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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,567
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1950
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Yanks Ordered To Hold Your Ground Or Die
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TWO SHOT DURING
CARD GAME ABOARD
FLOATINGJANNERY
Two men were shot to death In
a fight during a card game aboard
? a floating cannery in Prince Wil
liam Sound at midnight last night,
according to a report reaching
Coast Guard headquarters here.
The report came by radio from
the 327-foot floating cannery Neva,
on which the shootings took place.
A remark by an onlooker at the
card game started the fatal argu
ment, the report said. One of tT.e
players, resenting the remark.
,« “jumped up and chased the on
looker with a knife,’’ the report
continued.
The onlooker "pulled a gun ahd
shot in self-defense," the message
stated.
The dead men were identified
in the message as Johnny Sanute
of Stockton, Calif., and Theodore
Frazier of Seattle, Wash.
Frazier was a bystander at the
, card game, and was hit during the
shooting fray, the report stated.
The slayer, whose home is in San
Francisco, was in custody aboard
the Neva, the message said.
The slaying took place within
the jurisdiction of the U. S. Com
missioner at Valdez, and the report
from the Neva will be forwarded
to him from Coast Guard head
quarters here.
Capt. Ingvold Sorensen is master
f of the Neva.
MILE-A-SECOND
SPEED IS ATTAINED
BY 2-STAGE ROCKET
LONG RANGE PROVING
GROUND, Cocoa, Fla., July 29—ffi
—A 14 14-ton two-stage rocket
thundered eastward over the At
lantic today at a speed of 2,727
miles an hour for the first missile
and around 3.600 miles an hour for
the second.
fVceltent conditions permitted
observers to watch twin vapor trails
after the two rockets separated
about nine miles up and 22 miles
east of the concrete launching pad.
The missile was made up of a
captured German V-2 weighing 14
tons with a 700-pound rocket
known as the “Wac Corporal,”
mounted atop it. The two missiles
were 60 feet high from base to
top.
The V-2 thundered aloft at 6:44
a.m. (EST) and in a matter of
seconds attained its 2,727-mile
speed. It reached an altitude oi
nine miles in 63 seconds. There
the "Wac Corporal” separated
from it and roared eastward at a
speed in excess of 5,000 feet a
second, or some 3,600 miles an hour.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
lODDrricht, inn. s> a«u Bndiato, Ine.)
WAsHINGTON — The other day
I suggested that President Truman,
who is not exactly the persuasive
leader Franklin Roosevelt was,
needed a lot of support from the
rest of us in the current crisis,
which Is a lot worse than most
people have realized. One thing
he needs is some help in making
the country understand what the
Korean war is all about.
As my own contribution, I
should like to set down a few
reminiscences regarding other in
ternationl efforts to stop war, which
I have watched during some years
of experience as a newspaperman.
The Korean war is basically an
international gamble aimed at
heading off a greater war; and,
while it may fail, you have to look
back twenty-five years to under
stand what progress the world has
made in the painfully difficult job
of making men and nations work
together to set up international
machinery for peace.
As a young newspaperman in
1928, I went down to Havana with
Calvin Coolidge, his Secretary of
State, Frank B. Kellogg, and
Charles Evans Hughes, all Repub
licans in good standing with the
party. At Havana, they put for
ward to the Pan American na
tions a policy of keeping the peace
by international arbitration.
This was not a revolutionary
(Continued on Page Four;
FAIRBANKS IS TO
HOLD SERVICES FOR
LATHROP ON SUNDAY
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 29—UPI
—Memorial services will be held in
the Empress Theatre tomorrow af
ternoon for Capt. Austin E. Lathrop,
Alaska industrialist killed Wednes
day in the Healy coal mine. The
Rev. Fred B. Koschmann, pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Fair
banks, will deliver the invocation.
The Rev. E. F. McElmeel, pastor
of the Catholic Church and the Rev.
Albert N. Jones, pastor of the Epis
copal church, also will speak.
Pallbearers will include August
Hiebert, representing radio stations
KFAR and KENI; Carl Wilson, rep
resenting Lathrop theatres; Milton
Bell, representing Daily News
Miner; Claud Chilton, Healy River
Coal Corporation.
