Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 11, 1950 Page: 4 of 6
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Stephenyille Daidt Empire
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950
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Korea Suggests the U. N. Might Work
When the North Korean Army crowed the Thirty-Eighth
Parallel to launch its invasion of the Republic of Koroa, the
people of the world wondered whether they were witnessing «•*
beginning of a series of aggressive moves that would inevltablj
end ill a Third World War. ...... rom
The North Koreans, backed geographically by the Com
munist governments of China and Russia and. no doubt, insti-
gated by their larger neighbors, were well-equipped to overrur.
the forces defending South Korea. Advised, trained and, to
some extent, equipped by Soviet Russia* the North Koreanarm>
had no qualms about the success of its mission.
The moral censure of the world against aggression, oratori-
cally sounded in the halls of the United Nations, was not ex-
pected to prevent the fait accompli and the United Nations itself
was not believed capable of any effective action in defense of
the South Korean republic.
It so happened, however, that the Soviet delegation was ab-
sent from the conferences of the United Nations and that some
of the Soviet satellite nations were also unrepresented. This
offered the opjmrtunity for expeditious decision but, obviously,
with this advantage, there was general recognition of the fact
that the United Naions had no fighting forces and. despite its
intentions .was relatively helpless.
The situation was resolved by the decision of President
Truman to use the military power of the United States to thwart
North Korean ambitions. To prevent misunderstanding, the
United States preferred to act under orders of the United Na-
tions and, consequently, before American forces were landed
in Korea, our government waited for the approving sanction
of the United Nations organixation. This came through quickly,
with a call upon all member nations to support the South Ko-
rean defense to the best of their ability.
Just as it was certain that the North Koreans would over-
run the South Koreans unless outside assistance arrived, it was
also certain that the United States, given time to mobilize its
fighting strength, would be able to defeat the North Koreans.
Nobody knew, of course, the size of the job or the expense in
lives and materiel.
While distance lent a temporary advantage to the invaders,
the great resources of the United States guaranteed eventual
victory unless the armies of Russia or Communist China came
to the aid of the North Koreans. This, fortunately, did not take
place Immediately and a decisive defeat has been inflicted upon
the North Korean army which, even now, seeks to salvage what
it can from a disastrous campaign.
There is still the threat of a longer war. Chou En-lai, for-
eign minister of Communist China, suggests a "prolonged war
of resistance” by the North Korean people which, he suggested,
"contains the possibility of overcoming many difficulties and
winning final victory." This statement, of itself, does not imply
entry of the Chinese Red army into the conflict but it may mean
the delivery of some materiel apd weapons to the North Koreans.
The possibility that Communist China will actively intervene
also exists and the same statement applies to Soviet Russia.
Most observers believe, however, that while each would like
to see the other involved in war with the United States and the
United Nations, neither is inclined to volunteer for .the job.
If there is no intervention in Korea by Russia or China, the uni-
fication of Korea is only a question of time.
Once the North Korctn army is effectively disabled as a
fighting force, the chances are that the South Koreans car.
muster the strength necessary to accomplish the necessary police
action. With the benefit of arms, equipment and supplies from
the United Nations (which means mainly the* United States),
the South Koreans ought to be able to go ahead and gain control
of their country.
If this develops, the greatest gain from the Korean cam-
paign will be the demonstration that the United Nations, as an
organization of the nations of the earth, can successfully meet
the threat of ambitious and well-armed aggression. Until the
Korean campaign, there was wide-spread disbelief in the effec-
tiveness of the United Nations as an instrument for peace.
Mr. Dean Aeheson, secretary of state, says: "While the ag-
gression took place against Korea, the world held its breath
for a moment.” When the decision was made to “throw all the
force of its members against the aggression,” the world wit-
nessed the first demonstration of a possible power for peace.
As Secretary Aeheson points out ,lhe world “turned a corner
and |»eace became infinitely more possible.”
