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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,546
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1950
MKMRER ASSOCIATED TRKSS
PRICE TEN CENTS
American Infantry Position in Korea Trapped
STATEHOOD
HOPES DIM
IN SENATE
/
p —
August 1 Adjournment
Plans Cut Down Leg
' islative Program
WASHINGTON, July 5 — UT —
Senate ■ Democratic policy chiefs
agreed on a sharply reduced legis
* lative program today with the aim
of adjourning Congress by August
1—a program that dimmed pros
pects for action on Alaska state
hood.
Chairman Lucas (D-Ill.i told re
porters the policy committee had
agreed to:
1. Drive for a vote on the $28,
000,000,000, appropriations bill by
the end of next week.
, 2. Make another effort, also
next week, to bring the Pair Em
ployment Practices bill before the
Senate.
3. Dispose of a tax bill after the
appropriations measure is out ol |
the way. ,
Lucas said the adjournment plan
was subject to change if the Kor
ean situation should worsen.
“But we're still setting our sights
on adjournment — or recess — by
« August 1," Lucas said. y
The cut-down program may mean
tossing aside many pending bills
including measures for statehood
for Hawaii and Alaska and for
registration of all Communists and
Communist-front organizations.
RESIDENTS OF AREA
ON HIGHWAY TO ASK
TELEPHONE SERVICE
There will be a meeting Friday
evening, July 7, at 8 o’clock in the
* Standard Oil Building at the air
port of all property owners residing
within the boundaries from Maier’s
dairy to the Lemon Creek Plats.
The purpose of the meeting is
to discuss ways and means of ob
taining telephone service to the
area.
William Norton, of the Auk Bay
Rural Electrical Administration,
will be present to answer all
» questions pertaining to telephones.
Applications will also be taken of
subscribers for such service and
presentation will be made to the
ABREA for further action.
All property owners in the district
are cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
HERE FROM REDDING
Dave Miller, of Redding, Penn
sylvania, is a visitor in Juneau, reg
istered at Juneau Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
(Coprniht, i»vi. d> 8*11 syndicate. Ins.)
l^VSHINGTON—The main thing
» you have to remember about the
Korean imbroglio is that this is a
major lunge by Joe Stalin for what
he wants most—the teeming, ener
getic, and at the moment partially
Americanized islands lying . off the
Siberian coast, Japan.
History has shown that there is
no basic difference between the
Czarist planners in the Kremlin
and the Communist plotters in the
Kremlin. They all reached for the
same objectives.
The Czar, struggling for outlets
to the sea, conquered Finland, Lat
via, Lithuania, Estonia in order to
nail down his domination of the
Baltic Sea.
He started the Crimean war with
Turkey and Britain in order_ to
get a warm-water outlet through
the Dardanelles.
He yearned for the country now
r called Iran and an outlet on the
Indian Ocean through the Gulf of
Persia; though British politics and
the long, overland route across the
deserts made this not worth re
course to arms.
And in the Far East he fought
Japan in order to secure Korea and
the Liaotung Peninsula jutting
down into the warm waters of
the China Sea.
That war ended in defeat. Teddy
* Roosevelt, longtime friend of the
Japanese, intervened just as Japan
was nearing the exhaustion point;
and the Czar signed the treaty of
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Excise Tax
Cut Talk Is
Made, Snyder
WASHINGTON, July 5 — l/PI -
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
today gave a limited endorsement
to the House-approved bill cutting
excise taxes by $1,010,000,000 ami
raising levies on big corporations.
He told the Senate Finance Com
mittee, however, that improvement
should be made and recalled Presi
dent Truman's recommendation
for increased taxes on oil and gas
producers. The House turned that
down.
Snyder read to the Senators a
prepared statement in which he dis
cused the world situation in gen
eral terms as well as taxes.
He implied there is nothing in
the Korean situation so far to re
quire dropping the tax revision
plans, but remarked that “increased
disturbances to world peace" could
force tax increases rather than
cuts.
739 IS TOLL
OF 4 DAYS
OF HOLIDAY
Accidenls Occur Every Ten
Minutes During the
102-Hour Period
(By the Associated Press)
Accidental deaths struck down at
least 739 Americans during their
four day Independence Day week
end. The toll was much higher than
expected, and rocketed toward the
all-time high set in 1936 — 761
deaths.
