Globe-Gazette from Mason City, Iowa • Page 1

NORTH IOWA'S DAILY PAPER EDITED FOR THE HOME MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE I A A A A I A I I VOL. LVD HOME EDITION MASON CITY DOLLAR DAYS Thursday, Friday and Saturday Associated Press and United Press Full Lease (Five Cents a Copy) MASON CITY, IOWA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1951 This Paper Consists of Two Sections--Section One No. 96 Main Red Force Stalling Allied Advance $35,000 Fire Razes KSMN Station May BUILDING GUTTED--All equipment, including- the radio transmitter, in the KSMN station east of Mason City was destroyed by the fire which gutted the building Mon- GIobe-Gazette photo by Musser day night. The picture, taken Tuesday morning, shows the charred remains of two rooms.

Board Fails to Agree on Wage Thaw By HAROLD W. WARD Expect UN to Condemn China Reds Lake Success, (ff)--The United Rations is expected to name communist China as an aggressor in. stabilization board almost continuous session Tuesday but could not agree on how to go about thawing the nationwide wage freeze. Emil Rieve, president, oj the C. I.

O. Textile Workers and one of the 3 labor members of the 9- man board, came out of the meeting room shortly after noon and was asked what kind of statement the board expects to issue first. "I would not know about that," he said. "We haven't agreed on anything yet." He emphasized the word "anything." Board Chairman S. Ching left meeting earlier and went across town to the office of Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston.

They made no statement afterward. Meantime the office of i stabilization (OPS) also worked on a' series of new orders. Ask Profit Margin A new "margin of profit" system of price controls was advanced as one way to replace- the dead- halt ordered last Friday- on price mark-ups. Price Administrator Michael V. DiSalle said the plan, under which sellers would have to peg prices at cost plus a fixed margin of profit, might be ordered by the end of the week.

The plan DiSalle said he is considering would limit profit margins all along the line from manu- Korea facturer to retailer. The Friday sponsored by price order fixed ceilings at the highest level between Dec. 19 and Tuesday, 12 weeks after MacArthur first reported Chinese red forces had entered the fight. Russia and Poland served notice they would speak in the 60- nation political committee against such condemnation, and India warned that passage of the U. S.

resolution would end all hope of a peaceful settlement in the far east. The protracted debate brought about a great see-saw of opinion Dut ended Monday with 43 coun- including Britain, lined up behind the United States. This is many more than needed for passage of the resolution. The U. S.

put all the pressure at its command, including a statement by President Truman and resolutions by the house and senate, into the drive to label the communist Peiping regime an aggressor. Chief opposition came from the soviet bloc, which maintains tha the U. S. is the aggressor agains' Korea and China, and from India, which fears a sharp word to the Chinese reds may set off World war III. India sparked a drive' to push Through a resolution calling 1 for another peace appeal to Peiping.

The Chinese communists have already rejected 3 previous such offers. Sir Senegal N. Rau. chief Indian delegate, said Monday re- 'usal to pass his resolution, co- Foreign Policy Major Issue in 1952: Taft By JACK BELL Washington, (ff)--Confident republicans Monday night predicted victory in '1952 'and "Senator" Taft picked foreign policy as the major issue in the presidential Jan. 25.

Wages were sealed at Jan. 25 levels. Asks Patience In the middle of the struggle for an orderly retreat from the temporary wage-price freeze, Cyrus wage stabilization board chairman, called on the public to "have patience." "So much more progress can be made," he said, if the 9 wage experts could be left alone. However, the 1st wave of mail after the Friday order wasn't mountainous. Most of it was from policemen, firemen, school teachers and others who wondered whether their wages were to be stabilized.

Answer to Come Soon The answer will c.oine in one of the earliest statements of the board. Wages and salaries of the 4,000,000. federal, state and city employes arc fixed by legislation and ordinances, and therefore thev were left out of the general stabilization war II. program in World Most observers thought the general formula for future wage increases would allow boosts of up to 10 per cent above Jan. 15, 1950, levels.

But industry members of the board were inclined to figure the pattern of 1950 wage increases at 5.9 per cent instead of 10. That left the decision in the hands of Ching, Clark Kerr and John T. Dunlop, the 3 public representatives on the panel. They've been trying to work up a compromise which could be passed on to Eric Johnston, economic stabilizer, as a unanimous policy formula, tions. would close the door to a peaceful solution.

