European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 11 the stars and stripes november 1950 Truman escapes assassination at Blair House 5 shot in gun Battle bullets hit residence from Page 1 a crowd secret service men threw a guard around the immediate Truman peered out briefly at the he left blah House after the shooting through a rear door under a heavy guard for Arlington Archie who saw the shoot said a regular fusillade of shots was Between eight and 12 within a few seconds Davis said one of the gunmen was hit As he ran Westward away from Blair Truman was surrounded by secret service men holding sub machine guns when he left after the his car was followed Bya second car filled with other police men on motorcycles led and flanked the presidential at the emergency James Hospital administrator said the wounded Man had been identified to him As Oscar of new Capossela said the wounded mans condition he said the Man was being questioned by Golicci but was refusing to answer most window shattered Truman returned to the White House proper from Arlington cemetery at pm enter ing the grounds from the South without driving past the scene of the at least four shots ripped into Blair House a window at almost Street level on the Eastside of the mansions Steps was shattered by three a fourth shot lodged next to the door leading into Blair House be Hind the East guard one Spike of the Iron picket Fence in front of Blair House was knocked the apparent assassination at tempt was the first known move against Truman both gunmen wore Black Fedora hats and neat Pinstripe the shots kept on immediately after the one Lay face Down with blood streaming from his head at the foot of the Steps leading to Blair the other was crumpled in crouching at the foot of a Ria Arby one woman at the of said she heard a Sharp Fol Lowed by one As she was Riding in a taxi about a Block from the the cab Driver told me and a second passenger to drop to the said that was not was shooting for the shots kept they seemed to be coming from All miss Hayes said she ran from the cab and hid behind a police account this account of the shooting was together from officers police pets Joe Downs and Don Bridell were standing at the East Entrance to Blair and fat Leslie co Felt was at the West Entrance when one gunman a the gunman walked up to Brid Zell and opened the policeman the gunman started up the Steps of the shooting As he went Downs was struck next the bul let Tore a Hole in his Chest and Togliatti has operation 1 attending Palmiro Togliatti at a communist guarded mental said today he had come through a hard and described his condition after a brain operation As blood drenched his Charles Acme news photog was driving Down Penn Sylvania with other photog Raphers when he heard a we pulled Over to the Side and stopped the Corte i saw one officer in the Middle of Penn Sylvania on one knee shooting toward Blair i took a Quick picture and hopped into the Shrub Bery when some More shots rang out after about 10 or 12 shots were the shooting i ran across the Street and the policeman was now lying on his Back in the Middle of Pennsylvania just outside Blair saw a he was his face was smashed from a shot in the head and he had been shot in the a White House guard theres another one Back there in the i looked and there was another civilian lying on his he was near his hand was a German automatic five feel away him was another wounded White House guard with whom he apparently had shot it but this is Blair across the Street from the White the guard boxes were built after the Truman family moved Bonn role delays arms plan wife names gunman continued from Page 1 Ber of the puerto rican nationalist we want the Independence of puerto ant american uprising in puerto Rico quelled san puerto 1 up the 48hour revolt by anti american nationalists seeking in dependence for puerto Rico col lapsed officials said 40 persons were killed and 34 wounded and Only mopping up operations by police and National guardsmen the last two rebel strongholds at Jayuya and Utuado were reduced by 400 guardsmen who sent the communist backed rebels into Retreat from the towns with Chin gun and Rifle eighteen rebels including Natien Alist Leader Elio were captured in a Mountain town in the Center of the tanks and mortars brought to the town by guardsmen were not put into puerto Rico governor says reds plotted conspiracy san puerto 1 ins Luis Munoz Marin says the nationalist party uprising against Bis regime is part of a communist inspired wicked conspiracy to impose the will of less than fanatics on two million in exclusive he lambasted the nationalists for Start ing the Campaign of violence yesterday and said without having any evidence at since it is being investigated i believe that the communist part has inspired and stimulated these regrettable it is already known that this is the chosen technique of the reds create difficulties to democratic government through terror and puerto Ricos first popularly elected governor discounted the Impact of nationalist attacks on demo cratic institutions on the he said there has been no no a few groups of Luna tics for a few hours tried to alter the Public continued from Page 1 Atlantic defense committee issued at the close of the meeting said the defense ministers actions taken by the military production and Supply Board since the last meeting of defense committee on april with the recommendations of the military committee j As tothe forces to be provided by each member country to the North Atlantic treaty this based on military considerations and is subject to review and final agreement by member governments and recommended the countries the principles which should be followed to insure the effectiveness of military and mobilization