Season's reetins; appy Holidays to Eve ryone EDITOR'S NOTE See Page 2 Latest Deadline in the State D~adF 49 { CLOUDY, SNOW FLURRIES VOL. LXI, No. 75 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1950 FOUR PAGES Ships Fire Rockets at Red Hordes Enemy Grouping Near Beachhead TOKYO-(P)--U.S rocket fir- ing ships yesterday blazed into ac- tion off Hungnam, indicating the Communist hordes are closing in on that last tiny Allied beachhead in northeast Korea. The deadly rocket ships joined the defense of a steadily shrinking perimeter into which the 60,000- man U.S. 10th Corps withdrew. * * * THE ROCKET SHIPS were not further identified. (During the last war, tank landing ships and de- stroyers were equipped with roc- ket launchers which fired rockets in banks or layers.) Since Dec. 14 a military black- out has covered the 10th Corps withdrawal. (At that time, Mos- cow radio quoted the North Ko- rean Red command as saying the corps was going aboard ships for evacuation.) A delayed dispatch disclosed to- day that U.S. Army Engineers Wednesday blew up the last bridge link to the beachhead-a 1,500- foot long steel and concrete struc- ture three miles west of Hungnam. It had linked the port with the now abandoned Yonpo airfield. * * s U.S. CARRIER-BASED pilots reported Thursday theysaw Com- munist troops moving toward the beachhead through Chigyong, six miles west of Yonpo. Quiet prevailed in the north- * east after American forces smashed back the strongest Chi- nese and Korean Red attack thus far on the shrunken Hung- nam beachhead. General MacArthur's headquar- ters meanwhile reported American casualties in Korean between Nov. 24 and Dec. 12 were 11,964. Other United Nations casualties, not counting South Korean Republi- cans, raised the figure for that period to 12,975. * s WITH PREVIOUS Defense De- partment figures, this indicated total American casualties for the war have exceeded 42,000. Thirty per cent of these losses in dead, wounded and missing thus were suffered in 19 days after the Chi- nese Communists threw their hun- dreds of thousands of troops into an offensive which MacArthur has described as an entirely new and undeclared war. U.S. Solidarity With European Nations Voiced By The Associated Press President Truman proclaimed United States solidarity w i t h Western Europe yesterday and ap- peared to turn down Herbert Hoo- ver's plan for American defenses primarily on the oceans and key islands. The President said the unity of Western Europe and the North Atlantic community is "vital" to their mutual security. Meanwhile, West German Chan- cellor Konrad Adenauer announc- ed "there ha been a big step for- ward" in plans to include West German forces in the West's pro- jected 1,000,000-man defense force against Communist aggression. A communique said that the high commissioners of the_ United States, Britain and France had agreed to place their relations with West Germany "to an increasing degree on a contractual basis." * This implied a sweeping away of occupation controls in return for German participation in the de- fense of Europe. MSC Granted Dow Chemical Grants $100,000 Total Phoenix Project Pledges Boosted to 3 Million by Donation By VERN EMERSON The Dow Chemical Co., of Midland, will grant $100,000 to the Phoenix Project, President Alexander G. Ruthven has announced. Dow president Leland I. Doan explained that half of the sum will be available after June 1, 1951, and the remainder the following year. *' * * INCLUDING THE NEW PLEDGE, Phoenix officials said that to- tal donations have nearly reached the three million dollar mark. The Project's goal is $6,500,000. Of this figure, student Phoenix drive directors, now totaling Unions, On Thr Railro ee-Year ads Agree Wage Pact 4 Ban on Sale Of '51 Cars .Lifted byGM DETROIT-(AP)-Yielding to a government price rollback edict, General Motors yesterday lifted its ban on sale of new iodel Chevro- let, Pontiac and Cadillac automo- biles. It agreed to sell them at 1950 model prices. * s * up final returns of the campus campaign, announced that stu- dent pledges amount to $146,000. In outlining its gift, Dow attach- ed no strings to the use of the money. * * .