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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,677
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Allied Forces Brace Up New Defense Line
SENATE VOTES
RENT CONTROL
FOR 60 DAYS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—UPI—'The
Senate voted today to keep Federal
rent controls in force for 60 days
after the end of this year.
The vote was 55 to 28.
Pending in the House is a bill j
to continue them for the first
90 days of 1951, or until March 31. '
A House vote is expected later in j
the day.
House and Senate will have to j
get together on a bill or the con- j
trols will end in many cities on j
Dec. 31.
The present law, enacted last:
June, provides for Federal rent |
ceiling to be dropped at the end .
of this month except in commun- j
ities which vote to extend them j
until next June 30.
HISS CONVICTION i
UPHELD BY COURT
APPEALS TODAY
NEW YORK, Dec. 7—(/Pt-Con
viction of Alger Hiss, former high
State Department official, on a
charge of perjury was unanimously
upheld today by the U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals.
The lanky, 46-year-old Hiss was
convicted last January of lying
when he denied slipping govern
ment secrets to Whittaker Cham
bers, courier for a pre-war Soviet
spy ring.
Hiss was sentenced to five years
in prison, but has been free on
$10,000 bail pending appeal.
SENTENCE OF 25
YEARS DEMANDED
FOR HARRY GOLD
—
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 7—'The !
government today demanded a pri- j
. son sentence of 25 years for con
fessed atomic spy courier Harry
Gold, and sentence was delayed
until Saturday morning to permit
“reflection” by U.S. District Judge
James P. McGranery.
The delay surprised the crowd
jamming the court room. Gold re
ceived it without visible emotion,
and later was led back to his prison
U.S. Attorney Gerald *A^<!!fKB
said his recommendation for the 25
year term had the approval of At
torney General Howard McGrath.
And he charged that Gold, in help
ing deliver U.S. atomic and indus
trial secrets to Soviet Russia, had
acted “in contempt of the authority
of the United States.”
FROM ANNETTE
William C. Hester, with the CAA
at Annette, is registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Copyrtiht |?EAKSON1*’ *
^f^ASHINGTON—It’s Just dawn
ing on Senators and Representa
tives that the State of Georgia
will have a headlock on Congres
sional policy next year. This is the
way it lines up:
Sen. Walter George, elder states
man of southern conservatives, will
completely dominate the tax-mak
ing Senate Finance Committee. The
administration^ thief spokesman
on the committee, Scott Lucas, was
defeated.
Sen. Dick Russell, also of Georgia
and the master-mind of the south- J
ern Democrat-Republican coalition,
will hold the balance of power on
most issues. Through his friendship
with • Tait, he can throw enough
votes either way to defeat or pass
key measures. Also, Russell will
succeed the defeated Millard Tyd
ings as chairman of the powerful
Armed Services Committee.
Rep. Carl Vinson of Milledgeville,
Ga., known in the 'Pentagon as
“Mr. Defense,” will rule the mili
tary roost in partnership with Rus
sell, as chairman of the House Arm
ed Services Committee, Vinson fre
quently clashed with Tydings, but
iContinued on Page Four)
Acheson Case
Up lo Gopers
WASHINGTON. Dec. '7 — UP) —
Republican Senate leaders decided
today to let all GOP Senators pass
upon a formal request “for the re
signation or replacement of Secre
tary of State Acheson.”
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), chairman,
told reporters this was the deci
sion of the Senate GOP Policy
Committee.
Taft said the 11-member Policy
Committee, after an hour and a
hall closed-door session, took no
direct action itself.
Instead it agreed to call a con
ference of all 43 Republican Sena
tors early next week, probably
Tuesday, for a discussion of the
oust-Acheson move as well as the
broader subject of foreign and mili
tary policies.
Even if the Republican Senators
agreed to back the demand, there is
no assurance it would be met. Presi
dent Truman has said repeatedly
he has no intention of letting
Acheson go.
KEEP TOURIST ASSN.
OUT OF POLITICS SAYS
CARTER TO CHAMBER
Election of six board members
for the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce will take place December 14.
Nominations were closed at a regu
lar meeting today with the follow
ing having been named: Herbert
Rowland, Franz Nagel, Dr. Clayton
Polley, O. F. Benecke, Jack Bur
ford, F. O. Eastaugh, Henry Green,
Robert Cowling, Alva Blackerby,
Herman Beyer, and Joe Werner.