Honorary pallbearers are Andrew
Nerland, A. H. Nordale, Dr. C. E.
Bunnell, Judge Harry E. Pratt, A.
Johnson, E. F. Stroecker, Roy B.
Earling, William Strand, Edgar
Clausen, Maurice T. Johnson, Alvin
Polet, Col. David H. Baker, George
Preston, Col. John R. Kane, Luther
Hess, James Mulroony, L. E. Linck,
Robert Hoopes, E. B. Collins, Martin
Pinska, John Butrovich, Jr., Colonel
George W. Rathjens and Dr. F. B.
Gillespie.
The remains will be flown to
Seattle where last rites will be held
at the Bonney-Watson Funeral
Home and interment in the Forest
Lawn cemetery.
RODEO COMEDIAN
KILLS 2, WOUNDS
3, THEN SLAYS SELF
SEATTLE, July 29—(*—A jobless,
middle-aged rodeo clown, whose
young wife left him recently, ran
amok at her parents’ farm home
late yesterday killing two persons
and wounding three others. Then
he took his own life.
The frenzied shooting was by
Frankie Chitwood, 41, who in his
many appearances at western rodeos
had brought laughter to thousands
with his trained mule skit, "Trag
edy on the Desert.”
Slain were his 9-month-old
daughter, Drucella Pauline, and his
father-in-law, Everett Vanderhoof,
18.
His wife, Margaret, 21, four-year
>ld son, Prank, Jr., and mother-in
law, Mrs. Virginia Vanderhoof, 42,
were critically wounded.
Eyewitnesses and coroner John
p. Brill, Jr., said the showman
shouted after his crazed pursuit of
fleeing members of the family:
"Well, I got you now, and now
I'll take myself.”
Chitwood began his orgy of
shooting, Brill said, after an argu
ment with his father-in-law at the
front door of the ranch home near
Kent, 20 miles south of here.
ALASKA FROM WEST
BRINGS 9, TAKES 22
Southbound from Seward, the
Alaska arrived In Juneau yesterday
afternoon at 5:30 o’clock bringing
nine persons here from the north.
Arriving from Seward were Jo
sephine Erickson, Lewis Fritsche,
Neil Johnson, Mrs. Neil Johnson
and Vera Peterson.
From Valdez: Loretta Hibner,
Mrs. M. F. Noack and Irene Swee
ney while from Cordova was Fred
erick Allen.
Twenty-two persons were south
bound when the Alaska sailed at
11:45 p.m. Bound for Seattle are
P. E. Donelson, Mrs. Donelson, Ted
Heyder, Mrs. D. V. Inman and
infant, Winifred Paris, Mrs. C. N.
Badder, Mrs. L. W. Moviers, Mrs.
N. Weaver, Mrs. W. G. Maclnnis,
Jean Naomi Maclnnis and Allen
Maclnnis.
From Juneau to Ketchikan were
Miss V. L. Chappell, Warren Hager,
Mrs. Warren Hager, and F. Chap
man. To Petersburg: W. D. Gross,
T. Everson, Elizabeth Willet, Julie
Hudson and Mrs. Henry Grinrod.
MASSES FOB FISHERMEN
There will be mass at 6 o’clock
Sunday morning at the Shrine of
St. Terese for salmon derby fisher
men and also mass at Auk Bay at
8:30 o'clock.
FROM POMONA
Hazel Stortz of Pomona, Calif.,
is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
FIGHT ON
ECONOMIC
CONTROLS
Rising Tide of Sentiment
for All-Out Mobilization
of Home Front
WASHINGTON, July 29 — GP) —
Backers of President Truman's
request for limited economic con
trols fought today to stem a rising
tide of sentiment in Congress for
all-out mobilization of the home
front.
In the House, support for con
:umer price controls and rationing
was so strong that leaders were
reported concerned over their
chances to sidetrack those propos
als in favor of action on Mr. Tru
man's milder requests.
In the Senate, backers of the
drastic controls forced the banking
committee to abandon plans for
action on the Truman proposals
until Mnday, so the all-out eon
rols can be put into shape to be
offered either as an amendment or
ts a substitute.
