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NEWS IN BRIEF
* MOSCOW, (/P) — The Soviet
press chorused charges that the
United States is preparing for an
other war with its actions in Ko
rea, and the weekly New Times,
a foreign policy magazine, com
mented that “The scale and char
acter of the war measures being
^ taken in Washington indicate that
America’s aggressive intentions go
beyond the framework of Korea.”
TAIPEI. Formosa, (/P) - The
Chinene Nationalist defense min
istry said 500 communists landed
on tiny Taitan Island, two miles
off Amoy, but were killed or cap
tured by its defenders. Red-held
Amoy has been considered the
jumpoff point for the prospective
invasion of Quemov Island, key to
Nationalist blockade of commun
ist China’s mainland.
4 PARIS, (P)—Six Western Euro
pean nations meeting on the Schu
man Plan for pooled coal and steel
industries have nearly completed
broad plans for an international
authority which would administer
the program.
QUATEMALA, (P)—The capi
tal of Guatemala was under a
state of siege, a modified form af
4 martial law, as the result of anti
government rioting Tuesday in
which one person was killed and
scores were wounded. The vio
lence grew out of a political cam
paign for the Presidential elec
tions scheduled for November or
December.
SALAMANCA, N. Y. (/P) — A
grocery store in this western New
York city displaced two piles of
sacked sugar today.
The five-pound sacks were la
beled: “For regular customers,
9Vfe cents a pound.”
On a pile of 25 and 100-pound
sacks was this sign: “For hoard
ers, 16 cents a pound.”
WASHINGTON (&)—The Hous
ing and Home Finance Agency an
nounced loans Monday to assist in
the preparation of plans for the
following public works projects in
Alaska:
University of Alaska—$20,500
for planning construction of a
$480,000 four-story men’s dormi
tory.
WASHINGTON, (£>)—'The Sen
ate approved a House bill increas
ing federal wildlife restoration
funds for Alaska and Hawaii
Wednesday and sent it to the Pres
ident.
The Alaska funds would be in
> creased from $25,000 to $75,000
annually and the Hawaii funds
from $10,000 to $25,000.
WASHINGTON, {&)—'The Sen
ate passed and sent to the House
Wednesday a bill to repeal provi
sions of the federal airport act
which limit the federal share of
land costs to 25 per cent.
This would permit the federal
share of land costs to be the same
as for other airport project costs,
with the exception of high inten
sity runway lighting.
\ In non-public lands States, un
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President Harry S. Truman
At the Helm of The Ship of State As We Approach World War III
“No Necessity Now
For Wage, Price
Contr ols”-T ruman
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said yesterday he sees no
necessity now for wage, price and
manpower controls.
He told a news conference that
if they come they will come to
gether as part of all-out mobiliza
tion.
He hopes he will not have to
< have all-out mobilization, he
added.
Mr. Truman’s comments came
in response to questions about the
' proposal from Bernard M. Baruch
for an immediate “ceiling on ev
erything.”
Baruch gave his views to Con
gress Wednesday. The lawmakers
themselves appeared divided on
his proposal with most members
apparently against any all-out
mobilization right now. There
weer others, however, who called
for full-scale economic mobiliza
tion with consumer rationing and
wage-price controls.
President Truman also told his
news conference:
1. He is not now considering use
of the atomic bomb in the Korean
war.
2. Steps are in the making to
deal with any traitors or saboteurs
in the present emergency. *Those
steps will not infringe on the Bill
of Rights, he added.
3. The state and defense depart
ments are working on proposals
for increased military aid to Euro
pean allies. He said these propos
als will be presented to Congress
before it adjourns.
4. He did not want to make any
comment now on peace prospects;
that it would be better to wait for
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| BULLETIN
(Special to The Nugget)
WASHINGTON (/P), The Hou*
passed and sent to the Senate yea
terday a bill to provide $35,001
to equip an addition to the schoo
at Nome lor use ol native an<
non-native children.
Russia Ending Her
Boycott Of U. N.
Puzzles World
LAKE SUCCESS, (iP) — United
Nation’s diplomats were sharply
divided today on the question:
Was Russia’s decision to end her
U. N. boycott just another step in
the cold war or an admission that
the boycott was a big mistake?
The question may be answered
Tuesday when the Russians re
turn, but meantime these lines of
speculation were heard at U. N.
headquarters:
1— Russia intends to challenge
the legality of the security coun
cil’s Korean interventions and try
to block any further U. N. action.
2— Russia intends to try a new
approach in her fight to oust Na
tionalist China from the U. N.
and seat the Chinese Reds.
3— Russia is merely coming
back for a propaganda blast and
may resume her walkout-boycott
which was started last January in
protest against the presence of the
Chinese Nationalists.
4— Russia is getting ready for
new communist moves either in
the Balkans or against Formosa
and wants to be on hand to veto
any council action.
