Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - September 17, 1950, Waterloo, Iowa Section I to 12 FIRST WITH THE Cloudy and NEWS ESTABLISHED 1854 SEPTEMBER 17, 1950 FORTY-EIGHT PRICE TEN CENTS ALLIES BATTLING INSIDE SEOUL No Pact Agreement Held Up by French Attitude Meeting Is Recessed Until New 12 nation North Atlantic treaty council last night recessed its two-day meeting until Monday without reaching an agreement on West Germany's role in the proposed European defense A brief council communique issued after the meeting broke up at p. m. said the council its discussion of the de- fense of the North Atlantic area and has recessed until Monday at 11 a. Asked what the status was of the touchy question of West participation in the in- defense one delegation spokesman said question is right where it But he emphasized that the talks had not reached the French The difficulty facing the cil centers on French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman's on arming Germany as proposed by Secretary of State Dean Authorities said that while the French attitude so far had Fear 47 Died When Ship Hit Mine St. A French weather ship with 90 crewmen and passengers aboard hit a mine and sank in the stormy English channel before dawn yesterday and 47 persons were feared The the val meteorological frigate La was plowing through gales in the Bay of from Brest to St. when she struck the World war II mine at a. m. Fishermen along the Britanny coast said a second probably bursting lowed almost immediately and the frigate sank before rescue boats could reach the Forty-three survivors and 11 bodies were dragged from the TOT TO ffi Declares GOP Plans to Keep Watch on Marshall in New D. With Gen. George C. confirmation as de- fense secretary Sen. Robert A. Taft called last night for a review of U. S. military Taft and other Republican senators made it clear that Marshall's performance in new post will be watched critically by the MacArthur Watches Bombardment blocked an agreement it was still possible that a compromise formula might be worked out when the 12 foreign ministers try One suggestion was that the council stress its intention to give first call on arms to the When their rearmament had been then con- sideration could be given toward arming West Germany as part of the international defense force to be placed under a single Allied It was understood that France alone of the 12 powers wanted more time to consider the im- of the plan put forward by Big Three Also By failing to complete its work last the treaty cil found itself in the same position that the Big Three for- eign ministers were in at the end of their three-day meeting earlier last Because of the German tion the Big Three also are scheduled to meet again on day or although they by but late yesterday they were whipped up again by a storm of which hampered the The frigate went down two and one-half miles off 16 miles west of St She was en route here for inaugurating a new lock in the The monies were The marine ministry said the frigate carried five 19 FOREIGN ROUNDUP petty 51 sailors and 15 precisely Friday in waiving a statute banning military men from the defense Most Republicans voted against the No Confidence The 202 to 105 In the house and 47 21 in the fell far short df a rousing vote of confidence in the 69-year-old five-star The perhaps on formally will confirm He is scheduled to succeed retiring Secretary Louis son at the Pentagon on Taft told a reporter that the Sen. Douglas MacArthur and memben of his staff view bombardment and air strikes from the USS Mt. they were on deck when the ship struck the mine and were blown Germany Heidelberg Lfl The current big U. S. army maneuvers have demonstrated the dangerous merical inadequacy of the ent occupation force to defend western Germany in case of a real invasion from the east. High officers they have been cheered by the knowledge that American troops here are fit and ready for com- The army threw into the maneuvers beginning last week nearly every available sailor and airman in They faced an by only six mythical enemy di- i fraction of the force Russia could hurl into western Germany if she chose to under the conditions of the American forces had to make a pell mell retreat of about 200 miles in order to make a paper pretense of ping the invasion The defense line they finally set up in front of Frankfurt and Heidelberg left most of the American occupation zone Inhabitants of Inchon Seem Happy Korea Residents who fled in terror during the heavy United tions naval returned under fire to this port city yesterday to find two-thirds of the ings destroyed and many friends and relatives The city still was ing from the impact of the bombardment and the United Nations D-Day in But the Koreans were not there ought to be a re- the devastation they appraisal by somebody new according to Rear Adm. er than by one who has been too Sohn Won whose South close to it all his Taft marine brigade had the job referring to the former mopping up and chief of staff's 45 years ing friend from foe in the path One group of 19 survivors order of business should be a complete reappraisal of rent American military policy with special emphasis on the size of the air the number of army and the tion of American garrisons in western Korean Reds Surrender at Inchon of the American i on page 2, column 6) had planned to clean up their work this During the day's Schuman was reported to have expressed the opinion that arms for should be placed ahead of any plan to arm West It was learned that the 12 J foreign ministers instructed their Ulm deputies to meet Sunday and to prepare a recommended com- for