procedures and provide a continuous flow of trained manpower to the military method discussed the when of the supreme Allied command organization for the North Atlantic Ocean it said the ministers had Dis the question of the method by which Germany could make its most useful contribution to a Suc implementation of the plan for an integrate Force adequate to Derer aggression and insure the de sense of including Western the communique continued the ministers reaffirmed subject to adequate of a German contribution the building the de sense o in View of the complexity the the ministers have referred the matter to the Council of deputies and the military committee for further in the discussions of the last few president phones daughter in Maine 1 president Truman reassured his by Telephone shortly after the shooting in Washington the president told his daughter everything was of and under con Kenneth miss tru mans manager on her concert Allen said miss Truman would give her concert at the City Ball Here tonight As she Doest seem too upset by the news from he dog shoots owner 1 25yearold Man was in serious condition in a local hos Pital today after being shot by his Donald webbs Shotgun was leaning against the front seat of his car when his dog jumped into the accidentally hitting the ministers considered the plan presented by the United states government and the proposal presented by the French government French proposal involves far reaching of a poas Well As a Char Acter which the ministers considered would require further study by the the ministers considered that the Broad questions before the de sense committee so vitally affected the organization of the future in i grated Force for the defense of Europe that decisions on the final form of military organization and the command Structure should be postponed until there have been further considerations of the issues general George Secretary of was chairman of the the place and time of the next meeting be deter mined by Secretary Marshall and the meeting will be held As soon As the1 examination no being con ducted by the military committee arid Council of deputies is com Shaw Given last rites continued from Page 1 weeks after he fell broke his left thigh while pruning fruit Trees in his after the thigh was a minor operation was per formed to ease a flare up of a recur ring kidney apparently on the mend after leaving the Shaw suffered a relapse last his tempera Ture shot at 4 am he be came at his latest pro by reported Shaws condition in the Church of England rites com Shaws soul to god were intoned at his bedside this after noon by of Ayot St Peters the Clergyman said that Shaw really was no atheist even though he had often professed to he believed in Davies Davies reported that was breathing but apparently did not hear the korean reds admit chinese now at front continued from Page 1 Side of the but Battlefield intelligence indicated that at least two chinese divisions were operating on korean a spokesman Lor the x corps said the 119th chinese red div was operating with korean communists in the Northwestern two regiments of a second division have been identified Northwest of on the East chinese troops were reported assembling for an attempt to seize but South korean troops have contained the threat so marines struck out from Kamhung to attack chinese concentrations ranged in an arc Northwest and North of the important East coast marines move North Long caravans of 1st Marine div trucks moved into Ham Hung All Day today As the leathernecks moved North for the final drive toward the one Marine detachment probed Northwest of h a m h seeking Contact with a reported 3c500 chinese reds near Tok Hungt elements of the u Tel div continued landings at 65 Miles Northeast of press correspondent Glenn with the 24th said reconnaissance planes reported sighting heavy red concentrations in and around pcs said that while they were on the Way to the place where the communists counterattacked a column twice last night without they saw oxen and men pulling More than 100 big guns of All the prisoners were North but claimed to have seen chinese troops on the korean Side of the Yalu 1st Cav rushed in the 1st Cav which had been scheduled for a Victory Parade in Tokyo was rushed to the Rescue on the South korean within two hours of its the reds ambushed an american company and knocked out two of its tront dispatches said thousands of chinese and North korean troops were slaughtered in he Battle be Low but the reds continued to Rush reserves into the counter the South koreans also were suffering heavy one South korean battalion was bit hard it no longer can fat considered a fighting a South k o r e a n spokesman Truman to attend rites at Arlington 11 a per 1 the american said yesterday president Truman will Lay a Wreath at the Tomb of the unknown sol Dier the Wreath at 11 will be part of the annual armistice Day ceremony at Accord seen on Honn Force continued from Page 1 general staff or National army As shall not be allowed to revive its War Acheson said the major area of disagreement with the was on How German forces should be utilized and in what he said it was necessary to consider How the French proposals for a integrated european with uni fied political could be made to Accord with existing National political Acheson insisted there was no thought of holding up military assistance pending agreement on the German he said the whole idea was to get that problems faced by the minister were com and that should note e p e c t e d a moment he also contended that there was nothing in the position on use of German troops which would Hurt the Schuman plan for european economic he said the two were wholly consistent and the was most enthusiastic speedy implementation of the Schuman