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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
\ ilALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,678
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Allies Battle for Break-Through Red Lines
STATEHOOD WILL
BE BARTLETT'S
FERS1JUSINESS
Commiliee Will Introduce
Bill in Senate January
3, Delegate Says
By CHARLES D. WATKINS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — 00 — A
new bill to make a state of Alaska j
will be introduced in the Senate
on the opening day (January 3) of j
the new Congress, Territorial Dele- j
gate E. L. Bartlett said today.
He said he had assurance from
Chairman O’Mahoney (D-Wyo)
that the Senate Insular Committee
will recommend the bill to the Sen
ate at once, without hearings. Long i
hearings were held earlier this year, j
At the same time Bartlett said, ]
a bill to grant Hawaii statehood
will be introduced to be handled
in the same manner.
Statehood First Business
“They will be the first order of
business in the Senate,” Bartlett
told a reporter. “And then let the
small opposition talk as long as it
wishes for I feel confident we will
be able to get a vote on the mea
sures.”
The decision to introduce the
bills January 3 was reached by
Delegates Bartlett (D) and Farring
ton (R-Hawaii) after Majority
Leader Lucas (D-Ill) said there
was no chance of getting further
consideration of House-passed state
hood bills this year.
Butler Asks Election
Bartlett also said he refused a
suggestion by Senator Butler <R
Neb) that they introduce a bill in
the new Congress to permit Alas
kans to elect their own Governor.
Bartlett quoted Butler as saying
he believed such a law “should be
the first step toward statehood.”
Bartlett countered that he stood
“for an elective Governor plus many
oher things,” adding:
“If, as now seems likely, the
Alaska statehood bill is not passed
by the United States Senate dur
ing the short session, it will not be
because the bill has been voted
down.
“Instead it will be because fili
bustering tactics prevailed.
“As the debate has gone on dur
ing last week, it has become more
than ever apparent that if time
permitted both the Alaska and Ha
waii bills would be voted upon and
both would be passed.
Nothing But Statehood for Bartlett
“To compromise for an elective
Governor and an elective Governor
only now would be to admit that
statehood was finally defeated.
“That I cannot do because the
facts indicate that instead of being
lost, statehood is in a much
stronger position than ever.”
Bartlett said that even if a Gov
ernor were elected under Butler’s
proposal Alaska would continue
under “federal authority (over the
Territory) to which Alaskans have
objected over the years.
“It is those controls which have
proved most onerous and have as
much as anything else prevented
the proper development of the Ter
ritory.
Fishermen Will Demand It
"I should not think thousands of
Alaska fishermen, who look hope
fully towards statehood because it
would give their own local govern
ment control over the fishery,
would be at all satisfied with a
measure that permitted them to
elect a Governor but left unchanged
the situation in respect to local
autonomy over fishery resources.
“A starving man cannot be ex
pected to be content with a slice of
bread when the entire loaf is within
reach.”
(. (. STAPLES IN
SEATTLE HOSPITAL
Word was received today that
Clinton C. Staples, Territorial Di
rector, Federal Housing Administra
tion, will enter the Doctors Hos
pital in Seattle today for an opera
tion. He will probably be confined
to the hospital for the better part
of a month.
APW SEEKS OFFICES
The Alaska Public Works office
here is seeking approximately 2200
feet of office space, John Arget
singer, district engineer said to
day Anyone having office space
available is asked to contact him
by telephoning 956 or calling at the
present office at the Alaska-Juneau
joining Co., and S'. Franklin St.
CEILING ON
PRICES BUT
NO FREEZING
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8—t.fl—Price
sta'bilizer Michael V. Di Salle said
today the government definitely is
making plans for a ceiling on prices
but sees no reason to freeze them
now.
Such a celing would necessarily
be coupled with a lid on wage in
creases, but Di Salle told a news
conference he hoped any freeze
would not be necessary.
In any case, the former Toledo
Mayor said his price agency would
be unable to impose a general ceil
ing for 60 to 90 days because of a
lack of staff, space and adminis
trative organization.
Di Salle is director of price stab
ilization in the economic stabiliza
tion agency. He spoke at a con
ference held jointly with Economic
Stabilization Administrator Alan
Valentine and Wage Stabilization
Board Chairman Cyrus S. Ching.
