The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA 'EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,547 ) JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS i i AN U. S. Troops Rolled Back By Reds In Korea | | | | o | | | | | equal to that of laborers in Ketch- | ikan and on the Mendenhall Apart- SEN. DEMANDS CHECK ON U. . ARMS, FORCES Leaders Also Make Dras- | tic Program Cufs fo Wind Up Session August 1 WASHINGTON, July 6 — @ —| The Senate Armed Services Com- mittee wants “all the facts” on U.S. military forces and supplies avail- able in Korea, Japan and Europe. Rockets Readied for Korean War g e——— WAR DEAD IN KOREA PUT AT 20 American Wounded Plac- ed at Four or Five Times that Number Is Report TAEJON, Korea, Friday—(®—The 1Assoclaud Press was informed to ‘duy that American dead so far in the Korean fighting total 20 and the wounded are four or five times COMMIE PUSH IS UNDERWAY Heaviest Air Action of Present Conflict Re- ported from Front (By the Associated Press) A tank-led force of 40,000 Com- munist troops stabbed 60 miles south of captured Seoul today on | Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman ot that number. the heels of withdrawing American * tractors and the union. The con- | THOUSA“DS lEFT itmcu have been under arbitration | {for two months, he said, and no 2 | AlEuTIANS | Two labor disputes are darkening | the construction picture in the Ju- neau area, | .ge | The Construction and General | Wre(kage IS |de|‘|'|f|ed bY‘Lnborera, Local 1203 (AFL), have placed members of the Juneau cfash Boat-Fa'e Of 7 Contractors and Employers Asso- |ciation on the unfair list after a Aboard Unlearned | wace aspue g The laborers are asking for $2| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 6— Per hour, a wage which T. B.| —A B-17 missing overnight was | Erickson, executive secretary of the | found wrecked yesterday in Kulak | Alaska® Federation of Labor says | Bay on Adak Island, but the fate of | will put Juneau laborers on a rate seven men aboard was not learned. Their names have been withheld. The big bomber, a 10th Rescue |MeDt Project here. Squadron plane, took off Tuesday Independent contractors and the night for Shemya at the tip of the | PArtment project are not effected Aleutians to pick up sick personnel |PY the strike. for a flight to Elmendorf Air Base| About 20 jobs have been stopped here. by the dispute, Erickson said. Rl.dio contact with the craft was| Meanwhile, the strike picture lost soon after the takeoff. Badiwas furtner clouded by the walk- | weather hindered the search for|OUt on Monday of the Teamsters' | the missing ship until 6 a.m. when |UPion Local 10 (AFL), against six | another B-17 sighted the ;w/réckage {Juneau construction firms. | A Navy orash bost wes sent 'o. Steve Feist, union ‘business agent, | the Bay in the Aleutian island chain | 214 the strike was called “to stop and identified the plane as the| . Practice of employing truck-| missing B-17. The weal:her Had baen drivers as laborers at laborers’| extremgely p‘oor T ihe plan‘a{wages while they are on the job " las drivers.” took, off, with the ceiling at ©One Another cause of the strike, Feist | thousSiseest. jsaid, is the lack of a signed work- | 1ing agreement between the con- | agreement has yet been made. All of the contractors affected by the strike are now paying the | basic union wage of $2.13, Feist STRANDED AS BUS | DR'VERS SIR'K | sald, except one contractor who. is | Wepheas | paying $1.80. The wage scale m'; Koreans in their efforts to resist; Communism” must be helped. Secretary of the Army+ Frank Pace stayed in the communications room in the Pentagon Building OKLAHOMA CITY, July 6—/P— $213 was set by the union and | ‘Thousands were left stranded Miagreed upon by the contragtor bus stops in this city of 242,000 this | members of the Associated General | . i and maintenance employees of the! The Teamster strike affects some | city bus company. | independent contractors and some | The strike was voted unanimously | members of the Juneau Contractors at 3:30 a.m. after drivers completed and Employers Association. Feist | business representative said. iaffected, but he said the Menden- | Drivers seek wage increases and hall apartment job is not under] other contract provisions, including |strike. insurance and pension plans. | About 12 drivers are off their i t said he is to meet with| | the contractors tonight, and that | | he is optimistic of an early settle- | NEW YORK, July 6 — Closingg quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock ' today is -2%, American Can || . v » 101%, Anaconda 30%, 'Curtlss-!preslden' S Adlon [ ; " Heads Off Strik 27, Kennecott 56%, New York Cen- | tral 12, Northern Pacific 15, U. S.