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Man Admits Murdering Family

Makos Extraordinary Statement

Joplin, Missouri, Jan. 19.

William E. Cook, Jr., has admitted he killed the five- member Carl Mosser family on the outskirts of Joplin, Lec

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6 Men Buried UN CONDEMNATION OF 108, & Still Korea

In Avalanches

Milan, Jan 10. Avalanchies In Noriliorn Italy today buried six men, killing three. Two others were killed by an avalan- che in another area, while two others were buried avalanche, in the

me

the north of Como, near Bwlas frontier. They were dug out by villagers but one of them died inter- Associated Pres

Boardman, special Dutch

agent in charge of the Kan- sas City Office of the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation, announced today.

Mr Boardman mid the ad- mission was obtained by FBI agents in San Diego. The county prosecutor, Dale Touriclot, said he would prepare five separate murder charges against Cook Immediately.

Lag In

Defence Preparations

•

The Hague, Jan. 10. Faced with strong criticism Atlantic defence from North chiefs and with prodding from press and public to speed up The defence programme,

Boardman said Cook "definite the

A newspaper

CHINA EXPECTED

Sanctions Problem Envisaged

Lake Success, Jan. 19.

A substantial majority of the members of the United Nations were expected to support the con- demnation of Communist China as an aggressor- at today's meeting of the Political Committee to consider next steps in Korea.

No vote is, however, expected until next week. A group of Arab and Asian nations met today

a

ly recalls" he and the Mossers Dutch Government must make a few hours before the Political Committee's meet- arrived on the outskirts of Joplin vital decisions in the very near when he stopped the car, "pur-future, it is learned from usualing in an effort to find some eleventh hour formula through which Peking could be given one more suant to an agreement reached by reliable quarters today. with the Mosser family to the

chance to reach a peaceful settlement. that report

etraight- effect that he was to tie them

While the required.... support for and leave them in the car in General Dwight D. Eisenhower,

North Atlantic Army forward condemnation of the Chinese People's Re- order that he would have time the

Supreme Commander, had writ-public was thought certain, less unanimity was ex- to escape".

At this point, the statement ten

had left pected on the problem of what sanctions should be continued,

bassador police car passed the Mosaer car and two ofeers Holland "disappointed and de- taken against Peking. looked them over very carefully pressed" was described by and drove on. It said Cook had Dutch. Foreign Minister, been in the process of binding Dirk Stikker. as "a scandalous and gagging his victims. As the leak" but red tail light of the police faded, "the woman and children began screaming" and a light came on in a nearby house.

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"Cook stated that at this time he shot and killed the entire Mosser family. Later he drove to an abandoned mine shaft, into which he dumped the bodies." United Press.

STOP PRESS

AMERICA'S NEW DEMAND

Lake Success. Jan. 19.

to the American

staling he

the

Dr

The Dutch Army authorities have faced reluctance by the Finance Minister, M. Lelitinck, and other Ministers to switch funds from social services and industrial progress.

Chilean

delegate

wha

Com-

Going Strong

"La Petite Boddie"-108 year old British designed locomotive that gave the name Baddicom to a whole, scries of French engines, puffs triumphantly into a London Station at the end of her journey from Paris, to appear in this year's Festival of Britain. Though towed for most of the journey, the engine completed the last lap under her own steam. Buddicom, owned by the French Railways, has been loaned for the Rallway Section of the Festival Exhibition.-

London Express Service.

Found Guilty

Of Murder

The The United States delegation, to the resolution which is now the first speaker in the resumed

the Political being made ready will ask the debate in was not denied.

United Nations to support the mitice. principle that "collective measures"

The debale was late in start- should bo taken

ing as many delegations had against any aggresar.

But even high-ranking mem-not yet received final instruc-

Tokyo, Jan. 19. bers of the United States de- tions from their Governments. ΕΙ The delegates of Cuba,

A United States Army legation were today still not pre-Salvador and Brazil supported General `Court – Martial pared to lay down precisely

convicted the proposal to establish a clear

1. 22 year - old what such measures should be.

Private Howard L. Can- The problem was expected to case of aggression against the

non for premeditated mur. be handed over next week to Peking Government.

der of a Japanese girl, Collective the newly created

Measures Committee-w body of

Mr C. Blanco (Cuba) said

There has also been an inter- over de- departmental battle fence plans resulting in com- paratively le being done. General Elsenhower's visit has practically forced the "go slow" members of the Government to modify their views, but the dilemma which faces the Government is whether there Chile today supported in them." shall be short-term or a United Nations' Political Com- Any further delay in dealing long-term policy

defence mittee a condemnation of Com- with aggression would be--not munist China: as an aggressor only a symptom of weakness preparations-Router.