All made it clear that a wage
price freeze, widely rumored in the
last few days, is not imminent.
ALASKA UNION
TURNS DOWN 10
PER CENT RAISE
SEATTLE. Dec. 8—UPI—An offer
of a 10 percent wage increase has
been rejected by representatives of
machinists and carpenters em
ployed in the Alaska Salmon Can
ning Industry, I. A. Sandvigen,
business representative of Hope
Lodge 79. International Association
of Machinists (Independent), said
today.
The negotiating committees of
the two unions met with the Alaska
Salmon Industry, Inc., employer
group. Aproximately 1,000 machin
ists and 200 carpenters are involved.
Sandvigen said the unions de
mand a 20 percent wage increase.
yakutatsoonhThaye
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Mrs. L. D. (Ruth) Williams will
leave Juneau December 16 for
Yakutat where she will fill the posi
tion of Public Health Nurse-Midwife
for that community.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams arrived
here this week from Chicago, Mr.
Williams will be employed with the
CAA at Yakutat and the couple are
looking forward to enjoying life
in Alaska.
Mrs. Williams is a graduate of
St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago and
obtained her midwifery training at
the Frontier Graduate School of
Nursing in Hyden, Kentucky. She
also holds a B.S. degree from the
University of Chicago where she
obtained her public health nursing
training. '
She worked for more than two
years with the Georgia Department
of Health where she did public
health nursing and midwifery work.
She also worked in the Chicago
Lying-In hospital and, most re
cently, in general nursing and sur
gery at the Veterans Hospitals in
Dublin, Georgia and Hines, 111.
A Health Committee representing
the Tow'n of Yakutat and the CAA
station near Yakutat was organized
three months ago to assist the city
council in making preparations for
the public health nurse. This work
included renovating the community
building which provides both living
quarters and health center.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can 96,
American Tel. and Tel. 151%, Ana
conda 36%, Douglas Aircraft 87%,
General Electric 47%, General Mo
tors 45, Goodyear 60, Kennecott
7014, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%,
Northern Pacific 29'4, Standard Oil
of Califorfnia 79%. Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 1914, ILS. Steel 39%,
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
95.31%.
Sales today were 2,310,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 226.74, rails 72.50, utilities
39.07.
FROM FlINTER BAY
R. B. Hemmert of Funter Bay is
at the Baranof Hotel.
i FREEDOM IS DENIED
MANGAOANG, ILWU
CANNERY LEADER
SEATTLE, Dec. 8—(M— U.S. Dis
i trict Judge John C. Bowen denied
freedom today to Ernesto Mangao
! ang, leader of Cannery Workers'
Local 7-C of the International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
men's Union.
The judge denied a writ of ha
beas corpus. Mangaoang was ar
rested Oct. 22 in a national roundup
of suspected Communists. He is
; held by the Immigration Service.
Judge Bowen ruled that the Fili
pino could prepare his defense ade
quately while in custody.
GERMAN TROOPS
BE INCLUDED IN
W. EUROPE ARMY
LONDON, Dec. 8—<iPI—The 12 At
lantic Pact deputies have agreed
on a plan to bring German troops
into western armies defending Eu
rope.
The deputies asked for a meet
ing with the North Atlantic Pact's
military committee for the joint
consideration of the “political-mili
tary aspects of the German contri
bution."
“It is expected that this meet
ing will be held in the very near
future,” the deputies said in a corn
unique.
The military committee is head
ed by Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Its approval of the plan is ex
pected to be followed quickly by
i President Truman’s appointment of
I Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as
! Commander- in-Chief of Atlantic
! Pact organization armies in Eu
rope.
The communique did not outline
the plan finally agreed upon.
The deputies last were reported
virtually agreed on a Dutch com
promise plan to appoint a civilian
commissioner who would supervise
the recruiting of 150,000 German
troops who would comprise up to
20 percent of a European army.
rentcontroTto
GO FOR 2 MONTHS
NOW CONCENSUS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—UP>—'The
Federal Rent Control Program, due
to expire in some areas Dec. 31,
was assured today of at least an
other two months of life—and prob
ably more.
