Show I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS- Attempt Made to Kill President Master Defense Plan for Europe Reportedly Agreed on by Allies i EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions opinion are expressed In these columns they hey are those boil of j Western Newspaper Unions Union's news new analysts and not necessarily e d of this newspaper I MANCHURIA e I j SOVIET j NOw sw UNION t- t MAN NAMA 1 l tI 0 G p J S NIAN Q e eON I A CN ON i Japan Yellow Sea Soa Sea 0 NOR H KOREA r r rr lIn lIno r INCH o 0 I so 71 In a last desperate effort North Korean troops attacked UN U.N. forces just Jost short of 01 the Yalu river as the war in Korea entered entered en en- Its dying moments Chinese Red troops were reported to have bave joined the North Koreans In the last minute stand UN U.N. forces totaling nearly men continued to push northward j i In the final phases of the struggle I TRU TRUMAN A Escapes Assassination For the first time Ume in history an attempt was made to assassinate a president president of the United States at his official residence The plot came cameto cameto Ito to an end In a blazing gun battle at atthe atthe atthe the very steps of Blair House the temporary White House The assassins were identified as who died almost instantly of wounds and Oscar Collazzo Collazzo Col 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 were wounded One of the guards Leslie Coffelt 40 died a short time later in a Washington hospital The other two were reported seriously seri seri- 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 firc on Collazzo Meanwhile within a afew afew few lew seconds of Collazzo's opening shot sho opened fire in front of Lee LeeHouse LeeHouse House which adjoins the Blair mansion mansion man man- sion ion on the westerly side Guards returned the fire and within seconds both would would-be assassins assassins assassins assas assas- sins were shot down Collazzo is reported to have told police that he and came cameto cameto cameto to Washington with the express purpose of shooting the President h On body was found a aletter aletter aletter letter and a memorandum both cryptic but indicative of conspiracy of the Nationalists to kill Mr Tru man an The attack resulted in an Immediate Im- Im mediate crackdown down on the Nationalist Nationalist Na Na- party in Puerto Rico which has demanded independence of the I United States I The Communist party afraid of being involved in the plot Immediately immediately Immedi immedi- disavowed any connection with it and termed the attempt a 1950 version o of the Reichstag fire fire up frame in Hitler Germany TIBET I i Invasion Ordered The Indian government which had tried to appease b both th 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 behind be be- hind bind the move to seat Communist I China China in the United Nations With I the invasion of Tibet Prime Min Mn- Minister Minister ister Pandit Nehru found himself h lin in a a difficult position Red armies were at the border of India and it appeared likely that Nehru would I be forced to review his policies If Communist Cl China na and Russia continue their present partnership in foreign policy polley and exploitation of Chinas China's natural resources thee the disappearance of free Tibet will bring a formidable combination of I Communist powers Communist powers to bear against I non Communist India Nehru finds himself now in a aI avery avery very unfavorable situation in the I struggle for dominance in Asia I Headliners I IThe The time has bas 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 proposal proposal proposal pro pro- for a unified Germany You can have all aU the glittering front that's left in Europe today Ive I've had enough said Barbara Hutton American heiress who had four foot husbands three of them European Euro Euro- It is useful for the American government to show in practice that it is ready to help other people people peo pea pie rather than issuing propaganda as some other countries do Premier Tito of Yugoslavia said in announcing his drought damaged country would get US U.S. aid i EUROPE EUROPE- Master Defense Plan I I The will and al plan for the defense defense defense de de- de- de of Europe against any aggression aggression aggression ag ag- ag- ag was made known to the world when the Atlantic pact nations nations nations na na- na- na reportedly agreed on a unified unified unified uni 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. D EIsenhower to be named supreme commander of the collective collective col col- armed forces The defense plan would reach full force as soon as po possible sible and not later than 1953 it was reported The plan is a further step In the armament for defense program outlined in hi a recent speech by President Truman The western world has accepted the belief that Russia understands only armed strength In the new plan the US U.S. would furnish five to 10 divisions more than half hall the warships all strategic strategic strategic stra stra- bombers and five to 10 groups of tactical fighter planes France reportedly would provide 20 to 28 divisions Britain about five Belgium Belgium Bel- Bel gium glum Luxembourg and the Netherlands Netherlands Neth Neth- erlands five to 10 and Italy about 10 Britain would contribute a smaller small small- er number of warships than the United States but would share the major responsibility for sea power CASUALTIES Climb to The terrible price of war was brought home to the American people people peo peo- pIe with the announcement that US U.S. casualties in Korea numbered The latest tabulation included killed in action wounded wound ed and missing in action The figure on total deaths was In addition to those killed in action it included who died of wounds and listed as missIng missing miss miss- Ing those whose capture by North Koreans and subsequent death was confirmed The army casualties totaled 23 23 the navy the marine corps and the air force |