THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,607
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1950
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TWO INVASION FORCES LANDED IN KOREA
Mac A rthur in Personal Charge of Amphibians
GIVE BOOST
TO MARSHALL
TO HIGH JOB
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15— UPI —
The House Armed Services Com
mittee today approved legislation
to permit Gen. George C. Marshall
to serve as Secretary of Defense.
The vote was 18 to 7.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) an
nounced the vote. The Senate
Armed Services Committee had pre
viously approved the legislation.
The opposing votes in the House
committee were cast by Republic
ans:
Reps. Short of Missouri, ArenBs
of Illinois, Shafer of Michigan, Els
ton of Ohio, Towe of New Jersey,
Gavin of Pennsylvania and Myer
of Kansas.
The Senate and House are ex
pected to act quickly on the Mar
shall legislation.
NEW BOMB
EXPLOSIVE
ISWUND
(By Howard Blakeslee)
(Associated Press Science Editor)
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 15—UPI—
The discovery of tritium, the hydro
gen bomb explosive, in water was
announced today at the research
institute of Temple University. Tri
tium presently costs nearly half a
billion—$500,000,000—per pound as
it is made with atomic reactors.
This natural tritium is the rarest
element in nature. There is one atom
of Tritium for every sextillion atoms
of hydrogen in ordinary water—the
kind that comes out of your house
hold faucets.
Tritium is hydrogen of triple
weight. It has been described as
essential to the making of H-bombs.
The Du Pont company has been
commissioned to build atomic reac
tors presumably to make this rare
stuff. Tritium is to be used along
with double weight hydrogen—call
ed deuterium—which scientists know
as an element of “heavy water.”
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Copyright. MM, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
M^ASHINGTON — Secretary of
State Dean Acheson told a tightly
secret meeting of House and Sen
ate foreign relations committeemen
the other day that he didn’t expect
Russia to make any war moves in
Europe in the near future, despite
our announced policy of reinforcing
Europe with arms and men.
But Acheson warned that rearm
ament must be handled cautiously—
and with the full cooperation of
the United Nations—to prevent in
cidents that might lead to all-out
war.
One of the toughest problems the
U. N. faces, Acheson reported, is
bringing western Germany into the
program. The German people, he
said, were overwhelmingly opposed
to an armed police force of their
own unless it is part of a "well
integrated” task force of all At
lantic Pact nations.
A separate police army, he ad
mitted, would be no match for the
Soviet military machine in east
Germany and might actually in
vite Russian conquest of all Ger
many. This, Acheson warned,
would be very difficult, if not im
possible, to prevent.
At the same time, Acheson said
that France probably would oppose
making western Germany a full
fledged member of a mutual de
fense pact, since this would in
clude rebuilding its steel and po
tential war industries to full cap
acity.
The final decision will be up tc
the United Nations General Assem
bly, Acheson explained, adding that
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President's Choice
Gen. George C. Marshall, President Truman's selection to become
Secretary of Defense, enters the Red Cross headquarters ni Wash
ington, the organization he now heads. The former Army Chief of
Staff and Secretary of State has been nominated to succeed. Louis
Johnson in the defense post. IIP) Wirepboto.
Joannie and Rose Marie
Receive Lasf Letter from
Daddy, Killed in Korea
COLLINGDALE, Pa.. Sept. 15—UR
—A young soldier in Korea took a
piece of notepaper from his helmet
and wrote a letter to his two small
daughters back home.
That letter was delivered yester
day to the home of six-year-old
Rose Marie McCormick and her
sister, Joan, three.
Three days ago, their mother was
SEIDENVERG-NOONAN
FIRM MEMBERS MEET
Bothe members of the Noonan
Seidenverg firm of manufacturers
representatives are in Juneau, cros
sing paths between trips.
Edward M. (Babe) Seidenverg has
just completed a trip through the
westward and interior areas and met
Dan Noonan in Juneau to turn over
to him six trunks of samples so that
Dan can complete Alaska coverage.
