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tart KENTUCKY TO PLAY OKLAHOMA IN BOWL Page 6, Section 2 SECTION 1 12 PAGES VOL. 192. NO. 151 Associated Press and Wirephoto- I I LLE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1950 New York Times Service, United Press 28 PAGES 5 CENTS I bl Ml 4 Chinese- Red Armies Attack Electricity Rate Cut Is Approved 11 Pet. Gas Rise In Mighty Drive Troops U.N.

nn Vv: Crumble 75-Mile Front Kuuproog STATUTf MllfS iVllChosan Some Allied Units Surrounded, Others Forced To Withdraw; Reinforcements Sent Up By The Aiioclated Presa Tokyo, Nov. 28 (Tuesday) Four Chinese Communist Armies attacked in great force today in northwest Korea in a mighty effort to smash the 75-mile United Nations front. Masses of assault troops hit the edged it was not in contact with already crumpled right flank of some South Korean groups at what started out five days ago the crushed right end and that as a U. N. end-the-war offensive.

the situation there was "con-A new hole was blasted near the -fused." iffif KOREAi Courier-Journal Photo br "Joe Relster SWORN IN as Kentucky's new Governor, Lawrence Wetherby, center, is administered the oath by Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals Porter Sims, right. H. H. Harned, sergeant at arms of the Court of Appeals, holds the open Bible on which- Wetherby placed his right hand during administering of the oath. Wetherby Takes Oath as Governor, Pledges A Program of Advancement Associated Presi Wirephoto CRITICAL SECTOR A mass assault by Chinese Reds pushed 'Allies back from positions won last week, solid line, in their end-the-war offensive.

Open arrows show main areas of Red attacks, with the greatest pressure in the Tokchon area, in a drive to turn the Allied flank. Meanwhile, Allied forces are strengthening their lines, solid arrows. Marines in the Changjin Reservoir area, met stiff opposition as they tried to drive westward. until early in December, 1951, when he or his successor, to be elected next November, takes office. Wetherby chose a simple ceremony in the rotunda of the State China Reds Take Seats At U.N.

After A Debate Council Decides, Over Objections by Russia, To Lump Discussion on Korea and Formosa From Wire Dlipatchei Capitol, without the marching clubs and banners of a full-term inauguration on the Capitol terrace. Chief Justice Porter Sims of the Court of Appeals administered the oath. Says Strides Made Wetherby, in his brief inaugural address, said the Democratic Administration in the last three years has made strides in conservation, industrial and agricultural activity, and other fields, including health and the care for mental patients. He emphasized that the mental- Lake Success, Nov. 27.

Also Is Backed By The P.S.C. By ALLAN M. TROUT The Courier-Journal Frankfort Bureau. Frankfort, Nov. 27.

The Public Service Commission today approved an electric-rate reduction of Louisville Gas Electric Company estimated to save cus-stomers $348,000 a year. At the same time, the commission approved an 11 per cent increase in gas rates the company put into effect July 24. But because this increase was to equalize rates between mixed gas of 900 heat units and natural gas of 1,030 heat units which L. G. E.

substituted May 27, additional savings of $240,000 a year was estimated for gas consumers. Effective December 1 The electric-rate reduction will be effective with meter readings on and after December 1. While the reduction will apply to 99.6 per cent of the 139,835 consumers, the biggest cut will be for the 'average residential user. A typical bill of $2.75 for 100 kilowatt-hours will become $2.60 under the new schedule. Clifford E.

Smith, Frankfort, counsel for L. G. told the commission that this is the sixth rate reduction since 1934. Cites 'Low Rates' "The consumers of Louisville and Jefferson County," Smith said, "now have the lowest electric rates of any of the 82 cities of more than 100,000 population served exclusively by tax-paying, privately owned utilities. These rates now compare favorably with T.V.A.

rates in T.V.A.'s own territory." Smith said that the 1934 rate for 100 kilowatt-hours in Louisville was $4.38, in contrast to the new rate of $2.60." "And mind you," he said, "that reduction has been made in the face of a 73 per cent increase in the cost of living." No Testimony Heard The proceedings before the commission today were a little out of the ordinary. There was no testimony or fight, merely statements by Smith, representing the company, and Gilbert Burnett, "City law director. In addition, Gus Hutchinson, consultant to the commission, read into the record a brief summary of a nine-month study the commission staff made of the combined gas arid electric operations of L. G. E.

