THE ALLY ALASKA ! HPIRE
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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,703 _,___.JUNEAU. ALASKA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 9, 1051_ _MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
Red Forces Drive Hard on Retreating Allies
BIG DEBATE
SCHEDULED
IN SENATE
Question Is About Sending
American Troops to
Europe for Defense
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 — UP) —A
Senate vote on sending American
troops to Europe appeared likely
today to produce the first test in
Congress of President Truman’s
program to center free world de
fenses there.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
Republican floor leader, promised
to seek action soon on a resolution
barring the assignment of additional
U.S. ground forces to Europe until
Congress fixes an overall policy.
This issue is at the heart of the
swelling foreign policy debate whicii
has taken on added vigor in the
wave of severe military reverses in
Korea.
Low Down on Debate
Reduced to its essence, the debate •
is over whether this nation should j
concentrate its defenses against t
Communist aggression within its l
own shores or should give extensive:
aid as well to friendly nations in j
Western Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Truman said nothing about
sending more troops abroad in hi
personally delivered “State of the
Union” message to. the new Con
gress yesterday.
But he described the North At
lantic community as “the heart of j
our defense effort” and left no
doubt that he has no intention of
turning back from the course of
helping friendly nations-to rearm.
“We Will Fight"
The President also pledged that
avenues of negotiation would be
kept open in the hope of reaching,
a peaceful settlement with Russia,
but he declared that “we will fight,
if fight we must.”
Wherry’s resolution, which he left
In a parliamentary position where
he could call it before the Senate
almost any time, would bar assign
ment of any further ground forces
to Europe “pending the formulation ;
of a policy with respect thereto by
the Congress.”
Administration leaders planned,
an effort to send it to the Demo- j
cratic-controlled Foreign Relations:
.Committee where it probably would
liie.
j The test vote, which could come
6n that side issue, was generally
expected to be close.
MISS MARTIN SECRETARY
IN JUNEAU BPR OFFICE
Miss Virginia Martin arrived in
Juneau yesterday by Pan American
plane and assumed the position of
secretary to Bureau of Public
Roads Division Engineer H. A.
gtoddart today. Miss Martin comes
from Portland, Oregon. She re
places Miss Mary Bond who left re
cently to make her home in Oregon.
The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON *
(Copyright, 1951, Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
J^ASHINGTON — Democratic
genators came out of their secret
caucus of the new Congressional
session determined to fight back
against unfair, below-the-belt pol
itical campaigning such as the fake
photo featuring a chummy conver
sation between Senator Tydings
and Communist Earl Browder.
Senatorial backs were stiffened by
Clint Anderson of New Mexico,
who urged them to make a test
issue of the Maryland Senatorial
campaign which defeated Tydings.
While the same vicious type of
campaign had been waged in other
states, Andfrsan said, only in
Maryland was there direct evidence
that the candidate himself, GOP
John Butler, had participated.
"All you boys will be under this
sort of attack if you don’t do
something about it,” warned the
New Mexico Senator. Showing the
Senators the phony, composite pic
ture of Tydings and Browder, An
derson continued:
“Now I have seen a picture of
a very wonderful member of the
United States Senate who had
visited Bikini and had gone bath
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UN Forces Leave Inchon
UN troops, heavily laden with combat Rear, board an l,ST in Inchon harbor on ' ,u. I. as evacuation
of the Korean port near Seoul neared an end. Seoul had already fallen and Chinese and North Kor
ean Communist forces were driving south of the fallen capital. HP) Wirepliotj via radio ‘.rum Tokyo.
3 £ M
"Meet Their God"; Vigil On
STUDY UNDERWAY
TO MOVE FWS FLEET
TO JUNEAU BASE
The establishment of a $300,000 a
year operation in Juneau is possible
within the near future if it is de
termined economically advisable
to move the Service vessel fleet
headquarters to this port, it was
disclosed today by Clarence Rhode,
regional director. Headquarters of
vessel personnel and the mainten
ance base is now in Seattle.
