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VOL. Lil No. 87 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1950 Per Copy—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, {&)—
Who could the United States count
on in World War III, Only Can
adad, says Sen. Glen H. Taylor
(D.-Idaho).
Taylor, campaigning for re
election, told an outdoor crowd
here Friday night he calculated
that England would be knocked
out in short order by atom bomb
ing and “other countries are
either too communistic, or incap
able of giving aid.”
ANCHORAGE, (£>)—Judge An
thony Dimond sentenced Lilburn
Barbeau Friday to three years in
the penitentiary in connection
with his manslaughter conviction
for the death of cab ’ driver Paul
Gunn.
The prosecution had recom
mended a 10-year sentence. Bar
beau declared: .
“I came up here and I’m on the
verge of success. The only reason
this happened was that the gun
was defective.”
Perjury charges still are pend
ing against defense witnesses Ber
nard Hansen and Frank Jones,
who testified the dying Gunn ex
onerated Barbeau after the fatal
shooting, which they said happen
ed during a trade of two pistols.
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—A warrant
for removal to Buffalo, N. Y., of
Robert A. Honroe. 20, confessed
embezzler, was signed by federal
judge Anthony Dimond Friday.
SEATTLE, (£*)—Joseph A. Mc
Donald, an Alaska pioneer, died
Thursday in his home in Fair
banks, friends and relatives learn
ed here Saturday. He served as an
Alaskan legislator and as a U. S.
marshal. He went to Alaska dur
ing the gold rush in 1898.
Rosary will be said tonight and
requiem mass will be said tomor- j
row forenoon, both in Sacred
Heart church.
His widow and four sisters sur
vive.
LOS ANGELES, (JP) — Three
Chrysler auto plant workers were
severely beaten outside the com
pany gates at Maywood Friday be
cause, Sheriff’s deputies reported,
they refused to tell fellow workers
whether they are communists.
Two hundred men and a few
women either took part in the dis
turbance or watched, the officer
said.
MIAMI, Fla. (^P)—A man who
says he built the first army ‘jeep”
is suing Esquire Magazine for
$200,000 because, the adds it gave
credit for .the jeep to another.
R. S. Evans, art* automobile j
dealer, filed the damage action in
U. S. district court Friday.
NEW YORK, (JP) — The sugar
buying rush has quieted down
here, city markets commissioner
Anthony Maciarelli reported Sat
urday.
PORTLAND (/P)_The state CIO
council has dropped the Columbia
River Fishermen's Protective Un
ion of Astoria for non-payment of
dues. !
The action grew out of an intra
Old-Timer Beats
Off Black Bear
With Knife, Switch
FAIRBANKS, (JP)—Seventy-six
year old sourdough Dan Gillis is
recovering from a battle with a
black bear. Gillis wag armed only
with a willow branch and a poc
ket knife.
“But you ought to see the bear,”
he commented good naturedly Sat
urday. Gillis is nursing bites and
scratches and a laceration in one
arms where the bruin’s teeth cut
completely through.
Gillis said he was walking
along a trail near his cabin at
Dome Creek, about 20 miles north
west of here, swinging a willow
branch to brush away the mos
quitoes.
“I heard footsteps. I turned
around to see a big black bear
keeping step with me,” he said.
Gillis said he brandished the
willow branch, which was decid
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Geological Survey
Program for 1950
A comprehensive program for
investigations in Alaska by the
geological survey during the 1950
season has been outlined pending
appropriations by Congress for
the 1951 fiscal year, according to
information made available to
Delegate Bartlett. The program
includes:
Continuation of coal investiga
tions along the north side of the
Alaska Range, revival and exten
sion of the study of the Matanus
ka coal field and coal mapping
and study along the coast of Cook
Inlet;
i
Petroleum investigations be
tween Chinitna and Tuxedni Bays;
on the west side of Cook Inlet and
in the Yakataga area and contin
uation of geologic work in con
nection with the Navy Depart
ment’s exploration of the oil pos
sibilities of Naval Petroleum Re
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union squabble at Astoria involv
ing the CRFPU’s affiliation with
the CIO-longshore union. This
split the membership and many
joined a rival CIO cannery work
ers union.
