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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,748
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Marines Make Advance Under Heavy Fire
HOUSE WANTS
LOBBYISTS TO
TAKE PLEDGE
Its Committee on Territorial In
stitutions unable to fly to 9;tka
yesterday because of weather, the
House buckled down to work and
in a four-and-a-haif-hour after
noon session cleared five bills and
three memorials from its crowded
calendar.
Another bill—H. B. 26, amending
the law on lobbying—was returned
by the Governor’s office because
of technical defects and was again
started through the House mill,
this time as H. B. 104.
On its second trip, however, the
bill picked up several amendments
that were not even proposed on
the first hearing.
Rep. George Miscovlch offered
the first amendment, to provide
that every lobbyist registering with
the Auditor of Alaska shall take
the non-Communist oath and that
the oath shall be filed in the Aud
itor’s office.
Rep. Kay opposed the amend
ment on the grounds that it would
prohibit communists from lobby
ing. “I believe we should give ev
eryone an opportunity to be heard,”
Kay said and suggested that it
might be better to require a state
ment from each lobbyist as to his
or her membership in the Com
munist Party or other Communis
tic organization.
“I don’t believe a Communist
ought to be allowed to lobby,” re
torted Miscovich. "I want to keep
Joe Stalin from having direct
representation here.”
Adopted lb-»
The Miscovich amendment was
adopted by a 16-8 vote, with Carl
son, Conright, Hope, Kay. McCut
cheon, Metcalfe, Scavenius and
Wells voting in the negative.
Rep. Kay then offered an
amendment to prohibit lobbying by
any member of a Communist, Fa
cist or other subversive organiza
tion which is so classified by the
Attorney General of the United
States.
This amendment was adopted
23-1, Rep. Laws voting against the
adoption.
Rep. McCutcheon offered the
third of the three amendments
adopted by the House—to require
lobbyists to state their political
affiliations when registering.
“I do not think this is a wise
amendment,” said Rep. Frank
Johnson. “It is no longer necessary
to state party affiliations when
registering for Primary Elections,
and the people expressed them
selves as opposed to such declara
tions when they voted for the
Blanket Primary.”
McCutcheon’s amendment went
into the bill on a 13-11 vote and the
bill was continued in second read
ing until mimeographed copies are
prepared.
ivieasurtrs w asscu
The House passed the following
bills and memorials during the af
ternoon session:
Giving certain police powers to
civilian defense officials and per
sonnel; seeking a highway link be
tween Juneau and other South
east Alaska points and the Alaska
Highway; seeking a road from Cor
dova to the Katalla-Yakataga area;
urging that the Fish and Wildlife
Service be required to conform with
the Federal Administrative Pro
cedures Act.
Also passed were a bill to ex
tend exemptions for new busines
ses under the Alaska Property Tax
to a maximum of five years; to
admit microfilm and other photog
raphically reproduced records as
evidence, and to amend the law
relating to chattel mortgages on
merchandise stocks.
H. B. 70, to validate chattel
mortgages with cooperative associ
ations, was laid on the table.
House Bill 71, defining the term
“resident" in the law* pertaining to
petitions for liquor licenses outside
of incorporated towns, was deba
ted at length, amended, tolled on
a 12-11 vote and revived for an
other chance when Rep. Pollard
gave notice of his intention to re
consider his vote.
Many Bills In
A flock of new bills dropped into
the House hopper yesterday, in
cluding a comprehensive, 63-page
banking bill, a bill to extend the
time for filing renewal affidavits
of chattel mortgages, a bill to pro
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JUNEAU SINGERS
GIVE DIFFERENT
SHOW, MARCM 9
The riotous second act of the
March Concert given by The Jun
eau Singers next Friday evening,
March 9 at the 20th Century Thea
ter will include the "Polly-Wolly
Doodle” number given by a mixed
group with the Joseph Alexander
(Katherine and Roe) doing the
hill-billy vocals.
This will be followed by a square
dance by Will and Lois Reedy. Bet
ty Hammond and Richard Freer,
with Miss Marjorie Iverson play
ing the fiddle in typical style.
Also in this act will be a special
ty dance number by Dorothy Eb
bett. Dorothy is the wife of Sgt.
1st Cl. Walter Ebbett of the A.C.S.
