The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1951, Page 1

VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,977 Gamblers’ Tax Law Is Upheld WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — (B — A special three-judge panel ruled today that gamblers cannot seek the protection of federal courts in an effort to avoid complying with the new federal tax on their ac- tivities. 3 The three Federal judges said the tax law “appears to be constitu- tional” and that, in any event, the fedarl courts will not aid in the “protection of "illegal enterprises.” “We think the act is constitu- tional,” the judges said, “but we think it unnecessary to discuss the constitutional questions . . .” They went on to say that gamb- lers have no right to seek relief in «the federal courts since, in the words of a long-estahlished legal principle, they do not come into court “with clean hands.” The new tax law requires all gamblers to buy a $50 occupational tax stamp and to pay 10 percent of | their gross gambling ificome to the | Peterson is a Republican, he is ex-, government. The case was the first court test of the new tax, which went into[ing an election. This wiil mean no/ effect Nov. 1. Police War;l Parenis On Children Shooting B.B. Guns in Cify Parents of children owning B.B. guns were warned today by Ju- neau City Policg to caution their children againdt shooting at street| light bulbs. Numerous complaints have been received and if the practice con- tinues, it will be ne y to con- fiscate all BB. guns @i the Aty, Police Chief ‘Bernard E. Hulk said today. “This is not only expensive for the city to pay for the light bulb “replcements; it is«an incon- venience for night time pedestrians and viclates a city .opdimance re- garding the destruction of property,” | "Hulk pointed out. “Parents are requested to cooperate.” Alaska Native Service Educafionalisls Leave | To Attend Meefing l Victor E. Hill, principal at the Mt. Edgecumbe Vocational School, and Max Penrod, Alaska Native Ser- vice area educationalist, leave Sun- day for Spokane, Wash, They are to attend the conven- | tion of the Northwest Association | of Secondary and High Schoold to be held Dec. 5, 6, and 7. The asosciation is the accrediting agency | for high schools. Hill and Penrod will spend on day on the examination board of | the Eleventh Civil Service area at Seattlé certifying teachers for the| Alaska Native Service. They wi'll also visit the Edison Vogational| School in Seattle and the native service office on supply and trans- portation problems. TheWashington Merry-Go-Round| | HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Sen. Wherry, Republican, Dies Today WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — (P — Senator Kenneth S. Wherry of Ne- braska, Republican floor leader of the Senate, died today at George Washington hospital. He was 59. Doctors in attendance said the Senator died of pneumonia. ‘Wherry had been ill for weeks. Some of those close to him said he was suffering from cancer. ‘Wherry underwent an operation last month for removal of a growth in his intestines. He had left the hospital after a normal period and was reported re- cuperating. ‘This morning, he was brought back to the hospital suffering fever and chills with respiratory compli- cations. Wherry was serving his second term in the Senate. He was a lawyer by profession and had vari- ous business interests. Since Nebraska’s Governor Val pected to appoint a member of his party as successor to Wherry pend- change in the Senate party line-up of 50 Democrats and 46 Republi- cans. ADF Only Hope for Future Fishing, Says Harry Tallman The Alaska Fisheries Board was continuing its meetings here today in the offices of the Alaska De- partment of Fisheries in the Seward Building. Packing Co., at Seldovia appeared before the board yesterday to dis- cuss regulations on commercial fishing for the comming season. He opposed the quota system as proposed by..the Fish. and Wildlite of taking fish for personal use was being abused; and believed that some method of limiting the inten- sity of gear in various areas should be worked out. Tallman remarked that the Alas- ka Degpartment of Fisheries was the Harry Tallman of the Seldovia | Service; agkéed 'that the privilege | 'Eledt Delegates To Sitka at Demo Caucus Last Night Juneau's three voting precincts caucused last night at the Moose hall electing 55 delegates to the di- visional Democratic convention to be held December 13 at Sitka. Verne Metcalf, Territorial legis- lator, was elected permanent cau- cus chairman for the Democrats of Juneau over nominees Ken Bow- man and Russell Maynard. Eliza- beth Peratrovich was elected unan- imously as permanent caucus secre- tary. First and Third Democratic pre- cinets elected their delegates quick- ly and nearly unanimously. A split of opinion was evident in the Sec- ond precinct as ns present from that precinct gradually pared down a list of some 50 nominees to the allotted 23 finally approved. The only general floor squabble came when Gene Lockridge, as chairman for the First precinct committee, arose moving that' the 18 prospective delegates picked by his group be unanimously approved by the whole caucus. 