Henry Niemela, secretary of the
CRFPU local At Astoria, resigned
from the state councirs executive
board after the ouster of his local.
FAIRBANKS, (JP) — “Pm not
hurt, just being re-assembled!”
That was the cheery word from
Martin Millane, 30, in a hospital.
He was recovering today from
a high-flying accident at Liven
good, about 80 miles northwest of
here.
“I was adjusting a valve at a
new hydraulic station. I suddenly
felt myself take off into the air
with terrific force—like it was a
rocket.”
When he came back to earth,
some 80 feet later, he discovered
his carrier had been a 100-pound
pressure stream issuing from a
broken 14-inch valve.
“Opposition To
Alaska Statehood
Will Defeat Hawaii9
HONOLULU, (JP) — Statehood
for Hawaii faces possible defeat
because of opposition to Alaskan
statehood, Hawaii’s Delegate to
Congress said Saturday.
Delegate Joseph R. Farrington
told a news conference that an in
formal survey showed a majority
of the Senate plans to vote for
Hawaii’s admission to statehood
but less than a majority has
pledged their votes for Alaska’s
admission.
“If the Alaska bill is defeated
then there is more than an even
chance that the Hawaii bill will
lose too,” Farrington said.
Both bills have passed the House
and are before the Senate. The
Alaska bill is due to be taken up
first. Both bills have been linked
together.
Farrington charged that the
principal opposition to both bills
is base on racial prejudice and
that it is mostly in the form ,of
cloakroom gossip.
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Truman Moves To
Speed War Effort
WASHINGTON (ff)—With Con
gress concentrating on U. S.
strength, Senator Connally (D.
Tex.) predicted a delay in any
Presidential request for more
funds to arm the anti-communist
nations.
Connally told reporters he does
not expect any immediate appeal
from the Presiednt for funds be
yond the $1,222,500,000 Congress
has authorized for foreign military
assistance.
“They’ll have the billion to start
on and that should take care of
the problem for a while,” the
Texas Senator said.
President Truman has indicated
he will seek more funds—possi
bly up to five billions to equip
friendly countries with the mod
em arms they would need to
counter a communist military
thrust that might be made else
where while the fighting is going
on in Korea.
The Senate acted quickly last
week to approve a bill giving the
President power to extend for one
year the enlistment period of men
now in the armed forces. It would
apply also to the national guard,,
some of whose smaller units were
called into federal service Friday.
In other moves to speed the war
effort, Mr. Truman ordered 14
major federal agencies to curb
construction, tighten credit and
hold down their buying of items
made of critical materials. He
called for tight screening of all
public works deemed non-essen
tial to defense.
The government ordered 12
troop ships taken out of the Pa
cific coast “mothball” fleet and
turned over to the military serv
ices. The ships can carry at least
35,000 men, two full army divi
sions.
“Too Many Reds
In Hawaii For
Statehood”
WASHINGTON </P), Sen. Hugh
Butler (R.-Neb.) said last week
the “strength of the communist
movement” in Hawaii made it too
risky to admit that territory to
statehood.
In an interview on NBC’s “Pro
and Con” program, he said the
communist danger is more im
portant in Hawaii than in any of
the 48 States because of Hawaii’s
isolation and its dependence upon
shipping to bring in its food sup
ply from the United States.
Butler sai the CIO ILWU “is
completely controlled by commun
ists” and that Hawaii depends on
shipping handled by that union.
“Two years ago the ILWU prac
tically got control of the Demi
cratic party in Hawaii,” he said.
So long as Hawaii is a Territory
under federal control, he said,
“We don’t have to worry too
I much.”
Blit if it were granted state
hood, he continued, “it would be a
shocking and very dangerous sit
uation if we had communist-con
trolled officials ain many import
ant positions.”