14 nations which has not had that the polley of territorial ex- pansion which Peking was tak- any experience in its field. ing was serving as an instru- ment of "Communist imperial-

Of

The United States today de- Bale Of Cotton

manded

an

extraordinary

Saturday afternoon meeting of Auctions For £250

the

United Nations main Poli-

tical Committee and announced that it would introduce its re-

Manchester, Jan, 19.

CHILE SUPPOETS

in Korea and agreed with the but a clear betrayal of Charter proposal to hand the question principles, be added.

United Nations' over to the

Mr Daniel Van Balluscek Collective Measures Committee.

the Santa Mr

Cruz, (Netherlands) recalled Hernan

coun- Chilean delegate, said that it efforts of the 13 Asian

Nations the United

were to tries to encourage the Chinese offered by Communists to accept a peace- accept the terms A bale of fine American Peking It would lose all moral ful settlement. solution there condemning cotton, sent by the people of prestige. Communist China as an aggres Edinburgh. Texas, to Princess

Ha denied that the branding *sor in Korea.

Anne, daughter of Princess

an of Communist China as spokesman Elizabeth was auctioned

future sold the resolution-which bad £250 at a mill near here today. aggressor would make been delayed

the to gain

Another £250 was added by negotiation Impossible.

He said that the. United broadest possible co-sponsor- the Raw Cotton Commission and

refused to ship would be submitted on Princess Elizabeth is giving the Nations had never Saturday "even the United total to charities after buying a negotiate, but would not do so States were the only sponsor", token gift for Princess Anne on the basis of a "disgraceful -United Press.

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pence"

The

American

COMMENT OF THE DAY

tor

The Danger Of Defeatism

THE Western World faces an in- T

sidious peril that is often over- looked in these crucial days. It is, in An a word, the danger of defcatism. analysis, for instance, of the recent speeches of Senator Taft and some of his Republican colleagues in the United States show that they are im- pregnated with this disturbing quality. The United Nations is written off as "an utterly ineffective weapon." And the argument continues: France and Britain will "in all probability" turn Communist If the Russians get to the Rhine; it would make no difference "if ten or more American divisione" wore sent to Europe. Through these speeches run the clear abnegation of leadership in favour of self-protection. The emphasis throughout is on "the American people" as if the United States had no mission in the world but Its national interests. Many Ameri- cans, it is clear from the correspon- dence columns of the newspapers, re- gard this defeatism as all the more dangerous because it is an impalpable, elusive quality, and the New York Times on the subject pointedly ob serves that "we have been quick and sharp in our criticism of the element in France and Europe generally, but if the londing Power of the democratic world should show the same weakness the harm will be infinitely greater.” A leading American churchman ox-. presses the same thought in these terms: "The greatest danger before us, too often unperceived, is that in frustration and fear we becomo pro- occupied solely with personal ́ and national well-being." Because it Is à spiritual malady defeatism is difficult to eradicate. The idea, na Gonorai Eisenhower has said, is to "bring con- ndence not fear to the hearts of -men." He has an "unshakable" faith

in Europe, in the underlying courage of its peoples, in their willingness to live and sacrifice for a secure peace and the continuance and progress of civilisation. There are defeatists, too, in Western Europe, but they do not begin to represent general opinion. And there, also, are to be found in not inconsiderable numbers the profes- " sional Communist agitators who auto- matically endeavour to undermine any- done in the in- thing attempted or

But terests of Western democracy. they, too, do not represent the spirit the freedom-loving peoples Europe, who are "willing to live and sacrifice for a secure peace and the continuance and progress of civilisa tion." Senator Taft, ex-President

of

He said that it would sur- prise no pre that the Soviet WarTh Union had given such approval, to the Peking Plan. The promoters of the so-called Stockholm peace appeal had found no difficulty in it.

The Court found Can- non guilty of shooting and killing Yoshiko Kametapl while Ite Wils on guard duty at

Camp Carver,

Kobe; on May. 2. last year.

·After, killing the girl. who had rone to the Cannon camp to see him, attempled to kill - himself- but recovered from the wound after hospitalisa- tlon-Reuter.

A

Segregation

Condition For

State Aid

Supplies Of Rice In

The Far East Are Dangerously Lọw

London, Jan. 19.

Supplies of rice for Far Eastern people are dan

gerously below requirements, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation warned here today.

