THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,610
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
RED KOREAN FORCES RETREATING NOW
SEN. MORSE
IS COMING
, TO ALASKA
Will Be with Committee to
Investigate Defenses
of Territory
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— UFi —
Senator Morse iR-Oret said yester
day he will accompany the Senate
Armed Services Defense Investigat
ing subcommittee to Alaska to look
into defenses of the Territory.
He said the trip would start
Oct. 15 and take about a week. He
said this would mean he would not
be able to spend all the time be
tween the adjournment or recess
of Congress and the election in
campaigning.
“I am convinced,” Morse told
a reporter, “that the people of
Oregon want me to place my work
on the watchdog committee ahead
of the campaign."
Senator Hunt (D-Wyo) is chair
man of the subcommittee and Sen
ator Saltonstall (R-Massj is the
third member.
Bill Is Signed to
Permit Marshall to
Be Secy, of Defense
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— <Jf\ —
President Truman has signed the
bill allowing Gen. George C. Mar
shall to become Secretary of De
fense. The White House, said Mar
shall's formal nomination to the
post would be sent to the Senate
for confirmation at once.
FROM CHICAGO
William D. Burke of Chicago is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM TULSEQUAH
Mrs. P. W. MacMillan and daugh
ter, Eileen, of Tulsequah, are stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
Ihe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
ICoprrUht. 1M0. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
FFASHINGTON—In the most op
timistic war report yet given Con
gress, Army Chief of Staff Joe Col
lins promised no more retreats
in Korea alfid predicted the Chinese
Communists would not attack For
mosa.
General Collins summed up the
Korean situation for the Senate
Armed Services Committee behind
closed doors. To the best of his
knowledge and judgment, he re
ported, “there will be no more
falling back."
The good news, however, didn't
stop Senators from needling Gen
eral Collins about sending untrain
ed American boys into the front
lines.
“It was not our intention to do
that,” Collins explained. “You must
remember that we didn’t have
enough trained men in Japan."
He pointed out that Japan was
short of training grounds, because
every available inch was undei
cultivation. Thus, the Army found
it difficult to give combat training
under actual battle conditions, us
ing live explosion charges. Tank
shells, he said, would ricochet for
miles and would be likely to kill
civilians. Yet, this is the kind of
training needed to condition men
for war. Collins added that train
ing was a matter of comparison
anyway, that a soldier got more
out of three months intensified
training under emergency conditions
than a full year of peacetime
training.
The Army's chief problem is not
lack of manpower, but lack of
equipment, the Chief of Staff clar
ified.
‘People winder why we don’t
call up more National Guard units
and more organized reserves,” he
explained. "Why call up men in
excess of the equipment we have
to supply them with?”
Collins added, however, that the
equipment was now beginning to
roll, which caused Senator Lyndon
Johnson of Texas, the Senate's
watchdog oyer military production,
to ask why the super, tank-pene
trating bazookas had not been
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Truman Veto
Is Overridden
Free Medical Service Now
for Spanish-American
War Veterans
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — —
Legislation to provide additional
free medical service for Spanish
American war veterans was written
into law by Congress today over the
objections of President Truman.
The Senate voted 58 to 3 to over
ride Mr. Truman’s veto of the mea
sure. It takes a two-thirds majority
of those voting to override.
Last week the House voted 321 to
12 to overturn the President’s dis
approval.
It is the first measure of general
interest to be written into law by
the 81st Congress over Mr. Truman’s
objections.
The bill would require the gov
ernment to provide out-patient
(clinic) treatment for 118,000 Span
ish-American veterans on the same
basis as is now provided those who
have service-connected disabilities.
Mr. Truman, in vetoing the mea
sure, said it would “set a most un
desirable precedent for the future.”
MARSHALL
IS GIVEN
APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1» — W ~
The Senate Armed Services Com
mittee approved today the nomina
tion of Gen. George C. Marshall to
be Secretary of Defense. The vote
was seven to two.
Chairman Tydings (D-Md) an
nounced that the nomination would
reach the Senate itself for confir
mation “in the normal course”—he
didn’t think it would be today.
