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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ON HIS WAY OUT
UN Forces Close Big Gap on Northern Front
MOVEMENT
ON FRONTS
SPEEDED UP
Action Taken to Beat An
ticipated New Com
munist Drive
(By Associated Press)
South Korean troops driving east
from Yongchon linked up with Uni
ted Nations forces advancing west
from Kyongju today and closed a
dangerous six-mile gap in the north
ern front of the Korean fighting.
The South Koreans had been bat
tling to open the eastward road to
Kyongju and had advanced more
than two miles southeast of Yong
chon. The Reds had cut the road
yesterday and seized Yongchon, but
the road junction, 20 miles east of
the forward base at Taegu, was re
captured and held.
The other Allied force had driven
northwest and west from Yongju
before meeting the South Koreans.
The whole movement was speeded
up to beat an anticipated new Com
munist drive on Taegu.
See-Saw Battle
In a see-saw battle, Americans
lost, then recaptured and lost again
a strategic position on the southern
front. A U. S. counterattack drove
the North Korean Reds from Battle
Mountain, which the Communists
had seized only a few hours earlier.
Then the Americans gave it up un
der the pressure of superior Red
forces. It was the 12th time in less
than three weeks that the domin
ating hill, 35 miles west of the port
of Pusan, had changed hands.
Ridge Recaptured
A ridge northwest of Yongsan,
which had first been lost by U. S.
infantrymen, was recaptured. The
Americans followed up by pushing
the Reds westward toward the Nak
tong River.
Defenders of Taegu have dug fox
holes for street fighting, if the 50,
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fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Copyright. 1SSO. by Boll Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
I^ASHINGTON—Unpublished in
telligence reports reaching Wash
ington from various parts of the
world tell a depressing story of
lowered American military prestige
as a result of Korea.
Confidential reports from friend
ly British sources bear this out.
The British Embassies in France,
Belgium and Holland, for instance,
report that in case of war with
Russia those countries probably
would not fight. Our own Em
bassies substantiate this.
Even the published reports tell
a story that is bad enough. From
Paris the Associated Press reports:
“The crisis in Korea has brought
the American position in France
to a low point . . . There has been
a wave of dismay at American re
verses ... It is staggering to hear
Frenchmen talk about capitulation
(to Russia).”
And in Germany, where most
Americans have blithely figured we
could raise a German army to sup
port us, comes the opposite note
from our best friend, Chancellor
Adenauer, who says that Germans
need American troops to support
them, rather than German troops
to support the U. S. A.
“Until now,” says the Chancellor,
“Germany maintained its spirit
against the spread of Communism
by faith in the American armed
forces. But events in Korea have
had a noticeable effect, and there
is a sense of helplessness that the
Russians will take over.
“American troops in Germany,
therefore, should be increased by
three more divisions in three
months, with a total of 10 divis
ions later.”
The above is a cross-section of
reaction from our friends in west
ern Europe. Intelligence reports
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'We Admire Personal Courage'
.mt- ..
Gen. Clifton Cates (left), Marine Corps commandant, greets Presi- ,
dent Truman at the national convention of the Marine Corps League
in Washington, D. C., as the chief executive arrived to personally
apologize for slurs he made against the Marine Corps. The com
mandant said, “We in the Marine Corps admire courage, especially
personal courage.” (P) Wirephoto.
CASH DOWN
PAYMENTS
REQUIRED
—
Maximum Pay-off Limifs
Given, Installment
Plan Regulations
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9— W> —
New regulations on installment-plan
buying, effective September 18, call
for these minimum cash down pay
men and maximum pay-off limits:
Automobiles (new and used)—one
third down and 21 months to pay.
Refrigerators, Food Freezers, radio
and television sets, phonographs,
stoves, ranges, dishwashers, ironers,
washing machines, clothes driers,
sewing machines, vacuum cleaners,
air conditioners and dehumidifiers
—15 per cent down and 18 months.
Furniture and rugs 10 per cent
down and 18 months.
Home repairs, alterations, im
provements, 10 percent down and 30
months.
Any of these articles costing less
than $100 are exempted from down
payment requirements, but subject
to pay-off time limit.
GOV.GRUENING
SUMMONED BY
SENATE GROUP
Gov. Ernest Gruening will leave
Mofcday for Washington, D. C., to
appear before the Senate Interior
Committee investigating charges by
Senator Schoeppel of Communist in
filtration into the Interior Depart
ment and the Alaska Statehood
fight.
