ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,560
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICK TEN CENTS
Snipers Mow Down Yanks During Retreat
Sendoff for American Troops
An Army band (foreground) salutes American troop reinforcements
aboard a transport as they leave a Japanese port for the Korean
battle front. UP) Wirepjioto via radio from Tokyo.
CHANGE OF VENUE
ASKED BY SEVERAL
TRUST DEFENDANTS
Seattle Liquor Firm Wants
Trial on Home Ground
One Juror Alleged Felon
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 21—
tP—Defendants have fought back
with a handful of motions asking
for a switch in courtroom scenery
in Alaska’s big anti-trust suits.
A change of venue was asked, and
allegations were made that one of
the grand jurors was a convicted
felon, and thus disqualified for jury
duty. The juror was not named.
Attorney R. E. Robertson filed af
fidavits in support of a motion to
transfer the anti-trust suit against
the Seattle liquor firm of K. and L.
Distributors from the Third Federal
District Court here to the West Dis- I
trict of Washington, Northern Di- j
vision. t
Speaking in behalf of the firm’s
officials, Irving and Stanley Le
vine, Robertson said it would be an
unjust and unfair'expense to travel
to Alaska to establish their inno
cence.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, ipso. p> sell Syndicate, me.)
JJ^SHINGTON — General Mac
Arthur’s banning of newspapermen
from Korea emphasized what the
American public probably has not
realized—namely that there has
been virtual censorship over Am
erican newsmen in Japan for some
time. Unlike news out of Germany,
which has not been censored, Mac- |
Arthur has constantly rowed with
American newsmen over their right;
to report what was going on in
his area.
One of the men who was at first
barced from the Korean front last
week, Tom Lambert of the Asso
ciated Press, previously had signed
a long protest to the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors com
plaining of MacArthur’s censorship.
Others signing the report included
representatives of the New York
Times, National Broadcasting Com
pany, Time and Life magazines.
They pointed out, among other
things, that a newsman "who had
written stories which occupation
officials considered critical . . . had
his home raided by the Army’s CID
and that he—the correspondent—
was subjected to interrogation and
threats.’’
They also pointed out that where
as “The government section (of
the occupation forces) actively en
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The defendants were among six |
firms and 12 individuals charged in j
one anti-tru$t indictment.
Also filed were seven motions by
attorney Ed Arnell in behalf of the
Healy River Coal Corp., Evan Jones
Coal Co., Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.,
A. E. Lathrop, Fairbanks publisher;
Harry J. Hill and Emil Usibelli.
The motion for a change of
venue was accompanied by affi
davits by Norman Brown, a newspa
per editor; H. I. O’Neill and Mabel
Osburn.
Brown’s affidavit declared the
anti-trust proceedings were ‘‘widely
publicized by newspapers and ra
dio,” and suggested “classes of
people in this area, confronted with
personal financial problems, will
consider the case in the light of
price effects on daily living.”
Brown alleged hearing a grand
juror express a personal view that
those indicted would be convicted.
O’Neill added that jurors may be
motivated by personal desires to
reduce costs.
Arnell said he had been informed
that one member of the grand jury
was unqualified as he previously
had been convicted of a felony. He
sought a disclosure of the grand
jury vote, declaring that concur
rence of only 12 jurors would be a
basis to disqualify the alleged felon’s
vote.
Legal observers said the substan- i
tiation of this charge might alter j
the entire anti-trust proceedings;
here.
TRUMAN’S MESSAGE
PRINTED IN MOSCOW;
COMMENTS MADE
(By Associated Press)
Moscow’s press prominently dis
played President Truman’s message
to Congress. .The press printed a
Tass dispatch saying the President
repeated his “well known declara
tions which give evidence of the
fact that the United States govern
ment, not limiting itself to aggres
sion in Korea, is undertaking mea
sures of war in the Philippines, For
mosa and Indochina.” The Presi
dent, it said, “does not hesitate to
make threats."
