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Weather Bureau) Partly Goudyt AIT rmsfcur' Bui' 'Ins eu CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA'S GREAT MORNING Phone 8181 Sine Jan. i ISM Monday Morning, September 25, 1950 Five Cents Bureau of u. is Cover y. WD losteiriri) YoDuks Corns Intern) Doife Darkness Of Night On Country In Mid Descends Afternoon Blackout Stirs Altoonans With Curiosity And Fear 4 TV fmif U. S.

Forces Closing Steel Ring About Korean Capital BY RELMAN MORIN TOKYO-(AP)-U. S. army infantry shoved over the Han river southeast of Seoul early Monday forging a fourth link in a steel ring closing on the heavily defended Korean capital. Doughboys of the Seventh division landed at the extreme right of one column of marines. They walked ashore under the shadow of artillery-studded South mountain, Red-held hill dominating their river crossng point.

AP Correspondent Tom Lambert said the doughboys landed in a dawn mist after a half hour barrage of the mountain. Marine First and Fifth regiments joined in a fairly solid front all along the western side of Seoul. Another marine force hit the city from the north. Strong army, airborne infantry reinforcements poured into Kimpo airfield, 15 miles to the northwest. They arrived in 150 transport planes after ships had sped the more than 2,400 infantrymen from the United States.

vii Fear gripped the minds of many city and county residents Sunday afternoon as the skies 'staged a show of odd cloud formations and weird colors and bringing partial darkness. As the U. S. weather bureau was forecasting fair weather and somewhat colder Sunday night a layer of altostratus clouds made a reddish appearance of the sky. Shortly after 2 P.

M. peculiar cloud formations were observed, but one hour later these white clouds were drowned in a pool of rusty background. WEIRD LIGHT Apparently, sunlight filtered through the smoke and clouds, cast a spectral light which, before the darkness, intensified colors, making objects stand out uncannily, and adding to the concern of many persons. Darkness enshrouded Altoona Russia Believed Ready Tyrone Man Fatally Hurt By Automobile Middle Division Gang Foremau Noah L. Richardson Dies Of Injuries A Tyrone man was fatally injured in Tyrone at about 4:15 P.

M. Sunday, when the driver of a rar failed to see him as he crossed the street while amoke-laden clouds threw, a pall of darkness over the area. Noah Landis Richardson. a P. R.

R. Middle division floating gang foreman, who resided at the James hotel. 916 Pennsylvania avenue, died of injuries at Altoo-na hospital at 9:57 P. Dr. Daniel M.

Replogle, coroner, said. Richardson suffered abrasions of the face and scalp, a severe laceration of the head, a fracture of the right lower leg, possible internal injuries and a possible ruAured bladder. Traumatic shock from injuries were respon 5ible for his death, the coroner said. TOWN IN" DARKNESS Deputy Coroner Edgar G. Walls said there were no arc lights burning in Tyrone as the sudden darkness of night centered over the area and that coupled with the fact that the victim was wear- ing dark clothing made it impossible for the operator to see Rich ardson.

The driver of the car was Remo Moffa, 1612 Crawford avenue, Al-toona. Moffa, who was accompanied by his wife, told Officer John L. Giles that he was travelling about 15 miles an hour because of the darkness when he struck the man at Washington avenue and Ninth street, Tyrone. Richardson was crossing the street in the cross walk when the 1947 car struck him and carried him on the bumper for a short distance. The investigating officer told the coroner's office that the Mof- (Conttnued on Page 2, S) Four Injured In Accidents An aged Hopewell man was admitted to Nason hospital, Roaring Spring, suffering a possible fractured skull as state and city-police reported accidents ving four persons who were injured in the area over the weekend.

Howard Grove, 73. of Hopewell, admitted to Nason hospital. Robert Socie, 20, of Hollidays-burg, RD No. 2. Mrs.

Louise Wray, 37, of 703 South Kettle street, treated at Altoona hospital dispensary Mrs. Verna Nagle, 306 Maple avenue, treated at Altoona hospital Howard Grove was struck by a car driven by Junior Snyder, Saxton, RD No. 1, in Hopewell shortly after 6 P. M. Sunday, itate police from the Bedford detail reported.

