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that the Mirror Employees may
observe the New Year holiday to-
morrow, there will not be a Mon-
day edition of the paper. Publica-
tion will resume Tuesday. The
staff wishes everybody a Happy
New Year.
House Full: Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Wallace and Alice Ruth had as
their guests during the Christmas
holiday, Mrs. Wallace’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Johnson of
Dayton; Mr. Wallace’s sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wray
and son Paul, of Weslaco and Mrs.
Wallace’s sister uud family, Mr.
and Mrs. Wuync Holey and sons,
Darrelt and Stanford of Corpus
Cbrlsti.
Bo Up Soon: Mrs. Buford Mun-
cy, who has been confined to the
bed for the past week, is reported
improving and will be able to be
up und around again in a few days.
DCS wishes her a speedy recovery.
Week In Waco: Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Taylor and Chris 'Mr. T. is
C of C prexyi spent several days
In Waco this week visitin' his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Taylor,
Sr.
Watkins Guost: Mr. and Mrs.
Fred C. Watkins, Gilmer Highway, >
have as their week end guests, j
Miss Suzanne Ballew of Lampasus. j
Drove Down: Mr. and Mrs. Lee:
Higgins and son of Grand Prairie
' Higgins of Santa Fe. New
down recently to
»ys with their par-
Irs, J. E. Higgins.
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quadruple amputee of the Korean war, smiles as he is visited by
hts mother, Mrs. Clara E. Smith, in Walter Rccd Hospital in Wash-
ington Standing behind Pfc. Smith is Joseph McCracken, Penn-
sylvania state Legion commander, whe brought Mrs. Smith to
Washington to see her son. (Acme Telephoto)
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daui iters, Donna Roae and Patsy
of McCamey were visitors in the
M. 1*. Aldridge home Friday . . .
•’Shorty'' Horn left early Satiddy
morning for Ft. Bel voir, Va.,
where he la stationed.
Government Halts
Use Of Copper
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 <U.R>—
Tho government cracked down
hard on non-essential use of cop-
per today with an order that will
drive hundreds of familiar items—
from door knobs to fancy buttons
—off the market after March 1.
National Production Authority
Boss William H. Hr-rison an-
nounced that after that date civil-
ian industry will get copper only
where it is needed for a functional
Poll;* Blotter: Friday, three
people were “Jugged” by the local
police. One was for driving on the
left Ade of the road, one for in-
toxicution nnd reckless driving
and one was held for Highway Pa-
trol.
Hunts And Vist-.; Mrs. W M.
Higgs returned yesliddy from
Hooks where she has been spend-
ing several days with her parents.
Her hubby just got back yestiddy
too. He's been bird huntin' way
up in Cashville, Mo. Sez they got
lots of birds but won’t say how
many.
Newly wads: Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Steele (recent bride and groom of
exactly one week and one day)
are here visitin’ with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Steele. The
newlyweds are living in Beau-
mont. Janie Steele came back
home with the couple after staying
with them since Tuesday.
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On State Of
Union Message
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. <U.R>—
President Truman, cruising aboard
his yacht, was up at 6 n. m. EST
today and resumed work on his
statt of the union message after
breakfasting.
The presidential ’’acht, Wil-
liamsburg anchored off Quantico,
Va., lust night. Mr. Truman was In
bed before 11 p. m. nnd up at 6
a. m., Presidential Press Secretary
Joseph Short sent word bock to
the White House.
Short said there is little dif-
ference in the President’s routine
in the White House nnd aboard
the yacht.
"The only difference,” Short
said, “is the President has no call-
ers nnd can devote time to mat-
ters that require extended and
concentrated attention.”
Mr. Truman also studied the
dully reports from the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the State Depart-
ment and the Central Intelligence
Agency flown to the Williamsburg.
Short said that summaries of the
military and diplomatic situations
are to be delivered to the Presi-
dent at least once dally during his
week end cruise.
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TRAIN DELAYED
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. (U.R>—T1)e
Santa Fc Superchief was delayed
for seven hours on Its westward
run from Chicago today whan the
end of a derailed freight car rak-
ed the lower surface of some
coaches near Morris, Kan., the
railroad announced here.
KSIJ To Start
Now Type Program
Beginning Monday
A new type of program will be
aired on Station KSIJ beginning
Monday, according to Joe M. Yow-
ell, station manager. The overall
program, which lasts from 1 p.m.
until 4 p.m. on Mondays through
Fridays, will be called “Melody
Go-Round,” featuring all types of
music from novelty tunes to pop-
ular concert selections.
