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FAIRBANKS, {JP)—A 24-year
old soldier wanted in Anchorage
for desertion failed to stop after
a warning shot was fired in the
air Tuesday night.
A marshal’s deputy was ques
tioning him when he fled.
Military police were unable to
* find the deserter after a three
hour search. His name was not
divulged.
QUEBEC, (/P) — Launches and
tugs shuttled the St. Lawrence
River early yesterday removing
780 passengers from the 20,000
ton liner Franconia which ram
med into a shallow reef during
the night one mile out of Quebec.
The veteran Cunard-Donaldson
cruise ship hit the shallows at
Pointe a Taurea, 45 minutes after
clearing Quebec port en route to
Liverpool.
NEW YORK, (£>)—'The Korean
War has spurred the campaign to
get signatures on a Moscow-back
ed petition to outlaw the atomic
bomb, the Peace Information Cen
ter reported Wednesday night.
The Center claimed it had ob
tained 1,000,000 American signa
tures to the petition, which is pat
terned after the “Stockholm Pe
tition” being distributed by the
World Peace Appeal
Of these, the Center said, 400,
000 have been obtained since
fighting broke out in Korea.
WASHINGTON (#*)—A bill giv
ing 11 government agency heads
the power to fire outright any em
ployees they consider risky to U.
S. security has handed over to the
Senate yesterday following top
heavy approval in the House.
By a vote of 327 to 14, the House
late Wednesday enthusiastically
endorsed the proposal. It means
, that employees deemed to be bad
security risks could be booted out
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RIVAL PLANES IN KOREA
(JP) Newsfeatures
THE SUPERIORITY of U. S.
aircraft was demonstrated early
in the Korean crisis. American
transport planes were helping to
evacuate 2,00 persons, including
members of the United Nations
Commission on Korea, American
civilians and military dependents,
when they were attacked by en
emy planes. U. S. Fighter planes
went into action and were re
ported to have shot down several
Russian-made North Korean Yak
fighters without a loss to Ameri
cans. A reason for this quick suc
cess may be found in the adjoin
ing comparison of the outstanding
differences between American
and Russian fighters, at least
those used by the North Koreans
in the early fighting.
The Allies are pouring an ever
increasing numbers of B-29’s and
other bombers, along with fighting
planes into the conflict.
THE RUSSIAN YAK fighter used by North
Korean Reds has these specifications:
Gross Weight .7,500 pounds
Wing Span .32 feet, 10 inches
Length . 27 feet 10 inches
Top Speed.440 miles per hour
Maximum Range .850 miles
. Maximum Ceiling .36,000 feet
Armament .20 mm. Nose Gun Plus Two
12.7 mm Guns or 37 mm.
Nose Gun and One 12.7 mm.
Engines .Liquid-Cooled Piston Engine
with 1,310 Horsepower
THE SHOOTING STAR F-80, American Jet
fighter meets these specifications:
Gross Weight .9,600 pounds
Wing Span .39 feet
Length .34 feet, 6 inches
Top Speed .600 miles per hour
Maximum Range .1,200 miles
Maximum Ceiling .45,000 feet
Armament .Six .50 Caliber Guns
Plus Two 1,000-pound Bombs
or Ten Rockets
Engines . Turbojet J-33 with
4,600 pounds Thrust
Gen. Kepner Takes
Over Job Of
Alaskan Defense
ANCHORAGE, (£>)—A special
ist in jet fighters and atomic wea
pons took charge this week of
Alaska defense.
He is Lt. Gen. William Kepner,
57, an airman who still flies F-80
jet fighter planes. Tough and ag
gressive, Kepner is no armchair
expert, he’s served in the Marines,
Infantry, Cavalry, Air Force and
with a Navy Task Force.
At his first press conference
| this week he said “I want to know
what pilots have to handle before
I demand top performance.”
He knows combat from all
points of view. He flew 24 mis
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ANOTHER MILESTONE
DIED IN
KOREA
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B-29’s Drop 500
Tons Of Bombs
On North Korea
(By Russell Brines)
((£*) Tokyo Bureau Chief)
(Representing the Allied Press)
TOKYO, (^P) — Nearly 50 B-29
superfortresses plastered a key
North Korean military target with
500 tons of bombs yesterday in
the mightiest single air blow of
the Korean campaign.
