THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
1 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME'
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,700
JUNEAU. ALASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Allied Escape Menaced by Swarms of Reds
AUTHORITY
USURPED BY
PRESIDENT
Taft Declares U.S. 'Sucked'
Into Korean War - Tru
man's Power Attacked
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 — '^>1 —
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) declared to
day the United States was “sucked”
into the Korean war and challenged
President Truman’s asserted power
to put American troops into a Euro
pean defense Tone without ap
proval first from Congress.
In a major foreign policy speech,
Taft told the Senate he believes
that large numbers of U.S. soldiers
to Europe would “make war more
likely.” He said the Russians would
be spurred to the attack if that is
their intention.
What Should be Done
Instead of sending troops to
Europe. Taft said, the United States
should build up powerful air and
sea defenses. He contended that did
not mean abandoning the rest of
the world.
As to Korea, the Republican leader
said President Truman “had no
authority whatever to commit
American troops to Korea without
consulting Congress and without
Congressional approval.”
“Usurped Authority”
“The President simply usurped
authority,” he continued, “in viola
tion of the laws and the Constitu
tion, when he sent troops to Korea
to carry out the resolution of the
United Nations in an undeclared
war.”
And at another point, Taft de
clared :
“Without authority, he involved
us in the Korean war. Without
authority, he apr arently is now
adopting a similar policy in Europe.”
Taft, the Republican policy
leader, took the Senate floor with
a 10,000-word prepared speech. Gal
leries were well filled and there
were some 50 Senators on the floor.
What Russia Would Do
Senator Lehman (D-Lib-NY)
argued that if the Western Allies
stood idly by, Russia would wind up
with an industrial productive ca
pacity equal to this country’s. The
New Yorker said “We would be
, completely surrendering” any pos
sibility of protecting ourselves.
Taft challenged what he termed
Lehman’s inference that he was
proposing that this country stand
idly by. Taft said the United States
has sent billions of dollars worth
of economic and arms aid to
Europe so those countries could
protect themselves. It is primarily
Up to them to do that, he added.
Destroy Steel Making
Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) asked
if Taft believed it would be neces
sary to destroy Western Europe's
steel making potential if the Rus
sians overran the continent.
“We would undoubtedly do so,”
Taft replied. “Look at us today de
stroying the port of Inchon. Any
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Washington — 'in Capitol
cloakrooms, conservative and liberal
Senators alike are alarmed at the
sinister forces which conspired
against Anna Rosenberg, who alter
a venomous smear campaign has
now been confirmed unanimously
as Assistant Secretary of Defense.
When analyzed, these forces take
on the semblance of “The Great
Conspiracy" of Hitler’s terrorist
regime.
The fact that such southern
Democrats as Byrd of Virginia and
Russell of Georgia, plus such con
servative Republicans as Cain of
Washington, helped expose the con
spiracy, is a wholesome sign that'
the U. S .Senate will not starid
for religious prejudice—even when
one of its own members appeared
to be involved.
The story of the great conspiracy
would read more like fiction if it
were not officially documented.
Mrs. Rosenberg, whose annual
income as labor adviser to the
Rockefellers, the Macy Department
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i A N 6 a TH ER N N OTE BOOK
i By BOB I)E ARMONB '
Thirty-eight men and two women,
all but eight of them selected by
a majority of the approximately
20,000 Alaskans who took the trouble
to vote last October 10 (and where
were the other 108,000 Alaskans
that day?), will begin to converge
upon the city of Juneau shortly
after the middle of this month.
WITHDRAWAL OF
FORCES EN KOREA
WELL - PLANNED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—(IP)—A
high army officer asserted emphat
ically today that the withdrawal
of United Nations forces in Korea
is a well-planned and executed
withdrawal and “is not any rout or
any Dunkerque.”
The officer, who may not be
named, emphasized that point re
peatedly in talking to reporters at
a Pentagon briefing sessioif.
