THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
Ik “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,598
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1950
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Allied Wall in South Korea Cracked by Reds
BIG DRAFT
ASKED FOR
NOVEMBER
Army Calls for Seventy
Thousand Raising Toll
Now to 170,000
—•
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—ttfl—The I
Army today asked for a draft of
70.000 men during November.
This raised the total draft call
to date to 170,000, all for the Army.
In earlier calls the Army asked for
50.000 men in September and 50,
000 in October.
The Defense Department said to
day the Navy and the Air Force do
not plan to ask for draftees in Nov
ember. Both services have been
building up their manpower with
volunteers and by the recall of re
serves.
The draft now is limited to single
men, aged 19 through 25.
Draft Boards are calling the old
er men first.
But with a goal of 3,000,000 men
under arms by next June, there is
every sign that the draft will soon
be broadened.
Only last week, Chairman Vinson
(D-Ga) of the House Armed Services
Committee said that in January
his group will consider raising the
draft age to 35.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures tor 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 52;
minimum, 47.
At Airport—Maximum, 50;
minimum, 46.
FORECAST
(Janean and Vicinity)
Partly cloudy with occa
sional rain showers tonight
and Wednesday. Lowest tem
perature tonight near 48 de
grees and highest Wednesday
56 degrees.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
City of Juneau—1.25 inches;
since Sept. 1—3.25 inches;
since July 1—18.58 inches.
At Airport—.74 inches;
since Sept. 1—2il3 inches;
since July 1—14.13 inches.
FROM KETCHIKAN
S. L. Jackson of the U. S. Coast
Guard from Ketchikan is stopping
at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Washingtoa
Merry-Go-Round
I Copyright- 1*80. by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
Washington — The senate is
now debating a tax bill which will
affect the pocketbook of almost
every American family. Yet this
important legislation is so full of
fancy, legal language that half the
senators—let alone the public-do
not understand it.
As a result the big corporation
lawyers and tax lobbyists, who
helped backstage to wrre the tax
bill have been able to juggle the
commas and slip in clauses that
will save their clients millions in
taxes. But every penny that the
big taxpayers wriggle out of paying
will have to be made up by the
little taxpayers who can’t afford
high-priced lawers to lobby for
special tax privileges.
It is no exaggeration to state
that in the form adopted by the
Senate Finance Committee, the tax
bill would permit enough money
to slip through loopholes to finance
a large part of the Korean war.
Ironically, it is the same senators,
who profess a belief in saving Fed
eral money, who are most willing
to let tax millions slip through
these loopholes.
The principal senators, who as
members of the Finance Committee
were supposed to tighten the tax
loopholes, but didn’t are Democrats
^Continued on Page Pour)
Any Aggressor Would Get
Big Jolt in Attack Made
On Alaska, Says Kepner
“Alaska can be defended with
the troops we now have,” said Lt.
Gen. W. E. Kepner, Commander-1
in-Chief of U. S. Armed Forces in j
Alaska who addressed the 31st an- j
nual Department of Alaska conven- |
tion of the American Legion in
Juneau Sunday.
General Kepner, who stopped
here overnight Saturday on his first
visit to the Territorial Capitol, told
Legionnaires, "I don’t say that Al
aska couldn’t be taken by an en
emy force nor do I say it could be
taken but, any aggressor would re
ceive a big jolt in an attack on
Alaska.”
He also pointed out that present
military strategy is to defend the
heartlines of the Territory rather
than the costly deployment of men
all along the many thousands of
miles on the Alaska coastline. He
reminded his attentive audience
that the area north of the Ohio
River contains approximately 85
percent of U. S. economy and
strength and can be easily reached
by bomber from Alaska. The Ter
ritory is the closest to this area
that an enemy would want for a
base of operations to make it pos
sible to bomb our large centers of
population.
Alaska Strategic Point
The General also said that, using
the type of military planes which I
have been in general operation for
the past year, Seattle is now only
about an hour’s flight from Alaska
He stated that Alaska is definitely
strategic to the defense of the
United States.
Salutes Legion Efforts
General Kepner complimented
the American Legion for its past
and present activity on behalf ol
national defense. He pointed out
that what little preparation this
nation made prior to World War II
was due largely to the voice of
the Legion.
