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NEWS IN BRIEF
An Airbase in Japan. (/P)—A
Fifth Air Force C-46 flew over
communist held portions of Korea
Saturday dropping leaflets which
said:
\ “The United Nations has ap
pealed to the American forces in
Japan to assist you peace loving
citizens of the Republic of Korea
in your struggle against the un
provoked aggression from the
north. We shall give you every
support. Be steadfast. Be calm.
Be courageous. Resist firmly. To
gether we shall drive the aggres
sor from your territory.”
The plane, piloted by Major
Andrew Haughom of Minneapolis,
met no opposition. It was escorted
by fighter craft.
MIMAI, Fla. (JP)—A run on au
tomobile tires has been reported
by Miami dealers in the wake of
the Korean war news.
Purchasers are snapping them
up in sets of four at a time.
“We’re beginning to run out of
stock,” said Noble Medlin of the
Dixie Tire Co. “The last few days
have quadrupled sales.”
A spokesman for the Miami
Firestone Tire Co. said: “We’re
not cleaned out, but sales have
tripled. People are afreaid of ra
tioning.” 'i
•* TOKYO, (>P)-^Tokyo had a wild
rumor Saturday '• that Okinawa,
the big U. S. air base south of Ja
pan. had been bombed.
It turned out that a superfort
pilot Friday, on a Korean bomb
ing mission, found his bomb bay
wouldn’t dose and jettisoned his
bomb load near Okinawa. That’s
the army public information of
fice version. *
, PARIS, (JF) — Henri Queuille
* Saturday started putting together
a new French cabinet amid indi
cations that political bickering
over internal issues might compli
cate his task.
Queuille won his first test Sat
urday in the National Assembly.
He was approved as Premier by a
vote of 363 to 208. In his statement
of policy asking for investure
Queuille pleaded for unity to per
y mit France to do its share in solv
ing the international crisis
PEARL, HARBOR, (/P)—Ameri
can military authorities believe
Hawaii’s defenses are adequate to
fight off another Pearl Harbor at
tack.
U. S. officers concede that
ground, sea and air forces are low
in number. But they feel that,
“under the present situation,” the
forces are suffident.
They said magic-eye radar com
pletely screens Hawaii on all sides
—although radar would not neces
sarily give enough advance warn
ing to prevent an air attack such
as the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese raid.
“Alaska Could Put
Up A Hell Of A
Fight”—Twining
(By Murlin B. Spencer)
ANCHORAGE, (JP)—Steel hel
meted troops, carrying rifles, pis
tols and gas masks, are on the
alert at Alaska’s air and military
bases. They are taking no chances
of a possible surprise attack.
Tanks and additional combat
troops are expected to augment
air force and infantry soldiers at
the big Elmendorf air force base
here.
Given even a little warning “we
could put up a hell of a fight right
now,” said Lt. Gen. Nathan Twin
ing, . silver-haired commander-in
chief of the Alaskan command.
This, wartime preparedness ex
tends on a long line running gen
erally s^uthwestward from Ladd
air force base at Fairbanks in the
northern interior to Kodiak at the
western entrance to the Gulf of
Alaska. This will be Alaska’s line
of defense in the event of an at
tack.
Since Americans started shoot
ing in Korea, all troops in the
Alaskan area, even service troops,
are being trained in the use of
ground weapons. All have been
assigned positions to take in case
of an emergency.
All precautions are being taken
against the possibility of sabotage
or fifth column activity from
within.
It is obvious that primary pre
cautions are being taken against
the chance of attack by para
troops. It is for this that Twining
awaits tanks, which are highly
effective against troops dropped
; from the air.
With even a brief warning,
Twining believes a real fight
could be put up against such an
attack. Jet fighters would slash
at troop-carrying planes in the air
and ground troops would battle
the invaders who reached the
ground.
But it also is obvious that to be
sure of holding, the overall com
mander of all Alaska forces could
use more troop and more and
heavier equipment.
To the north and west of the
Fairbanks-Kodiak line, the de
fenses are another story.
At Nome, near the Bering Strait
where Alaskans can look across
the water toward Russian territory
barely 100 miles away, inactiva
tion of'the air force's Marks Field
is continuing.
.There, where Russians took de
livery oF American planes in
World War II and flew them to
Siberia, I drove past long lines of
nearly deserted barracks and
there were no defenses of any
kind.
It is apparent that the American
command considers this area in
defensible and its airfield, too
small for heavy bombers, of lit
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“Rank And File”
GOP Map Policy
PHILADELPHIA, {/F)—A group
of self-styled “rank and file” Re
publicans from 10 states Saturday
mapped plans for a “ new progres
sivism” in the party.
The group cloaked its activities
in secrecy and refused to make
public the names of the 50 or so
men here to set up policies they
hope will become part of the GOP
platform.
But the group made no secret
of its dissatisfaction with the po
sition of the Republican party..
It invited Pennsylvania’s Gov
ernor James H. Duff, avowed foe
of “reaction” in the party, to out
line his plans for Republican pro
gressivism.
A spokesman for the group said
pointedly, however, that Duff is
not a member of the group.
WASHINGTON (JP)—GOP lead
ers turned a cold shoulder today
on a new statement of principles
put out by self-styled rank and
file party members calling them
selves “the Republican Advance.”
A spokesman said the Republi
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Program For
Fourth Of July
A well organized program for
the Fourth of July was in the last
stages of completion today under
the able chairmanship of Postmas
ter McLean, who stated that' the
parade would include the National
Guard, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts^
Cub Scouts, as well as a children's
1 • .t
parade in costume. The parade
will form in front of the ^federal
building and march to the C^ity Hall.
In front of the City Halt a de
tachment of the guard will put on
a demonstration of close order
drill and the manual of arms.
The native sports will be held
back of the Lomen Warehouses
and the boat races will be either
in the Snake River or Bering Sea,
depending .on the weather, and
calmness of the sea.
The children’s /aces will be
held oil Front Street under the
direction of Lud Urick.
The finance committee report
generous support in th^collections
of-donations for the events.
The evening program of native
entertainment at the school prom
ises, according to Sammy Mogg, to
be bigger and better than ever.
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Korean Situation
At A Glace - - -
(By /The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Sunday, July 2 — A
.North Korean Communist column
has been hurled back from Suwon
by Stiffening South Korean de
fense and apparently never actu
ally took that strategic town "or
Its a important airstrip, General
MacArthur’s headquarters indi
cated today.
’The Red forces are concentrat
ed now 10 miles north of Suwon
and have thrown at least three
makeshift wooden bridges across
, the broad Han River, 23 miles *
north of Suwon, indicating immin
ence of a heavier thrust.
A U. S. air forte communique
said B-29 superfortresses bombed
jthe bridges and railroad yards
and anti-aircraft batteries inside
the Red-held capital city of Seoul
Saturday.
This sudden reversal of previ
ous accounts of the fast-shifting
Korean war situation came as
American foot soldiers were being
poured into Far South Korea in a
historic airlift. They started mov
ing by rail more than 200 miles
north to the front, but latest word
was that none had yet completed
the trip*
The MacArthur headquarters
communique that South Korean
defense forces were holding Su
won came at almost the same time
as a .Washington defense depart
ment announcement that it was
lost.
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