The program will be broken
down into periods of special types
of music. From 1 p.m. until 1:30
the program will be called Show
House Concert, and will feature
uninterrupted music, old popular
favorites and show tunes from
Broadway. From 1:30 until 2, the
program will be Coed Corner, fea-
turing a boy and a girl vocalist
each day from the complete KSIJ
library.
from 2 until 2:05 will be a news
period. From 2:05 until 2:30 will
be Rhythm Rendezvous, with a
popular orchestra in the limelight
each day. The afternoon devotion-
al will be aired from 2:30 until
2:45. Keyboard capers, piano styl-
izations, will be on the station
from 2:45 until 3 o’clock.
A five minute news period will
lx* broadcast again from 3 until
3:05, followed by Platter Pande-
monium from 3:05 until 3:30. This
program will feature novelty
tunes.
The last half hour of the main
program will be Today's Music
from 3:30 until 4, a program of
current popular hits.
Yowell announced that begin-
ning the first of the year, KSIJ
will be adding the Capitol Tran-
scription Library to their present
library facilities and will place an
additional 2,500 musical selections
at the station’s disposal. There arc
now 10,000 arrangements In the
library, he added.
AtTheHospital
Patianta Admitted
City Hospital- -Mrs. Naomi Bell,
Mrs. Ramona Dodson, Jnck Owens,
Barbara Jordan, John Bell, Pheola
Jones, Brenda Wilson, J. C. Smith,
Mrs. Donna Pool, Mrs. Johnnie
Adams and Mrs. Sally Parker.
Patlaalt Dismissed
City Hospital—Lee Clubb, Mrs.
Josephine Eaton, Marilyn Downs,
Sylvia Davis, LaDonnc Becker,
Roaamary Miv'hesney, Mrs.
Wayne Jones, Edwin Davidson, J.
C. Smith, Brenda Wilson, Mrs. L.
W. Philbiick and Mrs. Mavis Lin-
der and baby.
Naw Arrivals
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Johnnie Adorns at 1:2? p. m.
yesterday at the City Hospital. The
baby weighed seven pounds and
five ounces.
A daughter, weighing seven
pounds and 14 ounces, was born
at 12:26 a. m. yesterday to Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Dodson at the
City Hospital.
purpose and where no practical
substitute is available.
Some factories aay be forced to
close down or switch to new lines
of production as a result of the
order. But Harrison promised to
do everything possible to ease such
hardship cases, particularly where
workers would be thrown out of
their jobs.
He said copper users can appeal
for relief where they feel the or-
der operant unfairly against them.
But he emphasized that the rearm-
ament program la going to get first
call on copper and that non-es-
sential lines will have to find sub-
stitute materials.
“Although everything possible is
being done to increase production,
there is not enough copper to meet
our expanding defense needs a: d
to supply all civilian demands, ’
Harrison said.
The effect of the order will ^e
felt in every phase of normal
civilian life.
Women’s dresses no longer will
be trimmed with fancy brass but-
tons and metallic cloth. Copper
name plates, door knockers, orna-
ments, picture frames and fire
irons will soon disappear from the
market. Jewelry and accessories
will be made without copper. Au-
tomobile manufacturers will take
off the fancy copper trimmings on
heaters, grillwork, horns and steer-
ing wheels.
Manufacturers will get one
break. They can complete and soil
affected items if they were being
made on or before March 1 and
arc completed by April 30.
Highways Iced
But Americans
Plan Holiday
SY UNITED PRESS
Highways wen* dangerously
slippery over a wide |M>rtion of
the nation toduy but Americans
crowded aboard planes and trains
for their annual New Year's holi-
day trips.
Bus and automobile travel was
curtailed somewhat by the bad
road conditions and it appeared
that the wecK.end toll of traffic
dead might be below the 558 kill-
ed during the Christmas holiday.
In the first hours of the week
end holiday, casualty reports were
light. Only 14 deaths were report-
ed nationwide, 12 of these in traf-
fic.
The National Safety Council had
predicted that 330 persons would
die in traffic from 6 p. m. yes-
terday until mimught Monday.
The council reported today That
the nation’s death toll for 1950
in highway accidents probably
would be the highest in nine years.
It said 31,320 persons were kill-
ed during the first 11 months of
the year and estimated that the
final toll would be 35,000 or more.
That total was topped only five
times previously, in 1934, 1935.
