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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,554_____JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1950_MEMBER ASSOCIATED TRESS PRICE TEN CENTS
Red Forces Pour OverKum; Taejon Evacuated
STATEHOOD
FOR ALASKA
BE RUINOUS
Senator Butler Expresses
Views in Minority Report
-Change Is Proposed
WASHINGTON, July 14 — —
Senator Butler (R-Nebr) told the
Senate today “statehood for Alask;
at this time might well spell finan
cial ruin” for the territory.
The Senate Insular Committee, oi
which Butler is a member, has re
commended that the Senate pass
bills to grant statehood to Alaska
and Hawaii. Both measures have
been passed by the House.
Butler expressed his views on
Alaska in a committee minority re
port. He also dissented yesterday
when the committee filed its ma
jority report on Hawaii statehood.
Instead of granting Alaska state
hood, Butler advocated the terri
tory be permitted to adopt its own
constitution and elect its own gov
ernor and other administrative offi
cials.
"There is no reason wiiy the gov
ernor should be selected by Wash
ington or why Alaskans should have
to come to Washington every time
they want some change in their
basic law,” he said.
Butler contended Alaska is un
able to assume the financial bur
dens incident to statehood; that its
sparse population may decrease
after government military activities
there cease, and that as a state
Alaska would lose many benefits it
now has as a t err Kory.
Fear of heavy state taxes under
statehood, he said, would prevent
establishment of new industries in
Alaska.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise from Vancouver
due Saturday afternoon.
Aleutian scheduled to sail fron
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Kathleen scheduled tc
sail from Vancouver Saturday.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Tuesday, July 18
Princess Norah scheduled to sai;
from Vancouver Wednesday, July 19
Alaska from west scheduled
to arrive 6 tonight, sailing south at
10:45 o’clock.
Baranof from west scheduled
southbound late Sunday or early
Monday.
VANCOUVERITES VISIT
Here from Vancouver, B. C., and
registered at the Baranof Hotel a're
L. A. Holm and P. W. Forrest.
rue Washington
Merry - Go - Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
♦Copyright, ism. vy Sell Syndicate, me.)
WAsHINGTON—There was much
more than meets the eye behind
the rather cool letters exchanged
between President Truman and
Civil Aeronautics Chairman Joe
O’Connell last week.
In the background were not only
two curt and unfriendly notes,
but the frantic lobbying of three
giant airlines for the most lucra
tive air routes in the world. There
was also some clever wire-pulling
by members of the palace guard
in favor of two of the airlines,
Pan American Airways and Amer
ican Overseas Airlines, while on
the other side was a $50,000 fee
paid to an ex-palace guardsman,
Clark Clifford, by Howard Hughes
of Trans World Airline. In the
end, Hughes lost his $50,000.
O’Connell’s resignation goes back
to the fact that, for months, the
CAB has been debating the ex
tremely complicated question of
whether Pan American should be
allowed to merge with the Amer
ican Overseas. Since the U. S.
Government largely subsidizes the
big airlines, CAB has final author
ity on such mergers and can be
reversed only by the President him
self
During these months of study,
it was disclosed that wherever Pan
American had received a monopoly
route, the efficiency of its service
dropped.
Pan American, incidentally, is
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GAS EXPLOSION RIPS
BUILDINGS, KILLS
ONE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 14——A violent
mderground gas explosion killed
,ne person, injured more than a
iozen others and damaged several
;uildings in a south side business
rea today.
The blast occurred at 5:35 a.m.
n the basement under the Seaport
Tavern and the New Washington
afe, at First Avenue South and
Washington Street.
It ripped through the first floor
rf the three-story building, and
me wall section fell into the street.
Windows were shattered in build
ngs several blocks way. Sixty feet
f sidewalk were ripped out, and
;lass and debris littered the street.
The known victim was Neil J.
Boles, 33, of Kent, Wash. His
body was found lying in a second
story window of the Del Mar Hotel,
tcross the street from the Seaport
Tavern.
Fire Department investigators
aid illuminating gas apparently
xploded, from an unexplained
ause. Firemen extinguished flames
hat shot 20 feet above the side
valk just after the blast.
Several of the injured were asleep
.1 their rooms in the Del Mar
lotel. Others, walking on the
treet, were cut by flying glass.
