The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1950, Page 1

g trme] THE DAILY, ALASKA. EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,567 2] W P = JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1950 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition ?xfim} TEN CENTS Yanks Ordered To Hold Your Ground Or Die TWO SHOT DURING CARD GAME ABOARD FLOATING CANNERY Two men were shot to death In a fight during a card game aboard a floating cannery in Prince Wi- liam Sound at midnight last night, according to a report reaching Coast Guard headquarters here. ‘The report came by radio from the 327-foot floating cannery Neva, on which the shootings took place. A remark by an onlooker at the card game started the fatal argu- ment, the report said. One of (%e players, resenting the remark, “jumped up and chased the on- looker with a knife,” the report continued. The onlooker “pulled a gun ahd shot in self-defense,” the message stated. The dead men were identified in the message as Johnny Sanute of Stockton, Calif., and Theodore Frazier of Seattle, Wash, Frazier was a bystander at the card game, and was hit during the shooting fray, the report stated. The slayer, whose home is in San Francisco, was in custody aboard the Neva, the message said. The slaying took place within the jurisdiction of the U. S. Com- missioner at Valdez, and the report from the Neva will be forwarded to him from Coast Guard head- quarters here. Capt. Ingvold Sorensen is master of the Neva. MILE - A - SECOND SPEED IS ATTAINED BY 2-STAGE ROCKET LONG RANGE PROVING GROUND, Cocoa, Fla., July 20— —A 14 Y%-ton two-stage rocket thundered eastward over the At- lantic today at a speed of 2,727 miles an hour for the first missile and around 3,600 miles an hour for the second. Plcellent conditions permitted observers to watch twin vapor trails after the two rockets separated about nine miles up and 22 miles east of the concrete launching pad. The missile was made up of aj| captured German V-2 weighing 14 tons with a 700-pound rocket known as the “Wac Corporal,” mounted atop it. The two missiles were 60 feet high from base to top. The V-2 thundered aloft at 6:44 am. (EST) and in a matter of seconds attained its 2,727-mile speed. It reached an altitude of nine miles in 63 seconds. Theére the “Wac Corporal” separated from it and roared eastward at a speed in excess of 5000 feet a second, or some 3,600 miles an hour. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 19%a. By Bell Syndicate, Ine. WSHINGTON — The other day T suggested that President Truman, who is not exactly the persuasive leader Franklin Roosevelt was, needed a lot of support from' the rest of us in the current crisis, which is a lot worse than most people have _realized. One thing he needs is some help in making the country understand what the Korean war is all about. As my own contribution, I should like to set down a few reminiscences regarding other in- ternationl efforts to stop war, which I have watched during some years of experience as a newspaperman. The Korean war is basically an international gamble aimed at heading off a greater war; and, while it may fail, you have to look back twenty-five years to under- stand what progress the world has made in the painfully difficult job of making men and nations work together to set up international machinery for peace. As a young newspaperman in 1928, I went down to Havana with Calvin Coolidge, his Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, and Charles Evans Hughes, all Repub- licans in good standing with the party. At Havana, they put for- ward to the Pan American na- tions a policy of keeping the peace by international arbitration. This was not a revolutionary (Continued on Page Four) | FAIRBANKS IS T0 HOLD SERVICES FOR LATHROP ON SUNDAY FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 29—(® —Memorial services will be held in the Empress Theatre tomorrow af- ternoon for Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, Alaska industrialist killed Wednes- day in the Healy coal mine. The Rev. Fred B. Koschmann, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Fair- banks, will deliver the invocation. The Rev. E. F. McElmeel, pastor of the Catholic Church and the Rev. Albert N. Jones, pastor of the Epis- [ copal church, also will speak. Pallbearers will include August Hiebert, representing radio stations KFAR and KENI; Carl Wilson, rep- resenting Lathrop theatres; Milton Bell, representing Daily News- Miner; Claud Chilton, Healy River Coal Corporatien. i Honorary pallbearers are