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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,697 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1951MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESSPRICE TEN CENTS
UN Forces Retreat As Red Offensive Started
RUSSIA NOW HAS
ATOMIC BOMB, IS
CLAIM OF DEAN
k WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 — </PI —
Atomic Commission Chairman Gor
don Dean said flatly today that
“Russia does have" the atomic
bomb.
He gave that answer to a news
v conference question based on recent
public discussion of whether the
Soviets actually did explode an
atomic bomb in the summer of 1949.
President Truman announced in
September, 1949, that there had
4 been an “atomic explosion" in Rus
sia but he did not specifically say
an atom bomb had been exploded.
, Chairman McMahon (D-Conn) of
the Senate-House Atomic Commit
tee has since said, however, that a
* board of experts who evaluated the
report of the atomic blast had
agreed unanimously it was a bomb.
The question was brought up
again recently by Senator Brewster
v (R-Me) who said there were "grave
doubts” that Russia had the bomb.
Dean also was asked whether
atomic bombs are being made any
' where except in the United States
and Russia. He said that question
* should be addressed “to the other
countries.”
Asked whether Mr. Truman has
yet ordered the AEC to deliver
bombs to the armed forces for pos
sible use. Dean replied he didn’t
* think he should answer the ques
tion.
One questioner asked if the cost
* of atomic bombs was now an im
portant factor governing the stra
tegic use of the bomb, whether we
* “have to be fr- sal?”
"Even if /cu had much larger
numbers jou would have to be
' frugal,” Dean replied.
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MOUNT ETNA IS
IN NEW OUTBURST
CATANIA, Sicily, Jan. 2 — (.PI —
Seething Mount Etna saluted the
4 New Year last night by spewing up
her most spectacular outburst of
lava in a month.
* One molten stream burned its way
across snow fields at a rate of 25
yards an hour. Huge rocks were
tossed hundreds of feet into the air.
» i ARRIVE, 14 DEPART
ON DENAll SUNDAY
4 _
Six passengers arrived on the
, Denali Sunday morning and 14 em
barked for Seattle and Ketchikan.
Master of the ship is Capt. Ben
Aspen.
Arriving from Seward were: Will
iam Simon, O. R. Walker, J. W.
’* Sorri, A. B. Morrow.
From Cordova: E. C. Ilohac, Ann
White.
. Departing for Seattle were: Paul
M. Dedrick, Mrs. Toni Cashen,
Mary L. Cashen, S. M. Dore, Louis
Hansen, Mrs. William Duraner and
three children; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Hoffman.
For Ketchikan: Fred E. Brandes,
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dunsehlag.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
Copy right. IMP, by Bell Syndicate. Inc. I
Washington — Every nickel
of the $3,000,000,000 we have spent
on atom and H-bomb development
in the last four years is paying
defense dividends, Gordon Dean,
aggressive young boss of the Atomic
Energy Commission, recently told
the House Appropriations Commit
tee.
“The country is certainly entit
led to know whether this money
has been well spent or poorly
spent,” Dean declared behind closed
doors. "I can assure you from where
I sit that, as far as bombs are con
cerned, this country is in a strong
position. '“That does not mean we
are relaxed.”
“What John Q. Public has in the
back of his mind is what has hap
pened to that $3,000,000,000-plus
you have had in the last four
years—all peacetime years,” promp
ted Rep. Albert Thomas of Texas.
“I am one of John Q. Public
and I wondered about the program
before I came to the Commission,”
replied Dean. "I wondered ‘how
strong are we?’ and I can say, as
one who has come into the pro
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LONGSHOREMEN
DEFY BRIDGES;
GET CG BADGES
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2—(>P)—
Officers of Local 10, International
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse
men’s Union, ignoring an edict
from long-shore union chief Harry
Bridges, have announced that mem
bers will start picking up Coast
Guard port security badges today.
Bridges has said the ILWU would
do nothing about the new anti
communist check for dock workers
until a union caucus Jan. 11 at
Longview, Wash.
But George Arms, secretary-trea
surer of Local 10, said right-wing
members of the local would get their
badges today "in the interest of
expediting cargo.”