He was called to appear by Chair
man O’Mahoney.
The Governor is at his Eagle Riv
er summer home today and unavail
able for comment.
FROM SEATTLE
H. M. Glazbroon and Z. A. Neal
of Seattle are registered at the Bar
anof Hotel.
AT JUNEAU HOTEL
Gene Talbot of the USCG is in
j Juneau stopping at the Juneau Ho
i tel for several days.
Eclipse to Be
Measured at
Atlu Tuesday
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 9—UP)—'Two
UCLA scientific parties will attempt
to measure the earth’s distortion
during a solar eclipse next Tues
day, from vantage points in Attu,
Alaska, and Lake Tahoe. Calif.
The Attu party .in the direct path
of the eclipse, will be headed by Dr.
John Pettit and Wesley Miller, flown
by the Navy from Seattle last week.
The Lake Tahoe party is under Dr.
Louis M. Slichter, director of UCLA’s
Institute of Geophysics.
It is said to be the first attempt
to record small distortions brought
on by an eclipse. Sun and moon
affect oceans, causing tides, but
they also may distort land surfaces
as much as four feet is not generally
known outside scientific circles.
Railroad to Alaska
Through Canada Is
Taken Up, Stale Depl.
WASHINGTON, Sep.t 9—<A>>—1The
State Department has told the Can
adian Government it wants to start
discussions this month on proposals
that a railroad be built through Can
ada to Alaska, Senator Magnuson
(D-Wash) says.
Magnuson told a reporter that the
first discussion will be technical and
lay the ground work for further ac
tion.
He said President Truman has in
dicated his willingness to appoint a
commission to carry on later negoti
ations and work out a plan for the
railroad. He said such a commission
would be similar to the former In
ternational Alaska -Highway Com
mission of which Magnuson was
chairman. If such a Commission
is appointed, Magnuson said he ex
pected to be named chairman.
DOUGLAS SUNDAY SERVICES
Services will be held Sunday at
St. Luke’s Episcopal church in
Douglas at 7:45 p.m.
FROM SEATTLE
Max Lachund, G. E. Munger and
W. C. Winslow of Seattle are re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
SCHOEPPEL
TO BOLSTER
HIS CHARGE
To Present More Testimony
on Communism in Int.
Dept.-Statehood Issue
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—Ifll—'The
Senate Republican Policy Commit
tee refused today to back Senator
Schoeppel (R-Kani in his charges
of Communist activity in the In
terior Department.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), chairman
of the group, told reporters “the
policy committee disavows all re
sponsibility for Senator Schceppel’s
charges.”
The announcement emphasized
concern with which Republican
leaders viewed Schoeppel's back
firing accusation that Secretary of
the Interior Chapman, has “a
strong and close personal alliance’
with the Soviet Russian caruse.
The Republican National Com
mittee issued a statement yesterday
saying that it had no advance
knowledge of Schoeppel's accusa
tion.
Schoeppel himself has conceded,
after hearing a blistering reply
from Chapman, that his own lang
uage may have been “a little
strong.” .
Broadside Attack
In his own broadside attack, de
livered in a Senate speech Tuesday,
Schoeppel also had charged Com
munist infiltration into leadership
of the fight for Alaskan statehood.
Several of those he accused have
made documented denials, and the
others are waiting their turns to
make similar denials at an official
Senate inquiry.
Republican worry mounted when,
yesterday, Schoeppel told the Sen
ate Interior Committee which is in
vestigating his charges that he is
marshalling new documents and
wants to call his own witnesses to
back up his story.
Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo),
who heads the committee, said the
requests would be granted.
Wants Iron Clad
Taft told reporters Schoeppel has
consulted with none of the top GOP
leaders who constitute the policy
committee, and the group has
nothing to do with his fight.
"I hope Senator Schoeppel knows
what he’s doing,” another Repub
lican leader, declining to be identi
fied, told a reporter.
“My advice would have been to
accuse nobody of anything unless
you have iron clad proof.”
Not Kremlin Agent
At a public hearing yesterday
Randolph Feltus former publicity
man for the Alaskan Statehood
Committee, denied Schoeppel's
charges that he was or is an
“agent of the Kremlin via Warsaw.”
He said he is not a Communist,
knows no Russians, and that Sciio
eppel’s charges are “ridiculous.”
