THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,575
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1950
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Doughboys Stabbing Ahead on Blazing Front
LATHROP WILL
PROBATE TO
BE IN ALASKA
Late Industrialist's Attor
ney to Act as Head ot
Lathrop Company
SEATTLE, Aug. 8—(#>—The will
of late Austin E. Lathrop. wealthy
Alaska pioneer businessman and
industrialist, will be probated in
Alaska. Edward F. Medley, attorney,
said today.
There has been estimate of the
value of the estate left by the
pioneer who was killed in an acci
dent at his coal mine at Suntrana
on July 26.
Medley, for many years Lathrop's
attorney, said the Lathrop com
pany will continue to operate as a
corporation with Medley acting in
Lathrop’s place as president.
Other companies in which Cap
tain Lathrop owned controlling or
substantial stock interest will also
continue to operate in their present
corporate status, Medley said.
These companies include the Ta
nana Publishing Company of Fair
banks, publishing the Fairbanks
News-Miner; Midnight Sun Broad
casting Company of Fairbanks and
Anchorage, operating stations
KFAR at Fairbanks and KFQD at
Anchorage; Healy River Coal Cor
poration, Suntrana; Cordova Com
mercial Company, Cordova, and the
First Bank of Cordova.
While terms of the will are not
to be made public until it is filed
for probate, it is understood that
no individuals will receive large
blocks of stock.
More than 50 relatives, employ
es and business associates together
with various churches and the Uni
versity of Alaska, St. Joseph’s Hos
pital of Fairbanks and Providence
Hospital of Anchorage, will share
in the estate.
Executors of the will are Medley
Miriam Dickey, Fairbanks, Sydney
C. Raynor, Anchorage, and Harry
J. Hill, Anchorage.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can 95.
Anaconda 32';i, Curtiss-Wright 10 i.
International Harvester 29:ti, Ken
necott 60 %, New York Central 14%,
Northern Pacific 17 U, U.S. Steel
36%. Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 2,180,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 215.44, rails 62.24, utilities
38.51.
Die Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
ICPPrrlcbt, ipso, oy Bell Syndicate, me.)
TJ^SHINGTON — There’s been
no change in the President’s ban
against A-bombing in the Korean
war, but in order not to get caught
unprepared, Air Force chiefs are
working out all details for future
use—just in case. They want to
be able to retaliate 24 hours after
Moscow makes the first aggressive
move. This means that lists of
main bombing targets and atomic
bases for launching B-36’s must be
all set . . . chief reason for the
Navy’s quiet current efficiency is
the teamwork of Admiral Forrest
Sherman and homespun Secretary
Matthews. Matthews picked Sher
man as the livest admiral in the
Navy by reading the Army-Navy
unification hearings. His judg
ment has been fully justified . . .
They pull together perfectly . . .
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of
Maine bowed out of the Senate
wire-tapping probe because she
would have to sit in judgment on
her fellow-senator from Maine,
Owen Brewster. Since Brewster
has been making noises about de
feating her, Mrs. Smith decided
she would be a prejudiced judge
and excused herself.
Holdback on Hoarders—It was
significant that when Congress
woman Helen Gahagan Douglas of
California proposed an amendment
reinstating rent controls in cities
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MISS CHADWICK
SWIMS CHANNEL
IN RECORD TIME
DOVER, England. Aug. 8 — Ifl —
Florence Chadwick, San Diego
swimmer, conquered the English
Channel today in record time but
Shirley May France was forced to
give up eight miles off shore.
Miss Chadwick, who is 31 and a
professional swimmer, cut the wo
men's record set by Gertrude Ed
erle in 1926. She made it in IS
hours 28 minutes, one hour and
three minutes under the Ederit
mark.
She swam to Dover from Cape
Gris Nez, France, on a course of
at least 22 miles.
Thousands of persons lined the
white cliffs of Dover. Reporters
asked Miss Chadwick if she was all
right. "Yes,” she said, "but these
slippery, jagged rocks are not so
good to scramble over after a long
swim.
“I feel fine and am quite pre
pared to swim back.”
When she was only a quarter
mile out, she had been asked if
she wanted to rest her legs.
“No fear,” she answered, laugh
ing. "I’ll keep going now. It looks
only another yard or so to the
finish."
She was not far short—by chan
nel swim standards—of the recog
nized men’s record of 11:05 set
by France’s Georges Michel in 1926.
Thirty two persons have swum the
channel, five of them Americans.
