The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1951, Page 2

and a wire from Glen Frar | grounds of millitary sceurity. Some who is on a business trip to Seattle, Associated Press stories have ur—‘ Mrs. Glen Franklin decided to ac- rived in Tokyo minus their first | B cept the invitation to join him for and most important paragraph. | three days there and to return to- | gether on Saturday’s PAA flight Correspondents are not permitted i Trying unsuccessfully on Tuesday, to use the word “retreat” in connec- | ST PAGE TWO DOUGLAS ; NEWS STARS INITIATE TONIGHT Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star initiated several can- | didates last night at a special meet- ing, and will hold another special} meeting tonight to complete initi-| | atory work on several remaining candidates. 2 50 STATUTE MILES ] X = Kaesong TO SEATTLE After receiving a telephone call| | bound via PAA HAS BIRTHDAY Helen McIlhardy was eleven years of age yesterday and was given a birthday party with several friends invited to the family homio, for cake and ice cream, and then a theatre party. Communist treops pushed United miles of Tacjon (A), scene of U. last July. In the central sector ALTAR SOCIETY TONIGHT The Ladies Altar Society of the Catholic Church will have the monthly meeting tonight at the home of Mrs. Rudolph Pusich. Wirephoto Map. | | | DOG LICENSE RAISED i At a meeting of the Douglas City | p A Council held Monday evening it | was decided to amend the present | dog ordinance raising the dog li- | cense fees, from its present to n[ higher rate. The amended ordinance | PALO ALTO, Calif,, Jan. 11—-» was read for its first reading | —Donald Steel, construction mining Other business included the pay- |engineer who made geological ex- ing of bills and authorizing a tem- | plorations to many sections of the porary roofing over the cannery world, died here yesterday. He was | building, pending settlement of in- |67. surance claims. All councilmen | Steel made geological explorations were present with the exception of | to Alaska and British Columbia as Allies Keep Fall NORTH )¢ slowed the Red drive headed toward the heart of South Koréa. (® ing Back Nations troops to. within 45 air 8. 24th Division’s tragic defense around Wonju (B) Allied troops U. 5. CASUALTIES IN KOREA TOTAL 42,13 WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 — B — Announced American casualties in Korea now total 42,718, an increase of 2,537 over a week ago. The new total, announced yester- day by the Defense Department, in- cludes 6,247 killed in action, 20,306 wounded and 7,160 missing. It represents casualties whose next of kin received notification THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Northern Airlines from Juneau lo‘ Seattle. | The decision was expected last May, in time for the carriers to | ready plans for the heavy tfaffic of | the summer. Now airline officials | hope for an announcement before | this spring, so they can plan for the | 1951 summer haul. | TOKYO, Jan. 10—®—Censorship is throwing a black curtain around news of the tremendous pullback of United Nations forces in Korea. Field censors have clipped large chunks out of dispatches on the tion with the pullback. Security officers in Tokyo say this is planned and orderly withdrawal—not a re- treat in the face of Red China's overwhelming manpower. (Webster’s unabridged dictionary says “. . . a retreat is properly and orderly march, in which circum- | stances it differs from a flight, rout, | ete.”) | P e 8 THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1951 EADER STEPS O'UT_1his smart-stepping drum major heads a costumed boys' band during a shepherd's festivaz in the German town of Dinkelsbuehl, Bavaria. VISITOR IS WELCOMED . archduke Stefan, of Austria, 7 steZent at Malvern, Pa., Prep School, meets some of the players e the “American in Paris” set during visit to Hollywood. 4 0 M utsh ho ds ovit ot |will 4k, b BT CRERST k| ProNE) midaight of dast:Tridgy. town on business. | Malay States, Bornio and South | H | America. Y 2 CASHEN NEWLY-WEDS HOME | Besides his widow, survivors m-iB W = Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cashen ar- | clude three brothers, Robert, Fair- | Igges rived home Saturday afternoon via |banks, Alaska; Edward, Salem, Ore., PAA from Seattle where they had |and Van, Portland. spent the week visiting the Ralphi e — | Mortensens and John Cashens and other friends enroute to their home 1]’wo ARMY (okps here from Montana. { 3 | The couple wed on December 22 | at the bride’s home in Big Timber, | OF WORI_D WAR " | Montana, whose paper, Big Tim- | | ber Journal, spotlighted their wed- ARE RE A("VA]’ED ding and pictures on the top of page one of the Christmas-New | Years edition | WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 — # — Spending their honeymoon in|The-Army today reactivated two | Billings, the couple spent-the fol- | World War II corps and named two lowing week at the bride’s sister's |of its top combat Generals to take ranch at Big Timber, before start- |command of them. | ing their journey home. Maj. Gen. Withers A, Burress, pre- | Mrs. Cashen is the former Marion | sent commander of the Infantry Nicholson, nurse in the Juneau!School at Fort Benning, Ga., will | Medical and Surgical Clinic, and |command the VI Corps at Camp | has returned to her duties there.