OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LII. No. 93 _
NEWS IN BRIEF
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TOKYO, (JP)— Three Canadian
destroyers operating in Korean
waters have been assigned to duty
escorting American troop ships to
a South Korean port.
The Canadian destroyers have
not struck yet against the North
Korean communists.
FAIRBANKS, (/P) — A surprise
federal raid on the Cotton Club
Ftiday resulted in the arrest of
Raymond Wright and his wife on
charges of illegal possession of a
narcotic drug.
- Authorities said they found sev
eral marihuana cigarets concealed
beneath a chair.
SEATTLE, (/P^—A charivari af
ter a wedding party led to a colli
sion Friday night in which a 20
vear-old boy was killed and six
other persons were injured.
Owen Preston Pettit, an Olym
pic hotel employee, died in the
crash of his car with a station wa
gon. The accident occurred at a
north Seattle intersection as Pet
tit and several other young people
pursued the automobile in which
the bride and bridegroom were
driving away.
None of the injured was in seri
ous condition.
MOSCOW, (/?)—The Soviet Un
ion announced Saturday the cre
ation of a new medal to be award
ed for bravery in guarding the
frontiers of the nation.
Eligible for the medal are per
sonnel of the border armies, the
ministry of state security and ci
vilians.
SEATTLE, (/P)—-Pan American
World Airways reported Saturday
that July passenger traffic north
bound from Seattle to Alaska
points was up 37 per cent over
July last year. Alaska traffic
moving southbound into Seattle
was up 27 per cent in the same pe
riod.
Although the airline is carrying
a steadily increasing volume of
military traffic in the “Pacific
Airlift,” it is not expected to af
fect regular Alaska operations, an
official said.
LONDON, (/P)-^Britain has or
dered $140,000,000 worth of new
British jet planes to reinforce the
fighter command, the Daily Her
ald said Friday.
DEAL, England, (^P)—An Amer
ican Thunderjet fighter plane
blew up Saturday over the Eng
lish Channel while thousands of
holiday-makers watched.
U. S. Third Air Division head
quarters said the pilot was killed.
“There was a colossal roar af
ter the plane caught fire at about
1,000 feet,” witnesses said. “Pieces
of the plane scattered over the sky
like bits of paper.”
BELLINGHAM, (/P)—1The min
ister who built the First Lutheran
Church in Ketchikan, Alaska, died
in his sleep at his Anacortes, Ska
git County, home early Saturday.
He was the Rev. Oluv Fosso, 66,
pastor of the Anacortes Lutheran
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Blind Eskimo Girl, Formerly Of Nome;
Dog Guides Her On Path Through Life
(ZP) Newsfeatures
SAN FRANC ISO—A blind Es
kimo girl has overcome mountain
ous obstacles to achieve a happy
and useful life.
She is now Mrs. Melba King of
Seattle, college graduate, home
maker and assistant bread winner
with a score of unusual skills.
Her name got a brief mention
in the news in San Francisco as
one of seven blind persons who
had been given guide dogs by
Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.,
after they had completed a
month’s training on how to use
the dogs.
Mrs. King stooped to fondle her
new companien—“Miss Gypsy,” a
sensitive, black and brown shep
herd—and exclaimed:
"It is just wonderful! To have
absolute freedom in walking, in
stead of being afraid of falling off
; a curb or down some stairs, or a
sidewalk elevator, or bumping
into buildings or people."
With verve, Mrs. King threw
j herself into the lessons of her
training course. She crossed city
streets, mounted buses and even
walked through the Stockton
| street tunnel—a terrifying hazard
i to the blind. The reverberating
! roar of street-cars drowns out the
normal noises the blind depend
upon.
On the high, Golden Gate bridge
walk, Mrs. King was ecstatic, ask
ing rapid questions about the
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| Union Objects To
U. S. Using Foreign
Ships To Korea
WASHINGTON W—The navy,
Senator Magnuson (D.-Wash.) and
Harry Lundeberg, president of
the AFL Seafarers International
Union at at odds over the charter
ing of foreign ships for service to
Korea.
Navy undersecretary Dan A.
Kimball said in a telegram to
Lundeberg Friday that all suitable
United States ships in the Pacific
had been put to use, and it has
been necessary to utilize vessels of
other United Nations members.
Magnuson made public a tele
gram from Lundeberg in which
the union leader complained that
the military sea transport service
had chartered five Greek, four
Canadian and one Iranian ship on
I the west coast even though Amer
ican vessels were available.
Lundeberg also objected to
Magnuson that there is no way
to screen crews of foreign ships.
He said many of these crewmen
are communists.
Magnuson, in his reply to Lun
deberg, agreed that American
ships should be used, and said
military authorities had told him
the foreign vessels were chartered
because of cheaper rates.
The Senator added that he be
lieved these charters violated U.
S. maritime laws, and said Con
gress may enact legislation to pro
hibit the practice if American
ships can be secured.
Mrs. King and her dog.
17 Die In Crash Of
Bomb-Laden B-29
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, Calif. (JP)
Less than 60 seconds spelled death
for 17 Air Force men as a crip
pled B-29 crashed and exploded.
Both inboard engines failed as
the bomb-laden Superfort took off
for a long training flight Satur
day midnight. The pilot tried des
perately to return to the runway
But a wing scraped.
The bomber belly-landed. Min
utes later its gasoline and demo
lition bombs exploded.
A witness said the pilot could
have landed safely in less than
one minute more.