Waterfront sources say some 5,500
members of Local 10 have registered
for the check on a voluntary basis
and that most or *htrn have been
cleared lor
FOLK DANCING CLUB
FOR SENIOR SCOUTS
TO MEET THURSDAY
A full program of dancing and
instruction has been arranged for
the first meeting in the new year
of the Girls and Boys Senior Scouts
Folk Dancing Club to be held at 7
o’clock Thursday evening, January
4, in the Parish Hall, it was an
nounced today.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nevin are the
instructors for the folk dancing
which has proved so popular with
the young people. All senior scouts
who have attended previous danc
ing classes and all other boys and
girls senior scouts who are in
I terested are urged to attend the
! club meeting Thursday. The folk
dancing club is sponsored by the
Senior Girl Scouts.
JUNEAU SINGERS TO
PRACTICE THURSDAY
For the first practice since their
presentation in Juneau shortly be
fore Christmas of "The Messiah,”
Juneau Singers will meet at 8:45
o’clock Thursday evening, Jan. 4, in
the Methodist church, it was an
nounced today.
| Under the direction of Mrs. Jane
McMullin the Singers will start
work at the Thursday practice on
a secular program to be presented
in Juneau in the early spring.
NEW CHEF ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Surber have
arrived from Seattle on Pan Ameri
can Airways. Surber is to be the
new chef at the Salmon Creek
Country Club. They are staying at
the Hotel Juneau.
POLLY JUSTIN DIES HERE
Polly Justin, 65, of Chisana, died
at the Government hospital here
Sunday. Word is awaited from her
daughter, Mrs. Mary Sanford of
j Chisana regarding funeral arrange
| ments.
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BOY FOR BOOTHS
A first child, a boy, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. John Booth of Yaku
tat at St. Ann's Hospital at 2:40
p.m. December 30. He weighed
eight pounds and seven ounces
and has been named Bill Booth.
Booth has been with the CAA for
the past two years and Mrs. Booth
previously taught school at Yaku
tat.
TREASURER, MRS. RODEN
BACK FROM STATES
After three weeics in the states,,
chiefly in San Francisco and Seat
tle, Territorial Treasurer and Mrs.
Henry Roden returned to Junewu
on the Baranof. Roden went to San
Francisco on leave from the office
of the Treasurer, ti represent a
client in a case appearing before
the Court of Appeals there, for
whom he was attorney before tak
ing over the office of Territorial
Treasurer.
BARRIL GOES SOUTH
Catalino Barril leaves today to
visit his two sons, Cepelido and
George, in Seattle. Cepelido recently
completed a specialized course at
the air force school in San An
tonio, Texas. He holds the rank of
private and will be assigned to an
air base upon his return to San
Antonio. Private Barril graduated
from the Juneau High School in
1949 and played in the band. George
Barril graduated in 1950 from the
Juneau High School and is now at
tending the University of Seattle.
Power, Fuel
Shortage in
Gr. Britain
LONDON, Jan. 2—(,-Pl—Freezing
weather and widespread snow in
tensified a creeping fuel and power
crisis in the British Isles today.
Prime Minister Attlee tipped off
the government’s alarm by sum
moning coal mine union leaders to
a conference tomorrow. They will
discuss means of stepping up out
put and recruiting new workers.
Meanwhile the state-owned elec
tricity system broadcast a nation
wide appeal for economy in the use
of power. It coupled this with power
cuts running up to 10 percent in
most parts of the country.
"Unless consumers cooperate,”
said a spokesman, "the result will
be disruption in industry."
Some sections of the press de
scribed the situation as the worst
since 1947, when a fuel shortage
threw nearly 3,000,000 persons out
of work.
(7 CARRIED ON
ALASKA COASTAL
SUN., MON. TRIPS
Passengers carried by Alaska
Coastal Airlines on Sunday and
Monday flights totaled G7 with 10
on interport, 34 arriving and 23 de
parting.
Departing for Sitka were: Hazel
Ivy, Georgian Smith, Josephine
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Jacobson,
Ruth Norris; for Tenakee: H. J.
Floresco; for Pelican: Amy Lou
Blood; for Petersburg: V. Hanford;
for Ketchikan: Joe Durgin, Herman
Ludwigson.
For Wrangell: L. Williams, Jr.,
Don McGee; for Hawk Inlet: Marcel
Hermle, Tom Beite, S. P. Moe, Art
Kobbvik, Ed Aligaya, Honrado
Monte, Pet Thriz.
For Skagw-'. R. H"-' iy, Mrs.
Dixie Turp1 Jack T’" ..npson.
Arriving from Skagway were:
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Nelson. Mrs.
