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Show THE HRAGERTON TRIRTTNE. DRAGERTON. UTAH PAGE TWO WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS The cold war, which has caused one crisis after another in recent months, had flamed into a hot war on one front. Soviet sponsored armies of North Korea invaded South Korea, established by the United Nations with theJatessing and aid of the United States. First reports of the attack were confused. It was known, however, that the invaders advanced as much as 12 miles into South Korea by using ground forces totaling as many as 40,000 men, plus 9Q tanks. An additional 10,000 men were lieved ready . to reinforce the in- (Editor's Netot When pinions art la these columns, they expressed ere those et Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and net essarlly ef this aewapaper.) War Scene Some reports indicated the invaders had penetrated within 12 miles of Seoul, capital of South Korea, while others said the northerners had been checked almost lmmedia tely, There were reports also of amphibious landing on the east coast of South Korea. The main attack was directed along the Uijongbu valley, for centurofinvadersr-Maj.-Ge- n. Choi Byung Kud, chief of staff of the South Korea army, reported, Sihn Sung Mo, acting Premier and defense minister, said he had evidence that of northern tanks captured in the first attack, half of the crews were Russian. Minister Kim Yong Ju was in Tokyo when the attack was launched. Meanwhile the United States began the evacuation of 600 Americans from the Seoul area. They were leaving Korea by sea with U.S. air protection. The evacuation plan was completed only a week before the sneak attack. According to American military rfiep who havOeen directing the trainingofl.be South Korea army, the defenders have 95,000 men v to battle the invaders. They will be handicapped, however, by the lack of an air force and tanks. North Korea is reported to have 100 military planes, including 70 Russian Yaks and 25 Stormoviks. PLANE CRASH: Worst in History The worst commercial airline tragedy in the nations history took place , in Lake Michigan of .St Joseph, Mich., when a Northwest Airlines plane plunged into the lake during a severe thunderstorm with 55 passengers and three crew mem- ' bers aboard. Two days after the giant craft disappeared, parts of the plane, a section of an airplane log book, and parts of two bodies were dragged from the lake. The plane, filled to capacity, vanished on a flight from New York to Seattle by way of Minneapolis. St. Joseph is about 110 miles southeast of Milwaukee on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Troops from Communist-dominate- d North Korea are re- ported pushing their way southward following . the sneak attack on U. S. backed South Korea. Four thousand troops were T reported killed in the Initial phase of the ' shooting. This map shows the 38th parallel which separates North Korea from the south. DRAFT LAW: Hurried Action Obviously somewhat shaken by the outbreak of war in Korea, the senate and house got together on the deadlocked draft extension bill. The house passed the measure 315 to 4, extending the draft law for one year. The senates approval was expected within a matter of hours. The new bill would allow the President to call the national guard and reserves to active duty without the curbs of the old law. Chairman Vinson of the armed services committee in a house speech for the bill declared that the only sensible thing to do is extend the law in view of the world situation. These are critical and momentous times, he said. "No one can tell what tomorrow will bring. Representative Short, ranking Republican on the armed-service- s groups, called a peacetime draft repugnant, but added we have no choice now because the mastermind is at work in, the Kremlin trying to test Western civilization and trying to see how far they can go. Retires DEFICIT: ' I V Below Estimate 1 L,tnv i-- . "i ,i. rv if V The government ended its fiscal year on a happy note. The budget deficit which was expected to run as high as 5.4 billion dollars was ' approximately 35 per cent below estimates. The reason: Mainly a Jag In spending. The otulays ran very much below the official estimate of 42 billion dollars. 