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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,721
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1951
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STATEHOOD
IS ISSUE
IN HOUSE
Vote Is 10-14 Against In
creasing Membership of
Special Committee
m) .
By BOB BE ARMOND
Alaska statehood again became a
, big issue in a minor sort of way
in the House of Representatives this
morning.
The trouble started shortly be
fore noon and just as the House was
about to adjourn for the day.
Rep. Jack Scavenius of Anch
orage, a member of the Special
Committee on Statehood, moved to
have the committee membership
increased “by three or more.”
Scavenius had previously ob
jected in the House that one com
mittee member — Rep. W. W. Laws
of Nome — is a ’’sworn enemy of
statehood.”
Other members of the committee
are Rep. Mike Stepovich of Fair
banks and Rep. Amelia Gundersen
t of Ketchikan.
Stepovich, who is chairman of
the committee, told the House that
four is a sufficient number of mem
bers to handle any and all business
that comes before the committee.
Equal Representation
He also pointed out that the
present membership constitutes
equal representation from each of
the four divisions.
Rep. Seavenius said "this is a
very important committee and
more members might produce bet
ter ideas.” Rep. Doris Barnes point
M ed out that there had been no ob
jection to the size of the committee
when it was set up by the Commit
tee on Committees.
The motion to load the committee
with additional members lost on a
10-14 vote, all of the Republicans
and four of the Democrats in the
House voting against it. as well as
three of the four members of the
Statehood Committee.
Minor Skirmishes
Although the House had no busi
ness of great importance today, the
session was marked by a good many
minor skirmishes that provided
entertainment for the gallery but
did little to cement harmonious re
lations between the members.
A motion by Rep. Kay to refer
all appointments by the governor
to committees for study and evalu
ation before a joint House-Senate
, session is held was voted down 8-16.
Another war developed over the
issue of referring or not referring
House Bill No. 9, relating to unem
ployment benefits, to the Judiciary
Committee. Rep. Stepovich asked
that the bill be given to the com
mittee for study; Rep. Kay objected
that it was unnecessary. Rep. Stepo
vich won the argument, 17 votes
to 7.
Child Labor Bill
A bill introduced this morning
(Continued on Page Six)
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW TEARSON
(Copyright. 1951, Py Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
H^ASHINGTON—It is no secret
that the key to Soviet Russia's
war-making ability is oil. It is also
no secret that Russia does not have
sufficient oil to continue a war
for more than two or three months.
Thus she must get more oil before
she starts hostilities.
This is why the little country of
Iran, a land of Nomad tribes and
vast oil reserves, may be the key
to future peace.
Should Moscow be able to take
oyer Iran’s priceless oil fields, she
would not cnjy have enough oil to
wage war, but would also have ac
cess to the Indian Ocean through
the Persian Gulf. This would be
come Sovietized.
n view of this, the uncensored
news of what is happening in
Iran today is extremely important.
This news is that Moscow is wag
ing a quiet and extremely effective
campaign to take over Iran by
friendly infiltration. Simultaneously
the United States has so bungled
its diplomacy—including our failure
to put through a $25,000,000 loan
(Continued on Page Four)
Cold Wave
Conlinues
I
In Slates
(By Associated Press)
Waning January dealt out numb
ing cold today that produced stories
usually heard only in “Liars’ Club”
contests.
And there wasn’t much relief in
sight.
The U. S. Weather Bureau in
Milwaukee said Lone Rock. Wis„ in
the south central part of the state
had a temperature “estimated" at
53 degrees below zero. The official
thermometer there goes only to 45
below.
At Cadillac, on the southern pen
insula of Michigan, a* reading of 40
, below was taken.
Warmer Near Arctic
It was warmer near the Arctic
Circle in Canada than in many
parts of the mid-continent gripped
by a bitter cold wave.
And it was cold and icy and wet
over widespread areas of the East.
Colder weather was on the way,
said U. S. forecasters, for much of
the East and parts of the South.
Snow fell in Houston, Tex., and
the mercury dropped to 25 above.
Temperatures were below freezing
all the way to the Rio Grande Val
ley. The cold threatened citrus and
vegetables in the rich agricultural
region.
Mounting Death Toll
There was a mounting death toll
attributed to the cold and icy
weather. Hundreds suffered injur
ies in falls on icy streets.
