ! j’ introductions and ans by Archbold,, the conded into groups to hear the speakers. discussed in<■ 1u d d. ‘Thi ,,oh 1 '" Ue Done ,fn ’sl,’' (letting ,Off To A Gm.d Start," '“lmproMrat 4 11 Club®/'’ and “Jun 1 lor Let|f«is . Let’s Use Them.' 1 ’ E-idih#(|ieii|(er followed the samel tht me ‘i'litj In the ufieynmm si s-ion the pipfgijim Included talks <jm "Gettlqi I’roled Work Done," "\V» v<?.j(ltji ’Em I,el ' p Em ‘ Ardfolll reported more! ■ i*»— >i»>|'/

(ll.’V. Jojih K. Chambers, Trinity Kranahlll-ar Vnltril Brailiren Chun-Ilf ? OVERCOMING SELF-PITY I- , ' i ' ■ ' ’’Why art thou cast down. O my soul? And why. art thou dlMjhieterf within me?" I ' ■ ■ ; - ■ : "' v ' ' I. /j It the PSalmiM centuries ago had just reason tor being downcast and disquieted, we also today, in looking only on the dark ejide of life. nave just reason for pitying ourselves, We heed to do exactly whatfthe Psalmist did—face, 1 the issue squarely and attempt to , find a solution. In doing so, became to realize that Ini being downcast hejwas not only doing Injury to himself, but he was also bringing discouragement to others. Th® solution at which he arrives Is the same after asking himself the*que-tion three different times: /'Hope thou in God." A believing Confidence and faith Un God was for the Psalmist, end is fbr us today the antidote against despondency antj disquiet of spirit. As Christians we are challenged to rejoice ih life; to'find * joy in serving the world outside ourselvq*. As Jestis isaid to His disciples. “Whosoever will lose his life fbr my sake will find it.” It is when we forget ourselves that We do the things that are remembered. \

SBO,OOO Fire Loss At Bluffton Plant Bluffton, imt. Man n 8 (( Pi Red cf'roga .Manuflictiii'lng Uo ofItlriaU t«dav salt! upwards in |Bo, i(HM) Wbr.t,|i of! property uin dlimiwrl ;hy g fit;® tn the foundry aedton i last night. x ] ■ Uorn whellms ar® Ui<» prim ipd I pii'itih I• id th.' rg| 111 ImplhPK-pt 4 ihnmifudnrins. romiern 1 ■■ " 1 Denies Trial Recess In Co-ed's Slaying Two Men In Custody At Columbia City Khlaniazoo. Mich.. March 8* (Vp)-i_ Judge Lucien F. Sweet today denied motion for recess of the Carolyn Drown nuii-der trial pending development against two sus,peds in Indiana. Thq Indiana njen are held o/n ; open charges aj Columbia Utty, Ind. one of them confessed/his part in the crime and then repudiated his confession, his attorney said. The confession by Robert Brubaker, 24. of ChurUbuijcb, Ind., implicated another man,. Orville L. Mintjick. 31, of Etna. Ind., who claims $n “air tight” alibi. Briib'ak.er was brought into the case by Valorous Mattheis. 22, of Mich., one oi the deih the sex murder of the Western Michigan coed?Mafthleis and Rd® Olson, also 22, and the other defendan/t, had confessed raping and strangling the pretty; YS-year-old college freshman last Nor, 26. They later repudla’ed their cimiesslons. Ktilaijiazoo authorities said they were ItH’llned to dlbcounl .Mattheis' attempts to Impltmte Brubake , his couslh; JProsecutoi' John I'lkkuart j said that the faimhaml on four pievlonk itciuaionH Imd pu the finger tm" other imison®, nil whom proved they had no pmt In tlie' murder I'm «<| by tn.ihcUru4, PlkkaiitM suld Mhltliels f -Wutu T« retie KUhtJ '

