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Nome, Alaska, Friday, August 11,1950
HONORING AMERICAN JOURNALISTS
A journalistic award to honor the memory of thirteen
American correspondents, killed in an airplane crash
near Bombay, last year, has been announced. It is spon
sored by the people of the Netherlands, who have
named it the William the Silent Award, which will be
a gold medal and $2500 in cash for the best article, or
series, by an American writer in an American newspa
per or magazine, “aimed at bringing about a better ap
preciation of the democratic affinity” between the Neth
erlands and this country.
Speakers, making the announcement in behalf of the
donors, say that William the Silent was an exemplar of
democratic ideals four hundreds years ago. They point
out that the American correspondents “went half-way
around the world seeking the truth in a complicated, ex
plosive situation, from which emerged the new country
of Indonesia.”
In addition, a bronze plaque has been unveiled at
Amsterdam to honor the thirteen American correspond
ents. It represented the effort of Dutch journalists to
pay honor to their American confreres.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL
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The “Times”, London, discusses last week’s meetings
of the Security Council at which the Soviet delegate,
Mr. Malik, presided. .
“From the moment Mr. Malik returned to the Coun
cil he showed that a fair settlement in Korea was the
last thing that the Kremlin sought. The majority of the
Security Council had no difficulty last week in throw
ing out all Mr. Malik’s rulings and resolutions. They did
all that was necessary to confirm in the eyes of the
world the determination of their governments to resist
the clearest and most cynical act of aggression which
the Security Council has had to face.
“The majority of the Security Council could with ad
vantage prepare and publish their own general propos
als for re-establishing Korean independence after the
cease-fire has been secured. The proposals at this stage
may seem aspirational, but their publication would off
set much of the Russian propaganda in Asia about West
ern imperialism.”
When reminded that the federal government is
spending more than forty billion dollars a year the old
man said, “That ain’t hay!”
AND THEY SAID HE WAS OBSOLETE
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
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tong bridgeheads.
Farther north on the river 900
enemy dead were counted after
South Koreans drove another Red!
force back across the river. The
Red’s own artillery fire was re
ported turned on them to make
them fight ahead.
A gamble by the U. S. 8th Army,
commander, Lt. Gen. Walton H.
Walker, was paying off. In order
to launch the drive in the south
he had thinned out the Naktong!
River line, and spread five South'
Korean divisions across the north- j
ern front. He concentrated power
for the offensive which drove the;
North Koreans back to Chinju,;
and Pusan, the main American j
supply base, was safe again.
Hundreds of Reds retreated so;
fast toward Chinju that they j
abandoned quantities of arms and,
equipment. The XJ. S. Fifth Regi-j
mental combat team spurted 131
miles to join forces with the 35th i
Regimental combat team, closing;
a pincers on a i 00-square mile;
area in which remnants of two
Red battalions were trapped, j
Meanwhile, to the south, XJ. S. Ma- j
rines plunged down a peninsula
and entered Kosong, securing the
shores of Chinhae Bay.
Once again Allied fighter planes
lashed the enemy along the fronts
with rockets and machinegun fire.!
Seventy Superfortresses from
Japan and Okinawa pounded;
North Korea’s rail and oil center j
of Wonsan in the most powerful!
strike to date in the Korean War.!
The big bombers did spectacular j
damage at the Chosen (Korean) i
Oil Refinery. The raid, which
dropped 625 tons of bombs on the j
targets, did “extensive damage to
the communist war potential,” the j
Far East air forces command an-!
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nounced.
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Other Allied bombers and fight
ers hit a wide assortment of mili
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tary objectives including rail
yards, bridges and communica
tions behind the Reds’ lines.
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Friday# August 11, 1950
Pohang, No. 2 U. S. supply base
on the east coast of South Korea,
fell in flames today to a ferocious
communist assault, and the Reds
brought their artillery within
range of the American airstrip,
six miles to the south. GI’s battled
hand-to-hand with the invaders
virtually on the rim of the strip.
But on the central sector, Gen.
MacArthur’s headquarters an-,
nounced, all communist bridge- j
heads across the Naktong River1
save one have been wiped out, j
easing the threat to Taegu, key
inland U. S. base. The one bridge-!
head, however, still posed a!
mighty menace. The communists
had poured some 6,000 infantry
soldiers into it, despite heavy air
and artillery attacks, attempting
to expand the salient near Changn
yong, 29 miles southwest of Tae
gu.
