THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
UALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” _ _ _
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,616 _JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1950_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
SEOUL IS FLAMING. SMOKE-FILLED CITY
Marines In Death Battle Against Red Forces
CONGRESS
SESSION
WAS OKEH
I
- 1
Sen. Gordon Gives Praise-'
Produced "individ
ual Thinking"
I
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — W) —I
Senator Cordon (R-Ore) said today j
be believes this year's session ofj
Congress produced more “individ
ual thinking" than any in the six
years he has been a member of the'
Senate.
"It is shown in more careful ex
aminations of measures before the
Senate,” he told a reporter. "The
only exception has been the defense
spending as a result of the Korean
war. That was unavoidable as it
developed in the last days."
Predicting that the one-package
appropriation bill will come in for
lots of opposition in the next Con
gress. he expressed hope it would
be retained.
“The session as I view it in
retrospect was highlighted chiefly
by the lack of leadership in the
majority party, which traditionally
plans and presents the schedule for
consideration of legislation," Cor
don continued. " -rr—
"The Alaska and Hawaii state
hood bills are good illustrations of
this sort of action. They were
passed by the House early in the
session. In May, after favorable
action was taken on the bills by
the Senate Interior Committee, they
were sidetracked in favor of dozens
of minor bills of no real conse
quence.
"I still am clinging to the for
lorn hope they will have Immediate
consideration when Congress re
turns in November."
FROM KETCHIKAN
James G. Pinkerton of Ketchikan
lk staying at the Baranof Hotel.
SITKA VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. W. c. Volz of Sitka
are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
tOopTMsht, use. to B*U sndnb, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
TFashington _ whUe expos
ing the padded payroll* of GOP
Congressman Parnell Thomas of
New Jersey and Democrat Victor
Wickersham of Oklahoma I have
overlooked another quiet operator
in the Congressional kickback cir
cle.
He is Congressman Walter
Brehm, Republican, of MUlersville,,
Ohio, who has been performing
some luerative sleight-of-hand
With his office payroU which the
voters are entitled to know about.
For three years Brehm carried
an elderly lady, Mrs. Clara Soli-'
day, on Uncle Sam’s payroll, re
quiring her to kick back approxi
mately one-half her salary to
hlin. Then, when she broke her
arm at the age of 78, she was
summarily dismissed, and later the
Congressman's son was hired in
her place. What secret salary ar
rangements exist between father
and son cannot be ascertained.
What many voters do not real
ise is that salaries paid to a
Congressman’s staff are not paid
by him, but by all the taxpayers.
They are paid for the purpose of
helping the Congressman handle
the affairs of his constituents,
answer mail, and attend to 101
different problems put up to him
by the people back home whom
he represents.
To handle these matters, each
member of Congress is given gov
ernment money* to pay a large
office staff. Ahd if he diverts this
money to his own pocket, it is, in
effect, cheating the government
and the taxpayers. This was why
Parnell Thomas was sent to jail
and why Congressman Wicker
sham of Oklahoma is being in
vestigated by the FBI.
Most members of Congress in
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i Miss Football of 1950
Miss Elizabeth Pa, 19, of the Uni
versity of Hawaii, smiles happily
after winning- the title “Miss Foot
ball of 195b” at Berkeley, Calif.
If) Wirephoto.
VERNON HARRIS
IS COMMANDER
OF AMER. LEGION
Mrs.Saxon H.Snow Elected
First Vice-Comdr.
Others Chosen
Vernon P. Harris, Alaska Coastal
Airlines traffic representative, was
elected last night as Commander of
Juneau Post No. 4, the American
Legion. Harris, who moved up from
Second Vice-Commander, will take
office next Monday to succeed Bob
Druxman who served as Commander
during the past year.
Mrs. Saxon H. Snow was elected
First Vice-Commander and Harold
Zenger was named Second Vice
Commander. Mrs. Snow, the first
woman to attain such high office
in the Juneau Post, served as Adjut
ant-Finance Officer during the lat
ter part of the past year. Zenger
held office as Sergeant-ot-Arms.
To succeed Mrs. Snow, John Qar
cia Jr., was elected as Adjutant
Finance Officer. Robert D. Steven
son was chosen Sergeant-at-Arms.
Eric Newbould was re-elected Post
Chaplain. Chester Zenger and Theo
dore J. Smith were named to serve
two year terms on the J*ost Execu
tive Committee.
Next Monday, the American Le
gion and the American Legion
Auxiliary will hold a joint installa
tion of newly elected officers at the
Legion Dugout.
