The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 14, 1950, Page 1

S PREDICT FINAL SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition TH VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,632 DAILY ALASKA EMPEIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1950 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS —_— SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition —_— PRICE TEN CENTS Red Menace Discussed, Truman, MacArthur BOTH PARTIES 8-8 IN SENATE House Line-Up Depends| on Third Division Finals | and Absgnlee Count | With 143 precincts out of 233 in | the Territory now reported Terri- torial offices show these results for Territorial offices: Delegate, Bart- lett (D), 11,694; Peterson (R), 4,372; Treasurer, Roden (D) 12,572; Labor . Commissioner, Benson (R) 8,616; Kimball (D), 6,753. Still in question until final re- | turns from the Eskimo country ar-| gjyision vote): rive are territorial Senate seats. | M ‘M 8034; Locken (R) 3014; MacKinnon (R) 2933; Hope (D) 2926; Gunder- sen (D) 2849; Metcalfe (D) 2842; Jensen (D) 2737; Stewart (D) 2730; MacSpadden (R) 2724. Second Division Sixteen of 35 precinets: Territorial Senate (2 to be elected) O'Leary (D) 582; Beltz (D) 527; Ipalook (R) 513; | Jones (R) 481. House: leaders for four seats: Laws (R) 597; Madsen (D) 569;. Wells (D) 538; Degnan (D) 506. Third Division Fifty-five of 70 precincts: Terri- torial Senate (2 to be elected) Snider (R) 3514; Engebreth (R) 3411; Rivers (D) 2657; Loussac (D) 2139. House (7 to be elected): the lead- ers: Stan McCutcheon (D) 3279; | Scavenius (D) 3263; Egan (D) 3216; Conright (D) 3212; Kay (D) 3203; Carlson (D) 2877; Pollard (D) 2859. The others: Gill (R) 2769; Gor- such (R) 2692; Snodgrass (R) 265 cKinely (R) 2574; Chase (R) 238 cLane (R) 2208; Osbo (R) 2077. Fourth Division Twenty-nine of = 70 precincts; (estimated to include 70 percent of Territorial Senate (2 to be elected), Lhamon (R) 1639; As of now, Republicans have 5 out | gople (R) 1517; Lander (D), 1216; of 8 seats at stake in the Senatorial | Taylor (D) 1145. contest. Results are close among | the four contests in the Second Di- | ¢ vision, who now stand in this order, | House (5 to be elected), the lead- rs: Stepovich (R) 1914; Miscovich (R) 1630; Franklin (D) 1547; Gas- O'Leary (D) 582; Beltz (D) 527;|cer (R) 1488; Wilbur (R) 1465; the Ipalook (R) 513; Jones (R) 481. Both Howard Lyng, Democratic | National Committeeman and hold- | over Senator and Albert White, Re- | publican party general counsel, pre- dict that Ipalook and Beltz will be | the final victors in the close oot test, though Lyng says O'Leary hasl a fighting chance. ! If these party spokesman are cor- | rect, the Senate next January will} see the parties divided 8 to 8. With | 6 out of 8 seats going to the Re- | publicans in the present election and 2 Republican holdovers the | parties will be split down the middle | in the Senate as they were in 1949. However, this depends on whether‘ or not Ipalook can overtake O'Leary, | Democrat, now head man in Second | Division Senate voting. House of Representatives will probably end up 14 Democrats to 10 | Republicans, though Republican Gill | is only 90 votes behind the low | Democrat in the Third Division House contest, and Republicans are | hopeful that he may come in sev- | enth. | First Division With all but eleven First Division precincts. in, and approximately 400 absentee ballots still to be counted, 48 precincts give these results: Senate: Nolan (D) 3774; Eng-| strom (R) 3687; Peratrovich (D) 3011. | House: Barnes (R) 3792; Hen-| drickson (R) 3051; Johnson (R)| The Washington Merry - Go-Round Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON — Inside fact| about the President’s visit to Mac- Arthur is that as early as last July he had a hankering to go to| Korea. At that time, the Secret| Service went into a tantrum even | at the thought of such a trip and is still worried at the idea of the President’s meeting MacArthur in mid-Pacific. H The plan of a trip to the Pacific was revived approximately a week ago in talks between Truman and Averell Harriman, who had already been to