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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,805
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1951
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Red Airfield Smashed by 300 Allied Planes
U. ROPES
END, RUSSIA
AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, May 9 — —
Secretary of State Acheson says
Russia is trying to maneuver the
Westjrn Powers into suspending
their defense program but declared
that is too high a price to pay for
a Big Four meeting.
Acheson made clear at a new's
conference that the U. S. has about
come to the end of its rope in sug
gesting possible formulas for an
agreement at the Big Four deputy
talks at Paris which would make
possible a session of the Foreign
Ministers.
He said the latest United States
suggestions, which Russia has re
buffed, represent the only possible
methods of seeking agreement which
he now knows of.
Much of the questioning at the
new's conference concerned the in
formation brought out at the Sen
ate inquiry into the ouster of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur and the Far
Eastern situation generally. He de
clined comment on any matters
about which he said he might be
asked when he goes before the Sen
ate committees — such matters as
United States policy toward For
mosa.
Take Sleeping
Potions; Actress,
Dancer Are III
BEVERT.Y F’ Tq n-nf ; ».,y p_.
(Jft—A dancer who accompanied Ac
tress Mary Astor’s husband on a
tour of nightclubs Monday night
when Miss Astor took an overdose
of sleeping pills is herself in a hos
pital this morning. Police said the
dancer also had taken an overdose
of a sleeping potion.
The woman was identified by Po
lice Detective Sgt. Joe Gebhardt as
Joan Blair Casparis, 33. The detec
tive said her escort Monday night
was Broker Thomas Wheelock, hus
band of Miss Astor.
An attending physician reported
today that Miss Casparis is in a
serious condition but expected to re
cover.
Miss Astor, who took sleeping pills
after a period of despondency, was
reported as out of danger after
treatment.
STOCK OUCiATfONS
NEW YORK, May a — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
113%, American Tel. and Tel 155'i,
Anaconda 44 %, Douglas Aircraft
103, General Electric 56, General
Motors 53%, Goodyear 77%-, Kenne
cott 77%, Libby, McNeill and Libby
9Vi, Northern Pacific 39%, Standard
Oil of California 49%, Twentieth
Century Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 44%,
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange
94.43%.
Sales today were 1,950,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 261.51, rails 85.32, utili
ties. 42.58.
SEATTLE VISITORS
Frank and Don Johnston of Seat
tle are stopping at the Baranof
hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
fPoDTrlght. IASI, oy Bell Eradicate. Inc..
T^ASHINGTON.—While the most
glamorous man in the U. S. A.
was in Washington testifying be
fore the Senate, the most glamorous
gal in the U. S. A. was also near
Washington, though she kept a long
way from the Senate.
Though newspaper headline play
ed up reports that Rita Hayworth
was in Reno preparing to shed her
title of princess, actually she was
spending a few days on the Pear
son farm in Maryland where she
seemed more interested in 47 queens
of the dairy barn, a couple of hor
ses, and our prize Holstein bulls,
“Harry S. Truman" and “Predic
tion No. 1" than in the# near-by
MacArthur show in the Senate.
After trying to cover the latter
show, I got out to the farm late
one afternoon to find a much more
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Erickson Is Named As
Terr. Com. Education;
Is Successor to Ryan
Everett R. Erickson has been ap
pointed Territorial Commissioner of
Education according to information
received here from Anchorage.
The announcement was made by
Mrs. A. H. Nordale of Fairbanks,
president of the Territorial Board
of Education, after a special board
session in Anchorage to settle school
transportation problems.
Erickson has been Deputy Com
missioner of Education. His new ap
pointment takes effect July 1 when
the resignation of Dr. James R.yan
becomes effective.
He holds a B.A., and Master of
Science degree in education. He
has devoted 25 years to teaching
elementary, secondary and higher
schools. His Alaska teaching experi
ence includes five years with Juneau
Public schools; several years in the
Department of Education at the
University of Alaska and more than
two years in the Department of
Education.
During the early part of the Kor
ean occupation he was the military j
head of the Department of Educa- i
tion in one of the Korean provinces.
His work mainly was to train Kor- ;
eans in operation of their own
school systems.
Members of the Territorial board
meeting in Anchorage also included
A. H. Ziegler, vice president, Ketch
ikan; Mrs. Margaret Harrais, Val
dez, and Dr. William Whitehead,;
j Juneau.
CLASSIFICATION OF
TERR. PUBLIC LAND !
