THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXV,, NO. 11,550
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1050
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Korea Red Atrocities On Yanks Are Revealed
MARSHAL MAHONEY
DIES SUDDENLY
OF HEARHLTTACK
In Alaska 40 Years-Mar
shal for 16-Well Known
and Beloved in Territory
His friends which number by
the thousands throughout South
east Alaska, his office associates
and all who have known him dur
ing the more than forty years he
lived in Alaska are shocked by the
sudden death, probably about mid
night Saturday of United States
Marshal William T. Mihoney.
Mr. Mahoney, United States Mar
shal for the First Division since
January 16, 1934, was found dead
of a heart attack in the living room
of his apartment above the U.S.
Jail last night about 7 o’clock.
The death of the Marshal was
discovered by his son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ma
honey, when they became alarmed
because he was late for a dinner
appointment Sunday night.
Expected as a dinner guest of
Mr. and Mrs. John Walmer, Mr.
Mahoney had failed to appear at
the Walmer home and Mr. Walmer
called Dan Mahoney to inquire
about any possible change in his
father’s plans.
He was found sitting in his favo
rite chair in his living room. He had
apparently been checking mail he
had collected from the postoffice on
his way home from his son’s where
he had been for dinner Saturday
evening.
Dr. C. C. Carter, called by Dan
Mahoney last night, said that he
had apparently been dead since
early Sunday morning, because rigor
mortis had set in.
He had been expected at the
home of his son for coffee after
church yesterday morning. When he
didn’t appear as was his custom, his
son thought he had made other
plans, possibly walked home with
some friend from church, and it
was not until his call from Mr.
Walmer that Dan felt any alarm.
Mrs. Mahoney, who has been in
Areata, Cal., visiting relatives, was
notified by telephone and will be
in Juneau on Tuesday’s Pan Ameri
can plane.
According to the son, his father
“had been taking things easily for
the last two weeks. He complained
about his heart hurting, but be
cause he didn’t seem to take any
hurt seriously, we didn’t either.”
The Marshal worked until noon
Saturday and apparently was cheer
ful and feeling well, according to
Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan.
(Continued on Page Six)
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
ICBprrUht, irm. nr MU lac.)
PTASHINGTON—A general who
brandishes a swagger stick and
talks in a crisp British accent is
catching brickbats at the Pentagon
for whopping intelligence errors on
Korea.
He is MaJ. Gen. Charles A. Wil
loughby, 58, German-born chief of
MacArthur’s intelUgence who has
been with him since Manila days.
Willoughby copies' his boss in both
stance and garb, even to the scarf
inside the open-throated shirt.
A few weeks before the Korea
attack. General Wlllougby dismis
sed Korea as "not important” in
talks with visiting firemen from
Washington.
“You must keep your eye on the
Reds and know what they will do
next,” Willoughby pontificated.
"You can take it from me, Iran
is the place to watch. An attack
very soon, old boy.”
This was essentially the briefing
given Secretary of Defense Louis
Johnson and Gen. Omar Bradley
in Tokyo. In fact, General Brad
ley, returning to Washington, was
most cautious about committing aid
to Korea because of Willoughby’s
advice.
Two errors of Judgment laid at
General Willoughby’s door are:
1. The National Security Council
decision that Korea’s threat was
to its "internal security.” This was
made despite a report from Gen
eral Willoughby’s own staff that
there were some 70 tanks in North
Korea. Tanks are strictly an of
fensive weapon, and now the key
to the Communist successes. Yet
(Continued on Page Four)
Statehood to
Be Voted On:
O'Mahoney
Congress May Not Adjourn
-Aspect of "Interna
tional Policy"
WASHINGTON, July 10 — (A>) —
Chairman O’Mahoney (D-Wyo.) of
the Senate Interior Committee says
today he Is confident the Alaska
and Hawaii statehood bills will hi
acted upon by the Senate before
adjournment—if there is an ad
journment of Congress.
Some proponents have expressed
fear the two House-approved bills
might be caught in the windup
rush of Congress if it adjourns by
July 31, as predicted by Senate
majority leader Lucas (D-Ill.).
O'Mahoney said in a statement
it is by no means certain in the
present state of international af
fairs that Congress can adjourn.
O’Mahoney’s statement accom
panied his committee’s favorable re
port on the Alaska statehood bill.
