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HOLD AT WONJU BUT FLANKING

Truman Asks Huge T130 Boost, Price Controls

Clarrton Replies To Legion Charges Of Equipment Shortages

OTTAWA. Jan. 12-(OP)-Du 'cnce Minister Claxton said tonight the Government has placed orders (or more than s425,000.000 worth of war planes and ships and that de- iiveries of clothing on order should let the forces meet any anticipated situation. r

He said the huestion of compul- sory training in the reserve forces- advocated strongly by the Can- adian Legion-is "of course I matler for the Government and Parliament."

Mr. Claxton issued a statement In reply to a Legion charge that there is "a serious shortage of ships, planes and equipment and even boots and clothing" for the armed forces and that there is an "admitted absence of adequate organization necessary to any appreciable expansion of the re- serve forces.

The legion made the charge in issuing a call to its branches to mobilize public opinion to back a demand for compulsory training in the reserve forces.

Mr. claxtonls statement took up ihe Leglon's contention that equip- ment shortages constitute a major obstacle to any program of compul- sory training in the reserves.

He said "there are no shortages of equipment that would affect the position." and added:

Latest Types ordered

"Of course we need ships and planes. and so does every other country. That is why we have placed orders of t330.000.000 for aircraft and 506,000,000 forhahiplsl to be radii- able as soon as e p in pr uce them. what is rnore.swIxhz-Iiiiidinr ships and aircraft of the'iates't types, and construction started just as soon,as those types were developed. We count on having trained officers and men to man the ships and air- craft as they are produced or re- conditioned.

"However. it is not for the navy or air force that the proponents of conscription suggest that course. For the army. it is inaccurate to suggest that it is because of the shortage of equipment or organ- izational machinery that this course

Coming Events

i "Mail your Films to Gsrnhum Photo studio. Charlottetown.

"Harness Horse Ice Pacing at Riverside, Wednesday. January 17th. Quarter-mile heats.

"Afton I-fall. Purina I-log Show. 7.30 P. M. Wednesday. January Zlilili.

"Dance. Bridgetown Hall. Jan- uary 15th. sale of Pies. In aid of Rink.

"Holy Name Box social. Bingo. Dance. Town Hall. Georgetown, wlrdnesday. January 2-fth.

"Come to Card Party in Darn- ley Hall. Wednesday night.'Jan- unry 17th.

' "Dance in Darnley Hall. Mon- day night. January 22nd. sponsored by W. I.

"Zion W. M. 5. Cake Bale. Sat- urday. Janusry 13th. 2.30. Hol- mans Hardware Department.

"Pantry sale .at Douglas dz Jones. Kent Street. Saturday. Jan- "aY.v lath .st 2.30 P. M. by 'com- Wall-York Point W. I.

"Hear Dr. Florence Murray Sneak on Korea at Afton Hall on

Jan 16th. Lunches. Rice Point ' Womsrfs Institute. "atlmma o Sale. Auspices

Ladies Auxi sry Y. M. C. A. (lus- gonmsireet Entrance) today. 0.30

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"Receiving Hogs st Crapsud for Canada Packers Limited. until 12 Lissa each Thursday. Robert Daw-

"I-Iockey. North River Rink, Sstur-dsy.'.1snuary lath. N e Mile

Creek Bull Dogs vs. Oovohe of Red Wings.

Can! It Se lee. . Game uaaeaaso. Ik.s.ting Sim glans. g "Don't wiliissn noldsn. William 3 is in a great cstcrn Show "ltrscfs of Laredo" st Mae- rac- , on . our 0 .

Plus comedy! is 2 '

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"anion

is not followed. ”Thers are no shortages in equip- ment that would affect the position.

Pleat! Uniforms

"We have over 50.000 units of batiledress in store and 535,000,000 worth of clothing and textiles on order. We outfitted the 10.000 men taken on for the special force and are pressing on so tht deliveries of clothing, including boots and shoes, should enable us to meet any antici- pated situation.

"We have more than doubled the actual fighting units during the last six months and we are going to do everything necessary to defend our country and take our full share in collective defence. The progrm I expect to put before parliament will leave no doubt in the minds of the Legion or anyone else about that.”

legion Pressing For Compulsory Military Service

OTTAWA. Jan. 12 - (CP) --The Canadian Legion. voice of 300,000 veterans. sent out the signal today for a nation-wide blitz campaign designed to overcome cabinet--ob-

jectlons and brl comp ' y ml1- . itslry service in effect in Can- a a.

The Dominion command of the country's leading veterans organiz- stlon announced it is calling on

2.200 -hclon... on to. basics!- lllOIibel'l., with de- mands f t , ”l'I - y part-time training in the w ' forces 1

The coast-to-coast attack is be- ing timed to strike in the first week of parliament's new session, start-, ing Jan. 30.