Robert Lee, Jack Thompson; from
Haines: Jack B. Gucker, Mary
Gucker; from Gustavus: Mr. and
Mrs. C. Deboer.
From Hawk Inlet: Marcel Hermle,
Tome Beite, S. P. Moe, Art Kobbi
vik, Edward Aligaya, Honcado
Morile, Pete Thrig; from Wrangell:
M. W. Soule; from Petersburg:
Charles King, Phillip Wacker, Bob
Berg, Louis Nicholson. F. R. Tower.
From Ketchikan: Patrick Bryant;
from Hoonah: Gordon Meyer, Wil
bert Bell, David McKinley; from
Sitka: George Lemke, Miss G. Don
nery, Miss G. Mayberry, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Nelson and son; Mrs. I. L.
Brougher; from Barge: A. E.
Owens; from Tenakee : Otto
Schmitt.
JUNEAU SCHOOLS RESUME
CLASSES TOMORROW A. M.
The 12-days mid-year vacation
over the Christmas holidays ends
today for the Juneau schools and
students will report for classes at
the regular hours tomorrow morn
ing.
School classes were dismissed for
the vacation period early the af
ternoon of December 2 and activ
ities closed with the Christmas
Concert presented by the Juneau
Public Schools the night of Decem
ber 22. The basketball Crimson
Bears turned out for a practice,
however, during the past week and
the custodian’s staff has been on
the job to prepare fresh, bright
rooms for the start of the new
year.
CITY SALES TAX DUE
The Juneau city sales tax for
the past quarter ending December
31, is now due. City Clerk C. L.
Popejoy announced today. This
covers the period from October 1
to the end of the year and mer
chants have until January 31 to
pay it before becoming delinquent.
DELAND TO WESTWARD
Harry DeLand of the Employ
ment Security Commission left to
day aboard PNA for Anchorage and
Fairbanks where he will spend ten
days holding appeals hearings in
connection with ESC work.
BIG PLANE
GOES CRASH
ATYAKUTAT
Ice-Coaled Transport De
molished-Eight Aboard
Escape Death; Injured
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan. 2—Ml
—Six crewmen and two passengers
escaped serious injury when their
ice-coated C-54 transport cart
wheeled into a mass of wreckage
after an emergency landing Satur
day night at Yakutat, Alaska.
Eyewitnesses said it was a miracle
anyone emerged alive from the shat
tered four-engined plane.
The C-54, of the 54th troop car
rier squadron stationed at Elmen
dorf Air Force base here, was forced
down at Yakutat while flying mili
tary freight to Elmendorf from An
nette Island airport, near Ketchi
kan.
Yakutat Is on the Gulf of Alaska
opposite the northwest tip of British
Columbia, is nearly two-thirds of
the wayjrom Ketchikan to Anchor
age and about 400 miles southeast
of here.
Unable to maintain altitude be
cause of severe icing on the wings
and propellors, Capt. William Lewis
managed to get his big plane onto
the Yakutat runway but could not
control it because of wind and its
sheath of ice.
Crashes - Demolished
The transport slithered into a
pinwheel crash and was demolished.
Civil Aeronautics Administration
workers at Yakutat raced to the
wrecked plane and aided in remov
ing the eight men aboard. All were
given emergency treatment in the
airport hangar within five minutes
of the accident.
First aid was administered by
Mrs- Mabel Jackson, a registered
nur * and wife of the CAA chief at
YaJr.utat, and by Ruth Williams,
public health nurse there.
They reported the six crewmen
were cut and bruised, and several
suffered fractures. The two passen
gers, who boarded the plane at the
Annette airport, had only minor In
juries.
The eight were evacuated to El
mendorf and hospitalized there.
They were brought from Yakutat
in a Pacific Northern Airlines plane
which made the hazardous flight
from Juner.u to pick up the injured
fliers.
Dr. John Stewart of Juneau ac
companied the rescue mission and
gave the men additional treatment
on the flight.
Relief Plane Sent
Weather conditions were so bad
at Yakutat during the day that a
plane of the Air Force 10th Rescue
Squadron, sent to remove the vic
tims, was forced to turn back.
In addition to Lewis, the pilot,
other crewmen of the C-54 were: Lt.
D. Ketcham, co-pilot: Capt. Carl
E. Taylor, navigator; Sullivan (no
first name available), third pilot;
T-Sgt. Perry I. Fisher, radio opera
tor, and T-Sgt. I. M. Alleman, crew
chief.
Names of the passengers were not
available.