Senators Cain (D-Wash) and
Knowland (R-Calif) voted against
Marshall in committee because of
his background as a military man.
Marshall was President Truman’s
choice to succeed Louis A. Johnson
as Secretary of Defense. The ap
pointment had aroused some Re
publican complaints that he is
likely to be a “stooge” for Secretary
of State Acheson.
BIG THREE
WARNS RUSS
IN GERMANY
FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 19
—■upi--'The United States joined Brit
ain and France today in a warning
to Soviet Russia to keep hands off
Western Germany.
The three nations moved to end
their state of war with Germany
and to strengthen her industrially
and defensively, but announced that
there is no call for recreating a na
tional army in the Western Zones.
Any attack upon Berlin or upon
Western Germany will be regarded
as an attack upon the occupying na
tions themselves.
This was made clear in a com
munique issued by Secretaries Ache
son, Bevin and Schuman after their
New York conferences. The text was
made public here tonight.
ANCHORAGE VISITOR
Jack C. Haldeman of Anchorage
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
ANCHORAGE VISITOR
Virgil O. Seiser of Anchorage is
staying at the Baranof Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
100, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright
91-, International Harvester 31,
Kennecott 64%, New York Central
161,4, Northern Pacific 23Vi, U. S.
Steel 39'i, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 1,590,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 225.78, rails 66.32, utilities
39.52.
ACHESON
TANGLES
| WITH RUSS
Dramatic Clash Over Chi
na's Representation
Marks UN Opener
NEW YORK, Sept. 19—W—'The
I U.N. General Assembly opened today
and plunged Immediately Into a dis
pute on China’s representation.
India asked that the Chinese Com
munists be seated. Secretary of State
Acheson opposed the Indian move.
Acheson and Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Y. Vishinsky thus came
to grips in a dramatic clash a short
time after the Assembly opened its
fifth session.
I Acheson said in reference to the
J Indian move: “Vote on it now and
| vote it down.” There was loud ap
plause from the galleries.
Vishinsky was leading the fight to
oust the Chinese Nationalists and
give their seats to the Chinese Com
munists. The Indian resolution,
asking for the seating of the Chi
nese Reds, beat the Soviet Union to
the punch on the explosive issue but
won the backing of Vishinsky.
Sid Benegal N. Rau introduced
the Indian motion after outgoing
President Carlos P. Romulo called
on the delegates to back up the
authority of the United Nations with
adequate military power.
Galleries were packed as the
Assembly's Fifth Session convened.
The delegates of the 59 nations ob
served a minute of silent prayer
before they began their task.
Romulo said the delegates had
“gathered at a desperate hour to
save the peace of the world.” While
| men are dying In Korea for the sake
; of peace, he said, the world has "a
j right to expect more, much more
j than words.”
61 SEAFARING JOBS
OPEN, EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE ANNOUNCES
Openings for 61 seafaring men
in the Army Transportation Corps
are listed at the local office of the
Alaska Territorial Employment Ser
vice, it is announced by Gus Giss
berg. Manager.
Included in the classification are
openings for masters, mates, en
gineers, oilers, seamen, and mess
men. Location of the work is on
Army tugs to the Westward and
personnel must be licensed and
pass a physical examination.
Also available are openings for
registered staff and public health
nurses for hospitals throughout the
Terrtory.
Sawmill workers are being sought
by one out-of-town employer's sec
tion laborers by another.
Interested applicants who qualify
for any of the above positions are
urged to contact the Employment
vice, 124 Marine Way, for fur
ther information, officials said.
MT. EDGECUMBE VISITOR
Mrs. Geraldine V. Milles of Mt.
Edgecumbe is registered at the Bara
nof Hotel.
JACK LEIK HERE
Jack H. Leik of the West Coast
Plywood Corp., of Seattle, stopped
over in Juneau today enroute to
Seattle from Anchorage.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 55;
minimum, 42.
At Airport—Maximum, 53;
minimum, 45.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Cloudy with rain showers
tonight and Wednesday.
Slowly decreasing southeast
erly winds tonight. Lowest
temperature tonight about 47.