FROM TENAKEE
Mrs. Lela Nichols of Tenakee is
registered at the Juneau Hotel.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures lor 34-Hour Period
endlnt (:34 o'clock this mornlns
In Juneau—Maximum. 61;
minimum, 44.
At Airport—Maximum, 52;
minimum, 41.
FORECAST
(Jaaeae and Tlebaltr)
Variable cloudiness tonight
and Wednesday with scat
tered rain showers Wednes
day. Lowest temperature to
night about 45. Highest Wed
nesday near 52.
precipit a t I 0 1*
(Past 34 hours audios 7:30 I.B. Wat
City of Juneau—0.04 Inches;
since Sept. 1 — 10.85 Inches;
since July 1—21.91 Inches.
At Airport — 0.02 Inches;
since Sept. 1 — 7-25 Inches;
since July 1—19.25 Inches.
RED MOB
RIOTING,
VIENNA
Disorders Against Govern
ment's Rising Prices
Along with Wages
VIENNA, Sept. 26—W>—Commun
ist demonstrators rioted in the heart
of Vienna today and thousands of
workers in Russian-controlled in
dustrial plants were reported to
have struck in protest against gov
ernment plans to raise prices along
with wages.
The hard core of some 500 Com
munists gathered with it a mob of
nearly 8,000 in an attempt to break
through a police cordon thrown
around the Austrian chancellory.
While workers from Russian
operated plants outside Vienna
j poured into the city, Soviet authori
1 ties barred the entry of police rein
forcements summoned by the Min
istry of Interior.
A government spokesman said Red
Army soldiers threw up road blocks
and refused to permit any police
man to leave the district to which
he was assigned.
CITY AMBULANCE
TO BE DEDICATED
BY ELKS TONIGHT
Formal presentation of the new
ambulance to the City of Juneau
will })e made tonight at 8 o’clock
at the Juneau Sub-Port by the Ju
neau Lodge 420, BP.O. Elks.
The Juneau Emblem Club, whose
contributions went for the mercy
vehicle is closely cooperating with
the Elks in tonight’s impressive
dedication. The Alaska Steamship
Company, through Agent Henry
Green, brought the ambulance, from
Seattle to Juneau free of charge.
Honor guest tonight will be a
delegation from Tacoma Lodge 174,
headed by Past Grand Exalted Ruler
Emmett T. Anderson who will par
ticipate in the service.
This much-needed transportation
for Juneau’s sick and injured is the
result of long and hard work by the
Juneau Elks. All Gastineau Channel <
residents are urged to be present at
the dedication of the ambulance to
their service and welfare.
The City of Juneau will absorb
the operating costs and arrange for
storage. A committee composed of
Elk trustee Mlnard Mill, Council
man Art Walther and a third mem
ber yet to be named will oversee op
erations and set up a schedule of
service rates.
In charge of tonight’s program ar
rangements are Arthur (Scotty)
Adams, Howard E. Simmons and
Mike E. Monagle.
FROM PETERSBURG
I George P. Bechett of Petersburg
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KODIAK
Mrs. Frances Nelson of Kodiak is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Sept. 26 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%. American Can
98%, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss
Wrlght 9, International Harvester
30, Kennecott 63%, New York Cen
tral 15%, Northern Pacilfc 23%,
U.S. Steel 37%. Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 2,280,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 222.84, rails 66.08. utilities
40.02.
SIUMERMOVEMENIS
Denali from Seattle due to arrive
at 1 a.m. tomorrow.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Alaska scheduled to sail from
| Seattle Saturday.
Marines Move on Seoul
17. S. Marine tanks move np along railroad tracks past wrecked trains in the outskirts of SeonL Note
wrecked bridge across the Han River in the background. <m Wirephoto via radio from Tokyo.
Welcomes Seoul Road
Natives wave greetings to U. S. Marines aboard an amphibious vehicle carrying United Nations banner
as the Tanks roll towards Seoul after crossing the Han River. Marines were fighting Reds in Seoul
outskirts, im Wirephoto. _ _
Congressmen,
CG. Officers
Alaska Bound
SEATTLE, Sept. 26—<£t—A group ^
of Congressmen and Coast Guard
officers left by plane last night for
Anchorage on the first leg of an
Alaska tour.
They plan to visit Juneau, Ketchi
kan and other Southeast Alaska
points. Rear Adm. Alfred C. Rich
mond, Assistant Coast Guard Com
mandant, said one of the chief ob
jectives will be inspection of Loran
(Long Range Aids to Navigation)
stations.
