Wilmington News-Journal from Wilmington, Ohio • 1

I 12 Pages Xr A i Retaken by Southorce TOKYO June Strate afternoon stretched from Mun sic Uiitiongbu was reported re san about milesnbrthweit of KOM JAPANs I I APAN forces could quickly orces Stocks Down 5 here OREA 38TH PABAUU THE UWflfeMCE BARTLETT ARCHAEOL1 HISTORICAL "SOCOT COLUiIBUS' OHIQ jr war totals broadcasts said an general would take of the defense The President NEW YORK June The stock market raced down WASHINGTON June The United States has 500 plus Air orce planes and 18 ships in the ar Pacific military manpower there 123500 President Lines Ship To Be loated CAMDEN June CH The President Jackson 19600 ton American' President Lines cruise ship equipped with everything from air conditioning to a fulltime baby slides down the ways today The President Jackson a 536 foot giant capable of carrying 204 first class passengers at 19 knots the first of three sister ships to be launched The other two the President Ada rtfs and Presi dent Hayes will take to the wa ters of the Delaware River early in September and November re 1 spectively chmmamsT 4 I President Truman today ordered1 United States planes and war rshipa to the aid of South Koreanforces He laid down a policy of I standingflrm against communist I aggresslon ''lhthe ar I The orders were passed to Gen MacArthur supremecommand er of all forces in the Pa Icific I As a parkof the broader poli I cy Mr Truman directed the Seventh leetbe prepared ward at high speed today in the wake of President sweeping aid to Asia policy an nouncement' Selling orders flooded into the exchange in one of the heaviest streams in years Prices plunged $1 to an extreme of 37 a share These losses were on top of yesterday's declines running to 37 a share Selling today and yes terday represented extreme ner vousness over the possibility of another world war growing out of Korean hostilities Trading volume was so large that the exchange was forced to use quotations in order to give an up to the second pic ture of the market A price goes directly from the trad ing floor to the ticker tape? The ticker tape lagged as much as 21 minutes in reporting prices Up to noon alone sales totaled 1370000 shares The selling attack came on the heels of a morning rally which lifted favored issues as much as 33 a share CREWMANNAMED A TOKYO June Names of the one dead two missing and eight survivors Of a 29 Super fort which was ditched in the Pacific off Guam riday were announced today by the ar astem Air orce headquarters The eight crewmen rescued in cluded Lt' Gene Williams Portsmouth COLLISION KILLS TWO i NEWARK June Mrs McKnlght of Columbus whs killed and her husband in jured "seriously this morning when their automobile figured In A head on collision with a truck six miles east of here the sheriffs office reported The truck driver Harold Jackson 25 of Marysville and a passen ger in the truck escaped injury KXHONO SCOUI BAN TO BE LITED COLUMBUS June The Liquor Department said to ff" day' permit requests on file April 11 1949 when the went into effect will be consid ered first after the ban is lifted July 9 About 500 are pending Late lashes QUNTUPLETS BORN NEW ORLEANS June 28 year old Negro moth er gave birth to quintuplets to three beys and two girls one of the boys died shortly after birth The mother is Alberta AUen of White Cas tle La 28 KILLED IN CRASH PERTH Australia June 22 Twenty eight persons including two infants died last night in the crash of an Aus tralian National Airways Sky master 50 miles from Perth It was West worst air disaster CONIRMATION KILLED WASHINGTON June UH today killed all chances for confirmation of Acting Atomic Energy Com mission Chairman Sumner Pike for a new fout year term before his present term 1 pires riday midnight i SUPPORT PLEDGED LONDON Prime Minister Attlee pledged support In the United i Nations to American moves to repel the communist attack en South Korea Relatives of Clinton People Are Drowned Cooper amily Have Visited Here More Rain alls 3 yV fry KIIJO tdS worn am WASHINGTON June Senate House conferees today voted a one year extension of the existing power to draft young men "The agreement which must be ratified by both chambers al so would empower the President to order the National Guard and all reserves Jo immediate active duty The Senate House group ob viously acted because of the tense Korean situation They junked previous restric tions voted by the Senate and House upon presidential authori ty to induct manpower and voted a one year extension of exist ing draft powers All reserves could not have been called under the present law unless the President or Con gress declared a national emer gency WarNpt Threat to Guam Civil Stature WASHINGTON June 27 There was but no definite today that the Korean Situation might upset timetables for giving civil gov ernment to Guam American Sa moa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Guam is to pass from Navy to the Interior Department admin istration next Saturday A civil ian governor appointed last Sep tember' has been laying the