AF to Begin Calling Iowa Area Reserves Oklahoma City, (ff)--Air reservists, officers and airmen, assigned to the 10-state Oklahoma City air materiel area, will be placed on active duty soon, Maj. Gen. F. S. Borum, Tinker air force base commander, said Monday.

About 400 airmen and 30 officers in organized air reserve units now training on weekends at Tinker, and an unannounced number of mobilization assignees and inactive reservists of the air materiel command, will get orders. The reservists will 1st be called to active duty for a 5-day period for physical examinations, review of records and reclassification. This will be done between Feb. 15 and March 15. After the 5-day processing each reservist will return to his home and be given a minimum of 30 days before he received his orders for extended active duty.

Borum said the 30-day waiting period can be waived if the reservist wishes to go to active duty sooner. The Oklahoma City air materiel area includes Nebraska, Kansas, Dklahoma, northeast, Texas Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. DIES IN AUTO CRASH Dunlap, (U.R)--.Pauline Hill, 59, Woodbine, was injured fatally Monday night in a two-car collision near Dunlap. race. Taft, regarded as a leading candidate for the GOP nomination, told more than 2,000 party members here that the people's concern over international affairs may well be the determining factor" in next year's elections.

Taft spoke at a rally at which new republican members of congress joined with others in predicting the party would win control of congress and the white house in 1952. Urges Fighting Campaign Urging a fighting campaign against the democrats. Senator Duff summed up the views of most of the speakers when he shouted: "Give 'em hell and we'll have the whole works in 1952." Accusing the Truman administration of "wavering uncertainty" in dealing with other nations. Taft told cheering republicans: "We must meet head-on (1) any truckling to communist sympathizers in the United States; (2) any appeasement of Russia which is likely to lead to more aggression; (3) any waste of our resources with the idea that we can buy nations, and (4) any dissipation of American resources that will weaken the American people." "Can't Run World" Taft said most Americans want "an all-powerful air 'force and complete control of the sea and air to protect our own safety." He added, however: "They know as well as anyone else that we cannot assume to run the world." The Ohioan has opposed sending a large land army to Europe but has said he would support a move to dispatch a limited number of American divisions to help man western defenses there. Quiz Spry on License of Anti-Freeze Des Moines, An hour and Clarion OK's Franchises to Power Firm Clarion--Three special measures involving gas and electric franchises for the Iowa Public Service company to operate in Clarion were passed by the voters at an election here Monday.

a half of questioning of Secre -4ar" of -Agriculture Clyde Sprj Monday by an Iowa house investigating committee failed ti shed any new light on his licensing of 'a salt-b a anti-freeze known as P-60. However, Spry said under questioning that he had "written evidence" showing that he had planned to discharge acting State Chemist Mrs. Esther Johnson before the anti-freeze controversy came up. Mrs. Johnson and her assistant Clarence E.

Miller, who refused to approve the anti-freeze, were fired at the height of the controversy. Miller's discharge later was rescinded but he quit anyway. Spry's testimony, much of it under sharp questioning by Rep. John A. Walker, followed the same general lines of an Iowa legislative interim committee hearing of Spry last month.

The interim committee went into the licensing matter following considerable criticism of Spry a period of several weeks. It recommended that the license be withdrawn, and Spry did so. But several members of the house were not satisfied and got house permission for the probe. Some chemists hold that the salt-base anti-freeze solutions are injurious gines. to motor vehicle en- Weather 'Report FORECAST Mason cloudy and not quite so cold Wednesday.

Low Tuesday night 10-15 below. High Wednesday 5 above. I Considerable cloudiness with slowly moderating temperatures Tuesday night and Wednesday. Low Tuesday night about 15 below north, zero to 5 below south. High Wednesday 5 above north, 10 above south.

Five-Day Outlook: Temperatures will average 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Normal highs 27 north, 36 south. Normal lows 9 above north, 17 south. Much below normal temperatures will continue throughout the period with only slight moderation Wednesday. Turning Thursday and Friday.

Precipitation, will average of an inch, as snow, mostly in north- Broadcasts Resume Wednesday Nora Springs and Plymouth Firemen Out in -20 Degrees Fire destroyed the transmitter building and equipment of radio station KSMN, 5 miles a of Mason City on highway 18, Monday evening as the Nora Springs and Plymouth fire departments battled the flames in 20 below weather. Loss was estimated at between $35,000 and $40,000 by Robert Carson, station manager. The cause was undetermined. Carson stated the station may be back on the air Wednesday morning, providing emergency equipment can be supplied by that time. The fire was discovered by a passing motorist about 8:05 p.

m. He notified Clarence Schlosser, a neighbor, to summon aid. The Nora Springs unit arrived first and at 9 p. the Plymouth department was on its way. The fire was outside Mason City and the fire department did not answer the call.

