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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" _, ___
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,544
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 'l, 1950
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PRICE TEN CENTS
A laska Defense Line Bristling for Fight
REDS BREAK
KOREAN LINE,
BUT STOPPED
Strategic Town Not Lost as
Broadcast from Washing
ton-Things Are 'Hazy'
TOKYO, Sunday, July 2—i/Pl—A
North Korean Communist column
has been hurled back from Suwon
by stiffening South Korean defense
and apparently never actually took
that strategic town or its import
ant airstrip, General MacArthur's
headquarters indicated today.
The Red forces are concentrated
now 10 miles north of Suwon and
have thrown at least three make
shift wooden bridges across ttie
broad Han River, 23 miles north
of Suwon, indicating imminence of
a heavier thrust.
Seoul Bombed
A U. S. Air Force communique
said B-29 superfortresses bombed
the bridges and railroad yards and
anti-aircraft batteries inside the i
Red-held capital city of Seoul Sat
urday.
This sudden reversal of previous
accounts of the fast-shifting Kor
ean war situation came as Amer-1
ican foot soldiers were being poured
into far South Korea in a histor
ical airlift. They started moving
by rail more than 200 miles north
to the front, but latest word was i
that none had yet completed the!
trip. . |
Suwon Situation
The MacArthur headquarters
communique said that South Kor
ean defense forces were holding
Suwon came at almost the same
time as a Washington defense de
partment announcement that it j
was lost.
Officers at MacArthur’s head
quarters greeted the Washington I
announcement with silent smiles, j
Circumstances of Just what hap-1
pened when the Reds made an \
acknowledged breakthrough across
the Han River and advanced on i
Suwon Friday night were admit
tedly hazy.
It was theorized in Tokyo that
the Red advance, coupled with the
hasty departure of the American
field headquarters and South Kor
ean officials from Suwon, led fn
telligence officers either in Tokyo
or Washington, or both, to trans
late probability into fact.
Public information officers at
headquarters had refused either to
confirm or deny, however, until
this morning’s communique. Even
it quoted undisclosed sources to
"indicate” that the southerners re
tained Suwon.
Without detailing exactly what
happened, MacArthur’s communi
que said:
Another Rebal
“The Suwon area was j .cnent- j
rated by advance elements of the !
Communist forces on the night of !
June 30, but apparently not in
sufficient force to hold their gains."
Reports direct by telephone from
Taejon, the temporary South Kor
ean capital 73 miles south of Su
won, had said Saturday that the
South Korean defense collapsed at
Suwon and the Reds were roaring
southward with an armored col
umn.
MacArthur’s communique said,
“there was some increase in enemy
activity south of the Han River,
but not much."
It intimated that American Air
Forces might be attacking the Nor
therners’ bridges across the Han,
but said bad weather hampered |
both air and naval activity Sat- j
urday.
Defying the bad weather, the
Air Force steadily threw American
infantrymen into Fusan, southeast
Korea. They must travel 162 miles
northwest by rail to reach Taejon.
The Suwon area is 73 rail miles
still farther north.
An Air Force spokesman in
Tokyo said the airlift was without
incident. He said a C-54 trans
port that crashed at Fusan, killing
23 men, was not on a troop-carry
ing mission.
Tom Lambert, Associated Press
correspondent at Taejon, said no
American foot soldiers had yet ar
rived there late Saturday night.
FROM HONOLULU
Miss Bobbie Swenson of Honolulu
is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
Several Ohioans are staying at the
Baranof Hotel. Among them are
Mrs. W. H. Stubbs of Ferneycroft,
Lebanon, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Ankrom of Dayton.
Korean Women Flee Invaders
iiii-_ - im.jyww w ^
Korean women, some with bundles on their heads, walk along a railroad track in South Korea as they
flee ahead of Communist invaders from the north. UK Wirephoto from Army radiophoto.
CONGRESS IS
IN WARTIME
UNITY NOW
Foreign Aid Bill Passes
Senate Unanimously
Draft Bill Is Signed
WASHINGTON, July 1 — —
Congress revived wartime unity to
day as some lawmakers called for
American ground action not only
in South Korea but also in the
Northern home grpunds of the Ko
rean Communists.
A 66 to 0 vote by which the Sen
ate yesterday sent a $1,222,500,000
foreign arms aid bill to the House
marked the second unanimous
tally in as many days for a mili
tary measure since President Tru
man ordered armed intervention in
Korea.
Previously a year’s extension of
the military draft had been ap-1
proved 76 to 0 by the Senate. Mr.
Truman signed that measure into
law yesterday.