Bills temporarily extending the
rent law whipped through the Sen
ate and House yesterday, and today
went to conference (3 p.m. EST) to
compromise differences.
As Senate-House conferees ar
ranged to meet, all advance indi
cations pointed to a 75-day exten
sion of the present control law
with inclusion of a provision simp
lifying decontrol procedure.
The Senate version, passed by a
vote of 55 to' 28, provides for a
two-month extension. The House
voted 221 to 152 for a three-month
extension.
CONSTITUTION
FOR HAWAII IS
GIVEN TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, Dee. 8—CPI—Gov
ernor Ingram M. Stainback of
Hawaii gave President Truman yes
terday a copy of the proposed Ha
wiian constiution ratified by is
land voters in November.
The constitution will be the new
basic law if Hawaii is given state
, hood.
. Secretary of the Interior Oscar
I Chapman accompanied StainbacK
to the White House. He told news
men he has not given up hope of
getting a statehood bill through
this sessiin of Congress.
OIL MEN CONFER
W. I. Martin, district salesman
from Seattle, and T. P. Hansen of
Ketchikan, representing Union Oil
Co., conferred here yesterday with
fishermen union heads in regard
to fuel oil price brackets.
FROM WISCONSIN
Martin Mackey of Oswego, Wis.,
is at the Baranof Hotel.
Red Claims
Challenged
By Britain
LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 8—W*—
Britain called upon Red China to
day to stop killing United Nations
troops in Korea and put herself
within the pale of the U.N. charter.
If she does this, British Minister
of State Kenneth Younger said, she
will find all U.N. members, both
east and west, ready to cooperate.
In a major policy speech before
i the General Assembly’s Political
| Committee, the British Delegate
thus appeared to be making a con
ciliatory move toward the Peiping
regime. He assured the Chinese Reds
that no country here had any de
sire to fight them.
At the same time, Younger de
clared that U.N. troops were sent to
Korea originally to resist aggression
and that they would stand by this
principle despite the intervention
of the Chinese Communists.
Younger spoke after the Political
] Committee heard a special report
from the U.N.’s seven-member Ko
rean Commission challenging So
viet claims that the Chinese in
Korea were volunteers.
SKAGWAY GROUP
ARRIVES FOR BIG
'98DAYSFEATURE
Elks Staging Big Event for
Members Only Hereon
Saturday Night
Met by a delegation of Juneau
Elks, the bearded and the unbeard
ed, and members of the Emblem
Club, fourteen visitors from the
Skagway Elks Lodge and pmbleip
Club, here to participate in the big
Days of ’98 celebration tomorrow
were welcomed at the city dock
when the Princess Louise put in
port at 10 o’clock this morning.
The Skagway visitors were taken
by cars to the Baranof Hotel which
will be their headquarters during
their stay in Juneau. By noon they
were ready to go into their practice
routine for their first appearance,
when they will put on their Cow
girl and Cowboy act at 10:30 o’
clock tonight in the Baranof Bub
ble room.
Juneau Elks at the dock to meet
their guests were headed by Pat
Carroll, former mayor of Skagway,
who was the originator of the Days
of ’98 celebration in Skagway and
the presentation by the local Elks
and who bears the distinctive title
of Dishonored Judge of the Court
of Injustice. Bearded Elks had
done a fine job of bush growth
and required identification for some
of their oldtime friends from the
Gateway City. Among those con
spicuous for their con-conformity
and appearing at the dock none
theless with the welcoming com
mittee were beardless Exalted Ruler
Wallis George, PER Arthur (Scotty)
Adams and Jim Beard.
Prominent on the welcoming
committee was Elmer, "Where’s
Elmer" Friend (bearded) featured
guest at the Skagway Elks Dedica
tion party six weeks ago.
The Skagway visitors are Lea
Moe, Juanita Stevenson, Bea O’
Daniel, Virginia Steffen, Bud Blan
chard, Merle Sipprell, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Bigham, Marie Hoyt, Mrs.
D. T. (Bunny) Cooper, Mr. and
Mrs. Erv Fairbanks, Adell McGuane,
Mrs. Gail Budd.