1936, 1937 and 1941.
Statisticians said the 1950 death
toll was 10 per cent higher during
the first 11 months than during
the same period last year.
The weather was seasonable
throughout the country. Over a
wide section of the eastern sea-
board, chilly nights were glazing
highways, making them slippery.
Heavy snow made roadways haz-
ardous in many sections of the
Midwest, where more snow* was
predicted for Sunday.
At least five persons died yes-
terday in fires.
Happy Children
Allies Ready For Biggest
Battle Of Korean War
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Dulles Starts
New Foreign
Policy Dispute
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30
The congressional foreign
dispute flared siTew today.
John Foster Dulles, who was
named Republican adviser to the
State Department in an effort to
reestablish bi-partisan harmony,
touched off teie latest exchange of
views by warning that the nation
would be imperilcdHOy abandoning
its European allies.
Dulles, speaking in New York
last night, partially disputed
former President Herbert Hoover's
demand that the United States cut
off troops and dollars until the
Western Democracies take positive
action to ward off a Russian at-
tack.
Although party lines were not
drawn clearly, most Democrats
sided with Dulles. Sen. Brien Mc-
Mahon, D., Conn., said Dulles an-
swered Mr. Hoover's proposals
which he termed "a recipe for dis-
aster.” However, Sen James P.
Kern, R., Mo., said Dulles failed
to answer Mr. Hoover’s “main
point:” that America's allies
should not receive further aid un-
til they show ther are willing to
defend’ themselves.”
Fairchild Plan* It
Stolen In Missouri
LEBANON, Mo., Dec. 30 (U.R)—
Tho Missouri State Highway Pa-
trol today broadcast a state-wide
alert for a Fairchild cabin type
plane mysteriously missing from
the municipal airport in Lebanon.
The plane, a three-seatcr, is
owned by S. J. Frazier, manager
of the airport. He is in Tulsa,
Okla., visiting relatives.
Vhcn advised by long-distance
telephone that the plane was not
in the hangar, Frazie. said he had
not "authorized anyone to take it.”
Poac* Sought In
Railroad Industry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U.R)—
Government mediators worked to-
day on their next move to bring
peace to the railroad industry.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers rejected a proposed
three-year peace agreement with
the operators yesterday, and or-
dered their representatives to ne-
gotiate for a better contract.
The mediators believed they had
achieved rail peace when nego-
tiators for the engineers and three
other railroad unions initialed the
tentative agreement. But they
wondered now whether the en-
gineers' rejection of the contract
might lead the firemen, trainmen
and conductors to follow suit.
THREE HAPPY KOREAN CHILDREN, top, smile their apprecia-
tion as they arrive at Seoul airport for evacuation. Below, inside
the airplane, it’s a different story as a U. S. Army nurse attempts
to acclimate the children to their new surrounding. Children were
part of a group of more than 1.000 war waifs airlifted from city
by U. S. Far East Air Force. (U. S. Air Force Photo from Acme
Telephoto)
Work On Proposed Lake
Gladewater To Begin
TOKYO, Sunday, Dec. 31. (U.R)—
’"he main body of the United Na-
ions Army has pulled back south
of the 38th parallel where it
stands poised for what muy be the
biggest battle of the Korean war
—an assault on Seoul hy 250,000
Communists.
U. N. patrols continue to
probe Rod linos in North Korea
and on tho extreme oastern a id
of the battle lino there la an al-
lied position jutting north of the
38th parallel. But as tho result
of recent maneuvering, it ia cer-
tain that the preliminary phasea
of the battle for Seoul will be
fought in South Korea.
Both sides stepped up their air
operations in preparation for the
show-down. U. S. and Soviet-built
jet planes waged the biggest dog-
fight of the war near the Manchur-
ian border.
A fleet of 35 »o 40 Russian-built
MiG’s tangled with 2 U. S. F-86
Sabre jets, and the Red planes
came off second best. In this and
an earlier battle, the American
planes were unscathed although
they shot down one enemy jet,
probably destroyed another und
damaged two.
The vastly outnumbered United
Nations ground forces faced the
heaviest concentration of enemy
troops, heavy artillery, tanks, half-
tracks and other motorized equip-
ment of the war along the entire
front. The battle lines now are
only 10 miles long ,* ,han the old
Taegu - Pusan beachhead from
which the UN launched its big of-
fensive last summer.