5 Maynard questioned the right of the action, a recess was called, and Lockridge withdrew the motion. Later, nominees chosen by each precinet were unanimously elected as delegates representing Juneau Democrats to the Sitka convention. Delegates from each precinct will now, according to the code of the Democratic party of the Territory, represent the party as one precinct. Precinct No. 1 Roberta Dimond, G. E. Almquist, Dr. Whitehead, Gene Lockridge, Tom Stewart, Joe Alexander, Verne Metcalf, Madge Wade, Alice Stew- art, Bess Cross, Mrs. M. O. Johnson, Harry McCrea, Felix Toner, Ben Mullin, Gen Harmon, Bob Coughlin, Lena Gilmore, Henry Roden. Precinct No. 2 1 Earl Forsythe, Erv Hill, Dolly] Silva, Betty Casperson, Andy Bar- low, Paul Urich, Mrs. S. DeLong. R. T. Harris, Mike Haas, Chris | Henning, T. P. Newell, Mrs. Mike Haas, Don Pegues, Jack Manery, R Tadka MONETVe Robert L‘i:‘ht, Cledamae ~Cam- mock, Marge Voiles, Mrs. Earl Forsythe, Cliff Nordenson, Lillian Uggen, Willlam Jackson, Jack Kearney. . Precinct No. 3 | Pete Wood, Pete Ludwig, Elizabeth | Peratrovich, Ralph Browne, Ken I only hope for the fisherman and the | Bowman, Lynne Winters, Helen Mc- future of the industry. | Laughlin. E. A. Kohlase, of the Taku gill-| Mrs. Mary Sundborg, Mrs. Gyda netters was present and discussed 'Samuelson, Mrs. Margaret Crisman, open season dates and problems of | Abel Anderson, Hunt Gruéning, his organization. Biologists Robert Parker aid Walter Kirkness gave the board a detafled report on the Taku River king salmon investigations carried on this year and reported they iound good escapement on the river system. The board agreed that the pro- gram was valuable and should be continued. Clinton * Stockley - and Deitrick ooter of the watershed manage- ment division reported on surveys carried on in the Kodiak where it is planned to stock lakes ‘now barren due to natural barriers and remove the barriers. They pointed out that the prob- lems of the Fisheries Department would be ‘intensified by industrial development in the Territory. Kefauver fo Allow Name as (andidate (Copy=ight, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — Though Price Boss Mike Di Salle is a genial, fun- loving man, his relations with Mob- ilization Boss Charlie Wilson have just about reached the boiling poiit: The clash is over stimulating prow * duction by increasing prices wfie\, in turn, boosts the cost of living® Wilson has adopted this policy over Di Salle’s bitter objections. As an incentive to step up produc- tion, Wilson has increased the price of machine tools, lead and zine, and is_considering a price boost to relieve the sulphur shortage. But the result has been an in- crease in prices all down the line. The price boost for lead and zinc, for instance, caused a correspond- ing increase in all lead and zinc products, such as automobile bat- teries. Di Salle has argued that this brings cracks in the economy without actually solving the produc- tion bottleneck. During the fight over lead and zinc, Di Salle sent his righthand man, Ed Phelps, to have it out with ‘Wilson. “You guys always think of price increases as an incentive to produc- tion,” argued Phelps. “We give you the price increase, and we still don’t get the production. Then you (Continued on Page 4) e / f For President LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 29— (P—Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) says he has “given permission” for tHe placing of his name on the California primary. election ballot as a candidate for president. " He told newsmen last night that s eI am not a candidate and t.\'?:mt, running for any office ex- cept the United States Senate in 1954, T am not evading the oppor- tunity of running for president.” Kefauver, head of a recent con- gressional investigation of crime in the United States, said he had dis- cussed the matter with a group supporting his candidacy. Stock Quofafions NEW YORK, Nov. 29—(®—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 107%, American Tel. and Tel. 157, Anaconda 49, Douglas Aircraft 57, General Electric 55%, General Mo- tors 50, Goodyear 41%, Kennecott 86%, Libby McNeil land Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 61, Standard Oil of Californja 49%, Twentieth Cen- tury Fox 20%, U.S. Steel 39%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange 96.50. Sales today were 1,070,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: industrials 258.96, rails 80.36, util- itles 