* PRESIDENT RUTHVEN hailed the move as recognition of the vi- tal importance of unfettered basic research. "We salute them for their faith in the ultimate useful- ness of fundamental investigation carried on in university laborato- ries. . + He added that the grant con- firmed that the University is on the right track in devoting its research efforts to finding con- structive applications of atomic THE WORLD'S biggest car pro- energy. ducer slapped on the embargo last "The Un tywlsthe Dow Monday in protest against an or- niversity wi use w der 48 hours earlier by the Eco- grant to finance research studies nomic Stabilization Agency Ireez- along varied lines in many scien- ing uto rics attheDec. 1 level. itific fields," he said. Ing auto prices at the DThe grant is the third large one nie wh ch had a nouncedopa- to Phoenix from industry in the boostswhich51hadenounce prie past two weeks. GM contributed boosts on 1951 models since the $1,500,000 for the establishment of first o this month, raisng tags an Institute of Industrial Health. "something less than five per And Nash-Kelvinator equaled the cent." But it was the only one Dow gift for study in food and to use a sales ban to fight the metal preservation. first price freeze in any indus-m try. Ford, Chrysler and Nash also "il on Sees had raised prices since Dec. 1. Ford and Nash, like the three GM di- To visions, had put its new models Tou Production on sale. Chrysler, like GM's Buickl and Oldsmobile divisions, had not oods yet put the 1951's in dealer hands. Of * * * SINCE LAST Saturday's car WASHINGTON - (R) - Mo- price freeze, GM appealed to the bilization Director Charles E. Wil- ESA to modify its order. The ESA son predicted yesterday that 50 to rejected the appeal. 100 per cent more war material GM still insisted yesterday will roll off U.S. production lines that its 1951 models were "sub- in 1951 than "in the first big year stantially improved" over this after Pearl Harbor." year's models. Testifying before a Senate- But the company -said that "af- House committee, Wilson declared ter careful examination of the or- the United States is in "far better der," it decided that "it is neces- condition" from a production sary to consider them (the 1951's) standpoint now than it was on the counterpart models of our 1950 eve of World War II. lines within the meaning of the Appearing with Wilson, Econo- order of the ESA." mic Stabilizer Alan Valentine said GM even went beyond Ford and his agency intends to "stabilize" Nash in going along with the or- wages in the auto industry to go der by Economic Stabilization chief along with the recent mandatory Alan Valentine. It asked its thou- rollback in new car prices to Dec. sands of dealers to rebate-the dif- 1 levels. ference between the old and pro- Valentine also reported that the posed new list prices to all cus- Economic Stabilization Adminis- tomers who took delivery on the tration is now "working on meat new models at the higher prices. prices." t f f I Senate OK's Emergency DefenseBill Seek Agreement In House Parlayl WASHINGTON-()-The Sen- ate swiftly approved yesterday a $19,973,062,938 emergency defense appropriation. The bill had picked up $2,163,- 758,514 after passing the House. A Senate-House conference quick- ly was arranged for today to ad- just differences and get 'the huge arms measure to President Tru- man. Quick agreement was expect- ed. The measure, which will finance part of the nation's preparedness program, cleared the Senate by voice, vote less than two hours af- ter it convened. * * * JUST BEFORE acting on it, the Senate passed without debate a bill authorizing the armed forces to carry out $1,600,000,000 of con- struction, some of it so secret that its nature was not even disclosed to the legislators. Again acting swiftly, the Sen- ate approved by voice vote a bill requested by Mr. Truman to re- vive his wartime powers of al- tering defense contracts to ex- pedite production. The House has not acted. He also asked authority to cre- ate, transfer and abolish emergen- cy agencies but Republican Sena-I tors won a delay on this in com- mittee in order to have another look at it. The $19,973,062,938 money bill, hurried through the House last Friday, was requested by Mr. Tru- man right after the Chinese Com- munist attack in Korea suddenly created a grave world situation.i * * * THE ARMY will get more than $9,000,000,000, the Air Force more than $4,600,000,000 and the Navy just under $3,000,000,000. The Senate added $240,000,000 to funds for the Atomic Energy: Commission to speed