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FRANKLIN AND OIL CITY, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950. FIVE CENTS Ws ft Dow pwityswray pi win 9m Congress Drops Plan to Reduce Excise Taxes Legislation Will Be Try to Bypass Defense Line Along River Americans Stabilize Positions; Red Forces Pound South Koreans By EARNEST HOBERECHT TOKYO, Friday UPCol- Pentagon Confident But Congressmen Show War Jitters By LYLE C. WILSON WASHINGTON UP' President Truman is expected today to confirm the nation's fear that we are in for a long, costly and bloody struggle in Korea. But Mr. Truman's confidence of ultimate success remains unshaken.

He is supported in that by the Pentagon high brass. The President will discuss the Korean crisis with correspondents at a news conference scheduled for 4 p. m. EDT. At the White House and at national defense headquarters t0MLi RUSSIAN TANK THAT'S BLASTING YANKS U.

S. tanks have taken a bad licking in Korea, and the reason, military experts say, is that they're out-gunned by Soviet-made medium and heavy tanks. Above is the Russian-built T-34, used by North Koreans. It has an 88-millimeter, long-barrel gun. similar to the famous, hard-hitting 88's that Nazi panzers used so devastatingly in World War II.

Our best medium tanks, the Sherman, M- 24, with a short-barrel, 75-mm. cannon, and the Pershing, M-26, with a short-barrell, 90-mm. gun, are accurate and fast-firing, but far out-ranged by the long-barreled Red guns of similar size. Silver Star Candidate- Sergeant Destroys Two Red Tanks With Bazooka By ROBERT C. MILLER WITH THE U.

S. EIGHTH ARMY AT THE FRONT-UP A slightly built, 24-year-old master sergeant from Texas became the first Korean war candidate for the Silver Star today by destroying two Communist tanks with a bazooka. Sgt. J. R.

Glaze, of Linden, is a tank commander. His tank was shot out from under him in his first battle. He jumped out, grabbed an infantryman's bazooka, knocked the turret off one North Korean, New Commander Laid Aside Due to War; C. of C. Backs Move WASHINGTON UP The U.

S. Chamber of Commerce urged Congress today to consideration of general excise tax reductions until end of the Korean crisis. It said it may be necessary to increase taxes. The chamber's position was pre-ented to the Senate Finance Committee by Ellsworth C. Alvord, chairman of its committee on federal finance.

He said Congress should not enact today legislation which it might be compelled to repeal tomorrow. Boost May be Asked. Congress already has written off excise tax reductions as a casualty of the Korean war and Is bracing itself for a possible request for higher taxes to meet mounting war costs. The administration has advised the Senate and House tax-writing committees it would not be "prudent" to go ahead with excise cuts "in the light of developments in Korea." Alvord went along with the idea. "Everyone hopes and prays that the Korean crisis may be confined to Korea," Alvord said.

"Even if it is, it may prove costly in lives and it certainly will prove costly in dollars. "If events take a turn for the worst, a system of 'wartime taxes must be devised and imposed. And even vents take a turn for the best, we are confronted with in-! rrpaspH costs fnr our militarv and for military protection." Alvord made a few exceptions in his request for deferment of; general tax legislation. Ke said there should be some adjustment in ansportatioaaod communica-v tions excises. Hearings End Today.

The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to wind up hearings today on the House-approved bill to cut excise taxes about and balance off his revenue loss by plugging "tax and boosting corporate The committee then will lay the Din asme, dui mnuenuai memoers doubted if higher taxes would be voted before next year. N. Koreans Claim American Prisoners Arrived in Capital By UNITED PRESS. North Korea sought today to counteract U. S.

charges that Red troops are killing American prisoners by announcing that the first batch of captured Americans arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday. It said the Americans were marched along Stalin Street in Pyongyang on their way to a prison camp. The Americans were described, as "beastly imperialist American soldiers." Persons lining the road raked the captives with "glances filled with hatred and contempt," the broadcast said. It said one of the POW's. Army Capt.

