The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 1, 1950, Page 1

'THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,544 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 1,°1950 PRICE TEN CENTS — ] MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Alaska Defense Line Bristling for Fight REDS BREAK KOREANLINE, BUT STOPPED Strategic Town Not Lost as Broadcast from Washing- ton-Things Are 'Hazy’ TOKYO, Sunday, July 2—@—A | North Korean Communist column | : has been hurled back from Suwon by stiffening South Korean defense and apparently never actually took that strategic town or its import- ant airstrip, General MacArthur’s; headquarters indicated today. The Red forces are concentrated | now 10 miles north of Suwon and ! have thrown at least three make- shift wooden bridges across the broad Han River, 23 miles north of Suwon, indicating imminence or‘ a heavier thrust. | Seoul Bombed i A U. S. Air Force communique| said B-29 superfortresses bombed | the bridges and railroad yards and | anti-aircraft batteries inside the| Red-held capital city of Seoul Sat- | urday. | This sudden reversal of previcus | accounts of the fast-shifting Kor- ean war situation came as Amer-| ican foot soldiers were being poured ! into far South Korea in a histor- | ical airlift. They started moving| by rail more than 200 miles north to the front, but latest word was/ that none had yet completed the! trip. i Suwon Situation | ‘The MacArthur headquarters communique said that South Kor- ean defense forces were holding Suwon came at almost the same time as a Washington defense de- partment announcement that it| was lost. i Officers at MacArthur’s head-' quarters greeted the Washington announcement with silent smiles. | Circumstances of just what hap-! pened when the Reds made an| acknowledged breakthrough across | the Han River and advanced oni Suwon Friday night were admit- | tedly hazy. It was theorized in Tokyo that the Red advance, coupled with the hasty departure of the American| field headquarters and South Kor- ean officials from Suwon, led f-| telligence officers either in Tokyo | or Washington, or both, to trans-| late probability into fact. | Public information officers ati headquarters had refused either to| confirm or deny, however, unti this morning's communique. Even ! it quoted undisclosed sources to “indicate” that the southerners re- tained Suwon. Without detailing exactly what | happened, MacArthur’'s communi- que said: Another Rebal “The Suwon area weas |.cnent- | rated by advance elemenis of the| Communist forces on the night of June 30, but apparently not in! sufficient force to hold their gains.” | Reports direct by telephone from Taejon, the temporary South Kor- ean capital 73 miles south of Su- won, had said Saturday that the South Korean defense collapsed at | Suwon and the Reds were roaring | southward with an armored col- umn. MacArthur’s communique said, “there was some increase in enemy activity south of the Han River, but not much.” It intimated that American Air Forces might be attacking the Nor- therners’ bridges across the Han,| but said bad weather hampered} both air and naval activity Sat-i urday. Defying the bad weather, the Air Force steadily threw American infantrymen into Fusan, southeast Korea. They must travel 162 miles northwest by rail to reach Taejon. The Suwon area is 73 rail miles still farther north. An Air Force spokesman in Tokyo said the airlift was without incident. He said a C-54 trans- port that crashed at Fusan, killing 23 men, was not on a troop-carry- ing mission. Tom Lambert, Associated Press correspondent at TFaejon, said no American foot soldiers had yet ar- rived there late Saturday night. FROM HONOLULU Miss Bobbie Swenson of Honolulu is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. Several Ohicans are staying at the Baranof Hotel. Among them are Mrs. W. H. Stubbs of Ferneycroft, Lebanon, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ankrofn of Dayton. Korgg_nflw_gmen Flee‘lm‘r_gd F ers PLANNED TONIGHT, _ CCRONATION BALL f& Tonight is the Big Night—the night hundreds of Juneau folks Ihave been waiting for. At midnight, at the Queen's Cor—‘ onation Ball, to be held in Elks | Baliroom starting at 10 p.m., an-| nounccment will be made of the | lucky winner in the annual Four'th | 1of July Queen’s Contest, the lucky | young lady to reign over Juneau's| GALA TIME 15 ' MacArthur Returns from Front | | Troops Ready ) :To Fight "Like Hell” - Twining Jét Planes Ar—e Hidden-In- structions Issued for Civ- ilians in Danger Area | marked Korean women, some with bundles on their heads, walk alon; flee ahead of Communist invaders from the north. CONGRESS | IN WARTIME UNITY NOW Foreign Aid Bill Passes Senate Unanimously- Draft Bill Is Signed WASHINGTON, July 1 — (® — Congress revived wartime unity to- day as some lawmakers