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242 Five Cents U. of Mo Rallies to him Cali ill-Period TDs Erase 6-0 Deficit A A spot of rain on your window pane Official VS. Wether en 17 MONDAY'S TEMPERATURES fo rmiac, 14-6 ran VI mm Dufek, Ortmann Pace Proiits-Tax City Quickly Runs Life Cycle: Birth, Marriage, Death 1 BY NORMAN KENYON Free Pre- Staff Writer Detroit lost no time in writing the opening chapter in the the City's Book of Life for 1951. Monday, a few minutes after midnight, a baby had been born, a couple had been married and a man had died. Before dawn, the City had run the gamut of accidents, fires, thefts and violence.

Only one Detroit "first" remained to be recorded. No one had died in a traffic accident by late afternoon Monday. LEADING OFF Detroit's history of 1951 was the marriage of Virginia Brink, 28, of 2969 Cadillac, and Grady Nelson, 24, of 9933 Mack, at one second after midnight. At two second past midnight, a- six-pound, seven-ounce son was born to Sirs. Joan Nelson and her husband, Wilbur, of 4507 Seyburn, at Detroit Memorial-Hospital.

Life completed its cycle at 12:40 a. m. when William O'Dea, 65, died of a heart attack at his home, 407 E. Columbia. He collapsed while shaking hands with a friend, Charles Simmons, 52, of the same address.

Detroit's first set of twins, a boy and a girl, were born at 6:40 and 6:57 p. m. to Mrs. Mary Shearer, 37, and her husband, Herbert, at Woman's Hospital. The Shearers live at 14690 Archdale.

Meanwhile, the Police Department had swung into a "business as usual" routine promptly. At 12:01 a. m. Junious Pearson, 23, of 2201 E. Congress, went down in the records as the first arrest.

He was picked up after a minor accident. At the same moment, Isaac Minor, 26. of 3929 reported his car stolen from in front of a church at 613 Chene. THE YEAR was only a minute old when stray shotgun pellets crashed through a kitchen window and struck Robert Turn to Page 10, Column ijjiiuiii himwwii mm Rose Bowl Victory BY TOMMY DEVINE Free Prei Staff Writer Calif University of Michigan inscribed two more names among its all-time gridiron immortals as it made an amazing comeback to whip California, 14 to 6, in the 37th Rose Bowl game. Into the record books alongside the names of Wolverine brilliants like Willie Heston, Johnny Maul-betsch, Harry Kipke, Bennie Friedman, Harry Newman, Tom Harmon and Bob Chappuis will go Ortmann and Don Dufek.

IT WAS THE needle-threading passing of Ortmann and the ram-rodding up-the-middle rushes of Dufek which sparked a sensational second-half comeback. Ortmann and Dufek literally picked Michigan off the emerald green turf on the Rose Bowl Stadium and catapulted this Wolverine team into a triumph that must be ranked among the greatest ever scored by a Michigan team. Suit, then? were other stars in the Wolverine constellation as Michigan gave the Big Ten a monopolistic sweep of the five-year series with the Pacific Coast Conference. There were youngsters like Quarterback Bill Putich and lanky Fred Pickard, an end who came Into the game late in the second half and put new life and zest Into Michigan's aerial game. THEItE WERE tough, rugged defensive performers like the ever alert Tony Momsen, Sophomore Pictures on Page 18 Roger Zatkoff and the durable Tom Johnson.

But the glory of this Rose Bowl victory rests primarily with Ortmann and Dufek. They were the gridders who stole completely the spotlight from California's vaunted trio of Jim Monachino, Pete Scharbarum and Johnny Olszewski. Ortmann and Dufek. a pair of seniors playing their final game for Michigan, made it, by far, the greatest of their respective careers. How good were they? They were simply the difference between victory and certain defeat, It was Dufek.

a real work horse, wlin made Michigan's ground attack click und'T as heavy pressure as a fullback ever faced. The burly blond from Chicago carried the bull more than all the other Michigan backs combined. He made 23 rushes out of the total of S9 for the Wolverines. Don picked np a net of US yards for an average of 4.9 yards per carry. The efficiency of this hard-hitting youngster is attested by the fact that only once all afternoon was the big and powerful California line able to throw him for a loss.

That deficit amounted to only one yard. MICHIGAN MADE a net of only 145 yards on the ground, so you can see how clearly Dufek dominated the play. Fittingly enough, Don scored both Wolverine touchdowns. As for Ortmann, he was a passing wizard at the peak of his career. The kid from Milwaukee took to the air 19 times.

He completed 15 of them. That's right, 1.3 completions, just one short of the all-time Rose Bowl record. When the California defense closed in. in a vain attempt to throttle Dufek, Ortmann took to the airways and sent the Bears reeling with his passes. It was a combination California couldn't stop or match.

THIS WAS A football game which was divided into two parts. The first was all California. The second was equally one-sided in favor of Michigan. The Wolverines went into the fourth quarter trailing, 6 to 0. They had had scoring chances and fizzled them.