Schools closed in many areas—
in the East and Texas by ice storms,
in the Midwest and West by cold
weather. Travel on highways was
slowed. Many air flights were can
celled. Communications were dis
rupted in some areas because of
ice-coated power lines.
The cold air missed only two
parts of the country — the extreme
Southeast and the Far West — fore
casters said.
Wisconsin and Minnesota report
ed the lowest marks in the early
morning — 45 below at Lone Rock,
Wis., and -37 at St. Cloud, Minn. It
was -23 at Mason City, la., -19 at ^
Milwaukee. -14 at Chicago. -7 at
Lansing, Mich., and -1 at St. Louis.
In Pac. Northwest
The Pacific Northwest’s cold
wave brought temperatures rang
ing down to 47 below, a power
shortage and flood threats today,
but the weather bureau said the
worst t^as over.
The report of minus 47 came from
Austin, in Eastern Oregon’s Blue
Mountains. The Oregon Highway
Department recorded 28 below at
Meacham and Seneca, also Blue
Mountain towns.
Baker, Ore., had 16 below and
Bend minus 12. Eastern Washing
ton wasn’t far behind, with Ellens
burg 14 below, Yakima minus seven
and Omsk minus three.
At Princeton, B. C.. 200 persons
were evacuated from flooded homes
yesterday as the Tulameen River
was backed up by an ice jam. Flood
damage in the town. 180 miles east
of Vancouver, was estimated unof
ficially at $40,000.
DOUBLEHEADER GAME
TONIGHT AT 7:30 IN
JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL
Tonight’s games in the Gastineau
Channel league played in the Juneau
High school gymnasium sees Juneau
High school Crimson Bears play the
Imperial Imps in’the lead off game
at 7:30. Second game pits the Co
lumbia l umbermen to play the
Arctics. I
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORi.1, Jan. 30 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%. American Can
99, American Tel. & Tel. 151%, Ana
conda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 102’.4,
General Electric 55, General Motors
50, Goodyear 72%, Kennecott 76,
Libby, McNeill & Libby 9%, North
ern Pacific 35%. Standard Oil of
California 95%, Twentieth Century
Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 47%, Pound
2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.81%.
Sales today were 2,480,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: In
dustrials 249.61, rails 86.19, utilities 1
42.21. |
FRENCH
DEFENSE
BUILDUP
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 —tft
French Premier Rene Pleven said
today France is building up her
strength steadily to do her full
part in the North Atlantic Al
liance against Communist aggres
sion.
Under the defense buildup now
in progress, he said, France will
have 20 regular divisions in Europe
by the end of 1953, with 100,000
more men under arms than at the
outbreak of World War II.
“France is your ally and not just
a fair weather friend,” he pledged
Americans.
Pleven addressed the National
Press Club after a second session
with President Truman in his series
of conferences here. They turned
to Western European defense prob
lems after having dealt yesterday
with the defense of Indochina.
Strengthening Ties
Pleven said he came to Washing
ton with one main idea in mind—
“to strengthen the ties that bind
our two countries and all members
of the Atlantic Alliance.”
France’s recovery since libera
tion from the Nazis has shown that
“the Communists couldn’t stop us,”
Pleven said.
Pleven praised the selection of
General Dwight D. Eisenhower to
head the North Atlantic forces and !
said "we are proud to call him Su- |
preme Commander.”
This was the final day of a two
day conference between the Presi
dent and Premier. They were re
ported discussing a wide bracket of
top order subjects, ranging from
France's battle against Communist
insurgents in the jungles of Indo
china to dangers arising from
France’s own large Communist
party
SAILORS UNION
GETS BLISTERING
BY COURT JUDGE
SEATTLE, Jan. 30— GP— With
blistering criticism of union offi
cials, a superior court judge has
ordered the Sailors Union of the Pa
cific to reinstate 10 seamen expelled
at a trial conducted in their ab
sence.
Superior Judge Theodore S. Tur
ner ruled the 10 Seattle men were
expelled from the AFL union “in
direct violation of the fundamental
constitution of this same union.”
The 10 were ousted by the SUP
at a union trial in San Francisco
while they were at sea on the mot
orship Island Maiy
Judge Turner, in a decision hand
ed down late yesterday, held the
seamen were not advised of the i
charges against them, and were
not given written notice of their
trial or hearings.
Judge Turner compared the Sea
men’s ouster to Hitler Germany
‘where they sent carloads of Jews
to Poland in the dead of winter.”