Investigators said there could
rave been hundreds of casualties
lad the explosion occurred two
sours later when streets are crowd
;a.
The explosion started a fire in
the Buttnick Manufacturing Com
pany, work-clothing manufacturer,
on the second and third stories
f the building. The company’s
uarters were badly damaged.
HIGH MASS HONORS
WILLIAM T. MAHONEY
IT CATHOLIC CHURCH
High Requiem Mass was said in
.he Catholic Church of the Nativity
it 11 o'clock this morning for Wil
liam Thomas Mahoney, United
States Marshal for the First District
of Alaska.
The solemn and beautiful mass
was pronounced by the Rev. Father
Robert Whelan.
With the words "He had fought
:he good fight, he had finished his
oourse, he had kept the faith,” the
Rev. Father H. L. Sweeney began
his short euology of Mr. Mahoney
whose “Love of God, his church and
his country” were among his con
stant qualities.
Gathered to pay their final re
spect to the marshal were friends
of many years standing, members
of the Democratic party with whom
he had been associated for many
years, the lawyers who had known
him well, his business associates
and members of the church and of
the lodges to which he belonged.
Flowers banked the church ves
tibule from floor to ceiling.
Pallbearers were Patrick Carroll,
John H. Walmer, Russell Maynard,
Nick Bavard, Sid Thompson and
Walter Hellan. The latter two had
served as deputy United States
Marshals for many years. All were
old friends of the family.
To the family, Father Sweeney in
his eulogy spoke words of sympathy
which were echoed in the hearts of
all present.
The service today followed Ros
ary recited by Father - Whelan in
the flower-filled Carter Chapel at
7:45 last night. Here, as in the
church today, gathered many
friends of the Mahoney family.
William T. Mahoney—so well
known as "Bill” that Father Swee
ney in his eulogy today referred to
him as Bill—died suddenly of a
heart attack in his apartment about
midnight last Saturday.
Mrs. Mahoney, who was visiting
in Areata, California, at the time,
arrived in Juneau Tuesday and is
staying with her son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mahoney.
Burial will be in Areata in the
Mahoney family plot. Mrs. Ma
honey and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ma
honey and their small son, William
Gerry, will leave for the south on
the Baranof Sunday.
The Tadjikstan Soviet Socialist
Republic, in the extreme south of
Central Asia, is a land of high
mountains traversed by narrow
valleys. Its principal crops are cot
ton and grain.
The dragon fly is one of the
swiftest fliers in the insect world.
ESKIMO FISHERY
UNION FILES SUIT
ON 'ILLEGAL PACT'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. July 14—
I (A—The intra-CIO salmon cannery
, union fight has shifted to Federal
I court here.
Joe Nashoalook and the Inter
: national Longshoremen's and Ware
j housemen’s Union filed for an in
I junction to nullify the contract be
tween the Alaska Salmon Industry
and the faction of the Bristol Bay
I Cannery Workers Local 46 which
I has a new charter direct from the
! national CIO. Local 46 is a union
: of Eskimo workers,
i Nashoalook is the controversial
; leader of the local faction which
i remains affiliated with the Inter
| national Fishermen and Allied
| Workers of America (IFAWA),
which recently merged with the
, CIO longshoremen's union,
i The suit also names the Alaska
| Fishermen's Union and Oscar An
i derson, its secret ary-treasurer. It
charges the AFU with conspiring in
| an attempt at “breaking" the
Nashoalook-led Local 46.
The AFU also is affiliated with
IFAWA (which now is merged with
the Harry Bridges-led longshore
men's union). It is conducting a
j referendum on whether to disaffil
! iate from IFAWA-ILWU.
The IFAWA-ILWU seeks a court
order to restrain the defendants
from:
1. Giving effect to “an illegal
agreement signed by represent
atives of the Alaska Salmon In
dustry.
2. From representing that Na^h
oalook is not the duly authorized
| representative of Local 46, from
representing that he is not author
ized to sign an agreement with
the Alaska Salmon Industry, aiitl
from representing that he is not
authorized to cash checks drawn
on Local 46 funds.
Named as defendants were Oscar
Anderson, secretary-treasurer of the
AFU, Jim Downey of Dillingham,
who led the fight against Nashoa
look's Seattle negotiations; Agnes
Schlosser, Donald Hunter, Marion
Sours, George Lockwood and three
John Does.