ASKED,^CHAPMAN:
WASHINGTON, May 9 — Iff) — J
Interior Secretary Chapman asked
! Congress yesterday to pass a law
' classifying public lands in Alaska,;
“to promote their orderly develop- |
ment.”
Chapman proposed in a letter to
the Senate a law requiring classifi- j
1 cation prior to the acquisition of
I any right to occupy public lands un
der non-mineral land laws.
“The present emergency makes it
more important than ever that
Alaska be settled as rapidly as pos
sible with citizens who want to
live there and contribute to the
economy with the intention of malt- ,
ing the lands their permanent home ,
and source of livelihood,” Chapman |
said. j
He said the proposed law would
guard against “inappropriate use” of ;
public lands. It would give him au- j
thority to set the “size and shape’
of any tract to be settled.
Many ex-soldiers and civilians ,
who were stationed in Alaska dur- :
ing and after World War II plan
to return there to live, resulting in j
a great demand for land and inter- j
est in Alaska’s economic possibil'- |
| ties, Chapman said.
ARCHBOLD HERE
C. H. Archbold of the Forest Ser
vice at Ketchikan, is stopping at
the Baranof Hotel.
FROM PALMER
Hugh A. Johnson of Palmer, is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM LONGVIEW
T. J. Hartman, Longview, Wash,
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM DENVER
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dabney
Jr. of Denver, Colo, are registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
• WEATHER REPORT • !
• Temperature tor 24-Hour Period • j
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, •
• 48; minimum, 43. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 49; minimum, 43. «
• FORECAST •
• Mostly cloudy with little •
• change in temperature to- •
• night and Thursday. Lowest •
• temperature tonight near 42 •
• degrees. Highest Thursday •
» near 54. •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — .01 inches; •
• Since May 1 — .35 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 68.40 inches; •
• At Airport — .07 incite ; •
• Since May 1 — .23 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 39.50 inches. •
• ••••••••••
Income Tax
May Go Up
3 Per Cenl
WASHINGTON. May 9 ——The
House Ways and Means committee
voted tentatively today to increase
individual income taxes approxi
mately $3,000,000,000 a year.
The raise would be three per
centage points across the board, in
each surtax bracket.
For a single person with a net
income of $1,000 before exemptions,
the tax would go up from $80 under
present law to $92.
For married person with two de
pendents and an $8,000 net income,
the increase would be $204, with the
tax rising from $1,416 to $1,620.
The committee has not yet set an
effective date for the proposed
change.
NO CEILING PRICE
ON ALASKA SALMON
NOW BEING CAUGHT
SEATTLE, May 9 —!/fl—Jhe Of
fice of Price Stabilization an
nounces no ceiling price will be
established on salmon now being
caught in Alaska.
John L. Salter, deputy regional di
rector, said some contracts already
have been made between canners
and fishermen seting prices for
fresh fish, and that others are being
negotiated.
He said unde- these circum
stances no purpose would be served
by fixing a ceiling price on fresh
salmon “at this time.’ The Alaska
fishing season opened May 1.
Owen said, however, that the
OPS will not permit prices of canned
salmon to be raised above the ceil
ings fixed in January.
NFFE "DISCUSSES
PROPOSED CUT IN
SALARY ALLOWANCE
Main business of the National
Federation of Federal Employees
meeting Wednesday noon in the
Gold room of the Baranof was a
discussion of the proposed elimina
tion of the 25 per cent cost-of-liv
ing differential for Alaska residents
employed by the government.
President Tom Petrich reported
that wires had been sent to Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett and NFFE na
tional headquarters protesting the
actions of congressional appropria
tions committees, The present 25
per cent cost-of-living allowance
paid government employes in the
Territory would be paid only to
those hired from the States and
would not be included in salaries
of Alaskans hired by government
agencies if the recommendations of
the appropriations committees are
accepted.
He also reported tne response to a
Blue Cross project among Federal
employes had been poor and the
project would have to be aband
oned. He said another local group
was planning to take up the mat
ter and membership could be ob
tained through them.
Dan Mahoney received special
recognition from national NFFE for
his efforts in gaining memberships.
President Petrich presented him
with a gold pin as an award from
national headquarters.
In the absence of Mrs. Katherine
Alexander, due to illness, Mrs. Kath
erine Nordale was in charge of the
program. She introduced Dr. Ted
Oberman who gave his popular mon
ologue on "How to Be Deliriously
Happy,” and Mrs. Jane McMullen
who played two piano solos.
