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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,586JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1950MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESSPRICE TEN CENTS
NO MONEY FOR PALMER
OR JUNEAU AIRPORTS
NOW. STATES SCHWAMM
Payment of federal participating
funds have been held up and an
investigation is being made of the
proposed Palmer airport according
to G. S. “Tony" Schwamm, Terri
torial Director of Aviation.
In a signed statement delivered
to The Empire today, Schwamm
i criticized the adverse publicity re
ceived by the Palmer transaction in
which leading newspapers of the
Territory had pointed out the in
crease of land values which would
have returned to the Territorial
government money it had invested
in the Palmer airport prior to the
time that Alaska came under the
Federal Airport Act.
Several Alaska newspapers have
Y been highly critical of the entire
Palmer transaction pointing out
that the Federal government was
paying more than the property is
worth. Sen. Hugh Butler (R-Neb)
last week demanded a Senate in
vestigation of the deal.
Schwamm's statement follows in
full:
"Participating funds have been
withhheld on the construction of
the Palmer municipal airport by
1 the CAA upon word from the Wash
ington office to cease any payments
until a complete investigation and
appraisal of the Palmer airport
property are completed.
“There has been no indication at
this time that participating funds
for other projects will be withheld.
However, I do feel that if there is
more adverse or unfavorable pub
licity given the airport program it
is quite possible that all participat
ing funds may be withheld until
each project Is investigated in de
tail. Naturally this will take consid
erable time and not allow us to
complete our construction under the
even now too short construction
season.
"In regard to the extension of the
Juneau airport I have every reason
to believe that due to the unfavor
able publicity given the airport pro
gram it is very possible that the
extension of the Juneau airport will
not be authorized this year as the
CAA is going to carefully scrutinize
this project due to the proposed
Senate investigation.
“Partial payments have not been
withheld on the uncompleted floats
in southeast Alaska but due to the
present investigation there has been
a change in Federal policy of not
making any partial payments on
seaplane facilities while they are still
in the construction, floating or tow
ing stage but must be properly
moored at their designated location
rhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By JACK ANDERSON and
FRED BLUMENTHAL
iCOPTTlfbt. PI B«U BindiOltC, IM-I
(Ed. Note—WhUe Drew Pear
aon is on a brief vacation, his
column will be written by mem
bers of his staff).
H^ashington — President Truman
has received some blunt advice from
the former First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt, suggesting that he fire
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson.
Mrs. Roosevelt expressed her
views last week in a confidential
' letter to the President, following
his categorical statement that he
would keep Johnson and Secretary
of State Acheson in his Cabinet
as long as he remains in the White
House.
Writing as a private citizen, the
former First Lady suggested that
Truman might have qualified this
by saying he would keep Johnson
and Acheson “as long as they do a
good job.” She pointed out that
every President occasianally finds
it necessary to make changes in his
cabinet and it isn’t a good idea
to “freeze” a man in an import
ant position.
Injecting a more personal note,
Mrs. Roosevelt wrote that it was
apparent to her from the tremen
dous volume of anti-Johnson mail
she was receiving that the public
had lost confidence in the Secre
tary °f Defense. In view of this
sentiment and in the interest of
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! before any payments will be made.
I “As the present Federal Airport
Aid Act will be concluded in 1953 I
1 ask your cooperation in expediting
1 and assisting in any way that you
can the Alaska Aeronautics and
Communications Commission in
speeding up the administrative op
eration of the large program we
have outlined for Alaska.”
Yours very truly,
G. S. SCHWAMM,
Director of Aviation.
192 CARRIED BY
ALASKA COASTAL
WEEKEND FLIGHTS
I
Weekend flights by Alaska Coast
al Airlines carried a total of 192
passengers with 74 departing, 73
arriving and 45 on interport flights.
Passengers for Skagway were:
Fred Jacobsen Jack McBar, Jeanne \
Renshaw, Svend Thorpe, Fred Mar
low, Mr. McMickle, Mrs. Pat Holm- j
es, Miss Patsie Holmes, William
Paul, Jr.