Miss Chadwick was the third
American woman to make this
crossing—19 miles as the crow flies,
but actually much farther in swim
ming distance because of the sweep
of tides.
The others were Miss Ederle anc
Mrs. Mille Gade Carson, who cros
sed in 1926 in fifteen hours and
twenty eight minutes.
CANNED SALMON,
WORTH MILLIONS,
SHIPPED SOUTH
SEATTLE, Aug. 8—M—Close tc
17 million dollars worth of Alaska
canned salmon will arrive in Puget
Sound during the next two weeks.
The canned salmon is on four
ships, two of which arrived on the
Sound Monday. The SS Victoria ar
rived in Seattle with 42,000 cases
of salmon, and the freighter Sailor’s
Splice arrived at Bellingham with
96,000 cases.
Bulk of the Bristol Bay pack will
be brought to Puget Sound by the
SS Nadina and the SS Chena. They
will carry a total of 570,000 cases.
The Chena is due in Seattle Friday.
The Nadina is expected to arrive
late next week.
The Victoria loaded its cargo, in
cluding 13.000 sacks of fishmeal and
a quantity of cold-storage fish, at
Kenai Peninsula and Prince William
Sound ports. The Sailor’s Splice
loaded its cargo at Kodiak Island
and Cook Inlet ports.
The four ships are all operated
by Alaska Steamship Company.
Value of the canned salmon being
brought in by the vessels was fig
ured, roughly, at $24 a case. Salmon
brokers said it is too early to predict
a definite price per case on the new
pack.
40 AND 8 TO PLAN
FOR GRAND PROMENADE
THURSDAY AT DUGOUT
A meeting of urgent importance
will be held Thursday night at 8
o’clock in the Legion Dugout. Every
member of the Societe is urged to
he present, as the final schedule of
events for this annual gathering
will be fully discussed.
•Various committees to function
during the period from September
2nd to 6th inclusive will be desig
nated, according to Walter W.
Smith, Chief de Gare, who has
stressed the importance of a full
attendance.
Meeting will be called to order
on time, and there is a full sched
ule of business to be transacted.
LUTHERAN LADIES
TO SEW THURSDAY
Ladies of the Lutheran church,
who are sewing for the bazaar which
will be held this fall, will meet
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the
home of Mrs. Ottar Johnson, 617
West 11th Street.
ECONOMIC
CONTROLS
SHUTTLED
House Postpones Action
Committee Works
on Compromise
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8-4*—The
House today postponed until at least
tomorrow further debate on an eco
nomic controls bill—while its bank
ing committee worked on a com
promise.
Speaker Rayburn told newsmen
he hoped that the House would be
in a position to resume considera
tion of the bill tomorrow.
It already has spent almost a
week on controls legislation without
making any substantial progress.
Chairman Spense (D-Ky) said the
Bank Committee would meet again
this afternoon to seek a common
ground on which opposing factions
could agree. He expressed hope that
an agreement would be reached
shortly.
There was a possibility that the
Senate may pass a controls bill be
fore the House does. The Senate
Banking Committee reached agree
ment on a bill last night, and -that
bill is being used as a base for the
House Committee’s discussions.
President Truman would get vir
tually full discretion as to when or
whether to impose economic con
trols under the Senate Committee
plan.
PETERSBURG GETS
SHAKEN UP LAST
NIGHT BY QUAKES
PETERSBURG, Alaska, Aug. 8—
>S)—Two slight earthquakes were
felt here last night at approximately
9:15 p.m. No damage or injuries;
were reported.
Many residents thought the dis
turbance was from dynamite blast- ;
ing at a nearby construction project. !
Petersburg was shaken by three!
quakes in August, 1949.
22 SOUTHBOUND ON
PRINCESS LOUISE
Seven persons disembarked when
the Princess Louise docked at 8
o’clock this morning, and 22 pas
sengers boarded the CPR liner for
she 9 a.m. sailing to British Colum
bia ports.
Arriving from Skagway were Mr.:
rnd Mrs. Pidgeon, Mrs. Helen E.
Roff, Miss Marguerite Shaw and J
Miss Kpstler, who had made the
round trip, also Mr. and Mrs. McVey.
Boarding here were Mr. and Mrs.j
Robert Anderson, Mrs. Helen Saale, I
Mrs. A. Loop, Mrs. Ida Hudson, Mrs.