But action on these measures—in
the mill before the Communists
attacked South Korea — left some
lawmakers unsatisfied that every
thing possible had been done to
open the way for American success
in the Orient.
Senators Knowland (R-Calif),
Flanders (R-Vt) and Millikin (R
Colo) told the Senate that all
United States military operations
ought to ignore the 38th parallel
which separates North and South
Korea.
■
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, IKmi. vj BeU Syndicate. Ine.),
WASHINGTON — Simultaneously
with the Korean crisis two top
British defense experts arrived in
Washington for talks with Defense
Secretary Louis Johnson. The fact
that they came as the Korean
crisis broke was an accident, but
nevertheless it was significant that,
simultaneously, Peter Geoffrey Rob
erts, conservative member of Par
liament, urged . use of the atomic
bomb against North Korea.
For it is to discuss British use
of the atomic bomb that the two
experts were ordered to Washing
ton.
They are: Air Marshal Sir Ralph|
Cochran. Vice Chief Marshal of
the Royal Air Force, and Dr. Rifch
ard Cochran, an atomic scientist.
The two men were sent on direct
orders of Prime Minister Attlee,
following a meeting of the British
cabinet, to discuss future ues of
the atomic bomb by Britain. What
they propose is:
1. That the United States stock
pile a certain number of baby A
bombs in the Azores in mid-Atlan
tic immediately. Attlee wants this
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SEA BLOCKADE
WON'T HALT
RUSS SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, July 1—iiPt—1The
U.S.-British naval blockade of Ko
rea is expected to help land op
erations against the invading Com
munists, but it won’t keep them
from getting military supplies from
Russia.
In ordering the naval ring to be
thrown about the embattled penin
sula yesterday. President Truman
apparently had two main objectives
in mind:
(1) To prevent 'the attacking
North Koreans from making any
more landings on the southern
coast; and (2) to keep the sea
lanes open for the movement of
U.S. troops and supplies from
Japan.
But the blockade probably will
have little effect on the shipment
of any supplies Russia wants to
send to the Communist troops.
In the days when Japan con
trolled both Manchuria and Korea,
she tied the road and rail system;
of the two countries together and
angled both in a northerly direction
toward Russian borders. At the
time, the Japanese were preparing
for a showdown with the Soviets
in Siberia.
Thus, a fairly good land route
exists for shipment of supplies int<
North Korea from Russian territory
N(J PARKING
No parking between the hours o(
10 a.m. and 12 a.m. on July 4th
in Front and South Franklin Sts
to Admiral Way (Winter and Pond
corner). All cars will be impound
ed.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah from Vancouver
due to arrive at 3:30 this afternoon
and sails for Skagway at 11:30 p.m.
Chilcotin from Vancouver sched
uled to arrive at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Aleutian from Seattle due Tues
day.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 tonight.
Baranof from west scheduled
southbound 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
o WEATHER REPORT
• «
• In Juneau—Maximum, 62;
o minimum, 47.
o At Airport—Maximum, 66;
o minimum, 41.
!•
• FORECAST
• (Juneau and Vicinity)
i o Partly cloudy tonight and
! • Sunday. Lowest temperature
| • tonight about 47, highest
• Sunday about 68.
•
• PRECIPITATION
i • (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
I • City of Juneau—0.07 inches.
, • At Airport — Trace.
TRUMAN IS
AWAITING
RUSS MOVE
President Delaying May
ing Next Decisions
Goes Aboard Yacht
ABOARD DESTROYER USS
WILLIAM M. WOOD, July 1 —(A>l— '
President Truman’s close associates j
said today his next moves in the j
Korean war will await develop
ments in Moscow and at the'front..
They said he has no plans for ;
either & fireside chat to the coun- j
try or an address to Congress un
less events should make such a!
course advisable.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive i
rested aboard the Presidential yacht j
Williamsburg, from the stress and j
strain of his most trying week since
the end of World War Two.
The gray-haired President looked i
tense and tired as he climbed up!
the gangplank of his yacht in the i
Philadelphia Navy yard last night. :
PEACE TALKS
NIL, STRIKE,
RAIL LINES
CHICAGO, July 1—UP)—'The rail
strike will be a week old tomorrow 1
morning, and a railroad spokesman
says peace talk results so far are
“nil.”
About 50,000 men are idle, and
rail revenues and wage losses have
been estimated in millions of dol
lars. Five big midwestern and
western rail lines have been hit.
BRUNOSHOT;
IS WOUNDED
CRITICALLY
KANSAS CITY, July 1 — M«l —
Charles Bruno, 51, a professional
bondsman linked by police with
the Northside operations of the
late political boss Charles Binaggio
was shot and critically wounded
early today by two gunmen.