Andrew Nerland, A. H. Nordale, Dr. C. E. Bunnell, Judge Harry E. Pratt, A. Johnson, E. F. Stroecker, Roy B. Earling, Willlam Strand, Edgar Clausen, Maurice T. Johnson, Alvin Polet, Col. David H. Baker, George Preston, Col. John R. Kane, Luther Hess, James Mulroony, L. E. Linck, Robert Hoopes, E. B. Collins, Martin Pinska, John Butrovich, Jr., Colonel George W. Rathjens and Dr. F. B. Gillespie. The remains will be flown to Seattle where last rites will be held at the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home and interment in the Forest Lawn cemetery. RODEO COMEDIAN KILLS 2, WOUNDS 3, THEN SLAYS SELF SEATTLE, July 29—®—A jobless, middle-aged rodeo clown, whose young wife left him recently, ran amok at her parents’ farm home late yesterday Killing two persons and wounding three others. Then he took his own life. The frenzied shooting was by Frankie Chitwood, 41, who in his many appearances at western rodeos had brought laughter to thousands with his trained mule skit, “Trag- edy on the Desert.” Slain were his 9-month-old daughter, Drucella Pauline, and his father-in-law, Everett Vanderhoof, 8. His wife, Margaret, 21, four-year- ’ld son, Frank, Jr., and mother-in- law, Mrs. Virginia Vanderhoof, 42, were critically wounded. Eyewitnesses and coroner John P. Brill, Jr, said the showman shouted after his crazed pursuit of fleeing members of the family: “Well, I got you now, and now I'l take myself.” Chitwood began his orgy of shooting, Brill said, after an argu- ment with his father-in-law at the ‘ront door of the ranch home near Kent, 20 miles south of here. ALASKA FROM WEST '(BRINGS 9, TAKES 22 Southbound from Seward, the Alaska arrived in Juneau yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock bringing nine persons here from the north. Arriving from Seward were Jo- sephine Erickson, Lewis Fritsche, Neil Johnson, Mrs. Neil Johnson and Vera Peterson. From Valdez: Loretta Hibner, Mrs. M. F. Noack and Irene Swee- ney while from Cordova was Fred- erick Allen. Twenty-two persons were south- bound when the Alaska sailed at 11:45 pm. Bound for Seattle are P. E. Donelson, Mrs. Donelson, Ted Heyder, Mrs. D. V. Inman and infant, Winifred Paris, Mrs. C. N. Badder, Mrs. L. W. Moviers, Mrs. N. Weaver, Mrs. W. G. MacInnis, Jean Naomi MacInnis and Allen MacInnis. From Juneau to Ketchikan were Miss V. L. Chappell, Warren Hager, Mrs. Warren Hager, and F. Chap- man. To Petersburg: W. D. Gross, T. Everson, Elizabeth Willet, Julie Hudson and Mrs. Henry Grinrod. MASSES FOR FISHERMEN There will be mass at 6 o'clock Sunday morning at the Shrine of St. Terese for salmon derby fisher- men and also mass at Auk Bay at 8:30 o'clock. FROM POMONA Hazel Stortz of Pomona, Calif., is staying at the Baranof Hotel. FIGHT ON ECOHOMIC (ONTROLS Rising Tide of Sentiment for All-Out Mobilization of Home Front | WASHINGTON, July 29 — ® — | Backers of President Truman's request for limited economic con- | wrols fought today to stem a rising | tidé of sentiment in Congress lur} all-out mobilization of the home front. | In the House, support for con- | sumer price controls and rationing | was so strong that leaders were | reported concerned over their! chances to sidetrack those propos als in favor of action on Mr. Tru- | man’s milder requests. i In the Senate, backers of the! drastic controls forced the banking committee to abandon plans for action on the Truman proposnlsl until Mnday, so the all-out con- | | rols can be put into shape to bci | offered either as an amendment or | 1s a substitute. The mounting pressure for com-i plete wartime mobilization stemmed | largely from elder statesman Ber: nard Baruch’s testimony this week | that immediate “ceilings on every- | ching” are imperative. | Baruch put in another plug for this viewpoint yesterday in a tele- ohone conversation with chairman | Maybank (D-SC) of the banking ommittee, At the very least, May- jank quoted him as saying, wage- price controls and rationing should be written into law on a stand-by basis. That would give Mr. Truman sower to invoke the controls, but only when he felt they were nec- :ssary. While the President told his news conference Thursday that broad | consumer controls are not yet; needed, one capitol official who | usuelly is in touch with the White House told a reporter the Pres- | ident would be glad to get thei added controls on a standby basis. | 63 ON PAN AM CLIPPER FLIGHTS In Pan American World Airways operations yesterday, 18 persons landed at the Juneau airport and 45 departed. Arriving from Seattle were Ken- | neth Bowman, Dr. and