The Pacific Northern Airlines
crew, which made the ambulance
flight, was: Morrie Keating, pilot;
Joe Burns, co-pilot; and Hazel Guy,
stewardess, all of Anchorage.
CAA PERSONNEL PRAISED
"The immediate and efficient ac
tion of CAA personnel at Yakutat
following the Army plane accident
undoubtedly saved several lives,”
Dr. John H. Stewart of Juneau, said
today. He had been called by CAA
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STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%. American Can
95%, American Tel. and Tel. 151%,
Anaconda 40%. Douglas Aircraft
96%, General Electric 50%, General
Motors 47%, Goodyear 66%, Kenne
cott 76%, Libby McNeill and Libby
8%, Northern Pacific 33, Standard
Oil of California 93%, Twentieth
Century Fox 21%, U.S. Steel 43.
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange
94.43%.
Sales today were 3,030,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 239.92, rails 78.98, utilities
41.47.
81ST CONGRESS IN
FINAL MEET TODAY;
82ND TOMORROW
Civilian Defense Bill Goes
to Truman-Also Excise
Profits Measure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Ml—1The
expiring 81st Congress sent to the
White House today a civilian de
fense bill giving the government
great "home front” powers in e/ont
of enemy attack on the United
States.
Senate approval by voice vote
completed action on the measure
and cleared it to President Truman.
It was one of tile “must" bills
the legislators tabbed for action on
the final day of thU Congress' two
year life span.
The new 82nd Congress, conven
ing in noon (PST) tomorrow, cornes
into being amid an acrid controversy
over the nation's foreign policy—a
controversy already resounding with
charges and counter-charges of
“isolationist” and "internationalist.'
Foreign Policy Dispute
The dispute is expected to become
intensified in both new houses. Re
publican gains in the November
elections drew political lines more
closely than in the 81st Congress.
An unusual New Year’s Day meet
ing of the House cleared the way
for President Truman j get most
of his majc; emerge' ;y legislation
from the dung Conf ess.
Final Meetings Today
Today, the House returned at
noon to wind up its affairs. The
Senate, which has been in virtual
recess since Dec. 22, started its final
meeting one hour earlier.
The House had only one major
item "Befoic i—-—dC.iou u,. w.c —6—
ate bill restoring a portion of the
old war powers act. Under it Mr.
Truman would be given authrnty
to renegotiate contracts.
Appropriation Bill
The Senate must also today act
on a House-approved appropriations
bill compromise tagging an addi
tional $20,000,000,000 for defense and
related spending. It agreed to limit
debate to one hour.
Excess Profits Bill
The House completed action yes
terday on the $3,300,000,000 excess
profits bill and sent it to the White
House for Mr. Truman’s signature.
The bill will boost the government’s
tax revenues to the highest dollar
amount in history—a little over $45.
000,000,000. It falls short of the $5,
000,000,000 a year additional reve
nue Mr. Truman asked for, however.
Also approved by the House, 292
to 52, was a bill paving the way
for a union shop and union dues
check-off in the railroad industry.
It, too, went to the White House.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 35; •
• minimum, 25. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 35; •
• minimum, 19. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Jnnean and Vicinity) O
• Mostly fair tonight and •
• Wednesday. Lowest tempera- •
• ture tonight about 24. High- •
• est Wednesday n^ar 31 de- •
• grees. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• tpast 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau—0.01 inches; •
• since Jan. 1 — 0.25 inches; •
• since July 1—38.24 Inches. •
• At Airport — 0.01 inches; •
• since Jan. 1 — 0.76 inches; •
• since July 1—26.54 inches. •
• ••••••••••
FRENCH PREMIER
COMING TO U. S.
PARIS, Jan. 2—tJFi—Parliamen
tary sources reported today that
Premier Rene Pleven would visit
Washington late this month.
The informants said the French
Premier would not leave Paris until
the arrival of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, due here in the next few
days to take up his post as Supreme
Commander of the Atlantic Powers’
army in Europe.
AT HOTEL JUNEAU
Clara Maag is registered at the
Hotel Juneau.
STATEHOOD
BILL IS TO
BE CHAHGED
Bartlett Tells of New Pro
visions-Delegate Plans
Trip to Anchorage
By CHARLES D. WATKINS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—iiPj—New
legislation granting statehood to
Alaska, to be introduced in Con
gress soon, will not contain the sec
tion prohibiting Interior Depart
ment creation of Indian reservations
in the new state.
