The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” /OL. LXXVL, NO. 11,666 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1950 MacArthur Dares Jefs, Other | ANCHORAGE |Communist Aircraff, Flies Over Enemy | BATTERED, | China Nine | . Terrifory; Thumbs Nose Varren Hager Shot By Wite, Who Then Takes Her Own Life KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 24—(® A Eetchikan night club manager was injured seriously and his wife kitled in a double shoouing late Wednesday. Fred Bryant, Deputy U. S. Mar- hal, said he was told by the ed man, Warren L. Hager, hat he was shot by his wife, Ruth. The woman’s body was found lying cr a bed at the Sunset Manor Cluk, which Hager managed. She lhad been shot through the heart. Hager’s physician, Dr. Louis Sala- par, described the wounded man’s ondition as “satisfactory” last ight. The doctor said he had op- rated on a perforated intestine which appeared to from a 22 calibre bullet. Hager was brought to the hos- shortly after 4 p.m. when fire- en and Dr. Salazar went to the Glub in response to a call for a doctor and ambulance. The Deputy Marshal said the fvoman’s wound appeared to be self- nflicted but coroner Val Jolicouer vithheld comment pending an in- uest. result The Hagers are wellknown in uneau when he was former owner pf the Top Hat Bar on South frranklin, swapping his interest sev- sral months ago with Howard Bry- bint, in business in Ketchikan, ADE, ANS DIRECTOR, T0 WASHINGTON ON REPLACING HOSPITAL Hugh J. Wade, Alaska Native [Service area director, leaves this hfternoon for Washington, D.C. ile there, he will discuss the problem of replacing the Bethel \NS hospital that was destroyed y fire Tuesday. Delegate Bob Bartlett is prepar- g an emergency bill to be pre- kented at the special session of Con- press to get an appropriation for ebuilding the destroyed hospital. ade is also to attend a Children and Youth Conference while in Washington. He meets with Dr. James Ryan, Jcommissioner of Education for [alaska, in Washington to discuss educational problems as they are related to the Territorial Depart- ment of Education and the Alaska [Native Service. Wade hopes to obtain a medical director for the Alaska Native Serv- lice while in Washington. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver due tomorrow afternoon or evening. Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle 5 p.m. today. Baranof from west delayed and so will not arrive until Monday. The Washington Merry - Go-Round Copyright, 1950, by Bell Synaieste, Ine.) By DREW PEARSON ELLIS ISLAND, N. Y.—Thanks- giving began as a day on which a group of English immigrants gave thanks for being able to weather the rigors of one year on a new continent. Now, three centuries later, immi- grants are still arriving in small numbers in this country; only on Thanksgiving Day the latest arri- vals had little to be thankful for. For the Statue of Liberty which once welcomed new arrivals like a beacon of hope in New York's clut- tered harbor, stands with its back turned, both actually and figura- tively, on Ellis Island. This austre island has been #oing a brisk business since the McCarran Communist control law went into effect. And Thanksgiv- ing Day was anything but that for those who came seeking the land of promise, but found themselves shunted behind the red brick walls and high wire fences here along with stowaways and undesirable al- iens. Immigrants come along only in a | #vickle now—abkout 1,000 a month, ‘compared with a million or so a i (Continued on Page Four) By RELMAN “PAT” MORIN (Veteran A.P. Correspondent) TOKYO, Nov. 24—(P—General MacArthur's amazing flight today to the Yalu river, 60 mifes behind enemy lines and over known Red fighter nests, was not a spur-of- the-moment caprice. He said he had been considering it for some time. He is the first supereme com- mander in history to calmly fly far into enemy territory and examine the objectives of the offensive. He cooly circled the areas where the Chinese Communists have been the most sensitive to the approach of any aircraft. The flight was made in an un- armed private plane in brilliant sunlight shortly after 2 p.m. “That,” said Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney, one of MacArthur’s aides, 1 “is what I would call thumbing your nose at the Chinese.” “That,” a correspondent replied, “is what I would call pushing your luck a little.” MacArthur apparently is com- pletely fearless. Or else he has such complete confidence in his own him that to take a Constellation over a hive of 600-mile-an-hour jets might be immensely dangerous. ‘This is the way it felt and looked. We had spent four icy hours touring the front. The wind was a