Next meeting will be held the
second Wednesday of June.
Eleven passengers were carried on
Ellis Airlines flight Wednesday
with eight arriving and three
traveling on interport.
Arriving from Ketchikan: Wil
liam Smith, Mae O'Connell, Pete
Gilmore.
Prom Wrangell: Fred Hanford,
Comdr. Larson.
From Petersburg: Mr. Knoll, H.
B. Crewson, Mr. Holland.
FROM ALTADENA
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woodward
of Altadena Calif, arrived here
yesterday on Pari American World
Airways from Whitehorse, Y. T.
ALASKA HAY GET
MORE DEFENSE AID
FROM GOVERNMENT
A bill which will give Alaska ad
ditional money from the Federal
Government for defense seems to
have a good chance of passing Con
gress. Governor Ernest Gruening
said today following his return from
the national capital.
The bill, which would give grants
in a larger proportion than a 50-50
matching basis, has been reported
out favorably by the Senate Armed
Service committee, he said. Although
there are other hurdles to come
when it hits the Senate floor, the
governor was optimistic on its final
passage.
On the matter of the much-dis
cussed elimination of the 25 per
cent cost-of-living allowance for
Federal employes hired in the Ter
ritory, the governor said he and
Delegate Bartlett had a'rgued the
matter with every member of the
Department of Interior appropria
tions committee and that that sec
tion of the bill had finally been
killed on the floor. But it is still to
be fought in appropriations for other
departments, he said. At present, it
is included in a bill for appropria
tions for the Department of Agri
culture.
The governor estimated that the
cut would have effected about 10,
000 Interior Department employes
in Alaska had it passed.
The governor was in Washington
about five weeks on Territorial mat
ters.
SALMON INDUSTRY
CONTRACT OFFER
IS RECOMMENDED
SEATTLE, May 9 — (^—Accept
ance of a contract offer from the
Alaska Salmon Industry will be
recommended by a negotiating com
mittee for Local 7-C, International
Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s
Union (Ind) at a meeting tomor
row night.
William Gettings, regional ILWU
director, said the offer included a
10 per cent wage increase, fringe
benefits and a provision making a
union shop part of the contract if
the union wins an election on the
latter issue.
Involved are about 2.500 non-resi
dent cannery workers employed by
Alaska salmon canners. Local 7-C
recently was certified as their bar
gaining agent.
The wage and other prolusions
were negotiated upon reopening of
a contract that runs until 1954.
ANCHORAGE MAN IN
HABIT OF RETURNING
ALL LOST WALLETS
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, May 9 —0P>
—A Sitka woman has her billfold
containing $1,500 back because of
the honesty of an Anchorage man
who makes a habit of finding—and
returning—valuables.
Mrs. E.' Martin of Sitka lost the
billfold while visiting her son, an
Air Force private stationed at El
mendorf Air Base.
It was found by Levi Pecht of
Anchorage, who found the owner
by advertising over Radio Station
KFQD.
Asked how he felt about finding
$1,500, Pecht replied:
“Oh, that’s nothing. A year ago
I found a billfold containing $3,700 "
During the last two years Pecht
has found and returned four bill
folds containing more than $4,000.
FISH LANDINGS TUESDAY
Halibut landings Tuesday total
ing 157,000 sold at 15 cents for me
diums, 12 cents for chix, and 12
cents for small. Landings sold to
E. E. Engstrom were from the New
Anny, Willie Marks, skipper, 12.000
pounds; 31C450, Felix Stuck, 9,000
pounds; Valiant, Floyd Eperson,
25.000 pounds. Sold to E. C. John
son: Zip, John Hopen, 4,500
pounds; Tenakee, Ronald John,
! 20,000 pounds. Sold to Alaska Coast
Fisheries: Emma, Martin Borlick,
18.000 pounds; Thelma, Bernt Al
stead, 9,000 pounds, Bertie II, Roy
De Roux, 17A#>0 pounds; Glacier
: Bay, Ken J tinge, 20.000 pounds.
Isold to Coop: Gordon D., Olaf
j Aase, 23,000 pounds.
BODY OF WOMAN
IS IDENTIFIED AS
MILDREDMcMURPHY
A coroner’s Jury, meeting yester
day at 3:30 p.m„ returned a verdic
! of probable suicide by drowning in
the case of "Mary Adams” whose
body was found floating off the
north end of Douglas Island about
noon.