This section was one of the most
controversial points in the bill that
died in the current session and
rallied many civil liberties organi
zations against the measure.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said
today his new bill will eliminate
that section.
Bartlett plans to depart Jan. 4 to
attend a meeting of the Alaska
Statehood Committee on Jan. 6 in
Anchorage, where the question of
the handling of the new bill will be
determined. He plans to return to
Washington immediately upon con
clusion of the meeting.
Bartlett told a reporter he will
j propose several other changes for
! the new bill.
Delegation Elected
He said that instead of providing
for 29 delegates to be elected to the
constitutional convention, eight to
be chosen at large, the new bill will
provide for 31 delegates, nine at
large, five from the First Judicial
Division, two from the Second Divi
sion, 10 from the Third Division and
five from the Fourth Division.
His proposal also provides that
the persons having the largest
number of votes be elected to the
convention and eliminates the pri
ll*.. "v to select candidates. Candi
dates would run wj'.out po' cal
i designate
Conventtc i Date
The bill will also pro' .de the
convention shall meet within 30
days after the election instead of
90 days.
The new bill also will eliminate a
provision retaining to the new state
mineral rights in lands it sells.
The new bill would increase to
2,550,000 teres land granted the
state for Internal improvements.
The old bill would have granted
1,000,000 acres.
Approval by President
The new bill also will provide that
the President shall approve the con
stitution without reference to Con
gress. The old bill gave this right
to Congress.
The new bill provides that if the
President does not approve the
constitution the convention shall be
reassembled, the new constitution
submitted to the voters and again
be reported to the President.
The new bill raises from $100,000
to $200,000 funds to defray the costs
of the convention and elections.
Election of state officers would be
held after state approval of the new
constitution by the President.
POLAR BEAR CLUB IN
ANNUAL COLD PLUNGE
VANCOUVER, B.C., Jan 2—iB—i
Members of the Vancouver Polar
Bear club took their annual dose of
cold preventive yesterday—a blood -
stirring dip in the 45 degree waters
of English Bay.
The 31 men and 10 women in
cluded one 70-year-old, H. C. Sul
man. Endurance honors went to
Harry Kovish who stayed in 38
minutes.
STUMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof from Seattle in port and
scheduled to sail west at 2 o’clock
this afternoon.
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive at 4 o’clock this
afternoon and sails for Skagway at
11:30 tonight.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle Friday.
FUNERAL POSTPONED
Funeral services for Peter Sopoff
have been postponed until later in
the week it was learned today. It
is expected that relatives from
Hazelton, B. C„ will arrive Thurs
day.
New Year's
Death loll
Put at 400
(By the Associated Press)
The nation's accidental death toll
over the New Year's holiday 400—
represented a sharp drop from the
near record Christmas toll of more
than 700.
Thus, during the two long week
end holidays, more than 1,100 per
sons lost their lives in violent acci
dents. More than 800 of them were
killed in traffic mishaps. The Na
tional Safety Council has estimated
35,000 traffic fatalities in 1950.
The New Year’s holiday toll on
the highways 285—was far below
the 545 killed in auto accidents over
the Christmas weekend. It also was
less than the 330 deaths the Safety
Council had estimated for the New
Year’s holiday period—from 6 p.m.
'Friday to midnight Monday.
In addition to the 285 killed in
auto accidents, 114 persons lost
their lives in a variety of mishaps.
These included fires, which ac
counted for several deaths, plane
crashes, falls and other causes.
The New Year’s weekend violent
death total compared to 425 over
the three-day period last year.
NEW BIDS LET
HIGH SCHOOL
MUSIC ROOMS
The Juneau Independent School
1 District will again call for bids
for the construction of a music
I rcom to be an addit'in to the J’v
! neau Public High School building.
Superintendent of Schools Sterling
Sears revealed today. Pinal decision
for another try at consideration of
the music room was made at a
meeting of the School District
Board this noon in the Baranof
Hotel.
Previous bids let last fall were
rejected as being too high.
The new bids will be advertised
tomorrow and will be opened the
evening of January 23 in the office
of Superintendent Sears in the
high school building before a ses
sion of the Board.
The proposed two story music
room addition will be about 46 feet
long by approximately 22 feet wide.
The addition will be built or. the
site between the high school gym
and Sixth Street.
Two rooms will allotted to the
music department, one for the
band and one for the chorus
groups. The Sixth Street ramp to
the gymnasium will be torn out
and a permanent entrance will be
provided on the new addition.
