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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,615 _JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1950 _MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
U. S. FORCES ARE SLUGGING INTO SEOUL
ECLIPSE
OFMOON
TONIGHT
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NEW YORK, Sept. 25—(if)—If it
Isn’t1 cloudy tonight, go outside and
Watch the total eclipse of the moon.
- Wekther permitting, it will be vis
ible for all North America.
the timetable (E8T) runs like
thfsr
' Moon enters Earth's incomplete
shadow (Penumbra), 8:20 p.m.,:
Moon enters complete shadow
(Umbra), 9:31 p.m.; total eclipse be
gins, 10:54 p.m.; ends, 11:40 p.m.;
Moon leaves Umbra, 1:02 a.m.;
leaves Penumbra. 2:13 a.m.
Astronomers say the Moon prob
ably will be a deep coppery red dur
ing the total eclipse due to red
rays of sunlight bent into the sha
dow by the Earth's atmosphere.
But if world cloud conditions are
just right, the Moon may be a com
plete blackout.
GAMES TODAY
• NEW YORK, Sept. 25 — 0P> — The
Nfw York Yankees edged closer to
the American League pennant today
by defeating Washington, 8-3, In
the flrgt game of a doubleheader.
New‘York stretched Its lead over
Detroit i*; three games In the final
week of the season.
The Yanks had seven games left,
ineluftfi|c-1 this afternoon's second
a4*fe..De troit, idle today, also had j
seven gild As to play.
'Allie Reynolds won his 15th vic
tkjSrjSW .the yefcrk«s,/*gw York; whit
Nedraway at Senator pitcher Sandy
CphekegiA,} and tils successors.
'flHjW.Ybrkwent ahead In the third
inhibit ‘after Washington had scored
one Hi ""the- second on Oil Coan’s
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25—M—
The Boston Red Sox snapped a four
gikihe losing streak and kept alive
their slim American League pen
npntv Hopes today as they turned
back'.the last place Philadelphia
Athletics 8 to 0 behind the three
Hit’ shut out pitching of Lefty Mel
Parnell.
BROOKLYN, Sept., 25—W—Pee
wee Reese’s tenth home run in the
fourth inning provided the one-run
mafgln the Brooklyn Dodgers needed
to defeat the New York Giants, 3-2,
lh the first game of a day-night
doubleheader.
Preacher Roe, held the Oiants in
check until the ninth when they
scored two runs. It was Roe’s 19th
victory of the season.
NEW MEXICO VISITOR
Elsie C. Daily of Albuquerque, N.
M., is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
rhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
tOoprrUht, UN, br Ball Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON—There has been
a. lot of Congressional debate as
to i who was to blame for our be
ing caught napping In Korea. But
no Congressman has touched upon
the' most amazing, story of Korean
espionage-—the manner in which
a "Korean Mata Hari lived with an
Aiiherican Army colonel and gave
the' Communists Intimate details
on- American Army strength.
The lady in question, now exe
cuted-as a spy, was Kim Soo Im, a
vivacious, Ameriean-educated Kor
ean girl who was married to one
of Korea’s top Communists, Lee
Kang Kook.
At the same time she was mar
ried to Lee she was the mistress of
a .top American colonel, John E.
Baird, who, as Proyost Marshal,
was in charge of keeping law and
order among American troops in
Korea. He was also top adviser to
the new Korean Army.
Colonel Baird occupied one of the
most elegant bouses in Seoul, and
for a time Madame Kim lived with
him. According to the Korean press,
she even bore him a child.
It was well known to Koreans
that Kim Soo Im was Intimate
with the colonel. They were seen
together publicly. And it was also
known by many Koreans that she
was married to one of the top
Communists, Lee Kang Kook, who
had been hiding from the military
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•MISS U. S. TELEVISION* _ Fdythe Adams,
(above),23-year-old blonde of Tenafly, N. J., was chosen “Miss
U. S. Television" over twelve candidates in contest at Chicago Fair.
CAP PATROL
PLANE GOES
INTOCRASH
Craft Burns with Three
Dead Listed - Famous
Golfer Badly Burned
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 25—Iff)
—A Civil Air Patrol «lane crashed
and burned in a railroad yards
near here last night, killing three
officers and seriously injuring Skip
Alexander, top-flight professional
golfer.