Citizens died in traffic crashes, by
drowning, and by miscellaneous ac
cidents at a little better than one
every 10 minutes during the 102
hour period between 6 p.m. local
time Friday and last night at mid
night.
Highway smashups claimed 453
lives in what was predicted as the
biggest U.S. traffic jam in history.
Water deaths totalled 168. Mis
cellaneous kinds of mishaps k/.led
113.
No one was reported killed in
Fourth of July fireworks tragedies,
but the other deaths were tied in
with Independence Day celebra
tions.
The National Safety Council had
predicted that 385 would die in
traffic crashes. But the toll mounted
and mounted as the holiday drivers
coursed along the highways.
The 1936 death' record was set
during the four day Christmas holi
day period. At that time 555 of the
761 deaths were in automobile acci
dents.
Last year’s three day Labor Day
weekend highway toll—410—was a
postwar record.
On a four-day, non-holiday week
end last month, an Associated Press
tally across the country showed
that only 455 persons met acciden
tal death. Of these, 270 died in
traffic mishaps, 75 drowned and
110 died from other accidental
causes. The survey was made by
the AP to compare holiday and non
holiday fatalities figures.
FINN HORSE CONTEST
HELD IN FUN ZONE
One of the final scheduled events
for the Fourth celebration program
was the Finn horse contest held
last night at 8 o'clock in the sub
port fun zone.
The laugh packed half-hour long
swat fest was officiated by Mayor
Hendrickson who awarded a half
dollar prize to each entrant, re
gardless of whether they won or
lost.
The contest was open to all and
both sexes, ranging from pre-school
children up, responding equally to
the call for volunteers.
There was no elimination contest
this year. Instead it was opponent
versus opponent on the slippery log.
Each pair went three rounds, the
winner being dqpided by two falls
out of three.
Thomas Is
Behind in
Oklahoma
Trails Monroney in Elec
tion Returns - Murray
I Holds Lead for Gov.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 5—IJV
Incumbent Elmer Thomas trailed
Rep. Mike Monroney by more than
5,000 votes today as tabulation oi
yesterday's Democratic Senatorial
primary election neared completion.
A run-off election July 25 was
assured by the other five Demo
cratic candidates who had more
than 25,000 votes among them.
Returns from 3,116 of 3,786 pre
cincts gave: Monroney 155,436,
Thomas 149,965.
Johnston Murray, who hopes to
win the Governor’s office once held
by his father, held a wide lead
over his three Democratic oppon
ents but lacked the clear majority
to avoid a runoff.
Murray, in returns from 3,011 pre
cincts, had 177,436 votes to a com
bined total of 188,930 for his foes
William O. Coe, Oklahoma City at
torney, was second man.
Former Gov. William H. (Alfalfa
Bill) Murray, father of this year's
candidate, stayed at his son’s head
quarters until returns proved the
younger Murray was definitely
ahead.
The see-saw race between Mon
roney, Fifth District Congressman
for six terms and Thomas, climaxed
one of Oklahoma’s hottest races
since the late President Roosevelt
came here In Thomas’ behalf in
the 1938 election.
Farm support prices and public
power policies were the major issues.
However, the minority Republican
party furnished its share of the
headlines.
PLANES IN
AIR, MAYBE
WAR ZONE
Military Secrecy as B-29
Bombers Take Off
from Bases
SPOKANE, Wash., July 5——
Swathed in military secrecy, a flight
of B-29 bombers pointed their noses
westward last ngiht toward an un
identified Pacific Ocean base after
taking off from the Spokane Air
Force Base.
At what Pacific bastion the
planes will set down was not dis
closed. Also restricted was the
number of planes participating in
the flight.
The battle-tested aircraft were
manned by veteran crews.
» ■
MARCH FIELD, Calif., July 5—
Iff)—B-29 planes of the 22nd Bomb
ardment Group have left March
Field for the Far East.
Maj. Donald C. Foster, public
information officer of the 15th Air
Force, declined to say how many
of the giant bombers left or to in
dicate their destination.
THANKS EXTENDED
BY GIRL SCOUTS;
BROWNIE CAMP JULY i
The Girl Scout Council and
members of the Girl Scout com
mittee today were extending thanks
to all parents and friends who so
generously gave their time and
efforts in helping with the opening,
operation, and closing of the recent
Girl Scout camp at Eagle River. *
Scout officials emphasized that
' without such whole-hearted co-op
! eration each year it would be im
: possible for Girl Scouts of Juneau
; to have such a successful encamp
ment.