DAUGHTER OF »0LI0
FOUNDATION LEADER
STRICKEN BY POLIO
RICHMOND, Va., July 21—WV
The daughter of Basil O’Connor,
President of the National Infantile
Paralysis Foundation, is in a hos
pital here today undergoing treat
ment for the disease.
She is Mrs. Sidney Culver, 30, and
mother of f;ve. Mrs. Culver was
brought by ambulance here yester
day afternoon. A definite diagnosis
of polio was made last night.
f
NATIONAL
GUARDS IN
CALL NOW
—
Army Issues Order Today
Exact Number, How
ever, Kept Secret
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WASHINGTON, July 21 —
The Army today began calling!
some National Guard troops and re
serves to active duty. The units and!
the exact number were kept secret.
It announced the men called
would be given at least 30 days to
I get their personal affairs in order.
The announcement said “non
divisional" units would be called.
There was no formal explanation
for this decision, but the situation
is this:
A National Guard division is ordi
narily made up entirely of men i
from one state. A few states have
more than one division. Some do
not have an entire division.
There might be political repercus
sions if, for instance, all the guards- ,
men in one state were called up as
a division while no guardsmen in an j
adjoining state were placed on ac- 1
tive duty.
By taking smaller units from sev- j
eral states, the strength in man-;
power of a full division can be put j
on active duty with each state con- j
tributing a part of the force.
It is the first time in the National
Guard’s history that only a part of j
it has been taken into federal serv- j
ice. The entire guard was called out \
in 1916 for Mexican border duty, in
1917 for the First World War and
in 1940 for World War Two.
The total number of National
Guardsmen as of March 31 was
332.000. The number of reserves was
800.000.
The National Guard is organized i
into 27 divisions. Of these, 25 are |
Infantry and two are armored.
LIE GIVES
HIS REPORT,
COMBAT AID
LAKE SUCCESS, July 21 — UP) —
U. N. Secretary General Trygve Lie
I said today nine countries have an
swered directly his week-old appeal
or effective aid in Korea, but none
has offered ground combat troops. ;
Lie added he does not know
whether the United States has
direct negotiations with any coun
try for combat troops but he as
sumes there are conversations go
ng on at Washington.
Answering questions at a news
| conference, Lie insisted he does not
think he has had a poor response.
He said he will not give up hope
! for responses until another fort
1 night has passed because it takes
i governments a long time to con
j sider all angles.
Lie also reported several prellm
: inary responses he is not making
public now. He said no country
! has given him a flat turn-down on
j his request.
The U. N. secretary said the
] United Press had distributed a
I story saying Lie and the secretariat
] were secretly recruiting a volun
j teer army to serve in Korea. Lie
i observed there was "not a word of
I truth” in this story from beginning
I to end.
Announcing responses to his call
to nations, Lie listed, among others,
a hospital unit offer from Sweden,
an ambulance from Denmark, ship
ping tonnages from Norway, an
armed sloop from Prance and six ■■
transport planes and crews from
Greece.
Troops of Reds on
Border of Irania
(By Associated Press)
Reports of "minor Soviet troop
movements” on the Scrviet-Iranian
border have been received by the
Iranian general staff, but the gen
eral staff is said to look on the
movements as a normal shift of
border garrisons.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stump of
Ketchikan are at the Baranof Hotel.
Off fo Far Easf
Wps of thesTcond Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., some veterans of World War II
and some beardless teenaKers. stripped of the Indian Head patches, trademark of the division, await
orders to board transport at Tacoma. Wash. Bus^s were pressed into service to transport troops o
the docks. !/P) Wirephoto. _
ARMED FORCES
ENLISTMENTS
LENGTHENED
Senate, House Committees
Vote to Keep Men Year
After Time Is Up
j
WASHINGTON, July 21—UPI—1The
Senate armed services committee
voted unanimously today to take
ill restrictions off the size of the
irmcd forces and lengthen all en
listments one year.
The House armed services com
mittee also voted, 18 to 1, to keep
ill enlisted personnel in servi<3e
for a year after their enlistments
.■xpire. It still was considering the
•equest of President Truman to
lift ceilings on size of the armed
forces.
