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Show SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931 THE JOURNAL Page 3 NEIIRU MEETS RED ENVOY IN PARIS , . . Homeward-boun- d from the conference of commonwealth ministers in London, Indias Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (right) chats with Soviet Russias ambassador to France, Alexis P. Pavlovx, in Paris, France. They met at a reception given for Prime Minister Nehru at the Indian embassy. Nehru has been attempting to arrange a cease-fir- e truce between Red forces in Korea and the forces of the United Nations. HELICOPTER RESCUE FROM KOREAN BEACH .. . An American helicopter beats its way from an east Korean beach enroute to U.S.S. Manchester on one trip of a dramatic rescue in which 120 Thailand sailors and officers and nine Americans were taken to haven aboard ship from a Communist trap. Personnel were from the beached Thailand navy corvetter Prasae. Chief aviation pilot D. W. Thorin, Chambers, Neb., is at the controls. Milk can contains hot soup brought in by the helicopter to sustain the men awaiting a return trip by the aircraft. Many such incidents are occurring during the fighting in Korea. SEE NO RATIONING IN NEAR FUTURE . . . Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson (left) confers with Sen. John Sparkman (center), Alabama, chairman of the senate small business committee, and William Henry Harrison, chairman of the national production authority, just before Wilson testified before the senate group. He said he does not expect rationing to be ordered in the near future. lie said the present price freeze is temporary, to be amended later. ... In tribute STREET SCENE to Los Angeles, Ballerina Betty Byrd scorns the settings of the stage and takes her dancing feet Into the city streets to epitomize the spirit of Los Angeles in dance DUTCH SOLDIERS DISPLAY WOODEN SHOES . . . During a lull in the Korean fighting in the Chungju area, Cpl. Bruce Williams, Geneva, impressions of its landmarks. N.Y. (center), compares his winter shoes (left), Vogelzang, Holland, and Sgt. Kees Both Dutch soldiers are from a battalion forces in Korea and are sporting their brought with them from Holland. DIVISION COMMANDER . . . Maj. Gen. Clark Ruffner has taken command of the second infantry division in the Wonju area in Korea. He relieved Maj. Gen. Robert McClure as commander of this division. BASEBALLS GREATS . . . Two of baseballs immortals were among the guests at the annual ribs and roasts dinner of the Cleveland baseball writers at which Larry Doby, Indian outfielder, was named man of the year in basebaU. They are Tris Speaker (with bat) and Denton (Cy) Young. Speaker compiled a lifetime batting average of .344, and Young recorded 511 major league pitching victories, inshutouts. cluding three no-h- it INVOLVED IN SCANDAL . . . an with Cpl. Ted Warmerdam Kruyf, Rotterdam, Holland. attached to United Nations wooden shoes which they LAST VOYAGE . . . Her flight decks charred and buckled, the 10,000 ton carrier Independence starts her last voyage beneath the Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco, headed for a rendezvous with death. Veteran of World War II and victim of two atomic bombing tests, the gallant vessel will be towed out to sea and sunk by the Navy. The ship was deemed of no value as scrap because of the radioactivity which still clings to her warped plates. basketball captain Poppe, Cornelius Kelleher. John Byrnes, and Irving and Benjamin Schwartzberg attend bribery hearing, |