cold, keen-edged sabre that searched out the smallest opening in your clothes and stabbed through to the flesh. The “Scap,” MacArthur's own plane, was a beautiful sight, a big silver stove, when the jeeps jolted back over frozen roads to the air- field at Sinanju. MacArthur’s chair is in the after part of the plane. It swivels around like parlor chairs in the new pull- mans, “We are going to reconnoitre the Yalu river,” Whitney said, “and the Suiho Dam and anything else that looks interesting.” The correspondents stopped writ- ing. One gulped, cleared his throat and said: “I wonder if this trip is really necessary.” HYAK HUNTING PARTY REPORTS FAIR GAME l Storms made their hunting trip longer than planned. for a group aboard Sim MacKinnon’s Hyak, returned the {irst of the week from Rocky Pass. H ‘The Hyak was delayed five daysi at Kake, then arrived as near Ju- neau as Taku Harbor and was held up for three more days. Eight boats kept the Hyak company storm- bound at Taku. H ! HIGH WIND ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 24— (® — Steady high winds downed power lines, shattered showroom plate glass windows and plunged this city into a temporary black- out last night. Shingles and roof- ing paper littered the streets. The violent blow, moving north- northeast along icy Knik Arm off Cook Inlet, averaged 45 mph with recorded gusts as strong as 70 and even 85 mph. The Weather Bureau forecast diminishing winds for today. Property Damage Heavy Property damage from the day- long pounding was heavy. Police were called out to guard stores where broken windows brought a threat of looting. Firemen dis- mantled signs which endangered pedestrians and parked cars. At Merrill Field, the city's pri- vate airport, planes were up-ended and torn from moorings. Two un- occupied craft crashed on the run- way only to be swept aside by a heavy wind gust a few moments later. Real Blackout At UN Today MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =} TTKILLED IN |Seek Improve (GENERAL ASSAULT TO END KOREAN WAR IS LONG ISLAND Sefup Alaska ' LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 24—M®—A; NEW YORK, Nov. 24—(1!‘!—700\'.5 WASHINGTON, Nov. 24— (A — nine-member Chinese Communist| Thomas E. Dewey said today that!&enator Hunt (D-Wyo) said today delegation will make its first visit to Lake Success late today to present credentials to U.N. Secretary-Gen- eral Trygve Lie. The delegation ar- rived earlier in the day at Idle- wild International Airport. Russia asked that the Chinese Reds be invited to participate at once in the political committee's debate on Formosa. The committee debated the question throughout its morning session but reached no de- cision. It was expected to reach a vote this afternoon. The General Assembly’s 60-nation political committee now is consid- ering Russian charges of American aggression against China. The charges grew out of President Tru- man’s order sending the U.S. Sev- enth fleet into Formosa Strait to prevent a spreading of the Korean war. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik made the request that the Chinese Reds participate in the committee’s proceedings. Nationalist China’s T. F. Tsiang preliminary evidence indicates “a human failure” was the cause ot the Thanksgiving Eve Long Island rallroad wreck which took 177 lives. Dewey, who cut short a Florida vacation to lead one of the investi- gations of the wreck started today, made his statement after a meet- ing with the State Public Service Commission. As the Governor spoke there were demands for quick action by na- tional, state and city officials to put an end to the carnage on the Long Island. It was the second major distaster in a year in the railroad. Dewey said commission findings showed the express which plowed into the rear of a stalled train had passed through one warning signal and one stop signal at full speed of between 60 and 65 miles per hour. The warning signal was a mile and a half from the scene of the accident. “Whatever the causes, human or The power blackout left hotels, expressed vigorous opposition. U.S.