It will be presented to the Senate
next week.
me minority report being pre
pared by Senator Butler (R-Neb.),
ranking minority member of the
committee, also is expected to be
presented to the Senate during She
coming week.
"Statehood for Alaska and Ha
waii I regard as a major aspect
of American international policy,
for the passage of these two me.4
ures will indicate better than al
most anything we can do that the
policy of the United States is to
foster and establish self-govern
ment by peoples everywhere with
out regard to distinctions of race
or color,” O’Mahoney said. “Ac
cordingly I shall continue to press
ior early consideration of these
bills.”
The committee report on the Al
aska bill reviewed the terms of the
legislation and said it believed the
bill has the support of the major
ity of the citizens of the territory.
It said Alaska occupies a stra
tegic position in world affairs and
an important place in national de
fense. being only 54 miles from
Soviet territory. It said that strict
ly speaking, statehood will not
change the military situation in
the Territory and that its people
would defend it just as completely
under territorial status as under
statehood.
“It is a military axiom,” it con
tinued, “that a populous area w.*1
a developed economy, and a stable
citizenry and political institutions
is a bulwark against invasion, mil
itarily and phychologically.
“Alaska and Hawaii are the only
remaining incorporated territories
under the American flag which have
not yet achieved historic destiny of
incorporated territories, namely
statehood,” the report said. "The
present measure and a similar bill
for Hawaii, would complete t>e
historic pattern.”
It said Alaska “Is ready and
qualified for statehood now.
“It therefore earnestly recofti
mends that the Senate take affirm
ative action on this measure which
Is a major plank in the platforifis
of both major political parties.”
RAIN-NO FIGHT
PHILADELPHIA, July 10 — UPI —
Tonight’s 10-round outdoor fight
between lightweight champion lice
Williams and welterweight Geoi»e
(Sugar) Costner was postponed un
til tomorrow night because of rain.
WEATHER REPORT
In Juneau—Maximum, 77;
minimum, 54.
At Airport—Maximum, 79;
minimum, 49.
FORECAST
(Juneau and Vicinity)
Continued fair and warm
tonight and Tuesday. Lowest
temperature tonight at>out 50
degrees. Highest Tuesday
near 78 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:J0 a m. today
City of Juneau — Trace;
since July 1—0.96 inches.
At Airport — 0.01 inches;
since July 1—0.37 Inches.
CHIEFS OF
STAFF OFF
TO TOKYO
WASHINGTON, July 10 — —
Chiefs of Staffs of the U. S. Army
and Air Force will leave Washing
ton tonight for Tokyo, the Defense
Department announced today.
A spokesman said that Gen. Law
ton J. Collins of the Army and Gen.
Hoyt S. Vandenberg of the Air
Force will confer with Gen. Douglas
MacArthur about how they can best
support tl\e operations in Korea.
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, Chief
of Naval Operations, will not make
the trip. Briefing officers said that
his presence at the conference in
Tokyo was not necessary because
MacArthur's headquarters was in
close and constant touch with two
senior Navy commanders. They are
Vice Adm. Charles T. Joy, com
mander of the Far Eastern Naval
Forces, and Adm. Arthur Radford,
commander of the Pacific Fleet.
TRUMAN WELFARE
PLAN KILLED TODAY
BY HOUSE 249 TO 71
WASHINGTON, July 10 — m —
The House today killed President
Truman's plan to create a new De
partment of Health, Education and
Security.
It adopted a resolution of dis
approval. That killed Mr. Truman's
plan to create the department by
use of his general government re
organization powers.
The resolution was approved 249
to 71.
The major organizations of physi
cians and dentists had opposed Mr.
Truman’s plan. They contended it
would be a step toward government
health insurance which they have
fought as “socialist medicine."
It was the first time this session
that the House has rejected a re
organization plan submitted by Mr.
Truman. The Senate has killed six.
BPW DINNER TUESDAY
WILL HONOR CLUB’S
ALASKA PRESIDENT
More than forty members of the
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club will attend the dinner
party Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Elton Engstrom.
The dinner will honor Ruth Mc
Grew, president of the Territorial
Federation of the BPW, who will
return to Alaska Tuesday after at
tending the club’s biennial confer
ence in San Francisco.
