Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 6, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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UN Forces Driven
. Vi.,
fiack by Commies
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By EARNEST HOBEREC H I
Tokyo, Thursday. Sapt. 7, (UP)—Americans and South Ko-
reans have given up two hard-won hills guarding the approaches
to Tpegu and fallen back to a new defense line. The Communists
are throwing a hard punch in an attempt to drive United Nations
forces out of the big communications center.
The battle line protecting Taegu The Communist radio at Pyoug
swayed back and forth, according
to latest reports. While the UN
forces lost the two hills northwest
of the city, they were doing better
southwest of Taegu. There the U:
S. Second Division was advancing
slodrly against heavy mortar and
artillery fire. About 1,000 Com-
munists troops and six tanks were
falling back toward the Naktong
River.
Pohang, an important east coast
port, already had fallen to the
Communists. ' _
In the battle for Taegu the
Communists were only ten miles
away and poesibly leas.
Gen, Douglas MhcArthur said
the enemy still was gathering
strength. The Communists threw
in armored reinforcements, includ-
ing 84 -tofcks. American night
fighter pilots went out to offer
battle to the Communist armor,
but in the darkness and confusion
results were not immediately
known. It wa soen of the strangest
bottles of the war. Yesterday
American pilots destroyed 10 tanks'
and damaged seven ethers.
United Press Correspondent Rob-
ert Vermillion, in reporting the
withdrawal from the two hills, said
the U.N. forces had given up
ground which they had won at
tremendous cost in the .last three
weeks. The First Cavalry Division
abandoned Hills 518 and 308, end
fell baek to try to form a new
defense line.
yaag made a special broadcast on
{bp. results of tho war up to Sept.
1. ft claimed 15,176 Americans had
been killed, 46,000 wounded and
lr|B6 taken prisoner. If those fig-
ures were correct, the American
farces, in Korea would be almost
wiped out -*r, •
A nerican fighters and bombers
strsaked across the straits from
Japan yesterday in an attempt to
blunt the momentum of the Com-
munist drive. Weather was good
and top priority Whs given- to the
northern front where the Commu-
nists were trying to posh down
from Pohang and aaaauit Taegu
from the east. They ran into a
counter-attack from a task force
from the veteran S4th U. 8. Divi-
sion The Americans advanced be-
tween two ud three mDee and said
they had met only light resistance
in the early stages.
Pehgng was a' ruined city. It
has b*en fought ovor since mid-
Aug.vt and American pilots saio
the £n)y building left standing in
ity was a white brick church.
U. 8. Air Force had one of
R4 busiest days of the war yes-
terday. Fighter-bombers flew 223
forties, only two short of thu
record for a similar period set on
Sept. 3. In addition, 84 combat
sorties were flown and Superfort-
ranged into North Korea to
bomb factories
stalls tions.
and military in-
BOB SHELTON
Bob Shelton and Ms Toxaa Play
bays nude s Mg hit with Ste-
phenville fans at eitv recreation
hall Saturday night, Sept. 2. The
skew, sponsored by the local
American Legion, Is broadcast
from * to 18 p.m., end will be at
the Meal hell every Saturday
eight in September. On Saturday
night, Sept. 8, Shelton and Ms
boys will play far a deace. and
; t large attendance is expected.
The dance will begin at 8:38
p.m. ahd continue urftil midnight,
end the 8 to 18 broadcast over
WFAA win feature dance music
S*d Terry Lfo, star of the Early
Bird program. Local talent ia
invited tb -participate in the
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Russia Blames U. S. for Shooting
Down of Soviet Plane Near Korea
Pfotedt* Hose
Staphenville’s eity council, meet-
ing. ft ci$y ‘leal Tuesday night,
passed ordinances regulating the
transportation, handling and stor-
age of gaaolino, end making it un-
lawful for persons to etep or drive
upon or across fire hose of the
fire department when the hose is
being used to fight fires
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M08ETHAN1300
REGISTERED IN
LOCAL SCHOOLS-
J •"> ‘ far* . £• & • • .‘ **• f ■' • \i
Approximately 1,328 students
returned to their books pnd desks
TtiMpig. With summer vacations
behind them, they completed regia-
tration and endured regular class
schedules. f*
Space has been secured at the
junior ballroom of the city recrea-
tion hail foe 60 first grade stu-
(,dents. There will be two elasaes
1 held in two rooms st the halL
Slightly Below 1848 Total
V The number of students enrolled
up to noon Tuesday was below
enrollment for 1840, although more
students are expected to register.