At the same time, he presented
a set of figures to show the over
whelming strength now being used
by the Chinese and North Korean
Communists against th.te United
Nations forces.
A total of 950.000 enemy troops,
of which 450,000 are still being
held in reserve in North Korea, are
involved in the all-out push, he
said.
Other figures supplied the re
porters included:
Six Chinese armies of about 30,
0C0 men each are at the front
and five are in reserve to the north.
The enemy has reactivated and
reequipped 19 North Korean divi
sions. The size of these divisions
range from 2,400 to 9,000. Their
fire power is great because of the
large number of automatic guns,
including “burp guns,” although
not greater than the fire power
of an American division.
REDS START
HATE TACTICS
EISENHOWER
PARIS, Jan. 5—Ifl—'The Com
munists have opened up a savage
hate campaign against Gen. Eisen
hower, who is due here Sunday
to take command of Atlantic Pact
defense forces.
Communist papers in Paris, in
eastern Europe* and in Moscow are
assailing him in the bitterest term .
French Communists are circulating
petitions against him and trying
to work up protest strikes.
The first blasts at Eisenhower
were printed just before Christmas
when the Soviet Youth newspaper
in Moscow and the Literary Gaz
ette there assailed him as "a true
serf of Wall Street” and “a serg
eant major of Wall Street.” The
Cominform Weekly, printed in
Bucharest, called him a “notorious
warmonger." None of them men
tioned that during the war he was
decorated by the Russians and
praised for his brave leadership.
Now, papers in Prague and Paris
have taken up the cudgels. The
trade union paper Prace in Prague
called him a "mercenary of war
mongers" today. The French Com
munist organ L'Humanite early
week began its camjfoign by say
ing workers at the Hotchkiss fac
tory in suburban St. Denis have de
cided on a “patriotic strike against
the installing of Eisenhower in
Paris.”
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK", Jan. 5 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2 %, American Can
97'ii, American Tel. and Tel. 51'4,
Anaconda 41%, General Electric
50%. General Motors 47Vi, Good
year 67'i, Kennecott 76%, Libby
McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern
Pacific 32%, Standard Oil of Cali
fornia 93, Twentieth Century Fox I
21%, U.S. Steel 44%. Pound $2.80,
Canadian Exchange 95.43 i.
Sales today were 3,901,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 240.99, rails 79.12, utilities
41.90.
They are the members of the
Twentieth Territorial Legislature
and their number jncludes eight
holdover Senators, elected in Oc
tober, 1948.
They will travel, most of them
by airplane, from Wales and Nome,
Ketchikan and Wrangell, Fairbanks,
Sitka, Anchorage, Petersburg, Cor
dova, Palmer, Valdez and a scat
tering of other towns, and it will
be their aim to arrive at Juneau
not later than the forenoon of
Monday, January 22 That is the
day set by law for convening the
20th Legislature in regular session.
More than a few Alaskans be
lieve that this will be the last
Territorial Legislature and that our
next law-making session will be
the First State Legislature.
Whether or not these believers
are correct—and the answer Her.
with the United States Congress
the present 1951 session will round
out an even score of Territorial
Legislatures.
Since the Alaska Organic Act was
approved on August 24, 1912, a total
of 262 Alaskans—253 men and nine
women—have been elected to fill
the 352 House and 192 Senate seats.
Of these 262 legislators, 143 served
one term only. The other 119 were
re-elected for second or third term
and in a few instances for six or
seven terms. Out of the 119, only 39,
including one of the women, served
in both houses of the Legislature.
Ma jority Were Democrats
By political affiliations, .he 262
included 130 Democrats and 100 Re
publicans, while 19 were labeled In
dependents, 11 called themselves
Non-Partisans and two were Pro
gressives.