The "Vanka’n’ Tanka” number is
a humorous love song to be sung
by The Singers with Francis Paul,
Lois Reedy and William Paul, Jr.
in the leading roles.
A round for eight part£ called
“Ifca’s Castle” is expected to be one
of the high-lights of this act.
The entire show will be fast
moving with no loss of time be
tween numbers. The only time-out
will be the intermission itself
which will allow for changing of
costumes.
Miss Marjorie Iverson, who is Di
rector of the High School Glee
Clubs, has devoted a tremendous
amount of time with the staging
of this show. The No. 1 handy man
and in charge of scenery and a
million other jobs, is as always, de
pendable Larry Parker.
Surprise for Pvl.
Traub! His C.9.! Or
Squeeky, She Cal!
By Associated Press
A cat is enroute by railway ex
press from Los Angeles to join its
| owner, Private First Class Baron
Traub, who’s stationed at Fort
Campbell, Kentucky. The soldier’s
father thought it best to send the
cat along, as the animal—Squeeky
—has been off its feed since its
master left home.
Private Traub’s superior officers
may not appreciate Squeeky or his
master when they learn that the
cat is a mountain lion nearly one
year old.
Television-Denial
Tieup Now Noted
BALTIMORE. —— Television’s
role in the development of young
sters has gained new prestige here.
The visual medium recently got
a kindly pat on the antenna from
the Baltimore Dental Society.
At a meeting here dentists noted
that there is an increase in the
number of youngsters who want
their front teeth deformities cor
rected. They claim that youngsters
are quick to notice deformities of
performers on TV, particularly the
chipped-teeth variety which ap
pears on small-fry programs. Chil
dren today feel such deformities
divert attention from their talents.
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures tor 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum •
• 30; minimum 17. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 33; minimum, 8. •
| • forecast •
• Fair with some high cloud- •
• iness and occasionally gusty •
• northeasterly winds tonight •
• and Sunday. Lowest temper- •
• ature tonight about 16 deg. •
• in town and as low as 5 to •
• 10 degrees in outlying areas. •
• Highest temperature Sunday •
• near 32.
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
[ • City of Juneau — .18 inches; •
I • Since March 1 — .31 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 47.14 inches; •
• At Airport — .29 inches; •
• Since March 1 — .41 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 32.71 inches. •
FROM ANNETTE
George E. Carriveau and Law
rence A. Pieser of Annette . Island
are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
Fire Hits Mil.
Apf. Project
In Anchorage
ACHORAGE, Alaska, March 3 —
i liT)— Fire yesterday destroyed about
; one-third of an uncompleted 22-unit
military housing apartment and the
rest of the structure was smoke
damaged.
Lewis Cons;,ruct*>n Co. officials
1 estimated damage at $150,000. The
building was one of 33 being built
j to relieve the serious military hous
| ing shortage here. Officials said
they believed the fire started from
; a wood stove used for heating the
building while under construction.
The Alaska Railroad and military
I fire departments answered the
| alarm and brought the blaze under
' control in an hour.
LOWERING OF
DRAFTAGETO
BE DEFEATED
; WASHINGTON, March 3 — MB—
i Senate leaders • claimed enough
j votes today to defeat a move set
| ting the minimum draft age at 18
years and six months.
A test will come Monday on the
! amendment by Senator Morse (R
1 Ore) to the Senate Bill on Univer
j sal Military Training and Service
I (UMTR). The bill calls for lower
i ing the draft age from the present
119 to 18 years—six months younger
than Morse proposes.
The vote Monday will be the first
measure of full Senate opinion on a
| provision of the controversial biil
I which orginated with the Defense
! Department.
Senator Lyndon Johnson (D
• Tex), floor manager for UMTS, told
i reporters that the Morse amend
i ment “will be defeated by a sub
! stantial margin.”
—
7 WESTERN STATES
TIED UP, STRIKE
3600 BUS DRIVERS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 3—MB
—Pacific Greyhound buses in seven
western states were strikebound to
| day after 3.600 drivers and station
employes walked off the job de
manding higher wages.
The strike began shortly after
midnight. Six weeks of negotiations
between the AFL Motor Coach Em
ployes Union and Greyhound had
failed.
Hardest hit by the strike are 14,
000 commuters in the San Fran
cisco Bay area.