Legion leaders. in a memorandum now being circulated. charged that there is "a serious shortage" of mil- itary equipment. "including even boots and clothing." i.n Canada but argued that this only makes more urgent the need for lmrnedafo ac- tion io improve the situaticn.

Their call for conscription is ex- pected to be echoed shortly in one form orsother by another import- ant veterans group. the Conference

F ' Associations. now meet- in; here. It consists of senior war- ltlltme officers now back in civilian

e. In parliament's first week. the Legion memo -' -n calls on every branch to do three things to "focus public attenti on the urgent need for immediate government action."

These include special meetings open to the public; wires to the local M. P. to tell him of the meet- ings and that the Legion is looking for his active support; sending word to national headquarters of steps taken so a concentrated attack can be mounfod here.

Legion leaders said Canada is "facing the gravest period in her history" and they couldn't accept cabinet statements to them that conscription at this time is out.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Jan. 12 -(AP)-A strong earth tremor was felt at 1:38 a. m. here today. No one was hurt and no damages were reported.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 -(AP) -The South Korean port of Pusan is crammed with 250.000 refugees and more are pouring in at the rate of 50.000 a day. a high army

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Sweeping Plan Draws Gaspsr From Wallsireei

By Roger D. Greene

WASHINGTON. Jan. i2-(AP)- President Truman today asked congress to raise taxes by "very much more" than 00.000.000.000 a year and outlined a lending-spend- ing defence program totalling sii0.000,000,000. a

He also called for broader wage- prlce controls, 1.000.000 more men

within a. few months. and 4.000.000

more in defence ys A lion by the end of this year. In a sweeping message that

drew gasps from Wall street

and some criticism on Capitol

Hill. Truman laid down a pro-

gram of tremendous scope and

sacrifice foreshadowing an era of iausterlty for the American people.

Truman made it clear that the stiff new taxes would hit every pocketbook from top to bottom of the income ladder.

Accompanying his annual econ- omic message to Congress, Truman sent a report by his council of econ- omic advisers which declared:

"Income tax increases should be imposed at all levels. but by far the largest part of the ”' I revenue must come from the mid- die and lower tax brackets.

"These are the brackets in which the great bulk of the income located."

' Expect flo Billion Budget

The budget Truman will present to Congress Monday generally is expected to be in the neighborhood of 870.000.000.000 for the fiscal year starting July 1. 1951. . . I

t by the end

He said. however, tha

of will defence and foreign aid spending alone should hit a rate

between 345.000.000.000 and 855.000.- 000.000 a year. That is roughly double today's outlays.

All told he called for 3140.000.- 000.000 in "obiigatlmal authority" in the present fiscal year and the next, ending June 30., 1052.

The total would go for actual military and foreign aid spending plus contracting, lending and loan- guarsntee authority. other govern- ment expenses would be over and above that.

one salient recommendation in Truman's message was a request for power to build defence factor- ies where privatc enterprise cannot swing the job. Two years ago he asked authority to build steel plants if necessary, but Congress shelved the idea.

Eisenhower Visils Norway

OSLO, Norway. Jan. 12 -(AP)'- Gen. wright D. Eisenhower flcyv through dangerous weather from Copenhagen to Norway today on the northernmost lap of his Eur- opean search for fighting 'men and fighting spirit to oppose Com- munist aggression.

His four-engined U. 5. Air Force transport overcame severe icing conditions to make its second haz- ardous landing in 24 hours.

A less-powerful plane of Amer- ican newspaper men following the Atlantic Alliance defence com- mander. was forced to turn back over the cold waves of the Kat- tegat to Copenhagen. where it landed with five inches of ice frozen to the underside of its wings.

officer said today. It is "(wife I problem." he so ed.

Eisenhower is due to fly to Lon- don late tomorrow or Sunday.

Hong Kong? Authorities Prepare For Eventualities

fly Prod ilaanpsss)

IIONG KONG. Jsn. l2-(AP)- anion suthorltiss costly willow- ledlsd they were " for sli possibld evsntuslltisvf in this jittery crown colony under the shadow of communist ohina's sno-

sd mlsht. . - All lritislz subiscfs above the age

of l'I--including lsrsslsns .and paper men: son. ohinsse born in if Kong-were it these times 11 one an speak on a day when white River reg- omit llabls for in tary service. dogsnsticsily about he ure. The istered a more let degrees below The emergency ordlnsnce rs- authorities are repsring for. all sure. the Hornspsyne thermometer quires women as well as men to possible eventual tics. hit 3 below. when it dropped to 30 0 ab. 1 "Thai: policy remains one of below in warm Iuvsr. it was 42

register for service by . Malcolm Ilaononal . .3ritsln's nun Oonunissionsr for qoutheast lislariold tbs press. however. one dependents would not be shined to svuusis tlis soggy. ? I lIl0Illi can s non oonutenosx -Hlriiuh so do not antici- lnjiss near

,, templsting now giving advice to dependents of British subjects. whose presence in the colony would not be necessary to its security in case of trouble. to evscusis."

