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NEWS IN BRIEF
ANCHORAGE, (A5)—1They used
tank-killer rockets fired by com
bat team bazookas to help clear
the slide-blocked Alaska Railroad.
The line was blocked Monday
in the Nenana Canyon south of
Fairbanks. An overhanging cliff
menaced ditchers and bulldozers.
So the railroad called on the
army. Soldiers shot away the
overhang.
Then the work crews cleared
the righ-of-way.
The first train cautiously,
threaded its way through Wed- >
nesday.
SEATTLE, (/P) — Richard W.
Kemler, president of the National
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
was here ylesterday enroute to
confer with J. C. leaders in Alas
ka. He said the Junior Chamber
would like to see Alaska and Ha
waii admitted to statehood.
JUNEAU, (^P) — A two-alarm
fire Wednesday noon damaged six
business establishments and of
fices and an apartment in the Jun
eau Cold Storage building next to
the firm’s main building here.
Smoke and water added to the
loss.
Hit by the fire were a Coca Cola
bottling plant, the Victory Bar,
Metcalfe Sheet Metal Shop’ the
Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union of
fice, two other offices and an
apartment.
Firemen said the blaze appar
ently started because of faulty
wiring.
WASHINGTON, (£>), The House
appropriations committee yester
day recommended a grant of $1,
100,000 to begin construction of
the Eklutna hydro-electric project
near Anchorage, Alaska.
The project, authorized by Con
gress lasht July will cost an es
timated $20,365,000 and will have
a capacity of 30,000 kilowatts.
Assistant secretary of interior
Wame, in testimony made public
yesterday by the committee, said
the project is of an “emergency
character owing to the extremely i
critical power situation in the vi-[
cinity of Anchorage.”
SEATTLE, (JP) — Mrs. May Bell
Howe, 80, who came to Seattle
during the colorful gold rush days
of 1898 from her native New
Brunswick, died yesterday after
a long illness.
With her husband, the late Max
Howe, merchant, she went to
Dawson and saw the Yukon in its
storied era. Howe, later a manu
facturing jeweler here, died in
1926.
CHICAGO, (/P)—'The Loyal Or
der of Moose voted unanimously
yesterday to waive dues of all I
members in the military service!
effective immediately.
In another resolution at the
close of the order’s 62nd annual
convention, the Moose urged im
mediate statehood for Alaska and
Hawaii.
Oliver S. Twist, Philadelphia
banker, was installed as Supreme
Governor.
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Butler Charges
Gruening Used
A.N.S. to Influence
Eskimo Voters
WASHINGTON, (JP) —Senator
Butler (R.-Neb.) accused Gov. Er
nest Gruening of Alaska Wednes
day of using a federal agency to
influense votes among the Eski
mos.
In a prepared speech, Butler
said the Governor wrote a letter
to an Alaska Native Service teach
er in 1944 supporting a candidate
for Delegate to Congress.
Again in 1946, Butler said, the
Governor wrote another Native
Service teacher regarding his ob
jections to Frank Whaley, a candi
date for the Alaska Senate. j
The first letter, he said, was ad
dressed to Mrs. Grace Kohler, for
merly a teacher at Hope, Alaska.
The second, he said, was sent to
C. Heurlin, an art teachen at Bar
row, Alaska.
“It is plainly a fact,” Butler
said, “that the Governor of Alas
ka holding an appointive federal
job, not an elective one, has re
sorted for electioneering purposes
a federal agency responsible for
the spending of millions of dollars
in tax funds among Alaska na
tives each year. This is a use of
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To Release Bridges
On Court Order
I
SAN FRANCISCO, (£>)—Harry
Bridges—by order of the Ninth U.
S. Court of Appeals—is to be re
leased from jail, probably today.
In a two-to-one decision late
yesterday, the court ordered that
the CIO longshore leader be freed.
It reversed an Aug. 5 federal
court ruling revoking his $25,000
bail.
In April, Bridges was convicted
of having lied—by swearing that
he never was a communist—to ob
tain citizenship in 1945. He was
born in Australia.
He was freed on bond pending
appeal from that conviction.
America’s Weapons
■
{{JP) Newsfeatures)
The Army's standard,, trench
knife with its six and three
quarters inch blade of high
quality steel. It has a non-slide
grip * of corrugated rawhide.
This knife was introduced in
World War II.
Nome School
Opens Tues., Sept.
5th, For New Term
Enrollment in the Nome Public
School will begin Tuesday morn
ing, Sept. 5th, at nine o’clock.
All children who are attending
the Nome School for the first
time, regardless of age, must have
a physical examination before ad
mittance. First grade children
must have a birth certificate. The
Territorial Law on this is: A child
must be six years of age on or be
fore the first of November.
The teachers for the school year
1950-51 will be:
High School Teachers
W. L. Angell, Supt., and teacher.
Education: Bachelor of Science
Degree, Master of Science Degree.
Olaf Halvorson, Prin c i p a 1,
teaching field, Geometry and In
dustrial Arts. Education: Bache
lor of Arts Degree.
Mr. Almquist: Teaching field,
Mathematics and Natural Science.
Education: Bachelor of Arts De
gree.
Mrs Hawkinson: Teaching field,
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Truman Holds
Interesting News
Conference
(By D. Harold Oliver)
WASHINGTON, <£>)—President
Truman said yesterday the call
for a nationwide rail strike came
very unexpectedly and despite as
surances to him there would 'be no
such walkout.
