The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 28, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA 'EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,5641 "STANDBY" IS| BASIS, ALASKA FORCE UNITS, SEATTLE, June 28—®—Military installations in the Pacific North- west and Alaska were on day-to- day routine today, but commanders said all units were ready for any emergency. The joint Armed Forces public information office said any loc:u] developments would be reported im- mediately if “feasible” but added! no special orders have been re- ceived from Washington. Rear Adm. John Perry, com- mandant at Whidbey Island Naval Air Base, said he has a squadron of heavy patrol bombers “at the ready.” The unit is scheduled to leave for Kodiak, Alaska, for its regular turn at routine reconnaisance and patrol of the Alaska sea frontier. He said, however, the group 1s “ready to go any place, at once.” At Anchorage, Alaska, Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining said several ground and air units are on a 24-hour “standby” basis. PUBLIC WORKS HEAD PLACED ON INTERIOR FIELD COMMITTEE John D. Argetsinger, district en- gineer of the Alaska Public Works program, formerly the General Services Administration, has been approinted representative of that agency on the Alaska Field Commit- tee of the Department of the In- terior. Argetsinger’s agency was recently transferred to the jurisdiction of the Interior Department by executive order along with other reorganiza- tion measures presented to Con- gress by President Truman. Appointment of the engineer head of this public construction agency was made by James P. Davis director of the division of "island: " and territories and announced in Juneau by Kenneth J. Kadow, fiels committee chairman, comprised o! the heads of Intérior agencies in Alaska. Kadow also announced that the next tri-monthly meeting of his agency is to be held in Palmer July 11, 12 and 13. The program under Argetsinger i: charged with the administration ot the $70,000,000 public works act, passed by the last Congress to fa- cilitate the construction of Alaskan community projects as a féderal- community share basis. JUNEAU (ITY BAND T0 PRACTICE THURSDAY FOR FOURTH PARADE The Juneau City Band has been called for a short practice at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow (Thursday) night in the grade school auditorium. The practice is called for the pur- pose of giving the once over to marches to be played during the Fourth of July parade. The Washingtor Merry - Go - Round Bv DREW PEARSON 1Copyrisht, 1980, vy Bell Byndicate, Inc.) OSKALOOSA, Towa—I have beer visiting out here in the middle west away from the bureaucrats the McCarthyites and the wire tap- pers, where I had the honor of helping dedicate the great lighting system that illuminates the granite faces of Washington, Jefferson, Lin- coln and Teddy Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore. Thinking about these heroes and what they would have done in this present age of fear, I couldn’t help wondering . whether we today are exercising all the pioneering re- sourcefulness which they showed in founding this country. I couldn’t help thinking that maybe the present generation is too soft, too content to rely on modern inventions and mechanical miracles. What would we have done with a great wilderness to conquer? Would we have had the courage, the perseverance that they did? Today we face the same kind of political wilderness behind the iron curtain and some of us seem con- tent merely to worry about our personal problems while the world | balances on a razor's edge between | Fisheries and Elton Engstrom on 21|e PRECIPITATION salvation and ruin. We have become specialists in material things. We can build any weapon, a rocket plane carrying us to another continent, perhaps to another planet. But we do not —_— (Continued on Page @our) VOTE FOR QUEEN FOR FOURTH NOW AT SLOW CHANGE Candidates for queen during Ju- neau’s July Fourth celebration and also their sponsors are evidently holding back turning in their tick- ets, perhaps watching for rival moves. Last night at check-up time, only one perspective queen made a turn-in of votes. Here is the vote as it stands at present: Carmen Mantyla 46700 Roberta Messerschmidt ... 32400 Nella Jermain 19300 Shirley Casperson ... 