see MacArthur to smooth out the Foromosa Embroglio. Har- rims- advised the President that it + d ke an excellent idea for him w0 talk to MacArthur person- ally, and the President finally made his decision a week ago last Friday. | The decision was kept so secret, | however, that at the Monday morn- | ing briefing which defense chiefs give the President every day, no| word of the trip was mentioned. | Only at the end of the meeting did the President ask the staff to leavei and General Bradley to remain be- | hind. «General,” Truman said, “T've! been comemplatfng this trip for a! few days. Do you see any reason | why I shouldn’t make it?” “No, T would be one of the first to urge you to talk to MacArthur,” Bradley replied. Bradley went back to the Penta- gon and suggested to his chief, Secretary . Marshall, that he accom- pany the President on the Paciiic trip. But Marshall said he was too new in his present job and not en- tirely familiar with the problems of the Pacific; therefore, that Brad- ley had better accompany the Pre- sident. 2 The argument put forward byipn“bmf,y, They were married here | —-(Conwmed on Page Four) itrai]ing five: Joy (R) 1351; Jones (D) 1341; Dale (D) 1277; Angerman (D) 1124; McCombe (D) 1115. 'SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMISSION IS T0 MEET NEXT WEEK At least 22 of the 26 Alaska School Superintendents are plan- ning to take part in a three-day conference here next week, accord- ing to Dr. James C. Ryan, Terri- torial Commissioner of Education. Administrators ‘from Unalaska, Sel- dovia, and Eagle are unable to at- tend, and there is a question about cne other superintendent. Morning and afternoon sessions October 19, 20 and 21 will be in the Senate Chambers, the conference to open at 9 a.m. Thursday. According to Dr. Ryan, these three important matters will be up for consideration by the Super- intengdents’ Advisory Commission: (1) The method of paying Ter- ritorial refunds to incorporated school districts. (2) Requirements for high school graduation. (3) A method for calculating the number of teachers to which a dis- trict is entitled. JUST A LITTLE BULL ARRIVES IN JUNEAU This is just a little bull—and a prospector at that. He arrived aboard the freighter Chena. The 6-months-old bull bears the name of Meadow Springs Prospector and comes from royal Ayrshire blood, sired by Neshaminy Trailblazer and out of Fintry Prilly of the nation- ally known dairy herd eof Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kline of Marysville, Wash. Prospector has joined the Smith’s Dairy herd here which is operated by Mrs. Lee H. Smith and Sons who have maintained a highly bred Ayrshire herd her for the past ten years, There aré now 35 Ayrshires among the 75 in the. Smith herd. The Kline cattle were rated the highest milk and butterfat produc- ers for 1949 and the young bull’s dam was the top 4-year-old milk and butterfat producer in the State of Washington for that year. He was accompanied on his ocean voy- age by 18 young lady Jersey COWS that went to the Dwight Nash herd here. MRS. BLAND AND SON ENJOY VISIT IN STATES Mrs. Earl Bland and her young son Joe returned Thursday on the Pan American clipper after enjoying a six weeks' visit with relatives and | Moen, former Juneau residents, in | Medford, Oregon, and with friends in Cashmere, Wash. SILVER WAVE SOUTH The Silver Wave -of Ketchikan, skippered by Stan Dahl, leaves for| Seattle as soon as 100,000 pounds of frozen black cod are loaded. The cod are for the fishermen’s coop. SEEKS DIVORCE sigrid Harris is suing James Har- ris for divorce on grounds of incom- in May, 1947. friends in the northwest. They vis- ited with Mrs. Bland’s brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. BOARD OF HEALTH APPROVES PLAN FOR POLIO UNIT The Alaska Board of Health went into its third day of work on a packed four-page agenda Fri- day, as sessions of the annual meeting continued in the Territor- | jal Office Building. Health policies for Alaska, re- commended legislation and recom- mendations regarding the work of the Alaska Department of Health | are among the subjects on which | the Health board