Ambrose Nugent, Merrill, denounced U. S. intervention in Korea. A man the Reds named as Nugent made a similar statement over the North Korean radio yesterday. Nugent's relatives and fellow officers said if it really was Nugent he must have been tortured.

The Soviet news agency Tass said a captured U. S. captain declared at a press conference: "We have seen with what joy the population of the liberated districts welcomes the people's army and have understood that we fought against the liberty of the Korean people." Tass did not identify the captain except as a leader of a battalion of the U. S. 24th Division.

Military Plane Crashes TUCSON, Ariz. UP A "large" military plane crashed in mountainous Crook National Forest northeast of here early today and air search pilots reported some survivors were seen. Moscow Calls Bradley War LONDON UP Moscow called Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. Omar Bradley war criminals and murderers today for bombing North Korea.

The charge was contained in a Moscow broadcast of an article in the New Times, semi-official Soviet foreign affairs publication. The New Times attacked the "illegal" use of the United Nations flag as "a cover for American aggression in Korea." "MacArthur and Bradley, who sent Flying Fortresses to bomb Korean towns, will remain murderers and war criminals even if the stolen flag of the United Nations, waves over their headquar umns of Communist tanks struck out for the mountain passes of central Korea today a flanking drive designed to slice in behind the Ameri can forces along the Kum R.ivpr ripfpnsp hno hpfnr Taejon. The North Korean push around the east flank of the Americans was reported by field dispatches and Gen. Douglas MacArthur's midnight communique. "Enemy enveloping forces are attempting to negotiate the Tabek Mountain passes in an attempt to break through between Taegu and Taejon," MacArthur reported.

Would Cut Transport Lines. Such a breakthrough would cut the arterial transport lines between the Americans digging in along the Kum River and the big American entry port of Pusan on the southeast coast. U. S. Superforts struck the most powerful air blow of the Korean war.

Nearly 50 of them showered 500 tons of bombs on an unidentified North Korean target. Dirty weather in the battle area cut into the round-the-clock assault by American and Australian fighters on the Korean forces directly behind the lines. MacArthur reported in a special statement that the United States had suffered fewer than 500 casualties so far in "the war. They included 42 killed, 190 wounded and 256 missing. Many of the latter were expected to turn- up sooner or later.

"Ampriran ermind units in Ko rea are fighting one of the most skillful and heroic holding actions in hi.stQjj," MacArthur said. The regular midnight communique, trailing -well behind lield reports, said American and South Korean forces "continued to withdraw before numerically superior forces to up defenses behind prepared positions and natural barriers." Red Armor Wheels Eastward. The main movement to which it referred was the U. S. withdrawal to the south bank of the Kum, a dozen miles north of Taejon.

It was after the positions in the U. S. sector were stabilized along the Kum that front reports said Communist troops, armor and artillery were reported wheeling eastward to join in the big scale flanking maneuver. MacArthur reported that two Communist divisions, the Fifth and 15th mauling South Korean forces around Chungju. 52 miles northeast of Taejon.

Tb South Koreans were falling back in the general area to the east of the U. S. positions. "Reinforcements Denevea xo cm Korean veterans from Manchuria CohiI MBf arp rHnuriea iix. uwui, Arthur reported.

11 II.w jQ YlQU MOW lQ New Draff Call WASHINGTON UP An Army spokesman said today that there is no plan now to Issue another draft call or to call up the National Guard. He warned, however, that nobody can tell at this stage of the Korean fighting what future requirements will be. Selective Service has been ordered to draft 20,000 men and expects to have them in camp by Sept. 30. There had been reports that the Army would soon call for additional draftees.

Some congressmen want the National Guard mobilized. But the spokesman said no such plan is in the works now. The Korean war conceivably could make another draft call necessary to replace troops sent to the far east. well planned. He first shot Marano in the hotel bake shop and then went to the lobby where Kunde and Harper were working.

Omogrosso first fired at Kunde, critically wounding him, and then blazed away at Harper. During questioning, the slayer told' detectives the men he killed had been making fun of him for years. "They done lots to me and now I've got even with them," he said. Assistant District Attorney Samuel Strauss asked Omogrosso why he didn't shoot himself after his mad rampage. "That's what I should hav done," the watchman told the examiner.