An evaluation of all factors in
volved must be made before a final
decision on the move can be given
by Albert Day, Director of the Fish
and Wildlife Service, Rhode said.
Day has indicated action will be
taken on the matter within the
next month.
Study Factors
Rhode said a study of the feasi
bility of moving the vessel head
quarters to Juneau is about com
pleted and will be taken up with
officials in Washington, D. C. while
he and Howard Baltzo, Assistant
Regional Director, are in the cap
ital to attend the annual confer
ence of FWS directors. They will
leave Juneau tomorrow and will
be in Washington about a month.
The headquarters base for the
fleet would be at the Juneau Sub
Port Rhode said. The Service now
has a permit for occupancy and
use of the subport marine re
pair station for overhaul of small
vessels, the 30 to 40 foot craft.
Twenty of these vessels are being
overhauled there this winter.
Work This Winter
Heavy equipment and a power
scow as well as the small craft
have also been moved into quarters
at the subport to be readied for
next season's operations, according
to the Regional Director. Rhode
said it is probable two of the
large vessels will be brought north
from Seattle this winter and their
personnel added to the crew now at
work on the small craft at the
subport. It is also planned to use
some local labor on the job.
The Service maintains a fleet of
10 large vessels and 30 small craft
used for transportation of person
nel and equipment, patrol duty,
game and refuge work and stream
improvement operations.
Rhode said the Service is grad
ually acquiring a large fleet of
small vessels and it is not practical
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KEREMEOS, B.C., Jan. 9-dJV
After 15 days of chanting and
prayer in a darkened stone farm
cottage, 35 members of a queer rc
ligious cult were ready today either
for the end of the world or to "rnee;
their God."
There appeared to be some doubt
just what the “Children of Light,”
as they call themselves, expect to
happen.
Followers passed out word after
their vigil began Dec’. 26 that the
knowledge of earth’s impending
end Jan. 9 had come in a vision to
their grey-haired leader, Mrs. Grace
Agnes Carlson.
But 50-year-old Mrs. Carlson,
dressed in a flowing white robe and
red cape, would not go that far
when she talked to newsmen yester
day. ,
"We are waiting to meet God,”
she said. “But we don’t know in
what form. Only God knows that.”
Then she reiterated that she had
experienced a phenomenon and
had had visions which were “too
sacred to disclose.”
Whatever the "Children of Light"
anticipate, they await it in semi
darkness.
Blankets have been pinned over
windows of the isolated cottage on
the outskirts of this little fruit
farming community of 1,000. Within
are men, women and children who
have divested themselves of things j
worldly.
Many sold all their possessions to
be free of debt “when the Lord
comes.” Some disposed of orchard
lands for as little as $2 an acre.
HUNT C0HTIKU5HC,
BADMAHINWB!
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 9 A
manhunt continued with increa«in;;
tempo throughout the west tods
for the elusive Bill Cook, a Missouri
badman, wanted for the possible
slaying of eight persons in a ero.
country trail of terror.
In the last few days the hunt ha
centered along the Mexican horde
but in scattered sections of Te
Oregon, Kansas, New Mexico and
California jittery ctizens have re
ported sighting men resembling the
24-year-old ex-convict.
However, the FBI here wa
frankly skeptical of reports that
Ccek had crossed the border back
into the United States from Mexico j
because of the close watch at the
boundary line and the extensive
roadblocks that have been main
tained.
CHARIER PLATTS 10
BACK PRESIDENT OH
TWO OF PROGRAM
Self - Styled Progressive
Democratic Senators
Line Up for Work
WASHINGTQN, Jan. 8 — W — /
group of self-styled progressive
Democratic Senators charted plan
last night to back President Tru
man’s foreign and domestic pro
grams.
The Senators met for more that,
four hours in the apartment oi
Senator Lehman (D-L-NY), but
emerged close-mouthed on their
strategy plans.
Several Senators declined to dis
cuss the meeting, but others told a
reporter that statehood for Alask;
and Hawaii was one of the major
topics.
These Senators predicted that a
fresh effort would be made soon t(
get Congress to approve statehon
for the two territories.