Mrs. McGrew, whose home is in
Fairbanks, will report on the San
Francisco meeting and outline BPW
plans for the next two years.
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
On his annual trip through the
Territory, Arne Ewald arrived in
Juneau Saturday after spending
three weeks in the interior and to
the westward. Ewald is passenger
sales representative for Alaska for
the Seattle district office. He will
visit other Southeast Alaska com
munities this week.
Ewald is finding great interest in
the fall and winter reduced rates,
especially among fishermen whq are
busy all summer. Scandinavian Air
lines runs nine flights a week from
the states to Scandinavian coun
tries.
FROM SHEEP MOUNTAIN
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hinshaw of
Sheep Mountain Lodge, at Sheep
Mountain, are registered at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
FROM KETCHIKAN
T. R. Curtis of Ketchikan is
stopping at the Gastlneau Hotel.
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE
Mrs. Art Peterson and daughter,
LeNora, of Mt. Edgecumbe, are stay
ing at the Gastlneau Hotel.
FOSSES IN TOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foss, parents
of Harold Foss, came from Ketchi
kan to attend the Methodist con
vention. They are stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
R. H. Stock of Anchorage is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel
CALL FOR
DRAFTEES
IS ISSUED
WASHINGTON, July lu — 1*1 —
The Defense Department today
asked for 20,000 draftees “at the
earliest possible date;” for the
Army.
In a statement, the department
said that the draft call is required
.o meet manpower needs.
"No other recourse is presently
available," the department said.
Shortly before the announcement,
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey had
estimated at a news conference
that it would take Selective Serv
ice 60 days to start delivering men,
once drafting has begun. But he
said he believed it could furnish as
many as 300,000 within 90 days If
necessary.
WAGE CORRELATION
DOCKETED IN FIELD
COMMITTEE MEET
Most Interior Department heads)
in Juneau took off today for Pal-'
mer to attend the second quarterly
meeting this year of the field com
mittee, headed by Kenneth J. Ka
dow. j
The meet opens tomorrow, and j
will last three days, Kadow left j
no word prior to his leaving here j
as to what subjects would be diuy ]
cussed.
The committee is composed of
some dozen department heads oper
ating on public funds in the Ter
ritory, and was organized to corre
1 late activities of the various groups.
Only word on what will be talked
over came from Don H. Miller, j
administrative head of the Alaska j
Road Commission, due to take off ;
this afternoon via Pacific Northern j
Airlines for the Interior town. j
He said he would propose a j
‘personnel management forum” to*
bring wages paid by various depart
ments to civilian employees into
line with each other.
Each agency now pays the lo(?al
prevailing wage, but are at variance
with each other on numerous proj- j
ects because of the nature of work >
involved.
He said that carpenters, for ex- j
ample, would be paid one scale by ;
the Alaska Native Service, and an- '
other scale by the Road Commfs- |
sion, because of a different inter- j
pretation of "locality.”
He said the agencies will attempt'
to thrash out this differential, so'
that all wages paid by any agency [
would be the same in identical
localities.
Col. John R. Noyes, road commis
sioner, will not return to Juneau
until July 26, because after the
meet he will tour the roads under
his charge to inspect progress be
ing made in construction of new
roads and other work under way j
this season.
PRESIDENT CALLS
FOR BIG TALKFEST
WASHINGTON, July 10 — (>P) —
President Truman today called
Congressional leaders of both par
ties to a White House conference
tomorrow on the Korean situation.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democratic leader, told a reporter
that so far as he knows the Pres
ident is not contemplating anj
drastic new steps. He added:
"I think the President is plan
ning to review the situation to
keep leaders of both parties up to
date on developments in Korea.”
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Prince George from Vancouver in I
port and jsails for Skagway at 11:30 j
tonight.
Feighter Ring Splice from Seattle
due 7 tonight.
Baranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive tomorrow p.m.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Alaska from west scheduled
southbound Friday.
FROM WASHINGTON
P. C. Hinsley of Washington, D C..
is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
IFC PROTESTS TO
PROPOSED CHANGE,
STATEHOOD BILL
SEATTLE. July 10—MV-An In
ternational Fisheries Commission
member today charged the fisheries
provision of the amended Alaska
statehood bill would encourage for
eign entanglements.
