THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,552
JUNEAU. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Call Up Guard,
Asks Senator;
A-Bomb Urged
WASHINGTON, July 12 — UPI —
Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex)
today urged calling all National
Guard units and organized paid
military reserves to active duty im
mediately.
He estimated this would provide
832,028 additional men for the I
Army, Navy, Air Corps and Marines.
The recommendation was part ot
what Johnson called a “minimum”
program for the defense of the na
tion.
The Armed Services Committee
member told the Senate that never
before has the United States "been
in such grave peril as it is at this
moment.”
Johnson said the fighting in Ko
rea has demonstrated that the na
tion is seriously outnumbered by its
enemies. He said American troops
are being sent to battle “with one
arm tied behind their backs.”
“Our Army divisions simply dc
not have the number of battalions
they need to function efficiently
and economically in combat,” he
said.
Johnson’s proposals reflected in
creasing concern in Congress over
the Korean conflict and the possi
bility that it might turn into a long
and perhaps greater war.
On the other side of the Capitol,
the House applauded a proposal by
Rep. Bentsen (D-Tex) that Pru
dent Truman warn North Korean i
forces either to withdraw from
South Korea or the atom bomb
would be dropped on North Korean
cities.
Bentsen, a World War II veteran,
said he offered this as a possible
way to end the Korean fighting and
prevent a general world war.
WEATHER REPORT
In Juneau—Maximum, 61; •
minimum, 52. •
At Airport—Maximum, 65; •
minimum, 52. •
FORECAST •
(Juneau and Vicinity) •
Variable cloudiness tonight •
and Thursday. Lowest tern- •
perature tonight near 48 de- •
grees. Warmer Thursday •
with highest temperature •
near 63. •
PRECIPITATION •
(Past 24 hours endlu* f:30 a m. today •
City of Juneau—0.04 inches; •
since July 1—1.00 inches. •
At Airport — Trace; •
since July 1—0.37 inches. .*
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
•Copyright, IBV). Bj Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
WASHINGTON — The following
incident took place on the Senate
floor, but was not reported in th
Congressional Record.
The continuation of the draft: act
was before the Sanate for a vote.
Three of the strongest isolationists
—James Kem of Missouri, George
Malone of Nevada and Arthur
Watkins of Utah, all Republicans—
huddled with floor leaders.
“Don’t embarrass us,” they whis
pered. “We don’t want a record
vote. Just the ayes and nays.”
Whereupon Oregon's Wayne
Morse stomped back to fellow Re
publican Cabot Lodge of Massa
chusetts and said in a loud whis
per: "The nerve of those guys!”
Lodge, getting the cue, imme
diately demanded a record vote.
When the roll was called, all three
—Kem, Malone and Watkins—
meekly voted “aye.”
Korean Contrasts
The following four incidents hap
pened in widely separated parts
of the world, but they may have
significant bearing on each other.
1. U. S. Troops In Korea re
ported that they knocked out a
North Korean tank: the Korean
crew Jumped out, their clothes on
fire, and the Americans tried to
get them to surrender. But the
Koreans rejoined their own forces
and kept on fighting. “I used to
have contempt for them,” said a
high American commander, “but I
was mistaken.”
2. In the U. S. Senate, Lodge,
Republican of Massachusetts, pro
posed two billion dollars more in
arms aid to the world.
3. General Eisenhower, request
ing more money for the Voice of
America, said: “All the armeis in
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Human Radar
System Gets
New Airdrome
Bering Coast Scouts Are to
Have New Hangar
at Bethel
ANCHORAGE. July 12 — GP1 — A
lew $71,000 airplane hangar is go
ng up near the Bering Sea coast
s an aid to the Alaska scouts in
heir coast-watching job.
Col. Joseph Alexander, chief o!
he Territory’s National Guard,
.aid today the hangar for small
cout planes is being built at Bethel
•>n the Kuskokwim River. The
irplanes will be used in support
if Eskimo battalions which ari
jeing outfitted to act as the "ejV
,nd ears” of the military aloni
he desolate Bering coast.
Most of the scouts are hunters
' rappers, fishermen and guides whe
now the barren countryside welt
A similar outfit of Alaskans be
ame famed in World War II a:
Castner’s Cutthroats” for then
ictivities along the coast and ir,
he Aleutians.