Rep. J. Vaughan Gary of Virginia
heads the Congressional group.
He is chairman of the House
subcommittee for Treasury and
Postoffice appropriations. The Coast
Guard is under the Treasury De
partment.
Gary said a supplemental appro
priations bill just passed authorizes
the Coast Guard to use up to $10,
000,000 for port security.
Others in the party include Reps.
A. M. Fernandez (D-NM) and Otto
E. Passman (D-La); Willard John
son, Treasury budget officer, and
Kenneth Sprankle, Executive Secre
tary of the House Appropriations
Committee.
YUKON CAPITAL
HAY BE MOVED;
DAWSON HOWLS
■
Seat of Government Ru
mored to Be Changed to
Whitehorse - Protests
DAWSON, Y. T., Sept. 26—The
capital of the Yukon Is setting
up a howl that echoes through the
musty, empty saloons of ’99ers.
The word has got around that the
Federal government intends to
move the capital from Dawson to
Whitehorse, some 250 air miles
south of here.
At a recent meeung, Mayor How
ard Firth ^nd his three Aldermen
threatened to resign if the seat of
Yukon’s government were moved.
So did Charles Lelievre, Dawson’s
Representative on the Territorial
Council, the three-man body that
administrates the Yukon.
'We’ve been hearing about this
pioposed transfer of the capital to
Whitehorse these past two years,"
Mayor Firth said. “But a persistent
recurrence of .the rumor has now
given us real cause for axiety.”
“Whyl” thundered Alderman Jim
MffllBt, “it’s like shoving our last
frontier nearly 500 miles to the
south.”
A general citizens' committee was
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U. 5. CANNED
SALMON IS
UP IN PRICE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — Wt —
Canned salmon will be scarcer and
higher priced this winter.
The Fish and Wildlife Service re
ported today that thla year’s pack
is the smallest in 30 years and prices
on some grades are already up about
50 percent.
It is estimated that the total U.S.
and Alaska pack for 1950 would be
less than 4,000,000 cases, the lowest
since the 3,600,000 pack of 1921.
This year’s West Coast run was one
of the smallest on record.
The 1949 pack was‘5.524,916 cases.
Edward A. Power, the agency’s
market specialist, estimated that the
value of this year’s pack will be
greater because of high prices than
the $103,431,000 value of the 1949
pack.
"Pink salmon, for example, drop
ped last year, because of the large
pack, from $23 to $15 a case,’’ Powers
said.
"Now they’re talking about $23 a
case again.”
Price* Up 50 Percent
He lidded that in some cases
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Korean War
At a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Fighting fronts—Gen. MacArthur
announces liberation of Seoul. Allied
forces punch northwestward from
old southeast perimeter to within 25
miles from linkup with Seoul-Inchon
beachhead. Seoul's Red garrison re
ported fleeing northward In dis
order.
Reds appear to be shattered as
unified fighting force, but may make
stand somewhere near parallel 38.
Air war — United Nations war
planes lash at retreating Reds. Ad
vanced air headquarters says 1,500
Communists killed in one attack.
Surrender leaflets showered on
North Korean troops.
United Nations—U. S. delegation
plans immediate talks with other
delegations on future of Korea. Non
Communist nations face decision
whether their troops will stop at
Korean 38th parallel or pursue Com
munists into North Korea.
Mopping Up Operations
Front dispatches told of bitter
fighting still going on within the
smouldering city, but Allied action
was described as a mopping up op
eration. The capital had been in
Communist hands almost exactly
three months. It tell two days after
the Reds launched their Invasion
June 25.
| The Communists appeared to be
disorganised and beaten as a.unified
fighting forcd: Allied forces pftnfch
ing up from the south were nearing
a line-up with the second front
Seoul-Inchon beachhead.
Reds Cut mtr
This link-up would cut off the
bulk of Red troops left in southern
Korea. A MacArthur spokesman said
there were indications the north
ward fleeing Reds might make a
stand somewhere near parallel 38
from which they launched their at
tack on the South Korean Republic.
There were no signs the Communists
would stop south of that boundary
line for a major stand, this spokes
man Bald.
Gains Hammered Out
Breaking out of the old IT. N.
southeast beachhead at lightning
pace. Allied forces hammered out
sharp new gains throughout the
whole battle zone. Allied Generals
were optimistic victory was within
U.N. grasp and the push northwest
ward to the Seoul-Inchon beach
head might be the war’s final of
fensive.