1848 enrollment was 1,382.
rollment by classes follow:
ret grade, 131; eecond grade,
122; third grade, 120; fourth grade,
110; fifth grade, 132; sixth grade,
125; seventh grade, 112; eighth
grade, 110; high school, 366.
Disposal Plant |
Restraining Order
Hearing Postponed
A hearing oa a temporary re-
straining order against the OMr
of Stephonville for tip construc-
tion of a dike near a new disposal
'Jffant was postponed from Wed-
nesday to Saturday at 9:30
K was announced.
hearing, sfct for the. district
of Eastland, was post-
suae of illness of the Wife
of thb Judge.
The last anti-pope was Felix V
in 1440 A.D. Anti-popes were ille-
gitimate claimants of or
era to the papal throne.
of Stephonville in trucks
a capacity of over 1,400
Uonjs. It specifies the equip-
it of trucks hauling volatiles
and establishes . specifications for
storage tanks at service stations
and other wholesale distributing
agencies.
According to the ordinance, ell
tfgns shall have ail tonka in
Etod outside of the building,
(Cantmaeg an page 6)
TEMPERS STILL
IfflT IN MARINE
COIVS LEAGUE
Washington, Sept. 6, (W—The
chief of the Marine Corps League
tried belatedly today to quench
flaming anger over a presidential
“insult" to the Marines, and in-
formed sources said President Tru-
man himself will send the league
an explanatory letter.
The “insult-” which sent Marine
tempers—and Rapublican political
hopes—soaring was s presidential
remark that the corps is just s
Navy police force which boasts “a
propaganda machine almost equal
to Stalin’s.”
Clay Nixon, national comman-
dant of the Marine Corps League
of Past and Present Leathernecks,
said he hopes to calm the furor
“in the interest of national de-
fense.”
He told reporters st the opening
of the league’s three-day conven-
tion here: “President Truman is
still commander-in-chief of the
armed forces. We are not inter-
ested In fostering further dis-
unity.”
Apology Demanded
Truman, meanwhile, was under
considerable pressure to hand the
Marines, the flat “apology” which
Nixon, tn a moment of considerable
boat, had demanded yesterday.
The White House said nothing
for the record. But informed sour-
ces predicted that Xfuman will
send a letter to the league conven-
tion some time today.
Nixon’s attitude today was in
contrast to ftp ana he exhibited at
' (Continues on page 6)
London, Sept. 6, (UP)—Russia charged today that the shoot-
ing down of a two-engined Soviet bomber off the Korean coast
Monday by U. S. naval airmen was an “outrageous violation” of
international law and warned that “serious consequences” can
result from such a “crime.”
The Russian charge and demands for punishment and in-
demnity were contained in the text of a Soviet note, broadcast
by Radio Moscow.
The broadcast said the note had been taken to the U. S.
embassy but that Ambassador Alan G. Kirk refused to accept
it. He told the Soviet foreign office that the matter was one
for the United Nations and not for the United States which is
“subordinated" to the UN, the broadcast said.
STEWARTS IN ENGLAND—Screen star James Stewart and Ids wife, Gloria, accompanied
by Mrs Stewart’s two sons, look out over the port of Southampton upon arrival aboard the
Queen Elizabeth. Stewart, who made the trip to appear In the film, “No Highway,” was last
In England as a colonel in the u>8. Air Force. The boys are Ronald (left), 6, and Michael, 4.