Colonel Alexander, who also i;
oordinator of the Alaska civiliai
lefense program, said ground woul.
Iso be broken here today for i
98.600 warehouse for storage o
rms and equipment for the Na
ional Guard, the Territory’,
watchdog force.”
Alexander said both the nervt
enter warehouse and the hanga
ire due for completion in Nov
mber.
The colonel said there has no
■een any special alert issued fo
he scouts since the start of fight
ng in Korea.
"Their missions are being carriei
ut with routine alertness," In
aid, while here for a civilian de
ense conference. “We are issuin:
rms, uniforms and special coli
veather equipment—as we have in
ended doing since the Territoria
uard was reactivated in May, 194$
“This is a continuing proces.
hich has been going on for som.
ime. The actual normal suppi.
f scout units has now bee.
eached,” he said.
SETTLEMENT IN
R. R. STRIKE MAY
COME ON WEEKEND
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CHICAGO, July 12 — OP — Th
I hreat of a strike over the weekem
iy two big operating railroad union
ppeared eased today as plans wer
nade for new peace talks will
he carriers.
* Federal mediators will renew at
empts on Friday to resolve issut
n the long wage and hour dUTput
jeiween the nation’s railroads am
he two brotherhoods.
Officials of the two unions, re>
esenting some 225,000 rail workers
;aid they will meet with the Na
,ional (railway) Mediation Boarc
o “try and bring about settlement.'
They said the carriers will be rep
esented at the sessions.
3ARAN0F BRINGS 34
FROM SOUTH; TAKES 1
Docking at 9:30 yesterday eve
ring the Baranof brought 34 pas
.engers to Juneau from the south.
Arriving from Seattle were Mrs
Carol Angst, Frank Bain, Mrs. J
3arras, iJonald J. and Mrs. Bishop
Mary Corbus, Robert S. Hall, Mrs
Richard J. Hansen, Raymond F
rnd Mrs. Kelly, Max H. Lanke, D
3. and Mrs. Lawrence, Captain G
W. MacLane.
Pasquale Pane, Mrs. Ann Penrod
Miss Jean Penrod, George T. Plum
mer, Col. G. W. Rathjens, Mrs
G. W. Rathjens, C. W. and Mrs
Schultz, Lt. Cmdr. Garland Spon
burgh, Mrs. D. R. Stevens, Donald
R. Stevens, Carver Stevens and O
A. and Mrs. Zimmerli.
From Ketchikan: Florence E
Thornton and George Wigg, Sr.
From Wrangell: Miss Alice Cam
| enzind, Mrs. Bert McCay, John
McCay and Mrs. Hans Nergaard.
S'anley B. Fisher was booked for
i Seward on board the Baranof when
she sailed at 4:30 this morning.
INSPECTION GROUP HERE
The Coast Guard’s western area
inspectors were in Juneau today
looking over Coast Guard units and
installations in the area as part of
their inspection tour of all units in
the 17th Coast Guard district.
The four-man party is led by
Capt. G. W. MacLane.
Laborers Turn Down
Offer for Pay Less
Than in Northwest
The 10-day-old strike of the Con
struction and General Laborers,
Local 1203 (AFL), spread today to
i include independent contractors as
well as members of the Juneau Con
tractors and Employers Association.
Pickets were posted at all con
struction jobs in Juneau except
the Mendenhall Apartment project,
according to T. B. Erickson, execu
tive secretary of the Alaska Fed
eration of Labor and spokesman for
the laborers’ union.
The action came after indepen
dent contractors had thrown in
their lot with the association in
presenting an offer to the union
late yesterday.
The contractors offered $1.85 per
hour, five cents per hour less than
is paid in the Pacific Northwest.
Erickson said.
The laborers’ union is seeking re
cognition of a contract already ac
cepted in Haines, Skagway, Peters
burg and Ketchikan.
Only two local independent con
tractors have signed with the union
so far, Erickson said.
Meanwhile, the striking teamsters'
union, local 10, also received an of
fer from the contractors’ associa
tion. But the teamsters said today
hey do not want the terms offered
—those in the 1947 contract, plus
i raise which "does not bring the
wage scale up to existing standards.'
BISHOP IS TO SPEAK
IT CONFERENCE OF
UASKA METHODISTS
Serving the present Alaska Mis
lon Conference of the Methodist
Ihurch as presiding bishop, a vis
tor from the East also will give
he main address of the 8 o'clock
ivening session tomorrow.