A. Whipple, Mrs. T. Whipple, Mr.
and Mrs. Selby, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
son, Misses Miriam Troutman, Tully,
Ruth Sherran, Beth Maline and |
Claire Olson and passengers Trudell, j
Brothers, Farnell, Witanen, Dye and
Hoy.
Laflimore Wants *
Commie China to
Be Given UN Seat
PETERSBOROUGH, N.H., Aug. 8
—UPl—Owen Lattimore says a Com
munist China delegation should be
seated in the United Nations as the
first step in making Asiatic coun
tries "our willing associates.”
Lattimore told a group here last
night the United States should fol
low the suggestion of Prime Minis
ter Nehru of India that Communist
China should be admitted to the
U.N. in an effort to halt the Korean
war.
The Far Eastern Affairs, expert
said, however, that the action should
be taken "as a concession to our
friends and not as appeasement for
Soviet Russia.”
He declared it is imperative that
"the spread of Communism be
checked in Asia,” but added:
"We must remember we can’t holcj
the line against Communism with
| out Asiatic allies."
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ESPIONAGE
LAW TO BE
TIGHTENED
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Truman Makes Special Re
quest on Congress for |
Prevention Subversion
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 — (A1 —
President Truman asked Congress
today lor a tighter espionage law
and a new law requiring deportable
aliens to report where they are and
what they are doing.
Mr. Truman said additional anti
sabotage and security legislation is
needed because Communist imperi
alism seeks to "weaken and over- j
throw free nations by working!
within their borders.”
So he recommended that Con- j
gress:
1. Remedy "defects" in present j
laws governing "espionage, the re- I
gistration of foreign agents and the j
security of national defense instal- j
lations.”
Watch on Aliens
2. Give the Attorney General
power to require deportable aliens j
to report "their whereabouts and j
activities at regular intervals.”
In a 3500 word message to the j
lawmakers, Mr. Truman asked them j
to be wary of any action limiting j
personal liberty. But he said the
Bill of Rights is not intended “to
prevent the "government from main
taining our nation’s integrity against
subversion or attack.”
Explaining why he thinks stiffer
laws and a new law are needed now,
the President said the present in
ternational situation has been
created “by the rise of totalitarian
ism-first of the totalitarianism of
the right, and now that of the left.”
Face Threat
“Today, we face most acutely the
threat of the Communist movement, I
international in scope, directed from
a central source, and committed to
the overthrow of Democratic insti
tutions throughout the world."
Mr. Truman’s message appeared
to be an attempt to block any secur
ity bill bearing a Republican label
and push through one with an ad
ministration tag.
Several measures to combat Com
munism and subversive activities are
pending in Congress. Those most
widely known are backed by Rep.
Nixon (R-Calif) and Senator
Mundt (R-SD).
PNA CARRIES 35
TO, FROM WEST
—
Pacific Northern Airlines brought |
21 passengers from Anchorage and j
Cordova yesterday, and carried 14j
to the westward.
Arriving from Anchorage were j
Rose Marquis, F. Fitzhugh, John ‘
Short, John E. Manders, Mr. Mit
chell, and 12 Seattle-bound passen- |
gers. Five persons booked for Seattle |
boarded at Cordova.
Outbound, Martin J. Zatloukal.
Mrs. M. Henniger, William, James, j
and Mary Thomas went to Yakutat;
and Henry Harris to Cordova.
Going to Anchorage were Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Wallace, Jr., with M. B ,
3rd, and Miss Wallace—a familyj
from the midwest just back from a j
charter trip on the Monterey; Ross:
Madden, Frank Schwantas and
Jimmy Clark. Norman Durocher j
went to Kodiak.
WEATHER REPORT
In Juneau—Maximum, 69;
minimum, 48.
At Airport—Maximum, 68;
minimum, 42.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Continued fair and warm
tonight and Wednesday.
Lowest temperature tonight
about 46; highest Wednesday
near 77.
PRECIPITATION
Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
City of Juneu — None;
since August 1—1.14 inches;
since July 1—11.07 inches.
At Airport — None;
since August 1—0.82 inches;
since July 1—7.86 inches.
Army Request
For Funds to
Be Speeded Up
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 — ttf) —
Congressional procedure was cut
short today to speed up an Army re
quest for $84.949,000—much of it to
be used on new and secret projects,
to strengthen bases in Alaska, Japan
and Okinawa.