Vishinsky Protests
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Vishinsky told Kirk, the broad-
cast said, that his refusal was
groundless, because the incident
LATE
WIRE
FLASHES
By UNITED PRESS
Kremlin Stooge Places Plane
Incident Before UN Council
Lake Success, N. Y-, Sept. 6
or—Nationalist China charged
today that two divisions of the
St. Petersburg, Fla., Sept. 6 W
—A hurricane that frisked about
Florida’s west coast for worv
than 24 hours blew across the
heart of the rich mid-state citrus
belt today, toting strength rapidly.
>ordinance regulating gaso-l A , 'rtretch of tbe wwt co.8t
Kae handling and storage prohibits - - ^ -
the, transportation of gasoline or
defer - volatiles within the rity
was a shambles in the storm's
wake. Bat further great damage
was not likely in the central fruit-
growing regions, since the winds
are now below hurricane force.
Second Harricane Strong
Meanwhile, a second great hur-
ricane far out in the Atlantic was
kicking up waves 100 feet high
as it rolled northwqyd with winds
of 160 miles w hour or stronger.
- The Miami Weather Bureau is-
sued advisories on both storms at
10:80 a.m. EST.
ricaneiias
Strength
It .located the “remnants” of the
Florida storm about 86 -miles west
of Orlando moving eastward about
eight miles an hour.
“The strongest winds are now
about 80 miles an hour with gusts
and squalls to 60 miles an hour,”
the advisory said.
“Continued caution is advised
far' storm winds and squalls of
gale force over north and central
Florida and up the Atlantic coast
to Hatteras.”
That indicated the storm had
lost most of the punch which
caused two deaths and millions of
dollars in damage during the past
86 hours.
The 60 to 60 mito-an-hour winds
were not considered a great threat
Chiaeae Communist. Army are
fighting ia the Saatii Korean in-
virtue ’'•>* 1, ■ » ;
(Ceatlaeed aa page «)
Truman
li
Hawaii
in Favor of Admitting
and Alaska to Union
; fjeke foecetw, N: Y.r Sept. >6 m—
Jacob W MaBk >ut before the
United Nations Security Council
today the text, of a Russian note on
the Shooting dfown if a Sovirt bomb-
er off Korea, but objected to U.N.
discussion of it oh grounds that the
incident,concerned bnly Russia and
tbe United ?totes. ' ,
Malik oj&yiously. was awaiting in-
structions frohi Moscow. And if
was taken for granted they would
call for a new tirade by the Soviet
diplomat based on the strongly-
worded protest just sent the U. S.
by the Kremlin.
The council had been expected to
vote today on an American resolu-
tion condemning any nations aiding
the North Korean invaders. But it
was possible debate stemming from
the new Soviet protest would pre-
vent a vote.
Ambassador Warren R. Austin,
chief U. S. delegate, put before the
United Nations Security Council
yesterday the report that a U.N.
fighter patrol plane had shot down
a bomber with Russian markings
and apparently manned by a Rtis-!
slam crew. An eyewitness report1
from Tokyo today described the
fighters as American carrier-based
planes. ' •
Malik dismissed the report by
saying f-
“I can say that that was one of
a .series Of provocationn of the
warmongers, General (Douglas)
Mac Arthur and the U. S. State
Department, which has been especi-
ally arranged for this meeting . . .
As for the place of this provoca-
tion, the sea was chosen in order to
make it easier to conceal the rather
sharp cirners of the whole matter.”
(That was the official transla-
tion. Russian language experts said
Malik's remarks might also be
translated: “The sea was chosen in
(Continued on pare 6)
BURNS TO DEATH
Wichita Falls, Sept. 6, UPv—Mary
Catherine Sternadel, 18 months,
burned to death and her father, Ed
Sternadel, 25, was seriously burn-
ed yesterday by a fire that de-
stroyed their rural home. Mrs.
Sternadel was shopping downtown
when the blaze broke out. She
was hospitalized for shock after
learning of the tragedy.