It was evident from all sources, however, that the new rate schedule had been worked out in advance by the combined efforts of the commission staff, the City, and L. G. E. Both Hutchinson and Burnett referred to a review of the case by Charles W. Smith, chief of the Bureau of Accounts of the Federal Power Commission.

Steps Are Detailed Mechanically, these are the steps that occurred: 1. Smith submitted a revised schedule of L. G. E. rates combining the proposed electric reduction and the gas-rate increase of July 24.

He asked the commission to approve the new schedule as combined, saying it would be withdrawn if the commission approved the electric rates and rejected the gas rates, or vice versa. 2. Burnett read into the record a statement praising the nine-month study of the commission staff. His statement set the combined savings to consumers at $588,000 a year. 3.

Hutchinson then read his brief statement. 4. John H. Chandler, Louis-ville, counsel for the Taxpayers League, asked the commission to give him 10 days to file a state-Column 6, back page, this section Romance To Aid Safety Montreal, Nov. 27 (U.R) Quebec's Automobile Club enrolled romance today in its battle against traffic accidents.

The club asked girls to influence their boy friends to drive safely. seats at the United Nations Security Council for the first time today after that group decided, over Russian objections, to lump debate on Korea and Formosa. General Wu Hsiu-chan joined Major Clashes Sliape Up In Lameduck Congress Republicans Challenge Many Points In List Of Truman's 'Musts' as Houses Reconvene From Wire Dispatches Washington, Nov. 27. Congress returned to the capital today with major clashes shaping up over statehood for Alaska and other issues at the outset of the lameduck left end.

Some U. N. units were surrounded. Others were forced to retreat. Divisions found themselves with dangerously exposed flanks.

Both sides rushed up reinforce ments. United States Eighth Army sources said a decision in the showdown battle might be reached today or Wednesday. Situation Is 'Confused' Field reports all along the front from the east end near Tokchon to the west end near Chong-ju put the Communists on. the offensive at virtually all points. The Eighth, Army acknowl- The Chinese Communists took uu" oiai.es repnea oy attuung the Union of trying to 'kill" the long-standing friend ship between China and America.

In the midst of Vishinsky's lengthy indictment the delegation from Peiping made its U. N. debut. The delegation did not leave its hotel until specifically invited to this morning's meeting by the committee chairman, Dr. Urdaneta Arbelaez.

Vishinsky built his case around the U. S. Seventh Fleet patrol to prevent invasion of Formosa by the Chinese Communists. At the end of his speech he introduced a resolution whereby the Assembly would ask the Security Councit to "ensure the immediate cessation of aggression against China by the United States of America." He began by citing statements by President Truman and Secre- tary of State Acheson during the first two months of this year declaring a U. S.

hands-off policy in Formosa, supporting China's claim to Formosa, and stating that the United States could not interfere in that country's internal affairs. The action taken in and around Formosa subsequent to the outbreak of the Korean War has been "clear and overt aggression," he said. The "ruling circles" of the United States had for some time nursed plans to use the island as a springboard to return the Kuomintang to China and extend "American aggression" farther into the Far East. Dulles Strikes Back American business interests were becoming increasingly involved in Formosa, he said. He said Reynolds Metals Company had invested as much as there in aluminum production; Westinghouse Electric Corporation controlled many of the electric-power plants, and American exploitation of sugar and camphor production doomed the population to starvation.

These were the charges and Column 1, back page, this section health program "requires both new treatment and additional housing" and said these facilities will be improved so that "many mentally ill may be cured and returned to their homes without iong confinement within the in- stitutions. In attendance were about 1,000 spectators, State officials and employees, and friends from other cities, including a Louisville delegation headed by Mayor Charles Farnsley. After the inauguration the new Governor took his place in the State Reception Room with Mrs. Wetherby, their i three children, Mrs. Clements and a half dozen State department heads for three quarters of an hour of the tradi- Column 5, back page, this section wr7 smiles among the lame- ducks who were defeated for re-election Vice- President Barkley called the Senate to order promptly at noon.