Of this amount $27,579,000 in mili
tary public works has been author
ized by -the House Armed Service
Committee, but the remaining $57,
369.000 in projects has not been con
sidered by the committee.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
House Armed Services Committee
told a reporter he was advising the
Appropriations Committee that the
Armed Services group was waiving
the usual authorization hearing.
NAGEL TELLS ALL
ORNEARLY-WHEN
ROTARIANS MEET
In contrast to recent weeks of
strenuous club activities, the enter
tainment of visiting officials and
programs by "big name” guests, the
Juneau Rotary Club had a relaxed,
homey luncheon meeting today in
the Baranof Gold Room. The one
member speaker may not have had
complete inner relaxation, but his
short talk was easy and informal,
atlhough he declined to answer cer
tain questions of information after
ward.
Following the get-acquainted tra
dition of Rotarians, Franz Nagel
was asked to give an autobiograp
hical sketch. This started with Sep- j
tember 1, 1915, took young Franz
through grade and “prep" school in
California and four years at the
University of Santa Clara. Since re
ceiving his degree in electrical engi
neering in 1937, Nagel was employed
by General Electric Company. He
was with that firm in Schenectady,
N.Y.; San Francisco, "Honolulu and
2,800 miles west” until coming to j
Juneau in January, 1948, with the !
Alaska Electric Light and Pow er ;
Company.
On the resignation of W. E. Pul
len, Nagel succeeded to the position
of manager.
Although Past President Charles 1
W. Carter wears the traditional;
"past service” pin, he was active in j
a double capacity today. As program !
chairman, Carter introduced Nagel,
saying, “This type of program is'
in line with the first of c.ie Rotary’s j
four objects—the development of ac- \
quaintance as an oppyrtunity for i
services.”
Carter also edited the August 8
edition of the Windjammer, a copy ;
of which was at each place.
President Ellis Reynolds announ- !
ced that Rotarian Milt J. Daniel and
Soap Box Derby Driver Gerald Tay- :
lor were to arrive in Akron, Ohio, I
today. Rotarians joined in wishing 1
success to the Juneau 12-year-old in \
the big race next Sunday.
Guests included Carl Walmer of ;
Los Angeles, who came here to visit1
his old friend, Harold Foss, whom 1
he had not seen for 20 years. Wal- j
mer has just returned from two
years in Saudi Arabia where he has
been teaching the Arabs construc
tion work. He arrived Saturday for
an indefinite visit. Foss also intro
duced his business associate, Bjarne
Olsen, architect.
Lloyd Coe had as guest a fre
quent visitor to Alaska—Dr. Victor
E. Levine, who will be in and near
Juneau for a month or more. Head j
of the Biological Chemistry and
Nutrition Department of Creighton |
University School of Medicine,
Omaha, Neb., Dr. Levine previously
has made intensive studies of the
health of Eskimos.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Kathleen from Vancou
ver in port and scheduled to sail for
Skagway at 11:30.
Baranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive at 9 p.m. tonight.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tonight.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tomorrow.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Chilcotin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver Thursday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
Alaska scheduled southbound on
Saturday.
DENOUNCES
STRIKES IN
NORTHLAND
i
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President Truman Makes
Plain Talk Regarding
Alaska Labor Situation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 — <*?> —
President Truman joined with Sec
retary of Defense Johnson today in
denouncing a housing construction
strike in Alaska as one that jeop
ardizes "the security of the United
States.”
Johnson emerged from a White
House talk with the President to
say that the strike of AFL Steam
fitters and Plumbers on defense,
housing in Alaska is "Jeopardizing
the security of the United States.”
And, he added. “I say that after i
consulting with the President of the
United States.”
“Then, the President approves
your statement?” a reporter asked.
"Yes.”
Johnson said that defense housing
projects in Fairbanks and Anchor
age primarily were affected.
He said the steamfitters and
plumbers have been out since July
26 after demanding a wage raise <
of $2.50 an hour in pay plus double '
pay for overtime and room and
board outside the cities.
He said that the projects were
held up recently by a strike of car
penters, but that the strike was
settled.
The Federal Mediation and Con
ciliation Service said that Secretary
Johnson evidently was mistaken
about the basic demands involved
in the labor controversy.
A Conciliation Service spokesman
said that the striking union is de
manding a raise from its present
$3.00 an hour to $3.50 an hour and
double time for overtime, instead of
time and a half as at present. The
union also is asking for room and I
board for workers on Jobs outside
the cities.
Johnson made his statement after \
his regular Tuesday call on the j
President for a conference in which |
he was joined by Secretary of the !