For Haines: Jane Armstrong, Lil- j
lian Fuson, Mrs. Jack Means, Char
lotte Means, Lee Donnelly, Alice
Armstrong, Mrs. Mary Willard,
Henry Brown, Jatr/:s Donnelly,
Mr. and Mrs. John Monagle.
For Ketchikan: Ace Williams,
Victor Klose, H. M. Stilly, G. H.
Curtis, M. J. Winninghoff, V. C.
Forbes.
For Petersburg: Fred Canine,
Mrs. E. C. Reynolds.
' For Wrangell: T. P. Hansen.
I For Gustavus: Alice White, Joe
j Frydlo.
! For Pelican: Tom Dyer, Alex
Falkem, Art Sagorsky, Betty Beh
ish.
For Hoonah: Jennie Marks.
For Ice Cap and return: Mr.
Parks, Ruth Rogall, Olive Mon
tell, Virginia MacLean, Tula Jack
son, Mrs. Roland Burrows, Mr.
and Mrs. F. Countryman.
For Sitka: Gloria Netrower,
Herbert Gray, Lloyd Dean, Art
Peterson, Bobby Slayden, Inez
Jones, George Hemnes, Mrs. Cash
II, Kathleen Sullivian, Mr. and
Mrs. Benny Bell, Cary E. Powell,
Roy Hendrick, Mable C. Hend
rick, Col. F. P. Andrews, Maj. Earl
Kline, Capt. Melvin A .Johnson.
For Pelican: Frances GowerS, Ed
Gwinn.
For Thayer Lake and return:
Robert Stutte, Walter Stutte, Mr.
Wyss, L. Scharpenberger, H. Brad
shaw.
For Hawk Inlet: P. P. Mori,
C. N. Briones.
For Chatham: Gordon Shaw.
For Todd: Stanley Elkum.
For Tenakee: M. Quinto.
For Taku Lodge: William War
ren.
From Funter, passengers were:
Sam Pekovitch.
From Sitka: W. Blankenship,
Mr. and Mrs. Provance, Mr. and
Mrs. Eubanks and two children,
Neil Anderson, Art Griffin, Mable
and Roy Hendricks, Cary E. Pow
ell, Wilbur Hendricks, Inez Jones,
R. Duval, H. C. Heal, Gail Huhns,
Betty Jean Roberts, Mrs. Wright,
Bib Givson, Monty Colby, D. C.
Priesner, Mr. and Mrs. C. S'emal,
R. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Nus
baum, Bill Lievers, Mr. and Mrs.
John Tenneson, Jr., Dr. and Mrs.
F. P. Cady, Dr. and Mrs. A. C.
Christensen, Dr. and Mrs. C. F.
Plumb, Mrs Dillard, Mr. Werenski.
From Skagway: Jeane Renshaw,
Fred Jacobsen, Svend Thorpe, Wil
liam Paul, Jr., W. Warren, Mr.
McMeckle, Mrs. L. Simenstad, D.
R. Beck. _
From Haines: Lee Donnelly,
Cherie Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Ned
Sianek, Roj; and Mabel Hend
• ricks, Joe Johnson, Frank Met
calf, Wes Turner, James Don
nelly Bob Howell R. R. Roberts,
John Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. A1
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John Grif
fin, Mr. and Mrs. Sc. Claire.
Prom Tulsequah: H. Cox.
From Pelican: Mrs. Henry Mu
seth.
From Excursion Inle‘: Leon Ag
caoili.
Then of course, in the cast, is the
only girl, Denise Darsel, with the
big blue eyes and a charm dis
tinctively all her own.
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TrainmenWalk
Out in Demand
OverPay,Hours;
WASHINGTON —Oft— Trainmen
walked out in three key terminals
today, and President Truman call
ed on his top labor adviser to make
another effort to head off a na
tionwide railroad strike.
He ordered John R. Steelman,
Presidential assistant, to get re
presentatives of the railroads and
unions together in another attempt
to reach an agreement.
Charles G. Rose, Presidential se
cretary, said Mr. Truman then will
review the situation again before
deciding what to do next.