Mrs. Cassius | Carter with Robert and Carle; Sylvia Davis, Elizabeth Hageman, Mary and Tom Johnson, Max Meal- man, Nick and Daisy Peters, Gus ! Peterson, Herbert Price, Glenda | Sansregret, Jasper Stuart, Gladys | Welch and Douglas Stevenson. Southbound, Flight 924 took these | passengers to Ketchikan: Al Abra- hamson, Mr. and Mrs, Jay R. Ride- out and Mr. and Mrs. Holland B. Thomas. Booked to Seattle were Inez Caul- kins, Pearl Gray, Frank and Ruth | Carr, with James, Richard and Dorean Carr; Martin Holm, Nina | Parks, George Kelez, Helen Feath- erstone, B. J. Lammers, Miss Cecile | Cohen, Cesco Tomaselli, Margaret | Guest, Nellie Feare, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson, Larry Carlson, Mrs. Fred Orme and Joyce; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lund, Nancy McFarland, R. C. Cook, Mrs. J. W. Hannah with Judy and Marilyn; Frank Waugh,. Mrs. E. M. Sell, Andrew Lafonte, Mrs. R. Anderson, -T. W. Erving, Donald Wiggins, Fred Pringle, A. G. Woodley, Dr. Peter Misch, Sue Abrahamson, Sister Mary Rose Eva and Sister Mary Itha. BUYERS OF CASTLE GET NICK "STOCK" DIVIDEND (BURP!) | CLAYTON, N.Y., July 29—®—| Buyers of Calumet Castle, once a millionaire’s summer mansion on one of the St. Lawrence River’s 1 received an unexpected dividend. Workmen fixing wiring in the| basement of the stone building dis- | covered several hundred cases of | imported wines dated from 1895 to 1900. The wine was hidden in a cave dug in solid rock. i 4 Thousand Islands' near here, have|s ALASKA NEEDS ADVERTISING SAYS NEA MEN Alaska’s greatest need is proper advertising and the convention of the National Editorial Association which will come to Alaska on a 16- day chartered trip aboard the S.8. Aleutian will give the territory the opportunity of a life-time, in the opinion of Cliff Kaynor, national president of the organization and publisher of the Ellensburg, Wash., Record. Mr. Kaynor and Don Eck, man- |ager of the NEA, were in Juneau Friday night making advance ar- rangements for the tour of Alaska. The National Editorial Associa- tion which has a membership of 5,000 weeklies and 550 non-metro- politan daily newspapers in the largest organization of newspapers in the world, according to Mr. Eck, vho has been manager of this 65- ear old organization since 1940. The group made an Alaskan tour in 1939, | under the guidance of Eck as tour manager and executive secretary. “Practically every grass-root pub- lisher in America will be aboard the Aleutian next year,” Mr. Kaynor said, “and this is Alaska's oppor- tunity to have columns of copy about the territory in papers in every state in the union.” While Mr. Kaynor is the first president of the association from resentative of the whole country. First Vice President of the NEA is from Holton, Maine, and the imme- diate past president is from Mission, Texas. In Juneau Kaynor and Eck con- sulted with Robert Boochever and Charles W. Carter, president and tourist committee chairman of the Chamber of Commerce about plans for the 1951 convention. Kaynor enjoyed a visit with The Empire’s Elmer Friend with whom { he had worked on the Post-Intelli- gencer way back when. The NEA men are southbound after a trip to Fairbanks and con- sultations with newspaper men and Chambers of Commerce along the way. They learned here last night of the death of Captain Lathrop whom they had recently seen in Fairbanks. “We were with him when he plan- ined his trip to Healy. It is hard tc believe this could have happened He was a wonderful man.” REPUBLICAN MEETS DRAW WRANGELL, KETCHIK AN (ROWDS, SAYS WHITE Albert White, counsel for the Re- publican party in Alaska and chair- man of the party’s investigating committee, is back in Juneau from a trip to Ketchikan and Wrangell where he made speeches to launch the pre-election Republican cam- paign. In Wrangell, Thursday night, he addressed 250 people in the Coli- seum theatre. Appearing with him were Mrs. Doris Barnes of Wran- gell, Republican candidate for re- ! election to the House of Represen-‘ tatives and Clyde Peterson and Ralph Bartholomew, both of Ket- chikan, who are also Republican candidates for the House. The meeting in Ketchikan at a Republican Club dinner filled the Stedman hotel dining room and res- taurant, White said, and his Ketchi- kan speech went on the air. People everywhere were shocked and saddened by the death of Cap- tain Lathrop, Mr. White said. FROM PELICAN Frank C. Mosher of Pelican is the Baranof Hotel. ® 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 56; minimum, 48. At Airport—Maximum, 55; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with intermittent rain tonight and Sunday. Low temperature tonight about 50 and high Sunday near 58. ® PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today ® City of Juneau—0.55 inches; ® since July 1—929 inches. ® At Afrport — 0.14 inches; ® since July 1—6.76 inches. 