10000 The turn-in of tickets is up at midnight Friday for selection of queen but the sale will continue and ownership of an automobile will be determined at the awarding time. Complefion Of Defense Plan Urged WASHINGTON, June 28 — — Zarly completion of an Alaskan de- ense planning project begun dur- ng World War II was urged today )y the U. S. Chamber of Com- nerce. “The work on this project takes )n added significance with the ums clash in Siberia bringing act- ve hostilities almost up to the United States’ Far Eastern defense line,” the chamber’s board of direc- ors said in a statement. The chamber recommended that shotographic and topographic sur- /eys of Alaska and northwest Can- ida be completed “at the earliest jossible date” and that the U. S. ind Canada ‘“coordinate fully” ‘heir far northern research pro- srams. Canada, it said, had gone ahead #ith the work after the war and ts reports had been assembled and Jublished. This country, on the sther hand, discontinued the pro- ect in 1944 when the war situation mproved, the chamber added. It asked that the U. S. section ;omplete and issue reports on its work, which the chamber said, de- 7eloped “a vast amount of infor- nation on the northwest area.” The chamber action, the state- nent said, was based on a suggest- on by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce which proposed these rojects for study: National defense and security, Alaska aboriginal rights and res- :rvations, Alaska land laws, Alaska ransportation, fisheries protection, ind support for the Alaskan de- Jelopment program. BUREAU OF BUDGET REPRESENTATIVE - ON 6-WEEK ALASKA TOUR On a field examination of pro- posed Alaska projects by various Government agencies, Sam Broad- bent is starting his six-week tour with a few days in Juneau, planning © return late in July. On his 1946 trip, the Bureau of the Budget staff member was assigned chiefly to activities of the Department of Agriculture. Since then, he has been promoted to zeneral supervision of the work of many more agencies, such as Army, Navy, Interior and other depart- ments. Broadbent conferred today with Gov. - Ernest Gruening, Regiondl Forester B. Frank Heintzleman and Clarence J. Rhode, Alaska director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. With Rhode, he went this afternoon to Glacier Bay Monument, for which the National Park Service has been making recommendations aver a period of years. The Washington visitor will be here until Sunday, stopping at-the Baranof Hotel. Broadbent will con- tinue his field examination in the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas before returning July 28 to inspect proposed projects for Southeast Alaska. g BOAT RADAR LANDS 25,000 LBS. HALIBUT The Lout Radar, commanded by Harold Jorgenson, landed 25,000 pounds of halibut here today. The load went to Alaska Coast split, after bidding had shoved the prices up to yesterday's level—25 cents per pound for mediums, 2% cents for large, and 18 cents for chickens, Frank C. Binschus of Portland, Ore., is at‘'the Baranof Hotel. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——————— BRIT.NAVY IN ORIENT GIVENU.S. LONDON, June 28 — (# — Prime Minister Attlee announced Britain has decided to place its naval forces in Japanese waters at the disposal of the United States to support American action in South Korea. Attlee said the British naval forces were offered for immediate use. He made the announcement in the House of Commons. “I need scarcely say that the Prime Minister speaks for all parties in the House when he makes this announcement,” Winston Churchill, leader of the Conservative opposi- tion, declared. “We shall do our best to give him any support he needs in what seems to me an inescapable duty.” HERE FROM WRANGELL Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Angerman of Wrangell, arrived in Juneau last night aboard the Baranof to spend a few days. They are registered at the Baranof Hotel. Mr. Angerman is operator of the Royal Blue Cad in Wrangell. ASSESSMENT BILL ON TRUMAN'S DESK WASHINGTON, June 28 — (P — | An aide to the Senate interior com- mittee said today the President will be advised of the need for early {action on the mine assessment bill now on his desk. If it is not approved before mid- night Friday some owners of claims on public lands may lose their lo- cations. The bill went to the President June 23. He has 10 business days after receiving the bill to act on | IAI it. The deadline for assessment work, which the measure is- intended to extend, expires June 30, the end of the present fiscal year. The owner of a mining claim on public land is required to perform 3100 worth of work on the prop- arty each fiscal year. The pending bill would extend the period—for ‘his year only—until Oct. 1, if the miner has given notice hé intends ‘o use the extra time. The bill is not retroactive. TIf the President’s approval should be delayed beyond Friday midnight, claim owners who have not done the work would find their titles