He stated flatly that there is
nothing for anyone to be com
placent about in the present inter
national situation and pleaded for
continued watchfulness and prepa
ration. He was especially con
cerned about a good research and
development program for the
Armed Forces pointing out that the
results from such a program will
not only save the lives of American
boys but will aid in winning wars
when it is necessary for us to fight
them.
“We must prepare ourselves,” he
said, “to avoid costly sacrifices of
American lives. However, when the
chips are down, we can depend
upon America's sons. But,” he
asked, “can we depend on our
leaders?”
"You are the leaders,” he told
the assembled Legionnaires, “and
it is up to you to see that our
leaders do not fail.”
Assails Labor Disputes
"I have a job to do,” General
Kepner said, “and I’m not going
to take sides in disputes between
labor and management but, because j
of the short construction season'
in Alaska, I find tieups costly. A
tieup of a few weeks may mean
a delay of several months on a
vital military project. I would like
to see work continue and have dis
putes settled by negotiations dur
ing the construction season.”
Kepner’s talk which preceded
those of Governor Ernest Gruening
and American Legion National
Vice-Commander J. E. Martie, was
warmly received by the audience
who gave him a great ovation.
Democracy is Next Topic
Gov. Gruening, the next fea
tured speaker, discussed the ma
chinery and theories of democracy
and the democratic way of life.
He stressed the fact that “dem
ocracy, in order to work, requires
unceasing effort by everyone. We
get out of democracy,” he declared,
“just what we put into it.”
He urged everyone to take an
interest in the affairs of their com
munity and its various organiz
ations. “We are enjoined to dem
onstrate by our deeds and actions
| that democracy is a living faith
1 and,, although it is far from per
I feet, it carries within itself the
seeds of regeneration,” said the
Governor.
Legion Activities Named
J. E. Martie, American Legion
Vice-commander for the Western
states and Alaska, was the final
speaker on Sunday's program. He
described the many activities spon
sored by the Legion all over the
U. S.
Martie listed the Junior baseball
program, sponsorship of Boy Scout
troops, playgrounds, parks, beaches,
school oratorical contests, scholar
ship awards and many other thing's
in which the Legion participates.
He pointed out that American Le
gion has spent $73,000,000.00 in
Child Welfare work and that it
will spend approximately $6,000,000
in 1950. He called attention to the
Boys State and Girls State pro
grams of the Legion and compli
mented Legionnaires for their un
limited number of hours in such
unselfish work.
"Legionnaires everywhere," he de
clared, "have the interests of their
country at heart in peace or war.”
Costs of War
Martie urged that the people of
the United States figure as part of
the cost of war, the finances nec
essary for caring for the sick and
disabled and the widows and child
ren of those who have served their
country in time of its greatest need.
"They are a living example,” he
said, “of what it takes to maintain
democracy.”
He also pointed to the Legion's
program for keeping the U. S. pre
pared against aggression.
"Those of us who fought in wars
before are not warmongers,” he
declared. “We do, however, want
our sons to have the proper train
ing and equipment for their own
protection in the event that they
would have to go to war. too.”
Stop Cause of War
Martie assailed both international
and domestic communism. He said
that Stalin is sitting in Moscow
starting small wars all over the
world that can break us financially
and wear us down so that the com
munists can then come in and take
over the U. S. without firing a shot.
He called the communists a can
cer and declared “The time has
come to remove that cancer and we
mustn’t wait too long.”
“We must understand the danger
of the Trojan Horse,” he said, “and
the infiltration and poison of com
munism into our life.”
Martie also discussed communism
in schools and said that we must
pay more attention to getting the
right kind of things “Inside” our
children. He said this could be
done through good salaries and
working conditions for teachers and
complimented Alaskans for leading
the way in this field.
Many Other Speakers
Other distinguished persons speak
ing at the opening session of the
convention in the Elks Hall in
cluded representatives of three gov
ernment agencies on veterans af
fairs. Each explained various phas
es of his work.
Floyd Guertin, Commissioner of
Veterans Affairs for the Territory
of Alaska; Ernest E. Lincoln, Re
gional Manager of the U. S. Vet
erans Administration; and Harold
B. Gronroos, Territorial Represent
ative of the Veterans Employment
Service, U. S. Department of Labor,
were those speakers.
Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspun,
Commander of the 17th District,
U. S. Coast Guard, emphasized the
need for a Port Security program
in the nation and also explained
other phases of Coast Guard act
ivities.
Mrs. Ethyl West, of Ketchikan,
National Chaplain of the American
Legion Auxiliary, spoke briefly and
extended greetings of the National
Auxiliary President.
Welcoming addresses were made
by Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson,
on behalf of the City of Juneau,
and by Commander Robert N.
Druxman, for Juneau Post No. 4,
which is acting as convention host.
Department Commander Perry
McLain, of Anchorage, who pre
sided, introduced Walter B. King,
Caught in Gl Clothes
Two North Korean prisoners, dressed in stolen U. S. army clothing, are searched at gun point by 25th
Division infantrymen in wooded area on the Korean front. Pfc. James Burnell (left) Perris, Tex., goes
through one Red's pockets as Cpl. Charles Johnson (second from right) Meridian, Tex., and Pfc. Theo
dore Norris, Detroit, Mich., keep guns handy. U. S. Army photo via (ffl Wircphoto.
FORD UPS
WAGES FOR
AUTO MEN
CIO Electrical Workers Call
Off Strike for Today
Against GE
(By Associated Press)
Labor Day 1950 brought a wel
come wage boost to Ford Motor
Company workers yesterday (Mon
day) and an agreement by CIO
electrical workers to call off a strike
scheduled for today.
The electrical workers accepted
without reservation a government
proposal—based on the hope of
averting a defense production cut
back—to mediate a dispute over
wages with the General Electric
Company.
Ford workers won a new five
year contract, carrying a wage boost
which union officials estimated
would mean from $45,000,000 to
$50,000,000 yearly to some 126,000
workers.
tiuuaay Oratory
Labor’s annual holiday also pro
duced the usual flow of oratory—
some of it keyed directly to work
ers’ problems and others calling on
all citizens to gird for a struggle
against Communism.
The dispute with General Electric
had threatened to affect 46 or more
GE plants and 180,000 workers—only
about a third of them members ol
the CIO Electrical Workers Union
Some 37,000 members had been
called upon to strike today.
Cyrus Ching, head of the U. S
Mediation and Conciliation Service
called on the union and GE yester
day to settle the dispute peaceably.
AFL Makes Pledges
Leaders of the CIO, AFL and
United Mine Workers all made
speeches.
President Philip Murray of the
CIO told a Birmingham, Ala., aud
ience that labor will give full sup
port to the nation's fight against
Communism, but he said workers
“do not intend to be the goat onto
whose shoulders big business will
pass its rightful share of the com
mon burden.”
Speaking at Chicago, President
William Green of the AFL pledged
full support in the Korean war ef
fort, which he said is "merely the
opening skirmish of a global strug
gle which may break out into open
warfare at any time.”
_
of Ketchikan, National Executive
Committeeman for Alaska; Mrs.
Nema Ellis, National Executive
Committeewoman; and Robert Dil
lard, National American Legion
Field Representative.
Hurricane
Hits Down
On Florida
Fifty-Mile Stretch of Resort
Coastline Damaged
Tides Are High
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 5—1^—The
screaming winds of a tropical hur
ricane bore down on mainland cities
today, toppling trees and sending
residents scurrying for storm shelt
ers as its center crossed the coast
line from the Gulf of Mexico at
Cedar Keys, 52 miles southwest of
Gainesville.
Heaviest winds reported were 75
to 80 miles an hour at Cedar Key,
where the storm started inland.
The erratic storm left a 50-mile
stretch of resort coastline damaged
and soggy.
Tides from six and a half to eight
feet above normal swept the pretty
resort area from Clearwater to
Sarasota, washing out roads, top
pling beachfront houses, sinking a
few small boats, putting a tug into
distress and piling sea water like
lakes around homes and hotels.
Earth Shakes,
Central Italy
ROME, Sept. 5—A series of
earth tremors shook central Italy
from Rome to the Adriatic coast
early today. The only damage re
ported was at the Abruzzie town of
Teramo and nearby villages where
it least a dozen persons were slight
ly hurt.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
i Princess Louise from Vancouver
j cheduled to arrive at 5 o’clock this
afternoon and sails for Skagway
fit 11:30 tonight.
