Western Star (Corner Brook, N.L.), 1952-10-29

              The Western Star Vol. 1, No. 32 ★★ Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Wednesday, October 29, 1952 16 PagM fiv CmM 14 Canadians Dead, 13 Missing Four Nfldrs. Listed Among 66 Casualties OTTAWA (CP) The Royal Canadian Regiment's stalwart defence of Little Gibraltar Hill last week has resulted in the army's heaviest casualty list of the Korean war. The army yesterday announced 1)6 casualties, including 14 dead and 13 missing. In a dispatch delayed «by censor, Bill Boso, Canadian Press correspondent in Korea, identified the R.C.R.'s Ist Battalion asHhe Canadian unit helping to defend the massive crest on the west sector of the front in the action Oct. 23. A Reuters d.sputch said all but a handful of one company were hit when Chinese Communists overran their post. Heaviest Casualty List Oi Korean War The army's 148\.h casualty list since Canadian soldiers entered the Korean fighting early in 1951 reported 30 wounded and nine injured in addition to the dead and missing. Sixty-two were R. C. R.'s, including two officers. Three the wounded were members of the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, another of the Royal 22nd Regiment. There was no indication that the (5(5 casualties made up the complete lisf for the battle or that the battle is over. , The company was swamped by 1,000 storming Chinese, but held on until an Allied counter-attack restored the position.In an earlier dispatch, Boss reported the "Koje Kids" moved into the position the night of October 21, Canadian time, to face a barage of shells that continued the next day, ceased for a time and then reopened in the evening with a barrage "which dropped 3,000 shells within a half-hour." "U. N. forces emerged to find their position a shamblesweapon sites blown in, ammunition scattered and buried and communications gone. In the words of the commander of the "Koje Kids," tlr> Chinese were coming in On us from three sides like a cyclone. Spur-top Battle lasted Two Hours The battle lasted two hours. One officer person. ly killed six Communists. Scattered Allied groups then worked their way to neighboring companies." Yesterday's casualty list brought to 1,197 the number of casualties so far suffered by Canadian troops in Korea, including 222 dead, 861 wounded, 83 injured in action, 27 missing and one captured. The previous longest list was issued November 28, 1951, when 42 casualties were reported. Among thos? wounded in action were: Baldwin, Jeremiah Stephen, Pte.; R. C. R.; Mrs. Nellie Baldwin, (mother). Brigus Junction, Nfld. Rose, John Wilfred, Pte.; R. C. R.; Mrs. Bernice Rose, (mother), 23 Golf A,ve., St. John's, Nfld. Howlett, Thomas, Pte.; R. C. R.; Mrs. Christina Howlett, (mother). 1 Barter's Hill. St. John's. Nfld. Young, Albert, Pte.; Mrs. Elsie Young (mother), 5 Queen's Road, St. John's, Nfld. EX-OCCUPANTS OF TRIANGLE RIDGE TAKE POSSESSION Triangle Hill in Korea is familiar territory to these U.N. troops laboriously climbing the ridge to the summit where they can look down on Communist positions. The hill changed hands sev .ral timas in wild assaults by Chinese troops and equally violent U.N. counter-attacks. No "Easy Hopes" For Big Tax Cut, Says St. Laurent OTTAWA (CP) Lower taxes are possible, Prime Minister St. Laurent said last night. But he told the advisory council of the National Liberal Federation that he would not honestly hold out "any too easy hopes for any too great reductions" with war in the background. Addressing the annual federation dinner, Mr. St. Laurent added his voice, cautiously, to those of cabinet ministers who for several 'weeks have been discussing the question of tax cuts in the light of an impending election year. After a long review of the government's record of spending • much of it on defence—he added. "If we keep on increasing our national production, keep strict control on all expenditures, save wherever we can and do not make too many demands on government, some relief should be possible - and, of course, as and when the danger of war is reduced there will be room for substantial improvement."But it would not be honest to hold out easy hope." Crooner's Wife Seriously lll BEVERLY HILLS. Calif. tffc- Dixie Crosby, wife of crooner Bing Crosby, was in a critical condition today and has slipped into a coma. Larry Crosby, Bing's brother, said her condition is so serious that members of her family have been summoned here. Mrs. Crosby, a former actress, underwent a serious abdominal operation three months ago. Larry said "she has been ill for several years." Bevan Accepts Reconciliation With Attlee LONDON (Reuters I Labor rebel Aneurin Bevan