That they Turn to Page 18, Column 8 Perfect Age Eight or 80? What's the perfect age? Eighteen? Forty? Eighty? Opinions varied, but both young and old were asked the question. You'll be amused with "What's the Perfect Age," a PARADE feature in SUNDAY'S FREE PRESS 4 fr, CONFIDENCE AT Enemy Now 18 Miles from Seoul Thousands Killed Crossing Minefields Free Press Wire Service TOKYO Allied defenders of Seoul fell back as much as 10 miles from the Imjin River under the crushing impact of a Communist general offensive. Enemy spearheads plunged within 18 miles of the South Korean Capital. The Red troops swarmed ahead over the bodies of thousands of their own dead. The showdown assault to drive the United Nations out of Korea lines, dispatches from the Seoul i rone saia.

At least one Allied division collapsed under piledriver blows. Another was forced to fall back. The rear lines of other divisions wer threatened. SHOCK TROOPS of the 200,000 Chinese and North Koreans swarming toward Seoul burst across the Imjin River near Ko-rangpo, 28 miles north of the Capital. They slashed southeastward and threw a roadblock across the Korean map on Page 2 trunk highway due north of Seoul and behind undisclosed numbers of Allied troops.

Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Kidg-way's international Eighth Army announced that the Communis forces, outnumbering the Allies at least 2 to 1, had attacked from end to end of the yielding 140-mile line across Ko-rea. "The invasion of South Korea is definitely on," an Army spokesman said of the New Year's Day offensive launched with waves of fanatical troops, artillery, tanks and self-propelled guns.

THE COMMANDING general of an American division said his artillery and troop fire slaughtered an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 Chinese. "We are killing 10 of them for every one we lose," the general said. The Air Force, throwing everything it had into one of its biggest days of the war, killed enemy troops by the hundreds. A spokesman estimated that the airmen killed 1,500 enemy troops. But front-line observers sent word that the aerial toll was at least 6,000 killed or wounded.

Beginning the attack at dusk Sunday, the Chinese crossed the ice-covered Imjin River and breached the big minefield north of Choksong with human bodies, taking heavy losses but exploiting to the hilt the enemy's strongest weapon manpower. THEY MARCHED through that minefield and others in columns of fours. The front ranks were blown to pieces. But the masses behind pushed on through the mines and over the American barbed wire and the bodies of their own dead. The only answer American officers can see to the numbers of the enemy is a tightly held front in depth, supported by an impenetrable curtain of fire.

An attack in at least division strength hit the Allied eastern flank near Yongpo, where a strong feeler assault last week pushed the defenders back 1V miles. AN ALLIED division in the Chunchon area of Central Korea withdrew under a heavy attack. Smaller but potent attacks flared between the main battle zones. A dispatch from the Imjin River front said that the Eighth Army pulled back to previously prepared defense positions according to plans calling for a tighter perimeter around Seoul. Williams Sworn In for 2nd Term 5 Republican Aides Also Take Office BY HUB M.

GEORGE Free Presf Political Writer LANSING Simple dignity marked the inauguration Monday of Democratic Gov. Williams and the five Republicans who will form his cabinet. There was gaiety among the thousands of well-wishers, mostly Democrats, who came tc Lansing to hail the new administration. But it was sobered by a background of solemnity born of threatening international affairs. THE OATHS were given by Chief State Supreme Court Justice Neil E.

Reid on the east steps-of the Capitol as a bright sun mellowed the winter day. Sworn in with Williams were Lt. Gov. William C. Vandenberg, of Holland; Secretary of State Fred M.

Alger, Attorney General Frank G. Millard, of Flint; Treasurer D. Hale Brake, of Stanton, and Auditor General John B. Martin, of Grand Rapids. It was Brake's 34th wedding anniversary and the fifth time he has become keeper of the State strong box.

GOV. WILLIAMS, aware that strong partisan tides will run in the months ahead, pleaded for unity and co-operation. "Circumstances which con tributed to deadlocks and stalemates on various issues have been materially altered by events," he said. "For my part, I shall continue to do all in my power to reconcile conflicting opinions when that can be done without the sacrifice of principle. "Twin tasks ahead call for the utmost of united effort," Williams said.

"These include mobilization of our strength to prevent war or to wage war victoriously if that be necessary. "AND AT H03IE, there must be continued effort to correct the injustice in democratic society upon which Communism feeds. "Communism cannot be beaten by a people tormented with doubts as to the validity of their own principles," the Governor continued. "There can be no thought of suspending for the duration our responsibility for making democracy work better and servemore perfectly the welfare of all the people." Williams said no political party can thrive on inaction and obstruc-Turn to Page 10, Column 5 Rail Unions Win Checkoff WASHINGTON (U.R) The House passed legislation legalizing the union shop and dues checkoff system in the railroad and airline industries. The bill was approved by a roll-call vote of 292 to 52 after a group of Southern congressmen failed in an effort to kill the bill by sending it back to the Commerce Committee.

They were defeated, 284 to 61. It had previously been approved by the Senate. It now goes to President Truman, whose 'signature is assured. Truman Home WASHINGTON (JP) President Truman returned Monday from a week-end cruise on the presidential yacht Williamsburg. Bill Is Sent to Truman House Completes Action on Measure WASHINGTON (U.R) The House completed Congressional action Monday on a corporation war tax bill to tap swollen business earnings and help pay for United States rearmament.