| ea s rl e‘ Steel 33%, Pound $2.80%. | Sales today were 1,570,000 shares., WASHINGTON, July 6 — ® — Averages today are as follows: in- | President Truman today created an 41.09. | threatened strike against the Pull- | |man Company by the Order of i Railway Conductors. The Washi NGON | e Presicents acton automatc. R d days. The conductors had intended el'I'Y- 0-NOUNG |0 wamx out July 11 ICopyright, 1830 by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) R l WASHINGTON — Considering | “ss pAv A"““‘ ] the fact that they are members of | opposite political parties and once| General MacArthur and President | wasHINGTON P Truman have coordinated on the ity 8 Korean crisis exceptionally well. dad y that Russia has met promptly In fact, they get along better| ;s annual jinterest payment on twar purchases of American | generals in the Pentagon Buildlnz.'ggzds_ B with highhanded disdain. _|to the department Monday to pay Two historic telecommunication | tne jnterest due July 1 on $220,- conversations were held between | g90000 worth of goods and services MacArthur and the White Hause supplied after V-J Day. war. The first was the night be- | fore Truman issued his world- shaking announcement that Amer- ican forces would intervene. The MacArthur gave an extremely pu" OF PI-A(I"G gloomy picture of the Korean mil- itary rout and asked for permission RF( IN (oM R( ! to land ground troops. When Mac- agon officials teletyped back the ThWASseHn:GTw%): AUk i suggestion that he make a formal| L€ Senate y :ecq:::i;erux;:m‘:r.u;eiepn::i;::siloyx; struction Finance Corporation in < the Commerce Department under the supervision of Secretary Sawyer. MacArthur talked on the telecom | in somewhat the same stilted lan-| The chamber did so by adopting, guage he uses in his now famous approve the plan just two days be- commniques.: B i net, apeak fore it was slated to become effec- tive. h “the Hup aed sueh Diiiaace 85 Senate disapproval of the change lar lending corporation, will con- tinue to operate independently of other government agencies. RFC op- erations are handled by a five-man the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was in- vited to give the Senators that in- formation next Tuesday. Senator Morse (R-Ore), a mem- ber of the group, said it should be ascertained “why we find ourselves in Korea without adequate equip- ment and supplies.” Senator Know- land (R-Calif) proposed that the committee set up a ‘“watch-dog check” on such essentials for the successful conduct of the tightm-,:.i . | At a morning news conference, | President Truman said he stands firmerly behind his nomination of Sumner T. Pike to another term on the Atomic Energy Commlsslon{ and of Martin Hutchinson, Rich- mond, Va., lawyer, to a place on the Federal Trade Commission. Both have been reported adversely by Senate committees. In connection with the Hutchin- son nomination, Mr. Truman said | that the chairman of the Senate| Commerce Committee, which re-| ported unfavorably on the appoint- | ment, votes more often with the Re- | publicans that he dees with his own party. He was talking about Senator Edwin C, Johnson (D-Colo}. | | The Senate Finance Committee, | buckling down to hearings on the new tax bill, received a flood of re-| quests for deeper cuts in excise| taxes on such articles as fur coats,| | | jewelry, and movie tickets. The busi- ness group which lodged those pleas said the $1,010,000,000 in reductions | voted by the House was not enough. Minnesota’s Governor Luther | Youngdahl went before the Senate | crime inevstigating committee to| urge that the federal government wipe out the “growing menace” of crime syndicates which he declared are challenging the power of some state governments. On the legislative front, Demo- cratic leaders in the Senate were making drastic cuts in their pro- gram in an effort to wind up Con- gress by August 1. Pro-(almunlsls Renew Atfacks in Frenth_lndothina SAIGON, Indochina, July 6—(®— French military soufces said today that a strong force of pro-Com- munist Viet-Minh rebels attacked French positions in the Bentre re- gion, 60 miles south of Saigon, two nights ago and captured two small forts. ‘The attack was the first major action undertaken by the Viet- Minh in Cochin China in two months. Briish Army Veteran Dies of Injuries in Fall