Some are members of the Local
46 advisory council, which attempted
to recall Nashoalook from Seattle.
The council represents four Bristol
Bay groups.
The complaint contended the
AFU financed an illegal conspiracy
to assist the Alaska Salmon In
dustry in “breaking Local 46 as a
trade union and to assist the ASI
in establishing a company-domin
ated union that would dery auto
nomy to resident workers."
It further stated purpose of the
“conspiracy” was to “thwart the
established will of the members of
Local 46 and the IFAWA with re
spect to the merger and by a cam
paign of slander and false state
ments, to bring about a dissafilia
tion from the international union."
It was recalled that last May,
when Nashoalook was caught in the
middle of Seattle negotiations after
Local 46 voted to affiliate with the
longshoremen, the ILWU regional
head. Bill Gettings, declared A.F.U.
opposition to the merger was a plot
against true union representaticyi.
He repeated that accusation today.
CATCHER WILBER
GIVEN TRY-OUTS,
CARDINALS' CLUB
Don Wilber, local catcher for the
Coast Guard baseball team, re
turned to Juneau via PAA yester
day after a week’s try-out with the
Cardinals’ Club in Pocatello, Idaho.
While there, Wilber was put
through the traces by club player
manager Larry Barton and Busi
ness Manager Don Dix, in the club
batting practice, and was given an
opportunity to display his talents
as a catcher.
Before leaving Pocatello, Barton
informed Wilber that he had made
the schedule for spring training
in the Cardinal camp next spring,
and he is scheduled to return to
Pocatello for such training.
Wilber will resume his position
behind the plate with the local
Coast Guard club for the remainder
of the Gastineau Channel Baseball
series this year.
IOWANS IN JUNEAU
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rapp and
Alan D. Rapp of Shenandoah, Iowa
are Juneau visitors, stopping at (lib
Baranof Hotel.
TOUGH JET
FLIERTAKES
ON COMMAND
Veteran Kepner Takes
Over Defense of Alaska
-Says Civilians Calm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 14—
, i—A specialist in jet lighters and
! atomic weapons took charge this
! week of Alaska deiense.
He’s Lt, Gen. William E. Kep
j ner, 57, an airman who still flies
| F-80 jet fighter planes.
Tough and aggressive, Kepifir
i is no armchair expert. He’s served
I in the Marines, Infantry, Cavalry,
I Air Force and with a Navy task
, force.
At his first press conference he
1 said:
"I want to know what pilots have
j to handle before I demand top
! performance.”
He knows combat from all points
i of view. He flew 24 missions with
i bombers and fighters in Europe,
; where he commanded fighters es
j corting bombers commanded by
! Maj. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong.
They’re both together again.
! Armstrong heads the Alaskan Air
i Command.
Kepner, as commander in chief
| of Alaska, works also with Rear
! Adm. Clifton A. F. Sprague, corrt
j mander of the Alaskan sea frontier.
; They were together as deputy com
manders during operation cross
I roads, which tested the atomic
: bomb in the Pacific.
I
His first statement reassured civ
j ilians that Alaska will be defended.
'Emphasizing chat nothing can be
! gained by hysteria or excited evac
| uation, he said:
“I was pleased with the calm re
action of civilians here to the In
ternational situation. Particularly
! have the women taken the develop
ments well and without unneces
> sary alarm. I make a point of
1 talking to them, learning their feel
! ings tow’ard current news events
! and I find that Alaskans have
j responded admirably to the situ
| ation.”
Public reaction indicates unques
; tioned confidence in General Kep
ner’s ability to provide the best
j defense for this far-flung territory,
which is a vital frontier for the
! United States.
_
STATEHOOD FOR
HAWAII APPROVED
BY COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, July 14 — (A>) —
The Senate Insular Committee for
! mally recommended yesterday that
! the Senate vote to make Hawaii
a state,
“The admission of Hawaii into
' the Union as a state is in the best
interests of the nation and tfie
Territory,” said the committee’s
majority report.
Senator Butler (R-Neb.), a mem
ber of the committee, dissented.
He filed a minority report in which
he said that Hawaii is "seriously
endangered by Communism from
within” and that he feftred state
hood would "create a grave danger
to our national security.”