5— Russia realizes she has made
- a mistake and is coming back to
try to find a way to end the Ko
rean conflict.
All this however, was admitted
ly nothing more than speculation,
i U. S. Delegate Warren E. Aus
• tin said he would not comment
) “until I go to Vermont and con
L suit an old apple tree.”
L In Manila, Gen. Carlos P. Rom
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Capt Austin E. Lathrop, Alaska
Industrialist, 84* Meets Tragic Death
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FAIRBANKS, (JF) — Alaska’s j
foremost industrialist and wealth
iest man — Capt. Austin Eugene
Lathrop—died beneath the wheels
of a loaded coal car Wednesday.
He was 84.
The fatal accident occurred as
Lathrop inspected a load of coal
gondolas at his Healy River Coal
Corp., holdings at Suntrana, 112
miles south of here.
Dr. Paul B. Haggland of Fair
banks said the operator of the
gondolas failed to see Lathrop
and released a loaded car down a
slight incline. The industrialist
either tripped or fell under a
wheel.
An inquest was to be held at the
mine today by U. S. commissioner
Margaret Sullivan of Nenana.
The Fairbanks News-Miner,
owned by Captain Lathrop, said
the body was being returned here
in an Alaska Railroad ambulance
car. After several days, it will be
shipped to Seattle where his will
stipulates that he be buried.
In addition to controlling inter
est in the Healy River Coal Corp.,
Alaska’s largest coal mine, and
the Fairbanks newspaper, Lathrop
owned five theaters, two radio
stations, a large apartment build
ing and a bowling alley.
Bom in Lapeer, Mich, Oct. 5,
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Cargo Damaged On
Coastal Monarch
Must be Reordered
Mr. J. J. Dillon, Nome agent for
the Alaska Steamship Company,
stated this morning that word has
been received from the Seattle
office regarding the M/S Coastal
Monarch, which suffered a fire in
her general cargo on July 24, in
which they say that consignors
have been notified:
“From all information we have
been able to get, all of the cargo
except probably cold storage, cool
room, oil, greases, gas, cylinders
and some of the coal was in the
holds where the fire occurred, and
is undoubtely amaged. Therefore
they may want to get themselves
ready to get replacement ship
ments to us when the ship is
ready to receive them. As soon as
the ship returns to Seattle and a
definite check of what cargo is
found to be undamaged they will
be notified of such items.”
Until such time as the vessel
has arrived in Seattle and a thor
ough check has been made the
company is unable to furnish any
information as to just what cargo
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Korean Situation
At‘A Glance —
Thursdays July 27, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
Three big communist columns
speared eastward on the central
sector of the Korean front today
against American lines in the face
of murderous artillery and plane
fire, and the indications were that
the Reds were massing for what
may be the biggest battle of the
war thus far.
On the northeast flank, South
Korean troops attacked and push
ed the Reds back seven miles.
The Second and Third Red Di
vision—their best — regrouped on
the central front for the big push.
These troops, with the mauled
Red First Division, have been in
the van of the whole invasion
march down the peninsula. They
| are well trained and still have
much offensive punch, despite
their heavy losses.
Gen. MacArthur paid a flying
visit to the front—his second of
the war—and flew back to Tokyo,
after expressing conviction that
United Nations victory is sure. In
Tokyo his headquarters issued a
communique saying the Reds
were continuing pressure in a
manner suggesting “that the in
vaders were regrouping and reor
ganizing.” The communists were
reported moving by night to as
sembly areas, to avoid punishing
air attacks.
South Korean troops, with U. S.
air support, delivered two sharp
punches, one on the northeast of
the Yongdong sector and one on
the east coast. In both cases they
drove Red forces back. Six enemy
tanks were knocked out in battle
front actions by bazooka fire and
plane attacks. Allied warships
helped out in the east coast action
with strong shellfire.
At Maromyon, 15 miles north
east of Yongdong, the 24th regi
mental combat team, the only Ne
gro unit identified as in action,
has beaten off a communist at
tack.
The communist radio at Pyong
yang, North Korea, said Red coast
al batteries have sunk an Ameri
can warship off Yosu. a port the
Reds says they have captured. It
is on a peninsula, 20 miles south
of Sunchon, which in turn is 18
miles behind the farthest point of
advance of the Reds on the dan
gerous southern front. There the
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Americans have begun attacking.
American patrols here pushed
elements of the Red Fourth Divi
sion back in the vicinity of Ha
dong. MacArthur’s summary said.
The Americans are reported
ready to enter Hadong when the
town, only 70 miles from the U. S.
supply port of Pusan, stops burn
ing.
About 35 miles to the northeast,
South Korean troops mounted a
sudden and vigorous counterat
tack northwest of Hamchang,
driving communist forces back
seven miles. American planes
gave the South Koreans effective
support, knocking out two of five
tanks in a Red column.
South Koreans also attacked,
successfully on the east coast be
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