He was admitted to the hospital at 6:43 where his condition is listed as "fair." Socie suffered right shoulder, right wrist and right rib injuries in an accident on the Franks-town road when his steering failed and the car went out of (Continued on Page 2, CoL S) TOWN ipnn-TFfeYs: LU U- "Didn't take fall weather long git work." I grumbles Mr. W. "Fall comes in Saturday mornin' Bang! We dura near freeze. I wuz too cold t' go up an' see Bill. "Oh shut up." snaps Mr.

W. 1 bin answerin' phone calls all day about that there blackout, an' I aint in no mood t' lissen to a lecture. Indications, are fer some first frost afore mornin'. Forecast fer Monday calls fer SOME CLOUDINESS AN TEMP-ATURE WITH MERCURY Hrrrnv middle -fifties TUESDAY FAIR AN" WARMER. Tempature at 1 A.

M. Monday wiu 43." Thick Smoke From Canadian Forest Fires Caught In Air Currents, Drift Over U. S. By The Associated Press Thick layers of smoke, coming from Canadian forest fires, spread from the Great Lakes area south and east to cover most of the northeastern states Sunday. The smoke brought the darkness of night to many cities in midday.

Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan had the thickest smoke palls. But the huge layers of smoke moved from the Great Lakes area into all the Middle Atlantic states, through the Ohio valley and as far east as southwestern New England. The New York weather bureau said the smoke spread as far south as Virginia and as far west as Iowa. FROM FIRES It originated, said the Washing weather bureau, in smouldering forest fires in northern Alberta and the district of Mackenzie in Canada. If so, it travelled more than 2,000 air miles to reach the east, era seaboard, --The- New York weather bureau said that at 8:30 P.

M. (EST) the continuous smoke cloud was about 600 miles long on land. How far it extended out to sea, tfie bureau couldn't tell. On its fringe, the cloud made the sun in Richmond and Bristol, pale and obscured, looking like a full moon. The sun was purple in Philadelphia.

DISAGREE But three PhiladelDhia exnerts said they didn't believe it was smoKe at au. Thev agreed that the mirale sun was caused by ice crystals. ine smoke hampered flying, and caused liehts to he turned on in mid-afternoon at several major league baseball games. At least one Drof essional foot ball game Pittsbure at Detroit also was played under lights. leiephone calls flooded news paper offices, radio stations, weather bureaus end airports.

ATOMIC BOMBS? Some callers wondered wheth er the strange darkness had any thing to do with atomic bombs. Others thought Monday night's scheduled total eclipse of the moon had arrived sooner than ex pected. Street lights were turned on early in many places. ihe layers seemed to enter Pennsylvania at the northwest corner and spread across the upper half of the state. Lock Haven reported being blacked out.

Then came reports from Blooms-burg, Williamsport and Potts-ville. LAVENDER SUN Philadelphians saw for the first time a lavender sun. And Philadelphia scientists were the first to discredit the reports that Canadian forest fires caused the sun's color to change. Dr. C.

P. Olivier, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Flower observatory, Dr. W. F. G.

Swann, director of Franklin Institute's Bartol Research foundation, and Dr. I. M. Levitt, director of the institute's Fels planetarium all Agreed the phenomenon was "unique." But they said the odd coloration probably was due to a peculiar formation of ice crystals such as thoe whidt "-use a halo to appear around the or moon. The crystals were unusually thick, they said.

They noted the temperature had dropped rapidly and the weather was cooler than normal. CHICKENS ROOST At Watts Flats in southwest ern New York, a woman reported that her chickens wen' to roost at 2 P. M. (EST). But.

she said, at about 4 P.M. the sky grew a little n-hter, her rooster crowed as if it were dawn, and the chickens left the roost. It struck New York between noon and 1 P. M. and over (Continued on Page CoL 4) Aid Urged For Families Of Servicemen A resolution asking that congress make some immediate provision for the relief of families of servicemen who have not received allotments between the time he receives his first pay was passed unanimously at the meeting of the Blair-Bedford District of the American Legion held at the John M.