Mildred E. McMurphy, alias, Mary
Adams, missed from the boat wher
l it docked here, apparently leaped
from the deck of the Denali at about
midnight May 5. Her ticket was for
passage from Seward to Juneau. She
! had been going under the name oi
Mary Adams in Anchorage, accord
ing to a hotel receipt found among
papers in an overnight bag which
was tied around the waist of hei
body when found.
The body was recovered from the
water by two trollers, Ken Millard
and Cliff Mason, and brought to Auk
Bay where Acting U. S. Marshal
Walter Hellan and U. S. Commis
sioner and Coroner Gordan Gray
went in answer to the summons of
the two trollers.
Her Real Name
In the bag was a marriage certifi
cate showing that the woman had
been married October 4, 1925 to
.Clarence E. McMurphy, at Hartford,
Vermont. Her maiden name was
Mildred E. Hill and she was born
at Lebanon, New Hampshire, Nov.
23, 1906. Her husband was listed as
a machinist, born in Randolph Cen
ter, Vt. The marriage license had
been issued at Springfield, Vt„ on
Sept. 29, 1925.
Other papers in the bag showed
that Mildred McMurphy had en
listed in the Army in 1943. She serv
ed in Europe from April 1944 to
‘November 1945, as a court reporter
ip. the Judge Advocate Section,
Headquarters, Third Army, until
Nov. 13, 1945 when she received an
honorable discharge. Her serial
number was A-l 10148 in the 490th
Reinforcement Army.
In December 1945 she worked for
the War Department as a civilian
technician and her identification
card for this department reads:
Height, 5 feet 1 inch; weight, 105
pounds; hair, auburn; eyes, gray.
Gordon Gray said there was no
record of when she came to Alaska
but apparently she was using the
alias Mary Adams in thr. Territory
which, according to the marriage
certificate, was her mother’s maiden
name — Mary Elizabeth Adams.
Her father’s name is given as
George Dickson Hill of Lebanon.
In Overnight Case
There is evidently no doubt but
what her death was suicide, auth
orities said. The overnight case, tied
with a handkerchief to a leather
belt around her waist, was weighted
down with cold cream jars, bottles
of lotions and other articles which
probably would have caused her to
sink had not the air in her clothes
kept her afloat. She was barefoot
and had on only 'a pair of dark
peddle pushers and bolero Jacket.
She seemed carefully made up
rouge on her lips and pink polish
on her toenails and fingernails.
The body was brought to Carter’s
mortuary and Gray has sent a wire
to a Chicago address listed under
the husband's name. He ordered her
baggage, which went on to 8eattle
on the Denali, put in storage there.
Gray said one theory was that
she might have been in Juneau
before. Had her home been in the
States, she probably would have
bought passage from Seward to j
Seattle, but the fact that she was
coming to Juneau could indicate
that she either had friends here or
that she was coming here to work.
Efforts are still being made to con
tact her husband or other relatives
RIDGWAY RAISED TO
FOUR-STAR GENERAL
WASHINGTON, May 9 — IjH —
President Truman today raised Lt.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur’s successor in
the Far East, to the rank of full
general.
The President sent to the Senate,
for its confirmation, the promotion
which will give Ridgway a fourth
star. MacArthur is a five star gen
eral of the Army.
Ridgway has been serving as com
mander-in-chief in the Far East and
commander of United Nations forces
in Korea, as well as head of occu
pation forces in Japan since Presi
dent Truman ordered MacArthur
to relinquish those commands on
April If.
No Japanese
In Korea Says
Secy. Defense
Marshall Feared Use of Jap
Troops Mighl Bring Rus
sia Into Korean War
WASHINGTON, May 9 — Ifl -
Secretary Marshall said today nc
Japanese are serving with United
Nations troops in Korea largely be
cause a Chinese-Russia Defensi
Pact is aimed at Japan.
He implied the fear was that us
ing Japanese against the Chinese
Communists might bring the Rus
sians into the Korean war.
The defense secretary was in the
witness chair for the third day or
the inquiry into the ouster of Gen
MacArthur as Far Eastern com
mander and policy differences, back
of his removal.
Senator Byrd (D-Va) brought up
the question of the Japanese. For
months past, some lawmakers have
been contending that Japanese vol
unteers ought to be permitted to
serve with the UN forces.
Report Japs Willing
There have been reports many
Japanese were willing, some of them
highly trained pilots and other mil
itary specialists.
Noting that the Sino-Russian pact
is directed at any resumption of
Japanese aggression, Marshall testi
iiea.