“Probably Hitler, too, thought this
was necessary for his system to
survive,” the Judge added.
The men ordered reinstated were
accused of supporting John A. Ma
honey, a union member expelled by
the SUP's San Francisco head
quarters after questioning the policy
of union officers.
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum •
• 25; minimum, 12. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 18; minimum, 3. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Cloudy with some snow •
• flussies tonight and Wed- •
• nesday. Lowest temperature •
• near 20 tonight. Highest •
• Wednesday near 30. Easterly •
• to northeasterly winds as •
• high as 25 miles per hour. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
«> (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. today •
j City of Juneau — Trace. •
• since Jan. 1 — 3.95 inches; •
• since July 1—41.94 inches. •
• At Airport — None; •
• since Jan. 1 — 2.25 inches; •
• since July 1—30.25 inches. •
• «•••*•*••«
;
CONTROL
SYSTEM
STUDIED
Profitsfvjay Be Limited
Unfreezing of Large
Blocs Coming Up
By HAROLD W. WARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 —OB—
A plan to control prices by limiting
profits was under government study
today while wage stabilizers pressed
for their first major policy state
ment designed to free large blocs of
wage earners from the pay freeze
of last week.
A new “margin of profit” system
of price controls was advanced as
one way to replace the dead-halt
ordered last Friday on price mark
ups. Price Administrator Michael
V. Di Salle said the plan, under
which sellers would have to peg
prices at cost plus a fixed margin
of profit, might be ordered by the
end of the week.
The plan Di Salle said he is con
sidering would limit profit margins
all along the line from manufactur
er to retailer. The Friday price or
der fixed price ceilings at the high
est level between Dec. 19 and Jan.
25. Wages were sealed at Jan. 25
levels.
uracriy ncirciu
In the middle of the struggle for
an orderly retreat from the temp
orary wage-price freeze, Wage Sta
bilization Board Chairman Cyrus
S. Ching called on the public to
"have patience.”
"So much more progress can be
made,” he said, if the nine wage
experts could be left alone. How
ever, the first wave of mail after
the Friday order wasn’t mountain
ous. Most of it was from policemen,
firemen, school teachers and others
who wondered whether their wages
were to be stablized.
Wages-Salaries
The answer was to be forthcom
ing in one of the earliest state
ments of the board. Wages and sal
aries of the 4,000,000 Federal, state
and city employes are fixed by legis
lation and ordinances, and therefore
they were left out of the general
stabilization program in World War
II.
Some members of the wage board
favored an immediate interim form
ula which would apply to all work
ers in the future, clearing the way
for completion of negotiations in
hundreds of industries, now at a
standstill because of the order. That
should come first, the labor mem
bers argued.
NO BLACKOUT AT
PRACTICE ALERT
TONIGHT AT 7:30
The first practice alert for Juneau
will start tonight at 7:30 with a
two or three minute series of short
blasts from the fire alarm signal
and end approximately 45 minutes
later with the regular all clear
signal of 1-1
No black-out will be required but
pedestrians are to take cover in the
nearest building or their homes,
whichever is the most convenient.
Cars traveling at the time of the
alert signal are to continue to their
destination as quickly as possible
but drivers are to observe the exist
ing traffic regulations. No person
is to be on the streets until the all
clear is sounded and traffic will re
sume at the same time.
Everyone is reminded not to use
the telephone for the duration of
the alert except in case of emerg
ency such as sickness, fire or other
serious emergency.
SITKA BANKER HERE
Harvey J. Brown, Sitka banker,
is here for an Alaska Bankers Asso
ciation meeting which begins Thurs
day. He is at the Baranof Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Bararof from Seattle in port and
scheduled to sail for westward at
4 this afternoon.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
PROBABILITY
YOUNGER MEN
BE DRAFTED
—
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—UPi—A
former defense official said today
he thinks it probably will be neces
sary soon to draft both 18 year olds
and young married men.
Tracy S. Voorhees, former Un
derseceretary of the Army, gave this
opinion to the Senate Prepared
ness Subcommittee. Members of this
committee have been debating
whether it would be best (1) to
draft married men under 26 who
have no children, or (21 extend the
draft to 18 year olds as recommend
ed by the Defense Department.
Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass)
asked Voorhees which move he
thought would be wiser.