Neighbors fdund the 32-year
old Lexington, N. C., golfer crawl
ing into a field, his clothes afire.
He was expected to recover.
At Sioux Falls, S. D., where the
plane was based, the CAP listed
the dead as:
Col. James R. Barnett, 44, of
Sioux Falls, commanding officer
of the South Dakota wing of CAP
Lt. Oliver A. Singleton, 28.
Lt. Duane M. Reeves, 28.
Alexander's left leg was broken
above the ankle and he was burned
on the hands, arms and face.
Alexander had finished sixth in
the $15,000 Kansas City Open golf
tournament yesterday and was on
his way to his home at Lexington,
N. C. Bob Hamilton of Evansville,
a former professional golf cham
pion, said Alexander told him in
the hospital he had “hitched” a
ride on the military plane.
CASUALTIES
ARE LISTED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — OP) —
The Defense Department today re
leased a Korean casualty list (No
106) containing the names of 231
servicemen, of whom 55 are dead.
The death list included 19 pas
sengers aboard a Navy transport
which crashed into the sea near
Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands,
Sept. 18. In addition, seven crewmen
died in the crash.
In addition to the dead, the
casualty list included 116 wounded,
50 missing, 10 injured in accidents
in the war zone.
MAYNARD MILLER BACK
Maynard Miller returned from Se
attle over the weekend and is stay
ing at the Juneau Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
F. R. Sumpter of Seattle is stop
I ping at the Baranof Hotel.
TITO'S MAN
DENOUNCES
AGGRESSION
Vice Premier Introduces
UN Resolutions to
Stop Soviets
By TOM OCHILTREE
NEW YORK, — UFl — Yugoslav
Vice Premier Edvard Kardelj called
today for the temporary re-estab
lishment of the 38th Parallel as
the demarcation line in Korea. He
attacked those supporting North
Korea’s aggressive course.
In a policy speech before the
U. N. General Assembly, the Yugo
slav official declared that Premier
Marshal Tito’s government “con
siders that the present policy of the
government of North Korea does
not serve the cause of the true in
dependence and unity of the Kor
ean people."
In the same speech he charged
that the Soviet bloc is increasing
the pressure on Yugoslavia by
provoking border incidents almost
daily.
Although he did not mention the
Soviet Union or Communist China
by name, Kardelj’s meaning on
Korea was obvious.
Kardelj’s statement regarding the
38th Parallel came at a time when
it appeared likely U. N. forces in
Korea soon might reach that old
dividing line. He made no specific
reference on U. N. troops. In
the Security Council Yugoslavia ab
stained on the June resolution or
dering military action against
North Korea.
Simultaneously Yugoslavia intro
duced two resolutions designed to
strengthen the Assembly’s efforts
to prevent aggression.
One calls for the establishment
of a permanent mediation com
mission made up of small powers.
The other requires a nation in
volved in armed conflict to issue a
cease-fire order within 24-hours and
to withdraw its armed forces froir
disputed territory. Failure to do 60
automatically would brand the
country as an aggressor.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2*4, American Can
99'4, Curtiss-Wright 9’4. Interna
tional Harvester 304, Kennecott
65%, New York Central 16%,
Northern Pacific 24%, U.S. Steel
38%, Pound $2.80,%.
Sales today were 2,010,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 226.06, rails 68, utilities
40.06.
CONGRESS
IN RECESS
TO NOY. 27
Many Problems Come Up
Then-See What Will Hap
pen by Passed Laws
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — <>PI —
Taxes on swollen business profits,
statehood for Hawaii and Alaska
and possibly rent control look like
the big issues when Congress re
turns to Washington two months
from now.
Even those problems may be too
big to handle in a quick session be
tween Nov. 27 and the Christmas
holidays.
They were the major left-overs
when weary lawmakers knocked off
work late Saturday with a slap at
President Truman—a thumping re
jection of his veto of a stiff anti
communist bill.
The bill was put on the lawbooks
when the Senate voted 57 to 10 to
override the veto. That was 12 votes
more than the two-thirds majority
needed. The House had overturned
the veto within an hour after Mr,
Truman sent it to Capitol Hill Fri
day afternoon. The vote there was
286 to 48.