called for American ground action not only in South Korea but also in the Northern home grpunds of the Ko- rean Communists. A 66 to 0 vote by which the Sen- ate yesterday sent a $1,222,500,000 foreign arms aid bill to the House the second unanimous tally in as many days for a mili- tary measure since President Tru- man ordered armed intervention in Korea. Previously a year’s extension of the military draft had been ap- proved 76 to 0 by the Senate. Mr. Truman signed that measure into law yesterday. But action on these measures—in the mill before the Communists attacked South Korea — left some | lawmakers unsatisfied that every- thing possible had been done to | open the way for American success i in the Orient. Senators Knowland (R-Calif), Flanders (R-Vt) and Millikin (R- Colo) told the Senate that all United States military operations ought to ignore the 38th parallel which separates North and South Korea. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 19%0. by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) WSHING’I‘ON — Simultaneously with the Korean crisis two top British defense experts arrived in Washington for talks with Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. The fact that they came as the Korean crisis broke was an accident, but P, Wirephoto from g a railroad track in South Korea as they four-day celebration besides re- jceiving a free trip to Seattle and 3100 cash. The three other candi- dates will attend her as Princesses. But the Queen will not reign | alone. For the first time in its annual celebration Juneau is. to have a King—King Juneau I. iie ihas been chosen by a committee of local businessmen and his ideh- tity is also to be revealed at the midnight hour, Voting has been unusually heavy | for the Queen candidates with each and every organization working hard to put their favorite candi- | date across. The final count was taken Friday midnight and a big vote was turned in by candidates | ]and sponsors. However, no matter who is the| lucky girl, the runners-up will not SEA BLOCKADE WON'THALT RUSS SUPPORT | | | WASHINGTON, July 1—(P—The | U.S.-British naval blockade of Ko- rea is expected to help land op- erations against the invading Com- | Imunjsts, but it won't keep therm {rom getting military-supplies from Russia. In ordering the naval ring to be thrown about the embattled penin- sula yesterday, President Truman apparently had two main objectives in mind: (1) To prevent *the attacking North Koreans from making any more landings on the southern coast; and (2) to keep the sea lanes open for the movement of U.S. troops and supplies from Japan. But the blockade probably will have little effect on the shipment of any supplies Russia wants to send to the Communist troops. In the days when Japan con- trolled both Manchuria and Korea, she tied the road and rail systems of the two countries together and, angled both in a northerly direction toward Russian borders. At the time, the Japanese were preparing for a showdown with the Soviets in Siberia. Thus, a fairly good land route exists for shipment of supplies intc North Korea from Russian territory i N(; PARKING No parking between the hours of 10 am. and 12 am. on July 4th on Frent and South Franklin Sts. { to Admiral Way (Winter and Pond 1 corner). All cars will be impound- >d. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver due to aprive at 3:30 this afternoon and sails for Skagway at 11:30 p.m. Chilcotin from Vancouver sched- uled to arrive at 6 p.m. Sunday. Aleutian from Seattle due Tues- day. Princess Louise scheduled to sai! from Vancouver 8 tonight. Baranof from - west scheduled ' 1 | bomb against North Korea. nevertheless it was significant that, ‘simultaneously, Peter Geoffrey Rob- erts, conservative member of Par- liament, urged .use of the atomic southbound 5:30 p.m. Sunday. e 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 For it is to discuss British use WEATHER REPORT of the atomic bomb that the two experts were ordered to Washing- ton. They are: Air Marshal Sir Ralph Cochran, Vice Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force, and D¥. Rith- ard Cochran, an atomié scientist. The two men were sent on direct I * orders of Prime Minister Attlee,t® following a meeting of the British|® cabinet, to discuss future ues of| ® the atomic bomb by Britain. What|® they propose is: s 1. That the United States stock-|®* PRECIPITATION pile a certain number of baby A-'® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today bombs in the Azores in mid-Atlan-' ® City of Juneau—0.07 inches. tic immediately. Attlee wants this' ® At Airport — Trace. e 0o 0 0 0 In Juneau—Maximum, 62; minimum, 47. At Afrport—Maximum, 66; minimum, 41. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight about 47, highest Sunday about 68. (Continued on Page Four) lose. They will each receive awards, | Army radiophoto. the second high a trip to Anchor- age and $100; third, $100 cash and fourth, $75. | o night at the Coronation Ball which | is always a popular kickoff to the | RUSS MovE bration, Ex-61 Queri (;.1 N%: ch;sm;:: | EX=Ul uueries " InCase of War WILLIAM M. WOOD, July 1—#— | [ President Truman’s close associates | Korean war will await develop-|ArmYy and Air Force veterans who ments in Moscow and at the'front,(Were discharged after the last war | either 4 fireside chat to the coun- |'eserves then—cannot be recalled | try or an address to Congress un- | to service on the ground that the course advisable. officially. ! Meanwhile, the Chief Executive| In general, that was the reply of | Williamsburg, from the stress and | day to these two questions being strain of his most trying week since | raised by veterans: The gray-haired President looked [UP ©Of reservists, what would .be tense and tired as he climbed ul,glhe status of former officers who Philadelphia Navy yard last ,]‘glm!con:mlssiol1s after their war serv- ice? jcalled back to service on the | {grounds that the draft law which {gated him to serve for the dura- {tion and six months? |cer who was separated from the‘ | service, without signing up for a| RA Il lI N ES new reserve commission, could not |should find itself in a new emer- CHICAGO, July 1—P—The rail gency, a spokesman said, the Air morning, and a railroad spokesman | former ofiicers and offer new com- | says peace talk results so far are | missions to those it wanted. Those About 50,000 men are idle, and |have to accept them, however. rail revenues and wage losses have| The spokesman added that dfs- been estimated in millions of dol-|charge certificates protect enlisted | western rail lines have been hit. }bemg recalled. g An Army representative, said (ur-“ BRUNO SHO' ‘mer Army officers, who were "dls-{ L] A large turn-out is expected fo--| “grand and glorious” Fourth cele- President Delaying Mak- ABOARD DESTROYER USS| said today his next moves in tme| WASHINGTON, July 1 — A — They said he has no plans for —and who didn't sign up for the less events should make such a|WAr emergency has never ended rested aboard the Presidential yacht | Army and Air Force spokesmen to- the end of World War Two. 1. In case of a Presidential call the gangplank of his yacht in the|did not sign up for the reserve 2. Could a discharged GI be ‘was in effect during the war obli- N I l [ STRIKE, The Air Force said any air offi- {be recalled. In case the country strike will be a week old tomorrow |Force would review the rolls of | “nil.” lars. Five big midwestern and!air veterans of the war against | charged from their commissions” | land who did not sign up for new | | reserve commissions, could not be | | called back. However, some Wwho | were placed on inactive duty, rather | than being discharged, could be. ‘ Wartime GI's who were dischar- ged couldn’t be called back under the wartime draft law. | offered new commissions would not | CRITICALLY KANSAS CITY, July 1 — @ Charles Bruno, 51, a professional bondsman linked by police with the Northside operations of the late political boss Charles Binaggio was shot and critically wounded early today by two gunmen. NO SETTLEMENT YETIN STRIKE ON N.Y. NEWSPAPER NEW YORK, July ~-(®— Pro- longed mediation sessions this week failed to settle the 19-day-old strike of the CIO American Newspaper e o o o e o]Guild against the New York World- | merwell Telegram and Sun. ‘T In the Navy, reserve officers’ | period. Most Naval reserve offic- |ers were placed on inactive duty | after the war. They are still in the reserve and subject to being recalled to duty. A few have been | discharged or have resigned, how- ever. | 'ormer Navy enlisted men, if they | did not enlist again following dis- | charge during mobilization, have | the same status as any other civ- ilians. | SEATTLEITES HERE Among Seattleites newly regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel are W. E. Diers, G. S. Newhouse, Mrs. ¥. L. Calkins, Clyde O. Loveland, L. O. Kimes, Agnes Smith, Ross Sum- and Cpl. Wiliam O. Nickoles. 4 | commissions are for an indefiite | | General D radiophoto. | Force base at Fairbanks ouglas MacArthur arrives at Haneda air field near Tokyo upon his return from the fighting front in South Korea. Note cigar in mouth, replacing usual corncob pipe. P Wirephoto from Army BOY SCOUTS GIVEN TALK | BY TRUMAN VALLEY FORGE, Pa, July 1—(® —President Truman stood up before nearly 50,000 Boy Scouts last night | and told them man-to-man what tough world they are growing up 1. It will be an even worse worhi, the President said, unless all Am- ericans work for peace and free-| dom with “the same burning faith | that inspired the men of George Washington's army here at Valiey Forge.” He broke away from his pre- pared speech at the