} mechanical, the siuation on the lucky star that it never occurred to |radio stations and police depart-(pelegate John Foster Dulles said:|Long Island Railroad is utterly in- ment upon auxiliary power facili- ties. Taxis were left to shift for themselves without any centrally- located radio call system. One fire was reported sweeping through forest land on the Palmer highway near the Knig river bridge. Telephonic communication with Palmer, at the north end of the Knik Arm, was destroyed by a sim- ilar, but weaker, storm last week. How hard the community was hit by the latest blow was undetermined. The storm also swept over the Kenai Peninsula to the south where gusts of 70 mph were recorded, and with lesser strength at Kodiak. FAIRBANKS' OLDEST SETTLER PASSES ON FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 24— —John J. Buckley, 70, one of Fair- banks’ oldest settlers and best known pioneers, died Wednesday. Buckley had been a deputy U.S. Marshal for the past 30 years and icmer Deputy since 1936. He came to Alaska in 1896 and went to Circle. Eight years later he became one of the founders of Fairbanks. His name has been linked with such Yukon trailblazers as James Wickersham, Tom Mark- ham, John McGinn and Leroy To- zier. Buckley was active in Masonic affairs. He was a member of Law- son Consistory, Seattle, and had just finished his third term as District Deputy of the Grand Mas- ter of the Grand Lodge for Wash- “I have no desire to speak on this question.” Tsiang said: “This (Red) regime has not the legal competence to offer a complaint on the part of my country. This is a propaganda trick.” Several Latin American delega- tions opposed the Soviet proposal. ASK GERMAN COOPERATION FOR FREEDOM i | ALASKA COASTAL HAS 55.0N WED. FLIGHTS; NO FLIGHTS THURSDAY Alaska Coastal Airilnes flights Wednesday carried a total of 55 (By the Associated Press) The United Statcs reactivated its Seventh Army in Europe today and U.S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy called on Germans to face up to the task of defending Euro- pean freedom. The Seventh Army, which landed in Southern France in 1944 and tolerable,” Dewey said. / One hundred ten people have Idxed in the two Long Island wrecks this year. i In the latest disaster one elec- tric train plowed into the rear of another, which was stalled about ten miles from Times Square. With a deafening roar and a blinding flash from the third rail, the front and rear cars of the two 12-car traing telescoped. Death and terror struck the 2,- 100 passengers, many them crowded in the aisles, » Vast rescue forces were on the scene minutes after the crash. But it took nine hours to get the last mangled body out of the sick- ening death trap of twisted steel. The motorman of the second train was Kkilled. he hopes to find some method of “whittling away some of the ter- rific cost of defense efforts” in Alaska. Hunt, chairman of a three-man investigating group, added that housing for the increased military forces in Alaska is “woefully inad- equate” and that some new system of overall coordination or planning appears to be necessary, With Senators Morse (R-Ore) and Saltonstall (R-Mass), Hunt made an inspection trip to Alaska recently for the Armed Services preparedness subcommittee. Their formal report is expected about the first of the year. “Watchdog” The subcommittee, headed by Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) is acting as a “watchdog” over the entire multi-billion dollar defense program. It already has sharply criticized government rubber and alcohol programs and the disposal of World War II surplus. Hunt and his colleagues flew to Alaska with committee experts to examine the multi-million dollar defense efforts underway in this US. territory nearest Soviet Rus- sia. “Considering living conditions and the climate, we found the morale ‘o( our fighting forces very high” 1 Hunt said. “We also found out that | unification of the Armed Services ;appeared to be working very well.” } Agencies Need Coordinator He reported fair progress on con- struction and operation of a huge radar net. On the other hand, Hunt said there appeared to "be need of a coordinator for all the govern- ment agencies on the military con- struction programs underway.” Some careful advance planning among all interests early in Janu- ary or February of each year prob- ably could speed up defense pro- jects and reduce costs, he added. “Strikes, high costs of materials and labor and material shortages have delayed some projects beyond the short season when work can be done,” he said. “Rents Terrific” “Transportation by the Alaska Steamship Company also has been very, very costly.” As a result, Hunt said, military Committee fought to Southern Germany, is the | passengers with 11 on interport with jpersonnel often is quartered through only US. Army to be organized in Europe since demobilization after the Second World War. Its reactivation provides the 13 arriving and 21 departing. Departing for Sitka were: Lil- lian Zettel, Johnny Charles, Antoin. ete Nan Eng, Bob Fredericks, Phil- the frigid winters in temporary metal and canvas housing left over from World War II. Many officers and men are forced framework for American reinforce- | lips Sampson, Paul Pavella, Joan|to rent quarters,” he said. “The ments promised for the defense of | Jinmy, Joe Anycinah, Larrie Was.