Schoeppel contended Feltus must
have been an agent for the Krem
lin because he did public relations
work here for Communist Poland.
Feltus retorted that he did noth
ing disloyal, and that while he
was retained as public relations
man for the Polish Embassy here i
he also wrote a letter in 1948 which j
26 Republican senators—Schoeppel i
being one of them—signed and sent
to the White House urging that the j
United States back Indonesia's i
fight with the Netherlands.
He suggested that “guilt by asso
ciation” is something that can 'cut
both ways.”
Bow to be Called
Schoeppel remained silent through j
the testimony, then asked for the
right to bolster his case.
The senator declined to tell re
porters whom he plans to call as
witnesses, or what documents he is
readying, except that one witne s
will be his administrative assistin',
Frank T. Bow. Bow is a Repub
lican candidate for Congress m 1
Ohio, and the man who dug up
most of the information, Schoeppel
said, on which his charges are
based.
Bow declined to comment.
j
Retreat Betore Red Attack
South Korean troops, without weapons which they lost in hasty retreat, join C. S. Second Division
soldiers marching to rear along road ">00 yards east of Yongsan as town is evacuated in face of sudden
heavy Red assault. D. S. Marines and Second Division infantrymen have pushed Reds back across Nak
ton River west of Yongsan. (/PI Wirephoto.
In Hurricane's Wake
m.**•
The village of Cedar Key, on Florida’s west coast, suffered heavy
damage from winds clocked at 125 miles per hour. Above is the
wreckage of the Episcopal Church. Over 100 buildings and homes
were damaged by the hurricane when it came inland at this point.
</P) Wirephoto.
MAINE WILL
VOIE MONDAY
(By Associated Press)
Maine’s voters will fill three
House seats Monday in the nation’s
first fall contest between champ
ions and congressional critics of
the administration’s Far Eastern
policies. The traditionally-Repub
lican state’s three GOP represent
atives are lashing out at the U. S.
handling of developments in Kor
ea, Formosa and China. But in
the livliest campaign in years, Dem
ocratic rivals are countering with
the claims that the Republicans
are obstructing the President’s
Asiatic program.
TODAY’S LANDINGS
Landing for Engstrom Brothers
today were the Wanderer, S. A.
Stevens, 23,000 pounds of salmon
and the Margaret T., Peter Hlldre,
7.000 pounds of black cod for E. C.
Johnson, the Isis, J. C. Martinson,
10.000 pounds of salmon for Alaska
Coast Fisheries, the Edith, Henry
Anderson, 15,000 pounds of salmon
and the Puppy, John Wise, 1,000
pounds of salmon. The landing
from the Valiant, Floyd Eperson,
1,500 pounds of salmon had not
been sold at press time.
FOSS BARGE IN PORT
A Foss barge and tug out of
Seattle enroute to Bethel with con
tractors supplies docked this morn
ing and will leave Monday. Master
of the tug is Capt. C. R. Smith,
who has a crew of 14 under him.
PRESIDENT
TO TALK ON
HIS POWERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—^W—Pre
sident Truman will broadcast to the
nation (9:30 p.m. EST) tonight a re
port on how he plans to use the
broadest economic control powers
ever held by a United States Pre
sident.
The power grant became effective
when the President signed into law
yesterday the control bill passed by
Congress September 1. It gave Mr.
Truman somewhat greater authority
than that held by President Roose
velt in World War II.
One use—to curb Installment-plan
buying—was invoked a few minutes
after Mr. Truman signed the bill.
This was a Federal Reserve Board
order tightening, effective Septem
ber 18, credit terms that can be al
lowed buyers of autos and many
jther goods.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle for Alaska at 6 o’clock to
night.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to
sail from Seattle Sept. 15.
Alaska from west scheduled south
bound at 1:30 this afternoon.
Baranof from west scheduled
southbound midnight Tuesday. |
LOST HIKER INJURED,
FINDS WAY BACK;
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
FWS Summr Employee Re
turns Before Search
Parties Leave
Dazed from a fall down the face
of Mount Juneau and stumbling
painfully on cut and bleeding bare
feet, a 22-year-old ex-Marine mude
his way this morning to the Basin
Road, where Police Chief Bernard
Hulk found him and took him to St.
Ann’s Hospital.
John Crawford of Sunnyside,
Wash., a summer employee of the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on
board the FWS vessel Heron was
treated by Dr. John Gibson for
shock, two severe head cuts, and
cuts and bruises on his legs and
feet. A blood transfusion was indi
cated, and shipmates of Type O
volunteered their services at the hos
pital.
