The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1950, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI,, NO. 11,668 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OVEMBER 27, 1950 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS UN Offensive In Korea W.E.FEERO, SR. BUSINESS PASSES AWAY IS HALTED | | ATSKAGWAY BYSTORM SKAGWAY, Alaska, N 27 ! , Alaska, Nov. — o . (Special Correspondence) — Willie ManY EaS'efn c'"es |n Egbert Feero died Sunday afternoon | % | at 4:30 o'clock as the result of a Crlppled State - Traf- | stroke suffered Saturday morning. | H Feero was born in Auburn, Maine, h(r S(hools CIosed August 31, 1883, and came to Skag- | way October 27, 1897. His father died (By the Associated Press) on the trail in a blizzard during gold | The storm which mauled rush days. | whole northeastern section of the| Willie Feero attended school in|nation with record fury over the Skagway, worked as a newspaper weekend had vanished today but boy and later drove a stage. At 20 | grief, human misery and industrial he worked for the White Pass and |paralysis lingered on. Yukon Railroad. ‘ At least 226 deaths were blamed In 1911 he went to Tacoma, Wash., | on the devastating winds along the working for the Milwaukee Railroad | Atlantic seaboard and the heavy for six years. While there he mar- |snow which fell as far south as ried Alta Lilton on June 24, 1913. |Mississippi and Alabama. Damage The couple returned to Alaska,|in New England alone was esti- settled at Douglas where Feero was |mated at $100,000,000, with threat- U.S. Deputy Marshal for 11 years. ‘ened floods expected to add to the Returning to Skagway in 1937, he | cost. Most of western Pennsylvania was employed with the Post Engi- 1 and northern Ohio still were digging neers during the war and then re- ‘cuc of snow which brought business turned to the White Pass Railroad [to a virtual halt in such cities as where he remained until his re-}Pmsburgh. Cleveland, Columbus, tirerhent on October 31, 1950. | Akron, Youngstown and Dayton. Feero had served as president of | Wind at 108 MPH the school board in Skagway and The wind which hammered parts | had been Worshipful Master of the :of the Atlantic coast with a force Skagway and Douglas Masonic: of as much as 108 miles an hour at lodges. | times was described by the weather | Surviving are his widow and four | Bureau as the worst ever to hit that daughters: Geneva Walters of | region. It left many areas still with- Douglas; Wilma Jensen of Anchor- ‘nm power service today and thous- | age; Myrtle Edwards of Skagway |ands still shivering without heat or | and Evaline Egbert of Bow, Wash- | lighting. Losses to boat owners were ington. Three sons also survive:|the heaviest since the 1938 hurri- Robert of Huntington, Oregon; |cane. William and John of Skagway. | Wind and Rain Other relatives include thirteen! The blow was accompanied by} grandchildren, twin sisters, Edith|{orrential rains which had sent some Larson and Ethel Hanson of Ta-|New England streams out of their coma and a brother, Frank, in the | hanks. Some others were threaten- U.S. Customs office at Prince Ru- |ing to overflow. New York City, | pert. | however, harvested a 25-day water Feero was one of Skflgwfly‘h;‘.supply. The city reservoir trapped | longest time residents. | 25-billion gallons, building up a ’needed reserve supply. WORD RECEIVED HERE | the | | Word of the passing of W. E.| Feero, Sr. at Skagway, was re- | ceived here last night by Alberni White and he said, “Alaska has | lost a fine citizen whose actuivity | will be missed in many fields of | our life in Alaska. He was a deputy ! narshal in this district from 1926 | to 1934, during my marshalship.” 1 Mrs. Thomas Jensen is expected | to arrive this afternoon from An- | chorage and will leave for Skag- | way tomorrow via Alaska Coas'.al,‘ ARC FOREMAN HERE ON WAY TO INTERIOR Laurence L. Nichols, a general foreman in the Fairbanks district for the Alaska Road Commission, arrived in Juneau yesterday after | a two months’' vacation leave in the states. He has been assigned to Tok Junction and will leave for his new post at the end of the week. Nichols visited with his family in Minnesota and returned to Alaska by way of California. The Washington Merry - Go - Round Copyright, 1950, by Bell Synaicate, Ine.) By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON-—This column re- cently revealed that seven troop- ships, now carrying American troops acress the Atlantic and Pa- cific, are equipped with unsafe life- boat gear. Further investigations has now uncovered that, in addi- tion to this, the fire-detecting, ex- tinguishing and alarm systems are also below the