Bishop Fred P. Corson, bishot
f the Philadelphia Area, will speak
o delegates and others on "Christ
an Faith and the World Chal
enge.” The meeting will open, as
ill sessions do, with a worship
ervice.
Last night’s meeting featured ffie
vork of service chaplains, a large
.roup participating. The main aS
iress was by Chaplain Maj. Gen.
Charles I. Carpenter of Bolling All
'orce Base, Washington. D. C.
Today's morning session opened
vith worship led by the Rev. L. A
Ieilbrun and the minister’s mes
age by Bishop Corson, and fea
ured a lecture by Dr. Roy Fed]e
Dr. Alvin Hutchinson gives the
fternoon lecture which followed
'.evotions led by the Rev. Keith
Vhittern. Business and reports
eatured both sessions.
1] PASSENGERS
ON PAA FLIGHTS
Pan American World Airway:
carried 71 passengers yesterday—45
irriving and 26 leaving.
From Beattie on Flight No. 923
were Delores Bailey, Oatalino Barril
Virginia Conrad, Ruth, Bryan and
Thomas Curry; Mamoug Donegian,
William and Velma Ervin, Marie
Guyton, Ernest Helgedalen, Rodney
Kinney. Maxine Leard, Laura Mac
Millan, W. M. Mahoney, Ruth Mc
Grew, Worth Graves, Joseph Mil
ler, lone Sherman, Bill Sprague,
George Whitman, Mrs. Frank
Wright and Harry Olson. William
Cook and John Voung boarded at
Annette Island.
The Juneau-Fairbanks flight, No
905, brought Peggy Betts. Don
Best, R. J. Christie, Dr. V. Davies,
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Dreisher Jr.,
with Joe, Chris and Philip; Norma
Fournie, Elmer Jacobsen, Pete La
Gasa, Barbara Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Nordlof, Mrs. Zaida Rus
sell, with Judith and Gayle; June
Wright &nd Victor Hantop.
Boarding 905 here for Fairbanks
were Alvin Mulley, Leonard Wil
liamson, Harry Spencer, C. A. Gear,
Mrs. L. E. Nelson, Dr. and Mrs. Brit
ton Pickett and William J. Wagner.
Southbound, Flight 924 took E.
Beck, W. A. Swanson. M. French
and Lorin T. Oldroyd to Ketchikan
and- to Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Shafer, Estel Grisham, J. Davies.
Mrs. Nita Mosher, H. Reeves, Vir
ginia Hill, Carl Brostron, W. Pape,
Alfred Motz, Roy Little, Mernice
Murphy. Ben Westby and Joel
Campbell.
FROM RIDGEWOOD, N.J.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Stevens and
son, Carver, are at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM TACOMA
Mrs. Carl Angst of Tacoma,
i Wash., is a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
Alaska Line "Tries
To Influence Jury"
Is Charge Made
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 12—
(iP—D. E. Skinner's blast at Gov
ernor Gruening in connection with
the recent Federal Grand Jury in
dictment of the Alaska Steamship
Company brought a sharp retort
from a Democratic legislator at a
Chamber of Commerce meeting
here yesterday.
Skinner, the firm's vice president
and general manager, repeated his
denials of the indictment’s mono
poly charges. Then he branded the
indictment as the culmination of a
1 "long and vitriolic attack” aimed
at the company by Governor Gruen
ing.
(The Governor has denied any
connection with the indictments
and said Skinner was over-esti
mating his influence.)
Rep. Warren Taylor, Fairbanks
attorney who was a guest at the
meeting, took exception to Skin
ner’s remarks.
He charged the steamship com
pany was waging a “political cam
paign" against the Governor and
was attempting “to influence pros
pective jurors." He said the firm's
advertising and Skinner’s speeches
impugned the integrity of the courts
and constituted a personal attack
on government officials.
Skinner labeled the indictment
charges as "the same old chestnuts
Governor Gruening has been poking
into the fire for years.”
He said every inquiry by a federa'
body has resulted in a finding that
accusations against the company
were r.ot justified.