The outgoing president automatic
ally becomes a board member, mak
ing a total of seven.
Charles W. Carter, chairman of
the tourist committee, gave a report
on its activities and a review of
events leading up to the formation
of an Alaska Visitors Association.
He gave credit to the Alaska De
velopment Board for “taking the
ball and doing a good job.”
Warned Carter, “It is my personal
opinion that this must be kept out
of politics or it is a dead duck right
now. It must an all-Alaska effort
with everybody contributing some
thing.”
Dr. John Clements reported that
the Chamber would furnish cash
aw'ards for the best Christmas deco
rated window displays, that it was
hoped to obtain at least five mer
chandize prizes for the best deco
rated residences and that judges
would be appointed soon.
A letter from Senator Wayne
Morse of Oregon was read in regard
to his Alaska trip and the Interior
Department’s reservation policy.
Wrote Morse, “I had my executive
assistant gather some material on
this problem. Although I am not en
tirely familiar with all the facts, it
does appear to me that the Depart
ment’s reservation policy is subject
to serious question and I intend to
look into this matter as the occa
sion arises.”
A reply was read from A. D.
Lawrence, General Superintendent
of the Railway Mail Service, in re
sponse to a telegram from the Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce sent
November 30. protesting the dele
tion of Pelican from the mail boat
run. Lawrence wrote that the route
had not been shortened to end at
Elfin Cove as erroneously reported
and that requests had been received
from three more stops on this route.
He stated that all classes of mail
were being flown to Pelican now.
Guests were: W. I. Martin, dis
trict sales manager of Union Oil
Co., Seattle; T. P. Hansen, district
representative Union Oil Co., Ket
chikan; R. L. Wood, of the Black
Manufacturing Co., Anchorage; and
Gordon Smith, of Lions Interna
tional, Seattle.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive from Skagway at 10 o'clock to
morrow forenoon and sails south at
1 p.m.
Baranof from west, scheduled to
arrive Sunday southbound.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle Friday.
TANKER IN PORT
The Standard Oil tanker. Alaska
Standard, docked this morning at
the company’s dock on a routine
delivery trip. Scheduled time of de
parture is at 1 this afternoon.
SKA6WAY SHOW
TROUPE COMES
HERE TOMORROW
A welcome invasion of Skagway
Elks and Emblem Club members
will take over Juneau for the week
end.
There will be fourteen in the
group—all talented entertainers in
the Emblem Club show troop.
Their four or five shows will
have three public showings as well
as the Elks' big event Saturday
night in the Elks’ Hall.
The fourteen, who will arrive on
the Princess Louise Friday morning
at 10 o’clock will be Juanita Stev
enson, Lea Moe, Mary Hoyt, Linda
Bigrfam, Adell McGuane, Virginia
Steffen, Bea O’Daniels, Jackie Budd,
Bunny Cooper, Bill Bigham, Erv
Fairbanks, Bud Blanchard, Dinty
Sipprell and Exalted Ruler Larry
McGuane.
These are the members of the Elks
and Emblem clubs who are in the
cast of the Cowboy and Cowgirl act;
a Days of ’98 show with Floradora
Girls and Singing Bartenders; a
Variety Show and an Hawaiian
act.
The public appearances will begin
at the Baranof Bubble Room at
10:30 p.m. Friday when the Skag
way people will put on the Cowgirl
and Cowboy act. Those Elks who
saw it in Skagway six weeks ago can
guarantee that it is good and tal
ented entertainment.
Next presentation of the Emblem
Players will be at the Elks dance
‘Saturday night, when the cowgirls
and cowboys will have become
Floradora girls and singing bartend
ers. Part of this act will be the
Kangaroo Court and ’’The Shooting
of Dan McGrew.” that has become
famous as a Skagway tourist pre
sentation during the summer
months. For this the role of "The
guy that handles the music box”
will be played by Earle Hunter.
There will be an after midnight
show at Mike’s in Douglas. A Va
riety Act, the Skagwayites are
scheduled for a 1:30 a.m. showing
at Mike's.
And Sunday afternoon the Ha
waiian Act will be presented in the
Bubble Room by Baranof manager
James O’Brien.
Elks will entertain the visiting
Skagwayites at a cocktail party
and buffet supper Saturday night
preceding the dance—which will be
gin at 9 o’clock on the dot to give
time for the program planned.