Edward W. Allen, a member of
Gen. MacArthur’s fisheries mission
to Japan, said the amended bill
“threatens to sacrifice an important
food asset of this country.”
Allen contended the bill should
be rewritten to state specifically
what fishery control is to be vested
in the proposed new state (Alaska).
"At least it should be re-drafted
to provide expressly for the repeal
of the present fishery laws relating
to Alaska," he said.
The federal government has been
regulating salmon fishing for many
years.
"It is the only power which can
protect salmon runs in the future
against destructive fishing by Rus
sians and Japanese," Allen said.
Allen said the amended statehood
bill does not repeal the present fed
eral laws protecting Alaska fishing,
but does take away all facilities for
enforcing them.
SOAP BOX DERBY
ENTRANTS TO MEET
TONIGHT, 11TH ST.
Tonight is the big night for all
Soap Box Derby entrants.
First trials runs were Friday and
while the turnout was good, many
of the boys working on their en
tries were ready for the road.
Ellis Reynolds, Derby chairman
of the Rotary-Empire-Chevrolet
jentest, said today, that tfcere will
be trial runs every night this week.
At 1 o’clock tonight, boys, their
Derby entries, Rotarians who are
conducting the contest will all meet
on 11th Street where the Derby
trials will be held this year.
LIONS SPONSOR
MAGIC SHOWS FOR
GYM EQUIPMENT
Again, the Juneau Lions Club has
undertaken a project that involves
entertainment—and hard work.
Again, the proceeds will be used
for civic betterment.
Mitchell Cain, billed as "world
famous magician and comedian”
will be presented in performances
tomorrow, Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings at 8 o’clock.
The show, with "Gladys, the
princess of magic” will be given
in the Grade School Auditorium,
and proceeds will be used toward
equipment for the new gymnasium.
Bob Scott, chairman, asked for
volunteers to help run each shott,
and got them just like that.
Milton J. Furness and Lt. Del
bert P. Applegate will handle ar
rangements tomorrow night; Bill
Feero, Elmer Jones and Don Mc
Mullin, Wednesday, and Val Poor,
Bill Wood and Martin Holm, Thurs
day.
What with installation banquet
and holidays intervening, the lun
cheon today in the Baranof Gold
Room was the first regular meet
ing in three weeks. It also was
the first in charge of the new
officers.
AMBULANCE FLIGHT
Everett Stearns, Civil Aeronautics
Administration employee at Ann
ette Island, was flown to Ketchi
kan for medical treatment and
hospitalization by a Coast Guard
aircraft Saturday evening after
suffering a heart attack, according
to Coast Guard headqurters here.
ROLSTAD HERE
O. L. Rolstad of Tacoma is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bain, Jr., of
Portland, Ore., are guests at the
Baranof Hotel.
NEW YORKERS VISIT
Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Hutchinson of
New York City are guests at the
Baranof Hotel. Also from Manhat
tan are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F.
Tippetts.
FROM MANHASSET
Harry C. Spencer of Manhasset
N.Y.. is registered at the Baranof
Hotel
QUERY ASKED
INTO PALMER
AIRPORT DEAL
Dicker to Get Matching
Funds from Fed. Agency
Under Fire, News-Miner
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 10—1/W
—The Fairbanks bally News-Miner
has proposed a federal inquiry into
a $150,000 land transaction for an
airport project at Palmer, in the
Matanuska Valley.
The newspaper said its own in
vestigation showed an attempt was
being made to place a dispropor
tionate value on the land to get
matching funds from the federal
government.
About 128 acres of land at Palmer
are involved. The newspaper said
the estimated construction cost of
the airport was $120,000.
To acquire the land, the News
Miner said, the Territory paid the
Palmer Airport Association $150,000,
which was $1,172 an acre. The paper
said official records of the Terri
tory at Juneau show that the
Palmer Association shortly there
after repaid $145,000 to the Terri
tory.
The News-Miner said the tran
saction created a situation in
which the Territory might try to
recover from the federal treasury a
payment of $37,000 in matching
funds (25 percent of the land ac
quisition cost) to offset expendi
tures on Palmer Air Field facilities
prior to 1949. It was in 1949 that
the legislature took action that
made the Territory eligible to bene
fits unBei* the federal act.