Safety Requires Strength
“Force must be met with force,” declares Secretary of the
Treasury John W. Snyder, who does not think that the people
of this country have any notion “of the size of the defense
program” that is underway or that “a quick end to the Korean
war will have no effect” on the program designed to build up
our defenses.
It is high time for all of us to realize the gravity of the
menace which faces the free nations and the extent to which
we must rearm if we expect to save our freedoms. The existence
of an unprincipled dictatorship, controlling a nation df great
wealth in people and resources, makes possible a sudden, un-
provoked attack.
So long as this condition obtains in the world, it is nec-
essary for free peoples to possess sufficient fighting strength
to balance that of would-be aggressors. At the present time, it
is admitted that the Red Army could probably overrun Europe
and the peace is being maintained, according to the opinion of
Winston Churchill, by the overwhelming preponderance that the
United States possesses in atomic bombs.
We suspect that the Chinese and Russian Communists would
be delighted to see somebody stop the United Nations forces but.
so far. each is willing to leave it to the other.
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11, m—Some men are bom to lux-
ury, some achieve luxury, and some
have Army cots thrust upon them
Last night 1 slept on a cot.
It was a plain Army cot—the
folding kind, with canvas sling—
and it was furlined luxury with a
champagne chaser.
Since the Inchon invasion, I had
boon sleeping on board floors,
stone floors, and the goose pimple
parts of Korea. It’s a hard life—
particularly the flSors.
Aa we advanced from Inchon to-
ward Seoul, the .floors changed
from, wide, cushiony board to
polished hard wood.
There are several tricks to sleep-
ing on a board floor. .First, yon
spread a poncho over the spot on
which you are going to sleep. That
le a psychological trick. It hides
the boards. Next the spot seems
softer, to your eyes. But the pprta
of yhur body you sleep on get s
rude shock when you He down.
When you first stretch put you
think: “My goodness, this floor b
rocky." Thin you remember that
floors don’t have rooks. Then you
realise that you had forgotten to
empty your pockets. ,
Army fhtigqe: uniforms have
large bulging pockets at the side
and over the ribs. They tend to
fill up with notebooks, can open-
era, knives, extra, »hoe laces, com-
passes, pencils, plastic spoons,
cans of rations, bars, of soap, maps,
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With Nichols in Washington
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Preti Staff Correspondent
Washington, Oct. 11, Hf>—The
FBI always gets its man. So do
the coppers. But don’t sell the
gum-shoes of the Post Office De-
partment short.
The guy who gets in the way of
the U. S. mail generally winds up
with his come-uppance in short
order.
Here is a case in point. It wes
told to me by one of the head men
in the Post Office Department. The
man can tell it better than I.
Thusly:
One day last' month, a couple
of tough characters, sidearms at
the ready, strutted boldly into the
post office at Midway, Wash. A
startled clerk, with no other
choice, handed over $349.92 in cash,
plus 13 books of blank money order
forms. Plus, and more important,
the official stamp, without which a
body cannot cash a money order.
The clerk, when he could get his
bearings, called the local police.
They alerted the postal inspectors
in the area. The alarm spread.
The next day a strange character
showed up in a gambling den i i
Reno, Nev. He lost at both roulette
and dice. He cashed eight $100
postal money orders in all, called
for a cab and left.
The girl cashier was on her toes
and buzzed the cops.
Postal inspectors who moved in
on the case learned that this gent
had boarded a Southern Pacific
train headed cast. The word was
flashed to Ogden, Utah. Twenty
miles from 6gden, a posse flagged
down the train, boarded it and
took in hand a man who identified
himself as Woodrow Wilson Wil-
liams.
On him—so the charge goes—
they found a lot of postal money
orders, plus several rubber stamps
—including the one that counts, the
money order business stamp. j
The inspectors looked over the
man’s effect^ They found a West-
ern Union receipts showing he had
wired dough to a man named
Cephus R. Wilson. Also there wi s
a scribble on a piece - of scrap
paper redding: "Pennington Hotel,
Spokane.”
The Spokane police was alerted.