May Move Doukobors
To Isolated Queen
Char-lolfe Islands
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 3—
Wi— The isolate Queen Charlotte
Islands, 500 miles north of Vancou
ver, may be the future home of 2,500
radical Doukhobors.
The Doukhobors, members of the
Sons of Freedom sect and blamed
for many acts of terrorism in the
Kootenays, were reported to have
agreed to a relocation plan favored
by Federal and Provincial authori
ties.
JAPANESE FLOODS,
LANDSLIDES KILL
8, INJURE MORE
TOKYO, March 3 —Uft— Land
slides' and floods caused by a sud
den thaw left eight Japanese dead,
11 injured and one missing today
in Northerfi Honshu.
Four firemen were washed away
when a bridge collapsed in Iwate
Prefecture. Three bodies were re
covered.
NEW TELEPHONE
RATES TO COME:
CITYJOUNCIL
In a four-hour session last night
the Juneau City Council finally
directed City Attorney Howard Sta
bler to draw up an ordinance pro
viding for increased telephone rates.
The Juneau and Douglas Tele
phone Co. had applied for a rate
hearing last September 30.
It was felt that due to detailed
studies made by City Accountant
C. J. Ehrendreich that a basis was
now laid for future rate hearings
without delay.
Norman Banfield, attorney for
the telephone company, pointed out
that increased operating costs and
high cost of materials made it ne
cessary to raise $20,179.84 addition
al revenue annually. It is hoped
that a dial system can be installed
within the next eight years. Even
with increased rates and salaries
t for operators, Juneau will still have
the lowest rate in the Territory.
Rates on phones will be less than
half of those in Anchorage and
other towns.
proposed Kates
New proposed rates for the
2,010 telephones in Juneau are:
one-party business telephone, $6
monthly; one-party residence, $4;
two-party business, $6; two-party
residence, $4; four-party residence,
i $2.82; business extensions $2.75;
PBX, $5; PBX line $5. Fifty-five
per cent of the phones in Juneau
are four-party line residences.
Originally rates were based on
the type of telephone instrument
installed rather than the type of
service and since only the modern
French type are being manufac
tured now, it was felt that rates
should be based on type of service.
Parking iweiera
Another matter which involved
much discussion was parking and
removal of parking meters. Art
Skinner presented a petition with
over 30 signers requesting that
parking be permitted on Second
Street with unloading zones at the
l main business houses between Main
and Franklin and parking meters
be installed on the left side of the
street; removal of parking meters
from Main Street and from Frank
lin St. above Second Street for
four-hour parking; limiting park
ing in front of the Federal Build
ing day or night to 15 minutes.
John Kennedy voiced his opinion
that the city should be obliged to
provide parking space for cars.
These matters were referred to the
street committe.
Trevor Davis, spokesman for the
Juneau Yacht Club, requested the
old approach to the small boat
harbor. This was referred to the
harbor committee.
Curfew Ringing
A written request from the Ju
neau Parent-Teacher Association
for a policewoman touched of
1 lengthy discussion before it was
referred to the police committee.
It was brought out that a city or
dinance was already on the book
providing for citing parents into
court who failed to keep their chil
dren indoors after curfew time It
was decided to resume curfew
ringing at p.m
The transfer of the license of
1 the Glacier Cab stand frorn Rob
ert Churchill to Harold Fennell
was approved. Also the *ansfer o
the airport coffee shop from Belle
Dilg to B. W. Matheny.
Referred to the property commit
tee was a request from the Library
Committee regarding the curb a
the site of the new library build
fr>r the DUr
ADpruvai wc*- o-- , , .
chase of four portable electric spo -
tlights with shoulder carriers at
the cost of $135 for the Fire De
^Requests for card table licenses
bv Joe McNallen and Manuel Diaz
were referred to the police commit
tee.
Police Radio
A joint meeting of the police
and property committees will be
held to consider D. C. Langdon’s
suggestions on purchase of police
radio equipment.
Decision was made not to pui
chase either the Myhre or Rode
buagh properties for the city.
Councilman Joe Thibodeau sta
ted again that he recommended
that Harold Foss not be paid for
street improvements in the High
Galley 2 Telephone-City CouncilHH
lands The contract amounted to
approximately $2300 which was let
before the Highlands became part
of the city.
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I
RED CROSS DRIVE
STARTING MONDAY;
GOAL SET AT $9871
The 1951 Red Cross drive in the
Juneau Chapter will start next
Monday and continue through to
March 21 although officially the
campaign will not close until the
end of this month. The goal of
$9871 has been set for the Juneau
Chapter area.