2. A pickup in tax collections over the official forecasts. This years business Improvement not only helped boost tax receipts but also cut down on some government outlays, now set for an almost automatic Increase if the economy takes a skid, observers reported. Spending on foreign aid, defense, stockpilings veterans - aid, mortgage buying and many other pro1. Li Joe McCarthy, 63, has resigned as manager of the Boston Red Sox and retired ; from baseball because of his health. He led the New, York Yankees to seven world championships before retiring in ' 1S46. lie came out of retire- tnent to take over the Sox. Above he gets a friendly kiss from the family pet as he arrives home. The United Nations, in an emergency session shortly after the sneak attack by Communist dominated North Korea on South Korea, branded the north the aggressor and ordered an immediate cease-fir- e throughout Korea. The Soviet Union was conspicuous by the absence of its delegates from the emergency session. Acting swiftly and bluntly, the U.N. termed the assault an unclear and a provoked attack threat to international peace and - security.. vaders. ies-thepath- THE PRESS: Teachers Onited Nations Condemns Invasion of South Korea by (led North Korea; United States Prestige at Stake in Far East grams fell below estimates The resolution called fop Immeand implicated that diate cease-fir- e the U.N. would move to take stronger measures if North Korea flouted the council. Meanwhile, reaction in the United States was immediate and to the point. President Truman cut short a visit to Missouri and returned to Washington. A conference was called between top diplomatic and defense chiefs. The problem they faced was a critical one. The situation demanded a clear and strong reaction since too much was at stake in terms of American prestige in the Far East. A i a result, a critical amount of arfria aid was said to have been started : to Korea Immediately. It was., reported General had been authorized to draw on stocks of equipment available in Japan rather than let Korea waft for shipments to be put together in the United States, Many American observers saw the attack on South 'Korea as a Soviet test of U.S. reaction toward aggression. They did, not believe, however, that the Communists are ready for any military aggression on a broad International scale. It was recalled by many that World War II started with acts of aggression against minor powers and not from declarations of war. With this view in mind, the question arose whether the North Korea attack is an early test of physical and moral strength of the democratic nations. The present situation calls for firmness, political observers agree ' Mac-Arth- ur f ERICKSON: Goes to Jail Frank Erickson, called Americas greatest bookmaker and king of a nationwide gambling business, has been sentenced to two years In jail and fined $30,000. Erickson, could have been sentenced to one year on each of 59 counts of bookmaking. He was sentenced to one year on the bookmaking counts and one year for conspiracy. The prosecutor called the gambler the master mechanic in what is probably the nations biggest racket, and said he ha$ violated the law in every state in the ' , union. For the past two decades Erickson had been denounced by public officials and had been arrested 10 times. His only conviction, however, was on a vagrancy charge for which he paid a small fine. The gamblers trouble began when he admitted to a senate committee he headed a 12.5 million dollar bookmaking network. LABOR: Switchmen Strike A New Note since the press of this country has raised a united howl on any one subject., A new note was evident, however, shortly after the invasion of South Korea by Communist spon sored North Korea. The day 'following the attack every leading newspaper In. the United States carried editorials on the subject. It seemed a spontaneous and combined effort of the editors to focus public attention on the seriousness of the Korean situation and its possible repercussions. . In general the editors seem to agree that the United States and the United Nations must act on Korea. A few of the opinions: New York Times: War in Korea will. In the immediate future, force upon the United States the necessity for a decisive and unequivocal policy in respect to Asia Portland, Ore, Journal: America has no other choice than to move necessary force to save South RELIGION: Korea from the rape of the Communists. Onrce in 2,000 Years Denver -- Postr- Ifthisaggression In a ceremony without precedent is not stopped, the U.N. has but one In the nearly 2,000 years of Catholic history, a mother witnessed the choice. It must authorize Its member nations to supply a strong canonization of her child. " Maria Goretti, who died at 11 force of men and arms, and must in to stop the Korean war If defending her virtue, was raised to step not do this, if it fails to it does Roa million sainthood before half to this desperate situation, respond man Catholic faithful. U.N. is doomed to go the then the The ceremony was unusual In many respects. Never before had way of the League of Nations. If the Russians are not made to back sanctificathere been an open-ai- r In Rome. in tion ceremony ,a down in this instance, we must arm . . place of special honor near, ,the