|Atterbury, Ind. Mr. Cashen has returned to his po-| Maj. Gen. Brant E. Moore, now sition of Custodian of the Douglas | Superintendent of the Military | Public Schools. | Academy at West Point, was named They are making their home in |commander of the VII Corps to be | the Decker Apartments at Juneau. |reactived at Fort Meade, Md. | | Moore will be succeeded at West | DIW CLUB MEET Point by Maj. Gen. Frederick A.| The Douglas Island Women’s Club | Irving, now deputy commander of | held their monthly meeting in the |the Sixth Army at San Francisco. | home of Mrs. Rudolph Pusich last rar evening, with Mrs. Edmond Heinke, | VALENTINE HEARD FROM assisting as co-hostess. | Mary Valentine, former Juneau| Mrs. Stephen Ford, President of | resident, sent a Christmas card to fcommodnte the rapidly expanding | nounced a decision on a case which | confirmed the need for additional| Aviafion | "Mystery' SEATTLE, Jan. 11—®—One of the biggest “mysteries” in Seattle commercial aviation circles these winter days concerns the Civil Aeronauties ‘Board’s Alaska service case. More than a year ago, William F, Cusick, a C.AB. examiner, recom- mended to the board that additional scheduled air service between Se- attle and Alaska be approved to ac- passenger and cargo traffic between Sefittle and the territory. The “mystery,” Alaskans say, is why the board has not yet an- is important not only to the Pa-} cific Northwest ‘and Alaska but to the entire national defense effort. The board, in a series of exemp- tion orders the past two years, has. scheduled air service to the terri- tory. It permitted Pan American World Airways to fly directly'to An- , IT IS THE SPIRIT of Youth speaking . . . the spirit of Youth re- surgent in the minds and hearts of all good Americans stimulated by the arrival of another New Year with its promise and its problems. T“E PBOBLEMS ABE GBAVE' striking directly at the freedoms uqder which this nation and its people have flourished . . . the freedoms to which all the world aspires . . . the freedoms that can mean eternal peace. Ann Tfl“s see nunl“G 1951 « s s we are involved in a two-fold task. Our defenses must be strengthened to forestall envious powers that do not hesitate to use armed force in their efforts to destroy our way of life. Our progressive, flourishing economy must be maintained as always to ful- £ill our basic aim which is to make life better for all. the club, appointed a ways and | Juneau friends. It was postmark- means committee consisting of |ed in Yokahoma, Japan, and’a|chorage during the height of the| Mrs. Frank McIlhardy, Mrs. Wil- [note said she was enroute to Pu-|1950 fishing season, and it‘also ap- liam Kerns and Mrs. Elwin Dell to | san, Korea. | proved direct flights of Pacific report at the next meeting wmch; e AT will be held at the home of Mrs. | Dell. Under business, it was also decided to purchase library card: to the Juneau Library for elemen- tary teachers of the Douglas schools | use. 1 Following the business meeting al delicious lunch was served by the | hostess Mrs. Pusich. | “Evgn I“ THE HISTORY or A“ERICA has the resourcefulness, initiative, ingenuity failed to cope successfully with each new problem as it has arisen. Never .. another stride forward along and unity of our free people have we failed to make each New Year carry us. .. and the world . 2% the road to progress . . . no matter what obstacles had to be surmounted. J F THE KEY TO PROGRESS DURING 1951, ¢ icica by the spirit of Youth resurgent in the New Year, will be found in our unified acceptance of the two-fold challenge . . . confident that our vast productive capacities can furnish us and our defense program too, with everything we need . . . Starts with your local q \ - Canadian Pacific Agent § L 3 -l : s9 PROVIDING EACH OF US No matter where you plan to go, con- g 1 b ; . 2 > : sult your Canadian Pacific agent. He can tell you how and when you will get there—and how the superbly equipped Canadian Pacific ships, trains, planes and hotels can make your trip speedy and comfortable. i resolves to make every hour of effort we expend at our allotted tasks the most productive of which we are capable! i FAMOUS SINCE 1804 for soft flavor unique bouguet. SPECIAL ROUND TRIP Winter Excursion fare to Vancouver, Victoria or Seattle $108.40 from Juneau Southbound Sailings: Tues., Jan. 23; Tues.,, Feb. 6; Tues.. Feb. 20 Sole U. S. Agents Julius Wile Sons & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Distributors for Alaska 0DOM COMPANY Colman Bidg., Seattle 4, Washington W. K. McFARLANE, Agent Baranof Hotel Canadiam Pacific