Approximately 25 percent of the
members elected to the 20 Legisla
tures—including the one coming up
—have been mining men, who num
ber more than 60. The next largest
occupational groups are merchants
with 32 and attorneys with 25,
The remainder have represented
a wide variety of callings—fisher
men, insurance brokers, farmers, a
couple of cannerymen, carpenters, a
blacksmith, engineers, accountants,
a barber, a printer, an undertaker,
a couple of editors, several drug
gists, a tailor, a florist and a num
ber each of aviators and housewives.
The Democrats, who have had
the greatest representation among
the individual legislators, have also,
in the 20 Legislatures, captured the
majority of the seats in both
houses.
Of the 352 seats in tne House oi
Representatives, 1913 to 1951 inclu
sive, 189 have been filled by Demo
crats, 121 by Republicans, 26 by In
dependents, 14 by Non-Partisans,
one by a Progressive and one was
vacant.
In the Senate, with 192 seats, the
Democrats held or now hold 112.
..lie Republicans 65, Independents 7,
Non-Partisans 6 and Progressive- 2.
Showing by Divisions
In the first 16 Alaska Legisla
tures. 1913 through 1943, each of the
four Judicial Divisions had equal
representation—two Senators and
four Representatives.
Commencing in 1945, however, the
total membership of the Legisla
ture was increased to 40. Each of
the four Divisions sent four Sena
tors to Juneau; the First Division
sent eight Representatives, the Sec
ond Division sent four, the Third
Division sent seven and the Fourth
Division sent five.
The First Division, with 144 seats
to fill, has sent 73 persons to the
Legislature, 68 men and five women.
Thirty-six of them were Democrats
31 were Republicans and six were
Non-Partisans.
With but 128 seats to nil, tne
Second Division has sent 63 men
and one woman to Juneau, includ
ing 29 Democrats, 25 Republicans
and 10 Independents.
The Third Division, which has
held 140 of the 544 legislative seats,
elected 66 individuals to fill them,
65 men and one woman. And al
thought the Third is generally con
sidered the stronghold of the Dem
ocratic Party in Alaska, it has sent
to the Legislature 31 Republicans
as against 27 Democrats, filling out
the list with four Independents,
two Non-Partisans and two Pro
gressives.
And the Fourth Division, where
the banner of Republicanism today
floats high, has through the years
sent to Juneau 32 Democrats, 23
Republicans, five Independents and
three Non-Partisans to fill its 132
seats. Of these, 61 -jvere men and
two were women.
i
NEW DRAFT
MEASURE IS
IN MAKING
To Call 18-Year-Olds and
Tighten Deferments
Also Exemptions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5——'The
Defense Department plans to ask
Congress to let it draft 18-year-olds
and tighten deferments and exemp
tions for currently draft eligible
men from 1J through 25.
Felix Larkin, the Defense Depart
ment's general counsel, told report
ers today of the plans. He -.aid a
manpower bill would be submitted
to Congress within two weeks de
signed to meet additional needs for
men lor uie armed services.
Larkin said the plan is to extend
the present 21-month service period
for draftees to 27 or 30 months. He
added, however, that this term
might be changed before thi man
power bill reaches Congress
About 1.200,000 boys will reach
18 during the next fiscal year be
ginning July 1 and about 800.000
of these could be expected to meet
physical requirement- toi military
service, Larkin estimated.
He said the Defense Department's
manpower proposals do not mvis.i <
the drafting of any women.
Larkin said 18-year-old draftees
would not be sent overseas unul
after their full basic military is n
ing.
FIREMEN TO GIVE
ANNUAL DANCE
SAL, FEBRUARY 10
The Juneau Volunteer Fire De
partment held its monthly meetbltf
last night at the Fire Club and
first order of business was the ap
pointment of committees for the
annual Firemans Dance, February
10, in the Elks ballroom. Elaborate
decorations together with most in
teresting added features are the
forte of this year's celebration.
Chief Minard Mill conducted a
quiz program during the session,
requesting various members to
name the location of alarm boxef;
and hydrants. From the results,
the firemen know their way around
the city.