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BRISTOL BAY SPARKS
UP SALMON PACK;
S. E. AREA IS SHORT
After getting off to a wobbly
I start. Bristol Bay is off to the rac^s
' this season, with the pack of red
I salmon almost 50,000 cases ahead of
last year for the week ending July
8, according to figures released to
day by the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice.
The Bay's total pack for the
week, including a few thousand
cases of kings and 7,724 cases of
chums, added up to 473,328 cases,
compared to 428,831 in 1949.
The Port Moller area in Western
Alaska, mid-way down the Alaska
Peninsula, came up with 12,728
cases for the week, almost double
the 1949 pack of 6,258.
Southeast Alaska came to life
this week, but the pack fell far
short of the same period last year.
So far 5.494 cases have been packed,
most of these being red salmon,
| compared to 10,250 cases last year
at the same time.
The Copper river, after being
closed several weeks, is roaring
again with 74.914 cases put up. com
pared to 48.555 cases last year.
These figures should not be used
as basic comparative figures, be
j cause red salmon are a five-year
fish, and as such, can not be com
pared in consecutive years, accord
ing to Frank Hynes, fisheries super
visor for the service.
Total pack for the Territory for
the week is as follows:
Reds. 706,047; Kings, 44.471;
Pinks, 17,731; Chums, 50,007; Co
hoes, 1,688. Grand total is 819.944
cases, compared to 676,909 last year
for the same week.
THREE CHILDREN BORN
AT ST. AN'S HOSPITAL
Children were uorn to three Ju
neau couples this morning at St.
^nn's Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Don McMullin be
came the parents of a daughter at
12:15 a.m. The child weighed six
pounds eight ounces.
A daughter was also born to Mr
jnd Mrs. Ernest Kirchofer. Weigh
ing seven pounds 12 ounces, the
child arrived at 3:29 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Scott be
came the parents of a son at 6 5C
a.m. The child weighed eight
pounds nine ounces.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, July 12 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can'
93%, Anaconda 30V Curtiss
Wright 9, International Harvester
125'4, Kennecott 56%, New York
Central 12‘V Northern Pacific 15V
U.S. Steel 32%, Pound $2.80',.
Sales today were 3,200,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 204.35, rails 53.37, utilities
37.74.
FROM JERSEY CITY
Mrs. Alice Kruss of Jersey City,
N.J., is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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BOND OF BRIDGES
MAY BE REVOK ;
THEN GOES TO JAIL
WASHINGTON, July 12 — IJ1 —
A Senate judiciary subcommittee
was set up today to look into tile
possibility of having Harry Bridges'
$25,000 bond revoked. That would
mean the West Coast labor leader
would have to go to Jail.
Bridges, a native of Australia,
was convicted and given a five
year prison sentence in April on a
charge of lying about Communist
connections when he applied hr
U.S. citizenship. A Federal court
in San Francisco has ordered his
citizenship cancelled.
The citizenship proceeding war
held up, however, pending an ap
peal by the CIO longshoreman's
chief from the perjury conviction.
Creation of the Senate subcom
mittee came in the wake of reports
that Bridges has opposed a resolu
tion by West Coast longshoremen
to condemn the Communist invas
ion of South Korea. A union meet
ing to consider the resolution broke
up in a fight.
The judiciary subcommittee ex
pects to meet with Attorney Gen
eral McGrath and McGrath's as
sistant, Peyton Ford, in an effort to
get them to testify tomorrow on
Bridges' case.
ROAD BUDGET CUT
MAY STOP ALASKA
PAVING PROJECTS
The slice in Alaska road con
struction funds by the Senate ap
propriations committee may mear.
that projected paving work will
not be done this season, according
to A. P. Ghiglione, chief engineer
lor the Alaska Road Commission.
The committee pared $1,516,788
from the $20,500,000 budget sub
mitted for the coming period.
Because of the odd figure, Ghi
glione was puzzled as to what it
meant—whether it was an across
the-board cut, or a cut in some
specific figure. He talked to Wash
ington this morning, but could learn
nothing specific from there, he
said.
Because the House figure doesn’t
agree with that of the Senate, a
Joint conference will be held, and
a figure arrived at before anything
definite is arrived at. But con
struction will not be hindered,
Ghiglione said.
The road into Mt. McKinley Na
tional Park is progressing rapidly,
with crews favored by a good sea
son, he said. From Cantwell on
the west, the road has grown some
six or eight miles, and from the
Richardson Highway it has made
more miles than that.