Anderson Post No. 424 Home, Bellwood, Sunday afternoon. Randolph Clark, Altoona district service officer, cited a number of cases where families are in need because of the lapse of time between the receipt of allotment checks and the time the man is called into service. Mr. Clark said that there is always a lapse of several months and that the state, through the department of public assistance and the veterans commission, can do little to alleviate the situation, stating that it was strictly a federal proposition, although the DPA can help to some degree, but this too, requires time.

Louis W. F. Haberstroh, Juniata, district commander, presid- (Continued on Page 2, CoL 1) War Governors Plaque To Be Dedicated such as it has never been known to happen here, one 80-year-old resident said. Many residents, jumpy from war scares, began insistent telephoning to find out what was wrong. Employes were unable to keep pace with the volume of calls swampinng the Tribune switchboard.

FLOOD OF CALLS A Bell telephone spokesman said that so many calls were received at the local plant that the machinery was overloaded and additional confusion was created. Daylight shift employes were kept on duty in addition to the incoming second shift, and and another eight extra em ployes were called in to answer the numerous inquiries, "What's wrong. City hall switchboard was busiest between 4 and 5 P. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) KoreanWar Man Injured, Two Jailed In Depot Fight An Altoonan is in a serious condition at Altoona hospital, suffering a possible fractured skull, and his companion and a Coalport service man were placed in Jail as a result of a fight near the railroad station at 4:10 A.

M. Sunday, Chief Vaul E. Rouzer said. Police were informed by the trainmaster at the PRR that three men were involved in a fight on the sidewalk in front of the station and that one man had been apparently injured, Chief Rouzer said. Herbert Fries, 28, of 3718 Sixth avenue, was admitted to Altoona hospital, suffering a possible fractured skull.

Fries, as well as Peter Krahel, 26, of Coalport, and John Frank, 22, of 2527 Oak avenue, are all charged with fighting, Chief Rouzer said. Because of the condition of Fries, police were unable to question him and the case will be turned over to detectives for fur-; ther investigation. Chief Rouzer said that the cause of the fight had not been determined. Couple Wed In Hospital Admitted to Mercy hospital on the eve of her wedding, a former Altoona girl pledged her troth to a marine sergeant Saturday night in a hospital room, instead of her home, as planned. Miss Fern Mae Ansley, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph S. Ansley, formerly of Altoona and now of Patton, R. and SSgt. James Philip Krug of the Marine Hdq.

Henderson Hall, Arlington, and son of Mrs. Olive Krug, Ashville, were married at 7:15 P. M. at Mercy hospital. Rev.

John E. Rabenstein, pastor of the Buckhorn chapel, and pastor of the bride, officiated at the single ring ceremony. The bride, who had been stricken suddenly ill, was given in marriage by her father. Miss Jane Mildred Ansley, sister of the bridei who is in training in a Boston hospital, was bridesmaid, and Peggy-Jo, baby sister of the bride, who was to have been flower girl in the home wedding, stood at her sister's bedside beside the bridesmaid. CpL Herman R.

Towles of Savannah, also of the ma-i rine corps and stationed in Wash-; ington. D. C. served as best man. REPORTEDLY SOUGHT FOR QUESTIONING A Nassau, Bahamas, police official invest-gating the murder of Sir Harry Oakes is flying to Miami, Fla Sept.

22, reportedly to find and question Betty Roberts (above), pretty blonde who was an important witness in the seven-year-old case. She worked as a cashier for a Miami theater. Assistant Police Supt Augustus Roberts was en route from Oakland, where he had questioned Edward Majava, 31-year-old mechanic. Missing B-50 Found, All 16 Aboard Safe HALIFAX, N. 8.

A U. S. Air Force B-50 bomber missing since Thursday was found Sunday in the wilds of Labrador and all 16 men aboard escaped serious, injury, the Royal Canadian Air force said Sunday night Skimpy information that came over a shaky air force wireless service plagued by unfavorable atmospheric conditions said an RCAF Lancaster found the plane about 95 miles southwest of Goose Bay at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon. The plane, with four passengers and a crew of 12, all military personnel, had been missing on a routine flight from Goose Bay to Tucson, Ariz. The U.

S. Air force unit at Goose Bay started preparations for evacuating the men. This probably will be done sometime Monday with the aid of a helicop ter. SMOKE SIGNALS Smoke signals attracted the Lancaster, piloted by Flight Of ficer J. M.