|rents are terrific and the accom- Western Europe. Commissioner McCloy’s appeal to the Germans was in an address at Kiel University. “No one can preserve your free- doms for you,” he told German stu- silie, Auva Essholt, Eleanor Johnson Edna Andrew, Bertham Simeon, Fritz Pillusha, Andrew (Charles, Evelyn Stewart Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Thompson, H. V. Davis, Della Ro- mero, Fannie Jim, Mary Lund, Jen- Aboard the Hyak were Minard|{ington and Alaska. At the time of Mill, Minard (Skeet) Mill, Jr., Jam- his death he also was treasurer of dents. He reminded them that many | ny Wassilie, Hazel Lindstrom, Ken- American students are being forced | neth Albright, Eveleyn Perkins, E. es Orme, Joe Johnston, Percy Rey-{the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo num- nolds, Skip MacKinnon and Capt.jber 4. MacKinnon, He is survived by the widow here, “Hunting? a daughter, Mrs. Katherine Edlund, — and a son, Richard, Seattle. JOBLESS CLAIMANT Just fair.” FORESTER ENDS DUTY PLANS TRIP TO S. A. Craig Silvernale, recent gradu- jAII,ED FoR FR‘“D ate forester, is leaving Juneau Tuesday for the states and Wwith| payig . Kydd, stenographer, age three friends will take off early 41, was sentenced in U. S. Com. this winter on a long planned trip} missioner’'s Court Wednesday on to South America. Just what the|three counts of filing fraudulent young adventurers will do Wwhen|clgimg for unemployment insurance. they reach the southern continent| He was fined $50 on-.each of the they have not yet determined but|three counts and sentenced to thirty have a number of prospects inldays in jail on each count, the to interrupt their studies and ca- C. Tibbets, reers to enter military service and | For Petersburg: Jack Cox; for expressed confidence that “young|Ketchikan: Tom Cummings, E. L, Germany will meet the test.” Hughes; for Taku Harbor: Hans At the same time West German | Nesrug. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer| Arriving from Hoonah were: Mar. blamed German indecision on mak-|tin Holm, Jim Richardson, Don ing a contribution to western de-| Willlams; from Ketchikan: Rev. fense on the indecision of the west- { Armstrong; from Tenakee: James ern powers. His view was given to|Paddock; from Sitka: B. Stevenson, French High Commissioner Andre|Bishop Gordon, Jerry Beason, Wil- Francois-Poncet at Bonn. liam Smith, Al Willard; from Chi- Adenauer openly advocates the chagof: Howard Hayes. arming of German troops to serve| From Fish Bay: James Neilsen, in a West European army. William Farris, PACIFIC NORTHERN | STOCK QUOTATIONS view. Silvernale spent his first season in Alaska last summer and was project forester for timber sales in the Hood Bay area for the U. S. Forest Service, CROFTON FAMILY HEI" R. J. Crofton, highway cost re- search engineer with the Alaska Road Commission here since the first of the month, has been joined by Mrs. Crofton and their 2-year-old daughter, Amber Louise. They are living at the Baranof Hotel. Prior to coming to Alaska, Crofton was with Arthur Young and Co., certi- fied public accouhtants in Seattle. He is originally from Pasadena, Calif. POSTMASTER HOME AFTER VACATION TRIP Mrs. Crystal Jenne, Juneau Post- master, returned Wednesday in time for Thanksgiving Day with her family, after a vacation trip to; Dale Strohecker, from the US.!mained after his wife returned to| terms to run concurrently. Kydd pleaded guilty to charges brought by the Employment Secur- ity Commission that he had falsi- fied statements in which he alleged that he was unemployed whereas he was employed full time, on two occasions; and to falsifying a state- ment as to his earnings in order to draw partial benefits, the basis for the third count. Stanley Baskin, assistant district attorney, prosecuted the case for the Employment Security Com- mission of Alaska. JOE GREEN HAS STROKE Joseph A. Green, well known former Alaska legislator, suffered a slight stroke last Monday at the Orpheum Rooms where he is living Innd was taken to St. Ann’s hospital ‘Wednesday. Dr. John Clements, his physician, said today that he was in fair condition and resting easily. AT THE GASTINEAU i BRINGS 4; TAKES 2 Pacific Northern Airlines flights were on schedule yesterday. Arriv- ing here were Joan Lingo, A. L. Zumwalt, M. Sanford and Ken Bowman. W. E. Hutchinson and Mrs. Don Prow departed for Anchorage. Going to Anchorage Wednesday were Mrs. L. Williamson, Capt. R S. Thompson, Karl Brunstad, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Granell and Wendell Matthews. Father Lorente and John Wil- liams went to Yakutat. LEADBETTER TO OHIO George Leadbetter who has been in Juneau sinee