Show WEEKLY W NEWS ANALYSIS cold war flames into hot war on korea front UN condemns invasion by communist force S EDITORS notel NOTE i when e ol 01 pinion alons to re essed in these columns they hy are re th choie of 0 stern union aas s new 0 o a estr and nd not net necessarily of this abl KOREA A hot war var 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 the blessing and aid of the united states first reports ot of the attack were confused it was known however that the invaders advanced as much es as 12 miles into south korea by using ground forces totaling as many as men plus 90 tanks an additional men were believed ready to reinforce the invaders 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 Im immediately there were reports report S also of amphibious landing on the fast east coast of south korea the main attack was directed along the valley for cen 1 the path of invaders mal maj gen on ch chol ol 01 byung kud chief of staff of the south korea army reported bihn sung mo acting premier and defense minister said he had evidence that of northern tanks captured to in the first attack hall half of the crews were russian minister kirn kim yong ju was in tokyo when the attack was launched meanwhile the united states began the evacuation of COO americans from the seoul area they were leaving korea by sea with US al air r protection the evacuation plan was completed only a week wee k before the sneak attack according to american military men who have been directing the training of the south korea army the defenders have men to battle the invaders they will be handicapped however by the lack of an air force and tanks north korea Is reported to have military planes including 70 russian yaks and 25 Stormo viks FARM SUPPORTS senate approves after a hot floor debate the senate completed congressional action and sent to president truman a lill 1111 to give the commodity credit corporation an additional to finance its federal farm price support programs the president was expected to sign the measure the debate developed over a provision in the bill which would shut the door on imported foreign farm crops if 11 they threatened to upset the domestic farm support program the provision was included in the bill and requires secretary of agriculture brennan brannan to demand an investigation of the tariff commis sion whenever he believes foreign lm imports orts are interfering with domestic farm programs the additional would increase the total borrowing allt authority hority to most of the money now available to the agency Is tied up in price support loans and purchase agreements the measure barely got through the senate 36 tu to 35 after vice president Tres president ident barkley exercised his constitutional vote to break a 35 35 tle tie critics ot of the measure said it would wreck the reciprocal trade program sometimes called the keystone of the pat rations ions foreign policy ERICKSON goes to jail frank erickson called americas greatest took bookmaker maker and king of a nationwide gambling business has aten sentenced td two years in ili jail and lined fined erickson could have been sentenced to one year yea r in on each of 59 counts of bookmaking lie he was sen isen fenced to ing counts andone year bearor ye aror for conspiracy war scene N y egar h Z AP troops from communist dominated north korea are r reported e pushing their way southward following the sneak attack on U US S backed south korea F four 0 u r thousand troops were reported killed in the initial phase of the shooting this map shows the parallel 1 1 which separates north korea from the south UNITED NATIONS north korea guilty 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 fire lire throughout korea the soviet union was conspicuous by the absence of its delegates from the emergency session acting swiftly and bluntly the UN termed the assault an unprovoked p attack and a clear threat to international peace and security the resolution called for immediate cease fire and implicated that the UN 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 kroblen they faced face d was a critical one te situation demanded a clear and strong reaction since too much was at stake in terms of american prestige in the far east As a result a critical amount of arms aid was said to have been started to korea immediately it was also reported general macarthur had been authorized to draw on stocks of equipment available in japan rather than let korea wait for shipments to bo be put together in the united states stales many american observers saw the attack on south korea as a soviet test of US reaction toward aggression they did not believe however that the communists are ready tor for any military aagre aggression assion on a broad international scale it was recalled by many mat that world war IV Up start started d with acta acts of of aggression against minor powers and not from declarations or of war with this view in mind the question arose whether the worth north korea attack Is an early test of physical cal and moral strength of the democratic nations the present situation calls tor for firmness political observers agree PLANE CRASH worst in history the worst commercial airline tragedy in the notions 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 members 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 tilled filled to capacity vanished on a flight from new york to seattle by byway way of Minnea minneapolis polls 1 st joseph Is about miles southeast of milwaukee on the e east eastern shore of lake michigan THE PRESS A new nei note it has been a number of years since the he press of this country try has raised a united howl on any one sub subject eject A new note was evident however shortly after the invasion of south korea by communist sponsored 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 fhe be editors to focus public attention on tho 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 will in the dimmed immediate late future force upon the united states the gecels sity 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 korea from the rope rape ot of the communists ts denver post it if this aggress aggression lon is not stopped the UN has but one choice it must authorize its member nations to supply a strong force of men and arms and must step in to stop the korean war it if it does not do this it if it falls to respond to this desperate situation then the UN Is doomed to go the way of the league of nations if 11 the russians are not made to back down in this instance we must arn aria to 0 o the teeth RELIGION once in 2000 years in a ceremony without precedent in the nearly 2000 years of catholic history a mother witnessed the canonization of her child maria goretti who died at it 11 defending her virtue was raised to sainthood before half a million roman catholic faithful the ceremony was unusual in many respects never before had there been an open air sanctified sanctifies tion ceremony in rome in a place of special honor near the popes throne sat the saints SO 88 year old mother with be her w were e two sons and two daughters one of the sons angelo lives in new village N X J the country youth who stabbed the child to death in 1902 when she would not submit to him now 68 years old lives in a monastery haunted by visions of his victim he was not at the ceremony but was reported in prayer more intense than ever the ceremony was one of the highlights of holy year thousands have flocked to rome in rec recent ent months in observance of the religious celebration STOCK MARKET war jitters evidently suffering a case of war jitters the new york stock exchange experienced one of its worst slumps in a number of years shortly after the opening op efting of the present korean conflict trading involved shares the largest volume in 10 years some was cut from the market value of all stocks listed on the exchange the trading was a clear indication of wall street thinking tin and rubber the principle far east commodities advanced in the spot market the buyers also flocked to the commodity pits sending most grains foodstuffs and raw materials soaring bonds bond s followed stock in the plunge rails taking the sharpest fall fail in ir more in ore than 2 years in one of the largest volumes traded this year the last big break in the market was the day after labor day 1946 when approximately was whittled from the listed mar ket value of stocks on the ex change LIVING ING COSTS take big jump the cost of living Is still below a year ago but led by meat prices the consumers coni consumers umers price index took an increase of eight tenths of I 1 per cent between april 15 13 and may 15 it was the highest jump of any month in almost two years food prices went up 19 per cent between april and may ani and were responsible for the sudden rise in the cost of living index throughout the nation |