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JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25,. 1950
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NORTH KOREANS ADVANCE BESINS
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Government Will Overate Railroads
TRUMAN
ORDERS
SEIZURE
Army Is to Take Over Na
, lion's Railroads
on Sunday
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 — (A>) —
President Truman today ordered
seizure of the nation's railroads at
4 p.m. (ESTi Sunday.
Acting because of the nationwide
v strike called for Monday by two
railroad unions, Mr. Truman direct
ed that Secretary of the Army
Pace take over and operate the
roads “In the name of the United
States Government.”
In a statement, Mr. Truman also
called upon "every railroad worker
to cooperate with the government
by remaining on duty.”
The unions have said they would
work under government seizure,
t In fact, they have several times
urged that the government take
* over the railroads because of their
18 months old wage-hour dispute.
Affirming this position, the
unions announced within half an
hour after Mr. Truman’s statement
that they were postponing their
strike call indefinitely.
Mr. Truman, in a brief statement,
noted that the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainment and the Order
of Railway Conductors have de
clined to accept recommendations
of a Presidential emergency boat’d
for settling the issues .
Seizure is Essential
, His statement went on:
“In the strike situation thus con
fronting us, governmental seizure
is imperative for the protection of
our citizens.
“It is essential to the national
defense and the security of the
nation, to the public health, ana
to the public welfare generally that
every possible step be taken by
the government to assure to the
fullest possible extent continuous
and uninterrupted transportation
service.”
The railroad unions will not be
able to bargain with the govern
ment in an effort to raise wages or
change working conditions.
Mr. Truman’s order said the
terms and condition of employment
in effect now will continue ‘with
out prejudice to existing equities.”
The unions’ main demand is for
a 40-hour week without any reduc
tion in the pay they now receive
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The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
JACK ANDERSON
■Copyright, l*»o- or o«ll eyudicgt*. Ine.i
(Ed. Note—WhUe Drew Pear
son is on a brief vacation, his
column will be written by mem
bers of his staff).
M'ASHINGTON — Our boys in
Korea are entitled to the Army s
best combat officers, whose leader
ship may mean the difference be
tween life and death. Yet it is
common talk in the Pentagon that
some key battle posts are manned
by second-rate officers.
There seems to be a reluctance
on the Army’s part to send its first
team to Korea. Though the Army
has plenty of crack officers, the
Korean command went to Lieut.
Gen. Walton Walker who happened
to be the highest-ranking olficer
under MacArthur and thereby in
herited the job.
Walker served successfully during
the last war under the late Gen.
George S. Patton, Jr. However,
Walker’s fellow generals don’t think
much of him as a great field com
mander.
One general summed up the com
mon opinion of Walker bluntly.
“Walker is a methodical, plodding,
regular Army plug horse who sud
denly found himself a lieutenant
general.”
The impression is that while
Walker Is not a bad general, he is
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most entirely with Alaska.
The Washington state Senator
said that the United States needed
Alaska both for the territory’s re
sources and to strengthen national
security. He added.
“I ask in all seriousness: Must
we wait for Russia to attack Al
aska, before we grant full self
government to Alskans? If we do,
JI assure you, it may be too late.
I The tinje for decision is now.’’
Governor Charges “Stalling"
Magnuson read to the Senate a
telegram from Gov. Gruening of
Alaska in which Gruening said that
Senate majority leader Lucas of
Illinois was "stalling” on bringing
up the Alaskan bill.
Senator Douglas (D-Ill.) said
Gruening’s statement was “unchar
itable and untrue.”
He said Gruening “acted improp
erly” in making the statement.
The governor’s telegram, as read
by Magnuson, said:
“Gravely fear Scott Lucas is stall
ing us 6n bringing up the state
hood bills. Failure to do so would
be shocking betrayal of democratic
aspirations, party pledges and pol
icy.
“At no time has action on state
hood been so imperative as now.
Please do your utmost, including
seeing the President, to have these
bills brought up before recess Sept.
2."
Senator Humphrey (D-Minn.)
supported Magnuson in his plea for
statehood. He cited Russian air
base construction across the Bering
&ea and said Soviet propaganda
lias proclaimed that Alaska is
rightfully Russia’s and was obtained
by fraud.