Voorhees replied that he fav
ored taking 18 year olds first but
added:
Question of Timing
“It won’t make very much dif
ference except in timing, in my
personal opinion. We are going to
have to take them both over the
next 18 months or two years.”
Both the Senate group and the
House Armed Services Committee
are holding hearings on legislation
to extend the draft to 18 year olds
as a move toward eventual universal
military service and training lUM
ST) for all physically fit men,
beginning at that age.
Voorhees and two World War II
scientific leaders, Dr. Vannevar
Bush and Dr. William C. Mennin
ger, Joined in urging an immediate
tart on UMST.
| While these three were testifying
before the Seftate group, Mrs. Anna
M. Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary
of Defense, told the committee
the Defense Department is opposed
to raising the draft age above 26
years of age.
SENATE MEASURE
WOULD INCREASE
INDIGENT RELIEF
(By Jim Hutcheson)
Three bills and a memorial were
introduced in the territorial Sen
ate’s brief morning session today.
Sen. Anita Garnick (R-Juneau)
dropped in a bill to increase terri
torial indigent relief payments to
$60 a month from the existing $30.
She said such payments to persons
who fail to qualify for old age pen
sions or unemployment compensa
tion formerly got $60, but that they
were cut to $30 under a re-discov
ered 1929 law.
Sen. Frank Barr (D-Fairbanks)
introduced two bills to make chang
es in criminal laws. He has put in
four of the total of six bill: intro
duced in the Senate to date.
One of Barr's measures would
tighten up the law on checks writ
ten without funds in the bank to
cover them. If done purposely, or
if funds are not provided within
two days of notice, it would be a
misdemeanor. The penalty could
be a year's imprisonment, a $1,
000 fine or both. Barr said the
measure was prepared because gov
ernment attorneys say that under
present law a conviction on an
NFS check is almost impossible be
cause intent to defraud has to be
proved.
Barr’s other bill proposes modifi
cation of the penalty aaginst per
sons under 21 in certain rape cases.
The present law provides life im
prisonment of three' to 20 years in
I certain cases, involving juveniles.
The joint memorial, by Sen. Ed.
Anderson iD-Nomei, asks the mili
tary and federal officials to react
ivate Marks air force base at Nome.
It said the inactivation of the field
“leaves that section of the territory
vulnerable to attack and invasion.”
It adds that “vulnerability of the
Nome area could well expose all of
the territory to ultimate enemy at
tack and invasion.”
The Senate met only briefly and
adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
With little on the Senate slate
yet for action, Sen. John Butro
vich (R-Fairbanksi suggested an
afternoon session so committees
could dig into their work. Butro
vich heads the important finance
committee.
NORBY MAN IN JUNEAU
M. J. Klepser, Norby Supply Co.
representative from Seattle is stop
I ping at the Baranof Hotel.
11 Elderly
Persons Die,
Flash Fire
BULLETIN—HOQUIAM, Wash.,
Jan. 30—(A*)—At least 15 persons died
in this noon’s fire at Hoquiam kill
ing at least 16 elderly persons. Many
of approximately 30 residents in
home, ill and unable to walk, were
trapped In beds.
HOQUIUM, Wash, Jan. 35— W—
At least 11 elderly persons died
today in a flash fire that whipped
through a rest home here.
Earl S. Coleman of the Pinnick
Coleman Mortuary said 11 bodies
had been brought there from the
two-story, wooden MeClary Rest
Home.
“They say there are more to
come,” he said.
The fire started shortly before
noon in the big frame house which
housed about 35 men and women,
all of them aged.
"The fire spread like a flash.”
said fireman Bret Hart. “By the
time I got there on the second
call for firemen it' had spread
through the whole building.”
Cause of the fire was not deter
mined immediately.
Coleman said he was told that an
explosion was reported in a com
bination furnace-laundry room in
the basement.
Firemen from both Hoquiam and
the nearby city of Aberdeen were
called to fight the fire.
COMPENSATION CASES
BEING SETTLED HERE
The Alaska Industrial Board was
scheduled to hear evidence on a
workman’s compensation case today
involving Valentino Baltazar vs.
Alaska Packers Association for loss
of hearing while engaged in air
plane travel. Commissioner Henry
A. Benson and Attorne'y General J.
Gerald Williams, also of the Board,
heard the arguments.