Opposing forces are n ore then
twice a: great on each side as
they vyc e last summer. But for
• Mayor Carl Bruce announced
Friday that with the payment of
$67,539.85 in delinquent taxes by
seven major oil companies and
several individuals that work on
the proposed Lake Gladewater, a
planned water supply fir the city,
will begin next week.
Work on the lake w*as stopped
in September due to the enforced
curtanment of operation of the
city due to the non-payment of
a huge amount of taxes.
Bruce also announced that no
changes in the original plan of
the lake would be made.
The lake, as proposed, will be
located just above the northwest
Safety Officials Fear Holiday
Death Toll Will Top 200 Mark
it ukited rates
Safety officials braced fo“ an-
other rash of violent death as the
New Year’s Day week end got into
full swing in Texas. ■
Safety officials, acutely aware]
that >44 persons already have died
violently in Texas during the U ig
holiday period, braced for anothe
rash of fatalities today as tin New]
Year's Day week end went Into
full swing. ■
Almost half the fatalities—70—
were caused by traffic accidents,
while fires claimed 26 lives and 48
persons died from miscellaneous
violence.
Officials feared the death toll
would soar above the 200 mark be-
fore the count ends at midnight
Monday.
Among late victims was George
Watkins, Negro, who fell 75 feet
to his death yesterday while dis-
mantling a surplus natural gas
tank at San Antonie A verdict of
accidental death waa returned.
Beatrice Higgins, five-year-old
Negro child, gnd her 20-month-old
brother, James, burned to death
yesterday in a fire at their tenant
home near Mart. The fire appar-
ently started when the children
poured gas on a stove, causing an
explosion, invest'gitors said. Eight
other children escaped.
Howard Eugene Smith, 41, of
McAllen was killed instantly when
his motorcycle collided head-on
with an auto driven by William R.
Martin of McAllen six miles south
of Pharr. Martin was hospitalized
with injuries not considered ser-
ious.
Zaek Hinckley Dibrell, 64-year-
old county farmer, died in a wag-
on-train accident in Coleman yes-
terday, while Frank Delarosa. 31,
Victoria, was killed when his truck
hit a horse near Areola in Fort
Bend County.
Floyd Mitchell, 56 - year - old
Nome Negro, was killed when he
walked into the path of an auto
on U. S. 90 near Nome.
Miscellaneous deaths included
that of Mrs. Margaret Olenburgcr,
49, San Antonio, who died yester-
day of gunshot wounds received
at her home.
Warmer Weather
Is Forecast For
Texas Sunday
BY UNITED PRESS
An expected cold front turned
tail before it readied Texas today-
but the circulation of cold air to
the north, in Oklahoma and Ar-
kansas, kept the mercury at a
chilling level in most parts of the
Lone Star state.
But, forecasts through Sunday
called for generally fair weather
over the entire state and some-
what warmer temperatures. There
was nothing in sight, either, except
perfect weather for the annual
bowl football games in Texas on
New Year's Day.
The sudden change in move-
ment of the cold front caused fore-
casters to change their predictions
for badly needed showers in the
eastern part of the state. No rain
was forecast through Sunday.
Last night, temperatures drop-
lied as low as 15 degrees at Ozona
and 16 degrees at Dalhart. Abilene
had 20, Amarillo and Big Spring
22, Lubbock and Wink 18, Wichita
Falls and Midland 21. Texarkana
31, Dallas 32. Waco 29, Austin 34,
and El Paso 35. The in rcury nev-
er went below 5t at bcownsvillo.
Yesterday, the highest maximum
was 71 degrees at Presidio with
a low maximum of 43 degrees re-
ported at Amarillo. Childress and
Wichita Falls
The only ainfall reported for
the 24 hours ending at 6:30 a. m.
today was .02 inch at Beaumont
and a trace r.t Wichita Falls.
Mid-morning temperatuies re-
ported to the U. S. Weather Bu-
reau in Dallas included Ai larillo
25. Dalhart 19. Big Spring 23, El
Paso 29, Wichita Fall 23. Waco 31.
Austin 35, Dallas 32, Corpus
Christ! 49 and Brownsville 52.
17 Persons Killed
In Argentina Cr«ch
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina,
Dec. 30 (U.R)—An Argentine airlin-
er crashed near the coastal town
of Mar Del Plata last night, kill-
ing 17 persons.
An official report from the scene
said the crew of five and 12 pas-
sengers were killed. The sole sur-
vivor was Susana Castilla, 7, who
was injured critically. Her parents
were killed.
city limits and wilt supply the city
with water and afford fishing and
other recreational pleasures in ad-
dition to its initial purpose.
