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By United Press | PANMUNJOM, Korea, Jan. 14| -(UP)—The Communists almost | broke up the Korean armistice

that the United Nations comimand was lying. : Ses _“As a representative of the United Nations command, I shall| not sit here and listen to un-

Nations command is making a| deceitful proposal and lying,” | Rear Admiral R. E. Libby angrily| told the Reds. He denied the Communist! charge, demanded an apology and| finally proposed a recess until 2 p. m. today. | “You cannot intimidate us,” re-!| torted North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho. But 4e agreed to the recess. : The exchange took place in the, } armistice subcommittee debating an exchange of war prisoners" after Adm. Libby had contended | that the United Nations voluntary repatriation plan contained ad | vantages for both sides. The truce supervision subcommittee also recessed until tomorrow after the Reds strayed from the subject to accuse the Allies of sending planes over the Red Chinese mainland.

Activity Confined

Chinese Maj, Gen. Hsieh Fang echoed Radio Peiping's charge that 16 American planes flew Sunday over Mukden, industrial center and probable Chinese military headquarters for Manchuria. Peiping said the planes also passed-over Fushin-and- other see-« tions of the Liaotung Peninsula, which jutss into the Yellow Sea northwest of Korea. It said four other echelons of four American planes each and

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leave by the Navy.

FLIES TO BEDSIDE—Communications Technician |/c James Giovanetto arrived at the bedside of his two seriously ill children at..the end of .12,000.mile flying trip, He is shown above with

he is seeing for the first time, and Jamie, 3!/5-years-old, who is suffering from an infectious blood disease. He was given a 30-day

Reds All But Wreck Truce Negotiations

tr Accidents ~~ Put Seven + «In Hospital

Seven persons were in local hospitals today as a result of |week-end grafic accidents. One “was listed as critical, one serious, the others in fair condition. Rileyy W. Kerr, 40, of 626 S. New Jersey St., was injured critically last night when the car in which he was riding hit a safety

|zone at Massachusetts Ave. and North St. 1 Driver of the car, Jesse F.

Blythe, 46, of the same address, is in fair condition. Both are in General Hospital. A two-car accident at 16th St, and King Ave. early yesterday injured four persons.

Donna Anne Truby, 12, of 26191, W. Washington 8t., was in serious condition. at General Hospital.

Three Others Hurt Driver of the car in which she was riding, Mrs. Elizabeth Truby,

49, and two other passengers, Virginia Truby, 16, and Homer Hilt, 60, 532 N. Pershing Ave.

were in fair condition. Mrs. Truby

and Virginia live at 2619'z W. (Washington St. | Howard Lee, 22, 439 S. Pine

1St., driver of the other car, was charged with drunk and reck{less driving. Cecil Conway, 49, of 541 Massachusetts Ave., was in fair condition at General Hospital from injuries received when the car in which he was riding hit a railroad viaduct at South St. and Capitol Ave. Joseph Bell, 60, of 3200 Carson Ave. was thrown from his wpigkup truck in a head-on eollision on late Saturday. He is in fair cbndition at St. Francis Hospital.

ill ill with pneumonia and whem

three flights of 16 fighters each also flew over Liaotung Peninsula Saturday. There was no mention whether bombs had been dropped. . A Far East Air Force spokesman offered only this comment on the charge: “I'can assure you that the Far East Air Force is confining its aerial activity to North Korea.”

Chinese Smash Push On ‘Christmas Ridge’

EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Jan. 14 (UP)—

Is Ridgway Errand Boy

in Tokyo, hasn't measured up way in Korea.

Waves of counter-attacking Chi-|last winter as commander of the

nese smashed a United Nations Eighth Army is being trans-

attack on “Christmas Ridge” to-|¢, is w day, But it cost them at least 100, 0 co Derhabs against his will, men. into a political errand boy. In|

An 8th Army spokesman called Tokyo, the feeling grows that the action the “heaviest and most of his” major decisions are bloodiest” of the new year despite Prefabricated in Washington. its relatively small scale. Even military strategy at times The Chinese also repulsed shows obvious State Department United Nations attack northeast nandling. of the cease-fire conference city| Admittedly, Gen. Ridgway Is of Panmunjom last night and,|/on a tough spot. It would be hard pursing, drove the Allies from for any man to follow Gen. two advance positions. However, Douglas MacArthur. Gen. Ridgthe United Nations troops rallied|way, wisely, chose not to try to and recaptured one of the posi-