Magnuson added: “The way we
can spike that Communist lie is
to include Alaska and Hawaii in
our family of states. It is the
greatest psychological blow we could
strike at Russia and Russian Com
munism at this time.”
PEAK OF JUNEAU
EMPLOYMENT IS
NOW SAYS ATES
Juneau has hit peak employment
now, as reflected in the low num
bers of applications for work and
claims for unemployment compen
sation, according to Gus Gissberg,
manager of the Juneau Alaska
Territorial Employment Service of
fice.
The peak is late this season due
to work stoppages and the late
salmon run, he pointed out. In
June there were 306 applications
for work and 300 claims for com
pensation; in July 113 applications
for work on file and 30 compen
sation claims.
There is a demand for stenog
raphers and construction civil en
gineers, Gissberg said.
AT HOTEL JUNEAU
Ed Dolph, Anacortes, Wash.; Har
riet Chilton, Angoon; G. B. Lingle,
Skagway; Mrs. A. F. Gilkison, Ten
akee Springs, and Birger Skonnord,
Minneapolis, Minn, are registered
at the Hotel Juneau.
CHRYSLER
WORKERS
GET RAISE
Miinimum Ten-Cent In
crease in Surprise
Negotiations
DETROIT, Aug. 25——In a move
unprecedented in the auto industry
Chrysler Corp. and the CIO-United
Auto Workers announced today they
had negotiated a minimum 10-cent
hourly pay raise for all of Chrys
ler’s 120,000 employees.
Chrysler said the surprise move
was worked out at the UAW’s re
quest because of the rising cost of
living since their three-year con
tract was signed last spring.
The company estimated the total
cost at $25,000,000 yearly.
About 93,000 hourly rated work
ers will get a flat 10 cents an hour
boost. Some 7,000 skilled employees
will get that and an additional five
cents an hour. About 20,000 salar
ied employees will get seven per
cent raises, with a minimum of
$17.50 more a month.
NO LOGS, SAWMILL
MAKES TEMPORARY
LAYOFF OF CREWS
Effective tonight there will be!
a temporary lay-off of men at the
Juneau Lumber Co. mill, it was an
nounced today by B. C. Canoles,
president. Two rafts of logs are ex
pected about Sept, first when full
operations will be resumed.
JAILED STREAM GUARD
HIRED AT FWS' REQUEST,
SAYS FISHERIES CHIEF
Former stream guard John Lamb,
who is being held in Federal Jail
following arraignment on charges
of accepting bribes, was hired this
season by the Alaska Department
of Fisheries at the request of the
Ketchikan office of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, C. L. Anderson,
director of the fisheries department
said today.
Anderson made the statement,
“not to slam the Fish and Wildlife
Service, with which we closely
cooperate,” he said, but to clarify
a statement made yesterday by
Clarence Rhode regional director
of the FWS.
Every man put on enforcement
work by the Alaska Department of
Fisheries is approved by the FWS,
Anderson said.
“It should be that way, since they
work under the service,” he declar
ed.
Lamb worked at least one year
for the FWS before being hired by
the fisheries department last year,
Anderson said.
“The Department of Fisheries did
all possible to aid in apprehending
Lamb.” Anderson said.
Lamb is charged with accepting
bribes for allowing salmon to be
taken from prohibited areas. Bond
has been fixed at $5,000.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Aug. 25—Closing
quotations of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
95'4, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-Wright
10%, International Harvester 30%,
Kennecott 64%, New York Central
14%, Northern Pacific 16%, U. S.
Steel 38, Pound 2.80%.
Sales today were 1,600,000 shares.
Averages today were: industrials
218.10: rails 62.43; utilities 39.19.
NORRINGTONS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. James Norrington
and children, Alan, Barbara and
John, of Whitehorse are visiting in
Juneau and the guests at the Gas
tineau Hotel. Mr. Norrington is Pan
American Airways station agent at
j Whitehorse.
B. C. RAIL-WATER
TIEUP SPREADS
AS MORE STRIKE
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug, 25—Of
—Some 250 deck, engine-room and
steward employees on seven union
steamship vessels walked off the
job today to back demands for pa>
increases.