They also reminded that start
ing tomorrow at 10 a.m.. Brownie
Troop of the Girl Scouts will open
its Day Camp at Evergreen Bowl.
Brownies are to be at the shelter
in the Bowl at that hour and are
reminded to take their own lunch
| Milk will be furnished.
7 AIRLINES
TO OPERATE
IN AIR LIFT
Defense Depf. Says Shem
ya Base to Be Used on
Far East Flights
WASHINGTON, July 5 — l/B —
The Defense Department said today
it has contracted with seven airlines
to make special flights hauling men
and supplies to the Far East and
will continue operations of Shemya
Air Base. The flights will be in
addition to the regular operations
of the Military Air Transport Serv
ice (MATS).
The Department declined to say
how many planes will be used, how
many passengers or how much ma
terial will be shipped, or exactly
where they are going.
The charter arrangements were
described as similar to the contracts
under which scheduled and non
scheduled air transport companies
carried men and material to Eng
land and Germany in support of
the Berlin air lift. The special op
erations will be carried out within
the next few weeks, the Department
said.
Contracts Made
The contracts are with Pan
American World Airways, Northwest
Airlines, United Airlines, Trans
ocean Air Lines, Seaboard and
Western Air Lines, the Flying
Tigers and Overseas National Air
lines. In addition, the Department
said, other airlines will supply planes
through sub-contracts.
A Defense spokesman said the
charter planes will use both the
central route by way of Hawaii and
the northern great circle route—the
shortest course — through Alaska
and the Aleutians.
Continue Shemya Base
This means the Air Force will
continue operations of Shemya Air
Base near the western tip of the
Aleutians and at least one other air
field needed for refueling and as j
alternate landing fields on the long j
Trans-Pacific haul.
The Air Force announced several j
months ago it planned to abandon
Shemya and five other smaller
bases in the Aleutians on June 30
because it had no further need for
them. However, it has not closed
down Shemya, apparently keeping it
in service until arrangements could
be made for operation of Shemya
and Cold Bay by the Civil Aero
nautics Administration (CAA).
Shemya is essential as a refuel
ing point for Northwest Airlines
which was threatened with inter
ruption of its service to Tokyo if
the base was abandoned.
DON'T BE ALARMED;
NO TIRE SHORTAGE
NEW YORK, July 5—(JV-Wil
liam O'Neil, president of General
Tire and Rubber Co., said today
there is no tire shortage, and nu
threat of one.
"Despite false rumors, there is
no reason for anyone to be stam
peded into buying tires through
fear of rationing,” he said in a
series of newspaper advertisements.
• WEATHER REPORT
•
• In Juneau—Maximum, 71;
• minimum, 53.
• At Airport—Maximum, 75;
• minimum, 52.
•
| • FORECAST
j • (Juneau and Vicinity)
1 • Cloudy with light rain show
• ers tonight and Thursday.
I • Lowest temperature tonight
! •, about 52. Highest Thursday
• near 63.
• PRECIPITATION
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
• City of Juneau — Trace;
• since July 1—0.27 inches.
• At Airport — Trace;
• since July 1—0.16 inches.
FROM WRANGELL
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Aanderson
registered from Wrangell, are guests
at the Baranof.
FROM FAIRBANKS
P. N. Anderson, of Fairbanks, is
a guest at the Baranof.
Yanks Speed North to Meet Red Thrusts
Open arrow designates area where II. S. troops are advancing north from Taejon to meet Communist
surge southward (solid arrows) on roads spanning a 55-mile front. There were four Red columns
across the Han River, with Suwon outflanked by the two mechanized columns moving southeastward
from the Yongdungpo area. Two other columns have pushed south from the area east of Seoul, and a
fifth column was reported by the North Korean radio to have captured Wonju (underlined). Black
area is approximate extent of North Korean control. )IP) Wirephoto map.
NO ADDRESS
IS PLANNED
BY TRUMAN
WASHINGTON, July 5 — (/PI —
The White House said today Presi
dent Truman has no intention of
addressing Congress or the nation
on the Korean war at present.
Presidential Secretary Charles G.
Ross said the question of whether
Mr. Truman should appear before
Congress as some members have
urged, was among those discussed at
a secret Blair House meeting Mon
day afternoon.
Ross said no final decision was
made and added:
"The President has no present
intention of going before Congress
or making a radio speech to the
country.”