Five compromise settlements were
heard and approved yesterday. Mil
ton Jenkins, who suffered total and
permanent disability from a back
injury, was granted $6,900 from the
Healy River Coal Co. In the case
of George Luke vs. the Lomen
Commercial Co., for the loss of a
leg caught in the bite of a towline,
the settlement was made for $2,700.
Vincent Castro vs. Chignik Fisher -
j ies got $100 for the partial loss of
an index finger. The Ole Loid vs.
Petersburg Lumber Co. case was
settled for $90 for the one-third
loss of a little finger.
Two cases presented were held
I for additional evidence. They were:
R. C. Elliott vs. Birch Morrison
Knudson, Fairbanks for a claim for
medical care and disability compen
sation, with William Paul, Jr., ap
pearing as attorney; and the case
of Blanche I. Cerino vs. the Cor
dova Model Cafe for a back injury
involving permanent disability
which was held for further medical
examination. Paul and R. E. Rob
ertson were the attorneys.
Decisions on two cases will be
made within a few days. They were:
Luther Noey vs. Alaska Plumbing
and Heating of Anchorage, a
hernia case, with attorneys, M. E.
Monagle, Bailey Bell and Robert
Boochever; and Linda M. Johnson
vs. Libby, McNeill and Libby involv
ing loss of memory arising out of
an airplane crash in Bristol Bay in
1948. Attorneys were Boochever
and Robertson.
FROM PETERSBURG
Ole Hatlen of Petersburg is stay
ing at the Gastineau Hotel.
WEED FAMILY HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Weed and
son Thomas from Yakutat are
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
GOODFELLOW HERE
A. J. Good fellow of the Glenn
Carrington Co. from Seattle, is at
.the Baranof Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Mrs. Jerry Norton of Seattle is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
Fred Siedell of Petersburg ar
rived here eyesterday frcn Anch
orage via PNA and is stepping at
the Baranof Hotel.
Lt. Myron E. Elliott of the 10th
Rescue Sqdn. at Elmendorf Airbase
is stopping at the Gastlneeau Hotel.
INCREASE FOR
UNEMPI.OYMENT
COMPENSATION
(By Jim Hutrheson)
After a hearing yesterday with
officials and labor representatives,
the House Labor committee recom
mended “do pass" today for two
| bills to increase Alaska unemploy
ment compensation benefits.
Some legislators raised questions
about "abuses" and “chiseling" dur
ing the hearing, but they were un
animous in signing* the "do pass"
recommendation after it was all
over. Labor representatives insist
ed the so-called "chiseling" was
very minor and that unions were
as interested as anyone else in el
iminating it.
One of the Unemployment Com
pensation measures would raise
benefits to $30 weekly from the
present $25. The other would allow
persons with dependents to draw
additional total benefits. They can
draw more weekly now than a single
person, but they are limited to a
$625 total for the year.
The proposed change would allow
a person with three or more de
pendents to draw a miximum of
$1,000 on the present $25 a week
basis. If the $30 proposal was en
acted it would allow a single per
son a maximum of $750 for 25 weeks
and a maximum of $1,200 for those
with three or more dependents.
The two measures were introduced
by Rep. Wendell P. Kay, Anchor
age Democrat. They still must run
the gantlet of the House Judiciary
and Rules committees before reach
ing the House for a vote.
The hearing brought testimony
that 47 percent of the 1950 benefits
were paid outside the territory.
That report was given by John
McLaughlin, director of unemploy
ment insurance, and George F.
Crisman, the agency's coordinator
and statistical expert.
Crisman told the legislators, in
response to questioning, that dur
ing the year slightly less than $1,
800,000 was paid in benefits to per
sons in the territory and about $1,
| 600,000 to Alaska workers who had
gone outside.
They explained that, similarly,
persons entitled to unemployment
compensation from one of the
states get their benefits just the
same if they go to other states—or
if they should come to Alaska and
remain jobless for the qualifying
period. But, McLaughlin added,
they must keep in touch with em
ployment service and be ready to
take Jobs in their regular line of
work.
Crisman explained that the orig
inal theory in setting unemployment
payments was to base them on an
approximation of half pay for half
a year. Alaska's $25 weekly figure
was set in 1946. Labor organization
spokesmen at the hearing cited
sharp increases in both the cost of
living and wage scales in Alaska
since that time.
Crisman said the average wage
now listed for Alaska, during the
time of employment, is $89 a week.