Highest Wednesday about 53.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
City of Juneau—0.41 inches;
since Sept. 1 — 4.73 inches;
since July 1—15.79 inches.
At Airport — 0.27 inches;
since Sept. 1 — 2.81 inches;
since July 1—14.81 inches.
Gen. MacArfhur Watches Bombardment
General Douglas MacArthur (right seated) and members of his staff view pre-landing bombardment
and air strikes from the USS Mt. McKinley in Korean waters off Inchon. Left to right: Brig. Gen.
Courtney Whitney: Brig. Gen. E. K. Wright, assistant chief of staff; Gen. MacArthur, and Maj. Gen.
Edward M. Almond. This U. S. Army photo was made by Lt. Porter (first name unavailable), Chicago,
111. U. S. Army photo via radio and iff) Wirephoto.
GRUENING, [
PRESIDENT {
HAVE TALK
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — :^P) —
Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska said
after a White House call today he !
still has some hope that the Alas
kan statehood bill will be taken up
by the Senate this week before it
recesses.
He discussed the legislative pros- |
pects with President Truman, but j
said the purpose of his call was not,
as a reporter put it, to ask Mr. Tru
man to “put the heat on.” He said
the President is doing everything he
feels he can.
Governor Gruening said if the
measure is not taken up by the Sen
ate this week it probably will be
made the unfinished business for
consideration when the Senate re
sumes probably in November after
the elections.
UN Meeting;
Korean War
Big Subject
(By Associated Press)
Whether U.N. forces will stop at
-the border will be determined by
the United Nations gathering in
New York today for the 1950 Assem- |
bly. The Assembly was expected to /
approve the Security Council order j
setting up defense against North
Korean aggression.
Soviet spokesmen were expected |
to hammer at the theme repeated j
by Russia’s Jacob A. Malik that the j
U.S. is the aggressor in Korea and :
is trying to use the United Nations '
to mask its acts.
The United States is calling for
the strengthening of the General
Assembly so that it can act in any
emergency if the Security Council
is hamstrung by a Soviet—or other
—veto.
In his fourth report to the United
Nations yesterday Gen. Douglas
MacArthur charged that Russia and
Communist China supplied men and
munitions to the North Korean
Communists. Red China’s Peiping
government sent 40,000 to 60,000
combat-trained men of Korean
Ethnic origin from its armies and
that Russia supplied arms as late ■
as this year. Malik insisted that the j
Soviet Union had supplied no arm
to North Korea since her troops |
withdrew from the country in 1948
WILLIAMS TO U. OF W.
Rod Williams, son of Mr. and Mr
J. A. Williams, left on the steam
i ship Princess Louise for Seattle to
\ enroll in the University of Wash
| ington for his senior year in the
School of Engineering.
4th Division
Demos in Fire
Back at White
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 19—
Ifi—Fourth Division Democrats fir
ed back yesterday at Albert White
of Juneau, Alaska's Republican
chairman who made a series of
charges against the Gruening ad
ministration in a weekend speech
here.
In reply to White's citing of Ter
ritorial officials who had been
removed from their positions, the
Democrats countered that they
were removed by a Legislature
that was predominately Democratic.
They said the investigations lead
ing up to the removals were car
ried on by a committee of House '
Democrats. , i
The Democrats declared the 1949 ,
Special Session of the Legislature j
which was held illegal by Judge
George Folta and which was as
ailed by White, was of value to
the Territory. They said the tax
payers got more for their money
than In any previous session.
The Democrats also spoke up in
behalf of the Palmer airport deal,
the statehood committee's hiring
of Randolph Feltus as a lobbyist
for statehood in Washington and
the freezing of funds by the Board
of Administration.
The Democrats charged that
White and "most of your Repub
licans" are opposing statehood.
USE OF FUR
SEAL FUNDS
BROADENED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — -7PI —
House passage sent to President
Truman yesterday a bill permitting
wider latitude in use of funds ob
tained by the Treasury from the sale
of Pribilof Islands seal furs.
The seal herd in the Pribilofs is
protected by an agreement between
the United States and Canada.
The purpose of the proposed law
i ■ to allow some of the fur sale pro
reeds to be used to develop other by
products of the sealing industry and
to utilize other fur resources on the
Wands.