Another problem on the program
! concerned the procedure in con
nection with the resucitation of a
person having been rescued in a
drowning ,tate. Four judges review
ed the work oi the teams and de
cided that calling oi a doctor was
the most important action neces
sary while lirst aid was being ad
ministered to the rescued persons.
Several methods of first aid and
resucitation to those having been,
immersed were demonstrated.
Reports were made of the recent'
city building inspections by the!
department to the effect that many '
structures did not comply with!
ordinary fire preventative methods j
and that the check would be con
tinued.
Chef Sorenson wound up the ses
sion with his usual excellent lunch.
E. L. Carter of Delta is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
• •
o WEATHER REPORT •
9 Temperatures for 24-Hour Period #
9 ending 6 20 o’clock th's morning 9
• In Juneau—Maximum, 24; • !
• minimum, 18, • |
• At Airport—Maximum, 25; • I
• minimum, 8. • !
• •
• FORECAST *
• (Juneau and Vicinity) 9
• Cloudy with intermittent «
• light snow and southeasterly • I
• winds 15 to 25 miles per hour •
• tonight. Low temperature •
• about 29 degrees. Cloudy •
• Saturday with occasional •
• snow or rain. Highest tern- • i
• perature about 34 degrees. • |
• PRECIPITATION • |
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m today 9
• City of Juneau — Trace; •
• since Jan. 1 — 0.25 inches; •
• since July 1—38.24 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• since Jan. 1 — 0.16 inches; • I
• since July 1—26.54 inches. • ,
• ••••••••••
m, COAL MINE
THREATENED BY
CG RESTRICTIONS
Unless Coast Guard restrictions
are modified on the unloading and
discharging of Class A explosives
at the port of Seward, the Alaska
Railroad will be forced to cease to
operate and the Healy River Coal
Corporation mine at Suntrana, sup
plying fuel for powei in the city
cf Fairbank . must cease operations
in two month wit tie. ;es testified
at the he .rin in Juneau yesterday
before Admiral Joseph Grecnspun,
Commandant of the Con a Guard's
17th District.
The conference was for the pur
pose of hearim uggestions by in
terested x\ itne i". for possible solu
tions to ihe problem imposed by
government emulation.' effective
August 9. 1950, controlling loading
and disc hip '.dim explosives ill
imounts exceeding 500 pounds at
Alaskan pons the Coast Guard ad
ministers and enforces the D.ui
ge roils Cargo Act.
Serious Kneels
Witness! testified the restric
tions will seriously affect the pro*
rt- of developments in Alaska
vital to the . tense program. Build
ing and ro 1 construction, mining,
logging and other necessary works
employing th use of explosives will
be affected
C. s. Dt.ryeu. General Freight and
Passenger Agent in Alaska for the
Ala ka Steamship Company asked
Admiral Green!,pun. 'll the Army
and the Me 'ui Railroad give ap
proval for the reopening of the
military dock .-t Seward will you
grant a per m; for its reopening?"
Admiral Grtenspun replied. ' No.'
At this time an order to 20,000
pounds of powder for the Heuly
River Coal Corporation, and bO tot:
of explosives for the Ala ka Rail
road are awaiting shipment from
Seattle, Bernard Duchnrrm surface
foreman for the coal mine, and Col
onel J. P. Johnson, manager of the
railroad, said.
Lt. Col. J. W. Higgins, USA.
Assistant Transportation Officer at
Fort Richardson also asked Admiral
Greenspun if the question would la
submitted to Coast Guard Head
quarters and the 17th District
Commandant replied "No
Colonel Johnson left shortly be
fore yesterday’s conference was
ended on the Pacific Northern Air
lines plane for hi Anchorage head
quarters and co iId not be vnehed
for comment
Coal Mine Siluatiati
Ducharme said in an interview
following the hearing that closing
of the Suntrana mine would deprive
Fairbanks of power a coal from the
mine is used in the generating
plants. He said his company has
contracts lor furnishing coal to the
Fairbank; Exploration Company
and the Northern Commercial Com
pany. Coal is used by the Northern
Commercial Company to furnish
power for all electricity and steam
for the entire city of Fairbanks. His
company. Ducharme said, is the
only outlet for commercial coal for
family use in Fairbanks, and a con
siderable amount, i required.