groundwork for the new regime TAIPEI ormosa June President Chiang Kai shek has rejected a suggestion that Nationalist China offer individual aid to the Republic of Korea of ficial quarters said today HONOLULU' June 27 The commander ih chief of South tiny navy today pre pared to sail for his embattled homeland with the major part of Bis fighting three convert ed PC boats 1 Rear Adm Sohn Wu II said may be too He echoed tha words of his president Syng man Rhee in criticising United States aid as little and oo late? Ct HONG KONG June The Korean war raised the value of the American dollar in trading CEIVE CENTS Rep Korrell (D Ark) whp visi ted Korea last fall said that if Southeastern Asia Coun tries become convinced from the Korean outcome they count on our support they resist Russia In that case we fiiight as well say goodbye to Ja pan ormosa Indochina Ma laya the Philippines and the whole Pacific MOSCOW Jane The Soviet presO' Said today that United Nations Se curity Council meeting which' called for a cease fire In Korea had no legal force because del egates of the Soviet Union were not present WASHINGTON June Sen Knowland (R Caiif) de manded that the United States ship more fighting planes to South Korea asserting that the republic be saved by a United Nations resolution I 't WASHINGTON June Chairman Connally' (D Tex) of the i Senate oreign Relations Committee 'posed the possibility if the United Nations fails to act the United States may ask other free nations to join it in military and econom ic sanctions against the North Korean aggressors He hinted that the North Atlantic Defense Pact might grounds that communist vic tory in the Pacific would threat en world seturity MANILA June De fense Secretary Ruperto Kang Support Bill Pretident Expected To Sign Bill Adding Two Billion WASHINGTON June A blllto add 32000000000 to the 34850000000' already available for supporting farm prices was approved yesterday by the Sen ate 7 The vote was 36 to 35 with Vice President Barkley interven ing tn break a tie The measure now goes to the White House for President expected signature The money would be used by the Commodity Credit Corpora tion to carry out federal supports for this crops of cotton whest com rice tobacco pea nuts and other basic commodi ties 7 i ''Before passing th4 measure its Senatq backersfbeat down a Republican backed movement aimed at curbing Imports of for eign farm' products Sens tors Taft and Bricker voted against the measure Johnson Says No Troops Local Option Petitions for Midland Issued Local option petitions are be ing circulated in Midland by i Cellle' Alien John' Smith clerk" of' the Clinton County Boerd of Elect ionr said Monday afternoon following a meeting of the Allen obtained 'petitions asking for a vote on the sale of beer and also on the five questions regard ing the sale of wine and liquor but they have not yet been filed with the board Smith aid Sale of intoxicants is now permitted in 'Midland George Brown obtained the pe titions calling for a referendum on the sewage system in Blhn chester but they also have not yet been filed Smith stated The' Election Board had no comment on the proposed office type ballot which the people of (Milo voted last November and which is scheduled to be used for the first time In the general elec tion in November of State Charles Sweeney sent the board a copy of the proposed bal lot if News Broadcasts Slanted Is Charge 1LOS ANGELES June Radio station owner A Rich attorney once warned him he was for with anti administration broad casts evidence offered at an CC hearing indicates Richards is charged with in structing newscasters tp slant news to play up Republicans and play down Democrats in the news His stations KMPC here WJR Detroit and WGAR Cleve land are seeking license renew NO CAUSE OR TAT 'WASHINGTON June Sen Robert A Taft (R O) says loss 'of South Korea to Northern invaders might be a blow to American "prestige but it is hardly a cause for war No Marketing Quotas on Wheat in 1951 WASHINGTON June Department ef Agricul ture has decided against pro posing marketing quotas on next wheat crop Howard Hackney Clinton county Product ion end Market ing Administration chairman said Tuesday after he was in formed by the News Journal of the above announcement hat there still is expected to be acre age allotments on wheal for the 1951 crop' and that they proba bly will be slightly less than for this year Although the wheat crop this year is expected to be one of the smallest in recent years Hack ney pointed out that there still is a large carry over of wheatjtrom previous years He stated that the carry almost was so large that marketing: quotas were proclaimed A' short Canadian crop which is expected to permit the to' export more wheat' helped in the de cision not to have quotas Hack ney Lake Ship Crash Probe Started DETROIT June A federal marine board opened its formal investigation today of the excursioirjpteanier lake freighter collision iri which four persons were lost Sunday' Three persons were killed and a fourth was and believed drowned