The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” | VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,610 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1950 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RED KOREAN FORCES RETREATING NOW | SEN. MORSE ' 1S COMING T0 ALASKA fet i _ Will Be with_Commiflee fo Investigate Defenses of Terrifory ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— (® — Senator Morse (R-Ore) said yester- day he will accompany the Senate Armed Services Defense Investigat- ing subcommittee to ‘Alaska to look into defenses of the Territory. He said the trip would start Oct. 15 and take about a week. He said this would mean he would not be able to spend all the time be- tween the; adjournment or recess of Congress and: the election in campaigning. “I am convinced,” Morse told a reporter, “that the people of Oregon want me to place my work on the watchdog committee ahead of the campaign.” Senator Hunt (D-Wyo) is chair- man of the subcommittee and Sen- ator Saltonstall (R-Mass) is the third member. Bill Is Signed fo Permit Marshall fo - Be Secy. of Defense WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— B — President Truman has signed the bill allowing Gen. George C. Mar- shall to become Secretary of De- fense. The White House.said Mar- shall’s formal nomination to the post ; would: be sent to the Senate for confirmation at once. FROM CHICAGO William D. Burke of Chicago is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM TULSEQUAH Mrs. P. W. MacMillan and daugh- ter, Eileen, of Tulsequah, are stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round tCopyright, 1980, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON HINGTON—In the most op- timistic war report yet given Con- gress, Army Chief of gtaff Joe Col- lins promised no ‘more retreats in Korea ahd predictéd ‘the Chinese Communists ‘wotild riot attack For- m 1 up ‘the Senate 058, General Collins summed Korean situation for ‘the Armed Services Committée behind closed dodrs. To the best of his knowledge and '‘judgment, he re- ported, “there will- be no more falling back.” The good news, however, didn’t stop Senators from needling Gen- eral Collins about sending untrain- ed American boys into the front lines. “It was not our intention to do that,” Collins explained. “You must remember that we didn't have enough trained men in Japan.” He pointed out that Japan was short of training grounds, because every available inch was under cultivation. Thus, the Army found it difficult to give combat training under actual battle conditions, us- ing live explosion charges. Tank shells, he said, would ricochet for miles and would be likely to kill civilians. Yet, this is the kind of training needed to condition men for war. Collins added that train- ing was a matter of comparison anyway, that 'a soldier got more out of three months intensified training under emergency conditions than a full year of peacetime training. 1 The Army’s chief problem is not lack of manpower, but lack of equipment, the Chief of Staff clar- ified. ‘People wonder why we don’t call up more National Guard units and more organized reserves,” he explained. “Why call up men in excess of the equipment we have to supply them with?” Collins added. however, that the equipment Wwas now beginning to roll, which caused Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas, the Senate’s watchdog over military production, to ask why the super, tank-pene- trating bazookas had not been (Continued on z‘aéa Four) Truman Veto Is Overridden {Free Medicgl-gervi(e Now?' for Spanish-American War Veterans WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — (®# —| Legislation to provide additional { free medical service for Spanish- American war veterans was written | into law by Congress today over the | objections of President Truman. The Senate voted 58 to 3 to over- ride Mr. Truman’s veto of the mea- sure. It takes a two-thirds majority | 1of those voting to override. Last week the House vated 321 to 12 to overturn the President’s dis- | approval. It is the first measure of general |interest to be written into law by | the 81st Congress over Mr. Truman’s | | objections. i The bill would require the gov- ernment to provide out-patient (clinic) treatment for 118,000 Span- ish-American veterans on the same basis as is now provided those who have service-connected disabilities. Mr. Truman, in vetoing the mea- sure, said it would “set a most un- | desirable precedent for the future.” | | | | MARSHALL IS GIVEN | APPROYAL