in jeopardy. President Truman has been re- luctant to sign one-year extension bills in the past. However, it is tunderstood no veto message WPas set. been prepared and congress- lonal sources feel that since the pending measure still requires that the work be performed, the Chief Executive may approve it. BILL SIGNED BOOST FUNDS | CREDIT CORP. WASHINGTON, June 28 — (A — President Truman today signed a bill boosting by $2,000,000,000 the tfunds for the government price support program. The additional authorization is for use of the Agriculture Depart- ment’s Commodity Credit Corpora- tion, which previously had beea given $4,850,000,000 for the price support program. The program this year is to ‘bolster prices of cotton, wheat, corn, rice, tobacco, peanuts and several other crops. ® 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 62; minimum, 50. At Airport—Maximum, 61; minimum, 44. FORECAST (Juneau and Vichitty) Cloudy with intermittent light rain tonight. Partly cloudy Thursday. Low tem- perature tonight about 52 and high Thursday near 65. ® . . . @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today | ® City of Juneau—0.34 inches; |® since June 1 — 127 inches; e since July 1—72.41 inches. ) At Airport — 042 inches; 1@ since June 1 — 082 inches; {® since July 1—4649 inches. . . . . ° ) ° . . . o [¢ . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ;Iafl Okehs ; Move Made | For_l(orea' But Senator Believes Sec- refary of State Ache- son Should Quit WASHINGTON, June 28 — ) — Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told the Senate today he supports the use of American armed forces in Ko- rea but believes Secretary of State Acheson should resign Taft said that any Secretary of State who has been ‘so reversed by his superiors and whose policies have precipitated the danger of war had better resign and let someone else administer the program to which he was, and perhaps still is. 50 violently opposed.” Taft told the Senate he believed the policy laid down yesterday by President Truman was right “and 1 see no choice except to back up wholeheartedly and with e‘fery available resource the American men in our armed forces who have been moved into Korea.” “We are actually engaged in a de facto war with the Northern Korea Communists,” Taft said. “That in itself is serious, but no= thing compared to the possibility that it might lead to war with Soviet Russia.” CANT FORM ANY CABINET FOR FRANCE PARIS, June 28—M—Georges Bi- dault today refused to head a new French cabinet—the fourth top pol- itician to turn down the job in the past 26 hours. Interior Minister Henri Queuilie, Defense Minister Rene Pleven and Justice Minister Rene Mayer all have refused the task, chiefly be- cause the Socialist party will not reenter the coalition they aban- doned last February. The cabinet neaded by Bidault, leader of the Popular Republican movement, was voted out of office Saturday. 21 Republics Support U. N. Korean Move WASHINGTON, June 28 — (® — The 21 American republics today declared their “firmest support” for the decisions of the Uniteq Nations in the Korean crisis. A resolution adopted by the coun- cil of the organization of American states also affirmed the “contin- ental solidarity which ties the American states.” Costa Rican Ambassador Mario Echandi proposed the resolution. The OAS council is the central agency of the 21 American coun- tries. EKLUNA PROJECT MAY GET APPROVAL WASHINGTON, June 28 — (® — Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said to- day he is optimistic that the Senate will approve legislation to authorize construction ‘of the ' $20,000,000 Eklutna power project in Alaska. When the bill came up in the Sen- ate two weeks ago, Senator Mc- Clellan (D-Ark) objected to its consideration. He did so, he said, because of a difference of opinion over whether the Army Engineers or the Reclamation Bureau should build such projects in the Territory. Bartlett said he since has confer- red with McClellan and that the Senator indicated he would not re- new his objection when the bill is called up again. FIRE ALARM A 4-9 fire alarm yesterday eve- ning summoned the Juneau Fire Department to the ballpark to practice for a Fourth of July fast- ball game against the Douglas Fire Department. e e e e e e e e e e e e . et et et ettt et e Mr. and Mrs. Fall of Skagway are !at the Baranof Hotel. SENATE VOTE STATEHOOD FOR ALASKA IS ISUNANIMOUS, APPROVED BY (OM RAFT ACT | EMDILE !Gives Truman Power tfo Order Reserves to Full Duty Plus Inductees | WASHINGTON, June 28 — (& — A top-heavy Senate vote today gave final Congressional approval to a one-year extension of the draft act. The vote was