Bills to grant statehood to Ha
waii and Alaska have passed the
House. The Senate committee last
week formally recommended Senate
passage of the Alaska bill.
In its report, the committee said
Hawaii “meets all of the traditional
requirements for statehood, ai»d,
as a state, would make valuable
contributions to the nation and
the world.”
DISABLED TROLLED
AIDED BY CG CUTTER
The Coast Guard cutter Citrus
was escorting a 28-foot trolling boat
to Ketchikan early this morning,
after the troller had been disabled
by engine failure.
The vessel Is owned by Charles
Ross, according to reports reaching
Coast Guard headquarters here. It
was adrift in McLean Arm on the
southeast end of Prince of Wales
Island.
Four fifths of the U.S. shrimp
catch comes from the Gulf of
Mexico.
f
Rational Guard, Armed
Forces Reserves May Get
(all Soon for Active Duly
STATE DEPT.
THINKS WAR
IS UP TO UN
Nehru Offers Services as
Mediafor fo Russia, U.
S. - Makes Appeal
WASHINGTON, July 14 — UP) —
The State Department said today
the minimum condition for a solu
tion of the Korean crisis is for the
Northern Communists to stop
fighting and withdraw to their
own territory.
A department spokesman also de
clared that the "proper forum” for
trying to settle the crisis is the
United Nations;* that this is no
matter for direct negotiation be
tween Moscow and Washington.
These basic points of American
policy were brought out at a news
conference while Secretary Ache-1
son was still considering a personal
message from Prime Minister Nehru
of India on the Korean crisis.
The spokesman, press officer Lin
coln White, said he presumed Ache
son would send Nehru an answer
but none has gone out yet.
There are indications that Nehru
appealed to Acheson, as he also re
portedly appealed to Premier Stalin
of Russia yesterday, for a peaceful
settlement of the Korean fighting
and offered to mediate if asked by
both sides to do so.
White’s comment to reporters did
not rule out some favorable reac
tion to Nehru from Acheson on the
principle of striving for peaceful
settlement, provided basic condi
tions are met by the Communists.
The comments did appear to close
the door on any mediation Nehru
might have in mind in so far as
the United States is concerned.
"BRASS KUNCKLES"
FOR CIO, SAYS AFL
LEADER IN TACOMA
TACOMA, July 14—UPI—Stirred by
reports that CIO longshoremen are
picketing Alaska canneries allied
with AFL labor unions, Washing
ton State Federation of Labor Pres
ident Ed Weston warns that a
"brass knuckles” fight may result
if the practice continues.
Weston’s blast at the CIO fol
lowed receipt of the following tele
gram from Kenneth R. Bowman,
AFL organizer in Alaska:
“International Longshoremens
and Warehousemen’s Union picket
ing all AFL canneries, and threaten
to refuse to handle any cannery
cargo or products unless operators
sign with ILWU fishermen.”
The labor federation leader also
was critical of a recently pub
lished attack on the AFL in which
William Gettings, regional director
of the CIO-ILWU, was quoted as
saying Weston proposed five years
ago that the AFL take over the
state CIO.
The actual statement, Weston
said, was that “it’s about time
workers got together in one body.”
Then he told delegates to the
federation’s annual convention:
“We have tried to get the work
ers into the AFL without the use
of brass knuckles. But if the CIO
wants to scrap in Alaska or the
state—if they want to use brass
knuckles—then I say let's have ft.”
Weston’s .militant speech was a
highpoint of the convention's clos
ing session.
(By Associated Press)
Marines of the Fifth Regiment
are ready to sail for the Korean
war zone. The leathernecks—many
of them battle-toughened veterans
of World War II—went aboard a
transport in San Diego yesterday.
Two other transports are standing
by to take on more troops. All
the ships will form into a convoy
before heading for the Orient.
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON. July 14 — —
A decision on whether to call the
National Guard and Armed Forces
Reserves to active duty may be
reached soon after the return to
morrow of two members of the Joint
Chiefs from the Far East.
An informed official said today
the Defense Department is awaiting
their return before deciding finally
on W'hether to recommend those
steps to the White House.
The Department apparently has
advised the White House that such
action may be necessary, but has
not forwarded a definite recom
mendation.
General J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, and General Hoyt
Vandenberg, the Air Force chief,
are due in Washington tomorrow.