These are the members of the
Elks and Emblem clubs who are
in the cast of the Cowboy and Cow
girl act; a Days of ’98 show with
Floradora Girls and Singing Bar
tenders; a Variety Show and an
Hawaiian act.
Tomorrow will be given over en
tirely to the Elks in their club
rooms. A cocktail party will be
given in the lounge at 6 o’clock in
the evening. At 8 o’clock a buffet
supper will be served and the Days
of ’98 celebration, when the Court
of Injustice (Kangaroo Court) will
be held is scheduled to start at 9
O UUl'K.
Arrangements for the celebration
are in charge of Harold Fennell,
chairman of the Elks Activities
Committee who is being assisted by
Pat Carroll, the two carrying out
t!he program , under the direction
of Exalted Ruler Wallis George.
Juneau Emblem Club members
are arranging for the buffet supper, i
RELIEF
COLUMN
ON WAY
Navy Reports Aid Nears
Trapped Marines, Infan
trymen in N. E. Korea
WASHINGTON, Dec, 8—'The
Navy said today Its late reports
indicated that the Third Division
Relief Column was within six miles
of the Marines and Infantrymen
battling southward from the Chang
jln Reservoir area in northeast
Korea.
Reporting at the regular brief
ing of reporters at the Pentagon
late in the morning, a Navy spok
esman said this word was sent
from the field about six hours
earlier.
News dispatches said that a snow
storm prevented Allied planes from
supporting these forces today. How
ever, the Navy said that Navy and
Marine fliers yesterday flew 507
sorties, most of them in direct sup
port of the withdrawing troops.
The Air Force said that its big
C-119 troop and equipment carriers
were also giving direct aid to the
imperiled forces. Yesterday these
planes dropped eight bridge spans
by parachute to enable the Allied
force to cross a river.
The Navy confirmed press re
ports that United Nations forces
had abandoned Chinnampo, the
Yellow Sea port of Pyongyang,
North Korean capital. After all Al
lied ground troop6 were clear of
the port, an Allied destroyer force
including Australian, Canadian and
American ships turned their guns
on the port area "rendering it use
less to the enemy.”
Firemen to Make
inspection of City
During Coming Wek
_
The monthly meeting of the Ju
neau Fire Department broke up be
fore it started last night when an
alarm rushed members to the Bar
anof Hotel lounge. Finding no fire
but only smoke from an adjoining
store room, the firemen enjoyed a
revised editioin of “I Don’t Want
to Start the World on Fire,” by
the lounge entertainers before re
turning to the meeting.
Chief Minard Mill reported that
there were 84 fire calls during the
period Nov. 1, 1949 through Oct.
31, 1950 with an insurance loss of
approximately $112,000.
Next week firemen will inspect
buildings throughout the city for
fire hazards. Crews were selected
for each day of the week beginning
Monday. Members are to report
each day at the Fire Club at 1 p m.
in uniform cap.
The discussion arose again re
garding traffic during fire calls, re
sulting in several suggestions for its
control. Drivers again are urged to
stop their cars during the sound
ing of the fire alarm.
Arrangements were completed for
the annual Christmas party given
by the department for Gastineau
Channel residents.
Robert Haag was elected to mem
bership to replace Waino Hendrick
son who resigned after many years
in the department. Hendrickson’s
resignation was accepted with re
gret.
Guests introduced during the
meeting were Harry Lupro, Robert
Vernon and Ralph Randall.
Chef Driver Songnsons lunch
ended the evening’s meeting.
DPR OFFICIAL IS TO
ATTEND ANCHORAGE
CONFERENCE ON SAT.
Vance Blackwell, Highway Engl'
neer with the Bureau of Public
Roads, left, today via Pacific North
ern Airlines for Anchorage to at
tend the Joint conference of road
builders and contractors, and
Alaska Railroad and Army officials
regarding the proposed construc
tion program in Alaska for the next
season. The conference is scheduled
to be held in Anchorage tomorrow
and Blackwell expects to return
to his Juneau headquarters early
next week.
j
HIGHER-UPS
MEET WITH
BIG CHIEFS
Truman - Attlee Call in
Barkley, Cabinet Mem
bers for Conference
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(M—Pre
sident Truman and Prime Minister
Attlee began the wind-up sessions
of their conferences on the world
crisis today, and asked Vice Presi
dent Barkley and members of Mr.