"The fact that the pact directly
referred to the Japanese — possible
intervention on the mainland ol
Asia—I know controlled the action ol
this government in not using any
Japanese whatsoever in Korea. Be
yond that. Senator, X think I will
have to pass it up to the State De
partment.”
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
is to be a witness later and Mar
shall meant the senators should ask
Acheson about that.
Senator Wiley (RrWis) asked
Marshall if, during his mission tc
China in 1945-46, he ever consultec
Gen. MacArthur about “the forma
tion of what was to be or what re
sulted in our China policy?"
Special Representative
Marshall went to China at that
time as a special representative ol
President Truman. His mission was
to try to bring an end to the civil
strife in China between Chiang Kai
Shek’s Nationalist government and
the Chinese Communists.
Marshall told Wiley there was "no
formal consultation" but that he
saw MacArthur in March, 1946, anc
would assume that he made somt
comment to the Far Eastern com
mander about the China situation.
Wiley said what he got from
Marshall’s answer was that "to youi
knowledge, this man, who has had
that vast experience in the Phili
pines, who had fought his way up
and lived off and on 25 years ou'
there, was not consulted by those in
government who were planning the
policy in the East, am I right?”
Marshall: “I couldn’t answer that
specifically, Senator, because I think
there were consultations with in
dividuals sent out by the State De
partment, but they can answer tha'
airecuy.
Marshall said he had no directive
from the President to consult with
MacArthur about his China mission
Brewster Joins Senators
A new questioner joined the sen
ators on the committee today—Sen
ator Brewster (R-Me>.
The Democratic Senate Steering
committee, in making new commit
tee assignments, decided yesterda;
not to disturb the present seven-to
six ratio on the Foreign Relation:
committee.
This cleared the way for Brewster
to step into a vacancy caused by thq
death of Senator Vandenberg <R
Mich). The GOP high command al
ready had designated Brewster foi
the place.
TAX DEADLINE
May 15 is the deadline for pay
ment of city real estate and per
sonal taxes, City.Clerk Popejoy said
today.
IIIIFA MEN HERE
Carl V. Ramey of the Housing
and Home Finance Agency from
Washington, D. C. and A. L. White
of the Anchorage office of the
same agency were in Juneau today.
They are leaving for Ketchikan
and expect to return Thursday.
RELAXATION IS
WORST ENEMY
OF THIS NATION
Truman Makes Appeal to
Industry to Not Let
up on Defense
WASHINGTON, May 9 — :.D —
President Trumun declared today
the country’s worst enemy is nei
ther foreign aggression nor infla
tion at home — ’’it is relaxation."
Addressing 600 businessmen mem
bers of the Interior Department’s
Defense Advisory council, Mr. Tru
man said price and wage controls
will be needed ’’for the next two or
three years at least."
Then, departing from his prepared
text In an urgent appeal to indus
try against any letup in the de
fense effort, the President went on:
“We have three enemies to over
come, one of them abroad and two
of them at home.
“Aggression is the first enemy.
We're shooting at it now in Korea
“Inflation is the second — it is
a home product.
“But number three is the worst
of all. It is relaxation.
• You men can cure the tendency
to relax every time there is a lull in
hostilities."
Relaxation Shown
Mr. Truman said Secretary cf the
Treasury Snyder had observed re
cently that “everytime it looks as
if we’re winning the fight against
aggression or inflation, you can see
the country relax.” Mr. Truman
added:
••You businessmen can meet this
situation headon. You can overcome
this worst of our enemies—relaxa
tion.
The President told the group n j
“definite concrete plan" for greatei
military strength and industrial mo
bilization has been developed in case
Moscow is “reckless enough” to
start a third World War.
Asserting that peace in Korea
“would not put an end to the global
danger of Soviet aggression," Mr.
Truman said the U. S. must:
1, Build up enough military
strength “to convince the Kremlin
that it ought not to start a World
war.”
2. Prepare to mobilize quickly
for war "in case the Kremlin is reck
less enough, in spite of everything,
to plunge the world into a general
conflict.”
PAN AM CONFERENCE
OPENS HERE MONDAY
Plans for a Pan American Air
ways conference here are shaping
up, B. F. Dunn, district traffic
manager, announced today. Repre
sentatives from all Alaska stations,
in addition to those from the San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle
offices will be In attendance.
A cocktail party at tile Dunn
home next Monday will open the
aifair. Tuesday morning Mayor
Wuino Hendrickson will give an
address of welcome to the delegates
and present keys to the city.