The 11.5. consulate gsve such eva- cuation advice this week to Amari- osn dependents.

In. Hong Kong on a ihree-dsy official visit. Mscnonsld told news-

sommsl interference in the affairs

make? rit'."r."-...".e.:-.

they wished to do so. I,

and women in the armed forces-

complete non-inforfcrsncs in the affair; of other territories and rs- solutlon to resist any attempt at

on this outpost of empire any. tins

Worst Since Of England

IONDON, Jan. 12-(OP)-Hum dreds have died. thousands are ill arid more are coming down with the disease every hour in the worst influenza epidemic to hit northern England since 1918.

The industrial heart of England is threstended with severe produc- tion cutbacks as the fortnight- long siege continues to ravage Liverpool, Manchester and dozens of smaller centres. '

Officials say it is difficult to estimate the number who have died rom the disease or from 'flu- bred complications. ey deny, how- ever. reports that 3, died in the Liverpool area.

Extra. gravediggers were hurried- ly hired in Manchester. Ceremon- ies were held with one preacher .burying as many as five victims at a single service. Clergymen were so busy with funerals that ..edding and baptlsms had to be postponed.

Death notices filled on entire page in a Liverpool newspaper one day this week. Most days the obituaries ran to two full columns.

The epidemic has spread to other Diropcan countries.

The Government owned M.V. Eskimo carried twice as much freight between Prince Edward Is- land and Ne oundlsnd during l-hf: past season sha- did during the 1949 season. t was learned yester- day from Mr. c. P. Reddall. ship- ping msnager. 1

over 4.000 tons or 8.000.000 pounds of freight were ferried between the two provinces by the Eskimo, stated Mr. Reddall. The motor vessel transported around 2.000 tons of freight over the same route in 1949. i The Eskimo also holds the dis- tinction of being the first boat into the City harbour and the last out during the past season. Aided by direction from the air. the best made her way through ice to the Railway wharf on April 21. on Thursday of this week she sailed for Newfoundland with her last cargo.

The Eskimos trip out of the City harbor on Thursday is believed to have been made on the second lstcst date that any boat ever en- tcred or left the harbor in sixty years.

According to information ob- tained yesterday at the Customs Office. the "Nortlumberland." a steamer which used to ply between Charlottetown and Pictou. towed the achmner "Arena" into the har- bour on January 26. 1891. This is the latest recording of steamer traffic in the harbour during any

New Claimant for Title Of Coldest Town..ln(1anada-. -

SUDBURY. Ont. Jan. la-(CP)- The tltle of coldest spot in Canada. worn for years with icy dignity by the town of White River-250 miles north of here-has been challenged. A partisan of 1-lornepsyne. an- other railwsy town 50 miles farther north. has labelled white River's only claim to fame as "the great- est publicity fraud of the century." Reg Pitt, columnist for the Eud- bury star. claims to have records to prove it's much colder in Horne-

psyne.-

Pltt fslls today the results of s survey, conducted with the help of Carmen itajotte. the Star's Home- p., .. wuespondent. Miss Rajotte sent in a record of temperature readings taken every day through- out Dec rnber in the early-morning honr'....-- ..-.. .. .. .... . ,

Pitt compared her 'figures with corresponding. Dominion Weather Office records for White River. and the "coldest spot" looked like a Florida beach resort bv compari-

ltlvor residents swelured in a balmy lo-below broese. their Home- ss- low gals. -

Pitt says his records are locked sway "to escape

drift valley.

below in Hornepsyns. Wnbile -White rivals sbivered proudly in s

the fate of the lions of lens." list he demands credit where credit is due. even if le- mans chsnllns lsornspayncu ns.lna.to nlisssrd Gulch or. snow-

Some can iFlu Epidemic

1918; . Part Hard Hit

About one-third of the Belgium population has been stricken. other counhries. less hard-hit, reported the outbreaks were casing.

The disease forced postponement of a Belgian Cabinet meeting. and many court cases were adjourned because three out of four judges were down with the iflu.

In Liverpool. big west-coast sea- port. 'l05 deaths were .reported last week. The normal figure is about 200. In the greater Liverpool area 1.000 deaths from all causes were re- ported.

Added to the health crisis is the danger from an attendant slump in coal production. Production in Northwest England is expected to drop by more than 40,000 tons this week because one-fifth of the 57,000 miners are ill. Coal dealers were instructed to ration their stocks.

Many buses have stopped runn- ing in Manchester. England's third- largest city. some 400 drivers and conductors are sick.