(Continued on Page Five)
WADE, ANS DIRECTOR,
RETURNS FROM MEET
ON ADMINISTRATION
Hugh J. Wade, Alaska Native
Service area director, returned Sun
day from a meeting of area di
rectors in Washington, D. C.. where
administrative matters of the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs were dis
cussed for the next fiscal year.
No new legislation has been intro
duced in the present session of Con
gress that affects the territory in
relation to the ANS. The amount of
money approved by the Bureau of
the Budget Is about the same as
last year for the ANS with the ex
ception of construction. The new
monies approved are for the con
struction of nurses quarters at the
ANS hospital in Anchorage.
Funds for the construction of the
Bethel hospital will be asked for
in a supplemental funds bill. It is
hoped by Wade that funds can be
made available in the spring so that
construction on the hospital can
start at that time.
“There is a marked difference in
Washington toward the war situa
tion," said Wade. “When I was
there the first part of December
people were rather pessimistic. Now
there is an air of confidence about
what there is to be done. I saw Don
Foster, area director In the Min
neapolis office, and he sent greet
ings to his friends here.”
ADVANCE OF
U.N. FORCES
SLOWED UP
Reds in Diehard Resistance
-Hot Steel, Bombs Hurl
ed Into One Town
(By Associated Press)
Doughboys spearheading the Al
lies limited offensive were slowed
to a crawl by diehard Red resist
ance today. An officer said they
apparently hit 'the main enemy
force arrnyed along the frozen west
ern Korean warfront.
On the east coast, UN naval pow
er hurled hot steel and bombs into
a North Korean town from car
rier-based planes and big • guns of
warships.
Tlie Navy said the powerful task
force shelled the area around the
east coast port of Kansong through
out the day Tuesday. Shells were
rained on rail and road bridges at
that point about 25 miles north of
the 38th parallel.
Meanwhile, a South Korean divi
sion drove into Kangnung, on the
east coast 20 miles south of the
parallel and about 45 miles south
of Kansong, a special Fifth Air
Force report said.
Hundreds of enemy supply ve
hicles were seen in North Korea
moving southward toward the west
ern battle line.
Forward UN units in the western
sector advanced laboriously only
a few hundred yards on the sixth
day of their northward limited
offensive.
Hit Defense Line
A regimental officer told Asso
ciated Press correspondent Jim
Becker:
“I think we've hit their main de
fense line."
On the flank, however, gains up
to six miles were recorded.
An enemy division may be man
ning the Red defense line on the
western half of the 40-mile front.
•‘They're well dug in and deter
mined to stay.” Lt. Col. Bernard
Peeters of Park Palis, Wis., exe
cutive officer of a spearhear regi
ment, told Becker.
Heavy Casualties
Advance Allied units, he added,
were suffering their heaviest casu
alties of the offensive, but these
were far below the “terrific losses
being inflicted on the enemy.”
For the second straight day Chin
ese artillery pounded away at UN
positions nine miles northwest of
Suwon. About 100 rounds were fired
Tuesday. Seven miles northwest of
Suwon American units were fired
on by Reds in well-hidden caves
and made only a small advance.
60,000 Reds Entrenched
Allied reports said the Reds had
some 60,000 troops entrenched be
tween Seoul and Suwon.
The Tenth Corps commander.
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, said
the North Korean Fifth Corps is
poised and ready “to strike our
front, but we are ready for it." He
said his troops already had destroy
ed the North Korean Second Corps
as an organization in the fighting
around Wonju.
The main activity was along
the western front, • with United
States and Puerto Rican troops ad
vancing northeast of Suwon.
Reds In Frozen Foxholes
Puerto Rican troops got a 25
round salvo from what were believ
ed to be 75-MM pack guns as they
fought for a slushy hill about four
and one-half miles northeast of Su
won.
All along the line, U. S. Greek,
Puerto Rican, Turkish, British and
South Korean soldiers Uug Com
munists out of frozen foxholes with
rifles, bayonets and gun butts.
MANAGER LIGHT CO.
RETURNS -'ROM STATES
Franz Nagel, manager of the
Alaska Electric Light and Power
Co., was a Juneau passenger on the
Baranof from Seattle. Nagel has
been away since before Christmas
and spent the holidays with his
family in southern California.
DETROIT, Jan. 30—W—It was
colder than Hell in Paradise today.
The temperature in Hell, Mich.,
in the southeastern part of the
states was 5 below. In Paradise,
Mich., 300 miles north, it was 19
below. __