The walkout all but paralyzed
shipping on the British Columbia
coast. Canadian Pacific and Can
adian National Steamships fleet;
already are tied up by the raii
strike.
Union Steamships was the last
major line operating on the coast
With its fleet tied up, 15,000 Bri
tish Columbians were isolated in
100 settlements along th« northern
coast.
Last-minute negotiations for a
settlement collapsed and the sea
men quit at the strike deadline to
day.
Meanwhile, a hastily-assembled
airlift was keeping essential sup
plies flowing to Vancouver Island,
virtually isolated by the rail strike.
Queen Charlotte Airlines, using
nine Anson aircraft, flew more than
40 flights across Georgia Gulf yes
terday with loads of passengers,
meat, milk and general cargo.
Trans-Canada Air Lines made 21
flights to Patricia Bay near Vic
toria with passengers and air cargo.
Altogether some 4,150 workers
were idle in British Columbia be
sides the 12.000 railroaders directly
affected by the rail tieup.
UNDERWRITERS TO
INSPECT HULL OF
SUNK LOCAL BOAT
SEATTLE, Aug. 25— —Divers
and an underwriters’ surveyor in
spected the hull of the grounded
100-foot cargo vessel Robert Eugene
on the British Columbia coast yes
terday to see if the damaged vessel
can be floated or is a total loss.
The Robert Eugene was grounded
early Tuesday in a sinking condi
tion on Addenbroke Island, 50 miles
north of Vancouver Island. It was
bound for Juneau with more than
100 tons of cargo.
W. R. Kuppler, Seattle agent for
the owners, said yesterday he was
advised by Capt. Fred M. Dahl,
skipper and one of the owners, that
the Canadian salvage vessel Salvage
Queen had arrived at the scene.
LIMITS PLACED
ON CANADA MAIL
Limitations on mail to all points
in Canada were announced today
by the Post Office Department due
to the Canadian railway strike.
Only the following classes of mail,
paid at the surface or air mail
rates, may be accepted for delivery
in that country:
Letters and post cards in their
usual form.
Parcels, letter packages or 8
ounce merchandise packages con
taining medicines, specimens for
medical analysis, or similar urgent
shipments.
JIM HOUSTON HERE
Jim Houston, popular Seattle sal
esman, is in Juneau for a few days
enroute back to Seattle. He is stay
ing at the Baranof Hotel.
BOAT REVILLA HERE
Joan C. and Clinton Stockley of
the boat Revilla, are registered at
the Baranof Hotel.
MICHIGAN VISITORS
At the Baranof Hotel are David
Wallace of Detroit and Harry J.
Klingler of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
FROM CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Plumb of
Chico, Calif., are staying at the
Baranof Hotel.
FROM PORTLAND
A. E. Poole, and Clayton W.
Bilderback of Portland are staying
at the Baranof Hotel,
Massed Reds Held Off
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Dark arrows show sectors along Korean battlcfront where massed
North Koreans arc being held off balance by United Nations forces
1 (open arrows). Yanks bit at Reds (1) advancing on gateways to
Pusan with fiercest fighting near Chungam. In north (2) a road
block set up by infiltrating Reds was knocked out 10 miles north
of Taegu. In this area, Suuth Korean units gained ground near
Indong. South Koreans inched ahead north of Pohang against
Reds (3) poised for drive down east coast. Small Red bridgehead
at Hyonpung (underlined) across the Naktong River is under close
r watch by V. S. troops. DPI Wirephoto Map.
Bridges Is
Released
From Jail
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25—(/PI—
Harry Bridges, in jail since Aug. 5,
was freed today on bail.
Federal Judge Michael J. Roche,
acting on a U. S. Circuit Court
mandate yesterday, signed the pa
pers making the CIO longshore
union President a free man again,
while he appeals his conviction of
perjury.
Twenty days ago Federal Judge
George B. Harris ruled that Bridges’
$25,000 bail should be revoked on
the government’s representation
that he was a "menace” to the
security of the nation.
The Circuit Court yesterday said
the order to Jail Bridges was im- i
proper.
He was taken to the office of
U. S. Commissioner Francis St. J.
Fox where he signed the paper, al
ready prepared, admitting him j
again to $25,000 bail.
“It seems as though I’ve dons ]
this so often, Bridges murmured.