They have been in Tokyo conferring
with Gen. Douglas Macorthur on
his needs.
With them they presumably will
bring the latest picture of the Ko
rean war, including whatever fresh
requests MacArthur may have
made.
While Collins and Vandenberg
have been away, the strategy-mak
ing Joint Chiefs of Staff have been
operating with only two members,
Gen. Omar Bradley, the chairman,
and Admiral Forrest Sherman, the
Chief of Naval Operations.
AMBASSADORS
FROM PORTLAND
HEREJATURDAY
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 14—
(Special)—Twenty aerial ambassa
dors from Portland, historic gate
way to Alaska, will drop in on
Juneau Saturday, July 15, on the
first leg of a ten-day goodwill tour
by plane, train, boat and car.
Mission of the party, led by Ed
gar Smith, president of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, will
be to strengthen the bonds of trade
and to promote tourist travel be
tween Portland and Alaska.
"We are coming with open minds
to listen to Alaskans, study Alaska’s
problems and offer any help we can
give,” Smith said. "We recognize
that all routes to Alaska are two
way streets. We are interested
in developing a flow of trade and
tourists both ways between Port
land and Alaska. The community
of interest between Portland and
Alaska dates back to the days of
sailing ships when Alaska's supply
line began at Portland and Astoria.”
Arriving in Juneau late Saturday
the party of business leaders will
get their first eyeful of Alaska’s
scenic wonders Sunday on a flight
with Coastal Airlines up Taku In
let (o Taku Lodge, thence by boat
:o the foot of the glacier and back
to the lodge for dinner .
Monday they will have an offfc
al audience with Gov. Ernest Grue
ling and a dinner as guests of
he Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
Rest of the day will be devo’ed to
conferences with' Juneau business
men.
Combining pleasure with business
most of the aerial envoys are tak
ing their wives for the outing.
Mast of them are taking some fish
ing tackle, too, and plan to sample
Alaska’s famous angling. Some are
planning hunting trips.
The tour schedule is a busy one,
however. Leaving Juneau Tuesday
by Pan American Airways the party
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WEATHER REPORT
In Juneau—Maximum, 61;
minimum, 50.
At Airport—Maximum, 60;
minimum, 46.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Variable cloudiness becom
ing partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. Lowest tempera
ture tonight about 52. High
est Saturday near 64.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7.30 a m. today
City of Juneau — Trace;
simce July 1—1.13 inches.
At Airport — 0.21 inches;
since July 1—0.61 inches.
ENEMY GUNS,
KOREA (OAST,
ARE BLASTED
UN Naval Vessels Bombard
Four Sections - Bat
terries Silenced
TOKYO, Saturday—(AV-General
MacArthur's communique today re
ported United Nations naval vessels
blasted North Korea west coast
ports with “fair to excellent re
sults."
The communique did not specify
nationalities of warships involved,
but British and American vessels
are the only ones that have been
announced as being in that area.
The Netherlands and French gov
ernments have promised ships, but
their arrival has not been an
nounced.
The communique said the United
Nations naval vessels hit Utchin,
Samchok and Bokuko, on the east
coast, and British naval forces off
the west coast shelled shore bat
teries at Pengyong (Paengnyong)
silencing three enemy gun positions.
TOKYO, July 14—(AV-Ceneral
MacArthur’s communique said to
day that American troops still were
employing delaying and defensive
actions against superior North Ko
rean forces along the Kum river
line. |
The communique, released at
3:10 a.m. (12:10 p.m., Friday, EST)
about three hours past its usual
time, said “the Communist forces
probed the American lines in a
I number of places along the river,
but no definite developments were
reported.”
It said "unofficial reports that
! the Communist aggressors had
achieved a bridgehead over the
Kum river were not confirmed.”
LIE PLEADS
FOR FORCES,
WAR FRONT
LAKE SUCCESS. July 14—(>P)—
U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie
urgently appealed today to 52 U.N.
members for ground forces and
other assistance for the U.N. Korean
war effort.
Lie told a news conference the
unified command under the United
States is in urgent need of addi
tional effective assistance. He dis
patched telegrams to all U.N. coun
tries backing the Security Council
action against Communist North
Korea, telling them he would be
grateful for them to consider the
possibility of‘such assistance, “in
cluding combat forces, particularly
ground forces.”