The 17 known dead included 10
of the 20 men aboard.
Among the dead was Brig. Gen.
Robert F. Travis, 45, Much-decor
ated commander of the base, lead
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Pope Objects To
State Controls
CASTEL Gandolfo, Italy, (JP)—
Pope Pius XII spoke out Saturday
against excesses of state control,
declaring “neither the individual
nor the family should be absorbed
by the State."
He addressed 200 visitors.
The Pontiff said here were cer
tain rights of individuals and
families the state must always
protect and cannot “violate or
sacrifice to a pretended common
good."
He described these as “the right
to honor and a good reputation,
the right and the freedom to ven
erate the true God, the original
right of parents over their child
ren and their education.”
The Pope made clear he was
criticising the excesses of state
control.
Seek To Re-Arm
Japs And Germans
For Protection
WASHINGTON, (jP)— Bi-parti
san demands were being voiced in
Congress Saturday for arming
Germans and Japanese to defend
themselves against possible com-|
munist attack.
Senator Magnuson (D.-Wash.)
came up with a proposal for vol
untary enlistment of Japanese in
the American armed forces.
Senators Russell (D.-Ga.) and
Lodge (R.-Mass.) suggested, in
stead, that the United States ask
the United Nations to begin the
formation of an international po
lice force with German and Jap
anese units.
Senator George (D.-Ga.) told his
colleagues that a strong ground
army should be built in^both oc
cupied countries.
Magnuson asked Gen. Douglas
MacArthur by cable to say whe
ther the Washington Senator’s
proposal for voluntary enlistment
of the Japanese in the American
armed forces would be practical.
Magnuson told a reporter that
he thinks such a couse would cir
cumvent the provision of the Jap
anese Constitution which bars
[ that country from forming • an
army.
With the withdrawal of Ameri
can occupation forces from Japan
for the fighting in Korea, Magnu
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U. S. On Offensive
Drive Reds Back
Almost Two Miles
U. S. 8th Army Headquarters in
Korea {JF)—American Marines and
doughboys drove nearly two miles
on “a broad front” east of Chinju
in the first Allied offensive of the
Korean war.
Reports to field headquarters
said the Reds suffered probably
their heaviest casualties of the
war in the attack on the 6th North
Korean Division.
The reports said the American
infantry drive forced the com
munist infantry troops to expose
themselves and their positions to
the U. S. 5th Air Force fighter
planes and bombers.
“The air boys had more and
better targets today than they
have had in a long time,” one staff
officer said.
But the communists made their
own kind of trouble for the Amer
ican offensive with accurate and
effective artillery fire on a bottle
neck road west of Chindgon.
One American tank was stopped
and several vehicles were knock
ed out on this road. The artillery
fire stopped the advance of Amer
ican tanks trying to support the
infantry attack.
Communist artillery directed by
obviously close and direct observ
ation also hit into American ar
tillery positions.
But American infantry pushed
ahead without armor support.
Both plane sand ground patrols
concentrated on finding and
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Korean Situation
At A Glance - - -
(By Don Huth)
TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 6, (£•)—
Moving desperately by daylight,
the Red invaders of South Korea
made an unopposed crossing of
the Naktong River in the north
ern sector Saturday and jammed
fresh masses of men against Amer
ican positions in the center and
south.
A Korean release by General
MacArthur’s Tokyo headquarters
at 12:50 a.m. Sunday (3:50 a.m.,
Saturday, Nome time) said limited
counter-attacks and patrol actions
by U. S. and South Korean troops
throughout the entire defense
areas Saturday night kept the en
emy “off balance.”
However, the release said, “the
enemy has continued to shuttle
troops and materiel during the
daylight hoursj thereby providing
excellent targets for artillery and
aircraft.
“This indicates taht the Reds
are desperately striving for a
main effort and an all-out at
tempt to break through the new
defense lines.”
The release also reported, neavy
losses by the North Korean in
vaders in repeated assaults in the
Chinju sector near the southern
tip of the line. Field dispatches
and briefing officers said these
occurred Friday and Friday night.
Field dispatches declared that
Saturday the enemy in undisclos
ed numbers had crossed the upper
reaches of the Naktong in the rain
without opposition.
This was a sector where South.
Korean defense forces tfnade a
planned withdrawal to a pre-ar
ranged ridge and mountain pass
line. It was east and southeast
of Cangju, in the northwest cor
ner of the Korean defense box.
A dispatch from Eighth Army
headquarters in Korea said this
crossing was not considered an
immediate material threat. If a
buildup continued there, however,
it could develop into a threat to
the American right and South Ko
rean left flanks.
MacArthur’s release and all
front reports pointed to an immin
ent double-barreled drive by the
Reds in the south and central sec
tors.
MacArthur’s headquarters spec
ulated that the main Red effort
might come in the south, in an ef
fort to slash the Pusan-Taegu
communications lines of the de
fenders.
The crossing posed a third ma
jor threat to Allied defense forces.
The Korean Reds were reported,
to have three divisions massed for
a strike across the Naktong near
Waegwan, south of Sangju and
only 15 miles from the U. S. cen
tral communications center of
Taegu.
Far to the south the Reds were
massing four crack divisions east
og Chinju for the drive on Pusan,
V. S. support port only 35 miles
away.
In the central sector American
planes blasted a large enemy ar
mored force one-half mile west of
the Naktong. (JP) correspondent
Leif Erickson sai dthe U.S. planes
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