Army Pace.
He said that the "defense of j
Alaska is depending upon expanding \
of the housing there and these |
strikes in Alaska against defense
housing" are jeopardizing the vpry j
security of the whole country.
Johnson carried to his White |
House conference a report he had I
received from an investigate staff]
in Anchorage.
Stephen T. Early, deputy under- ■
secretary of defense, said Federal;
Mediation Service officials are in j
Alaska but have been unable so far ;
to halt the strike.
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JOHNSON’S WARNING
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Aug. 8— !
Iff)—yhe plumbers strike here is the
second work stoppage within two j
months to. draw fire from Secre- !
tary of Defense Johnson.
It is the first time that President i
Truman has been quoted as adding |
his warning to Johnson’s on an j
Alaska strike jeopardizing national
security.
The previous instance was a car- (
penters’ strike for a pay increase, j
The AFL Carpenters ended that
strike after Johnson’s denunciation
of it. They said July 1 they were
ending it "due to a war threat.”
The striking Anchorage AFL
Plumbers have contended they are
entitled to a raise to $3.50 an hour
from their present $3 because
plumbers at Fairbanks, the other
big Alaska defense center, got such
a raise. The strike of Fairbanks
plumbers ended several weeks ago.
The Anchorage plumbers have been
offered a raise to $3.15.
Union spokesmen have denied
that the Anchorage plumbers’ strike
has impaired military projects. The
contractors and the Alaska military
command have declared that It has.
The strike started July 26. Other
demands are for double pay for
overtime and board and room on all
projects outside the city.
William Hosie of the Federal Me
diation and Conciliation Service's
Seattle office has been here more
than a week in a vain attempt to
settle the dispute.
Anchorage is the key Alaska mili
tary center. Large scale military
construction, estimated generally to
total $100,000,000 in contracts is
under way. Military housing is a
| major part of the program.
Bridges
Arguing
For Bail
SAN FRANCISCO, Auk. 8—I.4V
Harry Bridges went to the United
States Court of Appeals today in
an attempt to obtain ball so he
can get out of jail.
The head of the CIO longshore
union was jailed Saturday after |
Federal Judge Oeorge B. Harris
revoked the $25,000 ball under which
Bridges had been free on a perjury
conviction.
Three Judges heard arguments
today on his petition asking the ap
peals court to set bail anew.
Bridges attorney, Norman Leon
ard, declared Judge Harris' action
was "an abuse of discretion."
COAST GUARD AT
SCENE, STRICKEN
SHIP ON ATLANTIC
HALIFAX, N.S., Aug. 8——'The
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dexter re
ported today she Is alongside the
stricken Norwegian freighter Belfrl
in rough North Atlantic waters.
She will escort the Norwegian to St.
John’s, Nfld., 900 miles away.
The Belfrl, a former Liberty ship,
sent out distress messages last night
saying she was in danger of break
ing up In high seas. Ships of three
nations sped to her assistance,
The Dexter radioed she is reliev
ing the U.S. transport Oeneral J.
H. McRae, first to reach the stricken
craft loaded down with heavy china
clay. The Coast Guard said the
Belfrfs crew of about 30 is attempt
ing to repair damage with wire and
cement.
Widening cracks ran up the Bel
frl’s portside and across her deck,
the Coast Guard said. Her master
feared for her seaworthiness because
of the weather, the Coast Guard
said.
TOM SMITH HAS HIMSELF
A TIME ONSITKA TRIP
Back from his first visit to Sitka
in two years, Tom Smith ("Call me
Old Tom Smith”) has been enter
taining his pinochle pals with stories
of his vacation, since he returned
Thursday.
“Well, no one knew I was coming,
but I Just waltzed down the street,”
Cap’n Tom says. “Those photogra
phers—the Kuhnses—evidently saw \
me, because the first thing you1
know, there was my picture, big en
largements in several sidewalk win
dows. I met everybody I used to
knew.
“Shook hands so much X threw
my wrist and had to go to the hos
pital. No sir, it was not a pretty
nurse I was after.
"Police Chief Stormy (Harry)
Duran took me up to the head of
Silver Bay, where I was going to |
make a lot of money but gave it up.
We had a grand celebration and
Stormy took me for a ride in the
Black Maria, all over town and then
to the plane to say goodbye.”
Cap’n Smith said it was great to
be back there, that he used to run
the boat. Elk, to the Chichagof
Mine in 1915 and 1916. He built the
Yakobi and ran it from Seattle to
Point Barrow in the early days.