Gold Expected to
Plead Guilty, Spy
Charges Thursday
(By Associated Press)
Harry Gold, the Philadelphia
chemist who has admitted deliver
ing US A-bomb secrets to Russia’s
spies—will go on trial next Thurs
day in Federal court in Philad.fc
phia.
US attorneys say Gold’s arraign
ment on espionage charges will be
a mere formality. Gold is ex
pected to plead guilty. Then the
Federal probation office will make
a pre-sentence investigation which
may take several weeks.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, July 14 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
93%, Anaconda 30%, Curtiss
Wright 8%, International Harvester
26, Kennecott 57%, New York Ceiv
tral 12%, Northern Pacific 15%, U.S,
Steel 32%, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 1,900.000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 199.83, rails 54.38. utilities
38.15.
The hair of the average person
grows about half an inch a month
ENEMY HITS
FROM REAR
IN YANK GARB
Bridgehead Being Formed
Posketing Americans
India Offers Truce
(By the Associated Press)
North Korean Communist forces
opened a full scale offensive today
against the Americans’ do-or-dic
Kum river line in South Korea, al
ready crossed by a small advance
shock force of Reds,
The opening of the offensive was
heralded by the Reds’ deadly in
filtration tactic, a front line dis
patch said. Communist guerrillas
who sneaked behind U.S. lines,
wearing uniforms possibly taken
from American dead, struck at the
U.S. forces in the rear while the
Reds threw an artillery barrage
across the river.
An advance headquarters spokes
man said the Reds brought up two
or three divisions to the Kum river
to face the greatly outnumbered
Americans on the south bank.
The front dispatch said intense
fighting began by night (Korean
time) on the Kum river front after
the Communists dared heavy Amer
ican artillery and fighter plane fire
to send a small Jabbing shock force
across the stream. It was the first
breach of the Kum river line, last
bastion before Taejon, emergency
capital. The South Korea govern
ment was reported to have fled
Taejon and a curfew and alert were
ordered in the city.
j Attack irm 'Rear
i Associated Press reporter Lett
Erickson, in a dispatch from Ameri
can advance headquarters, quoted a
headquarters spokesman as saying
the Red guerrillas attacked sud
denly from the rear, clad In green
twill fatigue uniforms such as
Americans wear. He said presum
ably these were taken from. Ameri
can dead or war prisoners.
The advance Communist force
which reached the south bank of
the Kum numbered possibly 100
men but posed a serious nighttime
threat to the doubly exposed
Americans fighting to prevent a
Red bridgehead buildup.
Despite heavy American artillery
and fighter plane fire, the Com
munist force waded across the river
in what looked like an attempt to
hold a bridgehead for a flanking
movement against American posi
tions guarding Taejon.
To the east, the outnumbered de
fenders worried over another Com
munist flanking movement which
threatened to cut off the Kum river
positions and Taejon from their
supply port, Pusan. The Reds drove
toward Hamchong and Andong, 44
and 75 miles east of Taejon and
about 60 miles north of Taegu on
the Pusan-Taejon highway.
Big Guns Duel
An artillery duel preceded the
Communist river crossing west of
Konju, on the river’s south bank,
held by the U.S. 34th Infantry regi
ment. Red guns covering the cross
ing were silenced for a time by the
American counter barrage.
Moscow radio, quoting front dis
patches, reported North Korean
armies advancing on all fronts, and
said North Korean air strength was
growing. The Moscow press ridi
culed the United Nations action in
Korea as a cloak for American
aggresison. Gen. MacArthur ac
cepted the U.N. flag for his com
mand today and promised his forces
would do all possible "to uphold
this noble ideal.”
The United States, said Washing
ton dispatches, is quietly informing
other interested U.N. members that
it would welcome their ground
forces in Korea, although there is
no official expectation that any but
the Americans would carry the
main burden. A number of U.N.
members have sent sea and air
help, but Britain and France, the
two most likely prospects for
ground force help, have their own
Communist troubles in Asia.
Might be Lure
The feeling was growing in Wash
ington that Russia might be trying
to lure the Western Allies into such
great military efforts in Korea that
there would be no challenge to ag
gression elsewhere.
With fears of a broadened con
flict rising, the Senate-House
Atomic Energy Committee indicated
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