Work is planned so that in sev
3ral years the road will meet near
Denali at a bridge to be construc
ted over the Susitna River.
He believes that by the end of
the year the road will be some 30
miles in length from both ends,
leaving only about 90 miles to go.
Its completion will see a tremend
ous increase in Park traffic.
One park executive who came
hrough Juneau some time ago es
imated that persons visiting the
oark would increase to 40,000 yearly,
■ompared to some 5,000 at the pres
ent time, once the road is com
Dleted.
PNA CARRIES 31
ON TUESDAY FLIGHTS
Nineteen persons arrived from
the westward yesterday via Pacific
Northern Airlines, which carried
12 passengers outbound.
Prom Anchorage were Mrs. Carl
Adams, Clarence Walter, Mrs. Mor
Lenson, Mrs. P. Brooks, Mrs. R.
Stewart, M. Johnson from Nome,
lohn Williams, August Leonhart,
I\ Chistolhalen, Edward Beck, W.
\. Swanson, Marcus French and B.
Lemon. Boarding at Cordova were
Vfr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. Alger and
Mr. Bell. From Yakutat were Vir
gil Dingman and Phyllis Hurst and
infant.
Westward bound, Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Tippets, M. H. Kassis, M. J.
Lynch and A. M. Fetta went to
Anchorage and these persons to
Cordova: Charles Minning, Fred
Seitell, Ernest Escola, K. Hoskins,
jC. Penn, D. B. Dixon and Virginia
I Conrad.
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• •
• TIDE TABLE •
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• JULY 13 •
• High tide 0:19 a m., 15.5 ft. •
• Low tide 7:04 a.m., -0.6 ft. •
• High tide 13:35 p.m., 13.6 ft. •
• Low tide 19:03 p.m.. 4.8 ft. •
State Bill to
Be Called Up
Says Lucas
Senate Leader Assures
Bartlett of Vote in
Surprise Decision
WASHINGTON, July 12 •— (jfl —
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska says
re has been assured statehood bills
or Alaska and Hawaii will be con
idered by the Senate before ad
journment.
Bartlett said Senate majority
leader Lucas (D-Ill.) assured him
hat he would call up the statehood
egislation before Congress ad
iourns or recesses.
The assurance from Lucas came
is a surprise because he hereto
ore has said he did not believe
.here would be time before con
cessional adjournment for the
senate to act on the bills, already
lassed by the House. The Senate
insular Affairs Committee also has
approved them.
"Getting this tfsurance from
Senator Lucas," Bartlett told a re
porter, “means the two statehood
bills will be passed. I feel certain
hat once they are called up on
the Senate floor they will be ap
proved."
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THREE MORE DAYS
AND KING WOULD
HAVE SET RECORD
An Alaska king salmon could
have broken a record if it had kept
swimming south for three more
d&V'
As it was, the king made 900 miles
in 24 days, a better per-day rate
than the record-holder. The record
is 1,000 miles in 30 days, according
to the Alaska Department of Fish
eries.
Tagged and released in the Cross
Sound Area by fisheries biologist
Robert R, Parker, the salmon was
recaptured in Sooke Harbor near
the south end of Vancouver Island
It was caught in one of the few
traps remaining in British Colum
bia waters.
The king had averaged 37 and
one-half miles per day. or four miles
per day better than the salmon
holding the long-distance record,
during the southward swim.
The tag from the fish was re
turned to the Alaska Department of
Fisheries here today.
The salmon trek was measured
over the shortest distance along the
coast and not as a fish swims. Fish
eries department director C. L. An
derson said the fish probably took
some side trips and actually made
i a longer swim than the record
| shows.
RITES FOR MAHONEY,
TOMORROW, FRIDAY
Last rites for United States Mar
shal William T. Mahoney, who
massed away Sunday, were announ
ced today. Rosary will be said kt
1:45 o'clock Thursday evening ai
he Charles W. Carter Mortuar)
Phapel.
Friday forenoon at 11 o'clock
nass will be said in the CatholL
Jhurch of the Nativity.
The remains will be taken south
>n the steamer Baranof next Sun
day for burial at Areata, Calfl.
where the marshal’s mother anc
ather are buried.