45.88, area, | Dean Williams, Olga Kletzing. | Chairmen and committeemen of leach precinct elected were: Precinct No. 1—Gene Lockridge, chairman, Betty Lockridge, Roberta Dimond, Mary McCrea, Tom Stew- art, Joe Alexander; Precinct No. 2 __Earl Forsythe, chairman, Mike Haas, Cleda Mae Cammock, Chris Henning, Betty Casperson; Pre- cinet No. 3—Elizabeth Peratrovich, chairman, Kenneth Bowman, Abel Anderson, Olga Kietzing, Wood. E. L. Bartlett, delegate of Alaska, caid when called upon to talk, “This has been an outstandingly excep- tional caucus—much t00 exception- al to be marred by a speech.” Among those present were: Crys- tal Jenne, postmaster; George Cris- man, Employment Security Com- mission; Burke Riley, executive sec- retary to Gov. Gruening; Delegate E. L. Bartlett; Hunt Gruening, Al- aska Coastal Airlines pilot; Doro- Peter I JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1951 Seven Nominated Chamber Executive Board at Meefing Nominations for executive board members of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce were made at a regu- lar meeting of the Chamber at the Baranof Hotel Thursday noon. They were: F. D. Nagel, Henry Green, F. O. Eastaugh, O. F. Ben- ecke, E. J. O'Brien and Charles Burdick. The only nomination from the floor was the name of Pete Warner. Further nominations from the floor can be made at next week’s meeting and the election will take place December 13. Secretary Eastaugh read a let- ter of Rear Admiral Joseph Green- spun of the U.S. Coast Guard say- ing that certain testimony given at the Bonner hearing regarding reclassification of Southeast Alaska waters, was not acceptable to the Coast Guard for inclusion in a Coast Guard hearing on the same subject which was held later. The Chamber will appeal the rul- ing, it-was announced. The unac- ceptable testimony were the ques- tions and answers of A. F. Parker, Wallace Westfall and Francis C. Hyde. Jerry McKinley, chairman of the road cpmmittee, reported that the committee had met with Delegate E. L. Bartlett regarding the pro- posed Taku road project. He said that a letter from the Bureau of Public Roads had been received. The letter was in answer to the chamber’s request for infor- mation regarding the road. The BPR favored a location on the south side of the river and made rough cost estimates of $10,400,000 for the Alaska portion ard $6,000,000 for the Canadian side, which Mc- Kinley said were twire as much as had been thought previously. Vic Powers suggested maintenance of the first half mile of road al- ready built south of Thane. 4 Dr. J. O. Rude discussed the haz- ards of coasting for children on Gold Street and the removal of parked cars from the street during simes whan. thosshildren, weng nsing the street, Mayor Waino Hendrickson replied that empty- lots for possible park- ing had been investigated by the city and that Ninnis Motors, which owns an empty lot at the corner of Gold and Second Streets, plan- ned to convert it into a parking lot if plans for construction there did not materialize. He said that an- other possible lot at the corner of Harris and Fourth Street was in i the process of changing hands and would be investigated further. " Peter Wood brought up the need for a long range planning commis- siofi to look forward toward future expansion and make allowance for locations for industrial and gov- ernmental sites. Eastaugh and Hendrickson agreed that such a commission was des! able. { Slayer of Six fo _ Die in Gas Chamber EL CENTRO, Calif., Nov. 20—7- The criminal s’vuery of William Edward Cook, ‘a 23-year-old pint sized desperado who kidnapped nine persons. and killed six of them, has been halted by California justice. Cook, product of wretched en- thy Pegues, of the Tax Commis- sioner’s office; Felix Toner, engin- eer; Mrs. Ernest Gruening; George Rogers, field committee member of Department of Interior; Matt Mullaney, Territorial Tax Com- missioner; Roy Peratrovich, of Al- aska Native Service; Elizabeth Per- atrovich, of the Territorial Treas- urer's office; Mrs. Katie Alexander, of the Governor’s staff; Bess Cross, ex-representative; K. Nordale, col- lector of customs; Frank Metcalf, highway engineer; George Sundborg and Ralph Browne, Alaska Devel- opment Board; Tom Stewart, as- sistant attorney general; Hugh Wade, area director of ANS. Governor fo Enferfain. Guard Officers Saturday Gov. and Mrs, Ernest Gruening vironment in a bleak and desolate abandoned mining section near Joplin, Mo., was sentenced yester- day to death in San Quentin gas chamber for the murder of a Se- attle oil salesman, Robert H. Dewey. The five-foot, four-inch self- styled badman already was under five sentences of 60 years each in connection with the kidnap-murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mosser and their three children of Atwood, Il The sentences were to be served