<9fA Army Plunges Ahead 2 1-2 Miles; Reds Lose 11,600 Men In 24 Hours

Sam Jackson, Former U.S. Senator. Dies Dies In Fort Wayne j This Morning After I J Only Brief Illness _Fjort Wayne. Ind., Match S (UP) I Samuel D. Jacksofi, former U.S!, .se’iutor from Indiana w|io in 1!)4| gaveled the Democratic natioiial ronvenuon which nominated the; Roosevelt Tiuman ticket, died In Bt, Joseph’s hospital today. a colorful Hoosier politician,, leached Hie peak of his puiiy prominence In 1H44 when lie wa-i appoiuttd senatoi sot an II month term, waived as peimanent elialtm iii of ( the national vonven thill amt was mmilmitvd for gover nm< lint hy lo*/ 111* gulo rimtoiial bld and fidi|<| nw.iv tn politic*, ictuiu Inn! th I'jort Wayne to pinctlcc law ttir turf! »ev» 11 vcai'H hf lit* life Th* vlginmu, balding Jackupn tip |hd niily wn» In good liealth until 34 liiHH'S iH-fwi-r hl* ilealh, H- aut» j frred ace 1 el»'al Ijemm rliitgg and , wa. iu«hiil to 1h» iio«piial TUegdUy ' night 1 Death came at li:.1(i am, while , in Robert M L'lhipah, a pliy*lclan, and Dr. John W. ! Melstyr, pastor of till’ Eli at I• -bv let lan church of whiclf .lackeon was an elder, were at the bedside. ! S'lnters will be- held Saturday afteinoou. A ‘ \ 'l ; /Jacksijn. who was Indiana attor-my-general in the first administraiion of Goy H>nry F. Schrickfr-, I the Democratic nominee for* governor in 1944 but lost to Rej utitidan Ralph F. Gates. ' lie was appointed by Schrii ker On [Jan. 28. 1944. to serve the remainder of the term of Sen. Fred-x] eriii-k Van Ntns. who died in office.’! He served until Republican Homer Ei Capehart wlas elected the following November. -h . Jackson was born May 28. 1895. near Fort Wayne. His pareiits were s ' Isaiah H. and Minnie Whittenberger ; Jackson. He was’educated in Foit j AVayne public schools and was graduated from Central higli school 1 in 1914/ ~ I' ; ’ ■)' Tliiee ymrs later. Jackson^ was| graduated from Indiana law school, and admitted to the bar He mar-. (Torn to P««e Bill Robert 6rim Faces I Dyer Act Charges ■ ' ■ L - - ' Youthful Escapee To Federal Marshal s heriff 8011 Sliialukn 'Weilneaditv HUi renderod custody of ! Robert Grim, 17 year old eacnpee of the Phi Infield lioys . school, to r s. ileduty marshah Cliarles Bam.lt (irilm Is schi'diilj’ii 10, .ippcar fmliiv hrllme Hip I’ H, nonrtlilsai»sm»r In F.ojl WiiVne lot violation nf Hie DyPr net. transportlna slolwn vah h fa across stiilt' lines jHtiUr police ilotrctlvis also nr rlvpd Wednvsdav, quest lotted Grlni./ ami obtallied 11 stiitemant from him Thh fetlcnil htiirrnii of itncslliiatlon alsp had warrant bn fil® for the yob th whim® home Is soirtheast of Dei-atur. ’ It was there that lot al police authorities nabbed Grim, thfln notified state and federal officials. Grim b a< * rscaped from Plainfield November 19, and was apprehended she rtly after midnlgjit Wednesday at his parents* home oh route 6. He fled to Florida where he stole a car. made his way north, where the car was wrecked while 1 Grim and another youth were being pursued police near Lafayettje. The Adams county youth wafi sentenced to Plainfield by Judge Myles F. Parrish in juvenile court following Grim's apprehension following a series of thefts

Dies Today Mm. wgMbk" 1 SB'’" ■ li * jBBJRn Bamu»l D. Jackson 400 Are Pledged To Give To Blood Bank Bloodmobile To Ba In City March 19 Almost |!H» plc'lue raids were turned f Into Red Cross Iteadqhurt •Hl hy late' Wednesday, ac< 01 diii • to execirtive secretary Mrs. Max $1 hafer, .the cards signifying thy number of persons who might puis I tl(|lppte in tlie bloodmobile pro-1 gram Match 19. The Secretary explahied that [ more aufeh pledges are expected before the date-line, although nat 1 ,- Uraily all of them will not be sitheql|iied for ! appointment during this l visit. ‘ I The, bloodmobile. which is from ■the Fort Wayne regional center <j»f the Red C’itoss. will visit Adams <j-ounty six times during 1951'. While' not all those who pledge to donate' a pint of blood/ will be notiueu I March 19, they will participate ill i later campaigns.? The hloodniobilp l is scheduled to gppear here again (May Id. V i Mrs. Schafer, plated that 250 ?< rl sons will be notified to appear at ‘the Amerian Legion home, although the quota 'is but | 1?5., She j explained thiit is wjll be i npos- ! hospitals, wi|l lie free except on the givetj date, others will be I "slow, bleeders” and unable to Contribute thje full pint. , Doctors atid technician® anticipate handling'Six donors every 15 minutes from 8:45 A.m. to 3:15 pm cxix*pt during the lunch hour, when (Dur donors e\|ery 15 minutes will contrlhute to thy civilian blood project of th® Red (Tuhs. Official® , explained that ; thia bloom when'needed h.v pathu'ts at lioMp'halM, AHI lie coat free eviept I’or laboratory fees hu<l doctor fees, These huter fees will vary (ucord i|j|lg to the hos|4ii(l In tlie iireii, 'iThe blood Itaylf la übapultely free of ilUirge," Mrs. Hrlinfer hhliL "and Wc wlhli to umphiiMlz® that fart."’-' Hho eonthiiied thw the Atlanta I'ounty meinorliil lioapliitl will re I'olve aa miirli of the whole ilooil jta It will need, then th- ti'imiliid r Ulliix uted to other lustlttitlonM Tit® Adami loiinty memorial hoiipltal h)is facilities to maintain 11 supply bf blood to handle all amergency sitnations. s ! ('hairmen for .the “blood Idonor" drive were also released l.y iMrs. Schafer; who said that most of the groups were already prepared for the situation. Julius Baker is serving as induct try chairman, James K. Stalky. 1 nijenjk fraternal organizations; Joan Wetnhoff, service clubs sucli as the Lion*. Rotary, and Business and Professional "Women; Robert Gay, automobile, implement ami service stations; Jack Heller, business establishments; Kenneth Runyon, Decatur; Mrs. Gerald Durkin, Women’s clubs and sororities; «T«ru I n Pa«e Mb*