is at work. Among the important actions was | a motion passed yesterday that the Board of Health approve a plan| that on Alaska Chapter of the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis be organized and that monies collected in the Territory be turned over to the Chapter treasur- er. The Board took the action after the autumn visit of an offieial of the National Foundation, who stat- | ed that a legal chapter for Infantile Paralysis was necessary in Alaska§ through which the National Foun- dation could work. He stated that it could then have 50 percent of the March of Dimes | contributions retained in the com- | munities where they are ccllected, and also receive additional funds as needed from the national or-| ganization. The Board of Health also prepar- | ed a request to the next Territorial | Legislature for operation of the; Alaska Department of Health, and | submitted a 1951-53 budget to the| Territorial Bureau of the Budget. Approved by the Board yester- | day were the current fiscal year! budget, the annual report of the Health Department and a five-year report of - Alaska’s first Board of | Health, Beth reports are to be| available for distribution to resi- dents of the territory. | Members of the Health Board | represent the four judicial divisions i | | | tailing federal projects not con- Bathroom Sleeper Results in Rent Reduction ROCHESTER, England, Oct. 14— (M—British Army Cpl. James Wood got his rent cut yesterday because his landlady’s husband slept in the bathroom. | Wood told rent control officials he paid 30 shillings ($4.20) weekly for two rooms with bath. But he and his family got little use of the bath. “The landlady’s husband sleeps in in for 13 hours every night—from 19:30 in the evening till 10:30 in the morning,” Wood complained. The board ordered his rent re- duced to 12 shillings, six pence ($1.75). NO FED. BUILDING FOR ANCHORAGE WAR CURTAILING ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 14— (M—It looks as if Anchorage’s pro- posed new $4,000,000 federal build- ing has been dropped as a war cas= ualty. “No further steps will be taken on acquiring a site because of the recently established policy of cur- nected with national defense,” the General Services Administration re- plied to queries on status of the pro- posed building. TWO GROUPS PAY LIBRARY PLEDGES; THIRD ADDS MORE The Juneau Memorial Liorary Board received a check yesterday for $250 from the Juneau Emblem Club, Mrs. Genevieve Rusher, pre- | of Alaska, with Gov. Gruening as | chairman, Board members are i- | vision; the Rev. Rolland R. Arm-i strong, formerly of the Third Di- vision, who recently moved to Ju- | neau; Dr. Dwight Cramer of the | First Division; and Murs. Joseph | Kehoe of the Second Division who | | was unable to attend this meeting. | The meetings are expected to end tomorrow. JOINT BANQUET T0 MARK UN DAY HERE In observance of United ‘Nations -Day October 24, a large dinner will ven 1 the Baranof Hotel Gold Room. i ‘the 7 o'clock affair will be un- der the auspices of the Juneau League of Women Voters, the Ju- neau Woman’s Club, the Business | and Professional Women’s Club and the American Women's Voluntary Services. . Acccrding to Mrs. Ernest Gruen- ing, Women Voters’ President, an invitation to speak has been ex- tended to Dean Rusk, Assistant Se- cretary of State who is to give an address in Seattle October 22. A similar invitation was sent to Sen. William Langer, former Governor of North Dakota. He plans to be in Alaska October 22. A program by 14 speakers and several musicians is being arranged. | As a maximum of 180 persons can be accommodated in the Gold Room Mrs. Gruening urges interested persons to purchase tickets immed- | jately. They may be obtained from her or Mrs. William L. Paul, Sr.,| Woman’s Club president; Mrs. Kate | Smith, who heads the BPWC, or Mrs. Joseph D. (Roe) Alexander, vice president of the AWVS, | George Preston of the Fourth Di | | MRS, ENGLISH MAKING VACATION TRIP TO STATES in the states, Mrs. Jane English, | secretary in the Bureau of Public Roads office, left Juneau on the steamship Princess Louise for Van- couver, B.C. ¢ From Vancouver Mrs. English will go east to Chicago-to visit with a sister. Returning to the west coast she will visit with a sister and her daughter Jane Louise and { the rapid progress being made on| | ing fund, also has agreed to de-;‘ To enjoy a months’ vacation trip | sident, and Mrs. Gladys Vuille, treasurer, covering the club’s pledge to the building fund. Earlier in the week a check had been received from the Sons of Norway, Elton Engstrom, president, and Gudrun Olson, treasurer, mak- ing good the ledge’s pledge of $100 to the fund. Last evening, the Ro- tary Club gave a bingo party for members and guests to help meet its second large pledge. The welcome sight of the build- ing under actual construction and it by the builder, Triplette and| Dalziel, appear to be stimulating| fast action by the many groups and | individuals whose pledges have made the library a possibility. The Juneau Garden Club, be- sides contributing cash to the build- | sign the landscaping for the sur- rounding grounds. The special com- | mittee appointed to the job held a meeting Tuesday. Present were Miss | Ann Coleman, Mrs. Earle Hunter | and Mrs. Maxcine Williams. STEWART NAMED ; TREASURER POLIO FUNDS FOR ALASKA Announcement was made today | by Dr. C. E. Albrecht, Terriwriali Commissioner of Health, of the ap-| pointment of B. D. Stewart of Ju- | neau as local treasurer of the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. | Funds have been authorized and made -available by the National Foundation to. meet the costs of infantile paralysis patient care. All requests for funds should be addressed to B. D. Stewart, Trea- surer, National Foundation for In- fantile Paralysis, Box 1953, Juneau Alaska. Reports of the needs and | expenditures will be made by Mr. Stewart to Dr. Albrecht. BURFORDS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Burford re turned yesterday on the Pan Am- erican clipper from Seattle. The: went south to attend the funer services for their sister-in-law, M | Ben Burford, who passed away last | month in Seattle. the latter’'s family in Portland and with a daughter in Sgame. TREFFERS ON VACATION Ralph A. Treffers, Juneau paint- ing and decorating contractor, and | Mrs. Treffers are passengers on the Princess Louise, going to the Pa- cific northwest on vacation trip. Susanna N. Keough of Mt. Edg cumbe is staying at the Baran Hotel, FROM GUSTAVUS Mrs. A. F. Parker of Gustavu is registered at the Baranof Hotcl FROM ANCHORAGE They plan to return within a few weeks. G. A. Whittaker of Anchorage stopping at tke Baranof Hotel. COUNCIL DISCUSSES PAY RAISES FOR C!TY EMPLOYEES FRIDAY Pay increases for city employees including councilmen were discus- sed at a special meeting of the City Council in the City Hall last night. Twenty-five applications for city positions were approved, including the addition of two police officers in the local banks at a dollar a year. They were George E. Cleve- land at the First National Bank and Angelo Astone at the Behrends | Bank. Copies of a proposed budget for the coming year were given to each councilman for study and action to be taken at another special meeting called for 8 o'clock Mon- day night. Councilman George Jor- genson suggested that $2500 be al- lowed for installation of police ra- dio equipment. A bill for $219.75 for the care of Harvey Hickman at St. Ann’s Hospital was presented and laid on the table until the next meeting. Hickman had stolen two cars and wrecked the second one by running into the rock wall on Calhoun Street. He was badly injured and unconscious when taken to the hos- pital by city police but he was not arrested by them and was re- leased to the Federal Government officials so there was some question as to dispesal of the matter, Low bidders or fire, theft and damage insurance on the new Elks ambulance were McLean and Kris- tan and Juneau Insurance Agency, both with a bid of $153.50. The Ju- neau Insurance Agency won the award on the toss of a silver dol- lar. Councilman Ed. Neilsen was nam- ed to meet with the Elks commit- tee’ to establish rites to be charged fof the use of the ambulance do- nated to the city by