Strauss then handed Omogrosso the gun he used in the slayings. Without a word, Omogrosso put the gun to his temple and pulled the Potomac Kiver there is a gravely serious but confident atmosphere. Among some members of Congress, however, there already are symptoms of war jitters. From various members are coming demands for immediate atomic war, for breaking relations with Russia, for censorship and for industrial and military mobilization. Asks Atomic Ultimatum.

Rep. Lloyd M. Bensten, won a salvo of House cheers yersterday with a proposal for an atomic ultimatum of North Korea. Republicans and Democrats alike whooped it up when Bentsen said: "I propose that our commander-in-chief, the President, advise the commander of North Korean forces to withdraw in one week or North Korea will be subject to atomic attack." Sen. Owen Brewster, told newsmen Mr.

Truman should let Gen. Douglas MacArthur use the A-bomb "wherever he thinks it is needed." An immediate end to diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia and all her Communist satellites was proposed by Sen. Pat McCarran, Nev. Sen. Lyndon B.

Johnson, told his' colleagues that "minimum national security" requires that all the armed services be placed on combat basis, enactment of industrial mobilization legislation and mobilization of National Guard and reserve units presently on a drill pay basis. Bentsen and others believe the Korean fighting may end in another Bataan or Dunkirk either the capture of all hands or a retreat by sea from the battle front. Retreat But No Defeat. There is no support for such fears at the Pentagon. The generals and admirals concede that the news from Korea will continue bad for another three or foyr weeks.

They expect the drive back to the northern borders of the South Korean republic may require many months. Retreat but no final defeat is foreseen by the military experts. They and others ponder the public's ultimate reaction to Red Ko- rwn atrocities. The murder of whole and wounded prisoners is hitting the public with terrific impact. War nerves among congressmen are judged to reflect increasing public tension and may lead to wirespread demands for atomic warfare.

The emergency already is national and unlimited in the sense that it is beginning to touch everyone men, women and children. This aspect of the result of "police action" in Korea was spotlighted yesterday with the administration's request for delay on sales or excise tax reduction on many things in daily and personal use. t. That is just a starter. It ends the trend toward lower, taxes and turns toward a higher tax take next year.

Stock Prices Break Again; GM Plunges NEW YORK UP Stocks broke 1 to more than 3 points in the early part of the second, hour today after some firmness in the first part of the session. The break was fast and furious with the ticker late for several minutes. General Motors was hammered down to 76 Vz off 23i from the previous close and off 3 from the early high. Around noon it had come back slightly to 77. Chrysler set a hew low for the year at 62 off l1, and regained more than a point of the decline.

At the lows, Superior Oil of California sold at 280 off 10; Am. erican Cyanamid Preferred A in its first appearance since the Korean war, 132 off 32; Kim-berly Clark Preferred 127 off Phillips Petroleum 61 off International Business Machines 190 off 5 and a new 1950 low; and In-gersol-Rand preferred 170 off 6. Santa Fe after selling at 1124 fell to 110 off IV net. It rallied slightly from the low. Losses of a point or more were made by such issues as General Electric, Borg-Warner, J.

I. Case, General Electric, General Foods, Standard Oil (N.J.), and Youngstown Sheet Tube. 20 Killed in Train Wreck in Soviet Zone BERLIN UP Twenty persons were killed and about 50 others injured last night in a tram col lision in the Soviet zone of Germany. West Germany quarters specu lated the wreck might have been caused by anti-Communist across Give Up Hope Of Adjournment Lucas Says Short Recesses Are Likely WASHINGTON UP Senate Democratic Leader Scott W. Lucas, 111., said today that, in view of the Korean crisis, he has just about abandoned hope of adjourning Congress on Aug.

1. He told a newsman that Congress would not dare quit on that date unless the military situation in Korea has been vastly improved. About the best the legislators could hope he said, is a series of short recesses. Congressional leaders have set no new adjournment deadline. They said that would depend upon the administration legislative re quests for prosecuting the war.