minimum safety standards set by the U. S. Coast Guard. | ling Penn State College, Bucknell, irence declared a state of emergency |row legal holidays there so that | widespread. There, too, banks and Business Paralyzed Resumption of normal business in the snow-bound sections of Pennsylvania and Ohio still was not in sight today. Transportation facilities were too crippled to carry sufficient workers ! to their jobs. Many schools, includ- Juniata, Pittsburgh University, Du- quesne University and Carnegie | Tech in Pennsylvania all were closed | for the day at least. Schools Are Closed All public and parochial schools remained closed in Pittsburgh where the snowfall measured a re- cord 28 inches. Mayor David Law- in the city and appealed to all but ; essential workers to stay off their jobs and help clear the city’s side streets. With more snow forecast for to- day, Gov. James H. Duff declared an emergency in 17 western coun- ties and declared today and tomor- the banks could remain closed. Ohio Shutdown Widespread The shutdown in Ohio was more | schools remained closed and trans- portation stalled as crews bored through snow drifts as deep as 23 feet in some place in clearing the highways. Gov. Frank J. Lausche also urged motorists to stay off the streets and declared today a per- missive legal holiday so that banks and other financial institutions could remain closed. The cost of industrial shutdowns in Cleveland alone was estimated at $10,000,000 a day. The snowfall was more than 20 inches. FROM FAIRBANKS L. L. Nichols of Fairbanks is re- gistered at the Baranof Hotel. It should be noted that U. S. Ceast Guard standards are high, and many foreign luxury liners do | not conform to them. Nevertheless, | ships carrying U. S. troops, should. | " STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 27 — Closing | Furthermore, the steel bulkheads | guotation of Alaska Juneau mine |while gone was at Palm Springs.| on these troopships sre unlined, un- | giock today is American Can insulated and uncovered, hencé a 100, American Tel. and Tel. 151%, | fire hazard in case cf overheating: ‘Anaconda 38%, Douglas Aircraft 85, the ventilation system doesn’t shut | General Electric 49%, Genéral Mo- off automatically in case of fire| .. 475 Goodyear 61%, Kennecott bLut would continue to fan the| 7314, Libby McNeill and Libby 18%, flames; and the electrical eqmp-;Nurmel.n Pacific 29, Standard Oil ment in the hospital and battery | o¢ california 82%, Twentieth Cen- {some time in Los Angeles, | Beach and Palm Springs, Calif. Bob | e rooms is subject te explosion. This cclumn has also learned that, in addition to the seven| troo| s previously named, three | others are in the same condition. (Continued on Page Four) tury Fox 21%, U.S. Steel 40%, Ca- nadian Exchange 96.12%. Sales today were 1,740,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 234.56, rails 70.52, utilities President's Letier Abouf 2 Satehoods WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 — (® — | President Truman in his letter to| Congress urging statehood for | Alaska and Hawaii said the bills| are vital “to the security of the | Nation as a whole.” “Both Hawaii and Alaska are vital | of the United States | " he wrote. “They | are also the proving ground of our Democratic institutions in the Pa- cific area, with tremendous psycho- logical influence on the hearts and minds of the people of Asia and the Pacific Islands. As frontiers of our national territory, Hawaii and Alaska must maintain a high de- gree of military readiness.” Further developing his theme of the international significance of the statehood bills, Mr. Truman wrote: Strengthen Morale “Statehood Wwill not only| strengthen the moral and physical aspects of our national defense in these areas—it will also improve our relations with the other free peoples | of the Pacific area, and strike a blow at Communist influence among them. “Communism seeks to create dis- trust of the sincerity of our inten- tions, particularly among the peo- | ples of the Far East. The granting ! of statehood to Hawaii and Alaska would speak far louder than words of our devotion to our national| ideals. i “It would show, particularly in the case of Hawaii, that this gov- ernment judges people by their deeds, and not by their racial or national orjgins. Notice to Far East “It would give additional con- vincing proof to the people of the | Far East that this country is still| truly dedicated to the proposition | that all men are created equal.” The President pointed out that the House has already passed both measures. “Since these bills came before | the Senate, this country has moved to check aggression in Korea, in