last summer, left Wednesday on the Pan American| clipper on his way to his home in Huron, Ohio, and to his duties with the Ohio Department of Health. He and Mrs. Leadbetter (Dr. Bernitd Block) enjoyed a vacation here in the summer and Leadbetter NEW YORK, Nov. 24 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 101, American Tel. and Tel. 151%, Anaconda 89%, Douglas Aircraft 86, General Electric 49%, General Mo- tors 48%, Goodyear 60%, Kennecott 74%, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%, Standard Oil of Cal. 82%, 20th Century Fox 21%, U.S. Steel 41, Ca- nadian Exchange 96.12%, Pound $2.80%. S Sales today were 2,620,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 23547, rafls 71.06, utilities 40.70. HEAVY SELLING | NEW YORK, Nov. 24—(®—The stock Market plowed through heavy elling today to establish a new 20- year high, |to around $1 a share. Largest gains were scored dur- {ing an opening burst of demand. [ ELKS ATTENTION Ladies Night, Saturday Nov. 25 Final prices were up a few cansl modations they get are terrible.” MURRAY ELECTED (10 PRESIDENT FOR 11TH TERM CHICAGO, Nov. 24 — (® — Philip Murray was reelected to his 1lth term as CIO President by acclama- 'tion today. The action sent Murray into his second decade as head of the na- ition’s second largest labor organiza- tion, claiming some 6,000,000 mem- bers. A long and noisy demonstration followed Murray’s nomination by President Jacob Potofsky of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. The election of officers was a windup feature of the CIO’s 12th national convention. BARLOW-VON MINDEN WEDDING IS EVENT THANKSGIVING DAY Thanksgiving Day was chosen for their wedding day by Ivy Doris Barlow and James B. Von Minden who were married at one o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Juneau Hotel by Judge Gordon Gray, U.S. Commissioner. Attendants for the couple were Joann Jean Talkington and P. W. Talkington and Francille Godwin. Following the marriage ceremony i friends attended a reception at the home of the bride in the Ellin- gen aj ents, The’ bridal couple and Mr. and | Mrs. Talkington later enjoyed a |dinner at Mike’s in Douglas. Mrs. Von Minden is a member of | the staff of the California Grocery |and Mr. Von Minden is a driver for |the Glacier Cab Company. They the states. She visited chiefly in; Coast Guard Base at Ketchikan | Ohio, to take care of their property Dancing starts at 10 o'clock. For Wwill make their home in the Ellin- and around Seattle. lls stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. > iinterests on the Fritz Cove road. ‘gms and their ladies only. 666-2t gen Apartments. ‘ALUMNI WINS ANNUAL TUSSLE 37-35; FIRST LEAGUE GAME NOV. 28 The Juneau High School cagers lost the first game of the season Wednesday nfght against the Alumni by one free throw with the final score at 37 to 36. The Alumni broke the ice with Tom Powers’ basket near the end of the second of play. Scoring see- sawed during the entire game. Dur- ing the third quarter, Juneau High worked a five point lead that was closed by the end of the period. Score at the end of the period was Juneau High 26, Alumni 25. Each team scored 12 points in this quar- ter. ‘The high school team was less ex- perienced than the alumnis who have been playing the game for a longer time. Overall, both teams missed scoring chances with the high school missing the rebounds. The high school team showed a ten- dency of getting in a corner with- out being able to work out. In the closing seconds of the last quarter, Denny Merritt of the Alumnis was fouled with his single gift shot winning the game. Other than the five point lead the high school team had in the third quar- ter, neither team had more than a two or three point gain at any time. Herbie Martin and Elton Eng- strom, Jr., of the high school team showed up as stars with Dudley Smithberg starring for the Alumnis. The high school band, cheer lead- ers and song leaders made thefr first appearance of the year. In the preliminary game, the sophomore-junior team won over the freshman team 24 to 21. The first league game of the sea- son for the Gastineau Channel League is scheduled for Tuesday, November 28, in the Juneau High School gymnasium. It will be a double header with Juneau High vs Arctics and Columbia Lumber vs Imperials. First game time is 7:30. Summary of Wednesday’s Game Juneau High fg ft tp Ninns e Carlson Graves ... MacKinnon Wade Treffors Martin . Engstrom Forrest ... Pegues .. Totals . Alumni Merritt . Pasquan Rude Wilbur . - - ONANNNOCONNHRIOOWMO - HNEDW - o Larson ... Totals .. P CCCHCOOMNHRNOCOOCOOOOO MM SeeonvoscomowE SoccacOoONNAG [ ® & 0 0o ¢ 0o 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 