JUNEAU CITY BAND
ENLIVENS FOURTH,
PARADE, CONCERT
The uniformed Juneau City Band
enlivened the proceedings of the
Fourth by leading the parade anc
also giving a brief concert.
Thirty-three members of the band
were in the lineup directed by
Chief Majorette Carol Jean Mac
Donald with Joyce Hope and Dar
lene Adsero assisting majorettes.
The band marched down Franklin
street and was ready to start the
parade at the Winter and Pond
corner exactly at 10:15 o’clock, right
on the second the bomb burst an
nounclng the event was on.
When the band reached Front
and South Seward, it counter
marched on the later street, while
the parade went the loop, and gave
a concert, rejoining the parade as
it again came along the second time.
The band then led to the ball park
where the parade disbanded.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Kathleen scheduled to
sail from Vancouver tonight.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Friday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive at 8 a.m. Friday and sails south
one hour later at 9 a.m.
Aleutian from west scheduled
southbound Sunday.
HERE FROM FAIRBANKS
John W. Male, from Fairbanks, is
l a guest at the Gastineau.
EKLUTNA POWER
PROJECT GIVEN
OKAY BY SENATE
WASHINGTON. July 5 — W —
The Senate today passed a bill to
authorize the $20,000,000 Eklutna
hydoelectric power project near An
chorage, Alaska.
The measure now goes back to
the House for action on Senate
amendments.
The 30,000-kilowatt plant would
supply electricity for the Matanuska
: Valley, three rural cooperatives, the
Alaska Railroad, Elmendorf Air
j field. Fort Richardson and Anchor
age and Palmer.
The cost plus interest at 2'4 per
j cent would be repaid to the govern
| ment from power revenues. When
! payment Is completed, the plant
j would be turned over to a local pub
| lie power group.
FAIRBANKS MAN
WANTED IN SOUTH
FOR KIDNAPING
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5—ItfV—
FBI agents said here that Donald
Bowersmith, 24, who was arrested
in Fairbanks, Alaska, July 2, is
wanted in connection with the ab
duction of an Oakland warehouse
man.
Bowersmith is charged with kid
napping, robbery and forgery on the
complaint of Louis C. Roland, 21,
Western Electric Company ware
houseman.
Roland said two men forced him
into a car at gunpoint while he
was waiting on an Oakland corner
after midnight April 22. The pair
robbed him of his wallet with $78
and a checkbook, beat him and left
him bleeding in a ditch.
A subsequent trail of checks with
Roland’s forged signature led to the
capture of Clyde Hendrix of Oak
land and then to Bowersmith.
Inspector E. P. Ray said Bower
smith will also be questioned about
some Oakland burglaries and stolen
checks.
Ray said he will probably go to
Fairbanks to get Bowersmith, whom
he described as a "vqry bad egg,”
with a six-month term for forgery
already on his record.
stockquotatTons
NEW YORK. July 5 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2'j, American Can
101'4, Anaconda 29 vi, Curtiss
Wright 9. International Harvester
26 7«, Kennecott 56‘x, New York
Central 12, Northern Pacific 14
U.S. Steel 33. Pound $2.80’ 4.
Sales today were 1,400.000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 210.03, rails 52.40, utilities
40.87.
CANNERY
WORKERS
STRIKE
Southeast Alaska AFL
Resident Salmon Work
ers Out Over Wages
SEATTLE, July 5——Southeast
Alaska’s AFL-affiliated resident
salmon cannery workers called a
strike today.
Tiie union Involved is the United
Alaska Fishermen and Canner;.
Workers' Union, which reports a
Southeast Alaska membership ol
1,000. The strike call came aftet
the union and the Alaska Salmor
Industry, Inc., the operators’ or
ganization, were unable to reach an
agreement.
Picket lines were established at
the Libby. McNeill and Libby sal
mon depot In Seattle and at the
extensive installation of the Pa
cific American Fisheries at Belling
ham.
Kenneth R. Bowman, AFL or
ganizer in Alaska, said the prin
cipal issue is wages. He said South
east Alaska residents are on a lowci
pay scale, both by the hour ami
the season, than in any other pari
i of the Territory.
! He also said the resident work
] ers get a seasonal guarantee of onh
; $275 'while nonresident workers ir
| the same canneries are guaranteec
$443, plus free transportation nortt
and board and room.