38 NORTH KOREAN !
NURSES CAPTURED
WITH U. S. SECOND DIVISION,
Korea, Sept. 19— Wl—Units of the
U. S. Second Division have cap
tured 38 North Korean nurses.
It was the largest number of
enemy service women seized in one
day since the Korean war began.
STATEHOOD
BILL TODAY
IS PLANNED
BULLETIN — WASHINGTON,
Sept. 19—l/H—Prospects of the
Alaska statehood bill reaching the
Senate floor today waned as the
day's session proceeded.
The outlook in mid-afternoon
was that the Senate was unlikely
to take up the bill today.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— Iffl —
A move to bring the Alaska State
hood bill to the Senate floor was
awaited today.
Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) said
last night that he would move
“at a suitable time” today for the
Senate to take up the bill.
He said a motion on the Hawaii
Statehood measure would follow
action on the Alaskan bill.
"I know a majority of the mem
bers of the Senate desire to vote
for Statehood for Alaska and Ha
waii,” he declared.
Bitter foes of statehood have
indicated they would stage lengthy j
debates or filibusters If the state
hood bills come up.
Second Battleship,
New Jersey, to Be
Put in Commission
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19— I* —
The Navy says that the 45,000 ton
battleship New Jersey Is being de
mothballed ior return to active
fleet.
She will be the second battleship
in operation.
Her sister ship, the Missouri, ar
rived in the Far East last week
to start shooting duty in the war.
May Is Released
On Parole After
Serving 9 Months
ASHLAND, Ky., Sept. 19 —1*1 —
Former Rep. Andrew J. May has
been released on parole from the
Ashland Federal Correction Institu
tion after serving nine months and
13 days for wartime conspiracy and
bribery.
May had been sentenced to eight
to 24 months.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
SEATTLE, Sept. 19—ilfl—A mar
riage license application was filed
here yesterday by James N. Jensen,
28, Ketchikan, and Janet L. Hutsell,
20, Seattle.
• i
SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR
Mrs. Z E. Walker of San Fran
cisco is a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
MARINES
READY TO
CROSS HAN
In South, Three Beach
heads Established West
of Naktong River
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — M —
First Marine Division troops were
ready to cross the Han river Into
Seoul at 6:30 a.m., EST today. De
fense Department spokesmen ^aid
here.
Briefing officers told newsmen
that the Marines had occupied all
of Yongdungpo, suburb of the Ko
rean capital across the river.
Army spokesmen said there was
no evidence of any Red troop move
ments from north of the 38th par
allel into the Seoul area, which now
is closely threatened by Marines
and Army 7th Division troops.
On the southern battlefront,
United Nations forces were said to i
have established three firm beach- |
heads west of the Naktong river.
The North Koreans show every
indication of withdrawing on the
north and northwestern sector of
the older Pusan front, briefing offi
cers said, but were offering stiffen
ing resistance to Allied attacks
elsewhere on the line.
British troops, who have been
fighting along an unspecified sec
tor of the Naktong front, advanced
yesterday and wiped out a pocket of
300 Red Koreans.
CAPTURED RUSS
GUNS TO BE USED
AGAINST REDS NOW
By STAN SWINTON
WITH U S. SECOND DIVISION,
Korea, Sept. 19—(4V-Scores of Rus
sian-made artillery pieces, which
three days ago hurled shells at
American soldiers, soon will be
blasting their former Korean Red
owners.
Ordnance men were ordered to
day to work ’round-the-clock pre
paring the captured guns for ac
tion.
The order came after a prelimi
nary survey of ohly two sectors
showed the North Koreans aban
doned at least 74 artillery pieces
and big mortars when the Second
Division routed thiem from the east
bank of the Naktong river.
There is a tremendous store of
captured Russian-made ammuni
tion for the guns. One regiment
alone too If-200 tons.
Plans call for a special unit to
be organize^ to use the Rtissian
made guns aggtnst the Reds.