“If this fails," a reporter asked,
“isn't seizure the last resort?”
"You will have to draw your
own conclusions,” Ross said.
The President, Ross said, direct
ed Steelman to make “further ef
forts this afternoon to bring the
contending parties together to seek
an agreement.”
Five Day Strike
The country wide dispute is
over wages and hours. Today’s
strikes were called for five days.
Trainmen said the idea is to call
attention to the fact that the dis
pute has dragged on for almost a
year and a half without a de
cision.
Here is where the men went out:
In Louisville—250 switchmen on
the Kentucky and Indiana Termin
al Railroad left their Jobs. All of
the road’s 1,200 employees were idl
ed. A union official said the walk*
out was 100 effective.
In St. Paul—175 employees of
the Minnesota Transfer Railway
Company failed to report for the
6:30 a.m. (C8T) shift. The road
handles most of the switching of
freight cars in and throughout
the Minneapolis and St. Paul. The
line’s 450 workers are affected by
the strike.
In Cleveland—the River Terminal
Railway, owned by Republic Steel,
was shut down by 200 strikers. Em
ploying some 400 workers, the line
serves Republic’s big steel plants.
The steel company has laid off 1,500
of its 7,000 workers.
The trainmen and conductors,
asking for a 40-hour week without
loss in the present 48-hour pay for
those in yard service have insisted
that the President take over the
nation’s major lines under an act
of 1916. The strike is scheduled
to spread tomorrow to two steel
and coal hauling short line rail
roads.
EVIDENCE SENT
TO UN PROVING
RUSS GAVE AID
WITH U.S. 25TH DIVISION IN
KOREA, Aug. 21—(Delayed)—Hf>—
Infantrymen of the 35th Regiment
have' captured a brand new 1950
model Russian machinegun. ft was
turned over to the United Nations
front line team.
It will be flown to Lake Success,
New York, as more evidence against
Soviet Representative Jakob A.
Malik’s claim that the Soviet Union
has given no military equipment
to North Korean since 1948.
MEN CHARGED WITH
ILLEGAL SEINING IN
EAGLE RIVER MOUTH
Five Angoon residents were under
$1,000 appeal bond each today fol
lowing a hearing last Friday in
which they were found guilty of
seining in the mouth of Eagle River.
The men were tried by U.S. Com
missioner Gordon Gray.
Cyrus E. Pack was fined $250,
and Andrew Wanamaker, George \
Hobson, John Williams Jr. and Al
bert Paddy were fined $100 each by
the commissioner.
Clarence E. Matson, law enforce- J
ment agent for the Fish and Wild
life Service, arrested the group last
week when they had set a seine in
side the 500-yard limit prescribed
by law.
The stream does not have mark
ers such as many river in the area
have during the seining season, and
some difficulty was admitted by of
ficials in determining where the
salt water meets the fresh.
Flames Destroy Packard
Marina; Failing Embers
Start 7 Minor Roof Fires
Flames and heavy smoke billowed
into the clear afternoon sky yester
day as fire swept through the Pack
ard Marina on Willoughby Avenue,
leaving it a charred and gutted ruin.
Two nearby buildings escaped
serious damage as members of the
Juneau Fire Department and vol
unteer fire-fighters faced intense
heat to confine the flames to the
Packard Boat shop.
At least seven other minor roof
fires resulted from the Packard
Marina blaze, which scattered hot
embers on roofs a quarter of a mile
away.
Damage to the Marina and the
building which housed it was esti
mated at approximately $60,000 by
R. E. Packard, operator of the boat
shop.
Floyd Fagerson, who owned the
building in partnership with J. V.
Cole, would make no estimate of the
loss. He described it as "tremen
dous.”
Packard said damage to the shop
was only partly covered by insur
ance. The Marina had been moved
to new quarters in the building July
1, and a new show room had been
completed Friday, he said.
Began Suddenly
The fire, which apparently began
suddenly in the rear of the shop,
was discovered shortly before 1 p.m.,
and two 2-3 alarms were funded in
quick succession.