It adjourned 50 minutes later. Battle Lines Shaping Up The House wound up its first-day formalities in 40 minutes. It is meeting in the large Ways and Means Committee room until remodeling is done on its own chamber. But on both sides of the Capitol, the lines were being drawn for battle on such controversial subjects rent control, new tax levies, aid to Yugoslavia, the so-called McCarran "Communist-control" bill, and the issue of bringing in Alaska and Hawaii as new states in the Union. These were the main items on Truman's "must" list.

Under new prodding by Truman for Alaska-Hawaii state- hood, talk of a possible filibuster mounted in the Senate where some Dixie legislators fear it might lead to electing more senators who would oppose them in their, fight against cviil-rights legislation. On the tax front, a bitter and possibly long fight was developing in both houses over the Administration's call for an excess-profits tax on corporations. Burley Sales Are Delayed Till Thursday One-Day Postponement Ordered After Parley Special to The Courier-Journal Mount Sterling, November 27. Opening of sales of the 1950 burley tobacco crop was postponed tonight until Thursday. The one-day delay was ordered I by theJ3urley Sales Committee, which controls sales of the crop through the burley-growing area.

The decision was made at a joint conference held by telephone tonight. Albert G. Clay, Mount Sterling, chairman, announced the action. He said the resolution ordering the delay was adopted unanimously by the eight members participating in the conference. The three other members could not be reached.

Permits 59 2 Hours of Sales Clay said the resolution also provided that 4 hours of sales be conducted each of the first seven days of auctions, instead of the first three days as provided before opening of sales was delayed. Thereafter sales will be reduced to 3Vz hours a day. Markets selling on a poundage basis will be permitted to sell 302,400 pounds a day for the first seven days, and 259,200 a day thereafter. Effect of the change in selling hours, Clay explained, is to permit 5914 hours of sales before the markets close for the Christmas holidays December 21 instead of the 60 hours possible if there had been no delay. The delay was agreed to at the request of tobacco companies who said some of their buyers would be unable to reach some of the markets in time for the scheduled opening Wednesday.

Alphabet Soup, $1,000 Charleston, S. Nov. 27 (A) An A Street resident charged with stabbing a Street resident at a spot marked on Street was held in Magistrate's Court here today. Bond was set at one $1,000. Korea Ousts Collaborators Seoul, Korea, Nov.

27 (JP) A reliable source said the National Assembly yesterday voted to dismiss three of its members for Communist collaboration. Current U.N. reverses in Korea are not as bad as some headlines make them appear, says Maj. Gen. Floyd L.

Park. Story is on Page 1, Section 2. The right flank was exposed by collapse of three South Korean divisions after a 20-mile retreat to a point southeast of Tokchon. The Reds were trying to turn this flank back toward Pyong yang about 60 miles to the southwest, and imperil 110,000 U. N.

troops strung out along the front. The three South Korean divisions were trying to regroup along a new defense line. One division reorganized behind elements of the U. S. Second Division.

The Americans swung over to protect the South Korean flank, at the same time meeting fierce frontal attacks. Marines Move West Another U. N. force trying to relieve the critical situation was in action more than 60 miles northeast of Tokchon. But it too was having trouble.

U. S. Marines of the First Division moved west from the Chang-iin Reservoir throneh a mountain pass. They sought to drive more than 40 air miles west and cut a supply road behind the Communists attacking the South, Koreans. But the leathernecks, fighting in freezing weather, reported today they were counterattacked by Reds only four miles outside the town of Yudam (on the west bank of the reservoir).

South Koreans Isolated Isolated elements of the three staggered South Korean divisions in the Tokchon sector were surrounded today at Maengsan, 11 miles southeast of Tokchon. The Red penetration near the west end of the U. N. front also was achieved against South, Korean forces. There, as in the Tokchon sector, American elements tried to swing over and help remedy the situation while meeting frontal assault at the same time.

Powerful Chinese forces blasted through the South Korean First Division and captured Yongsan, 12 miles southeast of Taechon. mv ays ago. the South Koreans had moved through Tae- cnon during a U. N. offensive that General MacArthur had said was aimed at ending the war before Christmas.

The Red thrust to Yongsan wa Column 3. back page, this section Stranger Drives Away In Truck Police Aided North East, Nov. 27 (JP) Pennsylvania State police found a truck stuck in a ditch on U. S. 20 four miles west of her Friday.