‘Doesn’t Compare With Doug’—

By JIM G. LUCAS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,

The splendid soldier who turned defeat into ‘victory

100 Adventists To Meet Here |

A convention of 100 representative Seventh Day Adventists frofn all over the United States will {plan the centen{nial of their Sun|day school movement here . this week. The Adventists will meet tomorrow through [Thursday in the Hotel Severin. L. |L. Moffitt, Wash-

to express opinions or disclose ington, D. C., in-

Political in Tokyo?

to Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-

facts. ternational sec- A | Wants to Make Strategy 152 ts ry > ye Mr. Moffitt aa the Sage Departmen: Adveritist Sabbath School Deeit ne e a SE oe |partment, will preside at the conSurp 8. c Y vention.

Dean Acheson who once declared, ,jventists, who place a major Formosa had no strategic value emphasis on Bible study, issued to the United States at a time— ,, i g.ct series of Bible lessons it developed later — the Joint Tod th i1Chiefs had other ideas on the I! 1852. Joday morgen a = | subject {lion members around the world | : study lessons prepared for every | Last fall the 8th Army cracked ge group. from adult to cradle the Red's winter line. There was rq]) according to Mr. Moffitt. no doubt about it; everyone In| 4

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tions in a counter-attack early today.

Protests Sentence in Morals Case

Louis William Reed,.32, former-

ly of Indianapolis,. steadfastly maintained his innocence today!

as he was sentenced to a prison term in a morals case involving

imitate his predecessor. Instead jy, | Fl pan and Korea knew it was a| 5 ’ of remaining aloof, he decided major breakthrough. Gen. James Ask Reasonable (to mix and mingle. Instead of yan Fleet, 8th Army commander, : imaking his own decisions within t5)]3 Korea President Syngman Bell Pay Hike the fraieNork of American for- Rhee that he would take Pyong-| WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPY reign policy, he seldom does any- yang and Wonsan with a week's|_president Joseph A. Beirne -of thing without. Washington's ap- serious fighting. Militarily, thatthe CIO Communications Work-

|proval. was a matter ‘of considerable im-|ers Union yesterday demanded a | This, of course, was the only portance. As a good soldier, Gen. “reasonable” wage increase for! |safe course after the MacArthur Ridgway’'s instinctive responsibil-/314 300 Bell System telephone

blowup last spring. But many in ity was to exploit his advantage. workers and expressed the hope Tokyo feel Gen. Ridgway has He didn’t. Apparently well-found-ithat a new contract can be negocarried it too far. led reports were that Washington tiated without a strike. Often Backfires (wouldn't let him. . | Mr. Beirne announced the When the Reds first started union’s 1952 contract demands on Gen. Ridgway’s desire to please palking at Kaesong, Gen. Ridg-|{the eve of the start of contract Washington often™ has backfired. way reportedly wanted to resume talks involving 50,000 phone

| mary, but may seek to elect a list

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Canadian | Officials Talk With Winnie

OTTAWA, Jan. 14 {UP)=Winston Churchill informally dis- = cussed mutual problems with top + Canadian officials yesterday at a "luncheon conference ‘lasting .al{most four hours. |

| ‘The British Prime Minister -was {the luncheon guest of Louis St {Laurent in the Canadian pre{mier's official residence overlook-! ling the Ottawa River and the |[snow-clad Gatineau Hills, : | They were ‘joined by British {Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden who arrived from New York by, plane; Canadian Trade Minister C. D. Howe, Defense Minister! Brooke Claxton; External Affairs) Minister Lester B. Pearson; Agri-| culture Minister James G. Gardi-| ner; Lord Ismay, British Com-| monwealth Affairs Secretary, and Lord Cherwell, Atomic Energy| and Defense Production boss in the Churchill government.

TIES HIM DOWN—The day Fred A. Seaton (above) packed his grip for/a trip to Washington, his 9iyear-old daughter, Christy, ran into her school teacher on the street. ''How do you like the idea of your daddy being a Senator?" the teacher asked. "Fine," replied Christy. "Now we know where he is." The newest Republican Senator was appointed to succeed the late Sen. Kenneth Wherry of

Nebraska. He is a working newspaperman by profession. den attorney, today was appointed

—— | chairman of the war veterans Army Office Space | division of the Indiana Taft-for-| Rental of the second floor of, :

President organization. Tomlinson Hall will-be offered

Hayden Legislator Named to Taft Group.