Rep. Towe (R-NJi cast the only
vote against extending enlistments
In taking the action on the two
bills, the Senate committee also
igreed to strike out of one of them
i restriction that the strength of
he regular Marine Corps shall not
exceed 20 per cent of the author
zed size of the regular Navy.
Never too Many
Senator RusseH fD-Ga.) told hif
colleagues that under present world
conditions he does not believe the
Jnited States can have too many
vlarines. The Marines are trainfo
tor amphibious landings.
The committee action would sus
pend Indefinitely present limitations I
which fix the top strength of the j
armed forces at 2,005,882 men.
The quick action came aftei
Navy, Army and Air Force officers
said they probably would lose 193,
000 trained fighting men during
the next year through expiratPr
of voluntary enlistments.
The Senate committee amende'
the legislation to make it apply
also to National Guardsmen and
reserves when called to active duty.
As approved by the Senate group,
President Truman could extend for
one year the terms of volunteers
now in the Army, Air Force, Navy
and Marines until next July 9.
That is when the present draft
or selective service act expires, tyi
der which men from 19 through 25
can be called for 21 months duty'.
The committees acted almost
simultaneously in freezing the
hitches of enlisted personnel.
OKEI1 GIVEN TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, July 21 — (A1) —
The Senate voted power today for
President Truman to hold in the
Armed Services for an extra year
all enlisted men whose terms ex
pire during the next 12 months.
Action was by voice vote.
Senator Tydings (D-Md), Chair
man of the Armed Services Commit
tee. got the Senate to consider the
bill and then pass it by unanimous
consent.
CHANDLER IN TOWN
H. Burr Chandler of Seattle is
registered at the Baranof Hotel. He
is with the Union Oil Company.
Negro Troops Make First
Sizable American Ground
Victory in War in Korea
"Firemen, Firemen!
Save My Carrots!" Off
ihey Go to the Rescue
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WAKEFIELD. Mass., July 21—UP>1
—A meek voice asked Wakefield I
firemen over the ’phone if they
would do a woman a great favor.
They indicated they might. I
■ “Well,” asked Mrs. Arthur E.
Goodwin, “will you turn off the gas
n my home and save the carrots?"
Mrs. Goodwin explained that she
was in Topsfield—20 miles away—
ind had left the gas burning under
l pan of carrots.
The firemen saved the carrots—
and possibly the house from an ex
plosion.
BRITISH
BACK UP
TRUMANj
(By Associated Press)
I Great Britain has announced toj
vloscow she stands behind the Uni
ted States insirtence that any
lego'iations looking to a halt in
Corean hostilities must be pre-1
eded by a withdrawal of the North
Coreans to the 38th Parallel. This
.nswer was delivered in Moscow tc
i Soviet proposal that Communist
Jhina be admitted to the Unit.d
73110118, replacing the Nationalists,
is.an essential to the opening of
Corean peace negotiations.
siodTouofAiibNS
NEW YORK, July 21 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
94, Anaconda 32%, Curtiss-Wright
10%, International Harvester 26%,
Kennecott 601 , New York Central
1414, Northern Pacific 15%, U. S.
Steel 35%, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 2,810,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in*
d us trials 207.65, rails 59.46, utilities
38.46.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Prince' George from Vancuover
in port; sails for Skagway at 11:30
p.m.
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Saturday after
noon.
Alaska from Seattle scheduled to
arrive Sunday.
Chilcotin from Vancouver due 6
p.m. Sunday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Aleutian from westward due
southbound Sunday.
L
By TOM LAMBERT
WITH A U.S. INFANTRY TASK
FORCE IN SOUTH KOREA. July
2i—UP*—United States Negro troops
today drove North Korean Com
munists out of Yechon and occupied
that rail and highway city. It was
the first sizable American ground
victory in the Korea war.
The Negro doughboys captured
Yechon after a 16-hour battle
which began yesterday afternoon
and ended shortly after dawn to
day. Our casualties were light. The
extent of enemy losses was' un
known.