support of the principles of the! United Nations. As a result, our | position in the Pacific area, and' our attitude toward the peoples of | that area, have become of even greater importance to our national security and to the success of our efforts to achieve a just peace. “In all fairness we should not! longer deny the desire for statehood of our fellow citizens in Hawaii and Alaska.” He said both areas pay federal | taxes without having a voice in levying them or spending tax reve- nues. )t “Their young men are inducted | into the armed forces of the nation,” I he went on. “The people of Hawaii | have about five times as many men on the casualty lists from Korea, | in proportion to their total popula- tion, as the rest of the country.” ROSE BOWL ELEVENS OFFICIALLY NAMED PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 27—®— It will be California vs Michigan in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. The Pacific Coast and Western conferences made it official today by naming the winners of their re- spective conferences—unbeaten but once-tied California; thrice-beaten, | once-tied Michigan which lost only one in Big Ten play. i | | | { PHEASANTS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pheasant re- turned Saturday from the states where they had been on a three- relatives in Seattle and also spent PRES. PRODS CONGRESS T0 ACT ONBILLS Congress reconvened today for a short “lame duck” session and got a prod from President Truman to extend rent controls and vote state- hood for Alaska and Hawaii. But most of the legislators, in talking with newsmen, said frankly they did not expect much to be accomplished in the few weeks re- maining before the new Congress elected Nov. 7 takes over on Jan. 3. Republicans, who will have in- creased strength in the new Con- gress, obviously were in a mood to put off everything except emergency legislation until the 82nd Congress meets. Mr. Truman sent a letter to the capitol asking a 90-day extension of the rent control program which | will expire Dec. 31 in most cities. He plugged for statehood for Al- aska and Hawaii at a conference with Democratic congressional lead- ers, Statehood First Order In line with Mr. Truman’s wishes, the leaders made statehood for Al- aska the first order of business for the Senate. At the same time, however, an agreement was reached to lay that measure aside temporarily when- ever there are appropriations or other emergency matters to handle. If the Alaska measure goes through, statehood for Hawaii will be next on the docket. The schedule was outlined to re- porters by Senate Democratic lead- er Lucas (Ill) after the White House huddle of the party’s legis- lative leaders just ahead of the opening gavel. The early plan was for Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo. to put in a motion at 2 pm. (EST) to take up the Alaska issue, but the Sen- ate adjourned at 12:50, putting off action until tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — @ — | STATEHOOD BILL URGED WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 — (B — Senate Democratic Leader Lucas announuced after a conference with President Truman today that the administration will seek passage of a statehood bill for Alaska as its | first order of business in the short | session. He said that if this measure can | be passed over admittedly, stiff op- | position it will be followed by a | second bill to provide statehood for Hawaii. Meanwhile, President Truman drafted a formal letter to Vice President Barkley asking immedi- ate passage of both bills in the | interest of hational defense. Yesterday Delegate Farrington of Hawaii urged the Senate to com- plete action on the Hawaii state- hood bill before Christmas. Shortly before the Senate recessed last September until tomorrow, Ma- | jority Floor Leader Lucas (D-II) said an effort would be made upon lreconvenmg to call up the Hawail and Alaska statehood bills. The House has passed both measures. In a telegram addressed to Senate members, Farrington said that ac- {tion now on the Hawaii statehood |legislation would ‘‘greatly istrengthen the position of our | country in the Pacific and in the i fight to establish and maintain free government in the far east.” Hawaiian casualties in the Korean war now total 425, a rate propor- | tionately about five times as great las that for the continental United | States, Harrington said. He told the Senators the Terri- | tory of Hawaii already has approved a proposed state constitution. A popular vote was taken on the pro- posed constitution, he said, “on the | strength of the promise that action | would be taken in this session of | Congress on statehood