Wednesday will be given over to
business sessions topped off with
a dinner lor all Pan American
employees at the Baranof Hotel.
Thursday morning tnose who
wish, will be taken on a fishing
trip aboard the Hyak. Alaska Coas
tal Airlines will provide a flight
over the Juneau Ice cap and to
Taku Lodge.
Friday ACA will take the party
on a Right to Sitka, Petersburg,
Wrangell and Ketchikan where
Bob Kills will conclude festivities
witli a dinner there.
Dunn is talking to the weather
man lor sunshine.
DR. MONTGOMERY GOING
SOUTH, TWO PURPOSES
Dr. I. J. Montgomery, director of
the Alaska Merit System, will
leave Friday for Pasadena, Calif,
to attend a civil service assembly.
On his return trip he will stop at
San Francisco, Portland, and Seat
tle to talk at various business col
leges in an effort to recruit office
help. In making arrangements to
speak at these colleges he received
only one turn down from one col
lege which said, "Our girls are too
joung to go so far from home."
Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Mowry of fat.
Louis are registered at ttie 3arauol
hotel,
t
THUNDERING
RAID PULLED
OFF, KOREA
Biggest Air Assault of War
Reported-Flames and
SmokeScreen Damage
—
By Associated Press
More than 300 Allied planes
■smashed n Red airfield on the
Korea-Manchurla border today to
prevent an expected Communist
l aerial offensive.
It was the biggest raid of the
I war. But first official reports didn't
! look like much. The Fifth Air Force
| said two Red planes were damaged
in the air, two were destroyed and
I one was damaged on the ground.
! Precisely what happened in the
I thundering raid was screened by
| flames and smoke. Returning pilots
said 10 square miles were blanketed
by smoke and flames.
The target was Sinuiju Air Field
| where 70 to 100 Red planes had been
j spotted on the ground.
Blast, Burn Airfield
The attack was made by 312 jets
| and fighter-bombers. They came
j from every UN air field in Korea,
i For half an hour early Wednesday
i afternoon they blasted and burned
j the airfield in Northwestern Korea.
The Chinese were reported gather
! ing their Russian-made planes for
j a big surprise air strike.
Raid In Two waves
American and South African pilots
approached In two waves.
The first wave swept through
heavy flak, rocketing, bombing and
strafing anti-aircraft guns.
The second wave dropped high
explosives and jellied gasoline fire
bombs. An Allied officer said: “I
don’t think the Reds will fly any
more planes off that strip."
Had to Hit
Maj. Carl O. Carlson of Denver,
an Intelligence officer said: “We
watched the buildup of enemy planes
in this area and when it got so far
we had to hit It. We think a good
job was done.”
The raid took place almost under
the shadow of massed Russian-type
jet fighters across the Yalu river.
Fifty of the 80-Soviet-type jets
parked at Antung airstrip rose into
the air but only 13 crossed the Yalu
to give fight. One enemy plane was
damaged in the air battle and an.
other probably destroyed. One Al
lied plane was damaged.
Chinese Reported Angry
The power of the UN air strike
| compared with the opposition en
i countered underscored reports ol
mounting Chinese anger that the
Russians have not kept their prom
i ises to supply adequate air power.
These reports said the Chinese
spring offensive fizzled because of
| the non-delivery of Russian planes
that had been counted on as a
major factor in the drive. AH Cor
respondent Jim Becker quoted a
i high ranking Allied oificer as say
I tag:
Enemy Plans
! "We have learned from many
! sources that the Chinese did not
follow up their breakthrough be
i cause they had planned on using
1 planes and tanks and the Russians
| did not deliver them.
-We hear that many top Chinese
' generals are disgusted at this Rus
! dan failure to deliver.”
Nudging North
South Koreans continued to nudge
north expanding three bridgeheads
inside Red Korea on the eastern
warfront. South Koreans in the west
on both sides of the Han river ad
vanced north of Seoul.
The Communists were still pulling
back and regrouping. A U. S. De
fense Department spoke man in
Washington said 16.000 Red vehicles
were spotted rushing up supplies on
! North Korean roads last week. An
other Red offensive was definitely in
the making.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princess Louise scheduled to ar
rive from Skagway at 8 a.m. Friday
sailing south one hour later at 9.
Baranof from westward scheduled
southbound Sunday morning.
FROM SEATTLE
Gardner Gamwell of Seattle is
at the Baranof Hotel.
I