unanimous, 76 td 0. The measure puts in President Truman’s hands the power to call up thousands of draftees, National Guardsmen or reserves, if necessary to keep the strength of the Army, Navy and Air Force above the 2,000,000 mark. A 315 to 4 margin for the bill was rolled up late yesterday in the House. Congressional action was seen as quick support for President Tru- man's demand that Communist forces be stopped in Korea ans other parts of the world, even it it means a shooting war. The measure not only allows the President to start actual drafting but also allows him to order Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard reserves to duty. Before the vote, Chairman Tyd- ings (D-Md) of the Armed Services Committee had predicted it would be “nearly unanimous.” FLEET TUG TO TAKE NAVY RESERVISTS ON TRAINING CRUISE The U.S. Navy fleet tug Bagaduce, which will carry Juneau Naval Re- servists on a training cruise this weekend, is enroute from Seattle and will arrive here at 10 a.m. Fri- day, according to a message reach- ing Coast Guard headquarters her=. The weekend cguise will be the first for the newly-formed Juneau unit of the Navy Reserve, accord- ing to Lt. Comdr. Douglas Gray USNR, commander of the local unit. The reservists will leave Juneau Saturday morning and return Sun- day evening. The ship they will cruise on is a 143-foot vessel powered by diesel- electric engines developing 1500 horsepower. Its top speed is listed as 13 knots. Training for the 12 Juneau men who will take the cruise will be primarily in seamanship, Lt. Comdr. Gray said. ARBITOR TAKES OFF FOR ANCHORAGE T0 TRY TO END STRIKE SEATTLE, June 28—M—Albin L Peterson, commisisoner of the United States Mediation and Con- ciliation Service, left by plane to- day for Anchorage to try to enc a strike by 325 carpenters on de fense projects in that area. Harry H. Lewis, regional directo of the service, said the Chamber ol Commerce and other agencies ir Alaska had made special request: that the service intervene. Officiali in Washington, D.C, also ar. watching the dispute closely, he said. The carpenters struck June 1 in a dispute over wage increases. MERCHANT SHI BONUSES FOR WAR IONES MAY RISE SAN FRANCISCO, June 28—M— A meeting was scheduled for today between maritime union represen- tatives and members of the Pacitic Maritime Association to determin¢ what bonus changes should be made for crews of ships sailing into war zones. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 28 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 111, Anacondg 30%, Curtiss-Wright | 8%, International Harvester 26%, { l | I l MITTEE; BATTERING REDS KEEP | BILL FOR HAWAII OKEHED ~MOVING ON g | WASHINGTON, Sune 28 — The Senate Insular Committee ap- proved today House-passed bills to grant statehood to Alaska and Ha- walii. Chairman O’Mahoney (D-Wyo) announced the committee vote was eight to two in favor of the Alaskan statehood bill with three committee members refraining from voting. The Hawaiian bill was approved nine to one with three members present but not voting. The Alaska bill would give the new state control of its fisheries and 20,400,000 acres of land, with 20,000,000 acres to be selected by the state at the end of five years. The statehood bill passed by tne House would have given Alaska four sections in each township. Alaska would assume all debts of the Territory, take over the courts and schools and retain all and buildings the Territory now owns, The federal government would retain control of public lands MINE SUBSIDY BILL TURNED DOWN BY RULES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, June 28 — (® — ‘The House Rules Committee today refused to clear a compromise mine subsidy bill for House action. Chairman Sabath (D-IID told re- porters the vote against the mea- sure was 5 to 4. The bill, sponsored by Sabath, would have authorized the appro- priation of $165,000,000 over a four- year period for incentive payments to stimulate the conservation and development of strategic minerals. Sabath introduced the measure last month. Members of the Rules committee had complained that an- other bill by Rep. Engle (D-Calif) for the same purpose called for the expenditure of too much money. The Engle bill proposed $330,~ 700,000 for incentive purposes. Quinfuplets, 4 Boys, 1 Girl Die After Birth NEW ORLEANS, June 28—(P— Quintuplets, four boys and a girl, were born to a 28-year-old negro zirl here, but all died within four aowrs of births. Hospital records identified s nother as Alberta Allen of Whiie- sastle, La., about 80 miles north of New Orleans. The records made 10 mention of the father. The quints were born at Charfty Jospital