Earanof from Seattle due Friday.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
! Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to
ail from Seattle Sept. 15.
Alaska from west scheduled south
bound early Saturday morning.
FROM HAINES
j June Day and Katherine Clay
ton of Haines are registered at the
j Gastineau Hotel.
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE
| D. W. Lucas and R. D. Larson of
I tft. Edgecumbe are stopping at the
I ilaranof Hotel.
I
OYER 500
KILLED IN
78 HOURS
Motor Mishaps Causes
Greatest Number of
Deaths
(By Associated Press)
More than 500 persons were killed
in violent accidents over the Labor
Day holiday—One of the biggest
tolls on record.
Traffic fatalities were under the
predicted total, but as usual the
heaviest toll was in motor mis
haps.
A nation-wide survey showed 512
killed in accidents from 6 p.m., (lo
cal time) Friday to last midnight—
a period of 78 hours. This figure
was under the record breaking toll
of 550 over last Labor Day. but above
the previous high record of 428 in
1937.
Of the total 361 were killed in
traffic accidents. The National Saf
ety Council, in a pre-holiday state
ment, estimated the highway toll
would be 435 unless motorists used
extreme caution. The highways were
jammed with millions taking trips on
the last long weekend holiday of
the summer. The traffic toll last
Labor day was a record 410.
Sixty-five persons drowned and
86 others lost their lives in acci
dents of miscellaneous nature— in
cluding airplane crashes, fires, falls,
etc. A plane crash at Utica. N. Y„
and a train wreck near Milwaukee
were the worst accidents. Thirteen
died in the crash of a DC-3 airliner
in a pasture near Utica yesterday.
Nine were killed Saturday in the
train accident near Milwaukee.
Vishinksy to
Represent SU
At UN Session
MOSCOW. Sep.t 5— OP) —Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vish
I insky will head the Soviet delega
tion to the United Nations General
Assembly opening in New York
Sept. 19, the Government disclosed
today.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry ap
plied for a Urfted States visa for
( Vishinsky.
-—
| NEW DOUGLAS TEACHER
John P. Zawalniski, new Douglas
1 high school teacher, arrived here
yesterday. He is a guest at the Ho
tel Juneau.
SERIOUS
THREAT
IS MADE
-
Thirty Thousand Tank-led
Reds in Attack-Allies
Are Hard Pressed
(By Associated Press)
At least 30,000 tank-led Commu
nist troops cracked the northeast
ern Allied wall in South Korea to
day, threatening to force United
Nations withdrawal all along the
northern front.
Allied troops dug in on high
ground opposite a deep Communist
salient in an attempt to thwart the
North Korean bid to seize control
of the strategic roads which could
put the Reds in position to attack
westward at Taegu, main Allied
forward base, or southward at Pu
san, the last-ditch supply base.
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters
admitted that the Red breakthrough
in the eastern sector posed a serious
threat. Red mortar fire already was
falling on Yongchon, road Junction
town 20 miles east of Taegu.
Gaines—Losses
Elsewhere on the 120-mile battle
perimeter, the Allies held their
ground. Americans gained and then
lost a stronghold 12 miles north of
Taegu, but on the Naktong River
front to the south, U. S. Marines
advanced two miles against stiffen
ing resistance. On the extreme
southern front U. S. troops mopped
up remnants of a trapped Red
force.
In today’s fighting counterattack
ing U.S. and Southern Korean
troops checked one North Korean
prong of the eastern sector attack
five miles north of Kyongju, a high
way junction south of the bypassed
port of Pohang. Another Communist
column, however, punched toward
Yongchon, a main highway junction
20 miles east of Taegu.
Reds Stab
Capture of this point would put
the Reds in a position to strike west
ward toward Taegu, 20 miles away,
or south toward the main Allied
base of Pusan, 45 air miles away
but on a winding main road. The
Reds already had stabbed 12 '•>
miles Into the defense perimeter in
their Monday drive, but American
and South Korean lines in the sector
were reported holding thereafter.