First alarm was turned in by Fire
Chief A. Minard Mill who was pass
ing and saw flames and smoke
burst from the building.
Alaska Coastal Airline employees
ran a hose to the scene and were
playing water on the flames when
the first fire truck arrived a short
time after the first alarm was
sounded.
The fire, driven by a light breeze
off Gastineau Channel, laid a pall |
of smoke over Willoughby Avenue,
hampering the fire fighters. Two
minutes after the second alarm was
sounded, a dull explosion in the,
rear of the shop shot flames 50 feet
high.
Firemen faced the fierce heat of
the fire to haul two transfer com
pany trucks, one of them an oil
tanker, from a garage in the blazing
building.
Meanwhile, Alaska Coastal Air
lines mechanics climbed on the west
end of the wharf from small boats
in an effort to drag the fuselage of
a Grumman Goose to safety. Heat
drove them back to their boats.
The tug Trojan, owned by the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany, aided in fighting the flames.
The tug was in action at the Juneau
Spruce Corporation mill fire just a
year ago.
Two men, Danny Anderson and
Roy Connors, suffered blisters on j
their faces as they played water on j
the roof of the Overby residence, 44
Willoughby Avenue, one of the
buildings endangered by the fire.
Volunteers Help
A chain of volunteers cleared the
Overby residence and Crocks Boat
Shop, on the north side of the burn
ing building, of all movable prop
erty, including the bathroom sink
in the Overby home.
Two apartments in the burning!
buildings' were gutted. Russ Magill,
who occupied one of them, rushed
from the airport when he heard of
the fire. He said all his personal
property was destroyed. The other
apartment was occupied by Packard.
A short time before the Marina
fire was brought under control, a
2-6 alarm was sounded and a de
tachment of firemen rushed to the
Mugup Cafe on Third Street to ex
tinguish a roof fire apparently
caused by flying embers. A second
roof fire at 210 Main Street was
discovered at the same time.
Other smaU roof fires were re
ported to have been started on the
roofs of Percy’s Cafe on Front
Street and the Brunswick Rooms on
Ferry Way. Neither blaze did serious
damage, according to reports.
Residents ol houses on the hill
overlooking the smoking Marina
climbed to their roofs and wet down
with garden hoses.
An estimated 1,000 spectators
crowded the area near the fire and
were moved back when power lines,
heated by the blaze, threatened to
drop.
Mermaid Stares at Blaze
Throughout the time the fire was
blazing, a mermaid painted on the
1
over her shoulder at the flames and
front wall of the Marina, stared
smoke.
Five boats in the shop were par
tially destroyed. One was partly
covered by insurance, according to
Packard. Alaska Coastal Airlines of
ficials said their aircraft's fuselage
escaped serious damage.
Small fires were extinguished on
the roofs of Crock’s boat shop and
the house at 55 Willoughby Avenue,
across the street from the Marina.
Fast work by firemen prevented the
blazes from doing serious damage.
Spectators could be heard remark
ing on the excellent work of the
Juneau Fire Department in confin
ing the Marina fire to the one build
ing.
The fire appeared to be complet
: ely under control 45 minutes after
the first alarm. A sudden burst of
flame shot skyward 10 minutes later,
but was immediately stopped by
| four streams of water.
| At 2:30 p.m. spectators had
cleared from the area, leaving the
fire-fighters to play water on the
smoking remains of the building.
The tired firemen were called out
at 5:20 p.m. by a 2-4 alarm to extin
guish a roof fire at 123 Front Street.
Firemen said the blaze was appar
ently caused by flying embers from
the Marina fire earlier in the after
noon.
A hole was burned in the roof and
the interior of the building suffered
some water damage.
Fire Chief A. Minard Mill today
commended the efforts of residents
who had used garden hoses to pro
tect their roofs from falling embers.
“It’s a wise thing to do in case of
a major fire,” he said.
AMBASSADOR FROM
KOREA EXPRESSES
HOPES FOR PEACE
LENOX, Mass—lift—Korea's am
bassador to the United States says
he hopes and expects his severed
country again will be one state af
ter 'the invading armies are smash
ed and destroyed."