the BPOE, Nothing was done in regard to the { millage which was to be taken up following the adoption of a budget. Bert Lybeck was restored to the city roster of employees as street foreman after being off for a year while the city engineer carried the work along with his regular duties and that of building inspector, Others continuing on the pay- roll include: W. E. Hendrickson, street commissioner; Dr. C. C. Car- ter, city health officer; J. L. Mc- Namara, city engineer; L. J. Gei- ger, harbormaster; Cleo Commers, wharfinger; Tom Hall, assistant wharfinger; Harry D. Murray, cus- todian airport building; Bernard E. Hulk, chief of police; Frank P. Cavenaugh, assistant chief; Patrol- men Roland V. Edwards, Hartley Crosby, Carl Mueller, and Jerry Allen who is a 90-day probationer; Albert E. Genthner, parking meter- man; R. W. Marshall, hydrant caretaker; C. L, Popejoy, city clerk; Mrs. Millie Moody, assistant city clerk; Olaf Bodding, cemetery care- taker; George L. O'Brien, fire truck driver; A. Minard Mill, fire chief; william Neiderhauser, assistant fire chief; H. M. Porter, fire alarm caretaker, EARL COCKE NEW A.L. COMMANDER (By Associated Press) Earl Cocke, Jr. 29-year-old has been named National Commander of the American Legion. Cocke els an. airline executive | from Dawson, Georgia, and a World War II hero, He succeeds Attorney George Carig of Brazil, Indiana, in | the top post, WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Fiour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock thys morning In Juneau—Maximum, 49; minimum, 41. At Airport—Maximum, 49; minimum, 39. FORECAST (Juneas and Vicinity) Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Low tonight near 30 in town and near freezing in outlying areas. High Sunday near 52. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.02 inches; since October 1—3.70 inches; since July 1—25.77 inches. At Afrport — 0.02 inches; since October 1—1.17 inches; since July 1—2051 inches. | He served at Amchitka and other| | poration. i | More Credit Installment Terms Monday WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 — (B -—! ‘Consxderahly tighter credit terms | become effective Monday on in- ) stallment purchases of automobiles, furniture, television sets and other major household appliances, And they’ll hit a vastly greater | volume of purchases -by applying |to items costing as little as $50. Curbs applied less than a month ago touched nothing under $100. The new tightening up order, lh;sued last night by the Federal Reserve Board, set terms on auto- mobile sales as stiff as any applied during World War II. New and used cars and trucks are affected equally. The payoff limit will be cut from 21 to 15 months, with the cash down payment remaining one-third. That will boost monthly installment pay- ments on an $1,800 car from $57.15 to $80, excluding carrying charges. The minimum down payment on television sets, radios and other appliances will be hiked from 15 ito 25 percent and the payoff time ‘cuc from 18 months to 15. | Other appliances affected: re- | frigerators, food freezers, stoves, | ranges, dishwashers, ironers, wash- |ing machines, clothes driers, sewing | machines, vacuum cleaners, air con- ditioners and dehumidifiers, phono- | graphs and radios. The down payment on furniture and rugs will rise from 10 to 15 percent and payoff limit will shrink from 18 months to 15. In tightening up on the terms it ordered initially on Sept. 18, the Board said {t did so because of “up- ward pressures on prices.” Both moves were aimed at checking in- flation and saving materials for defense. 