The mounting pressure for com
plete wartime mobilization stemmed
largely from elder statesman Ber
nard Baruch’s testimony this week
that immediate “ceilings on every
thing” are imperative.
Baruch put in another plug for
this viewpoint yesterday in a tele
phone conversation with chairman
May bank (D-SCi of the banking
committee. At the very least, May
oank quoted him as saying, wage
price controls and rationing should
be written into law on a stand-by
basis.
That would give Mr. Truman
cower to invoke the controls, but
pnly when he felt they were nec
essary.
While the President told his news
conference Thursday that broad
consumer controls are not yet
needed, one capitol official who
usually is in touch with the White
House told a reporter the Pres
ident would be glad to get the
added controls on a standby basis.
(3 ON PAN AM
CLIPPER FLIGHTS
In Pan American World Airways
operations yesterday, 18 persons
landed at the Juneau airport and
45 departed.
Arriving from Seattle were Ken
neth Bowman, Dr. and Mrs. Cassius
Carter with Robert and Carle;
Sylvia Davis, Elizabeth Hageman,
Mary and Tom Johnson, Max Meal
man, Nick and Daisy Peters, Gus
Peterson, Herbert Price, Glenda
Sansregret, Jasper Stuart, Gladys
Welch and Douglas Stevenson.
Southbound, Flight 934 took these
passengers to Ketchikan: A1 Abra
hamson, Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Ride
out and Mr. and Mrs. Holland B.
Thomas.
Booked to Seattle were Inez Caul
kins, Pearl Gray, Frank and Ruth
Carr, with James, Richard and
Dorean Carr; Martin Holm, Nina
Parks, George Kelez, Helen Feath
erstone, B. J. Lammers, Miss Cecile
Cohen, Cesco Tomaselli, Margaret
Guest, Nellie Feare, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Carlson, Larry Carlson, Mrs.
Fred Orme and Joyce; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Lund, Nancy McFarland, R.
C. Cook, Mrs. J. W. Hannah with
Judy and Marilyn; Frank Waugh,
Mrs. E. M. Sell, Andrew Lafonte,
Mrs. R. Anderson, T. W. Erving,
Donald Wiggins, Fred Pringle, A. G.
Woodley, Dr. Peter Misch, Sue
Abrahamson, Sister Mary Rose Eva
and Sister Mary Itha.
BUYERS OF CASTLE
GET NICK "STOCK"
DIVIDEND (BURP!)
CLAYTON, N.Y., July 29—W)—
Buyers of Calumet Castle, once a
millionaire's summer mansion on
one of the St. Lawrence River’s
Thousand Islands near here, have
received an unexpected dividend.
Workmen fixing wiring in the
basement of the stone building dis
covered several hundred cases of
imported wines dated from 1895 to
1900. The wine was hidden in a cave
dug in solid rock.
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ALASKA NEEDS
ADVERTISING
SAYS NEA MEN
Alaska's greatest need is proper
advertising and the convention of
the National Editorial Association
which will come to Alaska on a 16
day chartered trip aboard the S.S.
Aleutian will give the territory the
opportunity of a life-time, in the
opinion of Cliff Kaynor, national
president of the organization and
publisher of the Ellensburg, Wash.,
Record.
Mr. Kaynor and Don Eck, man
ager of the NEA, were in Juneau
Friday night making advance ar
rangements for the tour of Alaska.
The National Editorial Associa
tion which has a membership of
5,000 weeklies and 550 non-metro
politan daily newspapers in the
largest organization of newspapers
in the world, according to Mr. Eck,
who has been manager of this 65
year old organization since 1940. The
group made an Alaskan tour in 1939,
under the guidance of Eck as tour
manager and executive secretary.
“Practically every grass-root pub
lisher in America will be aboard the
Aleutian next year,” Mr. Kaynor
said, "and this is Alaska’s oppor
tunity to have columns of copy
about the territory in papers in
every state in the union.”
While Mr. Kaynor is the first
president of the association from
the state of Washington, he is proud
of the fact that the group is rep
resentative of the whole country.
First Vice President of the NEA is
from Holton. Maine, and the imme
diate past president is from Mission,
Texas.