Mrs. Mahoney who arrived vie
PAA yesterday from Areata, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mahoney anc
heir son will accompany the re
mains south on the Baranof.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
TO SEE MOTION PICTURE
. The UK. r-Tcsl Service motion
picture production “Tongass Tim
bcrland ’ will be featured on the
program at the regular noon meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
tomorrow in the Gold Room of the
Baranof Hotel.
; It will be presented after several
committee reports have been heard.
SEATTLEITES HERE
Among Seattleites newly regis
tered at the Gastineau Hotel are
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson, Jack
Nyback, Axel Ahlen and Ensign
R. S. Hall.
FROM SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Shepherd of
i Seattle are at the Baranof Hotel.
14 WEEKS TRAINING
FOR DRAFTEES; f:C!
MANY FOR OVERSEAS
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I WASHINGTON, July 12 — l/P —■
The Army said today that draft
ees will be given 14 weeks of train
ing and then be assigned first to
posts within the United States.
Later, some will go overseas but
a spokesman said the number going
over “will not be large or happen
soon.”
The spokesman also said that if
the first call for 20,000 draftees
has the indirect result of bringing
in large numbers of volunteers a
second draft call may not be needl'd
to bring the Army up to its pres
ent ceiling of 630,000. However, _he
did not discount the possibility
that the ceiling might be raised.
There will be no numbers drawing
for the draft. The birth date is
the big factor in determining whK'Ti
men will be called for duty.
54 LEAVE, 41 ARRIVE
VIA ALASKA COASTAL
Tuesday's flights of Alaska
Coastal Airlines carried a total of
95 passengers between Juneau and
other Southeast Alaskan points.
Fifty-four were flown from Juneau
and 41 arrived here yesterday.
Leaving for Lake Hasselborg were
Red Holloway, Capt. Fienup, Lt.
Mack; for Petersburg: Alfred Bo
berg; to Haines: Mrs. Minnie Nel
son, Dr. Montgomery, Mrs. Carl
Heinmiller, F. A. Wolfe, Col. Mea
dows, Major Mohatt, Major Greene,
George Whitman. M. V. Raney, Mrs
R. Jones and infant, Douglas Lee
Jones.
Going to Hoonah were Robert j
Lee, Annie Karlson, Mary Juloton;
to Funter Bay: S. Pekovich; to
Wrangell: Richard Henning; to
Port Althorp: Goodman Winther
and Bill Sprague; to Skagway: Wal
ter Hellan, Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Johnson.
For Gustavus: S. C. Little, George
Gentry, Roy Downing; to Hawk
Inlet: Mrs. C. B. Williams; to Peli
can: Robert A. Haffncr, Avrid
Ackerman, Bud Phelps; to Ketchi
kan: B. F. Nayer; for Chichagof:
Earl Lillie: to Hood Bay: Joseph
Miller and W. Graves.
For Sitka: Mrs. Art Peterson,
Lenora Peterson, C. J. Bergstrom,
Charles A. Carlson, T. F. Hinshaw,
Mrs. T. F. Hinshaw, Patty Hinshaw,
Mrs. C. Johnstone, Rodney Kinney,
Ellen Sherry, James Elliott and K.
Provance.
To Basket Lake and return: Mr.
James Orme, Katherine Orme. Bud
Phelps, Billy Joanne Phelps and
Margaret Brown.
Arriving in Juneau from Sitka
were Leonard Olson, K. Provance,
Alvin Mullay, J. Campbell, M.
Kirkland, Mrs. Johnson, C. Minning
and Mr. Johnson.
Here from Petersburg are Mr
E. Seaton and Stanley Zuern: from
Pelican: Bud Phelps. John Heueisen,
K. Raatkainen, Fred Reed, Mrs.
Avienvia, Leif Thorkildsen and
Roy Oster; from Hawk Inlet: Mrs.
C. B. Williams.
From Tenakee: Mrs. Gene
O’Shea; from Ketchikan: James
Weeks and John Hansen; from
Hoonah: Mary Julaton, Annie
Karlson, Judy Fawcett, John Faw
cett Jr., Emma Mayedh; from
Haines; Beulah Lee and Susie
Godinis.
Here from Skagway are: Fred
die Donnelly. Walter Hellan, Mrs.
Neda Moser. Master Moser, Herbert
Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shep
lerd and Mi's. Alice Kruss.