84 RESIDENTS OF DOUGLAS TURN OUT FOR BLOOD TYPING ! ‘The blood typing program moved {to Douglas Thursday night and 84 | residents of that city lined up be- fore Dr. John Stewart and Dr. Frank Marish during the time specified. The work was done in the Douglas school building. Assisting the doctors were the Rev. J. P, Porter, chairman of the Douglas committee, and Mrs, L. W. Richards, nurse. Mrs. Frances E. Grant was receptionist and Mrs. George Hartman, Mrs. Shirley M. Cady, Miss Louise Grant and Miss | Shirley A. Edwards, typists. ! Identification cards for those | serviced Thursday night will be in {Douglas for distribution Tuesday night, according to the Territorial Department of Health. Persons un- able to participate in the project Thursday night will have another opportunity to do so Tuesday eve- ning at the same place and time. Resumption of the program in Ju- | neau will begin Tuesday, October | 24, and brought to a speedy con<§ clusion, the blood typing committee has announced. LANDIS JOINS STAFF { OF ACS AT JUNEAU New on the staff of the Juneau station, Alaska Communications System, is H. W. Landis, but it is by no means his first ACS duty. distant points during World War II. Formerly of Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs, Landis arrived from Seattle, and are living at the Colonial Ho- tel. Mrs, Landis is employed at the Sugar Bowl. | Mr. Landis is a civilian radio technician, replacing Al Cooley, who | will leave Sunday for North Holly- wood, to work for the Bendix Cor- NURSE TO KODIAK Mrs. Mary Jane Hurley, nurse with the Alaska Health Depart- ment, left today for Kodiak where she has been transferred after nine | months in Juneau. BOB HENNING SOUTH Bob Henning, wellknown former | Juneauite, who has been engaged in fishing out of here, has gone to] Seattle via PAA on a business trip. LONG BEACH GUEST F. G. Teines, Long Beach, Calif., is registered at the Baranof Hotel. TRANSFER OF DON FOSTER ATTACKED BY JOHN COLLIER where Due to “Politi- cal Powerful Whites” WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 — (B — John Collier, former Indian com- misisoner, charges that Don Foster was transferred from a position as head of the Alaska Native Service because he offended “political pow= erful whites.” Coltier brought in the reference to Alaska in a statement protesting raported Interior Department plans to transfer E. Reesemen Fryer as superintendent of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation in Ne- vada. Collier and Harold Ickes, former Interior Secretary, said Senator Mc- Carran (D-Nev) was “forcing re-| moval” of Fryer. Collier said in his mimeographed release that “Indian Commissioner Dillion 8. Myer’s action (in ordering Fryer's transfer) bodes ill for the Indians of the whole country. It follows on the heels of his actions in Alaska. “There, Superintendent Don Fos- ter, battling for Indian property rights, became offensive to political powerful whites.” Foster was transferred to Min- neapolis last July to succeed Daniel E. Murphy, retired area director. He was succeeded at Juneau by Hugh J. Wade. WATER BILL UP 10 FIELD COMMITTEE AT SITKA MEETING The proposed Alaska Water Code is one of the most important mat- ters for consideration next week by the Interior Department's Alas- ka Field Committee, according to Kenneth J. Kadow, chairman Kadow will preside at the meet- ings which open Tuesday morn- ing in the Pire Hall at Sitka. He and other Juneau members plan to fly over Monday. Beside the revised draft of thi Water Bill, matters to be discussed include a six-year Alaska program for the Department of Interior; road rgiht-of-way and withdrawals and industrial development projects. A final report will ke given by the subcommittee on recommenda- tions concerning administration matters. As part of its policy of meeting in various parts of the Territory, to get first-hand knowledge of re- gional problems, the Field Commit- tee has arranged a meeting with Sitka city officials “to hear what- ever they have to say.” Committee members will be the guests of the Sitka Rotary Club at | the Tuesday noon luncheon. Although business sessions are planned only for Tuesday and Wed-~ nesday, the group is scheduled to inspect facilities and activities of | Mount Edgecumbe Thursday after- noon, Kadow is among those plan- ning to return to Juneau that day. Juneauites who will participate in the Sitka meetings are Joseph M. Morgan, Alaska District Man- ager, Bureau of Reclamation; A. F. Ghiglione, Chief Engineer, Alska Road Commission; George Rogers of the Alaska Public Works; George Sundborg, representing the Office | 8} Action in Alaska, Else-| CONFERENCE BEING HELD, WAKE