The remote possibility of trans
porting explosive over the Alaska
Highways to Suntrana from the pur.
of Valdez where explosives are
permitted ho b> unloaded by light
erage and barge crvlce would be
so costly the coal company would
be forced to raise the price of coal
which would create a burden on the
public, Ducharme -.aid. He said his
company could no! mine coal eco
nomically at the present price and
absorb the cost of transportation of
explosives by such a route
A temporary permit from the
Coast Guard Commandant to keep
the port of Seward open for un
loading explosives would permit
continuation of Lite coal mine and
railroad operations until a tempo
rary dock could be constructed at
the head of Re lurreetion Bay for
lighterage and barge rvice to meet
the requirement of 'he government
regulations pending n final solution,
witnesses testified.
Coal for Army Post
It Is anticipated the Evan.s-Jonei
Coal Company, another large coo!
mine in the rail belt v.ill alo be in
need of e.xp.oMve- lor operation
shortly. G. W. Thompson, manager
at Seattle for the Atlas Powder
Company said that the company
has a contract from the Arinv to
deliver 100,000 tons of coal to Foi l
Richardson, He said 9(1 percent of
the production from the mine Lx
used for power at the army post.
The Alaska Railroad has just
completed six magazines for storage
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STATEHOOD
BILLS FOR
S CONGRESS
O'Mahoney, Delegate to
Reintroduce Measures—
Butler Seeks Hearings
WASHINGTON, Jail 3 l" Sen
ate Butler (R-Nebi said yester
day that if Alaska statehood is j
brought before Congress again t
hearings should be held in Alaska.
Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyot,!
chairman of the Senate Interior I
Committee, which approved Alas- (
kali statehood in tlie last session, !
lias said lie will reintroduce t,he
bill. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska
also plans to offer a statehood
bill next week.
Butler, tanking Republican on
| the Senate Interior Committee has !
I opposed Alaska statehood.
Opponents Held Hack
He said in a statement that when |
I hearings on the bill were held
I here last spring it was impossible j
| for Alaskan opponents of state- i
hood to come here to testify
I Supporters of the bill, lie eonlin- !
tied, "were able to come nil the j
| way to Washington through the I
| good offices of the Alaska State- j
I hood Committee and upon payment j
j of a nominal rate for their traits- !
I portation by air.”
"No such opportunity was given |
! ihose who opposed statehood,” he
! aid. "Before we pass on Alaska1
j statehood we should investigate i
conditions on the spot.”
!.lection of Governor
! Bulk said he,plans to introduce 1
j ‘
a bill to let Alaska elect its own
, Govei nor. Such a proposal has been
. rejected by th« Territorial officials.
My bill would give Alaska nil j
I the reul advantages of statehood j
without, at the same time, inflict-!
1 itig an unbearable burden on taxa-;
I tion on tlxe people of the Terri-1
! lory." Butler said. "Bince Alaska !
cannot balance its budget now un
der a territorial status, it is diffi
cult. to see how it can hope to
do so under statehood.”
Cancel Reservations
Butler also said that if a sub- j
! committee visit.- Alaska he hope-, it;
! will "go into the question ol can- !
j celling some of the Federal Native 1
reservations and opening those rC- j
sources for jlevelopment."
"I am afraid Alaska will never j
be able to support statehood unless j
some steps are taken first toward j
bringing Alaska's potential resour, j
ees into productive uses," Butler i
said. 'In my Judgment that is a far
| more important problem than the
statehood question.”
COURT CASES HEARD
IN MORNING SESSION
_ !
.
After the completion of this morn- j
tag's session the U.S. District Court ;
was recessed until 10 o’clock tumor- j
row morning. •
At today’s session Judge Geer to
W. Folia set the case of the United
States versus Cyrus Pegek. et al, to
be heard January 15.