In Juneau Kaynor and Eck con
sulted with Robert Boochever and
Charles W. Carter, president and
tourist committee chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce about plans
for the 1951 convention.
Kaynor enjoyed a visit with The
Empire’s Elmer Friend with whom
he had worked on the Post-Intelli
gencer way back when.
The NEA men are southbound
after a trip to Fairbanks and con
sultations wtth newspaper men and
Chambers of Commerce along the
way. They learned here last night ol
the death of Captain Lathrop whom
they had recently seen in Fairbanks.
“We were with him when he plan
ned his trip to Healy. It is hard tc
believe this could have happened
He was a wonderful man.”
REPUBLICAN MEETS DRAW
WRANGELL, KETCHIKAN
CROWDS,JAYS WHITE
Albert White, counsel for the Re
publican party in Alaska and chair
man of the party’s investigating
committee, is back in Juneau from
a trip to Ketchikan and Wrangell
where he made speeches to launch
the pre-election Republican cam
paign.
In Wrangell, Thursday night, he
addressed 250 people in the Coli
seum theatre. Appearing with him
were Mrs. Doris Barnes of Wran
gell, Republican candidate for re
election to the House of Represen
tatives and Clyde Peterson and
Ralph Bartholomew, both of Ket
chikan, who are also Republican
candidates for the House.
The meeting in Ketchikan at a
Republican Club dinner filled the
Stedman hotel dining room and res
taurant, White said, and his Ketchi
kan speech went on the air.
People everywhere were shocked
and saddened by the death of Cap
tain Lathrop, Mr. White said.
FROM PELICAN
Frank C. Mosher of Pelican is at
the Baranof Hotel.
• WEATHER REPORT •
• •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 56; •
• minimum, 48. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 55; •
• minimum, 45. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Cloudy with intermittent •
• rain tonight and Sunday. •
• Low temperature tonight •
• about 50 and high Sunday •
• near 58. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau—0.55 inches; •
• since July 1—9.29 inches. •
• At Airport — 0.14 inches; •
• since July 1—6.76 inches. •
• •••••••••a
27-POUND, 4-OUNCE
KING SETS TARGET
FOR DERBY ANGLERS
Juneau anglers, sparked by reports
of good fishing yesterday, faced
wind and rain this morning to get
out for the second day of the Golden
North Salmon Derby.
The one they had to beat was
Paul Schnee’s big king. He snagged
the 27-pound 4-ounce fighter yes
terday and landed it successfully to j
take top spot for the opening day. I
Total catch during the opener
was 1,000 pounds, with 900 pounds
weighed in at Tee Harbor where
Charles G. Burdick stood as presid
ing judge, and 100 pounds brought,
in at Auk Bay where Elton Eng
strom carried on at the scales.
Jack O’Connor took over the
duties of judge at Auk Bay today, j
W. L. Davies, who took his 25
pound 1-ounce king 25 minutes after
the opening gun yesterday, held
down second place at the end of the
day’s fishing. Paul Page was third
with a 24-pound 7-ounce beauty.
Maynard Peterson was in fourth
place with a fish three ounces
lighter than Page's; and A. M. Mill
was fifth with a 24-pound 2-ounce;
entry.
Mable Messer took sixth spot dur- 1
tng the opening day with a 24
pounder.
The weather was choppy as the j
second day’s fishing began, but re
ports from the area later said the
wind and sea had died down some.
The Coast Guard cutter Storis
and the 83-foot Juneau-based cut
ter were standing by at the fish
ing grounds.
The Storis reported at 6 a.m. to
day that it had picked up a 14
foot skiff belonging to Ed Whipple.
• The boat was found dragging its
anchor on the west side of Coghlan
island and was returned to the
judge's stand at Tee Harbor.
Sunday is the last day of the
Derby with indications that there
will be the largest number of fish
ermen on the waters than Friday
or today.
45 PERISH IN
PLANE(RASH
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29—(>P)—
All 49 persons perished last night
when a Brazilian constellation
crashed near Porto Alegre. It was
the worst disaster in the country’s
aviation history.
Among the 43 passengers was !
Ralph MoLley, 42, an American,
sales manager in Rio for the At
lantic Refining Company. He came
nere from Richmond, Ind.