Wallace of Halifax, to the area. There the 16 survivors had construct' a shelter. Signs on the rocky ground asked for food and other supplies, supplies. U. S.

aircraft in the area dropped the requested supplies No medical supplies were requested. Officials interpreted this as signifying that none was seriously hurt Finding of the plane climaxed a search "that scoured the "vast area of Canada and the United States extending from Labrador to the Arizona desert. Scores of planes from both countries took part. The first sweep of the Labrador area started Saturday but the search planes were recalled by bad weather. The plane had not reported to any station after its takeoff.

The plane had a gasoline supply to last 17 hours. Normally the flight from Goose Bay to Labrador would take 12 hours. The RCAF planes mod the search in favorable weather Sunday morning and the Lancaster based at Greenwood, N. was successful in finding the missing U. S.

air giant Monday a helicopter will make the tricky fl'tht to pick up the men and transfer them to the shore of a large lake nearby. There a Canso amphibian will take them aboard and fly them to Goose Bay. Para-rescue crews trained rescuers who par- to survivors were carried by two of the RCAFs search pH undav but were not needed. All told 15 RCAF aircraft loined in the hunt BULLETIN! BELLEFONTE, Pa. Alexander NlesnL SL and Walter Maloney, Si, convicted Delaware county slayers, were eseeated early Monday in Penn sylvania's electric rhair.

A. J. GLASHAUSER Leave Service To Study For Priesthood RANDOLPH FIELD, Tex. Discharged from the military service last week to study for the Catholic priesthood was Cpl. Aloysius J.

"AT Glashauser, a research technician at the Air Force School of Aviation Medi cine. Randolph AFB. The discharge for this purpose is believed to be the first in the air force since- its separation from the army, according to Catholic Chaplain George M. Rin kowski of Randolph. Local religious orders have records of but one other such separation from the military service in recent years.

This involved the resignation of a newly graduated West Pointer in 1946. Cpl. Glashauser is the son of Mrs. Clementine Glashauser -1332 Third avenue. He took up class worK Wednesday at St.

Johns seminary in San Antonio. He is a graduate of Altoona Catholic High school, class of 1948. During his senior year he was selected as the outstanding football player on the ACHS team and presented the annual Joe Cohen award. He has been in the army the past two years. A younger brother, Raymond, is also in the army.

Two Arrested For Kicking In Auto Windows Two men who were asked to leave the football field because of their condition from drinking were arrested at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street Saturday afternoon, on a disorderly conduct charge, when they were found kicking windows from cars, Chief Vaul E. Rouzer said. Arrested were: Robert Bohn, 27, of 1405 Seventeenth avenue. Donald Baker, 22, of 300 Lexington avenue. Chief Rouzer said the men were asked to leave the bleachers because of their conduct aDDar- ently induced by intoxicants dur ing the Altoona-W estinghouse game.

Lt. Paul Robinson assisted hv Officer James Walker, placed the two men under arrest at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street, Kouzer said. (Continued on Page 2, CoL 5) Three Duncansville Men Held In Mishap Three Duncansvilie men are being held for investigation following an accident at Sixth avenue and Eighth street. Juniata, Sunday, Chief Vaul E. Rouzer said.

They are: Richard Mallery of Duncansville. R. D. 1. Robert Sprow of Duncansville, R.

D. 1, and Emil Minori of Duncansville, R. D. 2. The car to which they were riding struck the light standard and when the officer walked to the car to make inquiries, the car was started and pulled tway.

They were placed under arrest at Fourth avenue and Eighth street. Juniata, and they could produce no card of the chief aiL i To Give Up But May Use Chinese Or Soviet Troops To Occupy North Korea By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON CP) Russia apparently is preparing to write off the crumbling Communist campaign in South Korea as an incident of no importance. That is the view of the best Informed American officials. They say the Soviet position is not completely firm yet but is clearly tipping toward acceptance of the Red setback in that area.