They pulled it out. A man at the scene thanksd them, jumped into the cab, and drove off with the cargo of worth of electrical equipment. Donald H. Heft of Interstate Motor Freight Company, Grand Rapids, showed up at the scene a short time later. He told police he had gone to Erie for help.

"But where is my truck?" he asked. Police now are looking for the man who drove the truck away. They say he probably will face a hijacking charge. But Ohio was struggling back to normalcy and industry was expected to return to production by today. From 40,000 to 50,000 workers were trying to dig out the state.

At Cleveland, National Guards men had shoot-to-kill orders to curb looting. There were no hardships reported for lack of food. Cleveland estimated its production and other losses at about $10,000,000. Estimates placed at the property loss in the weekend winds that raked the East Coast from South Carolina to Maine. Peter J.

Berry, New Haven. insurance executive, said a preliminary survey of the havoc in the Middle Atlantic states indicates it will top the losses in the 1938 and 1944 hurricanes. The damage estimate was Column 4. back pare, this section the 11-nation eroun aftir a me li najion group alter-a ZVi hour debate in which Soviet delegate Jacob A. Malik tried -in vain to limit the agenda to Peip-ing's charges of American "aggression" against Formosa.

Wu, a short, sober-faced man with a scarred face, asked at once to make a 2-hour speech he had prepared on his country's charges. But Council President Ales Bebler of Yugoslavia called on American delegate Warren R. Austin as being at the head of the list. Malik then touched off a new procedural squabble, insisting the complainant had the right to make the first speech. Adjourns Till Today The Council adjourned until tomorrow morning without" solving the issue.

In the morning Soviet Foreign EH. YlsmlPld, the General Assembly's Political Committee the United States had "invaded" Formosa and that continued American aid to the Kuom-intang was incurring the hatred of the Chinese people. John Foster Dulles of the Quick Quotes Since you ride tn a limousine you can have no idea of the inadequacy (of the Oak Street 1 bus line). Beefer to Mayor Farnsley. Page 1, Section 2.

We are not afraid of communism, but we are afraid of Russia. Visitor from the Netherlands. Page 1, Section 2. I never saw anything at Buch-eniuald tuhich might have been against humanity. Use Koch.

Page 8. If a man is an American he ought to stand for an American foreign policy. Senator Con-nally. Page 4. Informal Rites Mark Occasion By S.

V. STILES Associated Press Staff Writer Frankfort, Nov. 27. Lieu- tenant Governor Lawrence Weth-'erby became Kentucky's Governor today with a pledge to carry forward the Commonwealth's of advance-' ment." The 42-year-old Louisville attorney succeeded Governor Earle C. Clements who today took the oath in Washington as Kentucky's junior- United States senator.

Wetherby will serve as Governor Stanton Griff is To Be Named Envoy to Spain Appointment Next Month Wilf End 5-Year Snub Br The Associated Press Washington, Nov. 27. Diplo-lomatic officials today said America's five-year diplomatic snubbing of Spain will be ended next month by the naming of Stanton Griffis as ambassador. Formal announcement of Griffis' appointment to the long-vacant Madrid post will be made some time in December, they said. The way for the action was cleared early this month when the United Natioiys General Assembly voted with United States support to lift a ban in effect since early 1946 and once again permit nations to send ambassadors to Madrid.

The cold shouldering was to protest'Generalissi-mo Francisco Franco's one-party regime. Truman Could Be 'Persuaded Several influential members of Congress have been publicly advocating taking Spain into -the Western nations opposing Communist aggression. At a news conference November 2, President Truman, asked for comment on the U. N. action, said it would be long, long time before this country sends an ambassador to Spain.

Last week he told reporters he could be persuaded to change his mind. Top State Department officials were reported fearful that failure to fill the post promptly might arouse opposition in Congress, busy on other important parts qt the Administration's foreign policy. Griffis, 63, has been ambassador to Argentina 14 months. His resignation from that assignment becomes effective Friday. In the absence of an ambassa- Column 5.

back page, this section Cooloudy Furnished By V. S. Weather Bureau Kentucky Partly cloudy west and mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries east portion Tuesday; somewhat warmer in afternoon, high 32 to 38. Wednesday fair and warmer. Tennessee Fair west and central and mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries extreme east portion Tuesday, somewhat warmer; high ranging from 56 extreme west to 45 central and 36 extreme east.

