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Best Guarantee For Acceptance
Korea Cease-Fire Is Withdrawal
Communists Beyond Yalu River
WASHINGTON, {JP)—Secretary <1
of State Acheson said today the
best guarantee for U. S. accept
ance of a Korean cease-fire would
be withdrawal of Chinese Com
munist troops beyond the Yslu
Hiver.
Acheson proposed a “phased
withdrawal of all foreign troops
in Korea after an armistice/*
In the event of such a settle
ment, he declared, there would
have to be a full realization that
its violation “would be a very
dangerous step and would endan
ger world peace.”
Acheson hinted that some clari
fication of Soviet purposes might
w
, t
be forthcoming today.
“We have not succeeded, but
we hope today will bring a fur
ther light,” he said.
Acheson made these statements
in response to questions from
members of the House 'Foreign
Affairs Committee. He was before
the group for a discussion of the
administration’s foreign aid pro
grams.
In speaking of hopes of learning
something more definite today,
Acheson presumably had in mind
>the call of U. S. Ambassador Alan
G. Kirk was making on the Soviet
foreign office in Moscow.
Senate Proposes
Nov. 1 Deadline
Assessment Work
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Sen
ate agreed yesterday to begin the
year for doing annual assessment
work on mining claims on public
lands on November 1 instead of
July 1.
To retain a mining claim the
holder must do at least $100 worth
of “assessment work” or devel
opment each year.
The bill now goes to the House.
Anchorage Bowling Team
Finishes In Top Ten
SEATTLE, {/P) — Teams from
nine different northwest cities
rated the top 10 spots in the
booster division of the Women’s
International Bowlipg Congress
tourney that ended last week-end.
A Portland team, the Vem
Mathis Bowlers, held its lead right
down to the final pin with a 2332.
Big Dipper, Anchorage, Alaska,
was tenth with 2239.
Territory Acquires First
Seagoing Ship—Car Ferry
JUNEAU, (/P) — The Territory
of Alaska has acquired its first
seagoing vessel.
It is the Motorship Chilkoot, a
ferry which will fly the Alaska
flag as it operates two round trips
weekly between Juneau and
Haines.
The motorship will carry cars
of motorists traveling from Ju
neau to the Alaska Highway by
way of the Haines cutoff.
(By the Associated Press)
National League
New York 4—Brooklyn 0
Philadelphia 7—Boston 0
Chicago 7—St. Louis 5
Pittsburgh 3—Cincinnati 2
American League
Washington 7—New York 3
Chicago 11—Detroit 3
Boston 13—-Philadelphia 5
Cleveland €—St. Louis 4
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 5—Sacramento 3
Portland 6—Oakland 1
San Diego 4—Hollywood 3
Seattle 8—Los Angeles 3
Alaska SS Co. Asks
Reconsideration
Rate Increases
<AP Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'The Mari
time Board has under study a re
quest by the Alaska Steamship
Company for reconsideration of a
temporary denial erf rate increases
asked by the company.
The increased rates, running
approximately 10 per cent on
passenger fares from Seattle to
Alaska, were opposed by the
Territory of Alaska, the Interior
Department’s Office of Territories
and the Office of Price Stabiliza
tion.
In addition to the passenger in
creases, Alaska Steam has asked
permission to boost cargo rates as
follows: to Southeast Alaska, from
3 to 85 cents a hundred pounds
or 1 to 25 cents a cubic foot;
to other Alaska points, 5 to 15
cents per hundred pounds and 2
to 20 cents a cubic foot.
ABADAN, Iran, (/P) — The
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company today
started calling its British staff in
from the oil fields in readiness to
fly them out of Iran.
I
U. N. Commander
Invites Chinese To
Try Another Attack
(By the Associated Press)
Reds began pulling out of one
buildup area in Korea today but
poured fresh men and supplies
into another center for a new try
at cracking Allied lines. United
Nations officers were not wor
ried.
“They can hit us anywhere, at
any time in any strength,” a U.N.
briefing officer said.
Other officers predicted Chi
nese Reds would strike in the
second week of July — probably
down the Uijongbu-Seoul corri
dor.
There was no change in the re
peatedly expressed Allied atti
tude that U.N. ground forces can
handle anything the Chinese could
throw at them. Lt. Gen. James A.
Van Fleet, U.N. ground command
er, has reiterated this view time
and again since the Red’s two
spring offensives were stopped
and has openly invited the Chi
nese to try again.
V
U. §. Casualties In
Korea Now 76,749
WASHINGTON, \(/P) — Announ
ced U. S. battle casualties in
Korea reached 76,749 today, an in
crease of 3,146 since last week.