CHAMPAGNE FLOWS
AND SO DOES TIDE,
AS CRAFT LAUNCHED
The vintage champagne foamed
across the Katherine S.’s bows.
But the Katherine 8., veteran Ju
neau fisherman Jim Sharp’s new
iO-foot halibut and seine-boat,
didn’t slide smoothly down the
ways.
It was launched by the incoming
tide.
A Caterpillar tractor was hitched
to the cradle under the stern of
the high-bowed vessel, built in the
Juneau Marine Company shop on
West Eighth Street from Edwin
Monk designs, and towed it down
the beach to low tide mark.
But the launching was a gala
affair nevertheless. Miss Jessie
Barlow, daughter of Andy Barlow,
executive secretary of United Trbl
lers of Alaska, Local 100, smashed
the champagne bottle across the
bows of the new vessel, one of the
largest to be built in Juneau.
Deacon Cyril Zuboff asked God’s
blessing on the boat while Mr. and
Mrs. Sharp, the boat's builder Jack
Warner and his wife, and well
wishing fishermen and shipwrights
stood by.
The vessel will be towed to the
Northern Commercial Company
shop at high tide today to be
fitted out with an 80-horsepower
Caterpillar 3D18 diesel engine.
Sharp plans to go to Todd, Alaska,
in August to seine for the Todd
Packing Company.
FROM FAIRBANKS
Louis Firtsche of Fairbanks is at
the Baranof Hotel.
BELGIUM HIT BY
RIOTS, STRIKES
OVERJ.EOPOLD
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 29—
itfi—Wild rioting by thousands of
anti-Leopoldists broke out anew in
Brussels today. A state of siege
was declared in the industrial city
of Liege, government sources said.
A battalion of the crack .Chas
seurs Ardennais Regiment was al
erted to move into that French
speaking center, a stronghold of
Socialist-led forces who want to
drive King Leopold from the throne
he regained a week ago. Liege was
paralyzed by strikes.
There were unconfirmed rumors
that an attempt might be made to
set up a rebel provisional govern
ment in Liege. The more extreme
Walloon separatists have long
wanted to secede from Belgium ana
throw in their lot with France.
These, however, are only a noisy
minority group.
Rioters started marching through
Brussels at noon, singing the revol
utionary “Marseillaise.” Mounted
police, with drawn swords, charged
a crowd on the Place de Brouckert
—the Times Square of Brussels—
as it was trying to overturn a
.street car.
The rioters had dragged the
motorman and his two protecting
gendaimes from the car. Mounted
police rode in, striking wildly with
their sabres in all directions.
The gendarmes drew a cordon
across the square but were attacked
by the demonstrators. Horses
reared and plunged under a showei
of bottles. Cafe chairs and tabltes
were snatched from a nearby ter
race.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Kathleen from Van
couver in port and sails for Skag
way at 11:30 p.m.
Freighter Flemish Knot from
Seattle scheduled to arrive Sunday.
Prince George from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Monday.
Aleutian from Seattle due Tues
day.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tonight.
Chilcotin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver Monday.
Alaska scheduled to sail from
Seattle Wednesday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver next Wednesday.
Baranof scheduled southbound
from west at 11 p.m. Sunday.
KOREAN WAR
AT A GLANCE
(By Associated Press)
Korean Front—Gen. Walton H.
Walker, commander of U. S. 8th
Army orders troops to "fight to the
death” against waves of attacking
North Koreans. Invaders increa'se
pressure on central front and at
tempt flanking movement 40 miles
south of Hwanggan. Field reports
say Kochang, communications cen
ter on main supply route from
Pusan captured by Reds.
Tokyo—headquarters spokesman
says American infantrymen holding
main lines following Gen. Walker's
promise that “my Army is not go
ing to give up one more inch.’
Headquarters estimates Commu
nists have lost 31,000 killed and
wounded, 170 tanks destroyed, 100
tanks damaged. Intelligence offi
:er says: "There are no signs of
eplacements for the tanks.”
Air War—U. S. planes blast two
Communist held towns on southern
ip of Korea despite bad weather.
Carrier planes Join attack for
.'ourth consecutive day. Hadong
and Kochang key targets of flght
ars.
