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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, September 20, 1950
RING AROUND THE ROSY
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The refusal of American longshoremen to unload a
cargo of Russian crabmeat from a British vessel in New
York City has brought to light an amazing case of “ring
around the rosy” in international double-dealing.
The longshoremen themselves were only showing
their patriotic reluctance to “help Russians make money
in this country now that we are at war.”
But the British ministry of transport, owner of the
cargo, disclosed some interesting facts about the ship
ment, which it frankly described as having been “ram
med down our throats.”
What happened was that the British, under the terms
of their trade agreement with Soviet Russia, had ship
ped a quantity of industrial machinery to Russia with
repayment to be made in timber.
The Russians, however, failed to supply the timber as
they agreed, although Britain's need for it was very
great; and sent in its stead the crabmeat, for which the
British had no use whatever.
It was a simple case, as far as the British were con
cerned, of “taking the crabmeat or nothing; and having
already shipped the machinery to Russia, they took the
crabmeat.
But the British, with a reputation for sharp trading
of their own, found a prompt solution of the problems
by dumping the unwanted crabmeat on the American
market.
They were undeterred by the fact that American
crabmeat industries would be impaired by this solu
tion.
They were previously undeterred from making the
original trade agreement with Soviet Russia by the fact
that Russia was America’s potential and even avowed
enemy, and that any industrial machinery sent from
Britain would army Russia for war against America,
and that it was onlv because of American assistance
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that Britain had any machinery to trade away.
What a sweet “pocket full of posies” this situation
has turned up!
The British are selling Russian crabmeat in the
United States, to get American dollars with which more
British machinery can be produced for shipment to
Russia to be used in possible and probably ultimate war
against America.
Indeed, it is quite possible the war of aggression in
Korea, which is unquestionably supported by Russian
industry, has been tooled in some part and perhaps a
considerable part by British machines produced with
American dollars.
This is the interesting game of international “ring
around the rosy” into which the patriotic American
longshorement have thrown an unexpected but very
enlightening diversion.
EISENHOWER AND CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
General Dwight D. Eisenhower has called for the peo
ple of this country to rededicate themselves to the cause
of freedom. He suggests the establishment of a new ra
dio network to carry truth into the Soviet sphere be
hind the Iron Curtain and denounces “Communist dis
tortion” of the truth about the operations and policies!
of the United States. • j
The General was speaking in behalf of the Crusade
For Freedom, now being directed by General Lucius!
Clay, for the purpose of establishing a network of radio;
stations in Europe, to be operated without government- J
al restrictions, for the purpose of fighting the “big lie”!
of Communism, with the “big truth” of free countries, i
General Eisenhower points out that one private station,
Radio Free Europe, is now operating in Western Ger
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
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not stop at the 38th parallel, the
border between north and south
Korea. Even if the other U. N.
forces stop at 38, Rhee said, “We
will not allow ourselves to stop.”
He added: “We have to advance
as far as the Manchurian border,
until not a single enemy soldier is
left in our country.”
Whether U. N. forces will stop
at the border will be determined
by the United Nations gathering
in New York today for the 1950
assembly. The assembly was ex
pected to approve the security
council order setting up defense
against North Korean aggression.
Soviet spokesmen were expect
ed to hammer at the theme re
peated by Russia’s Jakob A. Malik
that the U. S. is the aggressor in
Korea and is trying to use the
United Nations to mask its acts.
The United States is calling for
| the strengthening of the general
1 assembly so that it can act in any
emergency if the security council
is hamstrung by a Soviet—or other
—veto.
In his fourth report to the Unit
ed Nations yesterday Gen. Doug
las MacArthur charged that Rus
sia and communist China supplied
men and munitions to the North
Korean communists. He said the
Pciping government sent 40,000 to
60,000 combat-trained men of Ko
rean ethnic origin from its armies
and that Sussia supplied arms as
late as this year. Malik insisted
that the Soviet Union had supplied
no arms to Norht Korea since! her
troops withdrew from the country
in 1958.
Wednesday, September 20, 1950
The capture of Seoul by forces
of a tank-led 40,000-man Allied
liberation army appeared immin
ent today. U. S. Marines, spear
heading the attack, sto r m e d
across the Han River in thousands.
One Marine column was stabbed
toward the heart of Seoul after
swarming across the river barrier
eight miles downstream. They
made the crossing at dawn after
being repulsed once in darkness.
Another columns was prepar
ing to cross at the suburbs of
Yanghwa and Youngdungpo, just
i a mile away from the capital city
| of 1,000,000 the communists took
' from the South Koreans nearly
i three ^nonths ago.