NO SETTLEMENT
YET IN STRIKE ON
N.Y. NEWSPAPER
NEW YORK, July T — (#1 — Pro
longed mediation sessions this week
failed to settle the 19-day-old strike
of the CIO American Newspaper
Guild against the New York World
Telegram and Sun.
GALA TIME IS
PLANNED TONIGHT,
CORONATION BALL
Tonight is the Big Night—the
night hundreds of Juneau folks
have been waiting for.
At midnight, at the Queen's Cor
onation Ball, to be held in Elks
Ballroom starting at 10 t>.m., an
nouncement will be made of the,
lucky winner in the annual Fourth j
of July Queen’s Contest, the lucky ;
young lady to reign over Juneau's i
four-day celebration besides re
ceiving a free trip to Seattle and !
$100 cash. The three other candi- j
dates will attend her as Princesses.
But the Queen will not reign
alone. For the first time in its
annual celebration Juneau is to
have a King—King Juneau I. he
has been chosen by a committee
of local businessmen and his ideh
tity is also to be revealed at the
midnight hour.
Voting has been unusually heavy
for the Queen candidates with each
and every organization working
hard to put their favorite candi
date across. The final count was
taken Friday midnight and a big
vote was turned in by candidates
and sponsors.
However, no matter who is the
lucky girl, the runners-up will not
lose. They will each receive awards,
the second high a trip to Anchor
age and $100; third, $100 cash and
fourth, $75.
A large turn-out is expected to- j
night at the Coronation Ball which !
is always a popular kickoff to the
“grand and glorious" Fourth cele
bration.
Answers to
Ex-GI Queries
In Case of War
WASHINGTON, July 1 — (>P1 —
Army and Air Force veterans who
were discharged after the last war
—and who didn't sign up for the
reserves then—cannot be recalled
to service on the ground that the
war emergency has never ended
officially.
In general, that was the reply of
Army and Air Force spokesmen to
day to these two questions being
raised by veterans:
1. In case of a Presidential call
up of reservists, what would be
the status of former officers who
did not sign up for the reserve
commissions after their war serv
ice?
2. Could a discharged GI be
called back to service on the
grounds that the draft law which
was in effect during the war obli
gated him to serve for the dura
tion and six months?
The Air Force said any air offi
cer who was separated from the
service, without signing up for a
new reserve commission, could not
be recalled. In case the country
should find itself in a new emer
gency, a spokesman said, the Air
Force would review the rolls of
former officers and offer new com
missions to those it wanted. Those
offered new commissions would not
have to accept them, however.
The spokesman added that dis
charge certificates protect enlisted
air veterans of the war against
being recalled.
An Army representative said for
mer Army officers, who were "dis
charged from their commissions"
and who did not sign up foi ne*
reserve commissions, could not be
called back. However, some who
were placed on inactive duty, rather
than being discharged, could be.
Wartime GI's who were dischar
ged couldn’t be called back under
the wartime draft law.
In the Navy, reserve officers’
commissions are for an indefinite
period. Most Naval reserve offic
ers were placed on inactive duty
after the war. They are still in
the reserve and subject to being
recalled to duty. A few have been
discharged or have resigned, how
ever.
Former Navy enlisted men, if they
did not enlist again following dis
charge during mobilization, have
the same status as any other civ
ilians.
SEATTLEITES HERE
Among Seattleites newly regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel are W.
E. Diers, G. S. Newhouse, Mrs. F.
L. Calkins, Clyde O. Loveland, L.
O. Kimes, Agnes Smith, Ross Sum
merwell and Cpl. William O.
Nickoles.
I
MacArthur Returns from Front
.UMPfri IllMlI ■ mill ll—
General Douglas MacArthur arrives at Ilancda air field near Tokyo
upon his return from the fighting front in South Korea. Note cigar
in mouth, replacing usual corncob pipe. Iff) Wirephoto from Army
radiophoto.
BOY SCOUTS
GIVEN TALK
BY TRUMAN
VALLEY FOKGE. Fa.. July 1—1^*1
—President Truman stood up before
nearly 50,000 Boy Scouts last night
and told them man-to-man what
a tough world they are growing up
in.
It will be an even worse worhJ,
the President said, unless all Am
ericans work for peace and free
dom with "the same burning faith
that inspired the men of George
Washington’s army here at Valley
Forge.”
He broke away from his pre
pared speech at the outset to tell
the scouts they were lucky to be
young Americans—well fed, well
taken care of.