The measure, passed by voice vote, goes to the White House. President Truman is sure to sign it promptly even though it provides $700,000,000 less than he requested. CONGRESSIONAL sponsors said, however, that the bill eventually may bring in $4,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 annually as new defense spending booms business incomes. The bill brings to new taxes Congress has voted since the Korean War started. Congress passed a Individual and regular corporation Income tax hike In September, President Truman will ask the 82nd Congress for still higher levies soon after it convenes Wednesday.

These may be still bigger indi- vidual and corporation stif fer excise or "luxury" taxes and possibly other means of meet- i ing defense costs on a pay-as-you- jgo basis. THE BILL passed Monday levies a new tax of 77 per cent on "excess" profits of corporations. It increases regular corporation in come taxes from 45 to 47 per cent. The total combined tax may not exceed 62 per cent of any concern's Income. The excess profits tax is retroactive to July 1.

The Income tax boost will apply to most businesses starting Monday. The excess profit tax will be levied on all of a firm's earnings over 85 per cent of its average annual income for the most profitable three years in the period 1946-49. As an alternative, business concerns may pay the tax on the basis of specified percentage returns on their invested capital. Firms earning less than $25,000 a year are exempt from either of the increases. MR.

TRUMAN WILL stress the need for still higher taxes to meet mounting defense costs in his state of the union message to Congress, tentatively set for Jan. S. Kc will give details of his new tax program as soon as it is completed. There was speculation the program may call for increasing Individual income taxes by lowering the personal exemptions from the present $600 apiece to $300. There has been talk in Congress of some form of federal sales tax.

Meanwhile, many middle and upper-bracket taxpayers are about to feel for the first time the effect of the irfdividual income tax hike passed last fall. PERSONS WHOSE taxes are withheld from wages have already felt the bite, but not those who pay all or most of their taxes in quarterly installments. They will have to settle up at the new rates for the first time Jan. 15 or March 15. Report on Korea NEW YORK (vP) Britain now has 20,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen engaged in the Korean campaign in support of American troops, Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British UN delegate, said.

Troops Don't Share U.S. Pessimism Relman Morin, Associated Press correspondent, tells of some striking contrasts between the attitudes of fighting men with the United Nations forces in Korea and of people on the the United States home front. Morin has just returned from fourth months' war reporting in Japan and Korea. BY RELMAN MORIN NEW YORK (P) There are two big differences between the atmosphere in the United States today and the feelings of the troops in Korea. It seemed to me, almost from the first day at home, that people were frightened, frustrated and swept with recurrent waves of defeatism and despair.

Apparently, that stems in large part from the military defeat in Korea and from fear of the immediate future. The soldiers don't see it that way. OATHS OF OFFICE are administered by Chief State Supreme Court Justice Neil E. Reid in New Year's Day ceremonies on steps of State Capitol at Lansing. At top.

Gov. Williams (right) is sworn in for his second term; Below, Secretary of State Fred M. Alger, (right) starts his third term in office. -ti The engine started its four -mile journey solo at Palace Gate Station in North London. Nobody knows how it managed to slip away.

Officials of the socialized British railways took a dim view of this mechanical dis- iplay of free enterprise and i i re: 1 sam nuiiiiy; "The matter is under investigation." Tugmen Strike LOS ANGELES (JP) A strike of tugboat crewmen tied up shipping in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbcr. Still Snowing HOUGHTON (U.R) Snow fell Monday for the 45th consecutive day. i FRONT Auto Pioneer Dies in N.Y. PARISH, N. Henry E.

Bragg, a pioneer in the automotive industry, died at his home here. He was 86. He had been production engi neer of the H. H. Franklin Motor Car Co.

at Syracuse from 1905 to 1917. In his early life he was associated at Hamilton, with Horace and John F. Dodge in automobile building. You'll Find: FREE-WHEELING ENTERPRISE Two Miss Their Train, but They're the Crew They are neither frightened nor discouraged. As battlefield technicians, they know the difference between a setback and a disaster.

THEY WERE pushed back by the weight of numbers and by the collapse of their right flank, held by South Korean divisions. A retreat was unavoidable. But in the retreat, neither the United States Eighth Army nor the United States 10th Corps was destroyed. The divisions pulled back In good order and they brought their equipment with them. The Chinese, with elements of seven divisions in position, were unable to prevent the First Marines and the Seventh Infantry from chopping through to the main line of resistance.

There was a general pullback. But that was something vastly different from a military "disaster" say, for example, the encirclement and elimination of Turn to Page 8, Column 5 LONDON (JP) "Look out, the 10:15 has run away." The message crackled along the British railway system while a very embarrassed engineer and fireman ran down the tracks in hot pursuit of the runaway train, outward bound from London. Their engine, off on its own, chugged merrily at eight miles an hour through two suburban stations, carrying behind it a whole trainload of passengers unaware the locomotive was unattended. THE TWO trainmen had to give up the chase. They were puffing harder than the engine.

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