Mr. Whitcomb, held prisoner of to the Army Finance Center as war by the Japanese army for two, office space by the Board of years during World War II, was Works, named to the post by Lisle WalThe board authorized its at-| lace, Indiana Taft manager. { torney, Arthur Northrup, to offer; He represented Jennings County the 700 square feet of floor space in the State Senate during the! at $1.50 a square foot. | 1951 session of the legislature. |

- k Cit thi 4 bi : . in smart checks o e ita ion oO eroism and glens By United Pre Bergee's counterfeit citation : SYRACUSE, N. Y. Jan. 14 ® , FLANNELS— y _isaid he was awarded the Navy, (UP) — A former Marine ser | the {avored geant's friends felt let down to- Cross for his courage under fire fl ls in SILVER MBRIDGE day because that battle citation while with the 1st Marine Divi- anneis in Gra AMBRIDG about his extraordinary heroism gion in Korea. Gray——and OXFORD Gray in Korea turned out to be a fake.| i | . In one battle, it said, he ex- : They are cut in the new

Leroy K. Bergee, about 30, con-/pageq himself to the on-rushing fessed to police yesterday that he communists and single-handedly was the author of a citation ypocked out a machine-gun nest.| which described the type of battle- 14+ said he clubbed Reds: with his! field action that made Sgt. Alvinirifie and killed 74 before he was York a World War I hero. Mr.|ghot in the chest. | Bergee apparently only wanted a Bergee, a native of Madison, day off. Towa, perpetrated the hoax when ‘he asked the Carrier Corp., which] employs him as a guard, for a; day off to go to Philadelphia and] received his award. {

lke Poses ‘me \ s The company was so impressed Big Question {by the account of his “herofsm”| | that it put its public relations de-| ° e | partment to work. The story was! In lllinois Printed widely. . Bergee also said he had been CHICAGO, Jan. 14 (UP) —Gen.! . Dwight D. Eisenhower was thej awarded Sve Dupe hearts so question mark in Illinois politics| i, oo serving in World War 11 oo yesterday on the eve of the open-| pi j.e declined to hold Bergee ing of nominating petitions for but the FEI said it had hotl the April 8 primary elections. | dropped the cade Filing opens today and closes : Jan. 21. | On the Republican side, Sen. | * [Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) and Har-| lold E. Stassen were announced, antagonists, whilé backers of Sen. | Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.) pro-| posed to put him in the Democratic race. Reports circulated that Gen Eisenhower supporters will not| place his name directly in the GOP Presidential preference pri-

of convention delegates pledged to him. ; No Decision Reached A spokesman for the newlyformed Eisenhower-for-President

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an 8-year-old boy. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the the offensive. The Reds were reel- workers and three companies—/| ..i00 i Tilinois said that no

Visibly shaken by the finding of Judge Saul I. Rabb, Criminal Court 2, Reed protested repeatedly: “Your honor, I'm not.”

Reed was sentenced to two to 14 years in state prison at Michigan City and fined after Judge Rabb ruled he was not a criminal sexual psychopath under the 1949 law.

Defense Attorney Sam Blum said he would ask for a new trial immediately. Produced Two Witness:s During the trial last month, Reed maintained he was in Lebanon at the time of charged sex offense July 1. He produced two witnesses , who backed his story. Reed also charged his“indictment resulted’ from a fight with the boy's uncle. He said the uncle told him “I will see you in jail.” A ruling in the case had ‘been postponed pending a court-ordered medical examination to determine whether the Sex Crime Law could be. invoked. Two doctors testified today Reed is not a sex psycho-

I'm not guilty,

. path.

In sentencing Reed, Judge Rabb said, “Because of the age of this child I'm going to be pretty rough on you.” Reed, who now lives in Ft. Wayne, had a previous conviction of rape in 1948 and served time.

WHY DON'T WE SIT THIS ONE OUT UNTIL FRED ASTAIRE'S DANCE STUDIO OPENS Jan, 2I

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the

State Department and the White

House apparently want to make July. A few-hard shoves and they and Ohio Bell. The contracts eX- ;. ..i.q that an announcement

sure they're.not creating another MacArthur. The joint chiefs, in particular, seldom. miss an opportunity to remind Gen. Ridg-|

he Often, the manner in which Gen. Ridgway is

reminded ‘of hisiwhich could be helpful to him.

ing and stalling for time last Western Electric, Michigan Bell

Gen. pire next month. Mr. Bierne said the union also

might have fallen apart.