The case of James V. Cole versus ;
Sam Asp was continued until Janu- !
ary 22.
Judge Folta granted a decree ot ■
divorce to Isabeil Martin from Clif
ford Martin.
In the court yesterday afternoon
a Judgment was entered on the j
Alaska Industrial Board's award in
the case of Eleanor? Kate Kinnear
versus the Pacific Alaska Air Ex
press. The board had awarded the
plaintiff $4500 in a suit for compen
sation.
The case of Robert Caughlin. ad
ministrator of the estate of Art
Gamble, deceased, versus the Rid.
mond Lumber Company for judg
ment for payments alleged due on j
a sale of lumber, was heard and;
taken under advisement b> Judge |
Folia.
M. L. Coleman, Seattle, us re- .
glstered at the Baranof Hotel. !
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali scheduled to sail from He- \
attle 5 p.m today.
Baranof scheduled to arrive from
westward at 10 a.n.. Sunday south
bound.
Princess Nornh ■ heduled u> til
from Vancouver January 1,
30 Day Notice
Before Price
Jumps Asked
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 ” rile
government was reported today t ■
be drafting an order that all busi
ness firms give a 30-dav notice
before raising prices.
This would have die effect of
a one-month price “freeze" though
it would not apply to ail farm
prices, because of certain provisions
of law
Retail food prices were shown
by the Bureap of Labor statistic,
today to have risen 1.2 percent be
tween Nov. 2H and Dec. lh -almost
to the record high reached in July
of 1946.
There was no immediate confir
mation of the plans to issue a 30
dav advance notice order. However,
reports from people close to Price
Director Michael V. D1 Salle and
his staff said the decision has been
made to issue such an order very
soon.
The ac tion was described as a.
stopgap measure—holding the line
temporarily while the price stabil
ization office builds a staff to en
forct a system of mote specific
celling prices, and while the wage
stabilization board comes to some
decision on >t a tidings for control
ling wages. This board has called
a labor management conference
for next week to talk over prob
lems involved in wage control.
Di Salle is known to be particu
larly concerned over raising food
prices,
VETERANS AFFAIRS
MEETS TODAY
IN SECOND SESSION
Examination of loans made by
the Territorial Veterans Affairs
occupied most of the second session
today of the board, in annual i ,ei-L
ing here this week. Tt is expected
deliberations will be completed aim]
the board adjourned by tomorrow
noon.
Board president Robert Ellis of
Ketchikan said today that board
members are examining facts and
the status of the mat. i, of loans
made by the Veteran Affairs, each
member giving particular attention
to loans allowed In the division
which he represents.
Ellis said the board has examined
the report of Arthur Anderson and
Company, certified public ac
countants of Seattle and find the
financial affairs of the office of
Veterans Affairs in very good con
dition.
No action has been taken by tilt
board as yet, in the matter cf R-ivs
Kimball of Fail bank Kimball
-.ialms irregular treatment by the
board in reference io process of a
veterans loan. Albert White. Ju
neau attorney, appeared before the j
board at this morning's session on]
behalf of Kimball.
FIRE AT KLUKWAN
IS REPORTED HERE
A fire In the village of Klukv-an,
about 20 miles north of Haines wa
reported at 2:20 o'clock this Ifter
noon to the Alaska Native Service
in Juneau. Exact time the tire
started in the native village and
it. severity were not given but the
advices s tated that one house had
been destroyed when the me- ; e
was sent to Juneau
The advices said all available
nen in Haines were going by truck ■
xi Klawack to help fight the flames j
JANE WIGGINS GETS
MUSIC scholarship;
Mr. and Mrs. Jaspei Fntnibrour.fi 1
:>f Juneau learned today tl at theii 1
laughter. Juan Wiggins, who is at-,
tending college at Corvallis. Ore-1
4011, has received a musical . chol j
irship for a year.