Washington—Army says it needs
mother 240,000 men; Navy says it
lopes to enlist 70,000 reserves. Sen
ate committee puts off until next
week a vote on President Truman’s
call for production and credit Con
trols.
U. S. URGED TO USE
VETO IF NEEDED TO
BAR REDS FROM UN
WASHINGTON, July 29 — W) —
| Two members of the Senate for
eign relations committee demanded
today that the United States blodk
any move to admit Chinese Com
munists to the United Nations, by
use of the veto, if necessary.
Senator George (D-Ga.) told a
reporter that with American troops
fighting Communists in Korea he
doesn't think this country can af
ford to withhold its security council
veto if that is the only way to bar
the Chinese Communists.
In a separate Interview, Senator
H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) called
on Secretary of State Acheson to
make it clear at once that the
United States will use every means
at its command to keep the Chin
ese Communists out of the U. N.
No Retreat,
No Surrender
Says Walker
Fresh Men Funnelling Into
Front-Reds Threaten
8th Army Sector
(By Associated Press)
American troops, under orders to
“fight to the death," are holding
the line on the blazing Korean front
despite a furious offensive by North
Korean Reds striving at a knock
out blow before additional forces
can be pitted against them.
A release from Gen. MacArthur’s
headquarters dated July 30 said
Communist thrusts against the U.S.
First Cavalry and 25th Infantry
have been thrown back.
The American forces are striving
to hold their mountain positions
while fresh men and equipment are
being funnelled into South Korea
for a major counteroffensive.
In Washington, an Army spokes
man told newsmen: "I think you
can expect a continuous landing of
troops and material” which could
insure victory for United Nations
forces.
He did not specifically mention
the fact that elements of the First
Marine Division and the Army’s
Second Infantry Division (from
Fort Lewis), have been on their
way from the U.S. to the Far East
for some time.
The Reds were suffering terrific
losses, but despite depleted reserves
of tanks and men they smashed at
Hwanggan on the central sector
and were threatening to outflank
the Eighth Army in a drive cutting
! in about 40 miles south of Hwang
gan.
Front Stable
For three days now the front has
been fairly stable with no important
penetrations by the Invaders. But
for the Communists time is running
out and there were indications Red
commanders are now pouring every
thing they have into a major push.
Oeneral MacArthur’s headquar
ters claimed United States counter
attacks are safely holding the line.
It was announced at Tokyo that
fresh U.S. troops from Okinawa
stalled a thrust on the south coast
at Ponggye, 55 miles west of Pusan,
vital southeast supply port for the
United Nations forces.
Americans were ordered to "fight
to the death,” with no surrender
and without giving another inch of
ground. The order came from Oen.
Walton H. Walker, commander of
the U.S. 8th Army, in an unheralded
visit to a front-line command post.
“We will hold the positions we
have and fight it out here,” Walker
said. "This is a fight for time. Every
body in this army knows we must
hold along the lines we now have.”
No Surrender Order
He ordered that no one Individual,
squad, company or higher unit under
any conditions will surrender.
Walker explained that the Korean
war has entered "its critical stage.”
He pointed to the fact that fresh
American troops and supplies are
pouring into Korea but emphasized
that the Allied cause could trade
no more territory for time.
He warned there would be no
"Dunkirk"—no pulling away from
Korean shores by the American In
fantrymen. "It would be impossible
for us to get out,” he said. He again
promised his Army would hold their
mountain positions.
Another headquarters spokesman
said the North Koreans have lost
31,000 men killed and wounded since
the war started. More than 170
tanks have been destroyed and 100
damaged. An intelligence officer
added: "There are no signs of re
placements for the tanks.”
Trained conscripts being shoved
into the line at this critical stage
indicated time is running out for
the invaders, it was contended. At
the same time, the headquarters
spokesman said. American troops
are showing greater seasoning and
stability.
In the air war. Allied warplanes
blasted two Communist held towns
on the southern tip of Korea despite
bad weather. For the fourth consec
utive day carrier planes joined in
the attack. Fighter planes aided the
Americans near Hadong on the
south coast and at Kochang further
north.
William R. Krepps of Wrangell is
a guest at the Baranof Hotel.