up its pro- duction of atomic bombs and de- velop other lethal weapons. This boosted new atomic funds above1 the billion mark compa1-ed with $840,000,000 allowed by the House. World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Prospect for dollar corporation excess profits quick action on a multi-billioni tax lessened yesterday as a house-i Senate conference committee fail-1 ed in its first effort to reach a compromise on the legislation. * * * NEW YORK-Al (Sbnny Boy) West, 21-year-old Washington,< D.C., boxer, died at 6:59 p.m.t yesterday some 22 hours after he was knocked out at St. Nich- olas Arena. * * * WASHINGTON - Mrs. Anna Rosenberg yesterday won Senate confirmation as Assistant Secre- tary of Defense after a committee reported that charges of Commu- Living Costs To Determine Adjustments Plan May Cost Rails $131 Million WASHINGTON-M)-The rail- roads and four big unibns agreed yesterday to a three-year pact. settling a long wage dilrpute. The agreement raises wages of 300,000 engineers, firemen, con- ductors and trainmen, retroactive to Oct. 1, and calls for future ad- justments as living costs rise or fall. * * * THIS PROVISION for flexible wages-reached utnder the eyes of U.S. officials-could set a pat- tern for government wage policy under the mobilization program. - The White House announced the peace plan after a night- long 26-hour conference. A railroad official estimated the agreement will; cost $131,000,- 000 a year. The possible effect on passenger and freight rates was not indi- cated. These are controlled by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. Rate hikes, however have often followed wages raises in the past. * * * L° y =a Imo' R 1 -Daily-Roger Reinke STICK-'EM-UP-Three Ann Arbor youngsters try out a few of the toys in a Main street store's toy department. The antics of the grade school set in selecting their presents and experimenting with the displays causes a 'two week nightmare for store personnel. With these three, as others, .nu;y guns have a greater attraction than six-shooters. * * * CeSsi ren Irk Students JamHihways 1 Salespeople WithAntics By HARRY REED Christmas cheer may be spread-, ing across the world, but it's wear- ing a little thin in some down- town toy departments. With the wonderous spirit of Christmas added to their natural curiosity, children wreck hovoc with toy displays, and the result of their behavior is leaving local store personnel weak. * * * - As Yule Vacationt Begins By ZANDER HOLLANDER Several thousand students jam- med highways, trains and airlines yesterday-jumping the gun on Christmas vacation-and an even greater number is scheduled to pull out today. When the big trek is completed only a few hundred students will remain in Ann Arbor. THE EXODUS, which began in. Radioactive Presidential Decree According to Amelia Gordon, salesgirl in a downtown five and Dye Locates ten cent store's toy department, D -a guns are the favorite article of the in grade school "shoppers." She has Bra Tu or more gun battles in front of her counter than Hopalong Cassidy CHICAGO-(P)-A painless and has in any of his reels. quick radioactive dye test that re- Parents are just as bad as the veals whether you have a brain kids in some cases, Miss Gordon tumor and then virtually pin- testified, especially with electric points its location was reported trains. "You'd think all fathers by medical, researchers yesterday. were ex-engineers the way they The dye has a special attrac- play with those things." tion to tumors. Injected into a The elders aren't just interested vein, the dye makes them radio- in trains, of course. One hefty ma- active. They can be found and tron shifted a large bundle of pac- located precisely by scanning the kages into one arm to expertly skull with a radioactivity-detect- weight and twirl a long-barreled ing Geiger counter. six-shooter. The researchers, from North- * * * western University, said the find- The costliest hours for "shrink- ing also may point the way to new age" as the management 'chooses types of brain' surgical instru- to call damage to merchandise, are ments-devices that cut and de- at noon, late in the afternoon, and tect radioactivity simultaneously. Saturdays, according to Ken Amos, Dr. Loyal Davis, of the North- assistant manager. western medical staff, said the "The worst objects for shrink- dye test has been