The Campaign planning commit
tee selected by the Board of Direc
tors for the Juneau Chapter in
cludes the Rev. Fred McGinnis,
minister of the Methodist Church,
as the Fund Campaign Chairman.
Members of the planning commit
tee are: Dr. D. D. Marquart, Mrs.
John Clements, Robert Boochever
and the Rev. Jimmy Bolton.
Bolton has been named as the
publicity director for the March
campaign. Mrs. George Washing
ton has been secured to serve as
the secretary for the campaign.
The financial goal for 1951 has
been set for $9871 for the ouneau
chapter. This Juneau Chapter in
cludes the communities of Peters
burg, Kake, Angoon, Thane, Auk
Bay, Skagway, Haines, Gustavus,
Yakutat, Klukwan, and Hoonah.
The chairmen have been named as:
Petersburg, Mrs. Adolph Mathisen;
Kake, Mrs. Florence Bell. Angoon,
Mr. Joe Kanosh; Skagway, Mrs.
Mavis Soldin; Haines, Mr. Herb
ert Hebert: Yakutat, Mrs. Anna Si
mons; Klukwan, Mrs. Mildred
Sparks; and Hoonah, Robert Shuff.
Chairmen for Auk Bay, Thane
and Gustavus are yet to be named,
The activities of the local Ju
neau Chapter have been so in
creased in the last months, espe
cially since the outbreak of the
Korean war, that the goal of $9871
seems to be the minimum for op
erations in the next year’s activi
ties. Whereas in the past there has
been a cash reserve in the form
of bonds for operations this is no
longer true. Recent expenditures
have made it necessary to cash
1 bonds in order to keep Red-Cross
activities going. Inntensive train
ing for Nurses" Aids, Home nurs
ing courses, and First Aid courses
have been provided in the last few
months.
Many oi trie capuimo
have been secured but others are
needed. Volunteers for this solici
tation work should call the Red
Cioss office at phone number 883
and talk with Mrs. Washington,
The need for this year’s financial
support of all citizens is urgent.
On the basis of service rendered tc
the citizens of the area the cam
paign is launched with full con
fidence that the goal will be
reached.
S. F. Police Give
Up Feeding Pigeons
SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 —I*
—The San Francisco police depart
ment has disbanded its pigeon de
taU.
A three-man squad was created
18 months ago to patrol civic center
—favorite feeding ground for San
Francisco’s pigeons. Their job was
to keep San Franiscans from feed
ing the birds—a misdemeanor pun
ishable by six months in jail and
a $500 fine.
In 18 months the detail didn t
arrest a single pigeon-feeder, and
the pigeons never went hungry.
GM DEFENSE JOBS
UP OVER 3 BILLION
DETROIT. March 3. —Itfi—Gen
eral Motors Corp. discloses that it
has defense orders amounting tc
more than three billion dollais.
The orders, it said in an advance
section of its annual report, are
now on the books, or are repre
sented by assigned projects.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive at 4:30 this aft
ernoon, sailing for Skagway at 10:3C
tonight and returning Tuesday
morning sailing south at 11:45 a.m
Denali from Seattle scheduled tc
arrive sometime Monday.
Baranof from westward scheduled
i to arrive at 9:30 Sunday morning
! and sailing south two hours later
j at 11:30.
DEFENSES AT
ANCHORAGE
ARE TESTED
Iff)—A surprise simulated bombing
attack was launched against the El
mendorf-Fort Richardson areas
yesterday in a test of air and
ground defenses as well as air raid
warning facilities.
The “enemy” bombers were picked
up on radar outposts at 3:05 p.m.
Fighter pilots were in position with
in five minutes, the Public Informa
tion officer reported.
The “all clear” was sounded at
3:45 p.m.
A second wave of “enemy” bomb
ers struck shortly before 4 p.m., anc^
the all clear was sounded at 4:25
p.m.
The PIO gave no indication when
the simulated attacks would end.
All previous tests have been known
beforehand. Officers said the ef
fectiveness of the defenses will not
be evaluated until the attacks end.
The screech of warning sirens
was taken calmly by both military
and civilians in the Anchorage area.