Despite the black developments
on the fighting fronts in South!
Korea and the deterioration of the i
international situation, President
Truman will not seek passage of J
a universal military training bill
at this session of Congress, the |
White House announced. The an
nouncement said he felt pressure
for it at this time would interfere
with other vitally needed legisla
tion related to Korean War needs.
Loss of Pohang by the Ameri-j
cans and South Koreans took
away the east Korean base where
the U. S. First Cavalry Division
made the first amphibious landing
of the war. It had been second
only to Pusan, 65 miles to the
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southeast, an American supply
base.
At the edge of the air base—al
ready abandoned by the Mustang
fighters which had been taking
off at 10 minute intervals in sup
port of ground troops—the GFs
fought for their lives against a
surprise envelopment, but com-j
munist mortar fire crept steadily
ahead.
Black smoke columns poured,
from Pohang, burning from thej
fierce battle. The fall of the city(
was announced late Friday night,.
Korean time, when Eighth Army
headquarters said no friendly
troops were left inside the port.
Fighter planes from other bases
ripped into the enemy in defense
of the strip they had to abandon.
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On the central front along the
Naktong River, the Reds put thou- j
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sands of troops across into their;
salients and weer reported build
ing up four or five divisions—pos
sibly 40,000 men—for a power j
blow at Taegu, key base for de-j
fending Unitfed Nations forces.
On the southern front the U. SJ
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8th army reported North Korean;
Reds were abandoning the Chinju;
base. This report seemed at vari-j
ance with others that the Reds j
weer digging in west of the base
for a fanatical stand against the
creeping advance of U. S. marines
and doughboys.
At Pohang, 55 miles north of;
Pusan,the main American supply!
base, Red forces held a ridge onlyj
3Vfe miles from the runway from!
whence Mustang fighters had j
been taking off every ten minutes!
for rocket and strafing blows at
the enemy.
The Pohang battle was a wildi
one, started by mountain-scaling
Reds supported • by guerrillas—
perhaps 3,000 men in all.
The seriousness of the situation
was indicated by the arrival there
of Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, U.
S. 8th Army commander, and Maj.
Gen. Earle Partridge, U. S. 5th j
Air Force commander, who flewj
over the battle zone in a small ob-1
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servation plane. j
The threat was all the greater
by a new thrust of the Red Fifth
ROTARY CLUB
Rotarians were hosts to several,
distinguished guests yester day
noon, including the Grand Master
of the State of Washington F. and
A. M., Gail Huhn; J. E. Hanson of
Hammond, Indiana.
Visiting Rotarians were H. G.
Hiel, of Bellingham and M. B.
Vincent, Standard Oil Rotarian of
Fairbanks.
Rev. J. Detzer was also a guest.
The program included a fine
talk on what Rotary had done for
Bellingham by Mr. Heil, and mo
tion pictures by Sam Huxley.
Division in the area of Yongdo, 25
miles north of Pohang. Yongdo, a i
rubbled port, once again is in Red
hands, an da sharp battle between
communists and South Koreans
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was in progress south of the city.
Inland on the central front an
American staff officer called the
Iteds* Naktong River buildup the
greatest massed concentration per
mile on the whole 140-mile battle
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perimeter. The Red Fourth Divi
sion stroke desperately to enlarge
its bridgehead across the Naktong
on the southern flank of the com
munist line. Ae least two Red
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regiments, possibly 6,000 men,
crossed today, supported by tanks
and some heavy artillery.
On the Chinju front in the south
Red troops slowed down their re
treat and struck back at the
Americans, whose main positions
were six miles from the commun
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ist base. On the southern wing of
the U. S. attack, the Reds made
two co-ordinated attacks backed
by heavy artillery fire. Behind the
advance. Red troops trapped in a
100-square-mile area by the junc
ture of U. S. columns fought des
perately to beat their Wciy out and
suffered heavy casualties.
In the air, U. S. navy carrier pi
lots Wednesday and Thursday
strafed 20 enemy troops eoncen
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trations, destroyed tanks and blew
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up five bridges. Marine fliers gave
support at Chinju and reported a
heaw toll of enemv infantry and
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installations.
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