I Bowman said preferential hiring
also is at issue.
| He said the union members com
j plain that Alaska residents gel
; preference in hiring only if thej
live Immediately adjacent to a can
nery.
1 An industry spokesman said th<
1 strike, if continued, could preven
t production of nearly half of th(
projected 1950 Alaska salmon pad
of 4,000,000 cases. It is the terri
; tory’s major pink salmon area,
i Walter P. Sharpe, assistant man
ager of A.S.I., said the southeas
1 region produces annually fron
1,500,000 to 2,000,000 cases,
i The season runs from Aug. 15 t(
Sept. 3. Supplies now are beim
i shipped north. Other preparation
| also are under way.
A dozen canneries in the arei
employ about 5,000 workers. Tha
total includes resident and non
resident workers, fishermen, ma
chinlsts, carpenters and othe:
craftsmen.
Sharpe said negotiations betweei
the Industry and union has beet
conducted at Juneau. The uniot
won bargaining rights for worker
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OFFENSIVE
DRIVE NOW
UNDERWAY
Surprise Blows Reported
Expected - Air War
Raging in Korea
(By the Associated Press')
Communist troops and tanks
rapped an American Infantry posi
ton in the Korean fighting today
ind pushed a mass offensive drive
outhward from captured Suwon
apparently aimed at lopping off the
*hole Suwon-Ichon sector.
The spearhead of the Communist
push reached the area of Osan, 11
miles south of Suwon, it seemed
designed to open the way for a
drive on Taejon, military center 73
miles south of Suwon.
The Communist tank thrust,
coming after an engagement with
American artillery units which cost
the Reds two tanks, blocked off
the escape route for an undisclosed
lumber of OI's in the advance In
fantry position. The North Korean
Reds, meanwhile, poured reinforce
ments into the blazing battle area
while U.S. arms and men flowed in
a steady stream from Japan by sea
ind air.
Expect Surprlae Blow
While the Communist war blazed,
diplomats worried over the next
Communist move. Observers in
Hong Kong predicted the Soviet
Union is setting the stage for an
other surprise blow in the East
igainst the U.S. These observers
said it could be expected that within
he next month the Chinese Com
munists would rush troops from
Manchuria to support North Korea
n its war against the south.
This tied in with London specu
ation that Soviet Foreign Minister
\ndrew Vinshlnsky, apparently mis
dng from the Moscow scene since
May 18, might be in China—or even
in North Korea—planning the next
Soviet blow against the Allies in
he Orient.
Chinese Nationalists, alarmed
iver their government’s ban on of
fensive action against the Chinese
Communist mainland, were assured
by the government this would not
mean passive resistance to any Red
aggression against their island bas
tion of Formosa.
nu vim
The air war raged in Korea, with
American and British carrier planes
joining the fray in tough strikes
Monday and Tuesday against North
Korean points, including the capi
tal, Pyongyang.
But the setback on the fighting
front had the Americans anxious.
The situation,of the trapped Ameri
cans was reported “desperate,” but
some hope was held out. An undis
closed number of South Koreans
were also caught.
Red Spearhead
An advanced American headquar
ters spokesman said there was a
chance the American could punch
their way out of the Communist
pocket and make a safe withdrawal.
The Americans, setting up a posi
tion south of Red-captured Suwon,
had met a Red spearhead of eight
tanks with artillery fire in which
two Communist tanks were knocked
out.
Front dispatches said the surviv
ing Red tanks wheeled suddenlj
and rammed themselves between
the Infantry position and its sup
porting artillery and supplies. Maj.
Oen. William F. Fean, U.S. com
mander in Korea, hurried to the
front after failing to hear from the
American forces after the reported
tank-artillery engagement.
New Red Moves
Tens of thousands of opposing
soldiers were reported arrayed on
the South Korean battlefields, and
a U.S. liaison plane reported new
Red forces of undetermined
strength moving southeast from
Suwon, taken by the Communists
, yesterday.
General MacArthur’s headquart
| ers in Tokyo announced that U.S.
planes have destroyed seven Red
planes and damaged four. A com
munique said the Communists also
lost eight armored cars, 119 tanks.
22 locomotives, 18 boxcars and
. seven tanks.
Capital Slashed
l Under the direction of Vice Adm.
1 Arthur D. Struble, commander of
, the VS. Seventh Fleet, carrier
. planes of the U.S. SS Valley Forge
and the British light carrier
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