around 95 per age are plastic toys and the me- cent accurate-far better than chanical ones with springs," he other known tumor - detecting commented, "everyone has to try methods they tried. them." "It's hard enough to keep. the T "WT LJTC rpjji T a trickle Wednesday, became a steadily mounting stream yester- day. Most students had already purchased their tickets and travel agencies and ticket clerks breathed a sigh of relief as the queues at their desks began to lessen. - But as the ticket clerks relaxed, the railroads, airlines' and bus lines braced for the in-the-flesh result of the front-office opera- tions. RAILROADS were adding extra equipment 'on almost all lines steadily since Wednesday night and scheduled several extra trains to New York and Chicago for to- day. Part of these will carry the 650 students on Vulcan-sponsored vacation-bound trains. Airline -flights were being added by the score, many at the special air-coach rates. Despite the extra planes, some students had to resort to the rails or buses because air reservations to certain key cities were still in short supply. To many students, going dgome for Christmas was only the firstl leg of the long journey to Pasa- dena. Rose Bowl bound students generally intended to leave for the coast just after Christmas day, either driving cars or. riding on the Wolverine Club Rose Bowl Special. More than 250 have made reservations to fly to Pasadena the day before the game. Meanwhile, in Ann Arbor, most classes, or at least those not tak- ing exams, reported attendance generally off a quarter to a third. NO IMMEDIATE move was made to release the railroads from legal control by the Army. They were taken over Aug. 26 to halt a strike of trainmen and conduc- tors. Sixteen other rail unions still have wage demands pending. However, John R. Steelman, presidential assistant, said he would check whether they even considered striking, apparently with a view to releasing govern- ment control. Yesterday's agreement, worked out under pressure of the national emergency decreed last Saturday by President Truman, carries these terms for the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen and Engine- men, Locomotive Engineers, Rail- road Trainmen, E and Order of Railway Conductors: FOR 120,000 yardmen-a retro active increase of 23 cents an hour with another two cents Jan.,1 and adjustments geared to living costs. These are provided for each three months beginning next April 1 at the rate of one cent an hour for each rise or fall of one point in the government's consumer price index. For 180,000 road service work- ers - a retroactive.increase of five cents an hour, another five cents Jan. 1 and the same cost of living arrangement. The agreement carried the pos- sibility of another future raise. One of the major items in the four unions' demands was for a 40-hour week for yard workers, with the same pay they now get for 48 hours. This was settled by acceptance in principle, but the 40-hour schedule is held up until,at least Jan. 1, 1952. At that time the manpower situation will be ap- praised. If the 40-hour week is instituted then, the yard workers will get an additional four cents an hour. MOON? "low nist affiiionagainst her were kids who are alone in line, com- , n 'W .111T unfounded. plained Amos, "but the ones with + 'their parents are often worse. I c e t MOSCO - sSoviethdRussi tik tey get satisfacton out of MSO -SoitRsi thnthygtstsatouofmarked the '71st birthday of seeing junior disassemble some toy c e t Prime Minister Stalin yesterday in a matter of seconds. without an announcement of "Some of these kids can talk University scientist Stalin Peace Prizes, which were their folks into buying almost any- the possibilities of a expected to be awarded for the thing," another sales girl said. reaching the moon, ai first time. They may look small, but they're their opinion. A decree on Stalin's 70th really sharp when it comes to aet- rThev agreea it will I IIl n I ists Disagree on Satellite Trip , discussing rocketship re divided in he amcom-! Mathematicians agreed the takeoffs and landings involved trip through space is theoretical- waste "unbelievable" amounts of ly possible. They have been in fuel. Rather than carry so much agreement on this for several fuel, he said, it becomes neces- decades. according to Prof. C. L. sary to find fuels with a great E .