Miss Wi gins studied the violin'
lere and was graduated from .Ju- !
leau high schfxil last year.
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MARRIAGE AI'I'LK A MON
Daniel B. Nei ley. With, the CAA 1
it Anchorage and Regina Elizabeth;
b'oniakin, who is employed at St. -
Ann’s Hospital in Juneau, have
ipplied for a marriage license in
he oftice of the U S Cominis-;
,inner.
BIG DRIVE
OH ALLIES
Red Troops Plan lo Destroy
Forces at Wonju, Cut Es
cape of 8th Army
(By the Associated Press)
Swarms of Chinese Red troops
pushed on southward tonight and
menaced Wonju. important Allied
escape highway center 55 mile:, east
of Seoul.
General MacArthur's headquar
ters said seven Communist Armies
perhaps 210,000 men are moving
Iron) the Chunchon area toward
Wonju.
They apparently aim to destroy
United Nations forces there and
then vlieel west in an attempt to
cut off Eighth Army unit; re
floating down from ruined Seoul
Heavy Enemy Lines
Allied pilots said they aw the
heaviest traffic yet observed in Ko
rea behind the enemy lines. They
reported t.200 vehicles clogging
North Korean roads.
The Allies in a skillful retreat
had yielded Seoul, it; airfield at
Ktmpo and the port of Inchon.
At Inchon U.jN. units blasted
docks and the tidal basin, then left
by sea. The main body of U N. troop
moved on southward by land.
Hid Itoad Blocks Broken
Four cut-off South Korean divi
sions bn ke through Communist
road blocks and reached U.N. dines
north of Wonju Thursday after a
four-day bailie- With the Koreans
■airly Tmcjc U.'N. 'lfiVcrt ivFrf (bifwh
closer around Wonju
An estimated 200,000 Communist
poured down tin* bleak cold moun
tains of the interior They could
turn left or righ' at Wonju, with
the object of cutting oft parts of
the Allied forces.
Field intelligence officers said the
Reds are already nearly parallel
to Wonju on one flank
Sth Army Withdraws
The bulk of the U S Eighth Arinv
is withdrawing southward prob
ably toward the Pusan beachhead
where they were bottled up by
North Koreans last summer before
MacArthur’s successful fail offen
sive that carried his men to the
borders of China only to be driven
back by Communist .Chinese in
overwhelming numbers.
A P. Military Affairs Reporter
Elton C. Fay in Wu ihinyion said
the possibility that American forces
will pull out of Korea is now mov
in' toward a probability. He said it
was significant that President Tru
man i ten!.iy declined to com
ment on Korea and that Secretary
of Defense George C Marshall was
cautious.
Grave Situation
No one at the Pentagon pulled
out maps and speculated on where
new holding p<>; itions might he
looked for. In that supreme head
quarters in the nation's capital
there was a new air of grimness
and the silence was ominous. Fay
observed
On the fighting front, Lt. Gen
Matthew B. Ridgway. commander
of the U.S. Eighth A aid,
Everything u going fine.” But he
asked correspondents to warn the
American people that "the issue is
not Korea." He added:
Korea Not Issue
“The issue is whether some day
the .same thing goes oil in America
or the we? ern world, or whether
we can keep it away from our
shores until international agree
ments have worked the problem
out in more orderly fashion
Dunlins' Inchon Evaluated
The evacuation of Inchon was
completed today Rear Adm I.. A.
Thackrey, commanding the U. #N.
flci't, was one of the !ust men to
leave the flaming city. The docks
and railway facilities of the port cf
Seoul were blown up by demolition
•quads and nothing of military
value was leti to the enemy.
SHAG WAY t’PK AGES I
HEBE EOlf MONTH
Mr. and Mrs Hal Johnston ar
rived on the Princess Nor ah from
Skagwav this morning to -pend ,t
month on business in Juneau He is
the Canadian Pacific Railway agent
at Bkagway.
W A Bates, banker of Ketchikan,
t; registered at the Barsnui Hotel.
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