to. the teeth. Popes throne sat the saints mother. With her were FARM SUPPORTS: two sons and two daughters. One of Senate Approves the sons, Angelo, lives in New Village, N. J. After a hot floor debate, the The country youth who stabbed senate completed congressional acthe child to death in 1902 when she tion and sent to President Truman would not submit to him, now 68 a bill to give the Commodity Credit years old, lives in a monastery, Corporation an additional haunted by visions of his victim. to finance Its federal He was not at the ceremony, but programs. The Preswas reported in prayer more in- ident was expected to sign the tense than ever. measure. The ceremony was one of the The debate developed over a prohighlights of holy year. Thousands vision in the bill which would shut have flocked to Rome in recent the door on imported foreign farm months In observance of the religcrops if they threatened to upset ious celebration. the domestic farm-suppo- rt program. The provision was1 included in the bill and requires Secretary of STOCK MARKET: Agriculture Brannan to demand an War Jitters investigation of the tariff cotomis- Evidently suffering a case of war sion whenever he believes foreign Jitters, the New York stock ex- imports are interfering with domeschange experienced one of its worst tic farm programs. The additional $2,000,000,000 would slumps in a number of years shortthe after of the present increase the C.C.C. total borrowing ly opening Korean conflict. authority to $6,750,000,000. Most of the involved money now available to the 3,910,000 shares, Trading the largest volume in 10 yeai$. agency is tied up in price-suppoSome $4,000,000,000 was cut fro; loans and purchase agreements. the market value of all stocks lis The measure barely got through ed on the exchange. the senate, 38 to 35 after The trading was a clear indicaBarkley exercised his tion of Wall street thinking. Tin constitutional vote to break a 5 and rubber, the principle Far East tie. commodities, advanced In the spot Critics of the measure said it market The buyers also flocked would wreck the reciprocal-trad- e to - the commodity pits, sending sometimes called the keymost grains, foodstuffs and raw program, stone of the nations foreign policy. materials"' 0, -- , $2,000,-000,00- 0 farm-price-suppo- rt Vice-Preside- nt rt 35-3- loaring. 1 Bonds followed stock in the plunge, rails taking the sharpest fall in more than 2Vi years in one of the largest volumes traded this year. The last big break in the market was the day after Labor Day, 1948, when approximately $4,700,000,000 was whittled from the listed market value of stocks on the exchange. eight-tenth- 40-ho- ur It has been a number of years The nationwide shortage of teachers and classrooms is going to get worse unless something drastic is done. Willard E. Givens, executive secretary of the National Education association reports. In his annual report, Givens estimated school population in the next decade will increase almost 7,500,-00from 26,635.000 to 34,091,000. He said 750,000 more teachers will be needed. The association's report said the increase in national birthrate from 17 babies for each 1,000 population in 1933 to 27 per 1,000 in 1947 is only partially, to blame for the oversized classes and part time school sessions In many schools. Other important factors Include population shifts, lengthened school terms, the increased holding power of sehools, abolition of child labor, and the enforcement of compulsory attendance. One present need Is higher salaries for teachers, the report said. Traffic on . four large western LIVING COSTS: and mldwestern railroads was almost at a standstill and a fifth Take Big Jump faced some curtailment as 4,000 The cost of living is still below A.F.L. switchmen went on strike. a year ago, but led by meat prices, The lines struck were Chicago, the consumers price index took an Rock Island & Pacific; Denver, Rib increase of s of 1 per Grande & Western; Chicago Great cent between April 15 and 15. Western, Western Pacific and the Great Northern. Arthur J. Grover, president of the union, said the issue was the week, asserting that many switchmen worked, 48 to 56 hours a week without overtime pay. A' Tuesday, July 11, 1950 May It was the highest jump of any month in almost two years. Food prices went up 1.9 per cent between April and May, and were responsible for the sudden rise in the cost of living index throughout the nation. Reviews Forces :rr Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (left) and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur converse during a break in the review staged by American occupation forces in Tokyo recently. Johnson and other high military leaders conferred on Far East policy. Releases by WNU FesUree 4 |