Agents there learned that Wilson
had taken a plane for New Orleans
and was due to arrive on Sept. 8,
three days after the Midway hold-
up.
Shortly after he checked in at
New Orleans, the law moved in.
Wilson allegedly had a book of
money order foVms on him. The
inspectors' said they also caqght
him trying to ditch. a baggage
claim check and relieved him of
same. The iuggage, tney Mid, con-
tained the rest of - the money
orders. \ •. .,
There’s fast action for you.. Both
Williams and Wilson are now held
in $25,000 bond. If convicted they
face 26 years behind bars. All the
action took place in less than 72
hours.
At the moment, I’m not hanker-
ing to hold up any post.officea.
YOU CAN CATCH WEST COAST
TRAIN IN STEPHENVILLE NOW
By JADA DAVIS
Wanta go to California, bub?
You can leave Stephenville at
11:36 p. m., board a sleeper, and
arrive in Los Angeles at 10:40 a.
m., on the second morning.
Many people think they have to
go to Fort Worth to board a train
for California, but t’aint necessar-
ily so.
For instance:
A local man went to the depot to
mail a letter a few nights ago. It
was after 11 o’clock and be was
surprised to see an acquaintance
standing there.
“Where you going?” the local
man asked.
“California.”
“Well, what are you doing
here?”
“Going to cat^h a train.”
,“What are you going to do? Go
to Fort Worth and leave from
’there?” the local man wanted to
know.
“No. I’ip going to get on a train
aouvehira, sugar himpg
kets seeking friendship.
In summer you can take off your
panta and roll them up for a pil-
low. But Korean .nights are cold
now. Trees are turning and mos-
quito nets and repellent have van-
ished from the Army scene. For
several nighta I durn near frose
with two pairs of pants on, not
to mention socks and boots. That
was before I got what the Army
calls a “bag, sleeping, wool.”
After I got one, I still durn near
-frose. a bag, sleeping, wool, is a
sleeping bag made out of one
thickness of Army blanket. It has
a hood and a xipper, so that you
can cocoon yourself. Inside it has
sewn-in directions such as—“to in-
crease warmth, pad the ground
underneath you with a pad, In-
sulating, sleeping.”
I had no pad, insulating, sleep-
ing. I tried wearing two pairs of
socks and two pairs of green fa-
tigues. Still cold. The directions
also said: “Keep the bag dry.
When damp, it is cold.” That is
true.-
While sleeping on the ground in
the Duktoo Palace compound in
Seoul, I counted on the tall grass
to cushion the Ddksoo dirt, but
failed to reckon with Duktoo dew.
It is damp.
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Fight
Despite the (act that Europe ia “practically defenseless,"
there are intfmlfttions that American officials d<j not
any willingness or eagerness on the part of tye Western
to undertie-f, rearmament program of the dimensions
ed necessity hy this country. •
Washington writers aay that diplomatic correspondence and
the observation (if officials of the State Department uncover a
strong Europdon opinion that war will come oil the continent
“ rope haa had time to prepare—perhaps in
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me on the continent
before Waster# Europe haa had time to prepare—perhaps in
less than a y4ar, Moreover, there is a feeling in Western Europe
that the United States should underwrite the defense df that
sectlon^ofjth# «£Bti» “ evelop»ent if It is correctly reported.
Certainly, if the nations of Western Europe pre resided to
conquest by the Soviet Union and are unwilling or unable to
prepare to fight for their liberties, the people of the United
States mpy.wpll question the advisability of pouring billions of
dollars worth of military assistance into Europe. s
We are rather inclined to believe that the report about
Western Europe is somewhat exaggerated but, we confess, we
have no way of gauging its accuracy. It seems almost impossible
to believe that the free peoples of Western Europe have lost
their nerve and are willing to placidly contemplate the evi) re-
sults of a possible Soviet conquest. If such a state of opinion
is confirmed, thpn the United States will have to reconsider its
tremendous exertions in behalf of the military and economic
assistance of Western Europe.,.