LONDON, July 6—{®—Field Mar- shal Lord Chetwode, 80, a veteran of 61 years in the British Army, died today of injuries suffered in a fall from a bus last week. POOR CHICKIE OAKLAND, Calif, July 6—®— R. C. Trotter says he just hasn't the heart to tell his little red hen) the facts of life. He gave her somne potatoes to eat a week ago. She’s been sitting on them since, waiting for the spuds to hatch. FROM ANCHORAGE Frank H. Fuqua, CAA inspector from Anchorage, is stopping at the morning by a strike of 400 drivers'Contractors. i final runs, Gordon Malone, union |declined to name the contractors |jobs as a result of the walkout. |ment of the dispute. | ‘Wright 9%, International Harvester | | dustrials 210.85, rails 53.03, utilities|emergency board to look into a |ally heads off strike action for 60 Bv DREW PEARSON rival candidates for the Presidency, The State Department reported to- | than some of MacArthur's fellow | whom “Doug” sometimes treats|" 5 §5117427 check was handed in the first stages of the Korennl second was four days later when | Arthur made this proposal, Pent- Truman’s plan to place the Recon- was immediately granted. on a voice vote, a resolution to dis- disparagingly of the SoutH Koreans means the RFC, a multi-billion dol- board of directors. — (Continued on Page Four) Baranof Hotel. Staff Sgt. Harold Vanderband of SOLON WANTS ACTION ON STATEHOOD WASHINGTON, July 6 — B — Senator Cordon (R-Ore.) said to- day he will formally ask Senate consideration of the Hawaii and Alaska statehood bills. “Reports from the Orient em- ohasize the need for early con- sideration of the statehood bills,” ne said in a statement. Senator Lucas (D-Ill.) Senate majority leader has said that Sen- | ate action on the statehood bills| depends upon how long Congress remains in session. The House-passed bills have been ; approved by the Senate Insular Affairs Committee. Cordon, a committee member, ¢ voted in committee for the Hawali bill and against Alaska statehood. “While I appreciate the desire of the present Senate leadership for early adjournment, this being 2lection yeas, I also realize that the situation in Korea may dic- tate a longer session of Congress than has been contemplated,” Cor- don said. “Certainly ir it be found in the National interest to continue the session there then, can be no rea- son why the statehood bills should not have consideration.” Cordon did not say when he will make his bid for Senate action. The Senate program tentatively calls for consideration of the ap- propriations bill next week, fol- lowed by the tax bill. Ammunition Plant Explodes, Red China HONG KONG, July 6—P—A trusted informant in Red China re- ported today that an ammunition plant explosion in Peiping had killed or injured hundreds of workers. He did not give the date. U. 5. ARMS ARRIVE IN PHILIPPINES MANILA, July 6—®—The first shipment of U. 8. arms aid to the Philippines under recent provisions arrived today aboard the American Army Tfansport General Gaffey. The shipment included small arms and fire control equipment fo: artillery. It was part of the $5,- 1500,000 worth of arms aid the Phil- | ippines will get under the U. S. arms assistance program for Korea, Nationalist China and the Philip- | pines. FROM KARLUK Mr. and Mrs. W. D, Gulledge: nof Hotel. Work Toward Grand Rapids, Mich., on duty with Japan, checks over rockets at Itazuki airfield before they are loaded on American P-80 fighters engaged in resisting the North Koreans' invasion of South Korea. (# Wirephoto. Setflement of Fish Strike SEATTLE, July 6—{®—A pos bility loomed today that negotia- tions aimed at séttling a strike of resident Southeast Alaska cannery workers against the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., will be resumed in a few days. The AFL United Alaska Fisher- men and Cannery Workers’ Union | struck yesterday in support of de- mands for higher wages and be- cause of a dispute over employ- ment preference between resident and non-resident workers. The union immediately pickelpd‘ industry installations in Seattie and Belilngham. The action halted preparations for the Southeast Alaska salmon-canning . season which operates from Aug. 15 to| Sept. 3. The union represents about 1500 workers. Peter Gilmore, Juneau, has been sent to Sitka to confer with union representatives concerning possible settlement of the dispute. | | able. (This dispatch filed at 6:34 am. —3:35 pm. Thursday, Eastern Standard Time—did not give the source of the information.) This word was received as cas- ualties