WASHINGTON; Sept. 19— =~ The Senate Armed Services Com- mittee approved today the nominas | tion of Gen. George C. Marshall to | be Secretary of Defense. The vote was seven to two. Chairman Tydings (D-Md) an-| nounced that the nomination would | reach the Senate itself for confir-| mation “in the normal course”—he didn’t think it would be today. Senators Cain (D-Wash) and| Knowland (R-Calif) voted against | Marshall in committee because of | his background as a military man. Marshall was President Truman’s choice to succeed Louis A. Johnson as Secretary of Defense. The ap-| pointment had 'aroused some Re- publican complaints that he is| likely to be a “stooge” for Secretary of State Acheson. BIG THREE WARNS RUSS IN GERMANY FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 19 —{P--The United States"joined Brit- ain and France today in a warning to Soviet Russia to keep hands off Western Germany. The three nations moved to end their state of war with Germany and to strengthen her industrially and defensively, but announced that there is no call for recreating a na- tional army in the Western Zones. Any attack upon Berlin or upon| Western Germany will be regarded | as an attack upon the occupying na- tions themselves. This was made clear in a com- munique issued by Secretaries Ache- son, Bevin and Schuman after their New York conferences. The text was made public here tonight. ANCHORAGE VISITOR ! Jack C. Haldeman of Anchorage is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. | ANCHORAGE VISITOR Virgil O. Seiser of Anchorage is staying at the Baranof Hotel. STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Sept. 19 — Clt:islng1 quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today s 2%, American Can 00, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright | 91,, International Harvester 31, Kennecott 64%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 23%, U. 8.} Steel 39%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,590,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- | dustrials 225.78, rails 66.32, utilities 39.52. | munists be seated. Secretary of State iister Andrei Y. Vishinsky thus came | won the backing of Vishinsky. ACHESON TANGLES WITH RUSS ‘Dramatic Clash Over Chi- na’s Representation Marks UN Opener NEW YORK, Sept. 19—®»—The | U.N. General Assembly opened today and plunged immediately into a dis- pute on China's representation. India asked that the Chinese Com- cheson opposed the Indian move. Acheson and Soviet Foreign Min- to grips in a dramatic clash a short time ‘after the Assembly opened its fifth session. Acheson said in reference to the Indian move: “Vote on it now and vote it down.” There was loud ap- plause from the galleries. Vishinsky was leading the fight to oust the Chinese Nationalists and give their seats to the Chinese Com- munists,. The Indian resolution, asking for the seating of the Chi-i nese Reds, beat the Soviet Union to the punch on the explosive issue but Sid Benegal N. Rau introduced | the Indian motion after outgoing President Carlos P. Romulo called on the delegates to back up the authority of the United Nations with | adequate military power. Galleries were packed as the Assembly’s Fifth Session convened. The delegates of the 59 nations ob- served a minute of silent prayer before they began their task. Romulo said the delegates had “gdtHered at a desperaté hour to save the peace of the world.” While men are dying in Korea for the sake of peace, he said, the world has “a right to expect more, much more than words.” 61 SEAFARING JOBS OPEN, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ANNOUNCES Openings for 61 seafaring men in the Army Transportation Corps are listed at the local office of the Alaska Territorial Employment Ser- vice, it is announced by Gus Giss- | berg, Manager. Included in the classification are openings for masters, mates, en- gineers, ollers, seamen, and mess- men. |Location of the work is on Army tugs to the Westward and personnel must be licensed and pass a physical examination. Also available are openings for registered staff and public health nurses for hospitals throughout the Terrtory. Sawmill workers are being sought by one out-of-town employer’s sec- tion laborers by another, Interested applicants who qualify for any of the above positions. are urged to contact the Employment bervice, 124 Marine Way, for fur- ther information, officlals said. MT. EDGECUMBE VISITOR Mrs. Geraldine V. Milles of Mt. Edgecumbe is registered at the Bara- nof Hotel. JACK LEIK HERE Jack H. Leik of the West Coast Plywood Corp., of Seattle, stopped over in Juneau today enroute to Seattle from Anchorage. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 55; minimum, 42. At Airport—Maximum, 53; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy with rain showers tonight and Wednesday. Slowly decreasing southeast- erly winds tonight. Lowest temperature tonight about 47. e Highest Wednesday about 53. PS A PRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today e City of Juneau—0.41 inches; since Sept. 1 — 4.73 inches; since July 1—15.79 inches. At Airport — 0.27 inches; since Sept. 1 — 2.81 inches; pthe border will be determined by | the United Nations gathering I GRUENING, PRESIDENT | HAVE mxi WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — @ —| Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska said | after a White House call today hel still has some hope that the Alas- kan statehood bill will be taken up[ by the Senate this week before it recesses. He discussed the legislative pros-| pects with President Truman, but! said the purpose of his call was not, as a reporter put it, to ask Mr. Tru- man to “put the heat on.” He said the President is doing everything he feels he can. Governor Gruening said if the measure is not taken up by the Sen- ate this week it probably will be made the unfinished business for consideration when the Senate re-: sumes probably in November after the elections. UN Meefing; Korean War Big Subject (By Associated Press) Whether U.N. forces will stop at in New York today for the 1950 Assem- bly. The Assembly was expected to approve the Security Council order setting up defense against North Korean aggression. i Soviet spokesmen were expected to hammer at the theme repeated | by Russia’s Jacob A. Malik that the | US. is the aggressor in Korea and is trying to use the United Nations | to mask its acts. ! The United States is calling for the strengthening of the General| Assembly so that it can act in any emergency if the Security Cour is hamstrung by a Soviet—or other —veto. | In his fourth report to the United Nations yesterday Gen. Douglas MacArthur charged that Russia and Communist China supplied men and munitions to the North Korean Communists. Red China’s Peiping | combat-trained men of Korean Ethnic origin from its armies and that Russia supplied arms as latc as this year. Malik insisted that the | Soviet Union had supplied no arm to North Korea since her troop withdrew from the country in 1948 WILLIAMS TO U. OF W. Rod Williams, son of Mr. and Mr A. Williams, left on the steam- hip Princess Louise for Seattle tc enroll in the University of Wash- ®00000%00000000%%0000000000 e since July 1—14.81 inches. i L3 | ington for his senior year in the School of Engineering. government sent 40,000 to. 60,000, Gen. MacArthur Walches Bombardment General Douglas MacArthur (right seated) and members of his staff view pre-landing bombardment and air strikes from the USS Mt. McKinley in Korean waters off Inchon. Courtney Whitney; Brig. Gen. E. K. Wright, assistant chief of staff; Gen. MacArthur, and Maj. Gen. | Edward M. Almond. This U. 8. Army photo was made by Lt. Porter (first name unavailable), Chicago, U. S. Army photo via radio and (# Wirephoto. .‘ zi_lm;ision Demosin Fire Back at White FATRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 19— (#—Fourth Division Democrats fir- ed back yesterday at Albert White of Juneau, Alaska’s Republican chairman who made a series of charges against the Gruening ad- min ation in a weekend speech here, In reply to White's citing of Ter- ritorial officials who had been| removed from their positions, the Democrats countered that they were removed by a Legislature that was predominately Democratic. They said the investigations lead- ing up to the removals were car- ried on by a committee of House Democrats. ’ The Democrats declared the 1949 Special Session of the Legislature which was held illegal by Judge George Folta and which was as- sailed by White. was of value to the Territory. They said the tax- payers got more for their money than in any previous session. The Democrats also spoke up in} rehalf of the Palmer airport deal, the statehood committee’s hiring of Randolph Feltus as a lobbyist for statehood in Washington and] the freezing of funds by the Board of Administration. The Democrats charged that White and “most of your Repub- licans” are opposing statehood. \USE OF FUR SEAL FUNDS BROADENED WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — ® — House passage sent to President Truman yesterday a bill permitting wider latitude in use of funds ob- tained by the Treasury from the sale of Pribilof Islands seal furs. The seal herd in the Pribilofs is protected by an agreement between the United States and Canada. The purpose of the proposed law to allow some of the fur sale pro- ceeds to be used to develop other by- produets of the sealing industry and utilize other fur resources on the islands. 