Business is good in Anchorage
and Fairbanks, according to Seiden
verg and Juneau, the salesman said,
he finds steady as usual.
Both Noonan and Seidenverg leave
southbound on the Aleutian, with
Noonan remaining in Ketchikan and
Seidenverg continuing to Seattle.
In the meantime Noonan is busy in
Juneau with his sample room iu the
Bara'nof full of men’s clothing and
shoes which he is showing to the
local trade
PEDESTRIAN LANES NOW
ARE MARKED AT CITY
STREET INTERSECTIONS
Juneau pedestrians will now have
marked lanes to guide them across
street intersections through the
city’s heavy traffic areas. The city
street crew this week is marking
the lanes in bright orange paint.
Juneau’s traffic code, revised this
year, provides that pedestrians
cross the streets at intersections
and the marked lanes are being
laid out to more clearly define
areas for crossing. “Jaywalking,”
that is, crossing a street at any
point not at, or as near as possible,
an intersection, it was pointed out
by city officials, is prohibited and
a violation is subject to a fine.
M. H. Peters of Cordova is stay
ing at the Baranof Hotel.
notified that Pfc. John J. McCor
mick, 28, paratrooper veteran of
World War II and infantryman in
Korea had been killed in action.
This is what Private McCormick
wrote to “Dear Joannie and Rose
Marie:”
“This is Daddy. I want you to
listen and pay attention while Mom
ie reads this to you. Just try and
make believe I was there, talking to
you. >
"Joannie, I don’t think you’ll re
member me because you were a
little baby when I had to go away,
but I used to sit and hold you a
lot.
“Rose Marie, you should remem
ber me because I used to take you
out with me a lot, and I used to buy
you a lot of candy and sodas, and
I used to feel so good when people
used to say you had eyes like mine.
Remember the little puppy I bought
you?
“I want you both to know that I’d
be with you if I could, but there
are a lot of bad men in the world,
and if they were allowed to do
what they wanted to do, little girls
like you wouldn’t be allowed to go
to church on Sunday or be able
to go to the school you wanted.
When you grow up to be young
ladies, don’t ever forget all that
Mommie had done for, you. She
has often gone without clothes for
herself so that both of you could
have nice things. I want you to
do as she says; go to church on
Sundays and you can always pray
for Daddy.
“I’ll be in a hole fighting, in a
few days, in place called Korea, so
I'm sending you all the love that’s
in my heart on this sheet of paper.
I carry your picture, and Mommie’s
next to my heart, and if I have to
go help God. you’ll know that the
last thought I had on this earth
was for the two of you and Mom
mie. All my love and kisses. Be
good and God bless you. Daddy.”
WHITE HOLLY HERE;
BQINGS IN TROLLER
The Coast Guard White Holly ar
rived in Juneau this morning with
a small white troller in tow. The
troller had hit a log and was dis
abled with a bent shaft in Mole
Harbor, Seymour Canal, yesterday.
CHAPMAN
CHARGES
DROPPED
Committee Hearings Are
• Ended - O'Mahoney
Makes Statement
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15— im —
“One of the most infamous libels
ever uttered against an honorable
man”—That was the judgment pro
nounced by Senator O’Mahoney (D
Wyo) concerning charges that In
terior Secretary Oscar L. Chap
man has Soviet sympathies.
O’Mahoney. Chairman of the Sen
ate Interior Affairs Committee, yes
terday ended a five-day hearing on
the charges.
Senator Schoeppel (R-Kas) started
it all when he told the Senate last
week that Congressional files show
conclusively “a strong and close per
sonal alliance” between the Russian
Soviet cause and Secretary Chap
man.
O’Mahoney said before adjourn
ing the hearings:
“I have heard all the evidence,
and I find nothing In the record
to show even inconclusively a strong
and close personal alliance between
the Russian Soviet cause and the
present Secretary of Interior.”