TWO NEWTYPES OF
JET BOMBERS ON
NEW AIR PROGRAM
I WASHINGTON. March 3 —(/P>—
Two new heavy jet bomber types,
able to carry atomic bombs speedily
to distant targets, are part of an
unfolding picture of revised Ameri.
can air strategy.
The Air Force has disclosed it is
hastening into the building of B
52s, short-cutting the usual practice
of trying experimental models be
fore ordering a new plane put on
the production line. First of these
j big jets is expected to be delivered
: this year.
I At the same time, it has ordered
construction of two all-jet versions
| of the giant B-S6, these to have
I the swept-back wings which give
1 airplanes greater speed,
j Out of a news conference by Air
Secretary Thomas K. Finletter
yesterday also emerged an outline
of the air war plans into which
the new bombers will be fitted. In
answer to questions. Finletter said:
The United States is interested in
getting bases for its aircraft "with
in the North Atlantic treaty or
ganization area.” North Africa is
considered as being in the area
which, of course, includes Western
Europe and islands such as Britain
and the Azores.
Investigate Boston
Postal Employees
Payroll Padding
By Associated Press
A Federal grand jury is expected
to hear evidence on March 19
against an undisclosed number of
Boston postal clerks saspccted of
defrauding the government through
payroll padding.
Post Office inspectors have given
out little information beyond the
fact that Assistant United States
Attorney General Charles Miller has
been assigned to handle the pre
sentation of evidence. It’s under
stood the postal clerks got away
with hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
POOR WINTER COL. R.
SALMON RUN ENDS;
REOPENS APRIL 30
ASTORIA, March 3 —<*1—Record
prices and scant runs marked the
winter Columbia River gillnet
season which has ended.
Prices ranged from 35 to 40 cents
a pound for fresh market salmon.
Steelhead brought 30 eenst a pound.
But not many gillnetters bothered
to go out of the few available fish.
It was the third poor season in
a row, fishermen said.
Deliveries were running from one
to four tons a day as the season
ended, less than the catch for a
' single boat during the big August
runs.
j The season wijl reopen April 30.
ANTI-STRIKE LAW
IS STRUCK DOWN
BY SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, March 3 —(*—
The supreme court has struck down
a Wisconsin law which banned
strikes by public utility workers and
required them to submit labor dis
putes to compulsory arbitration.
Chief Justice Vinson delivered
the 6-3 decision for himseil' and
justices, Black, Red, Douglas, Jack
son and Clark .... Justice Frank
furter wrote a dlsent in which
justices Burton and Minton joined.
The ruling was on an appeal by
a Transportation Workers’ union
which attacked validity of the
state’s "public utility anti-strike
law.”
The union said Florida, Indiana,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Nebraska, New Jersey, North Da
kota, Pennsylvania and Virginia
have enacted similar laws.
Vinson said the Wisconsin anti
strike law conflicts with the Na
tional Labor Relations Act, and
therefore cannqt stand.
The court, returning to the bench
after six weeks devoted to writing
opinions, also:
1. Decided unanimously that the
Taft-Hjartley act gives federal
courts vastly greater powers over
national relations board orders be-,
cause it provides such orders must
be supported by “substantial edi
dence on the record considered as a
whole.”
z. upneiu uniy m pun uie
right to refuse to produce seCeet
records in open court. The high
tribunal left open whether it will
always rule that the agency can
bottle up its confidential papers in
any case it chooses.
Today’s 6 to 2 decision dealt with
the refusal of Chicago's top G-man
to surrender his records on Roger
j (the Terrible) Touhy, a prohibition
1 era gangster seeking freedom from
, a 1933 kidnaping conviction,
i 3. Ruled 5 to 3 that a witness
j who answers some questions about
j Communist party activities may be
j jailed for contempt for refusing to
answer further inquiries. The rul
ing applied to Mrs. Jane Rogers,
of Denver.
LIFEBOAT GUIDED
BY PLANE'S RADIO
IS NEWjNVENTION
DAYTON, O. — lift—Development
of a radio-controlled lifeboat that
can be guided to survivors, held in
place for them to board, and set
on course—from an overhead air
plane—was announced *by the Air
Force today.
The A-3 lifeboat, all metal, is
30 feet long, and carries 15 men.
I It is powered by a four-cylinder,
water-cooled engine, and is dropped
to survivors by a 100-foot para
chute.