38 NORTH KOREAN NURSES CAPTURED WITH U. 8. SECOND DIVISION, Korea, Sept. 19—(P—Units of Lm-| U. 8. Second Division have cap- tured 38 North IKorean nurses. It was the largest number of cnemy service women seized in one day since the Korean war began. | Left to right: Brig. Gen. | STATEHOOD BILL TODAY IS PLANNED BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—{M—Prospects of the Alaska statehood bill reaching the Senate floor today waned as the day’s session proceeded. | The outlook in mid-afternoon was that the Senate was unlikely to take up the bill today. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— (B —| A move to bring the Alaska S!nbe-i hood bill to the Senate floor was| awaited today. Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said last night that he would move; “at a suitable time” today for the Senate to take up the bill. He said a motion on the Hawaii | Statehood measure would follow | action on the Alaskan bill “I know a majority of the mem- bers of the Senate desire to vote | for Statehood for Alaska and Ha- wali,” he declared. Bitter foes of statehood have | indicated they would stage lengthy | debates or filibusters if the state- hood bills come up. MARINES READY T0 CROSS HAN (In South, mee Beach- heads Established West of Nakfong River WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — (B — | First Marine Division troops were ready to cross the Han river into Seoul at 6:30 a.m., EST today, De- fense Department spokesmen gaid here. Briefing officers told newsmen that the Marines had occupied all | of Yongdungpo, suburb of the Ko- rean capital across the river. Army spokesmen said there was no evidence of any Red troop move- ! ments from north of the 38th par- allel into the Seoul area, which now is closely threatened by Marines and Army 7Tth Division troops. On the southern battlefront, United Nations forces were said to have established three firm beach- heads west of the Naktong river. The North Koreans show every indication of withdrawing on the north _and northwestern sector of the older Pusan front, briefing offi- cers said, but were offering stiffen- ing resistance to Allied attacks elsewhere on the line. British ' troops, who have been fighting along an unspecified sec- tor of the Naktong front, advanced yesterday and wiped out a pocket of 300 Red Koreans. CAPTURED RUSS GUNS TO BE USED AGAINST REDS NOW By STAN SWINTON WITH U.S. SECOND DIVISION, | Korea, Sept. 19—®—Scores of Rus- sian-made artillery pieces, which three days ago hurled shells at American soldiers, soon will be blasting their former Korean Red owners. Ordnance men were ordered to- day to work ’round-the-clock pre- paring the captured guns for ac- | tion. The order came after a prelimi- nary survey of ohly two sectors showed the North Koreans aban- doned at least 74 artillery pleces and big mortars when .« Second Division rt itHer from ‘he east bank of the Naktong river. There is a tremendous store of captured JRussian-made smmuni- tion for ;the guns/ One regiment Second Batfleship, | New Jersey, foBe Putin £o_mmission“ WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— M — The Navy says that the 45,000 ton ! battleship New Jersey is being de- | mothballed for return to active fleet. | She will be the second battleship | in operation, | Her sister ship, the Missouri, ar- } rived in the Far East last week to start shooting duty in the war. May Is Release ‘ On Parole Affer | Serving 9 Months | ASHLAND, Ky., Sept. 19 —® —| Former Rep. Andrew J. May has been released on parole from the Ashland Federal Correction Institu- | tion after serving nine months and 13 days for wartime -conspiracy and | bribery. | May had been sentenced to eight | to 24 months. l MARRIAGE LICENSE SEATTLE, Sept. 19—®—A mar- | riage license application was filed | here yesterday by James N. Jensen, 20, Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR alone took*200 tons. ¥ ¥ Plans_call for a special unit to be organized fo usé the Rissian- made gung, aggipst’ the Reds. WHITE RETURNS T0 JUNEAU; SPEAKING TOUR, 4TH DIVISION Albert White, Chairman of the Republican Commistee for Investi- gation and