Senate Filibuster
The Senate vote came late Satur- |
day after a small group of Sena- :
tors had talked against the bill
almost around the clock, waging
what they acknowledged was a
losing fight.
Senator Langer (R-ND) collapsed
from exhaustion on the Senate floor
after speaking for five and a half;
hours against the bill. He was taken j
to the Naval Hospital at Bethesda, l
Md., and is reported to be “doing i
well.”
Another major enactment of the
adjourned Congress will have almost
immediate effect.
Income Tax Jumps
Starting next Sunday, income tax \
withholdings will jump one-fifth for :
most of the nation’s 50,000,000 in
come taxpayers.
The tax-writing House Ways and
Means Committee has decided to
start public hearings Nov. 15 on a
second tax increase which Con
gress has pledged will include an
excess profits tax on corporations.
Estimates are that it will produce
from $4,000,000,000 to $6,000,000,
000,000 a year.
Rent Control Bill
Rep. Spence (D-Ky) told news
men that he hopes to have a new
rent control bill ready for action
during the short session. The pre
sent law expires generally on Jan.
1, although local communities can
extend controls for another six
months by taking positive action
to do .so.
Spence is Chairman of the House
Banking Committee, which handles
rent legislation.
There appeared to be considerable
doubt that Congress would find time
to act before next year on rent
controls, or on such other items of
unfinished business as the govern
ment’s master plan for civil defense.
Congress Back Nov. 27
House and Senate set Nov. 27 to
get back to the legislative grind.
Some members are bound to return
as defeated “lame-ducks," as all 435
House seats and 36 of the 96 in the
Senate are at stake in the November
election. The new 82nd Congress will
open Jan. 3.
A Congress in which Democrats
had majorities in both Senate and
House gave the President only pait
of the domestic legislation he asked.
Accomplishments
On the list of accomplishments,
besides the tax increase, were items
like;
A big expansion of the Social Se
curity program to increase benefits
and make perhaps 10,000,000 moie
people eligible for them.
Removal of federal taxes on oleo
margarine.
Raising from $5,000 to $10,000 the
Federal Insurance on bank deposits.
Boosting the national minimum
wage from 40 to 75 cents an houi
A $1,500,000,000 slum clearance and
low-cost housing program.
But many a Truman proposal
went to the scrap pile and stayed
there. For example;
Civil rights legislation. The plat
forms of both big parties backed it,'
but it couldn’t climb past the threat
of a southern filibuster. In addi
tion:
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Captured North Koreans in Inchon
North Korean soldiers captured in fighting in Inchon huddle along a curbstone under guard of U. S.
Marines. OP) Wirephota.
MISSING
PLANE IS
LOCATED
U. S. Bomber Crashes in
Labrador Wilderness
To Evacuate Victims
HALIFAX, N.S., Sept. 25—(i«—
Parachutists have been dropped to
begin rescue operations for 16 United
States airmen whose B-50 bomber
crashed Thursday in Labrador wild
erness, the Fort Pepperell Air Base
reported today.
The stricken bomber was discov
ered last night after being missing
for three days, and a U.S. Air Force
team immediately took steps to evac
uate the men by helicopter. The
helicopter will move the men to a
nearby lake, where a Canadian am
phibian plane will pick them up.
The Royal Canadian Air Force
said an RCAF Lancaster spotted the
plane some 95 miles southwest of
Goose Bay.
The U.S. Air Force Unit at Goose
Bay began immediate preparations
to evacuate the 12 crewmen and
four passengers, missing on a rou
tine flight from Goose Bay to Tuc
son, Arizona. All are military per
sonnel.
It was presumed evacuation would
be completed today, barring bad
weather.
Finding of the missing air giant
climaxed a vast air search extending
from the wilds of Labrador to the
Arizona desert. Scores of Canadian
and American planes took part in
the hunt.
Smoke signals attracted the Lan
caster to the area where the 16 sur
vivors had constructed a shelter
Signs on the rocky ground asked for
food and supplies. No medical sup
plies were requested. Officials Inter
preted this as signifying no one was
badly hurt.