Again Sunday, following the
Bubble Room show, a no-host din
ner, with the Skagway visitors as
guests is planned by the Elks.
In the meantime, the Elks Kan
garoo Court will be in session over
the weekend with Dishonorable
Judge Pat Carroll in charge. Earle
Hunter, Wallis George, Harold Fen
nell and Pat Carroll will call on Elk
business men and government
workers around town to check up
on those whiskers they have been
growing for the last few weeks.
Marian Hedges — Mrs. Arthur
Hedges, in charge of a committee
of women, those who were in Skag
way for the Elks dedication cere
monies six weeks ago, is making
arrangements for the buffet dinner
at the Elks club Saturday night be
fore the dance. Assisting her will be
Mesdames Howard Simmons, Wil
liam Biggs. Wallis George, Mike
Pusich, Leonard Holmquist, Pat
Carroll, Arthur Adams. Helen Mon
sen, Vic Power, Clayton Polley,
A. W. Stewart, Mike Monagle,
Dewey Baker, C. W. Rudolph and
Gene Vuille.
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• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 38; •
• minimum, 31. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 36; •
• minimum, 28. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Cloudy with mixed rain and •
• snow tonight becoming inter- •
• mittent light snow Friday. •
• slightly colder with lowest •
• temperature tonight near 28 •
• degrees and highest Friday •
• about 34. •
• •
• precipitation •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7 JO a.m. today •
• City of Juneau—0.58 inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 1.34 inches; •
• since July 1—34.58 inches. •
• At Airport — 0.18 Inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 1.15 inches; •
• since July 1—24.27 inches. •
• ••••••••••
(EASE - FIRE
PROPOSAL TO
(HINA REDS
Intervention in Korea Dis
cussed, No Good Re
sults, United Nations
LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 7— Wl —
Prance led a western power move
in the United Nations today (or top
priority consideration of Commun
ist China’s intervention in Korea.
Russia immediately opposed the
move.
The clash took place in the Gen
eral Assembly's 60-nation political
committee. Jean Chauvel, French
Delegate, said Chinese participation
in the Korean fighting is a grave
question that affects the peace of
the whole world. He said it should
take precedence over all other items
before the committee.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky said Chauvel's demand
was "most unprecedented.” He ar
gued that the committee must con
tinue with debate on Russia’s
charges of American aggression
against Formosa.
While the procedural wrangle tied
up the committee, UN diplomats
anxiously awaited word from Peip
ing whether the Chinese Reds are
ready to accept any of the several
pleas for a cease-fire. India’s Sir
Benegal N. Rau, one of the leaders
in the peace efforts, said this morn
ing he still has received no reply
from Chisese Communist envoy Wu
hsiu-Chuan.
Rau conferred privately with Wu
twice last weekend and submitted
to him some proposals.
OKE1I DEBATE BED ISSUE
LAKE SUCCESS. Dec. 7—(A’l—
Despite vigorous Soviet opposition,
the UN political committee decid
ed today to give top priority to de
bate on a six-power demand for the
withdrawal of Chinese Communists
from Korea.
The vote was 42 to 5 (Soviet
bloc).
Russia’s Andrei Y. Vishinsky told
the committee “the American in
tervention in Korea is the crux of
the third world war and it must be
halted to avert it.”
The Soviet Foreign Minister to 1C
the 60-nation political committee he
wished to “lodge a determined pro
test” against the vote.
Before he spoke, another Com
munist delegate, Vavro Hadju of
Czechoslovakia, 6aid any demand
for the Chinese Reds to withdraw
would have only "platonic value”
within a few days because of the
rapid retreat of the UN forces.
DEMONSTRATION ON
CHRISTMAS GIFTS IS
SCHEDULED FRI. AFT.,
Miss Hallene Price, Home De
monstration agent, will give a de
monstration showing Christmas
gifts and decorations at the City
Hall Friday afternoon at 1:30. In
addition to the Christmas ideas,
Miss Price wishes to discuss plailif
for other projects which have been
requested.
To date, these requests Include
tailoring, techniques of sewing, care
and use of the sewing machine and
attachments, furniture repair and
upholstery and party refreshment*'
These projects will be scheduled I
after the holidays but Miss Price j
would like to know the interest in \
these or other subjects.. Anyone un- j
able to attend the Friday meeting i
may call phone 883 or write Miss
Price indicating interest in the •
projects.