MURDER TRIAL PASSED
Edinburg, Sept. 6, IUN—The mur-
der trial of Estenban Garcia,
wealthy rancher charged with
slaying a Mexican general, was
passed today on the 92nd District
Court’s October docket. Garcia, a
Mexican national who has lived
in McAllen for years, is charged
with the June 3, 1949, shooting at
McAllen of Brig. Gen. Heron Rami-
rez Garcia, chief of police of the
state of Nuevo Leon. Garcia sur-
rendered immediately after the
slaying and was relapsed on bond.
No motive i}»s been mads public.'
HAY IS HIGHER
Pasadena, Sept. 6, (W—The Pony
Express Transit Company yester-
day asked the city council for an
increase of from 10 to 15 cents in
one-way bus fares. Action on the
request was deferred until Oct. 3.
Orland O. Dodson, president of the
board of directors, presented the
company’s request.
Final Rites
For Austin
Held Monday
D. Fulbright
Washington, Sept. 6 UN—Presi-
dent Truman promised today to
do what ho can to add a couple of
stars to the American flag this
y**Ie told White Bouse visitors
ho, .trill urge the Senate to art
this session on bills, already pass-
ed by the House, to admit Hawaii
4ari. Alaska to the Union.
Amato Democratic Leader Scott
W. Luces, IlLr has predicted that
Congress will recess /or the year
—subject to recall in mrent of nn
emergency—without action on the
statehood measures.
Truman’s callers were Hawaiian
delegate Joseph Farrington and
Alaskan delegate E. L. Bartlett.
Thqy said he promised to tell a
Mooting of the Senate Democratic
pbltoy committee that ho favors
Hawaiisn and Alaskan statehood
fefffC V;
Other
mental'
Gs. No Comment
■. Subversives—President Tnimsn
withheld commitment on a pro-
posed substitute for the McCarran
anti-Communist bill which the ad-
ministration
Senate. The
congressional develop-
>a fighting in the
substitute was pre-
*- president at the
.-■..i House by s group of sena-
tors sponsoring it It would au-
UmM!m the FBI to thus of emer-
gency to round up Communiats end
put them to concentration camps.
The Senators said the president
vfos non-contmitel. They Said the
question of whether be would veto
the McCarran bill, if it passes, was
not discus sod. Critics say the Mc-
Carran legislation would introduce
novel problems of law that would
feka years to straighten out.
Hoarders—Sen. George W. Ma-
lone, B., Nev., defended wartime
hoarding, a practice frowned on
by the government. He said hoard-
ing ia “the honest American trait
of providing for a rainy dap.” The
Price Controls
Bill Only Good
On Meat Now
Washington, Sept 6 flfi—The eco-
nomic Controls bill now on Presi-
Trumen’s deak will not give
the government power to call a
halt to all rises ia food prices.
It will authorise immediate ac-
tion to holdthe-line on meat prices.
Theoretically, at least, meet prices
could be rolled back to the pre-
Korean leval.
But prices of other foods could
not be controlled until thoy have
risen n lot higher than they are
today.
The reason to simple: A provi-
sion Of the legislation, agreed to
by Congress, stipulates that no
celling prices, for any farm com-
modities can be sot lowor then the
so-celled “parity,” or fair price,
for that product. Most farm foods,
except moat animals, are selling
now below partt|!.—; ,
government has preached against
it on the grounds that hoarding
creates artificial scarcities which
in turn cause prices to soar. But
Malone denounced such objections.
He said they echo "the thoughts
of Communists . . . who went to
set up a welfare state.”
O’Dwyer Hearing Set
O’D.wyer—The 8enate foreign
relations committee scheduled its
hearings next Tuesday on the
nomination of former New York
Mayor William O’Dwyer to be am-
bassador to Mexico. Chairman Tom
Connelly, D. Tex., said Sen. Bourke
B. Hickenlooper, R., la., has de-
manded that O’Dwyer appear in
person. The former mayor is va-
cationing in California. Connally
said he hopes the hearings will
take no more than a day. He said
it has not been decided yett wheth-
er the hearings will be, open to
the public.