The problem of Alaska, Butler
said, is “almost exactly the oppo
site of Hawaii.”
“The big problem is that Alaska
does not Jiave enough people to
support the various services of
statehood,” he said.
To impose upon the small pop
ulation of Alaska the obligation
of paying for highways, education,
and other state-supported services
would, Butler said, result in a
great taxation increase there and
the possibility of a “decay of pub
lic service and security.”
CHINESE REDS SHELL
QUEMOY ISLAND
TAIPEI, C/P)—Chinese commun
ists began shelling Quemoy Is
land, off the mainland port of
Amoy, tonight in evident prepa
ration for an assault on the Na
tionalist blockade base.
The Nationalist defense minis
try said the Reds had assembled
some 1,300 craft for an apparent
assault on the island.
This would be the first action of
the Chinese war since President
Truman requested the National
ists to halt operations against the
mainland.
Quemoy is garrisoned by Na
tionalist troops under able Gen.
Hu Lien.
LOCAL HELP TO BE HIRED
IN CONSTRUCTION HERE
Henry Benson, Commissioner of
Labor for the Territory, states
that he Conferred with Mr. Gass
land of the Gassland Construction
Co., who is in charge of military
construction in this area concern
ing the hiring of local people for
these projects.
Mr. Gassland assured Mr. Ben
son that his company would make
every effort to give both native
and white residents in the imme
diate vicinity employment prefer
ence and that the people would
be given notice when and where
to seek this employment.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Saturday/ July 22, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
American forces pushed on after
ousting North Koreans from stra
tegic towns on the east coast and
in the central front today hut fell
back further in the Taejon sector
to avoid a communist encircle
ment.
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A navy communique announced
the recapture of Yongdok on the
east coast and an Eighth army
headquarters spokesman said the
advancing American troops, after
entering the badly shelled town
I pushed a short distance north
! ward to favorable terrain.
Capture of Yongdok anchors
the north comer of the southeast
area of Korea American troops
are fightly fiercely to hold while
masses of men and equipment are
being assembled. Its capture was
hailed as a major Allied victory.
After 16 hours of artillery at
tack and house to house fighting,
Negro troops of the 25th Infantry
division routed the northern In
vaders from Yechon Friday.
This victory blunted the north
i em end of a vast communist pin
car movement that threatened to
pocket units that withdrew from
Taejon and are now holding a line
in the hills a few miles south of
the smouldering rail and road
communications center.
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Communist regiments moved
southward on the other end of
their pincer movement to reach
down into Chongup and Imsil, 50
adn 60 miles southwest of Taejon.
General MacArthur’s commun
ique said both ehe Americans and
South Koreans on their right'
flank withdrew to stronger de
fense lines in the foothills Friday
but the communists maintained
heavy pressure on the Taejon
hinge of their encirclement at
tempt.
Associated Press correspondent
| Leif Erickson said communist
| forces did not attack immediately
i but appeared to be regrouping for
[ a major thrust. He said it was felt
at Eighth Army headquarters
that the solidly reinforced U. S.
forces could now hold the newly
strengthened lines.
In Tokyo the American Far
East air force reported heavy B-29
raids on Wonsan, North Korea’s
major deep water port on the east
coast had reduced' but not halted
the trans-shipment of war mate
rial vital to Red Forces. Analyz
ing results of the first massed su
perfort attack by 50 bombers, the
air force said 400 tons of bombs
struck more than 50 per cent of
the warehouse and dock area.
Nineteen warehouses were de
stroyed, the communique said.
There was still no word as to
the whereabouts of Maj. Gen. Wh.
F. Dean, commander of the 24th
Division, unreported for two days
on the Taejon front. He was last
seen in the thick of battle feeding
ammunition' to a super-bazooka
squad. The army finally listed
him officially as missing in action.
However, stragglers from the
Taejon withdrawal are still re
turning to the American lines and
there is still hope Dean may reach
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