About eight or nine hundred
acres of water will make up the
lake, which will be about four
miles long and one-fourth mile
wide. A total of between 1,200
and 1.300 acres will be used, in-
cluding shoreline and lake proper.
It has been planned that ap-
proximately 400 lots will be avail-
able for lakeside cabins with plen-
ty of space for picnic grounds.
Before work was stopped on
the lake in September, analytical
tests of the water were made, de-
termining that the water is as
pure now. before filtration, as the
water which citizens now use from
the deep water well supply.
All preliminary engineering work
has been done on the plot of land
and the mayor stated Friday that
when work begins again, it will
be on the acquisition of land.
Lots, it was earlier decided, may
be acquired on the rental basis,
varying in price according to the
location and desirability of space.
All main roads leading to the
lake or circling it will be con-
structed by the City of Gladewater
and all roads leading to the in-
dividual lots will be constructed
by the lessee.
Yearly fishing permits will be
$7.50 for Gladewater residents,
while hunting permits for Glade-
ites will be $2.50. Non-residents
will pay $15.00 yearly for fishing
privileges and $5.00 for hunting.
American Jets
Win Fight With
Russian Planes
5TH AIR FORCE HEADQUAR-
TERS. Korea. Dec. 30. ,Uf»- Out-
numbered American Sabre jet
fighters defeated the largest Com-
munist air fleet ever seen over Ko-
rea—35 to 40 tusstan-built MIG-
15s—in one of the two all-jet air
battles tc iay.
The da/’s toll in the two dog-
fights was one enemy jet shot
down in flames, another probably
destroyed and two damaged. All
American ’ planes returned safely.
The biggest air battle of the day
and probably of the whole war was
fought between 35 to 40 MIG-ISs
and 15 F-S0 Sabres near the Man-
churian border this afternoon. The
Sabres damaged two of the enemy
planes and the rest escaped across
the border.
Four American Sabres tangled
with six MIG-15s in a morning
engage lent in the same area and
shot down one and perhaps two of
them. Four more Sabres got to the
scene just in time to speed the
surviving enemy aircraft on their
way.
The largest number of tnemy
jets seen over Korea at one time
before today was 15 t' 25 on Dec.
22. In that fight, six were shot
down by American fighters.
The sudden increase in Commu-
nist air strcngtii indicated that the
Chinese may be planning to sup-
port their coming offensive against
Seoul with large-scale air action.
Details of the afternoon fight
were sketchy, the Air Force said.
The battle started at 3:15 p. m.
and ranged in altitude from 25,000
down to 3,000 feet.
Pilots claiming the damage to
enemy planes were Lt. Col. Bruce
H. Hinton, of Stockton, Calif., and
1st Lt. Richard S. Becker, of
Fleetwood, Pa..
Body Of Late Lt. Gen. W. H. Walker
Leaves Japan For Washington Burial
TOKYO, Dec. 30. (U.R)—Tho t the funeral cortege on the jour
body of Lt. Gen. Walton H. ney to Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Walker, hero of Korea, left for ( When the car with Mrs. Walker
burial in Arlin; ton National Come- drew up to the Constellation, Mrs.
tery today to u roll of drums and ! MacArthur embraced the heavily-
a final salute from General of the vei'ed widow. She sobbed
Army Douglas MacArthur. j audibly.
Ma Arthur led Mrs. Walker on
his arm to the plane ramp. Mrs.
MacArthur stood next to Walker’s
son i s the hearse slowly rolled up.
Eight soldiers bore thj casket,
wrapped in the American flag,
into the plane.
The honor guard marched at fu-
neral pace onto the atr.trlp to the
measured rolling of drums. A
band softly played “Nearer My
God to Thee.” Mrs. Walker wept.
MacArthur and Capt. Sam Walker,
wearing black arm bands, stood
rigidly at the salute.
Four flags—the stars and stripes,
the blue ana white UN flag, the
8th Army standard, and Walker’s
own three-star banner—were dip-
ped In final tribute. Then they
were furled and carried into the
plane.
The widow and the «on started
tp walk up the ramp.
“Sam!" MacArthur called out.
Walker’s 25-year-old son, a
former company commander re-
cently appointed MacArthur's aide,
turned and said goodby.
The doors closed and the pro-
pellers turned. "Johnny" Walker
was on his way home. BxZMH'.