Crawford left the FWS vessel
Heron about noon yesterday, saying
he was going to take some pictures
on Mount Juneau. However, ship
mates thought he did not take a
camera.
He wore overalls, sweatshirt and
hiking moccasins—his only shoes
except waders, according to shipmat
es—and carried an extra sweatshirt.
When Crawford had not returned
by 11 p.m. yesterday, Carl Elllng,
fishery biologist in charge of the
five-man crew on the Heron, re
ported to the Fire and Police De
partments.
It was decided to wait until morn
ing for searchers to go out.
When the 2-9 emergency alarm
was sounded at 8:40 a.m. today, two
groups already were organized— a
party from the USCG Cutter Storis
and another which included famed
mountaineer Tony Thomas of the
U. S. Forest Service and Milton
J. Furness, FWS administrative of
ficer. The Storis searchers already
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• •••#••••••
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 61; . •
• minimum, 40. •
• At Airport—Maxmum, 61; •
• minimum, 35. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Variable cloudiness tonight •
• and Sunday with an occas- •
• ional light shower. Lowest •
• temperature tonight 47 and •
• highest Sunday near 56. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau—None; •
• since Sept. 1—4.04 inches; •
• since July 1—15.10 inches. •
• At Airport—None; •
• since Sept. 1—2.32 inches; •
• since July 1—14.32 Inches. •
• •••••••••«
JUHNMjN
TO RETIRE
IS REPORT
Probably Step Out of Cabi
net Before Next No
vember Elections
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—lift—A
close adviser to President Truman
snld today that Louis Johnson Is
on his way out as Secretary ol
Defense.
This administration confidant,
who declined to be quoted by name,
said that Johnson may step out
before the general election in Nov
ember.
This report lacked any official
confirmation from the White House
or Defense Department.
Only yesterday the Marine Corps
League adopted a resolution calling
for Johnson’s removal.
Mr. Truman has vigorously de
fended Johnson on more than one
occasion.
However, some White House aides
said the President has been In
creasingly concerned over persist
ing reports of differences between
| Johnson and Secretary of State
I Acheson.
One dally confidant of the Pres
ident said that while Mr. Truman
will defend to the limit an ap
pointee from outside attack he is
concerned because of published re
ports of Defense Department crit
icism of the Secretary of State.
‘‘Of this you may be sure," one
White House aide said, "the Pres
! ident feels that Secretary of State
i Acheson has borne up in this case
; with supreme dignity and will re
main in the Cabinet after Johnson
has gone.«’
MISS ALASKA
IN READING AT
BEAUTY SHOW
I AlMNTXC CITY, N. J„ Sept. 9—
CW—Fifty-four gifis who have dis
played shapely limbs, talent, and
personality will learn tonight Which
one of them Is to be Miss Ameri
ca, 1951.
Fifteen contestants have been sel
ected for tonight’s finals but who
they are will not be known until
the announcement Is made to the
audience in convention hall during
tonight’s show.
The winner of the title will get
a $5,090 scholarship, a new automo
bile, and several movie, stage and
radio contract offers. Holder of the
i title could earn about $50,000 dur
ing the year of her reign.
The entrants come from 46 states,
four cities, Canada, Alaska, Puerto
I Rico and Hawaii, for the crown now
worn by Jacque Mercer of Phoenix,
| Ariz.
Two more preliminary winners
were added last night. They were
j eighteen-year-old Mary Jennings
from Hot Springs, Ark., who took
; the nod of the Judges when she par
aded down the runway with a Flam
ingo red bathing suit closely hug
ging her curves and Sandra Joanne
Stahl, 21, of Washington, D. C., who
1 sang a portion of the Bell Song from
"Laknie" in a talent contest.
Four other girls were winners of
the bathing suit and talent divis
| ions in the first two night of prelim
inaries.
The preliminary winners had rea
son to expect selection as finalists
but there have been instances in
the past where preliminary winners
have not been chosen for the final
judging.
Miss Alaska (Maxine Cothern of
Fairbanks! was one of seven girls
who gave dramatic readings in the
talent contest.
GOING TO DAWSON
P. A. Taras and C. H. Bunlard of
Los Angeles stopped overnight at
the Gastineau Hotel enroute to Daw
son on business.