The blaze was not under control until midnight and firemen were still, working at 2 a. m. The tower lights went out at 9:30 and the civil aeronautics association was notified to warn aircraft flying over the area. The building will not be usable gain, except on a temporary asis, Carson said. Everything was ruined, he said, including the other technical transmitter equipment.

The heat was so intense that keys on typewriters were melted off. KSMN was not on the air'at the time and no one was in the building. It operates on a daytime schedule only. The station'for- merly had broadcasting studios in the transmitter building before moving to present studios in the Weir building at 5 Await Farm Price Report Washington, government srice report was due to show late Tuesday whether any additiona! major farm products have reached evels at which price ceilings can legally be fixed. Under a price freeze order issued Friday, only cotton, wool, rice, cottonseed, beef cattle, veai calves, lambs and hogs were declared to a reached ceiling evels.

The order, however, did not jlace ceilings on these or any arm products themselves, but anly on foods and materials processed from them. Few, if any, additional farm lommodities were expected to be idded to the minimum ceiling list. The bulk of agricultural products selling below levels at which can be controlled, under erms of the law, despite an over- 11 increase of 16 per cent in farm prices during the last half of 1950. AP Wirephoto SPOT COMMUNIST CONVOYS--Three communist convoys (broken black arrows) were spotted in the Huichon, Sariwon and Wonsan areas of North Korea, headed for the battlefront. On a 40-mile front extending from Suwon to Yoju (arrows, bottom), allied troops edged closer Tuesday to the main communist forces in western Korea against "light to moderate resistance." Naval forces, including battleship Missouri (ship symbols, right) and carrier based planes, bombarded Kansong, north of the 38th parallel.

On the west coast another naval task force poured shells into Inchon and inland toward Seoul. ittle comfort. It said temperatures would average 10 to 15 degrees below normal in Iowa during the next 5 days. A "slight modera- ion" will take place Wednesday, weather bureau said, and then by a vote of 891 to 321 and the! by 900 to 322. The 3rd measure is an agreement whereby the company will construct a modern street lighting system for Clarion and pay the city $45,000 in full settlement of alleged claims of the city against the company.

The vote on this measure was 886 to 326. PADEREWSKI RANCH SOLD San Luis Obispo, (U.R)--The ate Polish pianist Ignace Jan aderewski's 2500-acre ranch near 'aso Robles, has been sold by he county public or $52,000. administrator Minnesota: cloudy with slowly moderating temperatures Tuesday night and Wednesday. Occasional light snow north portion. Low 10-20 below.

High Wednesday around zero. IN MASON CITY Globe-Gazette weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. Maximum -9 Minimum -24 At 8 a. m.

-18 YEAR Maximum Minimum -5 -IS VA to Close Office Here Washington, veterans' administration says it is going to close 321 of its offices, including 10 in Iowa, because of "budgetary limitations." One of these is in Mason City. The offices affected, the VA said Monday will be those in which only one contact representative is assigned. The closing, however, will affect more than 321 employes! because representatives of other VA services also are assigned to these offices. The offices will be closed April 1, the VA said, in order that em- ployes may be paid for accumulated annual leave -out of curren funds. Other offices to be closed in 'owa are those at Burlington, Dav- nport, Fort Dodge, Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque.

Iowa City, Ottumwa and Waterloo. Has -43; Report Low -24 Here Mason City still shivered in th of a cold wave with a read ng of 24 degrees below zero a ts coldest early Tuesday and 1 degrees below at 8 a. m. The -24 reading was at th iCGLO transmitter station. Th Mason City municipal airpor reading was -26.

The warmes reported here anytime Monda was 9 below. Decorah reported a record 4 jelow Tuesday morning, the cold est temperature in more than 10 rears of weather records. Th Decorah low was just 4 degree away from Iowa's all-time of -47 at Washta in Cheroke county. Coldest Since 1912 The Washta mark was set ir anuary, 1912. Most of the north east Iowa records which were nattered Tuesday morning hac een set on that same occasion.