$338,949.30 IN
TERR. GENERAL
FUND ON DEC. 31
The balance on hand on Dec
ember 31 in the General Fund lor
operation ol the business of the
Territory of Alaska totaled $338,
949.30, according to figures released
today by Territorial Treasurer
Henry Roden.
Total balance on hand at the end
of the year was $3,530,419.68. Out
standing warrants totaled $802,310.
95 and a total of $2,389,168.43 was
set aside for expenditures in special
funds, leaving the total of $338,
949.30 in the General Fund.
JUVENILES (AUGHT
IN PETTY THEFTS
Two Juveniles, one 8-year-old and
one 11-year-old, were apprehended
by Juneau City Police last night
for a series of petty thefts. For the
past several weeks articles have
been missing from car glove com
partments and from stores. Most
of the stolen articles were given
to other children or thrown away.
The two children have been placed
on probation.
SHELDONS FROM KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sheldon and
their two little daughters Lesley
and Coralle, returned to their Ju
neau home on the Baranof from
Ketchikan. They spent the Christ
mas holidays in Ketchikan wi$h
Mrs. Sheldon's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Armond Duncan.
I
SUICIDAL
RED WAVES
IN ACTION
—
Commies Climb on Over
Dead Bodies - Reported
Nearing Seoul Defenders
(By Associated Press) '
United Nations forces manned
new defense positions across the
Korean Peninsula today after the
New Year Communist offensive
dented their lines on both the
western and eastern sectors.
Between nine and 10 Chinese
and North Korean army corps—up
to 300,000 men—forced the out
numbered UN forces to retreat up
to 11 mile'. One me.-_acing bulge
brought t’ie Comm’aists to within
17 air miles of ill but deserted
Seoul.
The next Communist blow was
expected in a few days.
The Reds speared to within five
miles south of Tongduchon.
North Korean Reds punched a
big dent in the east-central sec
tor aimed at cutting off Seoul’s
defenders from their road of retreat
southeast to the old Pusan beach
heads.
Threat Not Critical
An Eighth Army spokesman said
the Communist threat on both
flanks was serious but not critical.
The Communist commanders
spent manpower recklessly. Thou
sands of Communist dead littered
the frozen battlefield. No estimate
of Allied losses during the first
offensive
was permitted.
Enemy Losses Heavy
MacArthur’s headquarters said
| the attack was "pressed by the
enemy with complete disregard for
his losses, which have been extrem
ely heavy.”
They came on in suicidal waves.
As Allied planes, artillery, and land
mines mowed down the attackers,
succeeding waves climbed over the
dead bodies. Other advance waves
formed human bridges over barbed
wire entanglements.
Russian In Command
In Tokyo a high authority said
Soviet Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov,
one of Russia's most famous gen
erals. is directing Chinese armies in
Korea from headquarters in Muk
den. Manchuria. Gen. Lin Piao,
commander of the Red Chinese
Fourth Field army, was described
as Zhukov’s deputy by this source.
One Regiment Crashed
The main blow of the New Year's
offensive came against the veteran
South Korean First Division. The
first shock crushed one regiment
near Choksong, 25 miles north of
Seoul. It was hit by Red Forces
that swarmed across ttie frozen
Imiln River. UN divisions on the
flanks of the routed South Korean
division had to pull back.
AP correspondent John Randolph
described the Communist wedge
drive as “a major pullback and a
big sag in the defense line across
Sor ,h Korea.”
UN Action Expected
With the renewal of the Com
munist offensive the United States
pushed plans for United Nations
action against Comunist China at
Lake Success.
The United States is expected to
demand that the Chinese Reds be
branded as aggressors and is dis
cussing with her allies the possib
ility of UN sanctions against the
Peiping administration.
The matter may come before
the UN Political Committee which
meets tomorrow or Thursday to
hear its cease-fire commutes re
port on failure of its mission.
ANOTHER GIRL FOR
NOTTINGHAM FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Nottingham
are the parents of a 6 pound, 7
ounce baby girl bom at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at St. Ann’s Hospital. She
Joins sisters Patty, 2, and Evelyn, 4,
and brother Bill, 3 1-2. The new
arrival has not yet been named
but Boimie Jean is being consid
ered.
The Nottinghams are long time
residents of Juneau, she being the
former Betty Goodman and he Is
currently with the Purity Bakery
here.