Two other Democratic members of
the Committee also denounced the
charges in language like this:
“Smear” and “outrage.”
Schoeppel had no comment. He
told reporters earlier that his state
ment “might have been a little
strong,” and denied any intention of
questioning Chapman’s loyalty.
Yesterday the committee spent all
day listening to Frank T. Bow,
Schoeppel’s administrative assistant,
who has admitted he prepared the
material for the Senator’s speech.
Bartlett's Statement
Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) is
sued a statement terming the
Schoeppel charges “completely dis
credited.”
“Character assassination of this
kind will not be tolerated by the
American people,” Bartlett said.
"Every effort to prove Secretary
Chapman is a Communist sympa
thizer lias flopped. Every effort
to prove Randolph Feltus, formerly
retained by the Alaska Statehood
Committee, is a Communist or
Communist sympathizer, has flop
ped. Even Frank Bow, adminis
trative aide to Senator Schoeppel.
has refused to say—when under
oath—that he believes either is a
Red or sympathetic to the Red
cause.”
Bartlett said Bow asked both W
C. Arnold, managing director of
the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.,
and William Strand, editor of the
Fairbanks News-Miner, for infor
mation In connection with the
preparation of Schoeppel's speech.
“These known foes of statehood
joined with Bow, in a campaign
that had the dual purpose of hurt
ing statehood and blasting men
reputations,” Bartlett said. “Nov
that information has become pub
lic, no further explanation needs
to be given the Alaska public.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• Juneau—Maximum, miss- •
• sing, minimum, missing. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 62; •
• minimum, 49. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• •
• Mostly cloudy with inter- •
• mittent light rain tonight •
• and Saturday. Lowest tern- •
• perature tonight near 48 de- •
• grees; highest Saturday near •
• 55. •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Pant 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. todar •
• City of Junean—None; •
• since Sept. 1—4.10 inches; •
• since July 1—15.16 inches. •
• At Airport—Trace; •
• since Sept. 1—2.41 inches; •
• since July 1—14.41 inches. •
• •••••••••*
! Roberta Is "Shrinized
i _
rr
There was a big “Smile With Nile” session at Boeing Field when
Seattle Shrlners returned to Seattle from a 5,000-mile ceremonial
pilgrimage througli Alaska. On the last leg of their trip, they got
aboard the same Pan American Clipper that was taking Miss Roberta
Mcsserschmidt of Juneau to Seattle. Roberta was the winner of the
round-trip to Seattle in this year's Fourth of July celebration. She
had anticipated a pleasant trip — but she didn't expect to be gaily
carried off the Clipper in Seattle by the fun-loving Shriners. Left
to right: Glen Carpenter, H. Dan Bracken, Jr., Miss Messerschmidt
and Harold Simpson. On the steps behind them are Frank Ostrander,
recorder, and J. H. Fletcher, Potentate of Nile Temple. (Pan Ameri
can News Bureau)
Captured Yank Soldiers
Cremated Alive by North
Koreans. Buddies Testify
KOREAN WAR
ACTION FOR
"MIGHTY MO"
TOKYO. Sept. 15—(^1—The U. S.
S. Missouri—the world’s mightiest
hip—went into action today in the
Korean war.
The “Mighty Mo” stood off the
fast coast of Korea blazing away
with 16-inch guns at Samchok, a
ited-held port on the Sea of Japan.
Samchok is north of where South
Korean marines landed on the east
oast, and directly across Korea
irom Inchon, where U. S. Marines
and doughboys went ashore behind
■nemy lines.
The battleship made an 11,000
inile speed dash to the Sea of Jap
an from Norfolk, Va.
Enroute, she encountered a hur
ricane off Cape Hatteras, dodged a
iropical storm at Panama, and rode
into Korean waters on the tail of
a typhoon.