Corruption of the Ter- \ ritorial Government, returned to Ju- neau yesterday after a six-day speaking tour in the Fairbanks sec- tion. White states much interest was displayed on the part of the peop'e in that vicinity on the issue con- fronting Alaska today in how the government of Alaska is being ad- ministered. “L spoke at three meetings and twice on the radio and was well received in the Fourth Division in every ‘way,” says White. «It was the first time in 45 years that T had returned to Fairbanks having lived in that city in the gold rush days of 1905. “Fairbanks is busy and the wwn is full of people coming and gning. It's odd to see autos on the streets [ from most every section of the| United States. Many farms are put- ting crops on market. The trip to that section is like another world Alaska is, and the things that they do. The highways are being paved and plane travel is heavy. ’rhe‘ ALLIES IN ' BIG SWEEP, - TWO AREAS {UN. Forces Advancing on Two Fronts—Continue Push on Seoul (By the Associated Press) Communist troops appeared to- day to be abandoning the southeast Korea war cockpit and heading hastily northward ahead of pur- suing Allies in an attempt to escape the jaws of an Allfed nutcracker. ‘The box-like Allied perimeter ap- parently was cracking wide open. At the same time, in the north, Allled liberation forces rushed river crossing equipment to span the Han river before Red defenses |can be rallied outside Seoul, Com- munist-held South Korean capital. In the. south, Red forces were 1 abandoning their positions. On the | eastern end, South Korean troops entered Pohang, hotly contqited port. Allied forces pushed across the Naktong river on the west. US. First Cavalry units took the once key Red stronghold city of Waegwan and fought into the hilltop walled city of Kasan. It was from these points the Communists had long {posed a threat to Taegu, now no longer menaced. Communist Rout At least 4,000 Allled troops went across, the Naktong by boat and | bridge. Ordnance men were ordered to work around the clock to prepare captured Russian artillery pieces which witt sopm b irned on thelr' former North Korean owners. The abandonment of so many heavy pleces underscores the extent of the Communist rout. | The northwest corner of the per- imeter is closest to the Allied sec~ ond front at Inchon, where tank- led Marines prepared to jump the Han river. | The barrier stream still had to be | crossed by U8, Marines before they could fight their way into Seoul. Its (rail and highway spans were | mangled by repeated Allied bombing raids. 3 In Seoul Suburbs One tank-led Marine column Wwas smashed into ¥Yongdungpo, an in- dustrial suburb of Seoul while an- other has snaked along the Han river opposite the ancient Korean capital after capturing Kimpo air- port. 3 Air Force said it has set up a | continuing airlift into Kimpo. More ‘than 30 cargo planes landed tons of cargo and troops on the two con- crete runways now open for Allied buisiness. It 16 Korea’s best airfield. Allied 10th Army Corps troops and supplies were still streaming ashore at Inchon, on the Yellow Sea, 22 miles west of Seoul. | The Red Koreans hurried rein- forcements to the ‘Seoul area. Air observers spotted three Communist columns moving toward the be- sieged city. They were being with- | drawn from the southeast perimeter front just as the Allied mastet plan had ‘anticipated. Planes Straf Reds As the Reds withdrew in the south, | Allied warplanes strafed, bombed i and rocketed their positions. At Pusan, President Syngman | Rhee of the Republic of Korea said his South Korean forces will not {smp at the 38th parallel, the { border between North and South Korea. Even if other UN. forces | stop at the 38th, Rhee said, “We | will not allow ourselves to stop.” He | added: “We have to advance as far as the | Manchurian border until not a | single enemy soldier is left in our | country.” | FROM MT. EDGECUMBE Mary Fidelis Shaw of Mt. Edge- | cumbe is stopping at the Baranof ‘Hotel. | FROM HOOD BAY | ! R. F. Owens of Hood Bay is stop- | ping at tlie Baranof Hotel. ’ " STEAMER MOVEMENTS { 28, Ketchikan, and Janet L. Hutsell, | and it is well to see really how large | | Alaska from Seattle due to arrive at 7 o'clock tonight westbound. Denali scheguled to sail from Se- Mrs. Z. E. Walker of San Fran- | weather was ideal all the time I Was | oo\, Saturday. cisco is a guest at the Baranof| Hotel, there and the people were getting ready for a long winter ahead.” | | Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver, September 27.