yesterday accepted a "shotgun" reconciliation with party leader Clement Attlee, Parliamentary sources said. Bevan's decision came at a session of his left-wing group which has agitated through the summer for a reduced defence program and more independence from United States foreign policy. Last Thursday Attlee's moderate leadership demanded Bevan break up his rebel camp or face possible expulsion from the party. The wide party split had seriously shaken socialist hopes of overthrowing the Conservative government.Quarters close to the Bevanites said that, although the group bowed to the ultimatum, they would insist on their "rights as individual socialists to keep using left-wing views. Not "Captive" Of Anybody, lke says U. S. ELECTION BATTLE: NEW YORK -± (CP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower says he is "not a captive of anybody." Adlai E. Stevenson disagrees and says in fact, the general has made a "negotiated peace with the enemy.' The opposing points of view were expressed iasi iught by the rival candidates for the Presidency as they ended another tough day on the trail that for one of them will end in the White House. Eisenhower's denial that he is a "captive" was made in a country-wide television-r a d i o question-and-answer program in which he also Yep.ieu io President Truman's charge that the general was responsible for Hie decision that led to withdrawal of United States troops from Korea before war broke out there. The Democrats charge that if the ganeral becomes president he will be subject to the demands and policies of the "Old Guard" of his party. Eisenhower denies  he has "made a deal" with anyone.But Stevenson, the Democraticcandidate, renewed the charge at a Madison Square Garden rally which also was sent across the country by radio and television. He said Eisenhower compromised with his principles when he met with Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft and. the governor said, adopted the principles which Taft advocates. In replying to Truman's Korea-responsibility charge, made Monday Eisenhower said the administration used an outdated,outdated, IM7 'Vrrri military 11 mate" an the baniN for the decision to withdraw :roops Jrom Korea. The administration thuw "abdicated" It* civilian authority.With only six days remaining before the election, the candidates wire driving tor New York State's 45 electoral votes, top prize among the" states. The race is rated close in New York. Throngs in Manhattan cheered Stevenson and showered the streets with ticker tape and streamers as he completed a 90-mile motorcade through New York City and northern New Jersey. Eisenhower drove for 80 miles through autumn flowers and flurries of, conf.-tti iu tjueens, across the cast river. Vishinsky Gives Marathon Talk In U.N. Today UNITED NATIONS, .N Y. (CP»— Andrei Vishinsky, Russian foreign minister, will deliver a marathon address of at least four hours before the United Nations today when he replies to United States charges that Russia h largely responsible for continuation of the war in Korea. Reports on the length of A'iahinsky's speech came out of a dinner last night at which the leader of the Russian delegation entertained six Asian and two Eastern-European delegates in the Russian headquarters on Park Avenue. Some Asian dei • ;a:es quoted Vishinsky as saying his speech will be four hours long while another said he expects to take six hours to make a point-by-point answer to the detailed indictment made last Friday by Acheson in two hours and 42 minutes. Acheson used a good part of his address to show that Russia, in 17 treaties since the First World War, has approved the principle of voluntary repatriation the only issue blocking a Korean truce. The Chinese Communists and North Koreans demand that prisoners be forced, if necesary, to leturn to their homes. Uprising Goes Into Third Day In Illinois Jail CHESTER. 111. - i.H - Unruly convicts and taut-nerved officials pressed their endurance contest into a third day today with the lives of 10 hostages depending upon the outcome. The second uprising In two days broke out yesterday afternoon in 4 Menard State Prison's psychiatric division. Most of 300 psychiatric division inmates who stormed the kitchen-dining room were herded back to cells, but 38 armed with kitchen cutlery seized three unarmed guards and barricaded themselves in the mess hall. Slated to Talk Seven other guards were hostages of 332 east cell house inmates who rebelled Monday. Sherwood Dixon, acting-governor in the absence of Adlai E. Stevenson. and other officials, tn are scheduled to talk with th j psychiatric inmates tocay, providirg they released their three hostages. »