between 7:15 a.m. (CST) ind 8 am. (CST) at intervals of ‘bout 10 minutes. The bables ranged in weight rom 1% to 1'2 pounds each. They vere three months premature. JTAH FLIERS HERE T0 AID GUARD UNIT Called to active duty for the pur- pose, four members of the Utah Air National Guard have arrived in a C-47 to assist the Alaska National Guard in transporting supplies to various outlying stations. In the party are Col. A. G.”Winn, Maj. George M. Lamb and Staft Sergeants Jack E. Story and James K. Lisonbee. They were to take off“today for Anchorage with supplies for Bethel, expecting to return Friday for an- other load. They probably will haul supplies to Nome and Point Bar- row, during their two weeks in the Territory. Arrangements are through the courtesy of Brig. Gen. J. Wallace West, Utah Adjutant General, ac- cording to Col. Joseph D. Alexander, acting Adjutant General of the Alaska Guard. Incidentally, a special treat is in store for Eskimo Guardsmen at Hooper Bay, as the Utah fliers stopped at Ogden General Depot to pick up band instruments for Father O'Connor’s unit. On his re- cent Alaska inspection, National Guard Chief Kenneth Cramer be- hmd! i | - | except those given the new state. ' These would include 300,000 acres | for improvement of legislative, executive and judicial buildings; 100,000 acres for hospitals for the insane, 100,000 acres for peniten- tiaries, 100,000 acres for schools and institutions for the deaf, dumb and blind, 200,000 for normal schools, 1100,000 acres for state charitable, penal and reformatory institutions and 100,000 acres for homes for pioneer residents. The bill would prohibit any Com- munist from holding office in the new state and would require that a clause to that effect be included in the constitution. The state would be required to disclaim forever any right to land +not given it in the bill, including i that held by natives or held in trust ! by the federal government for na- tives. Earlier today Senator Butler (R- Neb) said he would propose an amendment to repeal application ot the Wheeler-Howard Act to Alaska if it becomes a state. This law per- mits the Secretary of the Interior to establish Indian reservations there. Butler said he had sent copies of the Alaska bill, as rewritten by the Senate committee, to persons In Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau and Ketchikan, Alaska, and expected to have their comment by tomorrow. He said they might have suggestions to offer. “The people who have to live with the law,” he said, “ought to have the right to offer suggestions.” O'Mahoney announced the voting as follows: On Alaska — Senators Murray (D-Mont), Downey (D-Calit) by proxy; McFarland (D-Ariz), An- derson (D-NM), Taylor (D-Idaho) by proxy; Lehman (DLib-NY), Ecton (R-Mont), and O'Mahoney for the bill; Senators Butler (R- | Neb), and Cordon (R-Ore) against, with Senators Millikin (R-Colo), { Malone' (R-Nev) and Watkins (R- { Utah) voting present. One Hawaii — Senators Murray, Downey, McFarland, Anderson, Tay- lor, Lehman, Cordon, Ecton and O'Mahoney for the bill; Butler against, and Senators Millikin, Ma- lone and Watkins voting present. O'Mahoney said the voting, authorizing a favorable committee recommendation on the bills, fol- | lowed the rejection by votes of four to nine of a motion by Senator Wat- kins that the bills be sent to the Senate without recommendation. Bill Amended O'Mahoney said the Alaska bill was amended to provide that during ' the interval before Alaska becomes ' a state, no Indian reservations may be created in the Territory and no law of Congress dealing with In- dians not now applicable to Alaska ) may be extended to the Territory | without further action by Congress. O’Mahoney said he told the com- ' mittee he believes admission ot Alaska and Hawaii to statehood would be invaluable in pramoting + the defense of the United States. ! Asks Senate Support He told reporters he will put the | bills before the Senate as soon as committee clerks can prepare them {and that he will ask the Senate leadership to support them. O’Mahoney said the committee amendment on Alaska Indian re- servations and laws will maintain' a status quo on the question of na- tive rights. The amendment is a modification ‘of a proposal by Butler to forever bar the establishment of new In- ' dian reservations in Alaska. The committee action will send the statenood bill to the Senate floor for the first time. Two years ago, the Senate co- mittee refused to send a Hawalian statehood bill to the Senate for action after the House passed it. The Alaska statehood bill was passed by the House for the first time this year. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Prince George from Vancouver scheduled to arrive 3 p.m. Friday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight. Chilcotin scheduled to sail from Vancouver Thursday night. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sall from Vancouver Saturday. Alaska from west scheduled Kennecott 57%, New York Central|came interested in their desire to southbound Friday. 12%, Northern Pacific 14%, U. S.|form a band, and was able to get & Steel 33%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 2,600,000 shares. | | Averages today are as follows: in- | dustrials 214.68, rails 53.10, ucilities k4l.87. donation of instruments from the Army. T. Conrad of Hawk Iniet is regxs—i tered at the Baranof Hotel. Baranof from west ; southbound Sunday. Franis See of Hoonah is regis- |tered at the Baranof Hotel. i scheduled | Seoul Is Overwhelmed- Planes, Guns of U. §. Thrown Into Action 1 (By the Associated Press) Red Korea's battering advance has overwhelmed Seoul, and Amer- jcan planes and guns were thrown into the breach today in an attempt to turn the tide of war in favor of embattled South Korea. Swift jets and bombers slashed at Red troops and installations. Two American B-26's were lost in crashes. American jets and Mustang fighters shot down six Russian- made North Korean planes inter- fering with evacuation operations. Serious Situation As the first detachment of US ground troops—a Signal Corps unit —entered the Korean shooting war, President Truman said “We face a serious situation,” but expressed hope his decision to use armed might in this conflict will lead ultimately to peace in the world. The President addressed the Re- serve Officers Association in Wash~ ( ington. American political factions closed ranks, Herbert Hoover sald the United States must have unity ot purpose and action in such a situ- ation. This, said the former Presi- dent, is “not the time to argue origins, mistakes, responsibilities or consequences.” Must Repel Invasion President Truman's hope for peace was re-echoed in Britain, where qualified sources said the American challenge to Commun- ism’s advance might yet swing the balance in favor of peace. Prime Minister Attlee said Britain is giv- tng close oouSIAEration % moves to support the action of the United States—backed by the 7 to 1 vote of the United Nations Security Coun- cil last night—to repel the Com- munist invasion of South Korea. Russlan Charges But in Moscow, the authoritative Communist party newspaper Pravda accused the United States of direct aggression against both Red Korea and Communist China, and asked rhetorically: “Have they (the Amer- icans) gone too far?” Pravda, sup- plying the only Russian comment thus far on the new American de- cisions, did not indicate what the Russians might do about it. A dispatch from Suwon airfield, 20 miles south of Seoul, said there was every indication that the war was going against the defenders. It told of a long line of refugee Ko- reans moving south, and relayed pessimistic reports of Americans who had been on the scene several days. Red Sweep ‘The Red sweep to the south was only eight miles from Suwon, where some Americans still are reported. US. Ambassador John J. Muccio and his staff were reported safe some 90 miles south of Seoul. '/ The first American ground tachment to take part in'the Ko- rean shooting war was a Signal Corps outfit dispatched by Gen. MacArthur to set up a field head- quarters somewhere in South Ko- rea. Seoul Fall Confirmed The U. 8. Defense Department in Washington confirmed reports that Seoul, South Korea's capital, fell to the Reds, along with Kimpo air- port, 16 miles to the northwest. The announcement said Inchon seaport on the west coast probably is un- tenable, But it said that despite loss of the three key points, morale of the South Korean defenders re- mains high. The Communist radio at Pyong- yang, capital of North Korea, long before had reported the fall of Seoul and its occupation after street fighting. Communist broadcasts were heard from Seoul. U.S. Bombers in Crash American B-26 bombers return- ing from combat flights over Soutn Korea reported they knocked out six heavy Russian tanks on one mission. Two of the B-26's were re- ported to have crashed, with the crew of one bailing out. Returning pilots said they sighted no Russian- |bum fighter planes, but several re- | turning planes were hit by ground | tire. | On the high seas, U. naval forces maneuvered to couriter any amphibious operation by the North Koreans, while the U.S. Seventh Task Fleet moved to carry out President Truman’s order to fore- stall any Red invasion of Formosa, k (Continued on Page Two)