Watch — Chairman William L.
Dawson, D., III., of th^ House ex-
penditures committee assigned to
n subcommittee headed by Rep.
Porter Hardy Jr., D., V*., the job
of keeping a watch on defense
spending. Dawson said the sub-
committee will see to it “that the
vast new defense appropriations
soon to be expended are handled
in the most efficient end econom-
ical fashion.”
loyalty—Senate Democrats and
Republicans squared away for a
battle over a proposed loyalty in-
vestigation of the Interior Depart-
ment.
Funeral ser vires were held at 2
p. m. Monday at the Trewitt Fune-
ral Chapel for Austin Daniel Ful-
bright, 74, who died Saturday,
Sept. 2, after a long illness. Rev.
Ernest Rippetoe officiated.
Austin Daniel Fulbright was
born September 2<?, 1876, in Ham-
ilton County, Texas, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Martin A.
Fulbright.
Lived Here SI Years
On December 27, 1902, he was
married to Miss Sarah E. Gann
and they were the parents of five
children. The family has lived in
Stephenville for the past 31
years, where "be was enraged in
real estate activities. His Dusiness
into cats, as head of the Fulbright
Realty Co., made him known over
a vide area,
III Several Months
Besides his wife he to survived
by two daughters and one son:
Mrs. Lois Evelyn Bernstorff of
Chicago, Mrs. Mable Duffey of
Houston and V. D. Fulbright of
Kcrrville, Texas; three grandchil-
dren: Austin R. Duffey, Kirby D.
Fulbright and Paul Edward Ful-
bright.
Mr. Fulbright passed away in
the Stephenville Hospital Saturday
night after being ia ill health for
several months. -.$!.«•;
Interment was made to the Spur-
Wn Cemetery near Olin, Texas,
under the direction bf the Trewitt
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers wers: Cecil O.
Guest, John 0. Guest, Austin
Guest, E. M. Hoover, Glenn Wil-
liams, Ed Emmett, Willie Stewart
and.E. I. Hunter.
Pollan Elected
Vice President
SIC Association
Elbert Pollan, Erath county at-
torney, was elected vice-president
of the SIC Association at the or-
ganization’s convention in San An-
tonio September 1, 2 and 3.
The SIC is a military intelli-
gence corps association, made up
of men who served in that organi-
zation in World War II. On its
rolls are listed some of the most
prominent men in Texas and oth-
er states of the nation.
W’alter I’. Brenan of San An-
tonio was elected president of the
association. Mack A. Pond, Port
Arthur, was elected secretary, and
James Fanning of Comanche was
elected treasurer.
had nothing to do with military op-
erations in Korea.
Radio Moscow said Vishinsky
claimed that because the Soviet
plane was shot down by American
fighters, the responsibility for
their action lies exclusively with
the American military authorities
“which are under the control of
the government of the United
States.
The note contained the first
Soviet acknowledgment that the
plane shot down was Russian or
that Russian planes were operat-
ing near Korea. It also said that
two other Soviet planes were fly-
ing with the one which was lost.
The Russians said the plane
was unarmed and was attacked
without provocation while on a
training flight 96 miles off the
west coast of North Korea, two
miles north of the 39th parallel
and 61 miles southwest of the Man-
ehuria-Korean border.
Soviet Version Different
The Russian version of the in-
cident differed widely from that
announced in Tokyo by naval
authorities today. Vice Adm.
Charles T. Joy, commander of
United Nations naval forces in
Korean waters, said two Navy Cor-
sair fighters shot down the Rus-
sian plane after it had opened
fire on planes guarding a U. S.
task force.
The Russians charged that 11
U. S. planes attacked the Soviet
aircraft without any provocation.
The note said the Soviet gov-
ernment “considers it necessary to
draw the attention of the United
States Government to the serious
consequence* which such actions
on the part "of the American mili-
tary authorities may have.”