for Hawaii.” | BY TRUMAN Lucas, however, did get in with | Estimates of all territorial de- partments and boards totaling $20,- 128,311.28 for the 1951-53 biennial period have been approved by the | Territorial Budget Board it was revealed today. The Board estimated tax and miscellaneous revenues under cur- rent tax laws for the same period at $19,560,750.00, leaving a deficit of $567,561.28. | The three major expenditures are (1) Education, $11,540,882.10; (2) Public Welfare, $3,709,909.34; Public Health, $1,159,720.00. These three departments’ estimat- es constitute about 80 percent of the total budget estimates. Estimates for the 49-51 biennial period totaled about $17,403341.24 and anticipated revenues totaled approximmately $6,640,000.00. The increase in anticipated rev- enues for the next two years is effected in great part from tax laws passed by the Nineteenth Legislature and the Special Session .called in January, 1949. Greatest sources of revenue estimates are Department of Taxation, $18,239,- 250.00; Auditor's Office, $400,000; School Tax, $460,000; Net Liquor Tax, $230,000.00; Alaska Game Com- mission, $105,000.00. The Budget Board pointed out !that it has not felt that requests | from administrative officers for | staff promotions and salary in- | creases to be within its province, | considering them instead matters for Legislative determination. Ac- | cordingly, the following estimates do not include provision for em- ployees’ salary increases or pro- | motions, which matters are sug- | gested for separate consideration by the Legislature. This position is taken by the Board of Budget both in recognition of past practice by the Legislature and in view of the Nineteenth Legislature having di- | rected the Territorial Board of Ad- | ministration to prepare recommen- dations concerning a uniform grad- uated salary schedule for Terri- torial employees. BUDGET BOARD APPROVES BIENNIAL ESTIMATES FOR $20,128311.18; EXPECTED REVENUES $19,560,750 | E ing legislatures and the Territory | at large the benefits to be derived from a modern buget control ser-| vice. The provisions, it states, have been outgrown by the Territorial government. The Board has not the | facilities to make the specialized studies and to give the close scrut- iny to estimates that are available to most states and to the Federal government through full time bud- ‘gcc control agencies. The itemized budget for the 51.53 biennial period follows: Alaska Communioa- tions ! (49-51 period $42,610.00) Alaska Dept. Agri. | (49-51 period 175,000.00) Alaska Dept. Fish. (49-51 period 250,000.00} Alaska Dev. Board (49-51 period 80,000.00) Alaska His, Mus, ... (49-51 period 37,750.00) Alaska Hous. Auth. .. (49-51 period 250,000.00) Alaska Nat'l. Guard .. (49-51 period 175,000.00) Att'y Gen. of Al . (49-51 period 64,450.00) Auditor, Alaska ... (49-51 period 79,406.40) Comm. Educa. (49-51 period 132,858.60) Off.,, Governor (49-51 period 37,600.00) Pub, Health (49 51 period 934,000.00) Highway Eng. (49-51 period 42,620.00) Ter. Dept. Labor (49-51 period 112,632.00) Com. Mines, Assay (4951 period 280,500.! Pioneers' Home .......... (49-51 period 459,100.00) Primary Elections ,(49-51 period 25,000.00) Gen. Elections (49-51 period 14,500.00) Pub, Em, Re. fund (49-51 period 20,000.00) 104,928.00 98,534.84 400,000.06 [ | 120,000.00 38,500.00 | 100,000.00 ! 214,800.00 | 89,500.00 1 . 12500000 163,624.80 , 3760000 1,159,720.00 52,370.00 181,632.00 22,500.00 510,670.00 25,000.00 79,000.00 weeks vacation trip. They visited | a motion to make the bill pending order of business. He did not press for action on it today. He would not forecast the chances for passage. A motion to take up the bill is subject to debate, and there has been talk of a southern filibuster. FROM KETCH:iKAN stopping at the Baranof Hotel. DON BLAND HERE Don Bland of Meats, Inc., of Se- attle is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. FOR DILLINGHAM Tom Gardiner of Dillingham was in Juneau enroute from Seattle to his home in Bristol Bay. He is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. COL. NOYES DUE TOMORROW Col. John R. Noyes, Commissioner is expected to arrive in Juneau to- morrow from Seattle, he has ad- vised his office here. The road com- missioner has been on an extended trip to the east, chiefly in New York and Washington, D.C. In Se- attle today he is attending a meet- ing of the Pacific Northwest Trade Associations. DE. KING HERE Dr. Robert King from the Vir- ginia Mason Clinic in Seattle, is at the Baranof Hotel. WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 21; minimum, 18. At Airport—Maximum, 20; minimum, 7, P FORECAST Long said the only sunshine they saw He is Juneau manager for Pacific Northern Airlines. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali from Seattle scheduled |arrive 7 o'clock tonight. Baranof from west scheduled |arfive at 5 o'clock this afternoon | southbound. | Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at 6 a.m. tomorrow and sails south one hour later at 7 a.m. 40.69. (Juneau and Vicinity) Partly cloudy and cold to- night with lowest tempera- ture near 16 degrees. Vari- able cloudiness and little change in temperature Tues- day. Gusty northeasterly winds tonight and Tuesday PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None since Nov. 1 — 421 inches; since July 1—3324 inches At Airport Trace since Nov. 1 — 2.07 inches; since July 1—23.12 inches ® ® 0 0 00 9 0 the | James G. Barry of Ketchikan is | of the Alaska Road Commissiol,)answer questions during a Senate | The Board suggests that the Twentieth Legislature might well er " i i Ix n 'de ccensider measures for improvement 1 lin the statutory provisions gov- | on (on'e pl erning the functions of the Board iuf Budget toward giving succeed- | 5 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 — (® — ON DOUGLAS TRAIL Equipped with skis and poles, | can Communist, and five other per- | lunches, | i | | i | | hot chocolate and an { sons were indicted today on charges | abundance of enthusiasm, over 60 lof contempt of Congress. | skiers hiked up the Douglas Trail The indictments were based on|Sunday morning, official opening the refusal of the six to answer day of the ski season. questions asked by Congressional | The day turned out to be a fine | committees or to give requested in- | o€ for all. No one returning lo | formation. rwwn with a broken bone or | Browder, Frederick vgndermn}spralned ankle, nl'.hougl:‘ lots u':: | Field and Philip J. Jaffe were ac- | SPills and falls were made by to | still rusty sportsmen. | The ski tow was in operation 4 [ kept investigation of “Communist-in- | for the first time and was | government charges.” ;Dl?el‘aflnx all day without any | Dr. Edward A. Rumely, executive |Mishaps by Axel Nielson. secretary of the committee for Con- As for skiing conditions, the snow | stitutional government, and two| Wa§ powdery and there was suffi- others were indicted for refusing|cient for good skiing on the mea- | information asked by a House lobby dow although more could TVE | investigating committee. been used on the tow t;:flu: ::e | The others were Joseph P. Kamp, | S¢Veral open spots necessitaf P | executive vice chairman of the Con- co-ordination to avoid catching a | stitutional educational league, and |*K! OB "w:‘“'m :rotlm.wir:xodt ;Li:rbet’?i | Willlam L. Patterson, executive sec- 5““"’2‘;{ sl "'h s e retary of the Civil Rights Congress. the skiers ougl o Conviction Terms casts for the Juneau area predicted winds up to 40 mph. | cused of contemptuously refusing | | | Conviction for contempt of Con- | gress is punishable by up to a year's | | imprisonment and $1,000 fine. { | Browder bossed the American| Communist party for years until he apparently missed a turn in the party line from Moscow and was removed from his job several years| ago. Bill Dean, first rate skier and instructor gave lessons to a group of teen agers in the new and popular parallel method. Activities for the day came to an end when late in the afternoon everyone shussed down four fifths of the trail to the Douglas High- way. Later in the season there Browder, Field and Jaffe were| enough snow to ski all the way cited by the Senate Sept. 22. The Senate’s action upheld a re- commendation by a foreign relations subcommittee which investigated Communist-in-government charges of Senator McCarthy (R-Wis). The committee, headed by Sena- tor Tydings (D-Md), failed to get answers to many questions put to| Browder, Field and Jaffe Field, a wealthy New Yorker, re- | down to the highway. Ski Club members met at the | home of Neil Taylor at the end of | the day for a spiced tea party and some arm chair skiing. NO CROSSWORD PUZZLE fused to tell the committee whether | he is or ever has been a member of the Communist party. He is a former official of the Institute of Pacific Affairs, | ‘The indictment against Browder contained 16 counts, against Field 32 counts and against Jaffe 26 counts. Somewhere in the mail be- | ® tween the New York office ® of the AP and The Empire are ® the crossword puzzles for the ® next several weeks. That is the ® reason there is no crossword ® puzzle today. o 0o 00 000 0 00 Dept. Pub. Wel. s (49-51 period 200,000.00) Old Age Assis. . (4951 period 1,100,000.00) Relief of Des. (49-5- period 300,000.00) Junvenile Code ., (49-51 period 