BOB McCRONE RETURNS
HERE BRINGING BRIDE
Bob McCrone, engineering aide
with the Bureau of Public Roads
here for the past two years, re
turned Tuesday on the Princess
Louise from a vacation at his home
in Dover, N. H„ bringing his bride
with him.
He was married to Patricia Walk
er of Grantham, N.H. at Dover on
October 26. She was graduated
from the University of New Hamp
shire last June with a major in
social service.
The young couple plan to make
their home here. At present they
are living at the Gastineau Hotel.
JUST TALKS
BY ATTLEE
AND TRUMAN
No 'Appeasement' in Kor
ean Situation with
Commies of China
j WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — —
| President Truman and Prime Min
ister Attlee appeared ready today
to consider any reasonable pro
posal for a Korean settlement if it
does not call for "appeasement” of
the Chinese Communists.
At the same time officials here
disavowed any real optimism over
the prospects for acceptance by
Red China of an appeal by 13 peace
seeking Asian countries for the
Communists to cease fire and nego
tiate a settlement.
Attlee’s ideas as to what would
be a reasonable proposal for a settle
ment presumably were sought at a
forenoon conference he had with
Madame Vljaya Lakshmi Pandit,
the Indian Ambassador.
They talked for about 30 minutes
at the British Embassy. Reporters
were told they discussed Korea and
the possibility of a settlement, but
the Embassy would give no further
information.
India has been active in trying
to promote negotiation of the Ko
rean problems.
Conference Continues
The White House announced the
Truman-Attlee conferences will
continue at least through tomorrow.
Stephen T. Early, acting Presiden
tial Secretary, said it was impossible
to say at this time whether they
might extend beyond Friday.
As the Anglo-American talks en
tered their fourth day (3:30 p.m.,
EST) the President and Prime
Minister were concentrating on
plans for- a speedup in western
European rearmament with the
prospect that Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower can be named as Supreme
Commander in a week or 10 days.
Korean Situation
But the critical Korean situation
continued to overshadow the Wash
ington conference.
They were reported to have
reached an understanding on the
limits beyond which they would not
go in negotiating a settlement.
The position may be roughly
summarized as one of favoring
peace but not at any price. On the
part of the American government
there is a firm decision against any
voluntary withdrawal of forces in
the face of Chinese Communist
pressure. But if the U.N. troops
cannot hold on at some point and
if the Communists will not make
a settlement an enforced withdrawal
would be the only alternative.
COMMUNITY SING,
CHRISTMAS TREE,
PLANNED BY JWC
.
At the business meeting of the
Juneau Woman’s Club, held Wed
nesday afternoon in the AELP Co.
penthouse, plans were made for the
Christmas community sing and tree
which is annually sponsored by the
clubwomen.
The City of Juneau will again
place the big tree on the corner of
Seward and Front Streets, and the
JWC will furnish the lights and
make the incidental arrangements.
Lt. Steinig of the Salvation Army
will lead the singing. Various or
ganizations, including the Girl
Scouts, will be asked to co-operate
and all Juneaultes who can possibly
spare an hour from the cares of
the day are urged to attend this
community celebration. The time
selected is 4 o’clock, December 23.
In addition to routine business
transacted at Wednesday’s meeting,
Mrs. John Griffin was appointed
chairman of a committee to select
gifts for the permanent patients in
the two hospitals. Mrs. Pat Car
roll will contact members not pre
sent Ih regard to a special club
project and Mrs. Ray Day will make
arrangements for a rummage sale to
be held in January.
Mrs. E. P. Chester, Mrs. Ray Day
and Mrs. L. E. Evans were elected
to the Building Board to serve with
the three hold-over members. Miss
Ann Coleman, Mrs. Mildred R.
Hermann and Mrs. C. E. Warfield.
Georgia leads in U. S. water
melon production.
SLIM CHANCE FOR
STATEHOOD VOTE
DECLARES LUCAS
WASHINGTON, Dec, 7 — <i—
Senate Majority Leader Lucas (D
111) declares that, so long as Senate
rules permit a filibuster, ‘there is
no possible chance of voting on
the Alaska statehood bill at this
session.”
Lucas made the observation in
response to an inquiry by Senator
O’Mahoney (D-Wyo), as to the pos
sibility of further consideration of
the statehood bill.