But the Reds were pouring fresh
reinforcements of men and equip
i ment into the city and there were
1 signs a major battle was in prog
.
ress. Observers said Allied forces
I suffered their heaviest casualties
, of the Inchon invasion in the ap
I proaches to Seoul.
I Allied airmen using superforts
and fighter planes gave support to
the attack by plastering commun
ication lines within a 105-mile ra
dius of Seoul. Their aim was to
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prevent the communists from
bringing in reinforcements from
any direction.
Allied planes swooped in to at
tack enemy vehicles disguised as
haystacks near Suwon, 20 miles
sout hof Seoul.
U. S. warships, including the
battleship Missouri, poured a
thunderous fire at communist po-|
sitions on the northeast bank of
the Han. The “Mighty Mo” had
steamed around from the east
coast after laying down fire to en
able South Koreans to capture
Pohang.
In Washington the army an
nounced that South Korean Ma
rines stormed ashore at Samchok
on the east coast opposite Seoul
and established a beachhead. The
landing was made several days
ago. ;
Samchok is the eastern terminus
of a railway connecting that city
with Seoul. It lies 105 airline
miles from Pohang. The landing
apparently is to cut off communist;
reinforcements to both Seoul and I
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the Allied-held southeast perim- j
eter.
Reaching the Seoul side of the
river the Marines quickly extend- j
ed their 400-yard beachhead. They
fanned out into nearby low-flying!
hills to knock out communist
strongpoints.
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“When we get high ground
north of Seoul, there won’t be any
thing to it,” said Marine Col.!
Lewis Puller. “He (the enemy);
cant’ stand up against our air and'
artillery-”
As the Marines tightened their
grip on Seoul, the other end of the
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ment to a small part of the masses of Europe. He thinks
that Communist propaganda can be offset by the truth
if we can get it to the subject peoples of the Communist
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CHAMBER OF
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The NWA Chamber of Com
merce met Tuesday noon at the
Polaris Coffee Shop with Presi
dent Saario presiding.
Secretary Polet reported on
three special meetings held by the
Board during the week and read
telegrams which were forwarded
to Delegate Bartlett urging action
on the Marks Air Base.
A special committee was ap
pointed by the president to com
municate with a special sub-com
mittee of Congress which will
visit Alaska soon on Alaskan de
fenses who are named in a news
release in this issue of the Nugget.
The pamphlet committee re
ported that solicitation would
start immediately to estimate
funds available to make necessary
plans for size of the booklet soon
to be published.
A letter from George Sundborg
was read by the secretary telling
how royally he and George Armi
tage were received all over the
Territory and of the splendid sup
port promised. The Tourist Organ
ization which started in Seattle is
turning over to the Alaska Devel
opment Board all records and cor
respondence so that an, all Alaska
Tourist Assn, can get under way
on its number one industry.
I m m e d iately following the
meeting the special committee of
Ted Duffield, John McNees and
Bud Harper, filed the following
message to Senators Hunt of Wyo
ming, Morse of Oregon and Sal
tonstall of Mass, who are the spe
cial sub-committee to study Alas
kan defenses: “Feel it mandatory
your committee visit Nome for
public feeling relative to insecur
ity of this area. Will make ar
rangements on advice of date
from you.”
The National Geographic Soci
ety says the Scottish Highlands
have been nearly depopulated for
200 years.
Allied nutcracker moved on re
treating communists on the south
east beachhead. South Koreans se
cured Pohang and started mopping
up the surrounding area.
Other South Koreans captured
high ground overlooking Kigye,
nine miles northwest of Pohang.
A spokesman said they had recap
tured virtually all ground lost in
the communists’ September break
through.
Four American bridgeh e a d s
have now been secured across the
Naktong River. Infan t r y m e n
fought for a major breakthrough
in the northwest corner of the
perimeter. After capturing Waeg
wan yesterday their objectives
now were Kumchon and Taejon,
important rail and road junctions
on the way to Seoul,
c The U. S. Second Division drove
to the junction of the Naktong and
Nam Rivers. Allied airmen report
ed the communists were fleeing
across the Naktong at this point.
West of Masan on the southern
coast, U. S. 25th Division troops
met stiffened resistance.
B-29 Superforts pounded at Ko
rean communist lines of retreat
from the southeast battle perim
eter to prevent the Reds from re
inforcing Seoul. U. S. Fifth Air
force fighters in large numbers
joined in the attack. The planes
sealed a train in a tunnel, smash
ed convoys and broke up troop
concentrations. The airmen fought
in good weather. The B-29*s en
countered some anti-aircraft fire
over Pyongyang, Red capital,
where they hit at troop training
centers.