ISLAND Bif Chiefs Meet as Reporls Made Korean War in Final Stages (By the Associated Press) President Truman hopped off from Hawali early this morning, bound for tiny Wake Island, where Gen. MacArthur is waiting to meet with him for the first time in a historic conference on what to do about the Red menace in Asia. Before leaving Hickam Field in his plane, the Independence, Presi« dent Truman said he was confi« dent another war is not “inevit« able.” MacArthur already had reached Wake, from Tokyo last night, having made the nearly 2,000-mile air trip in his new Constellation “Scap.” The President was joined in Hon- olulu by Adm. Arthur W. Radford, Pacific Fleet Commander and the only Naval officer in his group of advisers. Also with him are Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Sec. of the Army Frank Pace; Ambassador-at- Large Phillip C. Jessup; W. Averell Harriman, special Presidential assistant for foreign affairs; Dean Rusk, assistant Secretary of State for the Far East; and Charles S. Murphy, speech writer for the Pres- ident. MacArthur has with him US. Ambassador to Korea John J. Muc- cio and Brig. Gen. Cotirtney Whit= ney, head of the General's govern- ment section for the Japanese oc- cupation. So. Koreans Advance In Korea, UN. forces and South Koreans continuded their advances against some stiff opposition north of the 38th parallel. There was a general drought of reports on the ground action fol- lowing the announcement yester- day that the U.S. First Cavalry Di- vision had captured Kumchon. on the southeastern approaches to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Kumchon is 70 air miles from Pyongyang. Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, com- manding the First Cavalry, said spearheads had smashed eight miles north of Kumchon to Hanpo on the Reds’ main escape route. Trap Is Closed “The trap is closed,” Gay said. “They will not get out any tanks, guns or vehicles.” An estimated 20,000 North Ko- rean Communist troops were said to be caught in the steel clamp, and there seemed no question that the Korean war was in its final stages. The American push toward Pyongyang, supported by United Nations air cover and followed by British and Australian troops, was at the west end of a broken-line front slanting northeastward 130 miles across the narrow waist of the Korean peninsula. On the other end was ‘the South Korean First Corps, with columns pounding north along the coast from captured Won- san toward the big chemical center of Hamhung and west to form an- other spearhead toward Pyongyang. British Commandos, in weird war- paint and heavily armed, made two daring raids on North Korea's east coast only 65 miles from Siberia. The Commandos, going ashore in of the Governor; 8. L. Lorain, Bur- eau of Mines Regional Director; W. E. Twenhofel, Geologist-in- charge, U. S. Geological Survey, and Edward Hales of the same agency; Clarence J. Rhode, Alusku} Director, Fish and Wildlife Ser-| vice, and Milton J. Furness, Ad-| ministrative Officer; Hugh J. Wade | Alaska Native Service Director, and | Reinholt Brust, Assistant Director, | rubber boats from a U.S. destroyer, | were reported to have destroyed two bridges and a tunnel in light- ning hit-and-run raids. LEW M. WILLIAMS ON TRIP TO WRANGELL Lew M. Williams, Secretary of Alaska, went to Wrangell yester- and Miss Kathleen Kohl, Committee Secretary. Field Coming from Anchorage will be i Lowell Puckett, Bureau of Land Management Regional Administra. tor, and Leroy Heinman of the Al aska Railroad. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Chena in port. No passenger steamer sailing to- day from Seattle. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday, Octo-| ber 18, | | day, expecting to be . gone about a week. His trip concerns business {of the family.owned newspaper, The Wrangell Sentinel. MINING MAN HERE Fred J. Hemsworth, Department of Mines, Prince Rupert, BC., is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. 38 DUE FOR DRAFT Thirty-eight Alaskans are due to be called up for the November draft quota, John McCormick, head of the Selective Service here said today. .