Lucas said the rent control bill
will be followed by an attempt to
j take up the railroad labor bill. Then
| he said, “some emergency legisla
tion dealing with the Korean situ
ation" will have the right of way.
"I should like to take up for con
sideration the Alaska statehood
bill,” Lucas said. “I should do so
in preference to the railway labor
bill if I thought there was the
slightest chance of passing the
statehood bill."
Lucas added:
“If such (Korean) legislation
comes before us, I presume we will
have to give it our attention in
preference to a motion to consider
the Alaska statehood bill.”
FUNDS RESTORED
FOR SPRING WORK
ON ARC HIGHWAYS
Spring operations on the Alaska
Road Commission’s highways next
season is now assured with the ad
vices received today by Col. John
R. Noyes, Road Commissioner, from
Washington, that $800,000 has been
allowed by the Bureau of the Bud
get, from funds amounting to $1,
100,000 previously withdrawn from
the 1951 fiscal year appropriations.
Restoration of the funds was re
quested by the Road Commission
and the Interior Department in view
of the fact that the amount with
drawn was the fund reserved for
the early seasonal operations.
The withdrawal of $1,100,000 from
the Alaska Road Commission ap
propriation was included in the
general withdrawal last October by
the Bureau of the Budget from ap
propriations to various agencies, in
paring government appropriations
in all non-defense activities.
While the Alaska Road Commis
sion is not a defense agency, Col.
Noyes pointed out that the work it
is doing is of primary importance
in Alaskan defense plans, which
fact Justified the restoring of funds
for spring operations.
Restoration of the $600,000 fund
will permit the start of normal op
eration in the spring on all active
road projects except the new Pax
son-McKinley Park road. Work on
this project will be curtailed as it
was included in the remaining por
tion of the funds withdrawn, Col.
Noyes said.
PENTHOUSE ON API.
BUHDING WILL BE
FINISHED ON DEC. 13
The Mendenhall Apartment
building Is now roofed off and the
first story is completed on the pent
house. said Ken Eskestrand, build
ing foreman for the Anderson Con
struction Company.
Work Is progressing fast enough
on the second story of the pent
house so that it will be completed
by Wednesday of next week. The
built up roofing for the entire
building will start upon completion
of the penthouse with weather per
mitting. Snow and cold weather
slowed construction about two weeks
but the building will be completed
on schedule by mid-June.
Machinery for the two elevators,
exhaust fans for apartments and
heating of the building will be in
stalled in the penthouse. The two
elevators and complete machinery
for them have arrived and elevator
installers arrive shortly after the
first of the year.
Some interior partitions are be
ing erected on the lower floors.
Plastering will start shortly after
the first of the year. Windows are
installed temporarily and will be
removed later for weatherstripping.
NIGHT FIRE CALL
The 2-6 fire call last night at
7.15 was for a small fire around
the chimney in the AF of L build
ing near the corner of Second and
Main .Little damage was reported.
BLOCKADE
RED (HINA
PROPOSED
Truman, His AdvisersNow
Taking Tough Line on
Korean Issue
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—liB—Pre
sident Truman and Prime Minister
Attlee today were reported serious
ly considering a blockade of the
Red China coast if United Nations
troops are long beleaguered or are
driven out of Korea.
The proposal was described by
diplomatic informants as one of
several ways considered for dealing
with the Chinese Communists ag
gression, depending on what actu
ally happens in the Korean fight
ing.
Negotiation of a settlement is
another possible way and the Pre
sident and Prime Minister are
ready to consider any Chinese peace
move provided it does not involve
"appeasement.”
In general, it appears that Mr.
Truman and his advisers are tak
ing a much tougher line than Attlee
on the Par East, both as to possible
negotiatlins or as to putting direct
pressure on the Chinese Reds out
side Korea.
Informed officials said that Se
cretary of State Acheson put for
ward the blockade proposal at the
secret Truman-Atttee meetings
which are now in the fourth day.
Attlee Cold
Attlee was described as cold to
the suggestion but willing to discuss
it.
What Attlee clearly would like
to get agreement on here—but
what he apparently has little or no
hope of obaining—is a course of
Anglo-American action aimed at
bringing the Par Eeastern crisis to
a close at the earliest possible mo
ment and by broad scale negotia
tion with the Chinese Reds if nec
essary.