The big battleship went aground
I Jan. 17 off old Point Comfort, Vr.,
I n Chesapeake Bay, to the chagrin
of the entire Navy. For 15 days she
at there, defying every effort to
et her free.
FROM SITKA
A. Glenn of Sitka is registered
at th,~ Baranof Hotel.
I .
By WILLIAM JORDEN
WITH U. S. SECOND DIVISION,
KOREA, Sept. 15—UtT— U. S. soldiers
testified today at least three of
their buddies were thrown into a
roaring fire by their North Korean
cap'ors on the western front re
cently.
The grisly tale of this latest in
a series of Red atrocities against
American prisoners came to light
during a U. S'. Second Division in
vestigation today.
The Americans were captured
when the Reds overran an advance
command post the night of Aug. 31
The American position fell during
the first Communist drive that
rocked United Nations defender:
back to their heels.
A number of witnesses told the
Army inquiry board they saw their1
fellow soldiers, some of them
wounded, thrown into a roaring fire
which apparently had been built
l for that purpose.
Sgt. Lester Marcum of Vaughn's
Mill. Ky., had a squad of Amer
| icans and South Koreans manning
a 75-mm. gun on the perimeter of
the overrun command post. He
said he was about 200 to 300 yards
, away.
Marcum said he saw three Amer
icans thrown into the fire by the
North Koreans. He said he heard
one scream: "Don't do it! Don't
do it!”
FROM ELFIN COVE
Walter Larson. Jr., and G. Hen
nison of Elfin Cove are registered
at the Bnranof Hotel.
Marines, Infantrymen Storm
Ashore on Two Coasts Under
(rushing Naval Bombardment;
Is Kickoff for U. N. Offensive
(By Associated Press)
The United Nations seized the of
fensive In Korea today.
Backed by a mighty armada of
ships of eight nations, land forces
stormed ashore on both coasts be
hind Communist lines in Invasions
which may break the back of the
three-months-old North Korean in
vasion.
U. S. Marines and infantry storm
ed ashore In force at Inchon, west
coast port of the fallen South Kor
ean capital, Seoul, opening a second
front roughly 150 miles behind the
tight battle cockpit in the southeast.
Spearheaded by tanks, the Am
ericans knifed swiftly two miles into
Inchon, 22 miles west of Seoul. The
Navy in Washington said the Mar
ines suffered only "negligible losses."
South Korean forces swept ashore
at two points on the east coast,
posing the threat of a vast pincers.
MacArthur At Front
Oen. MacArthur personally led the
west coast landing. It was carried
out under an awesome umbrella
of warship and plane fire. The Al
lied striking force was the largest
assembled since the Second World
War, and compared with the biggest
amphibious operation in the Pacific
in that conflict. There were 202
ships in action—194 American, 12
British, three Canadian, two Aus
tralian, two New Zealand, one
Dutch, 32 American ships leased to
Japan and the remainder South
Korean.
To Smash Communists
Everything from carriers and
cruisers to rocket barges, landing
craft and minesweepers was thrown
into this great gamble to smash
the Communist aggression, which
has met success for long bloody
weeks since the start of the war
June 25.
Stunned North Korean prisoners,
taken in the first few minutes of the
assault, said they were crazed by
the rain of explosives from the fire
of naval guns. Destroyers had come
in close and cruisers behind them
rained destruction on the Red in
stallations.
Missouri In Action
At the same time, South Korean
marines hit the east coast northeast
of fallen Pohang and at Yongdok,
25 miles farther north. Farther
north the historic battleship Mis
souri—the Mighty Mo—went into
action, her 16-lnch guns smash
ing North Koreans at Samchock,
Red-held port north of the east
coast landing and directly across
the peninsula from Chinhon. The
Mo had made an 11,000-mlle dash
to the Sea of Japan from Norfolk,
Va.
On the west coast, the Americans
went ashore under billowing clouds
of brown smoke from the great
bombardment, while carrier-based
planes whipped rockets and ma
chinegun fire into concealed Red
shore installations.