The majority 2-1 opinion yester
day described Bridges’ jailing as
“novel and startling.’’
“Tnere is no showing,” said
Judges William Healy and William
Orr, "that Bridges has in the pres
ent position committed any recog
nizable crime, or that he has him
self counseled or advocated sabotage
or sought to foment strikes or the
establishment of picket lines on
the waterfront.”
In dissenting, Judge Clifton
Mathews cited trial Judge Harris'
statement that the Communist
party is a conspiracy and members
of the party “are parties to that
conspiracy.”
In April, Bridges was convicted
of having lied—by swearing that
he never was a Communist—to ob
tain citizenship in 1945. He was
born in Australia.
He was freed on bond pending
appeal from that conviction.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Alaska due to arrive southbound
at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
Aleutian will sail from Seattle
Saturday and is due to arrive
here Tuesday.
Baranof due southbound Sunday.
Susitna due to sail from Seattle
Tuesday.
Until further notice there will
i be no sailings of Candian vessels.
ARMY, NAVY CHIEFS
SENSE "OFFENSIVE
SPIRIT" AT FRONT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 — (>P) —
The chiefs of the Army and Navy
returned today from a quick visit
to the Korean war front and said
they “sensed a general offensive
spirit and air oi optimism” by all
the American fighting men.
General J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, and Admiral For
rest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval
Operations, arrived back in Wash
ington where they left only last
Saturday morning.
In the Far East, they conferred
with Gen. MacArthur and vis.ted
the war front and the ships of the
Navy in the battle zone.
Sherman told reporters that the
spirit of offensive and optimism
was present “in the Army, Navy
and Air Force—all of them.”
Collins said that "everything is
going along very satisfactorily but
they have still got some pretty
tough fighting ahead."
Asked if he had brought back any
special report from MucArtur, Col
lins said no.
Mt. McKinley Highway
Progresses Through
Scenic Alaska Area
Progress on the highway con
necting Mt. McKinley National
Park with the Richardson High
way is good, Col. John R. Noyes,
Commissioner of Roads for Alaska
announced today.
Already at least 10 miles of road
have been built on each end of the
proposed road. For 10 miles west
from Paxson the new road goes
through one of the most scenic sec
tions of Alaska toward Denali. At
Cantwell, the road has been built
at least 10 miles toward the eastern
section with which it will event
ually connect.
By the end of the season, Col.
Noyes said that he expects the
present mileage to have doubled
with a total of 40 miles of the new
road completed.
FROM KETCHIKAN
T. P. Hansen, Union Oil Co. from
Ketchikan, is registered at the Bar-!
anof Hotel.
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FROM NEBRASKA
Charles E. Sprout or Lincoln.
Neb., is in Juneau and is staying !
at the Baranof Hotel. I
COMMUNIST SPEARHEAD
ATTACKS NEAR TAEGU;
BIG RED PUSH COMIHG
CHINA REDS
PREPARE TO
MOVE - KOREA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—(/B—An
Army spokesman said today two
Chinese Communist armies have
been moved near the Manchuria
Korean border.
He also said reports had been re
ceived from official sources on the
movement of 120 heavy tanks into
North Korea from the Manchurian
port of Dairen during the last two
weeks of July.
These reports also said that Chin
ese Communists at Antung, Yalu
River port on the Manchuria-Kor
ean border, had commandeered all
shipping and were mobilizing Chin
ese to move war supplies into North
Korea.
APPROPRIATION
BILL APPROVED
BY HOUSE TODAY
Measure Now Goes to Sen
ate-Spanish Loan Re
mains in Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—(/Pt—The
House passed and sent to the Sen
ate today a $35,542,590,425 general
appropriation bill including a $62,
500,000 loan to Spain.
The President had opposed the
Spanish loan, which the compromise
reduced from the $100,000,000 orig
inally voted by the Senate.
The Senate is expected to take up
the big bill next Monday.
The bill finances most Federal
activities for the fiscal year which
started July 1. It is in addition to
a $16,771,084,479 supplemental mea
sure which the House started debat
ing immediately.
The bill’s total was $2,299,767,723
below the overall requests of Presi
dent Truman. It was passed by
voice vote.