Dr. John M. Chang said yester
day that "it is our full hope and
expectation that the United Nations
will proceed to restore ‘peace alid
security' in the whole nation.”
"It is expected that the EvCr
white Mountains, which mark our
traditional boundary with Manchu
ria, will be restored as the north
ern limit of our nation,” he de
clared.
Dr. Chang added that he ex
pects the UN will hold an election
in North Korea to fill 100 National
Assembly seats held open for the
northerners in the recent South
Korean elections.
War Correspondents
Have Difficulty
In Sending News Out
TOKYO, Aug. 21—W)—War news
dribbled out of Korea today in
slightly heavier voliime than in the
last two days when it was cut to a
trickle.
The blackout began when the U.S.
Eighth Army removed all press tele
phones and teletypes from advanced
headquarters.
It said it had informed corre
spondents:
"It would be advisable to file all
copy at Pusan rather than at Taegu
in view of reduced communication
facilities incident to new require
ments of military purpose and the
possibility that communications
might be interrupted between Taegu
and Japan.”
The announcement made no fur
ther explanation.
Correspondents were cut to 60
words each daily for relay to Tokyo
from advanced headquarters.
Associated Press Correspondent
Leif Erickson at headquarters said
the Army had offered a maximum
of 2,000 words teletype transmission
from Taegu “on a pooled basis” and
correspondents could use courier
planes.
The 30 correspondents at head
quarters turned down the pool offer
as unworkable.
I
1,500 British
Troops Ready
To Enter Korea
Preparations Under Way
to Hit Soviet Aggres
sion on Two Fronts
HONCr KONG, Aug. 21—(if)—The
Allies are going to get more help
soon in the form of two crack
British battalions of the Argyle
and Sutherland Highlanders and
the Middlesex Regiment, who are
packing in Hong Kong to join CN
forces in Korea. Their strength is
estimated at 1,500 men. In Aus
tralia it was announced that Brit
ish, New Zealand and Australian
forces in Korea would grouped In
to a British commonwealth lorce.
Chinese Reds Talk
In Peiping, Red Chinese Premier
Chou en-Lai declared the "Kor
ean question can and fnust be
solved peacefully." The Communist
New China News Agency said he
proposed that Red China be seated
in the UN and that talks then be
gin on the Korean situation, with
North Koreans represented. This
is the same as the Russian pro
posal in the UN.
India's Prime Minister Nehru
weighed whether to go to Peiping
to talk to the Chinese Communists
about prospects for peace in Korea,
or to go to Lake Success to place
before the UN Assembly his propo
sal to let the small-nation members
of the Security Council try to
work out a peace formula.
Ask Truman f or Statement
In Washington, Republicans ex
erted pressure for a statement by
Mr. TrUman on # overall objec
tives in the Korean war as well as
the cold war against Communism
everywhere.
The Truman Administration will
drive ahead on two fronts to speed
up Western rearmament to meet
threats of Soviet aggressian. Secre
tary of State Acheson will appear
this week before the Senate Ap
propriations Committee to press for
immediate approval of an emer
gency four billion dollar foreign
arms fund to strengthen U.S. Allies
in Europe, the Middle East and the
Far East. In London American and
other North Atlantic Pact Treaty
representatives meet tomorrow.
British Offer New Plan
Britain's Labor Party has outlined
a new world plan of mutual aid
designed to succeed the Marshall
Plan. The proposal, in effect an ex
tension of President Truman’s
Point Four program, would have
Britain, the U.S. and other free
Western nations contribute to a
mutual aid plan for world economic
development—an attack on poverty
as a Communist weapon.
Ih Rangoon, Burma, the U. 9.
Embassy took a “serious" view of
the arrest by the Burmese Govern
ment-of Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave,
famed American doctor who spent
a lifetime caring for Burma’s sick.
He is held on suspicion of aiding
the Karen rebels who are fighting
for an independent state. Officials
said no charges have been placed
as yet. Seagrave is the author of
"Burma Surgeon."