A special Constellation bearing
the flag-draped casket roared off
at the rain-drenched Haneda air-
port at 9:40 a. m. (7 p. m. Friday
EST>. V’alker's widow and his
son, Capt. Sam Walker, accom-
panied the body on the flight.
The Far Eastern command's
final respects to the stocky, swash-
buckling, well-loved 8th Army
.or mander who was killed in a
jeep accident north of Seoul last
Saturday were paid in a funeral
procession from Yokohama to the
airfield.
Recessional ceremonies of the
Episcopal faith were conducted at
the Yokohama chapel center.
Chaplain (Capt.) Frederick H. Wic-
lngo read from the Gospel of St.
John:
"Let not your heart be troubled:
Ye believe in God, believe also in
me. In my Father's house are
many mansions: If it were not
so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you . .
Military personnel stood at aa-
lute as the casket was carried from
the chapel with an honor guard
from the 5<'2nd Reconnaissance
platoon. A color guard followed
tha first time, the enemy was
massing much equipment with
which to strike at the United Na-
tions.
The last UN forces to withdraw
into South Korea were
ning tho defense line
north of Seoul. Only patrols
enter North Korea. _
Red Armies 250,OW1
slowly but steadily moving
in the wake of the withdrawal
an all-out assault on ha
doned Seoul, the South
capital.
Strong Chinese and
Communist forces already
ported two or more miles
the frontier in the west
miles south in the east.
U. S. Sth Air Fore*
out to rak« tha swelling
munist concentrations
many big guns point*
lines, particularly on
before Seoul. In oast
the Chinese have relied
entirely -icon superior
backed ty mortars and very
tie artillerv. But Com:
plans for this offensive
included a huge u:
garage 41 miles northeast
Seoul, and UN planes haavdy
damaged it.
Enemy buildups northwest and
northeast of Seoul suggested that
the Red offensive may take the
form of an attempt to envelop the
capital.
As the zero hour for the assault
neared, both sides stepped up pa-
trol activity. Eighth army patrols
probing north of the Imjin River
battled Chinese patrols at one
point 27 miles north northwest of
Seoul for four hours before with-
drawing.
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.
new commander of tho tth
Army, called on his forcot in a
Now Year's message to show
"doggod determiner'm in
tack and the utmost enacil
defense." He said he waa
plate confidence in our
success."
America's new F-86
fighters tangled twice with
sian-built jets over n
ren today und
them,: probably
and temAfpd^Two more.
American- plai.es were unscathed.
Some 35 to 40 enemy MIG-15s
attacked 15 American Sabres this
afternoon in probably the big. **t
a r battle of the Korean war. T o
of thj enemy jets were damaged in
this etigi ecment.
The wo other MIG-ISs were
bagged in a morning dogfight
between tour Sabres and six
enemy jets. They were the 15th
and 16th MIG-15s destroyed or
probably destroyed over Korea
by American jet fighters.
Gen Douglas MacArthur's head-
quarters indirectly confirmed the
American withdrawal across the
38th para’lel north of Seoul in to-
day’s communique.
The communique said reports^
indicated that the Communists had
moved their line south in the
Tongduchon area. Tongduchon is
24 miles due north of Seoul and
five miles south of the 33th paral-
lel.
However, the communique gave
no indication how far south the
Reds had penetrated there.
Front-line reports from the 8th
Army also said the main body of
the United Nations defenders now
were In South Korea, although UN
patrol actions north of the border
continue.
27 Freight Cars
Derailed In Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 30
(U.R) — Twenty-seven freight cars
were derailed today in two sep-
arate accidents in groater Kansas
City. No one was injured In either
accident.
The first derailment occurred
about 2 a.m. in the Frisco yards
in :he Rosedale district. Fifteen
tank cars of a 98-carrier train of
the Frisco railroad left the rails.
All of ths tank cars containad
oil. There was no fire but fire-
men pourec watet on the oil cars
to avoid a possible blaze.
The cause of the wreck was a
broken brake rigging on the 30th
car.
The second derailment occi
in the intercity district in
City, Mo., shortly alter 6
Twelve cars of a 100-carrier
Mobile & Ohio train were
FOUR PERSONS IMJt
EL RENO, Okla., Dec.
Four passengers were
of them seriously, when i
hound bus overturned
icy pavement 14 miles
Reno.
WE ATI
EAST TEXAS
Sunday. Warmer in
portions Sunday. M
to northeast winds on
GLADEWATER .
cloudy Sunday.
Saturday I
Friday in
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