28; minimum, 16. At Alrport—Maximum, 25; minimum, 17. FORECAST (Junesu and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with occa- sional light snow tonight and Saturday. Low temperature tonight near 22, High Satur- day about 26 degrees. Occa- sional gusty northeasterly winds. PRECIPITATION o (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today ® City of Juneau—~0.10 inches; e since Nov. 1 — 4.09 inches; o | since July 1—33.12 inches, At Airport — 0.06 inches; since Nov. 1 — 2.01 inches; since July 1—23.06 inches. BISHOP GORDON HERE ENROUTE TO WRANGELL Bishop Willlam J. Gordon came in to Juneau Wednesday from Sitka by Alaska Coastal Airlines and left | the same day for Wrangell. He is making a visit to the Episcopal churches in Southeast Alaska and will ‘go from Wrangell to Peters- burg. From the latter city Bishop Gordon will go Ketchikan and fly by Pan American Airways from An- nette Island direct to Fairbanks, his TRAINCRASH| Armed Forcel MacARTHUR'S ORDERS (By the Associated Press) Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s United Nations forces launched a general assault today aimed at ending the Korean war before Christmas. Three Allied corps jumped off in freezing weather ‘along an 80-mile northwestern front. The first thrusts carried up to eight miles. This is one arm of a giant nut- cracker which MacArthur ordered, to “finish this off as quickly as possible.” The other arm is in the northeast where the South Korean Capital Division smashed through “light in- effectual resistance” to within seven miles of Chongjin, the last big Ko~ :’ean city south of the Soviet fron- er, MacArthur at Front MacArthur flew to the front to see the offensive get off to a good start. He said: “I hope to keep my promise to the GI's to have them home by Christmas.” He added: “Tell the boys when they reach the Yalu they are going home.” That was the stuff the troops were Wwaiting for. They plowed ahead on all fronts, Western Offensive In a special communique an- nouncing the western offensive, MacArthur declared: “If successful, this should for all practical pure Poses end the war, restore peace and unity to Korea, enable the prompt withdrawal of United Nations mili- tary forces, and permit the com- plete assumption by the Korean people and nation of full sovereignty and international equality.” The US. Second and 25th Divi- slons and a Turkish Brigade imme- diately moved up to take over a 26-mile sector in the middle of the northwest line, Northwest Push The b:f nerthwest push. began 48 to 60 miles south of the border, The South Korean First Division plowed ahead on the Taechon front, reaching within seven miles of that important Communist base. The Allied offensive, accompanied by strong air support, met only weak opposition at first. MacArthur sald new Red armies had joined an estimated 100,000 Ko- reans in the fighting. The US. Seventh Marine Regiment ran into a fresh division of Chinese Reds— the 89th—on the north-central front. Previously the regiment had been lightly opposed in its march to envelop the Changjin reservoir. The all-out push to end the war came as activity stepped up on the diplomatic front and following a strange battlefront lull during which Tokyo was astir with peace rumors, SOME CONFUSION BUT JUNEAU ENJOYS THANKSGIVING DAY Juneau awakened yesterday morn- ing to find a mantle of snow over the city and countryside for an un- expected white Thanksgiving Day. The new snow was a delight to the youngsters but the gusty winds which came along in mid-morning were not so welcome, To add to the confusion the power on the Alaska-Juneau line was turned off for 45 minutes at 10 o'clock in the morning. Salt spray on the insulators was the cause of the trouble and the power off order was necessary while workmen re- paired the damage, A-J officials explained today. For a little while housewives looked over their pantries somewhat frantically to determine what they could do with sandwiches in place of the turkeys already in or ready for ovens. However, all turned out well and families got away in time for church services and all churches had a good attendance. The church services and dinner parties for families and their friends were the events of the day with visiting and quiet entertainment in the homes. ON CALIFORNIA VISIT Irv Curtis, Juneau public account- ant, Mrs. Curtis and their young son, Mark, are on their way to. California on a visit. They left Ju- neau Wednesday by Pan American Airways and will go to Tulare in the central part of the southern state, to visit with Mrs. Curtis’ parents. Mr. Curtis plans to return about December 1 and his wife and son will remain in Tulare for several headquarters. ! weeks.