WHITE R INS TO
JUNEAU EAKING
TOUR, t MVISION
Albert White, Chairman of the
Republican Committee for Investi
gation and Corruption of the Ter
ritorial Government returned to Ju
neau yesterday after a six-day
speaking tour in the Fairbanks sec
tion.
White states much interest was
displayed on the part of the peop’e
in that vicinity on the issue con
fronting Alaska today in how the
government of Alaska is being ad
ministered.
••I spoke at three meetings and
twice on the radio and was well
received in the Fourth Division in
every way,” says White.
“It was the first time in 45 years
that I had returned to Fairbanks,
having lived in that city in the gold
rush days of 1905.
“Fairbanks is busy and the town
is full of people coming and going.
It’s odd to see autos on the streets
from most every section of the
United States. Many farms are put
ting crops on market. The trip to
that section is like another world
and it is well to see really how large
Alaska Is. and the things that they
do. The highways are being paved
and plane travel is heavy. The
weather was ideal all the time I was
there and the people were getting
ready for a long winter ahead.”
ALLIES IN
BIG SWEEP,
TWO AREAS
UN. Forces Advancing on
Two Fronts-Continue
Push on Seoul
(By the Associated Press)
Communist troops appeared to
day to be abandoning the southeast
Korea war cockpit and heading
hastily northward ahead of pur
suing Allies in an attempt to escape
the Jaws of an Allied nutcracker.
The box-like Allied perimeter ap
parently was cracking wide open.
At the same time, in the north.
Allied liberation forces rushed
river crossing equipment to span
the Han river before Red defenses
can be rallied outside Seoul, Com
munist-held South Korean capital.
In the south, Red forces were
abandoning their positions. On the
eastern end. South Korean troops
entered Pohang, hotly contested
port.
Allied forces pushed across the
Naktong river on the west. U.S.
First Cavalry units took the once
key Red stronghold city of Waegwan
and fought Into the hilltop walled
city of Kasan. It was from these
points the Communists had long
posed a threat to Taegu, now no
longer menaced.
Communist Rout
At least 4,000 Allied troops went
across, the Naktong by boat and
bridge. Ordnance men were ordered
to work around the clock to prepare
captured Russian artillery pieces
which will soon be turned on their
former North Korean owners. The
abandonment of so many heavy
pieces underscores the extent of the
Communist rout.
The northwest corner of the per
imeter is closest to the Allied sec
ond front at Inchon, where tank
led Marines prepared to Jump the
Han river.
The barrier stream still had to be
crossed by VM. Marines before they
could fight their way into Seoul. Its
rail and highway spans were
mangled by repeated Allied bombing
raids.
In Seoul Suburb*
One tank-led Marine column was
smashed into Yongdungpo, an in
dustrial suburb of Seoul while an
other has snaked along the Hah
river opposite the ancient Korean
capital after capturing Kimpo air
port.
The Air Force said it has set up a
continuing airlift into Kimpo. More
than 30 cargo planes landed tons
of cargo and troops on the two con
crete runways now open for Allied
bittiness. It is Korea's best airfield.
Allied 10th Army Corps troops
and supplies were still streaming
ashore at Inchon, on the Yellow
Sea, 22 miles west of Seoul.
The Red Koreans hurried rein
forcements to the Seoul area. Air
observers spotted three Communist
columns moving toward the be
sieged city. They were being with
drawn from the southeast perimeter
i front iust as the Allied mastei
| plan had anticipated.
Planes Straf Reds
I As the Reds withdrew In the south.
I Allied warplanes strafed, bombed
and rocketed their positions.
At Pusan, President Syngman
Rhee of the Republic of Korea said
his South Korean forces will not
stop at the 38th parallel, the
border between North and South
Korea. Even if other U.N. forces
stop at the 38th, Rhee said. “We
will not allow ourselves to stop.” He
1 added:
“We have to advance as far as the
Manchurian border until not a
| single enemy soldier is left in our
\ country.”
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FROM MT. EDGECUMBE
Mary Fidelis Shaw of Mt. Edge
cumbe is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM HOOD BAY
R. F. Owens of Hood Bay is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Alaska from Seattle due to arrive
at 7 o’clock tonight westbound.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle Saturday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver, September 27.