The mission inaugurated massi
precision bombing by two groups
of suporforts rushed here from
their U. S. West Coast bases.
World War II trained crews
flew the four-engined bombers
from two Far Eastern bases
through rain and mist for the
largest mass foray of the cam
paign. The target was a railroad
center north of the 38th parallel.
All of the planes and their
eager, youthful veterans returned
safely without meeting opposi
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Nashaolook And
His Union Now In
Court Battle
ANCHORAGE, (#)—1The intra
CIO salmon cannery union fight
has shifted to federal court here.
Joe Nashaolook and the Inter
n a t i o nal Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s union filed for
an injunction to nullify the con
tract between the Alaska Salmon
Industry and the faction of the
Bristol Bay cannery workers lo
cal 46 which has a new charter
direct from the National CIO. Lo
cal 46 is a union of Eskimo work
ers.
Nashaolook is the controversial!
leader of the local faction which
remains affiliated with the Inter
national Fishermen and Allied
Workers of America (IFAWA),
which recently merged with the
CIO longshoremen’s union.
The suit also names the Alaska
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Plumbing Strike
Will Last Until AU
Demands Are Met
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FAIRBANKS, (/P)—The plumb
ers and steamfitters are still dead
locked with Fairbanks plumbing
contractors.
Their strike, already in effect
more than a month, was length
ened Tuesday night when mem
bers voted to remain on strike for
higher wages. Members said they
' would stay on strike for their or
iginal demands “no matter how
long it takes.”
They are asking a 50 cents an
hour pay increase and double
time for overtime. The wage hike
would give plumbers a wage of
$3..50 an hour for straight time
and $7 an hour for all time over
40 hours.
No other craft in this area is re
ceiving double time pay except on
Sundays and holidays.
Three offers by the five con
tractors, including one of $3.30 an
hour and another for $3.65 an
hour were handed the uriion ex
ecutive board Monday night. |
These offers were separately re
jected at the union meeting Tues
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WORK PROGRESSES
ON NOME BREAKWATER
Construction on the Nome
Breakwater continues to show
progress with the final work be
ing done on the west end of the
wall and the first lift in progress
from the M and M Bank to the
Northern Light and Power Co.
Last week there were several
delays due to mechanical trou
bles with equipment.
U. S. Engineers heads from An
chorage are here this week con
ferring with the Manson-Osberg
Co. heads on the problems in
volved in meeting speficiations of
the contract such as the size of
rocks.
Mr. Osberg stated that the com
pletion of the job this fall is
“problematical” due to several
conditions now existing.
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Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursrday, July 13/ 1950
. (By The Associated Press)
Gen. MacArthur announ ced
that daily the Americans “reduce
the enemy’s relative superiority
in numbers and weapons.”
MacArthur said the heroic hold
ing action of American forces
down the Korean Peninsula had
provided time for the swift move
ment of reinforcement. Exhausted
Americans are spread out in a
thin line along the Kum River,
last major barrier before Taejon,
facing massed communists on the
north bank, and an ominous lull
settled over the main battlefront
area.
MacArthur’s headquarters an
nounced that American casualties
to date have been 488, including
42 dead, 190 wounded and 256
missing. The announcement then
added:
“American ground units in Ko
rea are fighting one of the most
skillful and heroic holding and
rear guard actions in history.
Their excellent peacetime training
is reflected in the combat record
they are now compiling. They
have been overwhelmingly out
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numbered, in some instances more
than 20 tol, and the casualties in
flicted the enemy have been im
measurably greater than those
they have sustained.
“They have filled a breach
without which the North Korean
forces would have, long ’ere this,
completely overrun and licked
South Korea.”
American ground troops were
deployed 13 miles north of Tae
jon, emergency capital of the aBt
tered, United Nations- created /
South Korean Republic. This may
be their do-or-die line to prevent
an Asiatic Dunkerque. A railroad *
bridge and other spans across the
river, which Korean rains at any
moment could swell into a raging
torrent, have been destroyed.
Gen. MacArthur, United Nations
commander, announced the ap
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