Chairman Elmer, Thomas, of the senate appropriations subcommittee on military spending told newsmen he expects a request for an additional in defense funds next week. Elsewhere in Congress: Communists Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, demanded that Senate Communist investigators look into 'new charges by Sen. Joseph R.

McCarthy, that the State Department stripped its loyalty. files of "derogatory information." He said the investi gating subcommittee should hold up its vending report on Commu nists in government until it does so. Petition The House Un-Amer ican Activities Committee warned loyal Americans to be on their guard against a so-called world peace petition, circulated by "The Campaign Committee for World Peace." Rep. Barnard W. Kearney, N.

said the petition is Communist-sponsored and is "designed to confuse and divide the American people and paralyze their resistence to Communist aggression." Security The House has passed, 327 to 14, legislation permitting key government agencies to fire security risks, president Truman would be authorized to extend the privilege to all government agen cies in an emergency. Iron-Steel Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas, called for standby legislation for the allocation of iron and steel in the event of war. She said a "gray market" in steel already has developed. Jitney Service is McKeesportAnswer To Long Bus Strike McKEESPORT UP Jitney service operated here today as a rebuff to the Pennsylvania Utilitv Commission which had failed to intervene in the Penn Transit Co bus strike.

The emergency service was in stalled by Councilman Andrew Jakomas in a challenge to the PUC. "The PUC said it wouldn't in tervene here," said Jakomas, "Well, this is the showdown." The PUC adopted a "hands-off" policy the strike despite a resolution protest from city council. Striking drivers of the company began the jitney service with their own The men, who have'been on strike since May 18, also service Greensberg and New Kensington. Thirty automobiles with "emergency car" placards rolled into the downtown terminal where parking is prohibited in the bus zone. But police looked the other way.

Other cars parked illegally in the bus zone were tagged to make room for the jitney cars. But act ing Police Chief Frank McKee quickly ruled the tags were out of order. "These are not buses and this is open territory until the end of the strike," he told officers. "Anyone parking here has equal rights so long as they do not abuse the privilege and park too long." Pope Elevates O'Hara VATICAN CITY UP Bishop Gerald Patrick O'Hara of Savannah, Vatican representative in Romania until his expulsion last week, was elevated to the rank of archbishop by Pope Pius today. ATTENTION! Take your News-Herald witt you on your vacation.

No extra charge for mailing. Call NEWSHLKALU Circulation Department Fbons 35S In Korea Named Walker, Expert On Tanks, Replaces Dean TOKYO, Japan UP Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, a 60-year-old swashbuckling tank expert from Texas, took over today as com mander of United Nations ground forces in Korea.

Walker, commanding general of the U. S. Eighth Army since September, 1948, succeeded Maj. Gen. William Dean, who recerted to his permanent assignment of division commander.

The change in command was announced in a special commmun- ique from the headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of UN forces. Chiefs Reach Tokyo. The communique was released only a few hours after Gen. J.

Lawton Collins, U. S. Army chief of staff, General Hoyt S. Vanden- berg. Air Force chief of staff, and Admiral Arthur Rarifnrrf Parifir fleet commander, arrived in Tokvo wj ail lui tvlli.dCIJV.C5 WlfcU jvidt- Arthur.

ti But observers said the change! implied no criticism of Dean. They said that a higher officer was ap jyiuikcu iu lumiiiunu me ground forces because they now have been built up to a point where a general of Walker's rank normally issues the commands. MacArthur's announcement said Walker took charge at midnight at an advanced command post in South Korea. It said the Eighth Armv now had assumed the responsibilities previously assigned to the group designated U. S.

Army forces Korea," which group now is discontinued. Boston and Pittsburgh FBI Agents Will Switch PITTSBURGH UP Special FBI agents in Pittsburgh and Boston will exchange posts shortly. Joseph E. Thornton, who headed thee Pittsburgh office, will leave this week-end to replace Edward Soucy in Boston. However, Soucy will not report here until Aug.