But the Russian attitude toward Northern Korea may be dramatically different. There is a strong belief here that the Soviet forces or possibly Chinese Communist troops may occupy the country north of the 38th parallel for the expressed purpose of keeping peace but actually to prevent United Nations forces from getting close to Russian security areas like Vladivostok and the Manchurian border. GRADUAL CHANGE Ever since the United Nations landings near Seoul there has been in the opinion of state department a gradual change in Russian propaganda on the Korean war. It gets less time on the Moscow radio. It is given a more moderate handling.

In the last few days, for ex ample, the Russians mildly com mented that the landings were a sign of weakness in an effort to save face on the part of the United States. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Visninsky made a speech in the UN general assembly last week which officials here regard as having been less viciously hostile toward the United States than other recent Russian speeches. In addition some diplomats abroad are understood to have reported that Russian diplomats are now saying to the people they meet that the whole Korean affair is of no Importance and should be settled soon in the interest of world peace. Diplomacy and propaganda can always be used to cover up the nation's real intentions. Theoretically at least the Soviets could send their own or perhaps Chinese Red armies pouring into South Korea to join the fighting.

Neither military nor diplomatic authorities here believe that will happen. On the contrary. Washington's impulse now, in view of the suc cess of the American offensives In Korea, is to think of international political and even domestic problems ahead in terms of an ending of the Korean crisis. (Continued on Page 2. Col.

1) South Korean' marines landed in force at Inchon port, 22 miles west of Seoul, to add their hitting power to the United Nations western force. The Seventh infantry landing aimed another spearhead at heart of the capital. Dug-in Reds offered some opposition. FIERCE FIGHTING One marine unit seized important hill defenses on the eastern edge of the old capital on this, the start of the fourth month of the war. Fierce fighting was reported in the northwestern sectors of the city.

United Nations forces hammering up from southeastern Korea pounded the Reds back rapidly toward the anvil formed by the Inchon-Seoul beachhead. Hard-driving Americans had a gap of only 60 air miles to close and Communist resistance bristled only in isolated spots. The 60 miles lay between Osan and Poun, south and east of Seoul. Elements of the seventh division punched 10 miles south from captured Suwon into Osan Sunday. Troopers of the U.

S. First Cavalry division surged up into Poun from Sangju a 55-mile dash in three days. TROUBLE AT FIELD But there were indications of trouble at the Suwon airfield. AP Correspondent O. H.

P. King reported from an airbase in southern Japan that American cargo plane flights to Suwon had been halted Monday morning. Red Korean artillery positions were reported on hills overlooking the airfield. The field was used Sunday by the cargo planes. I The northern front of the lid southeastern beachhead was lifted back to about where it was at the end of the first month of the war.

Hamchang was entered by other First cavalrymen striking north from Sangju. Hamchang is 28 air miles northeast of Poun and 75 southwest of Osan. To the east 30 air miles, South Korean Eighth division forces were back in Andong on the Nak-tong river in the middle of the northern front, U. S. First corps spokesman reported today.

The spokesman also told Associated Press Correspondent William Jorden that the Republican Third division had shoved back into the outskirts of Yongdok, shell-shattered town that was along the east coast anchor of the U. N. beachhead. A third prong of the fast-travel ing First cavalry division spread south from Sangju Saturday to the northern outskirts of Kum- chon. Junction on the main Seoul-Pusan highway anT railroad lines.

But first Into the town, the first corps spokesman reported, were men of the veteran 24th Infantry division. Patrols of their division which was pushed down this very corridor in the early days of the war came back Sunday. They (Continued on Page 2, CoL 6) A plaque in commemoration of the Lo; al War Governors' Conference in 1862 at the old Logan House will be dedicated at fitting ceremonies to be held at Tenth avenue and Twelfth street by the Blair county chapter, American Association of University Women, Monday at 3:30 P. M. Dr.

S. K. Stevens, Vtate historian for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be the guest speaker. He is president of the Pennsylvania Historical association, executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Fedecation of Historical societies and president of the American Association for State and Local History. Dr.

Stevens is the author of two historical boo'-s, "American Expansion in 1842-1898" and three-volume "Pennsylvania-Titan of Industry." The program for the ceremonies is as follows: Howard W. Lindaman, master of ceremonies. Selection by combined bands: Altoona Senior High school band, Keith Junior High school band, Roosevelt Junio High school band. Altoona Catholic High school band, directed by John Monti. Invocation, Rev.

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