Smith says he’s been in these
parts "50 years and six months." He
is watchman for the Jtineau Hotel.
KIKE ALARM
The Juneau Volunteer Fire De- j
partment answered a tw'o-one alarm
at 9:45 a m. today and rushed to
the Indian Village where a fire
was blazing on the roof of the
Kunz residence. Only damage was
a hole In the roof, firemen said.
ON FLOATING CANNERY
S. B. Dahl, Jack Most and Gun
nar Erickson of Yakutat are Iiere
with their floating cannery, stay
ing at the Juneau Hotel. Oldtimers
know Dahl best as the son of the
late Heinle Dahl.
I “ ~
The Anchorage area has Fort
Richardson and the Elmendorf air
base. The fort is the headquarters of
the Alaska military command.
Comment on the statements of
Secretary Johnson and President
Truman was not available immedi
: ately from union leaders.
RED FORCES
FORD RIVER,
NEW THREAT
North Korean Coast Bom
barded by UN Naval
Forces-Planes Attack
(By the Associated Press)
United Nations rjrces resumed
their counterattack on the blazing
Southern Korea front today. To the
north. Red troops swarmed ncross
the Naktong river in a grave threat
to Taegu. On the east coast 1,000
Red troops or guerrillas were re
ported stabbing within five miles
of the U.S. beachhead at Pohang.
Oen. MacArthur’s headquarters
announced the southern offensive by /
Marines and Doughboys stabbed on
ward toward Chinju, Communist
Jumpoff point threatening Pusan, U.
S. supply base 55 miles away.
The new threat on the east coast
was reported by South Korean Army
sources. Pohang, east coast port
where the U.S. First Cavalry Divi
sion landed. Is 25 miles south of
Yongdok, where South Koreans are
resisting mounting Communist pres
sure.
Reds Ford River
Front reports said at least 9.000
Red troops forded the Naktong river
barrier in darkness for a threat to
Taegu, South Korea’s provisional
capital and a key to American de
fenses in the remaining beachhead.
More thousands were reported mass
ing on the far side of the river, with
Red tanks rolling up.
Tokyo headquarters said:
"The possible threat from the
small bridgeheads thrown across the
Naktong river has neither increased
nor decreased."
It did not say whether this re
ferred to the reported Taegu threat
or to Communist stabs 30 miles
to the south in the Changnyong
area, where U.S. troops were batt
ling to clean out the bridgeheads.
Headquarters said enemy casu
alties continued high, with about
300 Communists killed or captured
in a mopup of pockets by Task
Force Kean, the offensive drive
commanded by MaJ. Oen. William
Kean. American casualties for 24
hours were placed at 10 killed. 50
wounded and seven missing.
Red Fording Armor
U.S. Eighth Army headquarters in
Korea said the Red break through
on the Naktong river line was of
"primary concern” now. Three Com
munist regiments slipped across the
river and more were on the way. At
least one tank was across and the
Reds were attempting to ferry over
more armor In the same manner in
which they breached other water
defense lines in their march down
the Korean peninsula.
The new Communist offensive
was only 15 miles northwest of
Taegu. Another Red prong speared
across the Naktong about 30 miles
to the south near Changnyong.
Fresh U.S. troops were ordered to
wipe out this bridgehead Tuesday
at nightfall. MaJ. Oen. John E.
Church, commanding the 24th Divi
sion, ordered the bridgehead cleared
out by darkness, but later said it
probably couldn't be done before
tomorrow.
Counterattack Launched
The fresh Doughboys launched a
counterattack which plunged ahead
for a mile half way up an important
ridge against fierce Red mortar and
small arms fire.
The main fighting on the Naktong
river front was about 30 miles to 1
the north in the vicinity of Waeg
wan and east of Kumchon, posing
a dagger threat at Taegu in an
area whose terrain might be hard
to defend.
In the extreme south the US.
Marines scaled valley walls and
battled over rugged hills to rescue
the Fifth Regimental Unit from a
Communist Rank attack which tem
porarily stalled the Leatherneck
drive.
On the extreme northeastern end
of the front, the Reds exerted heavy
pressure against defending South
Korean Divisions, but the attack
was reported "contained." Allied
warships off Yongkod pounded
enemy installations.
Naval Forces in Action
Other U.N. naval forces steamed
north for long-range bombardment
of North Korea’s east coast. Five
American warships, including a
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