In a published survey of the rice position, the FAO said that supplies available for consumption in 1950 were three per cent below prewar averages, while the total population was believed up by 10 per cent.

Offensive Pending

NEW COMMUNIST CONCENTRATIONS

Tokyo, Jan. 19. Communist activity in tho eastern sector of the Korean war front tonight suggested that a new offen- sive against the United Nations army is pending after the 10-day lull.

Pilots and prisoners' reports from the Korean front tonight Indicated that some crack Communist troops were with- drawing from the battle area for refitting in Manchuria.

But

through

the

No-Man's-Land

simultaneously United Nations patrols probing deeply across the per

peninsula ran several places

forces of Communists

This

indicated

into

that only Chinese Communist divisions mauled from the alr, suffering from ley weather or cut up in the batires for Hung- nam in the North-East and Wonju, south-east of Seoul, had been taken out of the line.

Concentrations of Communists' were reported In the Suwon south of southeast of

area, about 20 miles

north and Seoul, north Wonju, and south Parallel in the cast

CONFUSED

of

the 37th

POSITION

tomath! heitle action had by

past 24

been reported in the hours, Communist

and

concentrations in the east, central and west

movements

sectors indicated a new offen - Talve was looming there after

the 10 days, lull since the Wonju action.

Chinese Communist Army

Troops were

Third reported both in the east coast and slip- Foutheast towards the

Punggl pass through. Chechen,

but

the position was confused.

Chechen and Punggi, both southeast of Wonju, are on the road and railway leading down to Taegu

Despatches from the central

Modern techniques must be major importer and the emer-front tonight said that three applied to production, it cald,gence of Japan as the largest skirmishes were reported thero today when United asserting that the average pro-buyer of rice in the free markets earlier duction

unit In per

Nations patrols went India, of the Far East-Reuter,

out for the Burma and Pakistan was one-

Zourth day to find out why the INDIA'S FOOD SHORTAGE

Communists had stopped short third the yield of Japanese

Sydney, Jan, 19. paddy fields.

India is now so short of food after rushing across the 38th

Parallel dividing South that "we are asking all coun

and North Korea. teles to come to our aid and give us

An Intercepted Chinese Com- whatever they can,"

Ariny broadcast in- the Indian High Commissioner munist

diented that Chinese Commu- in Australia, Mr K. S. Duleep-nist troops were moving across, sinhjl, said today.

Political and economie in-

stability were major limiting factors in expanding rice pro- duction.

arca

five

The Australian Wheat Board the Pyongchong River, had promised to do its best, to miles northeast of Chechen, but, give an additional 18. milthe direction was not stated, lion bushels of wheat for India Reuter.

HEAVY AA FIRE but, because of the floods ́ ́in ex-New South Wales, it might have. has only 50 per cent of the all- In the mate.--Reuter.

Extension of the rice area and improvement of the pro- ductivity of existing rice lands must be the basis of all plans for the solution of the food Atlanta, Georgia, Jan, 19. problem, the report said,

During the last decade A record-breaking $89,- 000,000 appropriations bill pansion of the rice

pronounced most was introduced in the Indian sub-continent. Georgia state legislature on Because of the uncertainty of the water supply, the low level Friday with the surprise of soil fertility and other limit provision that no Georgia ing factors, much of the addi- age of food grains, hoe decided school could get any state tional land brought under food 10. cut rationing throughout An aroused House of Reprefunds unless it enforced crops remained marginal for the country by a quarter, it more near Sonchon.**.

Also suporting the American proposal, Mr Van Balluseck concluded by saying that the United Nations members must collectively show their loyalty to the Organisation-Reuter.

CONGRESS VOTE

Washington, Jan, 19,

Only a few "no" votes were

audible in the valve vote,

•

the

shall not bo

been

rice growing.

POOR FRODUCTION

RATIONS CUT-

New Delhi, Jan. 19. India, facing a serious short-

Tokyo, Jan. 19:- Twenty Superforts, on the Pyongyang strike, ran into. heavy anti-alteraft Üre-the heaviest since the Reds re-took the city.

Five Communist sck-ack pow sitions were knocked out in a sweep over Kangdong and three

-80 Shooting

was learned today.

Star Jels sentatives shouted approval to segregation.