consideration The deputies also were to make a study of the of placing controls on prices of raw This has been recommended because the huge rearmament program Of the 162 Republicans voting people seem the in the senate and 125 cast against waiving the ban for Even Marshall's strongest opponents conceded that his senate confirmation is certain despite Taft's But Senate Republican Floor Leader Kenneth S. told a reporter that of creating unity the president has created disunity by breaking a law despite the efforts of those of us who sought to reaffirm Wherry referred to the vision of the basic 1947 military statute which prohibits any man who has served as a admiral knew this was They are glad to see the Communists driven chief of naval operations for the little republican sea said the residents told him of a tragic error many citizens had people began ing three days he the American ment squadron started a attack on Communist coastal defenses two days they began coming Friday was Returning refugees walked right into the tary officer in the previous sea and ground attack and decade from becoming head of crossfire between Americans and the defense South were the ad- He estimated that two-thirds of Inchon was mostly Lady Ikes to Have i i Kiae George Dawson Die Same Day The deans of two professions in Dr. John and George attorney died yesterday Stories la. A trip up the Mississippi river in the house boat owned by O. D. of Clinton will be provided for the at the annual convention of the Izaak Walton league here Sept. 23. is expected to boost world Nude Walks by As Cops Discuss Case Council la. Council Bluffs police did not have to look far to find a man who was reported walking through the city in the As officers were discussing the one of them looked out the window of the police station just the male Godiva was and pictures on page 13. Other feature Wives and auxiliary members the trip after a served on board the A breakfast for the ladies will It or given Sept. 24 by Cedar Falls 18 newly formed Ding Darling women's chapter of Des Sioux City to Cut Gas Rate a Dollar Sioux la. A new gas rate expected to save consumers a dollar a was being prepared in Sioux City City in Brief Classified Advertising 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 Farm News Inside Labor 6 Markets Northeast Iowa 20, 21 Radio Programs 48 40 43 by American and British naval forces tried to concentrata on Red gun but the guns were all over the hilly peninsula on which the city was Chinese Nationalist fluttered over several shops and buildings which still standing in the downtown The big colony of Chinese dents apparently was using the same device they employed ing the American liberation of Inchon in 1945. Then they wanted to be dis- from the Today they want to dis- from the Chinese CAR BACKS OVER i Cedar 22, He Uncle 37. rnv j A Ann 2, was killed Friday an auto backing out of North Korean hands held high in are examined by UN invading soldiers at Sept. 15. This U. S. army photo was made by Cpl. Dangle name not of O. S. army radiophoto from Tokyo via AP Wirephoto direct to Stripped Prisoners Get Front Seats on Beach for the lower rates effective Oct. i FIGHTERS 1I1JED FLEET Troops Take Marines Hit from Tokyo United troops overran Seoul's outer defenses seized its big Kimpo air and were reported by South Korea's dio to be fighting inside Seoul United Nations forces 165 miles to the southeast gouged out gains up to five miles in their new offensive against Reds rimming the old As reinforcements and poured ashore at the first air attack was today Against the supporting U. S. and British fleet off the west coast port. Two Yak fighters strafed and bombed but there waa no report of any damage to tha All bombs A British cruiser shot down Yak after its bullets had wounded three men aboard the Southeast Attacks Field dispatches from southeast beachhead said UN at- tacks were resumed at daybreak Associated Press dent Jack MacBeth said them was an air of optimism at imperiled A U. S. First corps spokesman said the sive was about as we ex- But First corpsmen fighting within three miles of 12 miles northwest of re- ported stiffening Red U. S. cavalry division soldiers attacked hill 10 and 12 miles north and northwest of AP Correspondent Stan ton reported from the southern end of the 125-mile battle that the U. S. 25th division re- the attack today after a quiet From the beachhead at U. S. and South Korean marine columns struck northwest and southwest of supported by 45-ton Pershing Take Industrial The South Korean republic's radio at quoting the South Korean high said marine force captured the burban industrial ward of at 5 p. m. Saturday a. m. in street fighting led by It said other United Nations units hurdled the broad Han river into Seoul proper and advancing towards the of the city of more than Another U. S. marine force came pounding Korea MacArthur went ashore at Inchon for the first time today for a frontline In- of the west coast beachhead his landing forces had carved oat of held h i. served by the mental hospital 26, 27. 28, 29, 30, 31 Service Co. An American soldier guards a group ef North Korean appearing bt taken Sept. 15 during invasion ef S. army from Tokyo via AP direct to down the east bank of the Haa river across from Kimpo field and entered northwestern Seoul the republican announcement The marines already had captured 15 miles northwest of light North Korean It is the best air base that rea has to and a U. S. force spokesman who an- its capture predicted it soon be in Allied Reports from Tenth apparently behind the South Korean radio brosd placed U. S. marinas IT miles from Seoul at sn specified time