Truman’s Cabinet to meet with
them.
This was taken to mean the
meeting wds chiefly for a review of
what has been accomplished rather
than being aimed at reaching fur
ther decisions.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, was called in to
give a report on his flying visit
to Korea. Collins returned only this
morning.
50-50 Break
The President and Prime Minister
were reported to have reached wide
agreement on European defense
measures but to have had less suc
cess in welding a common front ort
Par Eastern policy.
The two are understood to have
decided that the precise next steps
to be taken on Korea and Com
munist China, aside from pending
moves in the UN, must await evi
dence (A) as to whether United
Nations forces can hold on there
and <B) whether there is any
chance of negotiating an acceptable
settlement with the Chinese Com
munists.
British Opposition
The British are understood to
have opposed various American
suggestions for possible new mea
sures against the Chinese Reds, if
the military situation continues to
grow worse, on the grounds that
they would result in a wastful and
indecisive “limited war."
The American ideas for action,
which might be token through
the United Nations, were reported
to include a blockade of the China
coast.
WATCHMAN BURNS OLD
COMET MINE BUILDING
TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
Setting fire to an old abandoned
building is one way of attracting
attention, thought Lawrence Frank,
frail watchman at the Comet Mine
at Sherman Point. He tried it.
Coast Guard personnel on Eldred
I Rock saw the large fire and black
smoke, immediately reported it to
headquarters here yesterday after
noon. A check quickly showed that
Frank was the only known person
in the area and it was feared for
his safety.
Headquarters dispatched the 83
footer. It was learned that Frank,
having no means of communication
had fired the old building in order
to send a message to Attorney Nor
man Banfield. The message, "Have
food until 20 December. Will re
main on property of Kensington and
Comet mine until time is up. Re
quest supplies." Banfield was noti
fied.
FROM SITKA
Terry Troutte of Sitka Naval Re
serve is in Juneau at the Gastlneau
Hotel.
• •••••«••••!
s •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock thli morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 39; •
• minimum, 34. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 37; •
• minimum, 34. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Mostly cloudy with occa- •
• sional light rain tonight and •
• Saturday. Low temperature •
• tonight near 33 and high •
• Saturday near 38. •
• •
• precipitation •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau—0.29 Inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 1.80 inches; •
• since July 1—35.04 Inches. •
• At Airport — 0.07 inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 1.22 inches; •
• since July 1—24.34 inches. •
• ••••••••••
Seek End
To Korean
Fighting
•
Truman, Attlee Issue Com
munique - Principal
Points Set Out
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 — <iT» —
President Truman and Prime Min
ister Attlee today declared their
readiness to negotiate for an end to
the fighting in Korea, but said
there could be "no appeasement"
and the aim must be a “free and
independent Korea.”
In a 2,000-word communique,
summing up their week of confer
ences on the tense world situation,
the American and British leaders
also in effect called on Russia and
China to mend their ways and per
mit an end to the world’s armament
race and drift toward another great
war.
Noting their previously an
nounced decisions to speed the
building of defense forces, Mr. Tru
man and Mr. Attlee said:
“We shall do this purely as a
defense measure. We believe that
the Communist leaders of the Soviet
Union and China, could, if they
chose, modify their conduct in such
a way as to make these defense
preparations unnnecessary. We shall
do everything that we can, through
whatever channels are open to us,
to impress this view upon them
and to seek a peaceful solution of
existing issues.”
No Atomic Bomb
On another point, their communi
que contained an implied promise
by President Truman not to use the
atomic bomb without letting Attlee
know in advance.
Specifically as to Korea, the two
heads-of-state made these princi
pal points: (a) no appeasement;
<b) readiness to negotiate if the
Communists are willing on the basis
set out, and (c) their intention—if
the Communists do not wish to ne
gotiate—of leaving it up to the
Unied Nations to say what should
be done.
These points were set out in this
language:
“We were In complete agreement
that there can be no thought of ap
peasement or of rewarding aggres
sion, whether in the Far East or
elsewhere. Lasting peace and the
future of the United Nations as an
Instrument for world peace depend
upon strong support for resistance
against aggression.