B. Stevens and H. Toner of Mt
Edgecumbe are registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent K. Jones of
Denver are registered at the Bara
nof Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o’clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 51;
minimum, 46.
At Airport—Maximum, 51;
minimum, 46.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Mostly cloudy with light rain
showers tonight and Tues
day. Lowest temperature to
night about 48. Highest Tues
day near 53.
PRECIPITATION
Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau—0.24 inches;
since Sept. 1 — 10.81 inches;
since July 1—21.87 inches.
At Airport — 0.10 inches;
since Sept. 1 — 7.23 inches;
since July 1—19.23 inches.
I Blazes Are
Straddling
Alaska Road
Over One Hundred Forest
Fires Are Raging in
Canadian Areas
EDMONTON, Alta.. Sept. 25—(A>>—
More than 100 forest fires were re
ported sweeping through Northern
Columbia and Alberta today, de
stroying valuable timber stands and
sending a pall of smoke across the
continent. The worst fires were in
northeastern British Columbia near
the Alaska Highway, where an Air
Force officer counted 60 blazes rag
ing out of control in a 300-mile
stretch of largely unsettled country.
He estimated the size of the largest
at 120 miles wide by 125 to 150 miles
long. The other fires are in Alberta.
The officer, Fit. Lt. Jack Jaworski.
operations officer at Northwest Air
Command, said after a flight over i
the area that it is impossible for I
the few people in the B.C. fire area
to fight the flames.
“All they can do is pray for rain,”
he said. “It would take three days'
solid rain to stop the fires."
The four worst fires straddle the j
Alaska Highway from south of Port I
St. John, B.C., to the Northwest j
Territories. Another string of blaze.'
?xtends from Peace River 200 miles
west to the Rocky Mountain foot
hills in British Columbia.
“In one area south of Fort St.
Joseph, I counted 46 separate small
fires,” said jrfWorski.
Telephone communications be
tween Edmonton, the Yukon and j
Alaska W'ere cut for a time by one
3f the blazes but were restored today
when a temporary line was strung
Uong the Alaska Highway south ol
Fort Nelson, B.C.
In Edmonton, a blanket of smoke
4,000 feet thick that moved over the
city late yesterday continued to dim
the sun.
Son of Ketchikan
V/oman Killed in
Action in Korea
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — <#) —
Pfc. Walter L. McLeod, Jr., son of
Mrs. Mary B. McLeod of Ketchikan,
Alaska (Box 1601), was listed by
the Defense Department today as
killed in action in Korea.
UNION OIL MEN HERE
E. Maiers and W. H. Schwind,
of the Seattle Union Oil office are
stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali from Seattle due to arrive
late tomorrow night or early Wed
nesday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Alaska from west scheduled south
bound at 8:30 tonight and sailing
about 11:45 o’clock.
Dramatic
Spy Trial
Is Listed
(By the Associated Press)
The East-German Communist
leaders are preparing a dramatic
spy trial in which the doomed men
j who’ll be featured are six one-thne
Communist big shots. One serious
charge to be brought against at
least some of the six is that they
made the mistake of opposing Adolf
Hitler at a time when Stalin was
"non-aggressing” in collaboration j
with Hitler.
It’s possible that the long-missing j
Noel Field will be produced by the j
Communists at the trial. Field has I
a mysterious record as well as j
whereabouts. He once was a mem- j
ber of the State Department. After j
the Second World War he disap- ]
peared behind the Iron Curtain.!
Western authorities call him a Com- j
munist. The Communists call Field :
a spy. Those who are going to put
on the spy trial hint that Field will
appear.
GOVERNOR TO BE
ON BROADCAST
FROM ANCHORAGE
Gov. Ernest Gruening returned'
Saturday by Pan American from ;
Washington, D.C., where he had j
been summoned to appear before,
the Senate Interior and Insular Af- j
fairs Committee.
He left Juneau again this morn
ing, boarding an Air Force airplane
sent to take him to Anchorage to
participate tonight in a program
with the Alaskan Defense Command.
This program is for a network
broadcast of Town Meeting of the
Air.
The Governor plans to go to Fair
banks tomorrow for a meeting, and
be back in Juneau Friday. Mrs.
Gruening accompanied her husband.