South Koreans pushed 35 miles
forward all along the northern wall.
American and British Infantrymen
gained nearly that distance along
the western sector.
The capture of Seoul came 11 days
after Allied troops landed at In
chon In MacArthur’s daring gamble
to establish a new beachhead and
cut the Red forces In half. The
Allied force which participated in
the victory Is American and South
Korean.
MacArthur said the Reds cracked
and began to flee after a three
pronged drive virtually ringed the
city and captured main Red de
fense positions including the 700
foot peak of dominating South
Mountain.
RUSH IS EXPECTED
AT FAIRBANKS FOR
MUNICIPAL TICKET
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Sept. 26—
OB—A last minute rush of filing be
fore the 6 p.m. Wednesday deadline
was expected for the 11 municipal
offices at stake in the Oct. 3 elec
tion. Few candidates have appeared
on the scene.
To be chosen are six councllmen,
mayor, utility board member, city
magistrate and two school board
members.
Mayor Maurice T. Johnson has
announced he will not seek reelec
tion.
FROM TENAKEE
Mrs. Sam Cotton of Tenakee is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
E. W. Hundley of Seattle is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
CAPITAL
IS BEING
BLASTED
• T
Flames Leap from Build
ings-Defenders Raging
Sniper Campaign
By DON WHITEHEAD
SEQUL, Sept. 26——This is A
flaming, smoke-filled city of horror
today.
Great fires are raging and a black
dome of smoke hangs in the sky as
a fearsome signal of destruction.
Street by street the Marines are
nearing the heart of the city behind
flame-throwing tanks, heavy artil
lery and air bombardment and Uie
rattle of machlneguns and rifles.
Seoul is not being spared. It is
a fight to the death, with the Reds
defending from houses, ridges and
rooftops in a desperate stand.
(This dispatch was sent from
Seoul at 6 p.m., Tuesday, 4 am.,
EST. General MacArthur in Tokyo
announced at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday
that United Nations forces had com
pleted “the envelopment and seizure
of the city" and liberated it “in
6UCil a IQAlUliC.AliA fitUM the kiat
possible damage to civil installa
tions.”)
Near U.S. Embassy
At 4 p.m. the Marines had pushed
up Mapo street almost to the French
Consulate only a short way from
the American Esmbassy and they
had captured the Seoul railway sta
tion and yards.
On their right flank Seventh In
fantry Division units were cleaning
up Namsan Hill, the big South
Mountain Park heights that domi
nate all of Seoul.
Debris-Filled Streets
Not in two wars have I seen any
thing to equal the battle for Seoul.
This fighting through smoke-filled
streets is eerie and unreal, with
flames leaping from buildings and
licking out at the Marines as they
dash down the debris-filled streets
and past buildings crashing to the
ground after the fires have gutted
them.
At dusk the sky was aglow with
the fires of Seoul—a great red fftfre
that silhouettes the dark mountains
for miles around. It Is a bonfire, of
all the bitterness and hate of war
concentrated on one city.
Battered Terribly
The Reds chose to defend Seoul.
And the Americans are not sparing
any building where the Reds had
established defenses. Seoul la beiqg
scarred and battered terribly but the
Allied high command is not sacri
ficing lives to save the face of Seoul.
And strange things happen in the
battered streets. Such as the Ma
rine racing down a street Into battle
with two live ducks strapped to his
packs and quacking madly . . . such
as the Red platoon that marched
out of the flames and smoke
squarely Into muzzles of American
guns . . . this was a brief and wild
slaughter of Communists . . . and
such as the Red attack before dawn
which came just as the Marines
were preparing to attack.
Attack Well Timed
The Marines could not have or
dered an attack by the enemy at a
better time. American guns blasted
four Red tanks, destroyed an anti
tank gun, and routed the Red In
fantry in a three-hour battle.
In that fight before dawn UB.
artillery poured 1,096 rounds of ex
plosives into the Red positions—one
of the most concentrated artillery
barrages of this war. And the Ma
rines lines held fast.
Lt. Col. Robert W. Rickert of La
Jolla, Calif., said: “By the grace of
God and a long handled spoon we
were ready for them.”
(AP Correspondent Bill Ross, also
in Seoul, said the Marines firing
3.5-inch bazookas ko’d 11 Red tanks
In the pre-dawn attack. He quoted
Lt .Col. Raymond Murray of San
Diego.
("We may be able to take just
about all of the city today—If the
Reds shot their main bolt last
night,” Ross said a Marine Oeneral
told him.) __