In response to a reporter’s in
quiry at Juneau, Governor Gruen
ing commented: "I am not familiar
with details of the Palmer airport
deal, but I know it was necessary
to set the price of land at $150,000
in order to permit the Territory to
receive matching funds for monies
spent prior to passage of the en
abling act.”
A meeting of the aviation board
has been called for Tuesday in An
chorage.
HEARINGS ON 1951
FISHING SEASONS
SET TO START SOON
Dates for hearings on the 1951
commercial fishing seasons in
Alaska were announced today by C.
Howard Baltzo, acting regional di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife
Service. The year begins Feb. 1.
Eleven hearings are scheduled
for the Territory, with the con
cluding hearing set for Seattle.
Hearing officers will be service
officials in Alaska. It was under
stood that the Seattle hearing would
be attended by Seton Thompson,
of Washington, D.C., who has over
all charge of fishery regulations for
the service.
Following are dates and places
where hearings will be held:
Naknek, July 31; Dillinkham, Au
gust 1; Kodiak, September 18; An
chorage, Sept. 21; Cordova, Sept.
25; Ketchikan, Sept. 30; Klawock,
Oct. 2; Wrangell, Oct. 11; Peters
burg, Oct. 12; Sitka, Oct. 14; and
Juneau, Oct. 18.
The final hearing is set for Seat
tle on Nov. 6 and 7, Baltzo said.
DREDGING AT HARBOR
The moving of craft in the area
between floats four and five was
begun today at the small boat
harbor. Dredging will begin there
in the near future.
Work of removing pilings and
stalls in that location will begin
tomorrow and dredging will start
there after completion of work on
the south side of float one. which
is now being cleaned.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. July 10 — Closing
quptation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2 Vi, American Can
99‘4, Anaconda 30'4, Curtlss
Wright 9Vi. International Harvester
2614, Kennecott 5614, New York
Central 1214, Northern Pacific 1514.
U.S. Steel 33, Pound $2.80'4.
Sales today were 1,960,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 208.10, rails 52.95, utilities
40.22.
Wage Boost
is Obtained,
Fish Dispute
Resident Cannery Work
! ers in SE Alaska Secure
Agreement at Sitka
Settlement of the five-day-old
I dispute between the Alaska Salmon
Industry, Inc., and 1,000 resident
cannery workers was reached yes
terday In Sitka.
The agreement calls for an av
erage increase of $61.87 for the
season. It will bring the majority
of the resident workers' minimum
wage to $337.50 for the canning
season, which' extends from August
15 to Sept. 3.
Non-resident workers receive 'a
minimum of $443.12 a season.
Word of the agreement was re
ceived here by T. B. Erickson, ex
ecutive secretary of the Alaska
Federation of Labor, from Kenneth
Bowman, AFL, organizer for Alaska,
who was present at the Sitka nego
tiations. Peter C. Nielsen, Sitka,
was chairman of the negotiating
committee. The Salmon Indus iVy
was represented by Peter Gilmore.
Union officers here said the ag
reement represents the first major
gain for resident workers in sev
eral years.
Support of the AFL Maritime
Trades Council of Puget Sound was
a determining factor in the success
ful negotiations, said Nielsen, exec
utive secretary of the union.
Only contracts remaining to be
| settled with the AFL union are tlie
j seiner contracts agreement. It ts
; anticipated that negotiations will
! begin soon.
(In Seattle, however, J. D. Vance,
j counsel for the union. Local 2436S,
AFL United Alaska Fishermen and
Cannery Workers, was sharply cri
tical of the salmon industry and
said the union was not happy about
the settlement.
CWe do not understand why the
Industry virtually forces us to con
duct a strike to get what so ob
viously should be obtainable in
negotiations. Apparently the only
thing the operators understand is
the threat of force, or force itself,”
he said.)
Earlier when negotiations broke
down over what Vance said vPftS
the operators’ refusal to consider
any wage boost, the union placed
pickets at the Pacific American
Fisheries plant in Bellingham afid
at the Libby. McNeil and Libby
plant in Seattle. These were re
moved as soon as word *of the
agreement was received.
Major advantages of the new
contract, in addition to the wage
increase, include a provision that
all dues assignments be payable to
the AFL United Elaska Fishermen
and Cannery Workers and the
opening of contracts at an earlier
date than had previously been pro
vided.