10 RED LEADERS
FREED ON BOND,
JUDGE JACKSON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 — (jfl — 1
Justice Jackson of the Supreme
Court today allow'ed freedom on
bond, pending an appeal, for 10
of the 11 U. S. Communist leaders
convicted of conspiracy to advo
cate forceable overthrow of the
government.
Jackson's stay of sentence, as
it is technically called, permits the
convicted leaders to remain free
until final Supreme Court action
on a formal appeal to be filed later.
The appeal will ask the high tri
bunal to overthrow the conviction
of the Red officials by a New York
jury.
In it he declared there would,
be a “disastrous effect on the rep- j
utation of American justice if 1j
should now send these men to jail
and the full court later decided j
that their conviction is invalid.” i
DESPERATE.
EFFORT TO
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American Forces in
Squeeze Play to Trap
Thousand of Gmnmies
(By the Associated Press)
Marines and Doughboys slugged
deep into Seoul today in a deter
mined effort to recapture the capi
tal of the South Korean Republic
exactly three months from the day
the North Korean Communists
launched their invasion. Seoul fell
to the Reds two days after the in
vasion began.
In the south, other Americans
speared to within 40 miles of a link
up with northern American forces
In a lightning advance. The linkup
would seal off tens of thousands of
Communists In a vast trap.
American and South Korean
forces were overunntng places whose
names became familiar in bloody
battles of Just a few weeks ago.
U.S. First Cavalry Division troopers,
smashing ahead 70 miles in four
days, have driven into Chongju,
From there they were in position to
drive to Chochiwon, 10 miles to the
west, a junction on the main high
way from Taegu to Seoul. They were
only 40 miles from U.S. Seventh In
fantry troops pushing south from
the Inchon-Seoul beachhead.
Kumchon Captured
U.S. 24th Division troops cap
tured Kijujchon, 55 uyjes 60uUi*!*ttt
of Chochiwon. Between kumchon
and Chochiwon lies Taegon, still in
Communist hands. Taegon was the
scene of the bitterest defeat of the
24th Infantry Division.
To the south, U.S. 25th Infantry
Division troops captured Chinju,
key to the Communist drive along
the south coast. It was taken in
bitter fighting after the Reds ig
nored “surrender or die” leaflets.
This American drive bypassed hun
dreds—even thousands—of Com
munists who now ‘have no escape
route.
South Korean troops entered An
dong, 48 miles north of Taegu, and
other South Koreans drove into
Yoygdok on the east coast, 25 miles
north of Pohang.
War Materiel Recaptured
Vast quantities of war materiel is
being recaptured, and some is be
ing recaptured — equipment the
Americans lost 1n their bitter re
treats.
The American flag flew from a
hut on the highest point In Seoul’s
Tongmaksang district. From this
point Marines poured mortar fire
into Red strongpoints in the capital.
Units of the Seventh Division, an
American-South Korean outfit,
joined the Marines in the payoff
struggle for the capital. Its 32nd
Regiment speared aefoss the Seoul*
Suwon highway and crossed Itijf
Han river.
Reinforcement?
Reinforcements poured into the
Inchon beachhead and 2,400 air
borne troops sped from Japan by
ship dropped on Kimpo airffcki
northwest of Seoul,
For the 90th straight day, Far
East Air Force and Royal Australian
Air Force planes hit North Korean
targets. B-29’s and light bombers
and fighters hit almost 100 targets
in a record 728 sorties.
In Washington, US. Defense De
partment observers said 'it was too
early to predict when Allied victory
in Korea might come, but the use
of airborne troops indicated a mass
ing of swift-striking mobile strength
to be coordinated in the final anni
hilation blow.
South Mountain Taken
Latest report is that Marines and
Infantry seized South Mountain on
the way to the heart of Seoul
Around this mountain most of the
South Korean capital is built.
Four Allied columns battled into
;he capital. The spokesman said the
Marines and Infantry had linked up
it some point inside the city. He
idded that Marine units reached
3uk Soo Palace, center of a cluster
>f government buildings, but he
■ould not say whether the Ameri
:ans had captured the Palace from
he Communists.
Fall of Seoul to the Americans
■eemed imminent. It has been in
Communist hand? for three months
-falling to them two days after
hey launched their invasion July 25,