when th4 Norwegian freighter Ravefjell rammed the City of 'Clevelah III on Lake Huron Eighty' passengerson a Ben ton Harbor St Joseph Chamber of Commerce cruise were periled Weekley Trial Begun Tuesday Trial of Lloyd Weekley of Wilmington opened in Common Pleas Court Tuesday morning before a petit jury Weekley is charged with the rape of a 10 year old girl and also with the assault on the girl without in tending to commit rape Two witnesses' were called to the stand to present testimony They were Dr Arthur Lip pert and Mrs Letba Lewis mother of the girl Dr Lippert stated that on a re quest from George Schilling county prosetutor he examined the girl Mrs Lewis stated that she had known Weekley for several years and that on (vanous occasions she had sent her children to him to borrow money She said that the money was used to buy school lunches for her children Mrs Lewis testified that on sev eral occasions that her daughter was late getting home from school She stated that she was surprised when Schilling Sheriff Howard Botts and Deputy loyd oote cama to her home on May 5 and told her that the girl had been having 4 relations with Weekley 7 Mrs Lewis told the' court that on different occasions the girl had told her two different" men had chased She also stated that the girl had never made any complaints about JVeekiey mo lesting her i Members of the jury are Harley Walker of Midland Walter Ewing Melvin Hubert Peelle Arthur West and Stella II TTI A iBllCr AMM 44110 VMV and Nina Bilderback Blanches ter Mary Heironemus Rees nt uriu ChMn VlMw WBHVlr wnvi'y Mrs Arthur Hunt Walter Chan nel and Mrs Dana Williams of Wilmington and vicinity swirled through the town about 45 minutes Damage was minor in both areas Taxi driver Robert" Hampp and his passenger Mrs A School suffered minor injuries in Lancaster when the wind uprooted a tree and sent it crashing through the roof of the cab A fire emergency truck in Lancaster was crushed by an other large tree ire captain George Kellar was uninjured TELEPHONE AND power lines were knocked out at 1 He? bron and nearby Buckeye Lake (Conttaued on Pr two) TheWeother Very coo lfonjght Wednesday mostly fb fflightly' warnier The Passing Show By CLINTON THERE WAS Aloud crash in the Courthousq Monday after noon when a four foot square of plaster fell from the ceiling in the corridor of the second floor in fropt of the door of the county office Luckily there rtc one beneath the plastpr when it rell Another smaller piece of plas ter fell from the ceiling in front of the Board of Election office earlier in the day 1 AT LEAST Lebanon can say it was a city for a couple of days WherTthe census figures were announced last week for Warren county Lebanon wns listed as having a population of 5891 'which made it a city Then 'Paul Groeber census supervisor for the Seventh Con gressional District found that the figures for South Lebanon had been included in those for Lebanon and the Warren county seat actually has only 4604 resi dents loss of 42 persons since 1 1940 So Lebanon still is a village ALRED (CAP) SCHRAMM local jewelry and optometrist re ceived a long letter from his son in law I Ralph Stopp while ha was in California with the Shrln ers attending the national con vention But we Ralph get cramp from preparing the letter The only part that 5 Ralph actually wrote his name at tha bottom of the 22 inch letter and the address on the front And wasn very happy about the letter He thought the least Ralph could 'have done was to have madeit a little more personal Instead of it being just a prepared form letter after he worked so hard at the store all the time Ralph was gone to intervene'to prevent any com muhrst attack oik ormosa the June UP) of Defense John son said today the United States moves in the Pacific situation do not commit this country te sending any land troops into action island refuge of the Chinese Na tionalist government At' the same time he asked that Chiang Kai Shek head of the Chinese Nationalists cease attacks on the mainland as a contribution toward the pacifica tion of the whole area He also announced he is step ping up aid to the Philippines and Indo China THE UNITED STATES' ac tions were taken under theUnit ed Nations resolution which con demned the communist invasion of Korea and asked all members of the to lend their sup port to carrying out the declaration for a halt to the nshtinf The next big question is wnat will be reaction The hope of American officials is that the Soviets will refrain from any direct aid to the North Korean forces and permit the fighting there to be ended Even before Mr Truman a announcement that he waa ending air cover to the South Koreans there had been re ports from informed Tokyo sources that American bomb ers would hit towns held bythe communists south of the iff 38th paralie the dividing line and North r' In their Inv vion the commu nists have used small amphibi ous forces to land troops behind the lines of the South Koreans TRiis is ne tactic which superior American stop (Seoul American command statement made no reference to