India's rationing day of a 28-word_resolution ur-.

system. destroyed the southern end of a The bill, drafted for Governor

covers about 113,000,000 peo- rad bridge near Huichon, Ind ging the United Nations to Herman Talmadge, gives brand Red China na aggressor Georgia

To improve the productivity ple, or nearly one-third of the North Central Korea; schools twice

total population

The Aut Из Котел,

of these marginal lands was one

Firth Air Forca amount of money, they received of the principal objectives of

The country shortage of report for the day listed 124) in the past. But the bill pro- the national agricultural plans food graine, accentuated by buildings, containng. enemy videa the State Board Of of both India and Pakistan. Goods and droughts and by troops or supplies, as destroyed In the brief debate, however, Education

Though India controlled al- earthquakes, is estimated at and 84 damaged. Associated some Republicans

Press contended authorised or empowered to op- most one-third of the world area 6,000,000 tons—Reuter. ~4 the resolution was tantamount portion or pay any funds op- under rice an estimated area of to a declaration of war on the propriated herein to any school 20.6 million hectares yielding Chinese

ese Communists.

system that does not provide 34.5 million tons of paddy-she However Martin of Massachusette Joseparate schools for white and turned out less than one-fourth i

the RC-coloured races." publican leader, said he did not that should A school

tion. construe it that

permit the mixing of races, ita allowance shall be cancelled,

merely an expressday. It

of senti-

Lender

mont

ent among the House members, Democratic House of

John McCormack of Massachu- setts introduced the resolution and was joined in the action by Mr Martin,

Hoover and others who feel like them want to see Europe saved for demo- cracy but they do not think the United States can help Europe enough to save it. They have no faith in Europe. If that were the prevailing American opinion, it stands to reason that Europe' would have no faith in Ameri- ca and the game would be lost.to Rus sia without a struggle. But majority American opinion today is willing to start from the premise that the securi- ty of Western Europe is vital to the United States and it draws the conclu- sion that America must give a con- vincing reaffirmation to the people of Europe of American unity, with them and of leadership in setting up an effective defence. This is still tenor of the State Departmenťé policy so far as Europe, is concerned, and "therò is, fortunately, no possibility of under the existing it boing changed Administration. It is a polloy that is the opposite of defeatism;It la the sort of common sonso and courage that we are cortain will make the greater appeal to Americana.

the

Aystem

Production in Pakistan declin- ed by 3.8 percent in 1950 compared with 1948-40.

which

The bill also provides: "Should

Japan, with an area below any part or portion of this

prowar, harvested TECORE: CROP section be held unconstitutional

of any in 1940-50 of 12,224,000 tons, or by the final judgment court of competent Jurisdiction six percent above prewar, then this entire

also re section shali A record crop was thereafter be vold, invalid and ported from - Formosa, unenforceable and the remain before the war was an impor ing balance of funds appropriate tant "rice bowl" area on which od in this section in whole or in Japan depended, to some extent part shall not be paid.”

for its import needs... This means, the

Extensive crop failures in States Suprema Court, to Chins, plus the setback of re- Mr Martin wald his only re- which such enso surely would covery in Burma moro thon grot was that the action was | be appealed, should order non- offset production increases in not several weeks ago, to head segregated schools for Georgia, the Far East.

Mr McCormack cald its over whelming approval by the House would show the rest of the world that the United States is truly untied.

HIS ONLY REGRET

United

off what the called the recent state funda for education would The difficulties of the dis "appeasement" vote in the UN be

However proposal of surplus rite at "de

cut off.

on a a Koncaa couse-fire proposal, visions for public schools and aired prices", or for acceptable Although Mr McCormack universities are separate in foreign exchange caused the the bill. The state would crop arena in Egypt und Italy presented the resolution as

continue to provide money expression of bipartisan foreign

for to be reduced, by 12 percent Representative Fawnter,

Pauf the O two branches even li Michigan

and eight percent respectively. gan Republican, other schools violated the trom the previous Your's declared that the Republicans segregation provisions United agures. supporting the move "do not] Presa. »]

fot speak

the Republican quorum panty" and forced Toll call to establish that a

majority of the membership 76

was on hand. The tally show- ed 208 present, with 210 re- quired for a quoris

for the resolution,

Tentative John M. Very

Terrorista Slain

In Malaya

Singapore, Jan, 18

Brazil, tho・・ largest – rico=" growing 'country in the Western Hemisphere, harvested a record Production Crop in 1949-50. was 18 per cent greater th In the previous year.

The United States, the largest Western

A Government communique top. Ohlo Republican, declared that and today that 70 Communist A

harvested |

unlean the UN acts on the terrorists were killed by ascurityļ áboro Pay and

and 21 captured in: Bontiered

Korean situation, it is heading forces in December, 6s wounded the pattern

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