Yechon is 60 miles northeast of
Taejon and 55 miles north of Taegu.
(General MacArthur’s Friday af
ternoon communique had said one
regiment of the South Korean Capi
tal Division counterattacked and re
took Yechon from the Communists.
It is not clear from this story
whether the South Koreans again
lost the city and it was retaken
again by the U.S. Negro soldiers.)
Today at Yechon was a far dif
ferent story from the past few dark
days when gallant but outnumbered
24th Division soldiers battled the
surging Reds farther west as United
Nations forces trades space for time.
10% TAX INCREASE
ON INCOMES WANTED
BY SOLON 'AT ONCE'
WASHINGTON, July 21 — lif) —
The Senate-House economic com
mittee agreed unanimously today
that Federal taxes should be in
creased immediately to put the
country on a pay-as-you-go basis
in the Korean crisis.
The committee discussed no fig
ures, but Chairman O'Mahoney <D
Wyo.) told reporters he feels each
individual’s tax bill should be
jacked up 10 per cent at once.
"At least that,” O'Mahoney added
The committee holds what am
ounts to an advisory position on
all economic matters.
Actual tax legislation is handled
by separate House and Senate
groups.
Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of
the tax writing House ways and
means also has taken a stand that
war costs should be on a pay-as
you-go basis as far as possible.
Security Force Out
| For King's Return:
(By Associated Press)
In Brussels, Belgium, strong se
curity forces were mobilized against
possible demonstrations against
King Leopold on the eve of his re
turn from exile.
Parliament voted last night to
end the regency of Prince Charles ,
and permit Leopold to resume hi:;
throne.
DEAN STILL
GONE; 'HE'LL
GET AWAY'
I
By WILLIAM R. MOORE and
O.H.P. KING
AN AMERICAN COMMAND
POST IN KOREA. July 21—(At—
| Fellow officers today held firm
[ hope that Maj. Gen. William F.
! Dean, unreportcd nearly 24 howl's
i in the thick of the Taejon fighting,
i "will get out."
But fear for his safety grew by
the hour. The front-line fighting
commander of the U. S. Twenty
Fourth Infantry Division was las
reported leading a bazooka team
fighting off Red tanks.
Dean's staff tried to riissurt
themselves with this declaration:
“The general can take care of
himself. He may have to walk, but
he'll get out!”
The last report of Dean came
from a corporal. He said he saw
the general passing ammunition to
a bazooka team and directing lire
in Taejon. That was several hours
before the city fell at midnight
Thursday before the blazing tanks
of the North Korean Communists.
Said Cpl. Ralph Vargason ol
Newark Valley, N. Y.:
"All of our regular bazooka teams
were so busy General Dean took
a couple of men downtown and
went after two tanks. I saw him
passing ammunition to the men and
directing fire.”
The Red tanks moved on Taejon
at dawn Thursday. They circled
around and around the American
command post, firing as they went
Dean had a record of fearless
fighting. Both in World War II
and in the Korean war he exposed
himself to enemy fire to lead hli
men.
A few days ago he pulled some
of his front line troops out of the
fire in heavy fighting near the Kum
River by a personally led attack.
Dean, who was awarded a Dis
tinguished Service Cross in World
War II for bravery, was well liked
by his men. The tall, rusty haired
general put his fighting before he
personal safety.
The 50-year-old general had ser
ved as military governor of Korea
from 1947 to 1949 and temporarily
was commander of U. S. Army
orces in Korea.
FORTYUKON
BLAZE UNDER
CONTROL NOW
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, July 21—
(jPI—The lire that threatened the
little river settlement of Fort Yukon
appeared under control today at a
safe distance.
Visibility, which kept emergency
plane flights away from the village
during its hours of peril earlier this
week, was up to about 15 miles to
day.
Most of the smoke also cleared
from the Fairbanks area.
The Weather Bureau said a wind
shift probably was changing the fire
direction toward Canada.
Behind the flames lay an esti
i mated more than 30.000 blackened
acres from one of the Territory’s
worst fire seasons. Most of the
burned area is within 150 miles
of Fairbanks, which at times has
been "browned out” by smoke.