this) Til iiilmillilllluinillM MANCHURIA ill 1 1iiiviiiuyini 1 1 I II aivifallil leon declared today the Philip pines are sufficiently strong and strpngly supported to cope with any eventuality" Asserting he did not believe the Korean war developments would Change the defense picture in the Philippines in the immediate fu i ture Kangleon added this coun try is BALTIMORE June Owne Lattimore believes Russia is morally responsible for the war in Korea Soviet Union openly gave North Korea the arms that made this venture the Johns Hopkins University expert on ar Eastern affairs i told news men yesterday whether Russians or Koreans gave the signal to attack South Korea Is UMCWQX 'J REPRESENTATIVES the South Korean Republic which a i Rxf CAmmnnkf Nfirth Korean WHS invduru yunuaj ssiv ssaais armies' are shown above: top left John Muccio am baisador to Korea who believes South will win bottom Ambassador John Chang who has appealed to President Truman for additional arms aid top right Syng man Rhee president of South Korea who has fled the South ern capital of Seoul with his wife and diplomatic staff bottom right oreign Minister Ben Limb of the South who compared the aggression with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 Arrow on the map shows Kaesong 50 miles northwest of Seoul Communist forces occupied the former city ywtorday and moved into the capital cijy of Seoul last night The 38th paranel divides North frem South the Russian zone frojft the American xonev 4 i 1 L' What They Say Abjouf taken tonight (Tokyo time) by Southern Korean forces in a furi ous counterattack that pushed the invading Northern commu nists back 20 miles from Seoulthe Southern capital "Word of thej recapture ca'me sources and was partially eonfirmed by two Kore an newspapermen in a direct telephone conversation with To kyo '''Z'" Recapture of Uijdngbu 12 miles north of Seoul woultksev er main commuqicatlon lines of the communist tank spearhead once reported near Seoul and VoUR PLANES DOWNED TOKYO Jane manned fighters today shet dawn fear North Karean planps sttempMnc to disraM the erae aatton af Americans trass South Korea it was learaed tonight' There was ao official annoancement of tbe 'acUoa from Gen head quarters Bni reporta gathered by correspondento at Itaxaki Alrbaoo la Soathern Japan tor minus ef the airlift bore oat the figures might in itself require a hasty withdrawal of the Red force be? fore it Is cut off (Correspondent HP King aid yesterday the Korean coun erattack at Uijongbu failed principally because of the Second Division under heavy artillery tailed to move on schedule and threw off planned coopera tion with the Seventh Division (He said unofficial advises were that Brig Gen Kjung Keun consequently was ryYy of command of the Second aioa and replaced by Brig Gen Yoo Shal Jeung who formerly commanded the Sixth Division of Cheju 'Island) The two Korean newspaper rnen who talked telephone said Seoul and the main battle line qras more than 20: miles to the north they said the battle Une this 3' WEST UNION Va June 27 Warm rain splattered the flood devastated area of North Central West Virginia last night But it like the de luge that turned streams into raging torrents which swept 29 persons to their deaths early Sunday morning Indications were that the re ceding waters would continue to reform into their banks One Year Extension of Draft Voted The six members of the Cooper family of Smithburg Va who were drowned early Sunday in: the flash floods are 7 I relatives of four Clinton counti I ans Rl IS" lz VO I lin Mrs Roscoe Windross of UUVltCy LUIWJ Mar Martinsville Mrs Ray I I I mond Thomas Wilmington Area nit DV I Paul Cooper near Wilmington us ww a a nd Nathan cooper Hnil Dnwnnmirl Windross said Tuesday null WUWnpUUl that the family first read of the 1 tragedy in News Journal LANCASTER: June i Monday night and then a brother Two persons were injured late of Mrs Cooper telephoned her yesterday 1 by a winds that txut the tragedy Bodies of Mruprooted trees at Buckeye Lake Cooper and fourbf their" five 'swipt over to Lancaster and I children have been recovered 1 but that of Mrs" Cooper is still HEAT HITS NEW HIGH 1 mlssing Only member of the Thei yesterday fatnny W)io escaped was the old soared to 95 degrees two eJj son Philip who was gradu notches higher than the Pre ated rom high school this year vious high of 93 recorded on £The Cooper house was washed June 16 At 1 today the completely away Mrs Windross temperature was 80 degrees told although it was on a slight hill away from the creek I The Coopers visited here last summer Mrs Windross said The local relatives plan to go to West Virginia when funeral serv ices are arranged Seoul to Tong Du Chan about 25 miles due north to Pochan on the east If this line is correct it would confirm previous South Korean reports that Uijongbu important valley town 12 miles north of Seoul had been recap tured The entire south Korean cab presumably including Pres ident Syngman bad evac uated the city despite continued contrary government claims Senate Okays arm Price.