Finger Ridge Lost
To Reds; Eastern
Front Imperiled
SEOUL, W)—Thousands of Chi
nese Reds Tuesday seized vital
Finger Ridge in their big spring
offensive and attacked a mountain
pass nearby whose loss would im
peril the entire Allied position on
the blazing eastern front.
In the air, 15 Communist planes
made their biggest raid of the war
on Seoul’s environs, touching off
huge fires visible for 40 miles
from the capital’s port of Inchon,
where a big fuel dump blew up.
Far to the north, U.S. Sabres
tangled near the Manchurian bor
der with Russian-built Migs in a
fierce renewal of air battles,
shooting down four Red planes
and damaging three others, the
Fifth Air Force said.
, The powerful new ground punch
by 6,000 Reds in the east gave
fresh weight to an offensive un
leashed while both sides were
nearing agreement at Panmun
jom on a truce in the three-year
old conflict.
The capture of Finger Ridge at
the western anchor of a blazing
40-mile front in the east gave the
Reds one-third of the vital Kyoam
Mountain complex. Loss of Kyo
am itself would open the gates to
a valley and many miles of Allied
territory.
Fragmentary reports from the
front said South Korean soldiers
were battling savagely in an at
tempt to hold the dominating pos
itions on Kyoam.
Deep behind Allied lines, Com
munist guerrillas stepped up their
activity. They wrecked a freight
train laden with army supplies
Monday night near Pusan, south
east port and temporary capital
of South Korea.
The Red Chinese offensive
showed no signs of abating.
Tieless Sport Shirts
Decreed Acceptable for
Diplomats in India
NEW DELHI, India, UP)—Diplo
mats in India’s sweltering capital
appear to be bowing to the heat—
at least until dinner time. Official
ly it’s okay to wear tieless sports
shirts toy day and light suits for
cocktails.
The new regime was advised in
a circular to the diplomatic corps
from its doyen, the Egyptian Am
bassador Ismail Kamel Bey. He
reported Tuesday that the “logic
of it seems to be bringing them
all around,” but stressed that “it’s
not obligatory.”
“If any want to be formal, they
will just be out of step,” he added.
Diplomats here customarily have
worn neckties throughout the day
and dinner jackets at cocktail par
ties, despite New Delhi’s 110-de
gree midsummer temperatures.
The new policy does not affect
the customary black tie for even
ing dress.
Lions’ Picnic Undisturbed
By Escape of Zoo Lion ,
MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewan, UP!
— Goldie the Lioness got loose
Monday—in the midst of a Lions’
picnic. And everyone kept right
on eating, except Goldie.
The big cat—who during the
past year has mauled a girl and
ripped an arm off her trainer —
slipped out of her cage in the
wild animal park just as 300 dele
gates to a district convention of
Lions International were sitting
down to 'tables in the park’s pic
nic »grounds.
Perspiring park officials broad
cast a warning over the public
address system. Keepers finally
herded Goldie back into her cage
after si^e had roamed free for
nearly 10 minutes.
But the Lions never budged.
They thought the warning was
just another convention gag.
Husbands End Strike Against Wives,
Gain Fishings, Lawn Cutting Rights,
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, UP) —
Everybody’s happy out on 42nd
Street North today. The embattled
males Monday signed a compro
mise agreement with their wives
to end a week-long strike of the
husbands.
Under the agreement, the hus
bands will continue turning their
paychecks over to their wives. In
return, the wives agreed to ease
o'ff on demands that their mates
do some of the household chores.
Mayor James V. Morgan hailed
the settlement as the “salvation of
the very foundation of Birming
ham—its homes.”
The mayor, reminding the
strikers that he is a married man
himself, earlier appealed for an
agreement. His honor said that he
feared the strike might spread to
other sections of the city, the state
and the nation.
Jim Caldwell, 53-year-old rail
road conductor, had spearheaded
the strike. He started picketing
the street, bearing a sign which
stated that the wives were unfair
to husbands. Twenty-five other
husbands in the area gleefully
joined in.
They demanded that their wives
quit forcing husbands to cut the
lawn on hot days, paint the porch
and spank the baby.
The wives refused to get up
and cook breakfast.
The compromise permits the
men to wait for the cool of the
evening before mowing the lawn.
It also allows the males to go
fishing as often as they want to.
The wives may go along if they
keep quiet.
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St. Michael News
Some time ago I wrote and said
Saint Michael was once a boom
town. I’ve forgotten that it’s not
so dead in spring.
The Northern Commercial Co.
Riner Lines have been very busy.
There’s been lot of fresh painting
in the ship yard. The “Ensee”
went in the water today together
with other tug “Mildred” and
barges, adding a bright color in
the bay here.
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There were only two walrus
killed here.
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Cyril Okitkun of the N.C. Co.
lost another child. Youngest one
died last month and the older one
died this morning.
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Mrs. H. Stuart is here with her
husband this year. Stuart is a
captain on “Ensee,” N.C. Co. tug
boat. Also with him is Albert
Bahls, formerly of Marshall, Al
aska.
Dwight Milligruck
An Eskimo is satisfied to live
ten to twenty miles away from
each other with only his family.
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