President Truman is understood
to have made emphatically clear
to the British leader that the Uni
ted States will have no part of (1)
any "appeasement," which Attlee
himself has rejected, or (2) of any
Korean settlement which involves
bargaining on outside, non-Korean
issues—for example Red China's
desire for United Nations member
ship and for control over the Chin
ese Nationalist-held Island of For
mosa.
INDIAN CEREMONIAL
DANCES FOR LIBRARY
FUND GIVEN DEC. 16
A group of Indian ceremonial !
dances will be presented by the (
Alaska Native Brotherhood and
Sisterhood in the Juneau High
School gymnasium the evening of
December 16 at 8 for the Juneau
Memorial Library Fund.
A cast of approximately 50 will
give dances including interior In
dians banquet entertainment, spirit
dance, Tsimpshean dance, Towyot
dance as given by a tribe of Indians
from the state of Washington and a
peace dance as given by the Tlin- |
gets.
Tickets for the ceremonial dances, I
sponsored by the Rotary Club, go
on sale Friday at places to be an
nounced tomorrow.
SCOTTISH RITE REUNION
IS TO END TOMORROW
The Scottish Rite Reunion which j
has been in progress at the Temple
since Tuesday will be concluded
Friday evening with the conferring
of the 32nd degree, Master of the
Royal Secret, in f*t ceremonial
form. It will be preceded by a
banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday for all
candidates and members. This eve
ning the 30th degree. Knight Ka
dosh, will be conferred commencing
at 8 o’clock.
For the final ceremonies there
will be 14 candidates Including five
who made a special trip from Pet
ersburg to receive the degrees. It
was announced by the officers that
this session would conclude the
degree work for the ytf.r, with the
work starting again early nekt
spring.
SHOWDOWN
FIGHT NOW
WITH REDS
—
Tenth Corps Caught Deep
in Enemy Encircled
Mountain Terrain
(By the Associated Press)
Allied forces braced themselves
on a new defense line in hill country
25 miles south of Pyongyang today
and prepared for a showdown fight
with vanguards of a million-man
Chinese Communist army.
To the northeast. U.N. 10th Corps
troops fought fiercely in an attempt
to squeeze out of a Chinese trap in
the Changjin reservoir area. Enemy
surrounded Marines and Infantry
men are trying to reach Hungnan,
main northeast escape port for
Allied troops.
Garrison Evacuated
The American garrison has al
ready been evacuated from the only
other important northeast port,
Wonsan. A bombardment by three
U.S. destroyers and shore fire by
South Korean Marines covered the
pull-out.
The Eighth Army will try to stop
the Chinese Communist drive on its
new 70-mile line. 68 miles inside
North Korea. The line runs from the
port of Chinnampo east of Koksan
and is a defense in depth plugging
the main highways to Seoul, South
Korean capital.
The Eighth Army force on the de
fense line is something less than
i th« 110,000 man Lt. Oan. Walton
H. Walker had when he was forced
to retreat late in November.
Air Support
The Allies are depending on a
favorable mountain terrain and con
centrated air support to offset their
disadvantage in manpower. The
Communists are said to have an
army of 100,000 in this sector plus
80,000 more in reserve.
Should this line not hold, the
Allies could withdraw to stronger
mountain defenses 25 miles in
depth along the 38th parallel built
by the North Koreans in their
autumn retreat.
On the northeast battlefront in
Korea the U.N. Command faces the
perilous maneuver of extricating
elements of the 10th Corps caught
deep in enemy encircled mountain
terrain.
Bitter Battle
Marines and Doughboys fought
their way into Koto in a bitter battle
against heavy Chinese resistance
south of the Changjin reservoir. It
took 25 hours to batter their way
eight miles from Hagaru.
The Americans must now fight
their way from Koto through heavy
Communist concentrations to cover
the 40 miles of winding mountain
road southeast of Hamhung. Seven
Chinese divisions were deployed
along the road.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Dec. 7 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
96, American Tel. and Tel. 151 Vi.
Anaconda 36%, General Electric 47,
General Motors 45%,. Goodyear
59%. Kennecott 69%. Libby, McNeill
and Libby 8V6, Northern Pacific 28,
Standard Oil of California 79%,
Twentieth Century Fox 19'i, U.S.
Steel 39%, Pound *2.80%, Canadian
Exchange 95.37%.
Sales today were Ml0,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 225.94, rails 70.35. utilities
39.22.
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