consecutively. JUNEAU WOMAN MARRIES SITKA MAN In a ceremony at the Hotel Ju- neau yesterday before U. S. Com- missioner Gordon, Gray, Lola Mae Quinlivan, of Juneau, became the bride of Eugene O'Shea, of Sitka. Agnes Van Wettering and Floyd Bays were witnesses. will entertain officers of the Alaska | National Guard, their wives or lady friends, and a number of lnvlw‘d guests at a dance at the Governor’s mansion Saturday night beginning at 9 o’clock, Mrs, Gruening announc- ed today. lnvna);:lons are going out today. A groyp of Juneau young ladies have been invited as dancing part- ners for those officers who are without partners, Mrs. Gruening said. M. SRR VISITOR FROM KODIA! J. L. Pearson of Kodiak is at the Gastineau Hotel. Ship Movements Alaska scheduled to arrive south- bound sometime Sunday afternoon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle at noon Saturday. Freighter Yukon Princess sched- uled to arrive southbound from Skagway sometime Sunday. Freighter Flemish Knot due t0 :‘fln from Seattle on Friday morn~ AS| Violated Taft-Hartley Law Says NLRB, WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — (& — An NLRB examiner held yesterday that the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc, violated the Taft-Hartley Law in its 1951 labor contract for Bering Sea fishermen. g The firm, representing a group of employers, signed with the Alaska Fishermen's Union (Ind). The action was challenged by the Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union, an independent group that had split from the AFU. It was the point of a major labor dispute during the summer fishing season in Bering Sea. Actually, the finding came too late to have any practical effect on the contract which it con- demned. The fishing season in Bering Sea is long since over. New contracts are drawn each year with Alaska fishing and cannery unions. The findings of examiner Wallace E. Royster of the National Labor Relations Board included: the Ber- ing Sea union last Jan. 29 raised the issue of bargaining authority; that the industry entered an ex- clusive agreement with the AFU May 12; that the NLRB ruled June 14 that the Bering fishermen con- stituted a suitable bargaining unit and that an election should be held to decide on union representation. The examiner ruled that the in- dustry-AFU agreement constituted an unfair labor practice by the in- dustry. He said the Bering fisher- man were denied their rights of selection under the labor law. He¢ recomended that the industry refrein from carrying out its agree- ment with AFU insofar as it applies to Bering Sea fishermen. The examiner recommended that the in fupport of his findings unless Alai ca Salmon Industry, Inc., gives notilication of compliance within 20448 +<n |CRLERE .Mt(arlh'y Quster Delayed ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — (® — . Chairman Gjllette (D-Iowa) says a | Senate Rules subcommittee is post- poning until January any action on demands by Senator Benton (D- Conn) that Senator McCarthy (R- Wis) be ousted from Congress. Gillette's announcement prompted an assertion by McCarthy that “the Democratic National = Committee and not the taxpayers should be paying the salaries of the five in- vestigators and Gillette sub-com- mittee has looking into my affairs.” McCarthy said Benton’s charges against him “are just an effort to concoct a campaign issue through a completely dishonest investiga- tion.” Informed of McCarthy's state- ment, Gillette told a reporter: “Investigating matters of this kind slways is unpleasant and onerous. We have to expect crit- icism from both sides, but we are going to carry out the job assigned to us.” Election Officials To Be Appoinfed af Special Council Meet A special meeting of the Juneau City Council will be held tonight at 7:30 in the city clerk’s office at the city dock for the purpose of appointing clerks and judges for a special election to be held Decem- ber 6, City Clerk, C. L. Popejoy announced today. Voters will be asked to approve three diferent bond issues; $290,000 for a city hall to be joined on the fire hall now in the process of con- struction; $287,000 for a street im- provement program; and $88,000 for fire fighting equipment and re- habilitation of the fire alarm sys- tem. %+ NOVEMBER 30 High tide 2:42 am., 16.6 ft. Low tide 8:20 am. 3.0 ft. High tide 2:20 p.m., 200 ft. Low tide 9:04 p.m. -35 ft. ® o0 0 0 0 | tional board issue an orderled at a formal peace conference ! | ® o o gt the Baranof Hotel, : MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS New Jef Boeing Bomber Starfs Tests at Seattle SEATTLE, No. 29—(®—The first XB-52 heavy jet bomber was rolled from the Boeing Airplane Company plant in darkness early today under tight secrecy restrictions. An Air Force-approved statement said only that the new eight-jet bomber was moved across a high- way