He told his news conference he
would have to consider the situa
tion before deciding what action
the government might take. The
trainmen and conductors unions
have demanded government seiz
ure.
The President said assurances
of no further strikes were given
by both union and management
representatives as late as an hour
before Wednesday’s call for the
walkout to begin next Monday.
A reporter, asking whether the
tactics used constituted a “dou
ble cross,” was told by Mr. Tru
man not to put words in his
month. The President said he is
not making such a statement this
morning.
The President, responding to
questions about the economic con
trol bill now in conference be
tween the Senate and House, de
clined to state an opinion until the
measure reaches him. He said one
cannot tell what such measures
contain until they are finally
passed. Usually they include ev
erything but the kitchen stove be
fore an elimination process begins,
he added.
He did say however that one
provision—placing priority and
allocations controls under the sec
retary of commerce—is not satis
factory to him.
He described as absolutely un
true a report that Secretary of
Commerce Sawyer had lobbied to
have that provision written into
the bill. Mr. Truman said Sawyer
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Magnuson Fights
To Have Statehood
Bills Considered
WASHINGTON, (IP) — Senator
Magnuson (D.-Wash.) told the Sen*
ate yesterday that Alaskans can
pay taxes to help fight commun
ists “'but they are denied full cit
izenship under their own Ameri
can flag.”
“Taxation without representa
tion is repugnant to what we
mean when we say American, and
America has always included
Alaska,” he asserted.
Magnuson made his statements
in urging the Senate to act before
the end of the session on the
House- approved statehood bills
for Alaska and Hawaii. His speech
dealt almost entirely with Alaska.
The Washington State Senator
said that the United States needed
Alaska both for the Territory’s
resources and to strengthen Na
tional security. He added:
“I ask in all seriousness, must
we wait for Russia to attack Alas
ka, before we grant full self gov
ernment to Alaskans If we do, I
assure you, it may be too late. The
time for decision is now.”
Magnuson read to the Senate a
telegram from Gov. Greuning of
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Government May
Seize Railroads
WASHINGTON, (jP)—President
Truman talked over the nation
wide railroad strike threat with
his Cabinet today. No one would
say what action was planned but
there were growing reports the
government would seize the rail
roads no later than tomorrow
night.
Railroad conductors and train
men, who called the strike for
next Monday, have said they
would work under government
seizure.
The Cabinet session lasted an
hour and a quarter.
Attorney General McGrath told
reporters they “talked the whole
situation over thoroughly,” dis
cussing “all the different angles.”
Asked if seizure papers have
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America’s Weapons
((/P) Newsfeatures)
The Skyrocket, first jet-rocket
craft of its type in the Navy.
Using its own jet power, it can
take off, climb to high altitudes
and cut on its own rockets to
approach the speed of sound.
1 It's the D-558-2.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Thursday, August 24, 1950
(By The Associated Press)
Communist forces posed a seri
ous new threat to Pusan in the
south today. Pusan is the main U.
S. supply base for South Korea.
On the north central front Al
lied troops inched ahead into po
sitions given up by withdrawing
Red forces north of Taegu.
A division of Red Korean troops
in three heavily armed columns
of men and machines began roll
ing eastward Thursday night on
the Korean south coast against
positions of the U. S. 25th Infan
try Division. Intelligence officers
said a major offensive may be im
minent there.
With American forces on the
alert, U. S. pilots watched the
Reds marching in clusters of eight
or 10 men at 50-foot intervals to
minimize the danger of air attack.
Fighters, bombers and jet planes
hammered at the three columns
immediately after the movement
was reported. Two B-26 bombers
smashed at concentrations which
apparently were marshalled at
Chinju, the Red’s southern anchor
55 miles west of Pusan.
There was danger in the north,
too, although pressure eased. For
five days the Americans and
South Koreans beat back, flanking
attacks which jabbed and probed
in an apparent search for a soft
spot to launch a 50,000-man at
tack on Taegu, main United Na
tions forward base.
The sudden shifts of North Ko
rean forces in the Taegu sector
puzzled Allied officers. Units of
the main North Korean forces
were reported drifting eastward
along the defense line of Ameri
can and South Korean troops. En
emy pressure lessened along a
line now 13 miles north of Taegu.
With the immediate threat to
the city apparently somewhat less
ened, U. N. forces tightened their
lines. South Koreans, aided by U.
S. fighter-bombers, captured “the
Citadel,” highest peak on the U.
N. right flank along the rocky cor
ridor leading to Taegu. It had
been a Red observation post.
There was an air of cautious
optimism at the front. But the
Reds still were massed for a pos
sible lunge. Some U. S. officers
exprsesed belief the Reds were
seeking a flanking route for the
Taegu drive. Others said the com
munists weer pulling back to re
group. They appeared to be quit
ting the Waegwan area, 12 miles
northwest of Taegu. On one 72
hour period 3,500 casualties were
inflicted, field headquarters said.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, U. S.
army chief of staff, visited the
northwest front above Taegu
Wednesday, leaving only 15 min
utes before a hot enemy action
blazed there. Adm. Forrest P.
Sherman, who flew to Korea int
another plane, visited 8th Army
headquarters.
The army chief expressed satis
faction with the way the war has
been going and said he found mo
rale high among Americans and
South Koreans. Sherman, on his
return to Tokyo, said he believed
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