MEETING TOMORROW
TO PLAN CONCERTS
FOR COMING SEASON
To provide the best possible
1950-51 concert season for Juneau,
’very interested person is urged to
ittend the public meeting tomor
•ow at 8 p.m. in the City Council
■hambers of the City Hall.
The Juneau Concert Association
s expected to have full represen
ation, and all music-lovers are in
vited not only to be present, but to
express their ideas. Possibility of an
expanded ofganization or a new one
will be discussed.
The proposed Alaska concert cir
cuit recently suggested by pianist
Maxim Schapiro will be discussed
and, should it be accepted, plans
for handling it will be made at the
same meeting.
Since leaving Juneau, Schapiro
has outlined the circuit series to
groups in Petersburg and Ketchi
kan, where they were accepted. By
this arrangement, transportation
costs of the artists would be shared
by participating communities.
AT BARANOF HOTEL
D. P. Hansen of Seattle is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
YANKS FORCED
BACK SEVEN
BLOODY MILES
Americans Relreat to Bor
der of Temporary Capital
and Hope to Hold Out
(By the Associated Press)
American troops, retreating: in
South Korea before the massive,
relentless offensive of the. North
Korean Communist invaders, fell
back today behind the Important
Kum river to positions they hope
to hold until power for a counter
attack arrives from across the sea.
Tank-led North Koreans, plung
ing south behind mortar and artil
lery barrages, drove American
forces out of Chochiwon with pre
sumably heavy casualties and
pushed them back seven bloody
miles to the Kum in what was de
scribed by U.S, headquarters as an
orderly withdrawal.
The Northern troops pressed
| along the north bank of the Kum,
J last major barrier before Taejon,
| emergency South Korean capital
15 miles south. The Americans hold
Konju on the south bank.
A communique of Oen. MacAr
thur’s headquarters, lagging behind
battlefront reports, acknowledged
that the strong Communist pres
sure against outnumbered Ameri
can battalions in the battle area
north of Chochiwon "may compel
further withdrawals behind the
Kum river.” The shallow river, a
quarter mile wide north of Taejon,
with banks 10 to 15 feet high, ure
sents a considerable military bar
rier.
"Planned Withdrawal
Red pressure against South Ko
rean forces between Chongju and
Umsong, northeast of the roiin bat
tle area, "resulted in *\ planned
Withdrawal to nnjltlnni
along the W»u‘rig river.” the com
munique said.
East of Chungju a North Korean
force was reported attempting to
ford the winding Han river. The
Fifth North Korean Division, mov
ing east in the same area, appar
ently was trying to outflank the
Eighth South Korea Division and
elements of the Red force were
probing south toward the Sixth
South Korea Division.
The 15th Ncrah Korean Division
was reported moving toward a junc
ture with the Reds’ Fifth at
Chungju.
The attack which drove Ameri
! cans behind Kum river defenses
(began at midmorning after th«
j Reds used their deadly and now
| familiar flanking and infiltration
tactics.
A broad flood dike about 20 feet
| high and 30 feet thick at the base
offers a strong defense position. U.S.
Engineers mined the modern bridge,
but dispatches did not say whether
it was blown up yet.
Yanks Bitter
The Americans who fell back were
exhausted and bitter. Front dis
patches said they talked glumly of
encirclements and infiltrations by
the Reds, and of the Communists’
superior armaments and striking
power.
For the Americans it was the be
I ginning of their second week of
ground action—a period of dogged
delaying tactics and retreat before
powerful forces armed plentifully
with Russian materiel, including
monster tanks.
i Anger swept American lines oyer
I the execution of at least 18 Ameri
can prisoners of war. This was con
demned in a communique of the
U N. commander, Oen. MacArthur,
as ’’barbarity and murder.” He said
North Korean war leaders will be
held responsible.
Headquarters said it had proof of
such atrocities in official photo
graphs showing Americans with
their hands tied behind their backs,
all shot through the head.
The reports of atrocities stirred
United Nations Secretary Oeneral
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Chilcotin from Vancouver due 6
p.m. Thursday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Kathleen scheduled to
sail from Vancouver Saturday.
Princess Norah scheduled to ar
rive Friday morning at 8 and sails
south one hour later at 9 o’clock.
Alaska from west scheduled
southbound 9 p.m. Friday.
Baranof from west scheduled
southbound late Sunday or early
Monday.