Force Is Cut
The drive already has cut the Po
hang-Taegu highway in force. Ele
ments of the South Korean capitol
division were forced to withdraw
south of Kigye, which is nine miles
inland from almost-encircled Po
hang. The North Korean 5th, 12th
and 15th Divisions, supported by
auxiliary units and armor, have
been pouring into the eastern as
sault against battle-weary elements
of the 8th, 3rd and Capitol Divi
sions of the South Koreans, bul
warked by elements of the U. S.
24th Division,
Air Support Grounded
The rain virtually grounded the
powerful air support which has done
so much in the past to slow Red
drives. Relatively few planes got
into the air.
U. S. 25th Division infantry mop
ped up remnants of a Red Force
trapped west of Masan, a key city
27 miles west of Pusan. The 25th has
stopped one of the heaviest Red
attacks, inflicting an estimated 13,
000 casualties on the Communists
in that sector alone.
On the Naktong River front, U.
S. Marines and the 2nd Infantry
(Continued cn Page Two)
STOCK QUOTATIONS
—
NEW YORK, Sept. 5—0PV—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 21 a, American Can 95,
Anaconda 34*4. Curtiss-Wright 9%,
International Harvester 29h, Ken
necott 65 h. New York Central 14,
Northern Pacific 21 %, U. S. Steel
38'., Pound $2.80'«.
Sales today were 1,250,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 220.02, rails 63.29, utilities
[ 38.90.
RED STAR
BOMBER IS
SHOT DOWN
Opens Fire on U.N. Fighter
Plane Which Returns
Fire with Results
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—</FI—The
United States declared today that
a bomber marked with the Red Star
of Russia was shot down after at
tacking United Nations Naval forces
off Korea .
In an unusual flurry of post-mid
night activitlty, the State Depart
ment called the incident to the at
tention of the UN, under whose flag
U. S. and oher forces are fight
ing off the Communist invasion of
South Korea.
It was the first time this Govern
ment has charged direct Russian
participation in the fighting around
Korea.
(In Tokyo, both British and Am
erican officials said they knew noth
ing of the official announcement
in Washington. A British aircraft
carrier and supporting units are op
erating off the Korean west coast,
but British naval officials said the
incident had not been reported to
Tokyo.*
um way mwctm
The Sate Department said that
one body had been recovered from
the twin-engined bomber and that
it had been identified from papers
as a Lieutenant in the Soviet Armed
Forces.
Formal notification was immed
iately handed tp UN Secretary-Gen- '
eral Trygve Lie and to Sir Gladwyn"
Jebb of Britain, this month’s Se- '
curity Council President.
President Truman was informed
of the incident but Presidential Se
cretary Charles G. Ross told report
ers he did not hear him express any
reaction. Ross said he assumes Mr.
Truman had approved in advance
the submission of the report by the
State Department to the UN as a
matter of course.
Where Occurred
The Departmen located the inci
dent "approximately" at the 38th,
parallel, which is the boundary be
tween North and South Korea. The
brief announcement did not pin
point the action above or below
that parallel.
Thus there was no indication
whether the shooting took place in
waters which the Communists re
gard as their own. It was on the
west coast, which' borders on the
Yellow Sea south of Communist
Manchuria and east of Red China.
Bomber Opens Fire
The State Department said the
bomber "identified only by bear
ing a Red Star” passrtl over one of
the outer ships in a UN formation
and headed toward the center "in
a hostile manner.”
“The bomber opened fire upon a
United Nations fighter patrol which
returned its fire and shot it down.”
the State Department said.
“A United Nations destroyer suc
ceeded in picking up the body of
one member of the bomber crew.
Identification papers indicated that
the body was that of Lieut-Mishin
Tennadii Vasilebiu of the armed
formes of the USSR, serial No.
25054.”
U. S. two-engined bombers carry
a crew of from four to seven men.
The State Department said the
incident occurred at 1:29 p.m., Kor
ean time yetserday (10:29 p.m. Sun
day EST).
It was made public in the early
morning hours today, at a time
when officials who generally had
been away from the desks over the
long holiday weekend were reluc
tant to comment without additional
facts.
FIRE ALARM
The Fire Department was called
out at 1:15 a.m. to extinguish a
fire in a cabin back of the Occiden
tal rooms on South Franklin Street.
The fire was caused by an over
heated homemade stove that burned
a hole in the floor. There was no
other damage.