The Defense Department’s
weekly summary based on noti
fications of families through last
Friday reported:
Week’s New
Increase Total
Killed in action 421 11,254
Wounded 2,537 53,227
Missing 187 12,268
Total 3,146 76,749
Battle deaths (x) 468 12,670
Current missing (y) 168 10,1180
(x) includes killed in action,
1,308 fatally wounded and dead,
originally reported missing.
(y) after deducting from gross
total 1,321 returned, 159 known
captured and 108 known dead.
Cost Living Index
Rises to New High
WASHINGTON, {JP)—1The gov
emmenit’s cost of living index to
day edged to a new record high.
The rise means 1,200,000 railroad
workers are entitled under their
contract to a one-cent hourly
wage increase July 1.
The index of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics rose to 185.4 per
cent of the 1935-39 average. This
level was reached on both the
bureau’s new and old type in
dexes.
The figure is for May 15.
A month earlier, on April 15,
the index stood at 184.5 on the
old basis and 184.6 on the new.
The bureau has a new index,
taking into account changed buy
ing habits, but also continues to
figure its “old index” because
many labor contracts have “es
calator” clauses based on the old
index.
Three Persons Die
In Kansas Tornado
WAKEENEY, Kas., (TP) — A
tornado slashed through this west
ern Kansas town today, killing
three persons and injuring ap
proximately 40.
The vicious winds turned a five
block residential area into a mass
of splintered wood and brick.
Trees were uprooted, water
mains broken, and power and
communication lines damaged.
The dead were Mr. and Mrs.
James Hladek, both about 65, and
Dan Rohrbacher, 60.
Mr. and Mrs. Hladek died in the
wreckage of their home.
Rohrbacher was blown from his
house and his body found in the
debris on the street.
SAN FRANCISCO, (ff) — Cpl.
Kenneth Cornwell of Seward,
Alaska, is one of 900 Marines ar
riving here from Korea tonight
under the rotation plan. They are
aboard the transport Gen. William
F. Hose. The Marines will get 30
day leaves and reassignments.
THE SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE sponsors of the Washington State Alaskan Good Will
Tour were happy to be sailing when welcomed aboard the Alaska Steamship Company steamer
Aleutian just before departure time at l':45 am., June 23 by Captain Carl Nilsen, the ship's master.
The sailing had been cancelled due to strike conditions, but it was immediately reinstated when a
settlement was reached about midnight June 21. From left, Don M. Folleit, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; chamber president Thomas M. Pelly; manager
of the chamber Alaska division, Frank J. Beaver; and Captain Nilsen.
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West Presses Reds
For Clarification
Korean Cease-Fire
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(By the Associated Press)
The West pressed Moscow today
to spell out what Jacob A. Malik
meant by the Russian proposal
for a Korean cease-fire.
Acting on Washington instruc
tions, U. 6. Ambassador Alan G.
Kirk called on Andrei Gromyko,
Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister in
Moscow. They talked for 20 min
utes, and Moscow dispatches said
clarification of Malik’s suggestions
was expected by the end of this
week.
M
Secretary of State Acheson said
the United States had not learned
the intentions behind the Malik
proposal, “but we hope today will
bring further light.”
Malik, Soviet delegate to the
United Nations, proposed Satur
day that 'the 'belligerents in Korea
open talks about a cease-fire
coupled with mutual withdrawal
of forces from the 38th parallel.
The West wanted to know, among
other things, what “belligerents**
the Soviet Union considered to be
involved, and what guarantees
would be given against reopening
of the fighting if a truce were de
clared.
U.N. Secretary General Trygve
Lie, “always hopeful,** returned
from Norway. He discussed devel
opments with his chief aides and
Nasrollah Entezam, General As
sembly president.
One informant who in the past
has been somewhat familiar with
Russian thinking expressed be
lief the Russians, in their mention
of “belligerents** had in mind the
North Koreans and the unified
command of the U. N.
This would leave out the Chi
nese Communists, whom Moscow
portrays as volunteers in Korea.
Such an omission could raise im
mediate objection from the West.
Acheson Says U.S.
Will Not Intervene
Iranian Oil Crisis
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State Acheson said today there
is “no thought” of United States
intervention in the Iranian oil
crisis.
Appearing before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, Ache
son said however “We cannot ex
aggerate the critical nature of the
situation and we cannot exagger
ate the importance of its solu
tion.”
Rep. Fulton (D-Pa) called Ache
son's attention to the United
States taking military action in
Korea without a congressional
declaration.
“There is no thought of the
United States intervening in Iran
either with or without congres
sional action,” Acheson replied.
As to aid proposed for Iran un
der the $8,500,000,000 foreign
assistance program, Acheson em
phasized that it was a long range
objective without reference fa
day-to-day “fluctuations.”
“We must consider the program
for Iran as apart from this par
ticular crisis,” he said.