1. I i TO TOP ATOM POST-Gor- don Dean, shown leaving the White House in haste, will be named chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission by President Truman, according to White House announcement Dean has been serving as 'the acting chairman. 50 Superforts Hit North Korea First Mass Bombing Mission Carried Out TOKYO UP Nearly 50 B-29 Superfortresses plastered a key North Korean military target with 500 tons of bombs tooay in mightiest single air blow of the Korean The mission inaugurated mass precision bombing by two groups of Superforts hurried here from their west coast bases. War-trained crews flew the four-engined bombers from two far eastern bases through rain and mist for the largest mass foray of the campaign. The target was a railroad center north of the 38th Parallel.

All of the planes and their eager, youthful veterans returned mootina nnnnsition id Jli Vlis- ft tnnk pxactlv eight days to de liver this new punch from the date overseas orders were first de-livprpd to the release of the bombs. In that time the men, their planes, and most of their equipment were moved 8,000 miles and prepared for an air blow that meant a round trip of more than 1,500 miles. Air officers here said this prov ed the speed with which strategic hnmhinir assignments could be carried out throughout the world. One of the aircraft commanders, 1st Lt. James T.

Patrick, of Carnation, said it differently: "This will make Uncle Joe sit up and take notice." Superfort Lost In. Action. WASHINGTON UP The Air Force today reported the first loss in combat of a B-29 bomber in the Korean fighting. An Air Force spokesman said the B-29 crew bailed out in the Seoul area after being attacked "by an unknown number of enemy aircraft." The report indicated that the North Korean air force, idle for many days, was now going aloft again. Two Killed in Plane Crash at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH UP Two persons were killed and a third injured today when a four-passenger plane crashed while making an emergency landing on the Montour Country Club golf course near the Greater Pittsburgh Airport.

The plane, en route from Youngstown, to Pittsburgh caught fire when the oil pressure dropped. The pilot attempted to land on the golf course when it became apparent he could not reach the airport. MacArthur, Criminals ters," the magazine said. "No olive branches can conceal the fact that the United States is the invader and violator of the peace, and that with it rests the entire responsibility for all the consequences of this grave crime." Pravda, organ of the Soviet Communist Party, published an attack on United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie today the second in the Soviet press within a week. Evgeny Tarle, prominent Soviet historian and academican, said Lie handed over the name and functions of the United Nations to i a small group within the Security Council acting as lackeys of U.

S. imperialism. U. S. Casualties Less Than 500 MacArthur Claims Stories Exaggerated TOKYO UP American losses so far in the Korean war total fewer than 500, including 42 killed, Gen.

Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced tonight. A special communique said press reports had exaggerated U. S. casualties. The official announcement said American ground units, "fighting one of the most skillful and heroic holding actions in history," had inflicted far heavier punishment cn the Communists than they have suffered themselves.

The text of the special 11 p. m. communique follows: "The losses sustained by American forces in Korea have been greatly exaggerated in press reports from the front. This is a result of an experiment being tried, perhaps for the first time in modern combat; that of avoiding any military censorship or undue restriction on the movement of correspondents. Reflect Emotional Strain.

"Reports of warfare are at any time grisly and repulsive, and reflect the emotional strain normal of those unaccustomed to the sights and sounds of battle. Exaggerated stories obtained from individuals wounded or mentally shocked have given a completely distorted and misrepresentative picture to the public. "Total American losses to the present time are less than 500, amounting to 42 killed, 190 wounded and 256 missing. Many of the missing are undoubtedly men who, in the confusion of fighting, have lost touch with their own units and will eventually return. Cites Flagrant Example.

"Probably the most flagrant of these exaggerated reports dealt with the so-called "lost battalion" of the 34th Infantry, which was reported as being completely annihilated whereas its actual losses amounted to only two killed, seven wounded and 12 missing. "American ground units in Korea are fighting one of the most skillful and heroic holding actions in history. Their excellent peacetime training is reflected in the combat record they are now compiling. They have been overwhelmingly outnumbered, in some instances more than 20 to one, and the casualties inflicted on the enemy have been immeasurably greater than those they have sustained. They have filled a breach without which North Korean forces would have, long ere this, completely overrun and destroyed South Korea.