In the last session, the House ap
proved statehood for both of the
American outposts but the bill died
in the Senate after strong opposi
tion developed from some Souther!
law-makers.
No formal action was taken ni
last night's meeting but Senator
Humphrey (D-Minn) said there wa
strong sentiment to “back hi (the
President's) hand on both pro
grams.”
It also was learned (hat the
names of two of the President':
chief Senate Republican critics
Senators Taft of Ohio and Wherry
of Nebraska -entered Into the dis
cussion, but no one would di-clost
what was said.
Attending the meeting were Sen
ator Dole las of Illinois. Neely oi
West Virginia, McMahon of Con
meticut. Anderson of New Mexico
Kilgore i t West Virginia. Murray oi
Montan Magnuson of Washing
con. Benton of Connecticut, Greer
of Rho-.i' Island. Pasture of Rhode
Island, O’Mahoney of Wyoming
Humphrey and Lehman.
Clark Is to Manage
Nenana See Classic
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 9 /!'
-Don.ikf Clark has been named
manager of the Nenana Ice classic
Five committeemen, all residen
of Nenana, were named to assist
Clark. They are Jack Swift, Roland
Crow, Bill Munroe, Joe Scherer
and Charles Shade.
FELKNER HERE
B. G. Felkner, construction en
gineer on the Eklutna project with
headquarters at Palmer, is in Ju
neau, He is at the Baranof Hotel.
REVOLT IS
THREAT BY
RUSSIANS
Stsssen Back from World
Trip Gives Conclusions
-Says Peace Wanted
NEW YORK, Jan. 9^*1—Harold
Stassen returned from a round-tht •
world • trip today convinced that
while there ' are very real dangers
of world war, the prospects ol
world peace are bright or than at
Riiy time in the past three years.”
The President of the University of
Pennsylvania rave three principal
reaMifis for nis conclusions.
First, ho -aid, "the whole world
is awakening to the extreme evil*
of Commum i impel ialism and that
awakening is one ot the key things.’
Rod Army Revolt
Second, “people everywivcre in
cluding the Iron Curtain countries
wash pe,.ct and freedom and the
Russian Kremlin ‘...os a counter
revoloi.ion. which will include the
RCd Army it-self. ii il begins an
aggressive war."
Third. "America and other poucc
dpsiring notions arc rearming and
'.hereby filling the vacuum spots of
weakness all around the world."
Stb.sr.en, away five weeks, arrived
by plane from London oday. Ht
was met at the airport by Mrs.
Stnssen. They left for their home |
in Chestnut Hill outside Philadel
phia.
Visits Many Lands
After leaving Alaska, his first
voy .was in Tokyo, where he con
ytvrerl with fi-ep. Tiougtas Mae
Arthur. From there he visited
Prime Minister- in Japan, Thailand,
Indonesia, India. Pakistan. I-rad
and South Africa. He also con
ferred with U.S. Ambnsndi rs in
those countries.
Slassen said his “most inspiring
conference” was with Dr. Albert
Schweitzer, South African philoso
pher, the most informative with
Gen. MatArthur, and the most en
couraging with Prime, Minister
Nehru in India.
He declined to discuss the Rus
sian war potential.
NEW TAX
BOOST IS
PREDICTED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 — /il — A
tentative agreement to begin con
sideration of a new multi-billion
dollar tax bill February 1 was
leached today by Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder and Congressional
managers of tax legislation.
This new measure may raise taxes
as much as $ 10,000.000.009 a year.
There were these other develop
ments on the tax front:
1. President Truman wrote Sen
ator Byrd (D-Vtu that "it is neces
sary to tux until it hurts,” to build
up the free world military might
in the face of Communist aggres
sion.
2. Talk of a possible national re
tail sales tax began buzzing about
Capitol Hill.