It called the U. S. action an
“outrageous violation of gener-
ally recognized rules of interna-
tional law” and demanded a strict
investigation of the incident and
"punishment of the persons re-
sponsible for the attack.” It also
demanded compensation for the
loss of the plane and its three oc-
cupants.
Rejects American Account
' “The Sovief Government cate-
gorically rejects the American ver-
sion and protests strongly to the
United States Government at the
crime committed by the Ameri-
can Air Force,” the note said.
It laid the entire blame for the
incident and responsibility for the
“criminal action” entirely on the
U S.
Quoting “eyewitnesses” — the
crews of the two planes accom-
panying the lost one—Radio Mos-
cow said the aircraft was on a
training flight from Port Arthur,
Soviet naval base in Manchuria, to
Hai-Yun-Tao, 96 miles off the
shores of Korea. It said the island
of Hai-Yun-Tao was_ “part of the
frontier” of the Port Arthur base.
State Department
Higher Draft Call^&
Due for December
Washington, Sept. 6 IUN—The | The Marine Corps—like the Navy
Army's December draft call prob-
ably will top the new request for
70,000 industee* in November, in-
formed sources said today,
j The speed-up in the draft rate |
coincided with reports that the j
number of regular Army divisions
may be increased from 10 to 18
and the Marines may be permitted
to put a third full-strength ground
division under arms.
These developments were in line
with President Truman’s announce-
ment last week that the armed
forces would be increased to nearly
3JMKI.000—some 500,000 more than
the previous goal.
The Defense Department an-
nounced the new draft call yester-
day. It ordered tbe Selective Serv-
ice system te provide 70,000 induc-
tees in November—20,000 more
than the September and October
quotas.
Eleven Army Divisions
Tbe Army now has 10 regular
Army divisions. It has asked Con-
gress for money to pay for 11
divisions. The Marines have an«:
nounced plans for two full-strength
divisions and may be authorized to
M J J -t,
iitid ore nVRSf
and the Air Force—does not plan
to usk for draftees. All three serv-
ices expect to meet their man-
power quotas with volunteers.
In addition to 170,000 draftees,
the Army already has called up
llil,000 unorganized Reserves, four
National Guard divisions and two
regimental combat teams, plus an
(Unspecified number of smaller or-
ganized Reserve and National
Guard units. ”
The Navy has called up 88,000
Reserves.
Reserves and Guardsmen
The Air Force has ordered to
active duty 60,000 unorganized Re-
serves and an unspecified num-
ber of organized Reserve and Na-
tional Guard outfits.
The Marines have called up 50,-.
800 unorganised Reserves and some
organized Reserve units.
Faced with rtspped-up demands
for more military manpower, Se-
lective Service officials were un-
able to predict how long their
1,400,000-man pool of eligible 1-As
will last.
They would not say when the
present draft rules may have to
be changed to meet the Increasing
demands of the armed services.
Washington, Sept. 6 Wt.— Radio
Moscow's report of the Soviet plane
incident caught the State Depart-
ment by surprise today.
The State Department had not
received here, up to 2:15 p. m. EDT
any protest note from the Soviet
Union. It withheld comment, pend-
nig receipt of the note.
Soviet Ambassador Alexander S.
Panvushkin is here, but has not
asked for an appointment at the
State Department.
A spokesman at the Soviet om-
fiassy said, “We have no informa-
tion on that absolutely.”
Whale Jumps Into
Fishing Yacht
Pebble Beach, Calif., Sept. 6
Hfi—Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Camp-’
bell weren't fishing but they al-
most made the catch of the year
when a 30-foot whale hitch-hiked
a brief ride on their 32-foot
yacht.
The Campbells were sailing
their cabin cruiser “Lady Linda'.
II” off Pebble Beach Tuesday
when the whale plopped itself
aboard, nearly sinking the craft,
“We couldn’t judge 'how long
it was on the boat because it
flopped off right aw*y,” Mrs.
Campbell said. v ! ^
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