outset to tell the scouts they were lucky to be young Americans—well fed, well taken care of. “Today,” the President said, “the young people of Communist-domin- ated countries are being mobilized and marched . . . “They are being made into tools of power politics, and their mas- ters will not hesitate to sacrifice | their lives if that will advance the cause of Communist imperialism. GOPS MEET, | FORM NEW PARTY PLAN\ PHILADELPHIA, July 1—®—A{ group of self-styled “rank and file” | Republicans from 10 states today, mapped plans for a “new progres- sivism” In the party. l | i The group cloaked its activities in secrecy and refused to make public the names of the 50 or so men here to set up policies they hope will become part of the GOP platform. But the group made no secret of its dissatisfaction with the posi- tion of the Republican party. It invited Pennsylvania’s Gover- nor James H. Duff, avowed foe of “reaction” in the party, to outline his plans for Republican progressiv- ism. A spokesman for the group said | pointedly, however, that Duff is not | a member of the group. The spokesman said rank and file | Republicans are here from Mas- sachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, | New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado and Oregon. | SALTSMAN HERE Joe Saltsman of MacDonald Log- ging Company, Ketchikan, is at the ! Baranot Hotel. 1 LOCAL UNIT RFSERVISTS 6070 SEA |Juneau Men Aboard Navy Fleet Tug on Short Trip —Given Instructions Aboard the USS Bagaduce July 1—(Special to The Empire) — This sturdy U.S. Navy fleet tug slipped away from the Army wharf in Ju- neau at 8 am. today with members of the Juneau Naval Reserve unit aboard. The Bagaduce will tie up tonight at Petersburg, after a cruise which will include training “but plenty of time for photography,” Lt. F. L. Brimmer, USN, captain of the ship, told the men this morning. Already the reservists have been coming familiar with the tug from engine room to bridge. One group of men, including Lt. Comdr. Hugh D. Gray, officer in charge of the Ju- neau unit, and Lt. John Brantner, a Coast Guard reservist accompany- ing the Navy on the cruise, are looking over the ship’s diesel engines and the electric motors which turn the propellor. Chief Machinist W. J. Reiben- spiesy the ship’s engineer officer, is By MURLIN B. SPENCER ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 1—® —Steel helmeted troops, carrying rifles, pistols and gas masks, are on the alert at Alaska's air and mili- tary bases. They are taking no chances of a possible surprise attack. Tanks and additional combat troops are expected to augment Air Force and Infantry soldiers at the big Elmendorf Air Force base here. Given even a little warning “we could put up a hell of a fight right now,” said Lt. Gen. Nathan Twin- ing, silver-haired commander-in- chief of the Alaskan Command. This wartime preparedness ex- tends on a long line running gener- ally southwestward from Ladd Air in the northern interior to Kodiak at the western entrance to the Gulf of Alaska. This will be Alaska’s line of defense in the event of an attack. Since Americans started shoot- ing in Korea, all troops in the Alaskan area, even service troops, are being trained in the use of ground weapons. All have been assigned positions take in case of an emergency. ¢ All Precavtions Taken All precautions are being taken against the possibility of sabotage or fifth column activity from within. It is obvious that primary pre- éniboms ave hetng-takén agaihst the chance of attack by paratroops. It is for this that Twining awaits tanks, whjch are highly effective against troops dropped from the air. Witn even u brief warning, Twin- ing believes a real fight could be put up against such an attack. Jet fighters would slash at troop- carrying planes in the air and ground troops would battle the in- vaders who reached the ground. More Troops Needed But it also is obvious that to be sure of holding, the overall com- mander of all Alaska forces could use more troops and more and heavier equipment. To the north and west of the Fairbanks-Kodiak line, the defenses are another story. At Nome, near the Bering Strait where Alaskans can look across the water toward Russian territory barely 100 miles away, inactivation ! split into small groups and are be- [of the Air Force's Marks Field is continuing. There, where Russians took de- livery of American planes in World War II and flew them to Siberia, I drove past long lines of nearly deserted barracks and there were no defenses of any kind. It is apparent that the American command considers this area inde- ! fensible and its airfield, too small for heavy bombers, of little more i’ than nuisance value to any enemy (Continu ed on Page Five) o R | (Continued on Page Eight) "I 60T NEWS FOR YOU..."” See Page 8 Column 8 Signed: Whing Ding