21-POUND, 4-OUNCE KING SETS TARGET FOR DERBY ANGLERS Juneau anglers, sparked by reports | of good fishing yesterday, faced wind and rain this morning to get out for the second day of the Golden | North Salmon Derby. The one they had to beat was Paul Schnee’s big king. He snagged the 27-pound 4-ounce fighter yes- terday and landed it successfully to take top spot for the opening day. Total catch during the opener ! was 1,000 pounds, with 900 pounds weighed in at Tee Harbor where Charles G. Burdick stood as presid- ing judge, and 100 pounds brought | in at Auk Bay where Elton Eng- strom carried on at the scales. | Jack O'Connor took over the| duties of judge at Auk Bay today. W. L. Davies, who took his 25-| pound 1-ounce king 25 minutes after | the opening gun yesterday, held| down second place at the end of the | day's fishing. Paul Page was third| with a 24-pound 7-ounce beauty. Maynard Peterson was in fourth | place with a fish three ounces| lighter than Page’s; and A. M. Mill was fifth with a 24-pound 2-0unce‘ entry. | Mable Messer took sixth spot dur- ing the opening day with a 24-| pounder. | The weather was choppy as the| second day’s fishing began, but re-| ports from the area later said the| wind and sea had died down some. The Coast Guard cutter Storis and the 83-foot Juneau-based cut- ter were standing by at the fish- ing grounds. The Storis reported at 6 a.m. to- day that it had picked up a 14- foot skiff belonging to Ed Whipple. Innchor on the west side of Coghlan fisland and was returned to the judge’s stand at Tee Harbor. Sunday is the last day of the Derby with indications that there will be the largest number of fish- ermen on the waters than Friday! or today. A5PERISHIN | PLANE (RASH RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29—(®— All 49 persons perished last night when a Brazilian constellation crashed near Porto Alegre. It was the worst disaster in the country’s aviation history. i Among the 43 passengers was | Ralph Motley, 42, an American, sales manager in Rio for the At- \antic Refining Company. He came | aere from Richmond, Ind. CHAMPAGNE FLOWS AND 5O DOES TIDE, AS CRAFT LAUNCHED The vintage champagne foamed across the Katherine S.s bows. But the Katherine £, veteran Ju- neau fisherman Jim Sharp's new 50-foot halibut and seine-boat, | didn’t slide smoothly down the ways. It was launched by the incoming tide. i A Caterpillar tractor was hitched to the cradle under the stern of the high-bowed vessel, built in the Juneau Marine Company shop on West Eighth Street from Edwin Monk designs, and towed it down the beach to low tide mark. But the launching was a gala affair nevertheless, Miss Jessie Barlow, daughter of Andy Barlow, executive secretary of United Trol- | lers of Alaska, Local 100, smashed the champagne bottle across the| bows of the new vessel, one of the | ‘largest to be built in Juneau. Deacon Cyril Zuboff asked God’s blessing on the boat while Mr. and Mrs. Sharp, the boat’s builder Jack Warner and his wife, and well- wishirg fishermen and shipwrights stood by. The vessel will be towed to the Northern Commercial Company shop at high tide today to be fitted out with an 80-horsepower Caterpillar 3D18 diesel engine. Sharp plans to go to Todd, Alaska, in August to seine for the Todd Packing Company. FROM FAIRBANKS Louis Firtsche of Fairbanks is at the Baranof Hotel. Iy The boat was found dragging its|j§. RESOLUTION Whereas at a regular meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce, held on July 27, announcement was made of the sudden death on July 26 of Captain Autin E. Lathrop of Fairbanks, and Whereas the inhabitants of Alaska were shocked and grieved at the loss of this outstnugmg citizen of the Territory; a loss which will be keenly felt for many years to come; and Whereas Captain Lathrop had a host of friends in Alaska who esteemed him highly and fully appreciated his true worth and the qualities which made him a great man, and Whereas, this estimation was based upon the facts: That he was a true and loyal friend to so many in all walks of life. That he wae a man of the highest character. That he was a patriotic citizen, and passionately devoted to the welfare of Alaska and of the nation. That he was a genuine pioneer; one who had made his own way in the world and reached success through hard work, self-sacrifice and constant application of all his physical and mental powers to the tasks which he found to do from day to day. That he assisted so many in times of need. That he contributed so much to the building up and develop- ment of the Territory and its communities, investing all the fruits of his labors in industries and enterprises and the creation of new pay rolls, continuing as long as his life lasted, into a ripe old age and long past the time when nearly all men retire. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, deeply and sin- cerely regret the death of our benefactor, Austin E. Lathrop. friend, and Alaska'’s friend and That the Territory’s loss is shared by our community. That we express, through the press and over the radio, to the members of other communities more immediately and directly af. fected, to the former associates al nd emoloyees of Captain Lathrop, and to his surviving relatives, our profound sympathy in their great loss. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Resolution be pre- sented to the full membership of the Juneau Chamber at its next regular meeting for approval; and that it be spread upon the records of the Chamber, and that it be inserted in the press of the Territory and copies thereof be sent to all other Chambers in Alaska. Attest: HENBY E. GREEN, Acting Secretary. * Passed and approved this 28th day of July, 1950. R. BOOCHEVER, President. BELGIUM HIT BY RIOTS, STRIKES OVER LEOPOLD BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 29— (M—Wild rioting by thousands of anti-Leopoldists broke out anew in Brussels today. A state of siege was declared in the industrial city of Liege, government sources said. A battalion of the crack ,Chas- seurs Ardennais Regiment was al- erted to move into that French- speaking center, a stronghold of Socialist-led forces who want to drive King Leopold from the throne he regained a week ago. Liege was paralyzed by strikes. There were unconfirmed rumors that an attempt might be made to set up a rebel provisional govern- ment in Liege. The more extreme Walloon separatists have long wanted to secede from Belgium and throw in their lot with France. These, however, are, only a noisy minority group. Rioters started marching through Brussels at noon, singing the revol- utionary “Marseillaise.” * Mounted police, with drawn swords, charged a crowd on the Place de Brouckere —the Times Square of Brussels— as it was trying to overturn & street car. The ‘rioters had dragged thc motorman and his two protecting gendarmes from the car. Mounted police rode in, striking wildly with their sabres in all directions. The gendarmes drew a cordon across the square but were attacked by the demonstrators. Horses reared and plungcd under a shower of bottles. Cafe chairs and tables were snatched from a nearby ter- race, STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Kathleen from Van- couver in port and sails for Skag- way at 11:30 p.m. Freighter Flemish Knot from Beattle scheduled to arrive Sunday. Prince George from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Monday. Aleutian from Seattle due Tues- day. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight. Chilcotin scheduled to sail from Vancouver Monday. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Wednesday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver next Wednesday. Baranof scheduled southbound from west at 11 p.m. Sunday. KOREAN WAR AT A GLANCE (By Associated Press) Korean Front—Gen. Walton H. Walker, commander of U. S. 8th Army orders troops to “fight to the death” against waves of attacking North Koreans. Invaders increase pressure on central front and at- tempt flanking movement 40 miles south of Hwanggan, Field reports say Kochang, communications cen- ter on main supply route from Pusan captured by Reds. ‘Tokyo—headquarters spokesman says American infantrymen holding main lines following Gen. Walker’s promise that “my Army is not go- ing to give up one more inc Headquarters estimates Commu- nists have lost 31,000 killed and wounded, 170 tanks destroyed, 100 sanks damaged. Intelligence offi- ser says: “There are no signs of ‘eplacements’ for the tanks.” Air War—U. 9. planes blast two Jommunist held towns on southern Ap of Korea despite bad weather. Carrier planes join attack for lourth consecutive day. Hadong and Kochang key targets of fight- 2rs. ‘Washington—Army says it needs mother 240,000 men; Navy says it 10pes to enlist 70,000 reserves. Sen- ate