Snyder . met with Chairman
Doughton (D-NCi of the House
Ways and Means Committee and
Chairman George (JP-Ga) of the
Senate Finance Committee to work
out the’ time table for the third big
tax boost since the Korean war
commenced last Juia
Doughton later told newsmen that
under the schedule tentatively
agreed to the House Ways and
Means Committee first will consider
bills providing for renegotiation of
defense contract.- and for continu
ation of the reciprocal trade law.
These shottld be gotten out ol the
way quickly, he said, anti then the
committee hopes to take up the
knotty job of writing a "third in
stallment" tax bill February 1.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali from west .scheduled to ar
rive southbound Sunday morning.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle S p.m. Friday.
Princess Norah rheduled to sail
from Vancouver January 17.
Where Reds Aim Heavy Blows
Solid arrows locate main ( hincse ( ommunisl drives in Soulh Korea
(,l;>n. ti), with .1 force m seven Red China armies battling for the
vital huh. Wonju. in central Korea. Broken arrows show how fall of
City would enable the Keels to fan out to try to trap t N troops.
Richest prize would he the i . S. eighth Army now pulling bank
along old '‘heartbreak highway" (twisting arow) of Hie Allied re
treat last summer. Retreating Allies yielded the Suwon airfield to
Reds driving ontti from Seoul. (/Pi Wreplioto Map.
TAFT TALK
9N FOREIGN
POLICY, U.S.
Address Aimed on Obvious
Reply to Truman's'State
of Union' Message i
Bv JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 .!'■ j
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said today
the ’ Truman administration give: ;
the American people only a “yes
and no” choice on foreign policy.
hi tin address to the National.
Press Club, Taft said proposals are
presented to Congress so that it has
few alternatives in making decisions
on international affairs. He cited a.,
examples the United Nations Char
ter, the Marshall Plan of economic
aid to Europe and the North Al
lan tie Pact.
Much of Taft’s address was aimed
in obvious reply to President Tru
man’s State of the Union message
yesterday. Taft repeated his oppo
sition to America s taking the initi
ative in forming a great land army
in Western Europe to face tin Rus
sians.
“I think that is much more
likely to bring war than to bring
peace.” Taft declared.
Mr. Truman told Congress yes
terday the way to build t.s to build
up the* western Democracies to the
point where the Soviets will respect
their strength.
Administration policy looks to
creation of a combined European
defense force in which there will be
I considerable American troops, al
though no exact figures on U.S.
[contributions has ever been sn
| nounced.
This idea lias brought opposition
from some Congre - members A
possible Senate vote on if is shaph. i
up.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Jan. 9 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3 ■>, American Can
971 . American Tel. and Tel. 151 G.
Anaconda 42 ’■ Douglas Aircraft
| lOl'i. General Electric 51. General
; Motors 48 s, Goodyear 08 Kenm -
cott 77G. Libby McNeill ..ml Libby
9Vi, Northern Pacific 32 ■ .standard
Oil of California 93. Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 21 -. U.S Steel 45 .. lJound
2.80. Canadian Exchange 95.371
Sales today were 3,780,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 243.50. rad'- 79.75. utilities
42.04.
ELEVEN CHANGES
PROPOSED IN NEW
STATEHOOD Bill
Committee Also Wants Un
freezing of S55,000. Bal
ance of Appropriation
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 9
:,f Eleven changes in the New Al
aska statehood bill won approv
al of the Alaska Statehood Com
mittee at its weekend session here.
They will be submitted to the
now Cunure s. Members of the
Statehood Committee decided the
changes would make the enabling
act more desirable lrom the Alask
an point of view and would tend
to eliminate some of the opposi
tion in the states.
The committee also decided to
ask the Territorial Board oi Ad
ministration to “unfreeze" the $55.
too balance of its appropriation
lor use in an educational, promo
tional -and research program.
One of 'tie proposed bill changes
would eliminate party considera
tions in tile election of delegates
to tlie Constitutional Convention
of the proposed new state. The
committee favored retention of a
primary vote to precede the elec
tion.
Cut Out Reservations
Another change would eliminate
reference., to native reservations,
a clause w'hich drew fire from
many national organizations in the
las' session of Congress.