Ridgway wanted to start shov-|

{ing. But again he was overruled. will seek fringe benefits involving

Meantime, Gen. Ridgway has seniority rights, grievance and

He said he hopes that the Amer-

status has embarrassed him. It|These men decide who enters his|ican Telephone & Telegraph Co.

has cost him face—an important consideration in the Orient. Administration by remote control 9000 miles away can be clumsy at times. Three times in one week, for instance, official Washington asked either for an “explanation” or ‘clarification” of statements {made in Tokyo. Moreover, it anjnounced—publicly and in advance {—that it had asked. s | In November, the State De(partment sent assistant secretary Dean Rusk to Tokyo to negotiate an administrative agreement which would provide U.S. bases in Japan after the return of sovereignty. Such an agreement ordinarily would be handled by the military and until Mr. Rusk’s arrival negotiations had been in Gen. Ridgway's hands. Japanese and the foreign press in Tokyo interpreted the transfer as a slap.

No Chance to Develop

As a result of Washington's procedure, Gen. Ridgway has had no chance to develop ‘the personality, the force or the initiative

#the Japanese had learned to as-

sociate with the office of supreme | commander under five years of | Gen. MacArthur. : Because he knows the rug may be pulled from under him at any |moment, Gen. Ridgway gives the |impression of a man unsure of | himself. In the absence of any real authority, he finds it safer to

{restrict himself to purely social

land civic appearances. Gen. Ridgway -is a soldier, \trained all his life to take orders. |In October, he told arspress con|ference — which he called to announce he couldn’t say anything —that he felt there should be a “definite curtailment on the right

Y of utterance on the part-of senior

commanders.” That was a nice ‘way of saying he had better but‘ton his lip. When the head of a \major press service unable to

+ see Gen, Ridgway to discuss the lend of the occupation — put his|.

questions on paper, the General's reply asked sympathetic recognition of the fact he wasn’t his own boss and couldn't be expected

loffice, what papers cross his desk. will lay aside “the kind of hos|They. typify the bureaucracy tile bickering which has charac{Which has captured Gen. Ridgway|terized their past record of labor {since he came to SCAP. |relations.”

Parents Stand Pat—

Girl, 15, Defies Teachers, Returns With Pincurls

ANTIOCH, Cal, Jan. 14 (UP);the family's pastor, talked Mrs, —Theola Barton's controversial Barton into letting him bring pincurls. threatened yesterday to them back. y start a touchy “human rights’”| The Bishop’s action saved the hassle all over again. parents from a child abandonThe 15-year-old steelworker’'s ment charge. Mr. Hamm had said daughter, whose practice of going if they didn’t come for their five to school with her hair “put up” children by today, they could be irked school teachers into a legal fined $500 and sent to jail for a protest, said she would return to! year. her classes today. |" “It's too bad we've come to a But the pincurls stay, Theola state where people can walk. off said, and her mother backed her and leave their children that way.” up with the statement: |Mr. Hamm said. “I don't intend to be the puppet Previously he had fined of any dictatorship.” In defense of Theola’s informal send Theola to school. hair-style, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Barton had left five of their nine {children with Justice of the Peace Yates F. Hamm. {| They said hé could ‘clothe, (feed and educate” them “to your standards.” Mr. Hamm, 56-year-old grandfather with five children. of his own, turned them over to juvenile authorities. But the Barton children—aged three to 11—finally were returned to their ramshackle home Saturday when Bishop LaFarr Astle,

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decision has been reached, but in-

may be made today. A group of Chicago businessmen—political amateurs—formed

lever since whether. to place his name on the ballot. [ The Illinois primary both elects |gelegates and provides a ‘“‘popu{larity contest” of the voter's pre{ference for President. The pre- | ference vote is ‘not binding upon {the elected delegates. | Observers speculated that the | Eisenhower forces may not wish |to risk defeat at the hands of the | formidable Taft in the popularity | vote. Sen. Taft carries the backing of the regular Republican organization in the state. | Allotted 60 Delegates | - Both Sen. Taft and Mr. Stassen will be put on the preference, ballot by petition, according to| their supporters, and Sen. Taft] at least is expected to have a full] slate of delegates entered. Reports said the Iisenhower| organization may enter at léast| a partial list of delegates, while | the Stassen delegate plans -have| not been announced. Illinois tentatively has been allotted 60 delegates to the national conventions. Fifty will pe

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