from the Boeing plant to one of the company’s hangars. No ‘photographs or specifications weré released. The company said stationary ground tests “will require a con- siderable period of time” before taxi tests are started. o The XB-52 is the heavy bomber ordered into production by the Air Force even before experimental models are test flown. The Air Force has announced that two test mod- "Shoot fo Kill' 0 PRICE TEN CENTS rder Issued fo Artillery on Western Korean Front SEOUL, Korea, Nov. 29 m Allied artillery opened up on the western front today after officers reported receiving new orders to ‘shoot to kill.” ‘The front line report came shortly after Gen. James A. Van Fleet an- nounced his Eighth Army Command had issued “certain military in- structions” which some troops may have interpreted as a cease-fire order. He said any such “misinterpreta- ion" would be corrected. An official Eighth Army spokes- man said the original—and still secret—directive remained , “com- els and an unspecificd number of “production models” are being built. Reds New Propose Withdrawal Foreign Troops from Korea MUNSAN, Korea, Nov., 20—(P— Communist negotiators proposed to- day immediate discussion of a plan for graduml withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. The Reds said a withdrawal by stages "after an armistice is signed would take care of Allied fears that fighting will break out again after a truce goes into effect. The armistice delegations are working on a program for supervis- ing and enforcing the truce—item‘ three on the agenda. Since the discussions began the Reds have insisted on withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea—a step the Allies contend is a polit- ical matter which should be debat- after the armistice is in effect. Lt. Gen. Nam 11, chief Commu- nist negotiator, injected the new Red proposal with a hypothetical ‘question at THursduy’s seshcn ‘.}\; Panmunjom. He asked whether the UN command would discuss the gradual withdrawal of foreign troops under the third item of the confer- ence agenda. The Communists made a similar proposal when the truce talks open- ed last July, but backed down in the face of adamant Allied opposi- tion. UN negotiators made no immedi- ate reply Thursday. Cattle on Air Strip Causes Plane (rash; 13 Persons Killed MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20 — ® — Cattle - grazing over an air strip| were blamed last night by a Mexican official for the crash of a C-54 plane in which 13 Mexicans were killed and seven injured. The plane—on a local flight to Acapulco and Mexico City with 18 passengers and two crewmen—came in for a stop-off at San Luls Zac atlan at dusk, but found the gr grown airport overrun with feed- ing cattle. The pilot circled the field while attendants shooed the cattle away, but the delay forced him to take off for Acapulco in the dark. Tilman said the plane either ran into a hole, or hit a post and burst into flames. Pefersburg Telephone Exchange o Be Sold Douglas S. Starr, vice president and manager of the Alaska Tele- phone Co., today announced that his company had reached an agree- ment with Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd T. Swanson of Petersburg to purchase the Petersburg Telephone Exchange for an undisclosed figure. Attorneys are now drawing up) the necessary papers to complete the deal, he said. The Alaska Tele- phone Co., expects to take over the Petersburg operation about January 1 | Plans for the rehabilitation and expansion of the system are under- way. Outside distribution cables will be replaced during the winter and dial equipment is on order for installation as soon as possible. There are ngw 260 telephones in Petersburg and it is expected that number will be increased, Starr said, EXPRESSMAN HERE C. W. Brown of the Railway Ex- press Agency, Seattle, is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. FROM ANCHORAGE Andy Longmire of Anchorage is 1 pletely unchanged.” Any changes showing up on the front, he said, were the result of clarifications ordered by General Vah Fleet. No (éévse Fire Order: Ridgway WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — P Gen. Matthew Ridgway, asked for “clarification” of the stop-shooting situation in Korea yesterday, ad- vised the Pentagon today only that reports of a “cease fire order are without foundation.” A Defense Department spokesman said there was little else in Ridg- way's message except the statement that “the press has been so in- formed,” and a quotation of the announcement from Ridgway's headquarters last night that ‘“no such order” had been issued. The spokesman was asked if Ridgway had mentioned the state- ment today by Gen. James Van a directive m‘m mz been "m‘z- interpreted” by troops. The spokes- man said Ridgway's brief reply made no reference to that. Korean War | AtaGlancee By