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a AUGUST 22 a
a Low tide 3:02 a.m., 1.6 ft. a
a High tide 9:45 a.m., 11.2 ft. a
a Low tide 3:01 p.m., 6.2 ft. a
a High tide 9:19 p.m., 14.7 ft. a
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a WEATHER REPORT a
a a
a In Juneau—Maximum, 76; a
a minimum, 51. a
a At Airport—Maximum, 76; a
a minimum, 45. a
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a FORECAST a
a (Joneeu and Vicinity) a
a Fair tonight and Tuesday, a
a Lowest temperature tonight a
a about 50 degrees. Highest a
a Tuesday near 73. •
a PRECIPITATION a
a (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today a
• City of Juneau — None; a
a since August 1—1.14 inches; a
a since July 1—11.07 inches. a
a At Airport — None; a
a since August 1—0.85 inches; •
a since July 1—7.89 inches. a
I.
Enemy Buildup Continues
On Twin Front Despite
Blasting; 'Deadline' Near
(By the Associated Press)
United Nations Headquarters
placed Red losses in Korea at 11.000
men in the last three days from
slashing Allied air and ground at
tacks, but the Communists con
tinued building up strength today
1 on both the northern and extreme
| southern fronts, possibly for twin
full-scale offensives.
With only 10 days to go to carry
out the Red Korean government’s
order to throw the Allies into the
sea by the end of August, the Com
munists renewed a buildup on their
side of the Naktong river near
Waegwan, 12 miles northwest of
Taegu and just out of range of the
U.S. First Cavalry Division's prob
ing guns.
At the same time, Qen. Mac
Arthur’s headquarters said, a big
buildup of forces was going on on
the extreme southern front near
Chinju, the Reds’ southern base.
Fifth Air Force pilots said this was
a "terrific attempt” to build up for
an offensive—a major drive against
Pusan, the United Nations’ last
ditch supply port.
Air Power Turns Reds
But the Communists were thrown
off balance, largely through Allied
air power, which a headquarters of
ficer said might have hurt the Reds
far more than had been imagined.
Heavy Communist casualties were
reported by an Allied spokesman in
the knocking out of two Communist
ships loaded with troops and am
munition off southwest Korea by
South Korean naval forces. One of
the Red ships was reported sunk.,
the other damaged.
South Korean Marines advanced
from their peninsular beachhead in
the south, capturing Tongyong, 30
miles southwest of Chinju, and ad
vancing northward with heavy cas
ualties to the enemy. The Marines
had landed on the peninsula behind
enemy lines.
News from advance Korea head
quarters was cut to a mere trickle by
orders restricting use of facilities
for correspondents. The Army ad
vised them to file their copy at
Pusan “rather than at Taegu, in
view of reduced communication fa
cilities incident to new requirements
of military purposes.”
Back in One Sector
The Allies gave ground only In
one sector—a two-mile withdrawal
north of Taegu on the central
front. Here a Red attack was broken
up when artillery, possibly for the
first time in any war serving as a
spotter for planes, lit up the sky
with flares so that fighter-bombers
could go into action. The planes
were believed to have broken the
back of an attack on the crack U.S.
27th Infantry Regiment.
On the ground in this sector, the
Infantry beat back a counterattack,
and this morning a patrol found
five Red tanks destroyed, two self
propelled guns, a troop carrier and
three trucks knocked out by artill
ery, mortars and rocket fire. The
Red 15th, 13th and 3rd Divisions are
believed preparing for a d-ive in
this sector.
On the southern front, a scream- <
ing charge by 1.500 Communists
drove U.8. Negro Infantrymen off
Battle Mountain, a strongpoint less
than two miles southwest of Ha
man, 20 miles east of Chinju. It
.dominates other U.S. positions in
tjne sector, and has changed hands
four times in three days of bloody
fighting.
See-Saw Fight
The Reds were reported making
hit-and-run attacks in the south
on the U.S. 25th Division. The
American 35th Regiment held fast
in the face of an assault by an
enemy regiment. The U.S. 24th Re
giment, forced back about 500 yards,
later retook the ground. But the big
enemy buildup in the south still
was out of range of U.S. artillery.