The new contract agreed upon
in Sitka yesterday ends April 30.
211 DEAD,
5 QUAKES
Thousands Injured or Are
Homeless in North Cen
tral Colombia, Weekend
BOGOTA. Colombia, July 10—Iff)
—Unofficial reports today indicated
211 persons are dead and 17,000 In
jured or homeless in seven towns
after five earthquakes that rocked
north central Colombia over the
weekend.
Arboleda, a town of 20,000 was
almost destroyed and Cucutilla, of
about 14,000 inhabitants, also was
almost destroyed. Electric power
failed after the shocks and the
towns were in darkness, which con
tributed to the panic among the In- !
habitants.
Another town, Salazar de las Pal-'
mas, population about 21,000. was!
also severely hit by the tremors.
The government rushed troops,
police forces, and doctors, food,
drugs and tents to the affected
towns.
FROM OAKLAND
Josephine Ness of Oakland, Calif.j
is at the Baranof Hotel.
NEW GAINS BY
COMMUNISTS
PINCH TAEJON
"Lost" Battalion Safe and
Ready to Go-Seven Men
Bound, Shot in Face
TOKYO, Tuesday. July 11—WV—
Northern Communist troops battled
to within 20 air miles of Taejon,
South Korea's temporary capttal.
early today after a "lost” U.S. bat
talion had fought its way out of a
trap and the first American vic
tims of Red atrocities were fqund.
Bound and shot In the face, the
bodies of seven American soldiers
were found In a see-saw battle area
yesterday. They were not members
of the "lost” battalion, which has
rejoined Its regiment and Is ready
for action.
They were found by Lt. D. C.
Oates of Texas, who Identified four
of them as his ammunition carriers.
They were seen trapped and sur
rendering to two Red tanks a short
time earlier.
General MacArthur in his 12:02
a.m. (9:02 a.m. EST Monday) com
munique told of the new NOrth Ko
rean advances. He said the stride
was made by the North Korean
First Division, which had hemmed
in the unidentified “lost” battalion
for two days before lt slugged its
way free.
More Contacts
MacArthur’s communique said
another force, probably the Third
North Korean Division, was In con
tact with United States xorces at
Chochtwan.- Hf JBllfes southeast of
Chonan. •
At Chinchon, the Second North
Korean Division engaged elements
of a South Korean corps on a front
just south of the city, the com
munique reported.
MacArthur said enemy pressure
gained some ground in the Umsong
Chungju area, some 70 miles north
east of Chonan. Units of the 15th
North Korean Division there.forced
back Southern Republican troops to
high ground northwest of Umsong,
he said.
Just south of Chungju, major
city in the Umsong fighting area,
an enemy battalion with other
forces opposed South Korean troops,
MacArthur’s communique said.
Reda Still Push
The United Nations commander
said increased activities on the east
coast still indicated southward pres
sure with opposition from friendly
forces (likely allied naval and air).
MacArthur said there was evi
dence the morale of the North Ko
rean Communists was slipping
under the heavy pressure applied
by allied warplanes which yesterday
began around-the-clock attacks on
them.
Some 46 enemy tanks, trapped on
a highway near Chonan, were
knocked out by the low flying
planes yesterday, front line dis
patches said.
Secret Firebomb
Napalm, the firebomb, was used
with reported excellent results, the
General's communique said. Na
palm is a secret soap-like mixture
that splatters flaming gasoline
when the bomb bursts.
The advance of the North Ko
rean troops on the populous western
side of the Korean peninsula car
ried them to within 20 air miles of
Taejon. MacArthur said the Reds
were at Chochiwon, a rail junction.
Taejon is the temporary capital
of the South Korean government.
But even as these reverses were
reported, Lt. Gen. George E. Strate
meyer said in a Tokyo interview
that combined air, sea and ground
forces of the Allies had stopped the
Communist drive that had rolled
relentlessly for two weeks.
There was other heartening news
today. Lt. Gen. George E. Strate
meyer said the ‘‘great effort of our
ground forces, the Navy and Far
East Air Forces (FEAF) has stop
ped” the Communist drive that for
two weeks ground deep into Squth
Korea.
CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, July 10 — Iff) —
The Senate today confirmed Sum
ner T. Pike of Maine for a new
four-year term on the atomic en
ergy commission.