“For our part we are ready, as
we have always been, to seek an
end to the hostilities by means of
negotiation."
The communique was issued after
a final two hour and 20 minute
meeting of the two heads of gov
ernment. Vice President Barkley
and members of Mr. Truman’s cabi
net were asked in and heard the
communique read.
NO DAMAGE RESULTS
IN NIGHT FIRE CALL
A slight sense of confusion re
sulted from the 1-3 fire call last
night. Simultaneous with Fire Chief
Minard Mill rapping the gavel to
call the meeting of Volunteer Fire
Department to order at 8 o’clock
sharp, the fire call sounded.
The firemen Just sat for a mo
ment thinking it was a call for a
practice run. The astonished look
on Mill's face told them it was the
real thing. All headed for the brass
pole leading from the meeting room
down into the fire station. The
fire truck drivers finally had to
head down the stairs with others
In hot pursuit.
Result of the fire to a hot air
opening in the Baranof Bubble
Room was no damage. Likewise to
the firemen in their efforts to an
swer the call to duty.
NEW BOOKS POPULAR
Among the popular new books at
the Juneau Public Library is Cyril
Harris’ "Street of Knives,” a novel
about Aaron Burr, Mrs. Edna Lo
men, librarian, said today.
Other new books on the shelves
are "Pepper Tree,” by John Jen
nings; "Kon Liki" by Thor Heyer
dahl; and "Professor Fodorski” by
Robert Taylor, she said.
NORDBY MAN HERE
M. J. Klepser of the Nordby Sup
ply Co.. Seattle, is a guest at the
Baranof Hotel.
UN FORCES
TRYING TO
REACH SEA
Thousands Scattered in
Northwest Korea Attempt
to Reach Escape Port
(By the Associated Press)
Thousands of American and Al
lied troops battled desperately to
break through fiery Red Chinese
traps today In efforts to reach the
Korean east coast for probable
mass removal by sea.
Chinese forces were reported
close behind one retreating force
j of 20,000 at the Koto airstrip, on
; both sides of a canyon trail lead
ing down to the sea. and ahead of
I them near their expected place of
! embarkation on the Sea of Japan
at Hungnam.
Thousands of others scattered in
the northeast were trying to reach
the escape port.
In Northwest Korea, only patrol
contact was reported along the
newly formed Eighth Army defense
| line.
Escape by Sea
Top American Naval and Marine
officers conferred secretly on a
ship off the stormy east coast. A
U.S. Eighth Army source said some
Allied South Korean troops, in the
Far Northeast, already had escaped
by sea.
The big question was how many
others in the northeast could reach
the coast.
At tfl* most critical spot the
20,000—U.S. Marines and Doughboys '
and a few British—were in the
midst of a tank-led drive to break
out of a four-sided Chinese trap
south of the Changjin reservoir.
Reds Rake Soldiers
Reds entrenched on dominating
i ridges and shielded by a snowstorm
from Allied air attack raked the
column with heavy fire.
The Leathernecks and Infantry
men moved slowly down a steep,
ice-glazed and snowy mountain trail
from Koto, eight miles south of the
reservoir. Forward elements had
covered five of the 45 long miles
from Koto to the east coast escape
port of Hungnam by Friday noon
time. f
Driving north to meet them was
a relief column of the U.S. Third
Division, trying to clear the roads
into the mountains from Hungnam.
Cutoff Threatened
But even if the 20,000 should link
up and escape that fiery defile,
thousands of additional Chinese
massing north of Hungnam and the
nearby industrial city of Hamhung
threaten to cut them off again.
More than 1,700 critically wounded
Marines and Doughboys have been
flown from Koto.
Far north of the reservoir, the
17th- Regiment of the U.S. Seventh
Division was moving through moun
tains swarming with Chinese but
its whereabouts was not announced.
The 17th withdrew from a 10-mile
stretch of the Yalu river boundary
of Red Manchuria. It had been the
only American outfit to reach the
Yalu.
Evacuated by Water
In the far northeast, elements of
the South Korean Capital Division
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
i
—
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle at 5 p.m. today.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Baranof from west, scheduled to
arrive Sunday noon southbound.
|-SHOPPING DAYS
1J TIU CHRISTMAS