Readings of 40 below zero were recorded Tuesday at Elkader-anc at the Howard County Experimental farm near Cresco. The bitter cold caused Kensett and Little Cedar schools to call off classes for the day. The Milwaukee Road's No. 11 from Chicago encountered cold and snow in Wisconsin and eastern Iowa and was not expected to arrive in Mason City until afternoon. The Little Comfort weather bureau offered will turn colder Thursday and Friday.

About an inch of snow. mostly in northern Iowa, is likely in the 5-day period. At Lone Rock in southwestern Wisconsin, the official weather observer said a low of "an estimated 53 degrees below zero" occurred early Tuesday. The official reading was -45 because the Lone Rock thermometer doesn't go any lower than that. Cars Still Run Cars pushing or pulling other cars were among the trade marks of the bitter cold but Elkader reported that "cars are still running despite the 40 below zero weather." Residents at Elkader also said they dared to walk only a couple of blocks without ducking inside for warmth lest they suffer from freezing.

Fires resulting from overheat' ed heating systems were one the chief hazards of the extrem cold. Iowa's fire death toll in the 3 days mounted to 7. Other low temperatures resorted in Iowa include: Dubuque -25, Waukon -31, Spencer -19 Des Moines -8, Iowa City -17 anc Burlington -7. Bill Permits Raise Teachers' Pay Des Moines, (ff)-- Sioux City's wo state representatives have on ile in the house Tuesday a bill esigned to permit raises for chool teachers in districts which not have money immediately vailable for raises. Under the measure school dis- ricts would be allowed to issue uticipatory tax warrants.

The bill rould permit the boards to include levy of up to 2 mills to pay off Spot Enemy Movements Toward Line Navy Joins in Barrage Against North Korea Town By OLEN CLEMENTS Tokyo, (IP)--Doughboys spearheading the allies' limited offensive were slowed to a crawl by diehard red resistance Tuesday. An officer said they apparently hit the main enemy force arrayed along the frozen western Korean warfront. On the east coast, UN naval power hurled hot steel and bombs into a North Korean town from carrier-based planes and big guns of warships. Hundreds of enemy supply vehicles were seen in North Korea moving southward toward the western battle line. Forward UN units in the western sector advanced laboriously only a few hundred yards on the 6th day of their northward limited offensive.

"Well Dug: In" A regimental officer told Associated Press Correspondent Jirn Becker: "I think we've hit their main defense line." On the flank, however, gains up to 6 miles were recorded. An enemy division may be manning the red offense line on the western half of the 40-rnile -front. "They're well dug in and determined to stay." Lt. Col. Bernard Peeters of Park Falls, executive officer of a spearhead regiment, told Becker.

Advance allied units, he added, were suffering their heaviest casualties of the offensive, but these'were far below the "terrific losses being inflicted on the enemy." Red Artillery Active For the 2nd straight day Chinese artillery pounded away at UN positions 9 miles northwest of Suwon. About 100 rounds were fired Tuesday. Seven miles northwest of Suwon American units were fired on by reds in well- hidden caves, and made only a small advance. "Air and artillery is pouring ih there," said Peeters, "but the doughboys still have to go in there and dig them out one by one." Maj. Gen.

Edward Almond, U. S. 10th corps commander on the central front, told a news conference the North Korean 5th corps is poised for an attack on allied forces. He added: "We are ready for He said his troops had wiped out the Korean reds' 2nd corps. Patrol Is Rescued One 45-man allied patrol, entirely surrounded by a Chinese communist battalion Monday 18 miles northwest of Wonju, was rescued Tuesday by another UN Datrol after 15 hours of arduous fighting.

The battleship Missouri and a heavy naval attack force teamed vith carrier-based planes to plas- er the Korean east coast town of ansong, 25 miles north of paral- el 38. The navy's east coast bombardment, was called the heaviest of ecent months. A spokesman said he warrants. Only those rail and highway bridges were the with insufficient funds to finance'P rinci al targets, an immediate raise would be per-1 A naval release late Tuesday mitted to make the levy. sa id the battleship Missouri alone SAME DATE--1950--36 flat mrint no irsffU 4ealk ti AP Wirephoto HEADING FOR A FIGHT--Allied infantrymen slog their way into Yongin, north of Suwon, Saturday during United Nations advance towards red lines around Seoul.

Com. munist resistance stiffened in this area Tuesday as the allies edged closer to the main communist forces in western Korea. Jr. If'.