The changes also provide for a
heal oi 31 delegates to be distrib
uted among the divisions on the
basis oi the 1950 census. The bill
passed by the House in the 1949
Congress based delegates on the
1940 census. Tlie 1950 census base
would mean a big gain for the
Third i Anchorage i Division and a
lesser gain for the Fourth 1 Fair
banks i.
Vlinor Changes
Most other changes are minor.
A 12lh proposed t*mnge was drop
ped. It proposed to limit tlie sale
of state lands to tracts of 040
acres and limit the authority of tlie
stale to collect more than 12'j
percent on minerals taken from
state lands. The committee was
told that gold miners favored re
tention of this clause.
Congressional Delegate E. L.
Bartlett, a member of the State
hood Committee, predicted tlie pro
posal, would draw little, 11 any, op
position in Congre.-s.
Release ‘‘Frozen’* Funds
In connection with its request
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DESPERATE
FIGHT BY
\M FORCES
t
Attempt to Slow Tide of
Commies - "Shoot" Is
Order to Superforts
(By the Associated Press)
Allied troops fought desperately
today to slow the Communist tide
rolling toward the heart of South
Korea and menacing the U.S.
Eighth Army's retreat route to the
old Pusan beachhead.
Two United Nations battalions
attacked a Red Korean force two
miU's south of battle-wrecked
Wonju. rood hub abandoned Monday
‘o the Red .
An Allied regiment counterat
tacked strong Communist forces six
miles southwest of Wonju.
Allied artillery slammed shells
'nto the Reds and fighter-bomber;
oared down in close support
righting Raging
Field dispatches said the fighting
till was raging shortly before mid
night Tuesday.
The counterattack six miles
-outhwost of Wonju was in the area
where the Reds gained a half mile
Monday and Allied force., later re
covered most of the ground.
Action on the western front south
of 'abandoned Osan was limited to
patrols.
Massive \Uack. Planned
But Army intelligence reported
lie Chinese were building up a
[missive attacking-1* force urourui
Osan. At least “two cliiiie.se armies
possibly 80.000 or more troops
were spotted In the area
The Eighth Army continued its
retreat to the southeast. Vanguards
if Hie fast moving Red forces
pressed close on the heels of rear
guard troops
Target Bombed
B-20 Superforts hit Pyongyang,
•.lie North Korean cvpi,-. for the
second consecutive day. Bombing
by radar, they dumped more than
100 tons of high explosives on mili
tary targets there. Elsewhere. Allied
fighters and bombers sneaked
through breaks in the ground-hug
ging clouds to blast Communist
roops and equipment south of
Seoul.
Shoot Is Orders
Allied pilots said Communist
troops clogged the roads south of
Seoul and In the Wouju area 55
miles southeast of there. After
sighting thousands of soldiers
changing from white Korean civil
ian clothes into uniforms, the air
force ordered its pilots to shoot at
all groups behind Communist lines
except those which obvloi 1 were
family groups or children.
Raid.-, lor Manpower
Gen. MacArthur's Tin - v after
noon war summary said the North
Korean army was raiding all villages
under Its control In search of man*
power— -ummarlly drafting all men
between 17 and 45. even from
refugee columns, and shooting those
who refused to join up.
EUROPEAN PAPFRS
MAKE COMMENTS,
PRESS ’S TAIK
(By Associated Press)
Nearly all European newspapers
except the Communist press
hailed President Truman’s State of
the Nation speech, generally de
claring it would harden Western
Europe's will to defend it. el; against
aggression.
Newspapers in France, Belgium.
Scandinavia and other countries
close to the Iron Curtain approved.
Some said it was a heartening refu
tation of recent declarations of Sen.
Tuft i R-Ohio) and former President
Herbert Hoover
There was no comment from
Moscow or from any of her satellite
capitals. But Communist newspa
pers in France and in West Ger
many made the expected remark
that the President had taken a
' new step toward aggression.”
Most large lumber and paper
1 companies ill the United Stales
have placed their timber resources
under management which will yield
I. continuous growth of trees