When the boat hits the water,
an explosive charge releases the
parachute, and a sea anchor goes
out to keep the boat in position.
After the parachute is released,
a radio operator in the plane above
take over.
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SKAGWAY BRIDGE
ALASKA PROJECT
PORTLAND, March 3 — Wl —
More than a hundred million dol
lars worth of civil works jobs will
be up for bidding in the North
Pacific division of the Corps of
Engineers this year.
Contracts to be let range from
an estimated $100,000 to more than
$00,000,000, Brig. Oen. O. E. Walsh,
division engineer said today.
The largest by a wide margin is
the completion contract for Mc
Nary Dam.
The lone Alaska project is a
$100,000 affair on dikes, channel
work and raising a bridge at Skag
way, with the bid opening set for
FKOtf FT. RICHARDSON
Arne Michaelsen of Ft. Richard
! son is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
There are 25 eating places, a post
office, a passport bureau. 12 land
scaped sky gardens, 20 consulates
j and an outdoor skating rink all
: within Rockefeller Center in New
York City.
MARINES
PUSH ON
4 MILES
Chinese Pouring in Rein
forcements - Charge
Made with Bayonets
TOKYO, March 3 —I ft— Ameri
can Marines pushed north of capt
ured Hoengsong today on the Cen
tral Korean front but heavy Chi
nese fire slowed their progress.
In three days the Leathernecks
have ground ahead four miles across
the jagged hills that rtse to 1,500
feet around Hoengsong.
Chinese mortar fire slowed one
Marine column two and one-half
miles northeast of the road hub.
Small arms and automatic weapons
fire poured from mountain foxholes
barred the Marine column striking
northwest from the captured town.
There were signs that the Chinese
were pouring in reinforcements in
a gamble to save the last heights
guarding two roads running north
and northwest fr 'in Hoengsong.
Convoy Ambushed
The Marine column on the left
flank pushed past the burned-out
remains of a UN convoy that had
been ambushed nearly three weeks
ago when the Chinese and Korean
Reds mounted their massive Central
front attack.
me convoy was strung out along
nearly two miles of highway. UN
and enemy dead scattered every
where along the line were grim re
minders of the fierceness of the
fight. Some of the OIs were dead
in their trucks, victims of the first
shots.
In the Pangnlm sector east of
Hoengsong, American Seventh Di
vision infantrymen with 'flashing
bayonets repulsed a Korean Red
counterattack.
New Red Attack
The Reds struck about noon five
miles northwest of Pangnim, charg
ing through an intensive artillery
shelling. They swept up a slope
where the Americans were dug in.
The Doughboys turned a wither
ing small arms fire on the advanc
ing Communists. Many fell, but
others of the 500-man force swept
forward.
Col. William (Buffalo Bill) Quinn
ordered a batallion of Doughboys
down the slope with fixed bayonets.
The Reds broke and ran.
American artillery poured 3,000
rounds on a Communist force of
3,000 or more troops dug in just
north of the Seventh Division posi
tion.
Seoul Bombarded
South Korean Third Division
troops turned back four pre-dawn
counterattacks Saturday on the
front four to nine miles southwest
of Hoengsong.
On the Far West, Allied big guns
bombarded the old South Korean
j capital of Seoul. Fires burned furi
ously in the blackened city. The
Communists replied with artillery,
mortar and tank shells.
Eight miles northwest of Yoju,
| U. S. 24th Division units tangled
i with a Red force dug in on Hill 937.
Airstrip Blasted
In the air. Okinawa-based B-29s
blasted two airstrips near Pyong
yong, the wrecked Korean Red cap
j ital.
The Far East Air Force said the
superforts pounded the airfields
j with 185 tons of bombs.
Red jet fighters were sighed t er
ing the bombing runs, but they did
not challenge the bombers.
"TALENTS" TO SHOW
MEMBERS'TALENTS
AS FINANCIERS
DEXTER, Me.. March 3. —UH—
The earning genius o f Dexter
Methodist Church members will be
given a workout, biblical style, by
the pastor, Rev. Samuel Bowman.
Sunday he plans to give 250 mem
bers $10 "Talents” each. The mem
bers will put the money to work
at their own discretion.
Mr. Bowman hopes when an ac
counting is made Aug. 5 to have
gained from the $2500 more than
$12,500 to repair damage caused by
a recent fire.