the Associated Press Gen. James A. Van Fleét, UN. ground commander, said front line troops may have misunderstood “certain military instructions” from his headquarters when they quit shooting. “He said step§ are being taken to correct the misunderstand- ing. Allied artillery opened fire on Communist lines’ under a new “shoot to kill” order of the day, ending the lull which Van .Fleet said resulted from a misunder- standing of his instructions. U.N. officers indicated the order applied only to artillery. “There is no cease-fire in Ko- rea,” the White House said 1t. Gen. Ridgway said it. Van Fleet said it. The White House called “not true” an AP report that orders for a complete, if temporary, halt in the fighting came from highest sources—possibly the White House itself., ‘ Minor ground fighting was re- ported in the east. Jets tangled for the third straight day over northwest Korea. The Navy re- ported no break in its operations. Communist truce negotiators sug- gested that gradual withdrawal of foreign troops would allay Allled fears that fighting will flare up after an armistice is signed. Until Thursday the Reds had demanded omplete, immediate withdrawal. VISITING HERE Oscar Davisson of Oraig is vis- iting in Juneau. He is at the Bara- nof Hotel. e o 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU At Airport: Maximum, 35; Minimum, 29, FOREOCAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy with an occa~ sional snow flurry tonight and Friday. Lowest tonight around 28. Highest Friday near 34. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today At Afrport Trace; ® since July 117,58 inches. ® 0o 00000 00 i ommmey * The spokesman’'s comment appar- ently applied to the “shoot to kill"™ orders reported received by artillery officers of the Third Division. Ar- | tillerymen said apparently their new instructions did not apply to the Infantry. 4 The original report of an Eighth Army directive not to fire on the Reds unless necessary came Wed- nesday from a Third Division offi- cer. First high official acknowledg- ment that some sort of directive had been issued came Thursday from Van Fleet, U. N. ground commander in Korea. He sald it was not a cease-fire order — but did not disclose its nature be- cause security was invelved. Kenneth Booth, Eighth Army Public Information Officer, sald Thursday night this “basic directive has not been changed. “Anything appearing to be a change at- the front is solely the result of the clarification ordered by General Van Fileet.” Shortly thereafter front line dis- patches from the western front re- ported the Allles were again firing artillery and mortars at a nearly normal rate after a day of abnormal quiet. Front line troops were reported confused by the big guns opening up on the front where the day be- fore they had watched Chinese Reds i play volley ball.’ & A Third Division briefing officer said reconnaissance patrols went on scouting missions as usual, but with the upderstanding they would not look for trouble. BATTLE LULL BROKEN SEOUL, Korea, Friday—(P—Al- lied artillery resumed long-range shelling of the Reds Thursday after lml‘:hnnn g‘-lwur lull ln;hlt& Wi e US. Eighth Army com- ‘mahder ' his secret orders to the L Infantry of both sides stuck elose to their lines, however, with the ex- ception of two small actions on eastern front. In the aif, Russian-built' MIGs fought American jets in a series of battles during which 320 Red planes were sighted — the greatest number «f any single day. Three U.S, Sabre jets and one MIG were re- ported damaged. In the armistice talks; where agreement on a provisional buffer zone last Tuesday had led to the odd off-again-on-again ground war; the chief Allled negotiator’ accused the Communists of seeking a peace treaty Instead of merely an armis- tice. ‘The negotiators were hung up on the issue of behlnd-the-lln:l"::rar- vision to_insure that an tice will be, observed. ey have 30 days from Nov, 27 to complete an | armistice or start over-on a buffer | zone definition. 4 : Both President Truman and the | United Nations Commander, Gen. Matthew B, Ridgway, denied any such order and reiterated that there could be mo cease-fire untl an armistice was actually signed. PRESSURE ON REDS KEY WEST, Fla, Nov. 20—®— President Truman declared today {that the Ur!.<d Nations will con- tinue to bring gsressure on the Reds until an armistice has been signed in Korea and that our men will not “be caught off balance by the enemy.” |Punchboard Men Liable for Tax On Each Clerk ‘Tha new $50 tax on gambling ap- plies to thousands of stores which have punch boards on their premises according to the local office of the Internal Revenue Commission. Up to now, the.new federal tax has been interpreted as applying only to such large-scale gambling as bookie joints and numbers oper- ators. But it is emphasized that each