Price Five Cents.

UN Divisions Rip into Defenses Os Chinese And North J Korean Armies Today ' ’ ■ I '■ Tokyo, Mai ch B.— (UP» — The Sth army plunged ahead up to 2- 1 - miles on a 70miIe- (ront in Korea today against Red force® already reeling from the loss of a'record 11.61'0 men in the-first 24 hours of (she mainmotn assault. A front dispatch reported signs of a general Communist withdrawal behind a.screen of rearguards. Resistance ranged front non-existent to fairly heav> on this second day of the new "klHer" offensive Eglit UN divisions were ripping into the <|efent>es of five Chinese armies and three North Kmean corps perhaps fso 000 men ' The U S.. Canadian, Australian,/ Greek and South Korean i • troops kllledijuid wounded 11,400/Reds lit ground action alone >eH|<rij|uy a new FeCurd for th® Knreaii wpr At least 2*ii primmer® were takrtti The air forces accounted (ior an* clint 100 d«ad umi wound®*! yaatrt day and claimed an uddl(l<mal enemy 1 u-miltlit■« tmlav * . Advaminn UN fmci's Already have ijiiveii moiv than foiit mile* to viiml Hie HiiliJtlVfi' taut i»f, Heoiil, rapt mid a imniiiiiiln domlnut Ing 50 mile* of the Wgat erißral front ami pmlmil within Revel) mile* of the" big Clili|e<r ha®® flf An Mth army commutilqiie anil field rtlxpateh®® gave thb jilt fun of th® flalitlng front, from west to , ■ ? U.S. 2f»tli division - advanced itnore than a tijlle north along the Pukhan r|v»r valley from Its mw fmitmile wii e bridgehead acroim I the Han ijvi r 15 miles east of Seoul. T/lie division accounted for 43 percent of yesterday’s enemy casualties along the whole front. In one attack it killed 1,000 Chinese for the loss of one American. U.S. 24th division - clamnied ahead 2 miles ialong its entire ’■ Front against light i opposition. It captured rugged 6.60(>f00t “Dragon Door" mountain six miles northeast of Yongpyang last night. The peak dominates the west-cehtral front tor 50 miles. * U.S. Ist. Cavalrv divislion—occupied Yongdu. 37 miles east of Seoul, after driving the Reds but Wednesday; and advanced 2.500 yards north of the t?wn. Attached British Coni npinwealth units captured a hill three, niiles east of Yongdu and advanced to another hill four miles east. South Korean 6th division —began grinding ahead west of Hoengafter being stalled for nearly two days by fierce and stubborn Communist, resistance. A Communist attack knocked the South Koreans back 2.000 yards in one sector last night. I ' ■ \ U.tJ. Ist marine division-made limited fttip® against light to mod erate Communist resistance. Ma- . ' vine vanguard' l were leas than •uveii mile-, fium Hongidii'ii. big ('ommunlst Inis® 21 miles south of • the 38th parnlle) Siiuth Korcub sth division mlviimcii moi t 1 hitn imo mill • 1111 ■■ p posed till o||! I< llllijird liiouillunii s 2nd division advanced nioro Ihiill u mile six miles east of Ih" lig song wltlirmt Inrldetit. but came 1111 dt r Hur,from 8,11110 well-cnirenchrd Ct>mmiiHl».i « this tiftriiimm <Dih(r 2ml division iiiißm gained up io .1,000 yard® thiimgh rough ttnaln v nln< jnihs »»“t <»r Ho»dgs(>ng U.H 7th division captured three mountain peak® northwest and .nmlljiFiist of I’ahgtilm to block fire enemy’® major dot)ntei nttac k tnpoie South Korean 7tb division atikbi* llzvdh its line after fulling ‘back thref| to five miles to a point south of? the Soksakangnung road finder a co|ititei attack from- up t< 30,000 North Koreans yesterday. I - . Trading Is Resumed / On Cotton Exchange New York, March 8. —(UP) — Cotton prices shot up almost $lO a bale today when was resumeiLon tl)e New York cotton exchange for the first |ttme almost six webks.