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Bradley Thinks Aggressors May Hesitate
General Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs pf
Staff, says that the members of the Atlantic AUianea have an
emergency plan for the defense of Western Europe that could
and would he put into play tomorrow if war begins.
General Bradley admits that the present plan is based upon
forces now in being whieb are admittedly insufficient to breast
for long the shock of any Soviet assault However, a far greater
plna is being mapped with the idea that a show of force may
deter Communist leaders from initiating sn aggressive war.
Pointing p(|t that twice before, the soldiers and airmen of
the United States have fought in Europe, General Bradley made
is plain that “this time, we intend to be there with our friends
before it starts/in the hope that our obvious determination may
deter aggressors and keep them from starting it at all.”
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Men are divided into two classes:
and those who are afraid of them.
those who like women
This is the time of the year when the loyal alumni
pride in their winning football elevens.
Somebody says that everybody gets enough heat, tbe rich
in the winter and the poor in the summer.
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Human beings waste a lot of time trying to appear import-
ant to others who know they are not important.
What has become of the old-fashioned farmer who reg-
ularly returned thanks to God for the harvests of the year?
The great trouble about helping a man who asks assistance
is that he will be back the next week for more help.
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‘The 1950 budget deficit is the eighteenth, in the last
twenty years. Deficits have become a habit.”—Business Bulletin
published by The Cleveland Trust Company. .
We might give the South Koreans the arms and implements
of war and see what they can do with their country.
The Communists will not* be hurt by the loud-mouthed Amer-
icans who denounce them without trying to make our economic
system work for the benefit of all the people.
Christmas is just shout eleven weeks away—do your shop-
-ping early, paying cash. S'. y)
If you are worried about taxes in 1960, you esn start think-
lag about what they wHI be In 1963.
IN HIS Mad YEAR—This most recent photo of Sweden’s
Hint Oustaf shows that he Is attll quite active in spite of his
great age. Though he is In his 92nd year, It is only recently
that he gave op his favorite game, tennis. He stin participates
in hunting trips. Ragged and tyyal is this monarch.
1 here and go to bed. Day aftor to-
morrow morning III be in Los An-,
geles.” -
The local man stood around to see
the train come in, and was surpris-
ed to see 16 trucks of mail unload-
ed. He got to wondering about that
mail, and learned that it is mall for
Stephenville, Hamilton, Hico, Carl-
ton and other towns in the area.
This mail is picket up by a truck-
man who has a contract to haul it
to the towns.
There are 11 cars on the train
that runs through StephenviHe at
11:36, and six or seven of those
cars are mail or baggage.
If a person mails a letter going
north, he drops it in the same box
with letters going south. There
used to be a time when separate
boxes were maintained, one on each
end of the depot, but tiiat has been
changed now. The mail ia taken
from the one box and sorted on the
train going south, and then placed
on another train, going north. This
saves sorting time at the depot andi
the letter arrive* at its destination
just as quickly.
Supreme Court
To Review Road
Wage Rate Case
Austin, Oct. 11 W—The Texas
Supreme Court agreed today to re-
view a case involving wage rates
paid on state highway construction
projects in the El Paso area.
The Supreme Court granted an
application for writ of error sought
by the Texas Highway Commission
in the suit originally brought by
the El Paso Building and Construc-
tion Trades Council (AFL).
The labor organixation won a
judgment in the Third Court of
Civil Appeals In Its Aghl to force
increased wage rates on ptajecta
approved by the Highway Commis-
sion.
The Highway Commission ap-
pealed oij seven points of alleged
error. However, the high court ac-
cepted jurisdiction on only one
point.
The commission claimed that the
Third Court of ClxJI Appeals erred
in holding that the trial court ever
had propar jurisdiction of the caee.
The labor organisation originally
took its case to court in following
charges that the state was cutting
prevailing wage rates in the El
Paso area. The state denied the
charge and answered that the labor
organisation as attempting to farce
the Highway Department to accept
union rates as prevailing wage
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