Cotton firms in Oldham. an im- portant Lamcashire tcxtile town, said 20 per cent of their workers are off.

iiF.skimo” Sets Fine Record For Service During Season

season. this Province and Newfoundland meats. canned goods and salt fish

In her voyages between the

Islands.

Including the skipper crew members are employed. The shipping office was a. busy

stevedores were filing in to collect their pay forioading the last boat. During the season over 8,000 man- hours of work have been performed on the waterfront loading the Eskimo.

The boat will likely discharge part of her cargo in st. Pierre to- day nnd unload the remainder in St. John's. she will return to Hall- fax and will probably work out of the Nova Scotis port during the winter months.

Princess Pats Stiff Trainin

By WILLIAM BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer

MIRYANG. Korea. Jan. 12-(CP) -The change came almost over- night.

Almost 1,000 good fellows. who had done practically everything "except soldier for two months. sud- denly got down lo the real thing. And the atmosphere became elec- tric with keenness.

The 2nd Battalion. Princess Ps- 1ricia's Canadian Light Infaniry. was launched on the program de- vised by Lt.-Col. J. R. Stone of Edmonton and Salmon Arm. B.C.. iisncommandlng officer. to carry if. to battle worthiness.

Wainwright. Alla.. saw individ- ual trainlng completed - lo a level which United Nations auth- orities here considered rendered the battalion as battle-ready as any in the theatre.

But for two months since - at Fort Lewis. Waah.. where it slag- ed before embarking for Korea. then more than three weeks at sea, and finally at Pusan. where it married up with its equipment.-

lime.

stinking. squalid Pusan elimin- ated any "romantic" notions the men had had of Korea. and. regi- mental1y,,ihe only satisfaction it offered was in placing in their hands the equipment with which they would fight.

lnlsnd.itfove

Clzme the move inland. once Stone had won his fight for time in which to train his men to the

Canadian Gover,nment.hsd 'nslsted.

fightinl in Korss.

During the past season the Eski- mo made nineteen trips between

Her cargo has included practically everything from livestock to frosen

Mr. Reddall estimates that the boat has covered about 30,000 miles two on an average trip the boat steams about 1:600 miles. he said. She is under the command of the original Captain, E. T. Terfry. thirteen

spot yesterday afternoon as the

ihe batlallon had largely marked

pitch on which boih he and -the

He chose the area himself - s riverside campsite in s chestnut grove. nestled in a cluster of typi- cal Xorosn hills sod mountains. It is the ideal training ground for

Reds Shift Mighty Force To New Seciors

By ROBERT IUNSON

TOKYO. Jan. 13 -. (Saturday) -(AP) - North Korean troops threatened the Allied stand in Central Korea Friday with a road- block 30 miles southeast of the U.S. 2nd Division's horseshoe- shavped front. but the Allies kept the toe of the shoe nailed down.

The Chinese Communist mass on the Korean western front, build- ing up for an expected fresh as- sault on the withdrawing US. Eight-h Army. began shifting east- ward on two courses.

One fed troops to the central front, either to reinforce the North Korean Reds hacking at the 2nd Division or to exploit any break- through.

The other poured Reds out of Osan. 28 miles south of Seoul. into a new assembly point north of Ansong. 40 miles southeast of Seoul and "about midway between Seoul and Taejon.

Allied sources regarded the shift to Ansong as ihe most dangerous. They believed the Red strategy was to try for a breakthrough at Ansong and wheel westward to the sea in an effort to cut off Allies on the western front.

With Allied air and artillery support. the American. French and Dutch main column of the 2nd Division in Central Korea throw back a shanp Red attack on its northernmost position, i 1-2 to two miles south of Wonju, and even regained some ground that had been lost Thursday.

Allies Regain Ground

AP correspondent William C. Barnard reported the Allies re- captured two hills in the north- east corner of the horseshoe wedge. They had fallen back from the bills the night before.

American and French moved to the lltack.

While American troops slugged to the top of one hill. the French charged an adjoining hill. gaining its summit after knocking out,an enemy machine-gun and winning a hold two miles south of Wonju on the highway to C-butngju.

New Murder-free Record In Chicago rt

CHICAGO. Jan. 12 -(AP) - Chlcngo police reported a record in its recent crime annals: 12 suc- cessive days without a murder. Lieut. John Golden. head of the homlcid division. said the prev- ious record was a seven-day mur- derless period in October, 1950.

Experience

g In Korea

self away under canvas and im- provised furniture out of crates discarded by the quartermaslers. Slone and hlssecond-in-command. Maj. Henry . P. (Pat) Tlghe of Victoria. looked over the potential training areas.

There were a couple of moun- talns and a valley for every com- pany.

Team Work

a company commander. said he had never seen more ideal condi-

tions for pla-loon and company work. Then, for the first time since