committee puts off until next week a vote on President Truman's zall for production and credit ton- trols. U. 5. URGED TO USE VETO IF NEEDED T0 BAR REDS FROM UN WASHINGTON, July 29 — # — Two members of the Senate for- eign relations committee demanded today that the United States blodk any move to admit Chinese Com- munists to the United Nations, by use of the veto, if necessary. Senator George (D-Ga.) told a reporter that with American troops fighting Communists in Korea he doesn’'t think this country can af- ford to withhold its security council veto if that is the only way to bar the Chinese Communists. In a separate interview, Senator H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) called on Secretary of State Acheson to make it clear at once that the United States will use every means at its command to keep the Chin- ese Communists out of the U. N. No Retreat, No Surrender Says_WaIker Fresh Men Funnelling Info froni-Reds Threaten 8th Arm_y Sector (By Associated Press) American troops, under orders to | “fight to the death,” are holding the line on the blazing Korean front despite a furious offensive by North Korean Reds striving at a knock- out blow before additional forces can be pitted against them. A release from Gen. MacArthur's |hendqunrters dated July 30 said Communist thrusts against the U.S. First Cavalry and 25th Infantry have been thrown back. The American forces are striving to hold their mountain positions while fresh men and equipment are being funnelled into South Korea for a major counteroffensive. In Washington, an Army spokes- man told newsmen: “I think you can expect a continuous landing of troops and material” which could insure victory for United Nations forces. He did not specifically mention the fact that elements of the First Marine Division and the Army's Second Infantry Division (from Fort Lewis), have been on their way from the US. to the Far East for some time. ‘The Reds were suffering terrific losses, ‘but despite depleted reserves of tanks and men they smashed at Hwanggan on the central sector and were-threatening to ‘ outfiank the Eighth Army in a drive cutting in about 40 miles south of Hwang- gan. Front Stable For three days now the front has been fairly stable with no important penetrations by the invaders. But for the Communists time is running out and there were indications Red commanders are now pouring every- thing they have into a major push. General MacArthur's headquar- ters claimed United States counter- attacks are safely holding the line. It was announced at Tokyo that fresh U.S. troops from Okinawa stalled a thrust on the south coast | at Ponggye, 55 miles west of Pusan, vital southeast supply port for the | United Nations forces. Americans were ordered to “fight to the death,” with no surrender and without giving another inch of | ground. The order came from Gen. Walton H. Walker, commander of the U.S. 8th Army, in an unheralded visit to a front-line command post, “We will hold the positions we_ have and fight it out here,” Walker said. “This is a fight for time. Every- body in this army knows we must hold along the lines we now have.” No Surrender Order He ordered that no one individual, squad, company or higher unit under any conditions will surrender. Walker explained that the Korean war has entered “its critical stage.” He pointed to the fact that fresh American troops and supplies are pouring into Korea but emphasized chat the Allied cause could trade no more territory for time. He warned there would be no “Dunkirk”—no pulling away from Korean shores by the American In- fantrymen. “It would be impossible for us to get out,” he said. He again promised his Army would hold their mountain positions. Another headquarters spokesman said the North Koreans have lost 31,000 men killed and wounded since the war started. More than 170 tanks have been destroyed and 100 damaged. An intelligence officer added: “There are no signs of re- placements for the tanks.” Trained conscripts being shoved into the line at this critical stage indicated time is running out for the invaders, it was contended. At the same time, the headquarters spokesman said, American troops are showing greater seasoning and stability. | In the air war, Alliled warplanes blasted two Communist held towns on the southern tip of Korea despite | bad weather. For the fourth consec- ! utive day carrier planes joined in the attack. Fighter planes aided the Americans near Hadong on the south coast and at Kochang further north. William R. Krepps of Wrangell is a guest at the Baranof Hotel,