were being brought back from the fighting lines. Special care is being given the | wounded. The §irst to come back |arrived *at 6:30 pm. Thursday (3:30 a.m. Thursday, EST) aboard 1 & gasoline railway car. | (This dispatch, by AP corres- pondent, O. H. P. King, evidently i referred only to ground casualties— not air.) They were greeted by a medical i cfficer, his aide and an Army (nurse. Smokes and candy were igiven to the six stretcher cases and —— " two walking cases. One man was ABOUT SKATING THREAT BY AT NOON MEEIING*% TRUMAN IN ~ RR STRIKE United States military forces in | The Chamber of Commierce At its noon meeting in the God | Room of the Baranof Hotel, the| the| course of the “project suggesnonj forum.” { H 'May Take Action Unless dam could be built to raise the level | of Mendenhall Lake, flooding it| rs i Walkout ‘The problem of winter sports ra-‘ y WASHINGTON, July 6 — (B — ancefopithe C?"’"“’" Ajace e graup | President Truman threatened today of transportation companies wrote s men abandon their strike on five They indicated that winter major railroads. tours to Alaska are being planned. | and blamed it upon a small minor- with flood gates could be built in- fjo:€ GHEC TR b snowfall ruins skating. With a dam ¢, gpide’ by the recommendations to control the level of the water,| talked about ice-skating today. subject was brought up in Trevor Davis proposed that a Switchmen Abandon and providing a clear skating sur- | cilities has taken on new import- . |to take drastic action unless switch- inquiring what facilities are avail- ik " o A% | He called it an unjustified strike “I suggest that a wooden dam expensively,” Davis said. “Normally | “gro sald the switchmed declined lof a very able Presidential fact- | the lake could be flooded and skat- | finging poard. ers could have new ice after :A‘i Mr. Truman told his news con- snowfall.” £ | ference he hopes drastic action Kenneth Kadow said Mendenhall | i) not pe necessary to force the Lake is too far away to be generally | strikers back to their jobs. useful as an ice-skating rink. He| me gaiq the strike is tying up suggested that . an Inexpensive|five main jine railroads at a time and South Korean forces. Even so, Gen. MacArthur advised Washing- ton the Americans’ situation was not considered serious. American jets and bombers, in the heaviest air action of the war, hammered at the advancing Reds, destroying eight of their tanks and 45 trucks. In the face of the steady Com- munist push against the American and South Korean ground forces, reassuring word came from both President Truman and Gen. Mac- Arthur. Truman Hopeful Mr. Truman told a news con- ference there are no present plans to call the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserves for duty. The President, In response to a re- porter’s question, said of course he is hopeful that everything will work out all right in Korea. An Army spokesman i Washing- ton said Gen. MscArthur had ad- vised the Pentagon the situation of | the retreating GI's in Korea “is m;:g considered serious in any way.” The . spok Amerlcmmm “wiped out” by the Red advance. He said the outpost had withdrawn behind strong defensive positions with “very moderate” losses and under approved tactical procedure. The North Korean tank force | captured Pyongtaek, 36 miles south of Seoul. Then it overran Songh- wan, another five miles to the south, and Chonan, seven miles be- yond Songhwan. Air Force Busy A spokesman at U.S. headquarters in Korea said 20 to 35 North Ko- rean tanks and 19 to 25 Russian- built Yak fighter planes have been destroyed by American forces in Korea. But the Communists pressed on apparently unchecked, and the spokesman confirmed that the Americans had retreated from their forward positions. The spokesman said 150 to 170 Red tanks are be- lieved south of the 38th parallel. Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters said tonight rocket firing F-80 jets destroyed eight tanks and five trucks of the Communist force pushing south from Suwon. In addition a flight of B-26 bombers Meantime, Kenneth R. Bowman, |rink could be constructed at the:wmn the rail services is needed | destroyed 40 trucks, AFL Alaska organizer, said the union’s executive committee has| made plans to picket industry units | turned over to the Civic Affairs in the territory. COMBAT TEAM COMING NORTH "NEAR FUTURE' SAN FRANCISCO, July 6—P—. Sixth Army announces that one bat- | talion of the Fourth Regimental combat team will move to Alaska from Fort Lewis, Wash, “in the! near future.” | The shift has no connection with the current Korean situation. The unit has been scheduled to go to| Alaska for some time but a lack of military housing had delayed its departure. The battalion will travel | by ship. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Princess Kathleen from Van- couver scheduled to arrive 3 p.m. Saturday. Alaska from Seattle due Sunday., Freighter Ring Splice due Mon- day from Seattle. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday."® Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- | rapher who accompanied the Cham- ball park. J especially for the movement of The ice-skating problem cattle and wheat from the west. And he s he would act if it became ne ty.' . He. declined, however, to say what steps might be taken. About 4,000 members of the AFL Switchmen’s Union are on strike against the Rock Island, the Chic- ago Great Western, the Denver and Rio Grande Western, the Western Pacific and the Great Northern Railroads. They are demanding a j definite date for the start of the|d0-hour week with 48 hours pay. A Presidential board proposed in- stead, giving them the 40-hour week, with an 18 cent an hour pay increase. | Committee for study and action. Allen Shattuck suggested the road | | between the airport and Auk Bay | be paved. | He was answered immediately by | Chris Wyller, Bureau of Publiz| | Roads district engineer, who said | ‘that the paving job is the next| project for the bureau. | However, he c¢ould not give a' job, he said. Peter Werner suggested that the tennis courts in Evergreen Bowl be provided with backstops. R. E. Robertson said he believed | a road should be constructed from Seward Street to Evergreen -Bowl to provide a place for school-| children to play during reeess, The two suggestions were also! shunted to the Civic Affairs Com- mittee for study. » : Malcolm Greany, -local photog- WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 59; minimum, 48. ¥ At Airport—Maximum, 62; minimum, 46. e0ecccccesn seeeneccce ber of Commerce party on its re- cent goodwill tour to Haines, White- | @ horse and Skagway, took Chamber | e members on the tour as he showed | ® | color slides taken by A. Blackerby | e [and himself on the trip. EARTH TREMORS MANILA, July 6—P—Two slight| o earth tremors were felt in towns| o lin Samar and Leyte today. No :damage or casualties were reported. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers to- night and Friday. Low, tem- perature tonight about 48 and high Friday near 60. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.11 inches; since July 1—0.38 inches. At Airport — 0.09 inches; ® since July 1—0.25 inches. rive at 8 a.m. Friday and sails south one hour later at 9 a.m. southbound Sunday. FROM DENMARK Axel Laurent Christensen of Co- SALMON LANDINGS The packer Elfin II landed 22,000 of Karluk are guests at the Bara-' Aleutian from west scheduled |penhagen, Denmark, is a guest ntipounds of troll-caught salmon here Jthe Baranof Hotel. lloday. Troops Rolled Back The spokesman at American hepdquarters in Korea sald US. -ttoops had been rolled back eight to 10 miles but field dispatches | but the vanguard of the tank-led Communist thrust at least 50 miles | south of Suwon. The air war picture was less Igloom;u Raids by B-29 Superforts {and strikes hy British and Ameri- |can carrier-based planes against North Korea targets appeared to have had telling results. The lack of North Korean fighter opposition over the Pyongyang and other tar- 3ets has led to speculation that the Allied strikes against fuel depots left the Reds short of fuel to get their planes aloft. Korea’s rainy season—upon which the planners of the Communist in- vasion obviously had depended — hampered air operations at the fighting front, but planes, includ- ing B-29's, were in action, hammer- ing bridges and other strategic tar- gets. Mustang F-51 fighters, slower and with greater range than the Jets, are on the way to support the ground forces. Seven American air- lines have contracted with the U.8. Defense Department to shuttle men | and supplies to the Pacific theater. } Superforts on Way The carrier Bataan is on the high seas, probably bound for the war area. More B-29 Superforts—the Air Force would not say how many— took off last night from Spokane, Wash., for advance Pacific bases. Others left Spokane Tuesday night. Vice Adm. Arthur D. Struble said in Tokyo his U.S. Seventh Fleet, charged with guarding Chinese Na- tionalist-held Formosa from Com- (Continued on Page Two) )