A third Red buildup was reported
in the eastern sector of the battle
area, where South Koreans have
pushed north of the Kigye-Pohang
line in an offensive which the
South Koreans said cost the Reds
heavily.
In fighting over the weekend all
along the 120-mile battle line, the
Reds lost nearly 2,000 men on the
south. 6,000 on the central fronts
and the balance on the eastern sec
tor. Allied reports said.
In the air. Allied planes made 200
j individual flights up to midafter
noon Monday in support of ground
troops on all sectors, and reported
inflicting casualties and damage.
Strikes also were made in the north
at Inchon, Seoul's port, and Kimpo,
and its airfield. A train of 37 box
cars was fired at Chlnju in central
Korea.
Destroy 77 Locomotives
Navy carrier pilots flew 198 sorties
yesterday and reported destruction
I of 77 locomotives, shortage of which
! already has been causing the Reds
to use oxen and human power to
move boxcars.
B-29 bombers Sunday dropped 80
tons of bombs on rallyards two miles
from the heart of Pyongyang. Red
North Korean capital.
Gen. MacArthur warned North
Korean Premier Kim 11 Sung he
would hold him personally respon
sible for any more atrocities such
as the massacre of U.S. prisoners
of war last week by North Koreans.
MacArthur conferred with Gen.
J. Lawton Collins and Adm. Forrest
P. Sherman, top Army and Navy
chiefs, who arrived in "Tokyo Mon
day morning.
(By the Associated Press)
Communist casualties soared to
day, possibly hitting 15,000 for three
days of Korean fighting, after futile
Red attempts to crack the United
Nations defense lines were thrown
back on all fronts by lashing Allied
air and ground attacks.
The Reds massed new buildups
for possible offensives — on the
i northern end of the central front,
on the- southern Rad. anchor and on
the east. Where South Koreans re
ported giving them a drubbing.
Tokyo headquarters said Com
munist casualties along the entire
front for Friday and Saturday alone
at 10,092, mostly in dead. This did
not include all of the 3,500 Reds
reported wiped out after they in
filtrated defense lines north of
Taegu, the main VS. advance base.
The North Korean radio, its tune
sharply changed, announced that
Americans and South Koreans were
"heavily counterattacking on all
sectors.” Such a broadcast could be
aimed at paving the way propa
gandawi.se for further Red with
drawals.
The enemy high command's morn
ing communique did not picture the
Allies as counterattacking, but
spoke gloomily of American and
South Korean forces offering “vio
lent resistance,” with “strong sup
port from'alrcraft, tanks and artil
lery.” This respect for American
power was lacking in previous com
muniques, which had been picturing
the "people’s army" continuing pres
sure and victories on all fronts.
Christine Halvorsen
On Selling Trip
Through Alaska
A trip to Alaska is a trip home
for Christine Halvorsen who owned
Halvorsen’s, an exclusive shop for
women, in Juneau before she sold
out about ten years ago.
Miss Halvorsen, who arrived in
town on the Aleutian early this
morning Is on a selling trip through
Alaska. She has completed visits
to Anchorage and Fairbanks and
will remain in Juneau until the
Alaska sails south Friday. She is
at the Baranof Hotel.
60 MPH NETS $25 FINE
Erling L. Martinsop was fined
$25 this morning by U. S. Com
missioner Gordon Gray after
pleading guilty to a charge at
I speeding on the Glacier Highway.
Martinson was arrested by Sergt.
John Monagle of the Highway Pa
trol and charged with speeding 61
miles an houiv
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 — Closing
quotations of Alaska Juneau mind
stock today is 2%, Anaconda 344,
Curtiss-Wright 10Vi, International
Harvester 30%, Kennecott 64%, New
York Central 144, Northern Pa
! cific 17%, U.S. Steel 37%. Pound
$2,804.
Sales today were 1,840,000 shares.
Averages today were: industrials
220.21, rails 63.09, utilities 37.49.