“Today,” the President said, “the
young people of Communist-domin
ated countries are being mobilized
and marched . . .
“They are being made into tools
of power politics, and their mas
ters will not hesitate to sacrifice
their lives if that will advance the
cause of Communist imperialism.
GOPS MEET,
FORM NEW
PARTY PLAN
PHILADELPHIA. July 1—UP>—A
group of self-styled “rank and file”
Republicans from 10 states today
mapped plans for a “new progres
sivism" in the party.
The group cloaked its activities
in secrecy and refused to make
public the names of the 50 or so
men here to set up policies they
hope will become part of the GOP
platform.
But the group made no secret
of its dissatisfaction with the posi
tion of the Republican party.
It invited Pennsylvania’s Gover
nor James F. Duff, avowed foe of
"reaction” in the party, to outline
his plans for Republican progressiv
ism.
A spokesman for the group said
pointedly, however, that Duff is not
a member of the group.
The spokesman said rank and file
Republicans are here from Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut. New Jersey,
New York. Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado and
Oregon.
SALTSMAN HERE
Joe Saltsman of MacDonald Log
ging Company, Ketchikan, is at the
Baranof Hotel.
LOCAL UNIT
RFSERVISTS
60 TO SEA
Juneau Men Aboard Navy
Fleet Tug on Short Trip
-Given Instructions
Aboard the USS Bagaduce July
1—(Special to The Empire) - This
sturdy U.S. Navy fleet tug slipped
away from the Army wharf in Ju
neau at 8 a.m. today with members
of the Juneau Naval Reserve unit
aboard.
The Bagaduce will tie up tonight
at Petersburg, after a cruise which
will include training "but plenty of
time for photography,” Lt. F. L.
Brimmer, USN, captain of the ship,
told the men this morning.
Already the reservists have been
split into small groups and arc be
coming familiar with the tug from
engine room to bridge. One group of
men, including Lt. Comdr. Hugh D.
Gray, officer in charge of the Ju
neau unit, and Lt. John Brantner,
a Coast Guard reservist accompany
ing the Navy on the cruise, are
looking over the ship’s diesel engines
and the electric motors which turn
the propellor. 1
Chief Machinist W. J. Reiben
spies; the ship's engineer officer, is j
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Troops Ready
jTo Fight "Like
Hell"-Twining
Jet Planes Are Hidden-In
structions Issued for Civ
ilians in Danger Area
By MIJRLIN B. SPENCER
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 1—
—Steel helmeted troops, carrying
rifles, pistols and gas masks, are on
the alert at Alaska’s air and mili
tary bases. They are taking no
chances of a possible surprise attack.
Tanks and additional combat
troops are expected to augment Air
Force and Infantry soldiers at the
big Elmendorf Air Force base here.
Given even a little warning “we
could put up a hell of a fight right
now,” said Lt. Gen. Nathan Twin
ing, silver-haired commander-in
chief of the Alaskan Command.
This wartime preparedness ex
tends on a long line running gener
ally southwestward from Ladd Air
Force base at Fairbanks in the
northern interior to Kodiak at the
western entrahce to the Gulf of
Alaska. This will be Alaska’s line of
defense in the event of an attack.
Since Americans started shoot
ing in Korea, all troops in the
Alaskan area, even service troops,
are being trained in the use of
ground weapons. All have been
assigned positions jo take in case
of an emergency. *
All Precautions Taken
All precautions are being taken
against the possibility of sabotage
or fifth column activity from within.
It is obvious that primary pre
(‘atittons are betng’talfm against the
chance of attack by paratroops. It
is for this that Twining awaits
tanks, which are highly effective
against troops dropped from the
air.
Witn even u brief warning, Twin
ing believes a real fight could be put
up against such an attack. Jet
fighters would slash at troop
carrying planes in the air and
ground troops would battle the in
vaders who reached the ground.
Afore Troops Needed
But it also is obvious that to be
sure of holding, the overall com
mander of all Alaska forces could
use more troops and more and
heavier equipment.
To the north and west of the
Fairbanks-Kodlak line, the defenses
are another story.
At Nome, near the Bering Strait
where Alaskans can look across the
water toward Russian territory
barely 100 miles away, inactivation
of the Air Force's Marks Field is
continuing.
There, where Russians took de
livery of American planes In World
War II and flew them to Siberia,
I drove past long lines of nearly
deserted barracks and there were
no defenses of any kind.
It is apparent that the American
command considers this area inde
fensible and its airfield, too small
for heavy bombers, of little more
than nuisance value to any enemj
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