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Show -WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 1 Attempt Made to Kill President; Master Defense Plan for Europe Reportedly Agreed on by Allies (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's new analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) MANCHURI A Zj rT-' oc. (SOVIET I v t iL. 1uniqn I J, O HOtMKTOWO ' IT CNONCCNON M . ". .grrljf,,.- Japan Yellow Uyonotanc otJf Sen , NORTH ;-REA j SOUTH- ITlIUTf Mlllt .hchIVKOREA 7 . I In a last desperate effort, North Korean troops attacked U.N. forces just short of the Talu river as the war in Korea entered en-tered its dying moments. Chinese Red troops were reported to have joined the North Koreans In the last minute stand. U.N. forces totaling nearly 200,000 men continued to push northward In the final phases of the struggle. 1 TRUMAN: ! Escapes Assassination j For the first time in history an ' attempt was made to assassinate a 1 president of the United States at his official residence. The plot came to an end in a blazing gun battle at ', the very steps of Blair House, the , temporary White House. 1 The assassins were identified as Griselio Torresola, who died almost instantly of wounds, and Oscar Col-lazzo, Col-lazzo, seriously wounded, both of New York. The men were members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party which started an uprising in Puerto Rico a few days before the attempted assassination. Three policemen on duty at Blair House at the time of the attack were wounded. One of the guards, Pvt. Leslie Coffelt, 40, died a short time later in a Washington hospital. The other two were reported seriously seri-ously injured. According to best reports the two assassins approached Blair House, one from the east and one from the west. Collazzo opened fire first when within 10 feet of a policeman on duty at the steps of Blair House. Two other guards at posts near the steps opened fire on Collazzo. Meanwhile, Torresola, within a few seconds of Collazzo's opening shot, opened fire in front of Lee House, which adjoins the Blair mansion man-sion on the westerly side. Guards returned the fire and within seconds both would-be assassins assas-sins were shot down. Collazzo is reported to have told police that he and Torresola came to Washington "with the express purpose of shooting the President". On Torresola's body was found a letter and a memorandum both cryptic but indicative of conspiracy of the Nationalists to kill Mr. Truman. Tru-man. The attack resulted in an immediate im-mediate crack-down on the Nationalist Na-tionalist party in Puerto Rico which has demanded independence of the Head liners "The time has long since passed when the world can be stirred to hope by general phrases of the Soviet Union about disarmament and peace and German unity," Secretary of State Dean Acheson said in rejecting a Cominform proposal pro-posal for a unified Germany. "You can have all the glittering front that's left in Europe today. I've had enough," said Barbara Hutton, American heiress who had four husbands, three of them European. Euro-pean. "It is useful for the American government to show in practice that it is ready to help other people peo-ple rather than issuing propaganda as some other countries do," Premier Tito of Yugoslavia said in announcing his drought-damaged country would get U.S. aid. EUROPE: Master Defense Plan The will and a plan for the defense de-fense of Europe against any aggression ag-gression was made known to the world when the Atlantic pact nations na-tions reportedly agreed on a unified uni-fied army of about 50 divisions, strong fleets in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and a mighty air armada based in Britain and on the continent. The plans called for General Dwight D. Eisenhower to be named supreme commander of the collective col-lective armed forces. The defense plan would reach full force as soon as possible and hot later than 1953, it was reported. The plan is a further step in the armament for defense program outlined in a recent speech by President Truman. The western world has accepted the belief that United States. The Communist party, afraid of being involved in the plot, immediately immedi-ately disavowed any connection with it and termed the attempt a 1950 version of the "Reichstag-fire frame-up in Hitler Germany." TIBET: Invasion Ordered The Indian government which had tried to appease both the east and west in the current battle for freedom, received a rude shock with the official confirmation that Communist China had ordered her troops into Tibet. India had thrown its weight behind be-hind the move to seat Communist China in the United Nations. With the invasion of Tibet, Prime Minister Min-ister Pandit Nehru found himself in a difficult position. Red armies were at the border of India and it appeared likely that Nehru would be forced to review his policies. If Communist China and Russia continue their present partnership in foreign policy and exploitation of China's natural resources, the 1 disappearance of free Tibet will bring a formidable combination of Communist-powers to bear against non-Communist India. Nehru finds himself now in a very unfavorable situation in the struggle for dominance in Asia. Russia understands only armed strength. In the new plan, the U.S. would furnish five to 10 divisions, more than half the warships, all strategic stra-tegic bombers, and five to 10 groups of tactical fighter planes. France reportedly would provide 20 to 28 divisions; Britain about five; Belgium, Bel-gium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands Neth-erlands five to 10, and Italy about 10. Britain would contribute a smaller small-er number of warships than the United States, but would share the major responsibility for sea power. CASUALTIES: Climb to 26,701 The terrible price of war was brought home to the American people peo-ple with the announcement that U.S. casualties in Korea numbered 26,701. The latest tabulation included 3,683 killed in action, 18,682 wounded wound-ed and 4,337 missing in action. The offical figure on total deaths was 4,125. In addition to those killed In action, it included 442 who died of wounds and listed as missing miss-ing those whose capture by North Koreans and subsequent death was confirmed. The army casualties totaled 23,-140, 23,-140, the navy 252, the marine corps 3,133 and the air force 176. |