WEATHER REPORT
In Juneau—Maximum. 54;
minimum. 50.
At Airport—Maximum, 54;
minimum, 48.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Mostly fair tonight with
lowest temperature 52 de
grees; cloudy Saturday with
light rain by afternoon.
Highest Saturday near 60 de
grees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Junea.u—0.42 inches;
since July 1—5.80 inches.
At Airport — 0.24 inches;
since July 1—4.17 inches.
REDS BATTER
DEFENSE FROM
3 DIRECTIONS
U.S. Lend-Lease Tanks Re
ported Used by Attackers
-Teajon Loss Is Blow
(By the Associated Press)
Harassed by a hail of sniper and
■nemy artillery fire, American
troops dug into new South Korean
iefense positions today and braced
or expected new Communist thrusts
from at least three directions.
The battered 24th Division, Its
Commanding Major General among
.he missing, took up hill positions
■everal miles east of flaming Taejon,
captured by the Communists in a
•leavy tank and Infantry drive. The
GI’s hoped to hold these new posi
tions until American strength builds
up behind them for a counterof
fensive.
The Communists stopped at Tae
jon, failing to follow through with
m expected renewed attack against
.he new American positions, but
C.S. forces warily watched for new
flanking and envelopment inove
nents.
Enemy snipers lined the road of
he American retreat and kept up
larassing fire while enemy tank
,uns opened up and machlnegun
ire sprayed over the withdrawing
iefenders. American artillery was
rained on the hills where bands
if Red guerrillas were reported try
ng to infiltrate.
All Directions
Front - dispatches ' said the Reds
josed potent threats from the north,
iortheast and southwest.
The dispatches said the Reds '
;ould drive down'from Chongju, 20
niles north of Taejon in an at
empt to cut the main line railway
>ehind the U.8. front east of Tae
lon. Other Red columns could move
iown narrow secondary roads across
.he mountains from Tanyang, 56
niles north of Chongju, threatening
.he railhead at Kumchon in the
iew American defense zone. South
:ast of Taejon the Reds were
hreatening another flanking and
;nvelopment move.
Communist tanks and troops had
formed into the flaming key rail
junction at Taejon after a bitter
wo-day battle which cost the Reds
learly. One front report, not con
firmed, said four American-made
.anks, possibly lend-lease material
;iven Russia In World War II, had
seen used by the Communists In
he Taejon drive.
Cruisers go to Work
On the east coast American and
British cruisers shelled and knocked
>ut the Communist communications
center at Yongdok, 25 miles north of
he beachhead held by Americans of
he mechanized First Cavalry Divi
ilon. Headquarters has not reported
m the progress of the First Cavalry ,
>r the U.S. 25th, which landed this
week, but Yongdok may be a First
Cavalry objective.
Gen. MacArthur said the loss of
Taejon would be a psychological
blow to the South Korean people,
whose government fled the city sev
eral days ago, but the withdrawal
has “no special significance” from
ihe military viewpoint. The higher
country to the southeast is much
better suited to a delaying action.
Enemy infiltration has been a
serious problem to the Americans,
but Gen. MacArthur said the prob
lem has been reduced to “man
ageable proportions” and soon may
be unimportant. How this was to be
lone was kept secret, but Lt. Gen.
Walton H. Walker, Eighth Army
Commander, was reported pleased
with progress in this respect.
Air Force Roars •
Bad weather hampered Allied air
action, but more than 100 individual
flights were flown and two Russian
built Yak fighters were downed
yesterday. B-29's roared over North
Korea again, dropping 160 tons of
bombs on five major airfields and
bridges. Yak fighters were driven
off.
Reconnaissance pictures showed
the B-29's In their Sunday raid par
alyzed rail traffic in Seoul. Rail
movements to the southern battle
lines from Seoul will be prevented
for some time, a communique said.
American carrier-based pilots
have reported indications of radar
controlled anti-aircraft fire in
North Korea. The carrier planes
have been carrying out widespread
raids on strategic targets.