Two Shores Are Hit
Associated Press correspondents
Don Whitehead and Bill Ross said
Marines and the Army’s 10th Corps
hit the shore in two separate as
saults 11 hours apart. The main
w'aves hit Inchon at 5:30 p.m., Kor
ean time >3:30 a.m„ EST). he earl
ier asault struck Wolmi Island at
6:30 a.m. (4:30 p.m.. Thursday. EST).
The Island was shelled by six U. S.
destroyers, two U. S. cruisers and two
British cruisers for two days before
the landings.
Military Gamble
For Gen. MacArthur, the bold
military gamble, which may break
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise from Vancouver
due to arrive Saturday afternoon
or evening.
Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to
sail from Seattle today.
Alaska scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Aleutian from west scheduled
southbound Monday.
the backbone of the North Korean
invasion, was his 12th and largest
amphibious operation. After opening
this second front, the fighting gen
eral who led American forces on the
fiery march back through the Pa
cific in World War II Intends to re
main indefinitely In Korea, to run
what may be this war's climactic
campaign, AP correspondent Rus
sell Brines reported from the Inchon
front. Brines said the Reds lack
the strength to hit both Allied
fronts simultaneously.
"The Navy and Marines have
never shone more brightly than this
morning,” said a message signed
by Oen. MacArthur and broadcast to
all ships.
Marines Do It in Hour
Wolmi, powerfully armed, guard
’d the entrance to Inchon harbor,
rhe Marines overran it inside of an
lour, planting the American flag
here on the highest point overlook
tig Inchon. The island is connected
with Inchon by a 000-yard causeway.
The operation put the Allies 150
miles behind the main Communist
fighting lines and gave the United
Nations a new beachhead in Korea.
Tnchon, a city of normally 300,000
is 22 miles west of Seoul, the capital
of South Korea, which fell soon
after the Reds began tljelr invasion
almost three months ago. The area
is 30 miles below the 38th parallel
dividing line of North and South
Korea.
Pantrooper On Airfield
South Korean newspapers in Tae
ju. Allied forward base In the south
eastern combat box, reported with
jut confirmation that American
parachute troops landed on Klmpo
Airfield, 12 miles northwest of Seoul.
In the southeastern Allied box,
whittled to some 3,000 square miles
by the long series of Communist
successes which may now be at an
end, South Korean capital division
troops smashed into Angang, eight
niles west of Pohang port on the
east coast and occupied the key
own. This advance was made even
is other South Koreans were land
ng north of Pohang against some
enemy resistance.
Red* Make Attack
North of Taegu, the Reds threw
heavy attacks against the U. S. First
Cavalry Division, forcing the dough
boys back a half mile and taking
three hills. Earlier the First Cav
alry had thrown back three other
attacks in the same area.
On the Naktong River the Reds
attacked a unit of the U. S. Second
Division five miles west of Yong
an and pushed the Americans back,
but the doughboys regained the
ground later. Farther south the U.
S. 25th Division destroyed an enemy
pocket of 300 trapped Reds.
Military Precision
Correspondent Morin wrote from
Inchon that the invasion assault
was a gem of military precision -
a coordination of land, air and sea
power. He said tanks were in opera
ion less than 15 minutes after the
first Marine crossed the bombed
beach.
A South Korean official reported
still another landing on the west
coast at Kunsan, 100 miles south of
Seoul, under cover of naval guns.
The Soviet press in Moscow re
ported an "enemy" amphibious op
eration but said it was repulsed. It
didn’t say where, but presumable
the dispatches referred to the In
chon operation .
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
100%, Anaconda 36, Curtiss-Wright
9'4, International Harvester 31%.
Kennecott 65%, New York Central
15%, Northern Pacific 23%, U. S.
Steel 39%, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 2,410.000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 225.85, rails 66.75, utilities
39.21.