160,000.00) Aid, Dep. Children ... (49-51 period 425,000.00) Temp. Housing ghildren (Receiving homes) ... (New). Rescue, Lost persons (49-51 period 10,000.00) School Construc. (49-51 period 2,250,000.00) Dept. Taxation . (49-51 period 500,000.00. Teachers Retire. ... Off. Ter. Treasurer (49-51 period 174,100.00) Univ, Alaska . (49-51 period 2,155,730.00) Support, schools (49-51 period 5,386,953.30) Aid. Libraries ... (49-51 period 5,000.00) Terr. Bank. Board . (49-51 period 5,00.00) Bien. Audit . . (49-51 period 20,000.00) Bounty, Eagles (49-51 period 15,000.00) Bounty, Hair Seals :.. (49-51 period 100,000.50) Bounty, wolves, cz)'otes (49-51 period 125,u00.00) Delegate, Alaska . (49-51 period 2,500.00) Emer. Appro. (49-51 period 5,000.00) Pish. Exp. Comm. ... (49-51 period 50,000.00) Board, Accountancy (49-51 periad 1,000.00) Board, Al. Soil Conser. (New) Board, Alaska Libraries (49-51 period 2,000.00) Board. Basic Sciences (49-51 period 1,990.00) Board, Chiropractic Ex. (49-51 period 500.00) Board, Cosmetology (49-51 period 1,850.00) Board, Dental Ex, (49-51 period 2,500.00) Board, Medical Ex. (49-51 period 1,200.00) Board, Optometry ... (49-51 period 395.00) Board, Pharmacy = (4951 period 3,000.00) Totals ... Approved Estimates 1951-1953 Anticapteed Revenue 1951-1953 ... Difference $20,128,311.00 . $20,128,311.28 | 19,560,750.00 298,293.34 1,224,000.00 | 660,000.00 536,840.00 9170,776.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 2,000,000.00 607,240.00 25,000.00 | 81,500.00 | 3,090,267.00 6,286,990.00 7,500.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 15,000.00 300,000.00 125,000.00 2,500.00 5,00.00 59,000.00 4,400.00 4,600.00| 2,000.00 | 1,990.00 ! 500.00 1,850.00] 3,000.00 1,200.00 395.00 3,000.00 — Knocked Cold by Red HEAVY RED PRESSURE REPORTED {One Hun d:d Thousand Chinese Commies Hurl- ed Against Allies (By the Associated Press) Fierce North Korean and Com- munist Chinese counterattacks hurled back United Nations forces today and stalled General Mac- Arthur's offensive aimed at ending the Korean war by Christmas. Field dispatches indicated heavy Allied casualties. An indirect cen- sorship settled over operations as a security measure. The heaviest Red pressure came in the center of the peninsula, where the enenty apparently was trying t8 turn the entire right flank of the | Eighth Army in the Tokchon area. The Communist captured Tikchon— long the worst bulge and weakest point in the Allied line—from the South Korean Seventh Division Monday. Set Up Road Blocks U.S. First Cavalry troops held in reserve were thrown into the sag- ging line to bolster the shattered Korean division. The mechanized cavalry troopers were setting up roadblocks southwest of Tokchon on the road to Sunchon. These defenses lie half-way on the Tokchon-Pyong- yang highway, indicating the Red push may be directed at recaptur- ing the former North Korean capi- tal. Counterattack The pressure:-of the 100,000-man Red Chinese armies pushed back the Allies on the entire northwest front. Piercing bugle calls rang through the frosty night air as the quilted-uniformed Chinese opened up their counterattack. AP Correspondent Don White- head, veteran war reporter With the U.S. 25th Division said the Allied pre-Christmas all-out drive to end the war “was threatened with com- plete collapse.” The offensive that rolled forward for 48 hours was stopped cold. “Chi- nese and Korean Reds have dealt a stunning blow to U.N. forces,” Whitehead said. Headway, 1 Front Only on the extreme northeast front did the U.N. forces make head- way. Elements of the ROK (Repub- lic of Korea) Capital Division pushed on from captured Chongjin on the east coast. They moved swiftly north toward the Manchur- ian border town of Hoeryang, 35 air miles ahead of them on their dash ! to the Soviet Siberian border. Whitehead said on all other fronts the U.N. forces were on the defen- sive after giving up most of the gains won in two days of fighting. To Continue Offensive Reserve units of Americans, British and Turks were ppured into the lines in an effort to hold the eastern section of the winding 80- mile front stretching inland from the Yellow Sea. A spokesman at General Mac- Arthur’s headquarters said the Chi- nese counterattack was expected. He said the Allied drive to end the war by Christmas was stopped “tem- porarily” but would continue. He described withdrawals as “limited"” and added that in any drive it can be expected that the foremost spear- heads have to sacrifice some terri- tory. WRITERS MEET TONIGHT The Juneau Creative Writers will meet at 7:30 tonight at the home of Mrs. Dora Sweeney, 517 Frank- lin Street. e SHOPPING DAYS 567,561.28 23 TILL CHRISTMAS