This has provided time for the rapid movement of reinforcements forward, in exploitation to the fullest extent of the logistical capabilities at hand. Each day we reduce the enemy's superiority in numbers and weapons." Would Overhaul State Constitution PHILADELPHIA UP Richardson Dilworth, Democratic nominee for governor, thinks the state constitution needs a good overhauling. Dilworth's proposals for revising the 77-year-old basic law of the commonwealth were given to Democratic leaders yesterday in a program for inclusion in the party's platform for the fall elections. The party's state committee will meet in Harrisburg July 24 to draw up a platform. Dilworth, Philadelphia treasurer, suggested that the platform pledge creation of a commission to modernize the state government structure and to eliminate "inefficiency, overlapping and waste." He urged the platform-makers also to promise legislative support for a p'pn for a state convention to make the revisions.

tank, and set fire to another. The battle took place when Glaze's dug-in tank began a fight with a Russian-built T-34 carrying an 85 millimeter gun. The Ameri can tank fired four rounds at the heavier opponent and accomplished nothing. Cpl. Roy E.

Morthew told the story: "Glaze started to cuss when the first Korean shell hit us. He jumped up and told me to take command of the tank. Artillery and machine and rifle fire were buzzing all around the place, but Glaze managed somehow not to get hit. "He yelled for a bazooka team. But everybody was dug in where it was safe.

Finally a GI handed him his bazooka. Glaze went after that Russian job. "Talk about David and Goliath. He cut through the woods and came out about 20 yards to one side and let fire. From the way he stood there, exposed to every North Korean infantryman in the place, you would have thought he was on maneuvers.

"The bazooka caught the tank right at its turret and blew it off. The Korean tanker came out of there like a rabbit and beat it." But Glaze wasn't satisfied yet. He went after a second tank. He stalked it from the shrubs alongside the road. As Morthew put it: "He ducked inside and hit the tank on the treads near the engine, setting it afire." For his work as the first "infantryman" to knock out two tanks, his commander has recommended Glaze fo rthe Silver Star.

Another tanker nominated for bravery was Sgt. Paul V. Lanaie, of Waupaca, Wis. He rescued two disabled tanks by fighting his way through North Korean infantry to a sister tank, riding it back, and using it to start his tank, which had a battery knocked out. Then Lanaie got out again and using his tank as a tow dragged the second disabled American medium tank to safety.

The chunky sergeant got a smashed hand out of the deal when a turret snapped shut on it. Although repeatedly splattered with mud and dirt by near misses of mortar and rifle fire, Lanaie was unhurt until the cover hit him. "It was all my own fault," he said. "I forgot to fasten the thing. Guess I must have been a little nervous." Housewives Warned On Sugar Hoarding WASHINBTON UP Agriculture Department officials said today that housewives won't gain a thing by sugar hoarding except maybe some ants.

But hoarding could do a lot of harm in the industry. Officials noted that there are more than 1,000,000 tons of sugar available in Cuba and other producing areas. Nothing short of submarine warfare on the east coast could cut off this supply they said. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, who sets import quo tas every year, can let more sugar into the country at any time.

The ouotas are intended to pro vide enough sugar for everybody at reasonable prices and still pro' tect profits of the U. S. pro ducers. Heavy buying by hoarders could build up pressure for additional imports. But it also could knock the bottom out of sugar prices lo.r uihm hoarders Start using Sanity Test Slated for Pittsburgh Hotel Slayer PITTSBURGH UP Dom-enico Omogrosso, 59, hotel night watchman, who slew two men and wounded a third, will be given a sanity test authorities indicated today.

Omogrosso, who nursed his hatred of fellow workers several years, ran amok in the Schenley Hotel yesterday and killed Alfonso Marano, 61, a baker, and Night Clerk John S. Harper, 55. He then turned the gun on Assistant Manager Herbert H. Kunde. Kunde was reported in fair condition at Montefiore Hospital with bullet wounds of the face and chest Omogrosso was turned over to the coroner last night and au thorities indicate he will probably face a sanity test in the behavior clinic.

their st- instead or Buying ui police said the watchman's me- me ingRer. morning nappenea at the store. i thod in the slayings wa cool and 'cause the gun was empty 1.