The House vote on the Spanish
loan was 164 to 80. An attempt to
force a roll call failed.
Earlier the House approved a
compromise agreement giving $2,
250,000,000 for the Economic Coop
eration Administration for the pre
sent fiscal year.
This is $200,000,000 less than the
Senate had approved and is in ad
dition to $276,761,473 in carry-over
funds both the Senate and the
House decided to let ECA retain.
Thompson Pass on
Richardson Highway
Open All Winter
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 — (jP) —
Delegate Bartlett <D-Alaska) sale
yesterday that arrangements have
been virtually completed to keef
Thompson Pass on the Richardson
highway open during the win'ei
months.
Bartlett said he was informed
that a cooperative arrangement be
tween the Defense and Interior
Departments will keep the highway
open the year round. The cost th*s
year will be $600,000, including
$400,000 for equipment and build
ings, he said. Hereafter, he said,
the cost will be $300,000 a year.
Bartlett also told newsmen he
expects President Truman to ask
Congress for about $11,500,000 to
rebuild Seward highway between
Seward and Mile 58 to put the
Seward to Anchorage road in first
class s.-.ape for civilian and mil
itary use,
(By Associated Press)
A 6,000-man spearhead ol a major
Communist push attacked today
after Intense artillery preparatory
north of Taegu. Other Red forces'
] to the east threw a heavy tank-led
, attack at South Korean forces,
j pushing them back as much as
3,000 yards. The double attack
j posed a twin threat to Taegu,
j United Nations forward base, and
Pusan, the main U. N. supply lyase
In South Korea.
Behind tanks, the forward troops
of a 20,000-man Red force lashed
against the South Korean Sixth
Infantry Division six miles east of
Kunwi and 25 miles north of Taegu
In what Oen. MacArthur's head
quarters considered the beginning
of a major effort. The South
Koreans were reported holding,
after the Reds made a “slight pen
etration.”
But to the east a South Korean
regiment withdrew up to 3,000
yards—from more than one to al
most two miles—near the mountain
city of Kigye, nine miles north
west of Pohang port. There were
no details on the size of the enemy
force here.
The main lunge was at Chongo,
25 miles north of Taegu on the
central sector. This is on a good
roaft Inartlng-to Yangchon, 28 miles
to the «OUtfi. Yongchon Is n stride
one major road leading westward
to Taegu and another leading
southeast to Pusan.
Two Divisions In Reserve
Behind the 6,000-man striking
force on the northern front were
at least two full Communist div
isions—the Red First, which led
much of the 240-mile drive down
the Korean peninsula, and the Red
Eighth. The First had been kepi
in position to exploit a break*
through.
At the same time other North
Korean forces only 12 miles north
of Taegu threw a tank-supported
attack at the allies in the Kumhwa
area, battling for the bloody cor
ridor to Taegu where they had
been thrown back repeatedly be
fore. On this front allied airmen
battered at a Communist wedge
formed by infiltrators, whittling 1‘
down from 1,000 men to an esti
mated 200. It had threatened sup
ply lines of the U. S'. 27th Infantry
‘•Wolfhound’' Regiment.
In this sector, generally 12 to 15
miles north of Taegu, counter
attacking South Koreans retook
most of the ground they lost earlier
In the day. A spokesman said no
major defense position had been
lost In actions along the right
flank of the 27th Regiment, where
South Korean Sixth Division ele
ments were under constant Red
pressure. The spokesman added he
did not think there was anything
to worry about in this area. Front
reports said the line here remained
generally stable, and that U. S.
i'orces advanced slightly northward
at some points to straighten lines.
An ominous threat to the ap
proaches to Pusan still loomed on
the southern front. Intelligence
reports said air and artillery
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 60 •
• minimum, 52. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 61; •
• minimum, 52. •
• •
• FORECAST 4
• (Jancau and Vicinity) •
• Rain and decreasing south- •
• easterly winds tonight. Most- •
• ly cloudy with rain show- •
• ers and highest temperature •
• near 68 degrees Saturday. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Pact 34 hourc ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau—.23 inches; •
• since August 1—1.68 inches; •
• since July 1—11.61 Inches. •
• At Airport—.46 inches; •
• since August 1—1.99 inches! •
• since July 1—9.03 inches. •
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