Wednesday fair and warmer. Indiana Partly cloudy south, mostly cloudy north with occasional snow flurries near Lake Michigan Tuesday and Wednesday. Little change in temperature. Staadiford Field Readings A.M. 29 3 P.M.

28 8 P.M. 27 9 A.M. 29 3 P.M. 29 P.M. 27 10 A.M.

28 4 P.M. 29 10 P.M. 27 11 A.M. 29 P.M. 28 11 P.M.

27 12 M. 29 8 P.M. 28 12 P.M. 28 1 P.M. 28 7 P.M.

28 1 A.M. Year Ago High. 48; low, 35. Sun Rises. sets, 4:24.

Weather map ia on Pag II, Section ft. session. Resurgent Republican leaders, buoyed by G.OP. election victories; quickly challenged many points in a list of legislative "musts" set forth by President Trunfan including the extension of rent controls. Immediately after Truman had asked Senate and House Banking Committees for a three-month stopgap extension of rent control, Chairman Spence Ky.) of the House group introduced an extension bill.

Chairman May-bank S. of the corresponding Senate committee called a meeting of his group for tomorrow. Republican opposition developed at once. 1 Local Problem, Wolcott Says Truman said the present rent-control act was. passed before the Korean War and "there has been a marked change" since.

He warned sudden decontrol could be damaging to defense. Representative Wolcott ranking Kepublican on Spence's committee, told the House Congress already has decided rent control is a local, not federal, problem. And Senate G.O J. Whip Wherry of Nebraska said he thinks rent control comes under the head of legislation that can wait. Rent controls will die December 31 unless communities having them act to extend them until next June 30.

Most of those under controls have not acted yet. The White House laid down a long list of recommendations, topped by five described as being of the "greatest urgency," for the lawmakers to consider in the next three to five weeks. But some G.O.P. chieftains made it clear that aside from mobilization defense needs, and tax legislation to put it on a pay-as-you-go basis, they see no emergency calling for action before the new 82d Congress with its strengthened Republican roster meets January 3. This view was emphasized by Wherry, who wants Truman to revise his domestic and foreign policies "to square with the results of the recent election." Acheson To Appear Today Foreign policy, one of the hottest subjects before the legislators, moved into the spotlight at once with announcement that Secretary of State Acheson will go before the Senate Foreign Relations Comrmttee tomorrow to discuss developments since Congress recessed.

Both chambers of Congress met briefly irv their initial meetings. They were resuming a session interrupted several weeks ago by the. election campaign. After the- usual rounds of jovial handshaking marked by Thousands Start Clearing Away Snow As Death Toll In Storm Rises to 266 phones were out in New York; rooned in farmhouses and phones were knocked out lages. UK Ki-- S.

rr TTnriWM it WTmWM IHWlWlll MHT BM ll Tfl lTll I II JlUlM Cleveland Loss Set at 10 Million Bj The Associated Press Hundreds dead. Thousands shivering in unheated homes. Property damage in the hundreds of millions. The great storm of November, 1950, added up last night to misery and more misery. To fight it, a vast army of men was clawing at the mountain of snow that spread desolation over great areas of 22 Eastern states.

They used bulldozers, tanks, plows, and picks and shovels. The storm killed at least 2C6 people. They died from cold, winds, blizzards, and exhaustion. Great hardships struck a wide area: industry and" business stagnated in the big production centers in Ohio and Pennsylvania; 200,000 homes were without electricity in New Jersey; many schools closed and 90,00 tele- Ohio suffered the worst loss in lives 53 dead from 'the week- 5 Mexicans Die of Cold Mexico City, Nov. 27 (JP) Police reported five persons froze to death in the streets earlv todav as the mercury dropped to 27.8 degrees Fahrenheit.

end storm. And Ohio still was partly crippled. Scattered light snow fell yesterday on the stricken cities of Youngstown, Zanesville, Akron, Cincinnati, and the bolder cities of Wheeling and Huntington, W. Va. An estimated 20,000 cars were stranded on Ohio highways and hundreds of motorists no one knows how many were ma- Associated Press Wirephoto CLEMENTS SWORN IN Earle C.

Clements, left, of Kentucky, along with Willis B. Smith of North Carolina, re-enacts the oath-taking of a new senator with Vice-President Barkley in Washington. Story is on Page 1, Section 2..