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COUNCIL ASKED TO
SET UP PLANNING
COMMISSION HERE
Mayor Waino Hendrickson last
« night asked the Council to set up a
’ city planning commission to act as
an advisory board in further city
development and improvement.
i* He told the council that the city’s
postwar improvement plan, formu
lated five years ago, has been car
ried out and in some cases exceeded.
But, he said, a definite program
for future work by the city must
be drawn up.
R. W. Christensen, a city planner
3 with the Federal Housing Adminis
tration who has been advising other
Territorial municipalities with re
. gard to their physical growth, was
at the meeting.
Needed Steps
He advised that the two most
necessary steps in setting up a com
prehensive plan for the physical
growth of a city are:
r 1. Establishing a voluntary ad
*i * visory group—a city planning com
mission; and
2. Enacting a zoning ordinance
which would keep business buildings
out of residential zones.
He said that in the two days he
had studied Juneau’s problems, he
had become convinced that many
of them are the same as those which
have in the past confronted many
cities in the States.
■* ' Big Problem
“But Juneau’s big problem will be
to find room in which to grow,” he
^ said.
Mayor Hendrickson said that a
' number of Juneau residents, well
qualified to serve on an advisory
city planning commission, have vol
unteered to do so.
I He said a planning commission, if
It is set Tip. should be appointed by
the council and be non-political. It
should be empowered to draw up a
"priority plan” for future improve
ments and to hear the suggestions
I offered by other Juneau citizens.
The council instructed City Attor
ney Howard Stabler to study ord
> inances setting up planning com
missions in other cities and report
his findings to the council.
Mayor Hendrickson also suggested
that a Port Commission be set up by
the city to plan for the future use
of the tidelands and to deal with
harbor problems. He said that the
y U.S. Army Engineers have expressed
their favor of a plan to establish
such a commission.
No action was taken in this mat
ter.
rhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By JACK ANpERSON and
FREI) BLUMENTHAL
.Coprruht, l»sn- »» Mil *»n<Uc»te, Inc.)
(Ed. Note—While Drew Pear
son is on a brief vacation, his
column will be written by mem
bers of his staff).
Washington — The most giar
| ing weakness in our law enforce
ment system is the way underworld
hoodlums are able to thumb their
noses at the authorities—with the
help of political pals.
For example, take the case of
S'ylvestro Carolla, notorious New
Orleans racketeer and big shot in ■
the "Black Hand” underworld soc- j
iety. When Carolla was convicted i
on a narcotics rap in 1936, immi
I gration authorities tried to deport
v him to his native Italy. However,
they found themselves up against
the old political runaround. Year
after year, Congressman Jimmy
! Morrison of Louisiana introduced
a succession of bills to keep Carolla
In this country.
: Though this held up Carrolla's
deportation for a decade, he was
| finally kicked out and flew home
to Italy in style. But he stayed
( only six months, and then was
ordered back to Mexico by Lucky
Luciano, former vice lord of New
York City and international boss
of the “Black Hand.” The next
thing immigration authorities knew,
Carolla was operating out of Tiju
ana, Mexico, and slipping over the
border to New Orleans by plane.
Once again the authorities nailed
him—which puts them right back
• where they started.
Note—another notorious racketeer !
| whose deportation has been held
i up is Orlando Portale of Detroit.
His political pull comes from Sen.
^Continued on Page Four;
Properly Assessment Shows
Nearly $2 Million Increase
City assessor Ray Beach revealed
in a report to the City Council at
its meeting last night that the
assessed valuation of Juneau prop
erty, real and personal, has shown
an increase of nearly $2,000,000
more than last year.
The total—$14,682,175—is $1,925,
917 more than the assessed valu
ation made last year. Beach said
reasons for the increase are the
incorporation of the Highlands dis
trict in the city, the number of new
cars in Juneau, and the personal
property assessment which resulted
from an intensive personal prop
erty survey of the downtown dis
trict.
Assessment of boats has not been
completed, and it has not yet been
decided whether the Juneau vessels
will be assessed at their real value
or on a tonnage basis, he said.
It will be impossible to estimate
the revenue from the city’s prop
erty tax this year until the millage
rate is set up.
Earner inis *ear
The rate of tax levy will be set
up earlier this year than in the
past. The ordinance providing for
the taxing of automobiles at the
same time that they are licensed—
at the beginning of the year—was
amended before being adopted last
night to include a provision for set
ting the millage rate for property
tax at a Council meeting on the
second Friday in October instead
of the third.
The amendment was designed to
give city officials more time to pre
pare and mail tax statements.
A second new ordinance, read for
the third time and adopted last
night, provides for the increase in
card table license fees to $35 per
table. In the past the fee has
been $20 for any number of tables
up to four and $5 per table for
each table over four.
The council announced that it
had decided to purchase a snow
loading vehicle for $10,510 complete
at the factory. The new machine
will be equipped with heavy-duty
axles for climbing Juneau's hills,
an enclosed cab, large wheels, and
a cleated belt. It is expected to
substantially speed up the loading
of trucks during snow removal oper
ations during the winter.
Reporting on the small boat har
bor, City Engineer J. L. McNamara
said he believed the council’s small
boat harbor committee should study
the possibility of re-arranging stalls
to provide moorage space for more
boats. He said he estimated that
a different arrangement would pro
vide for 10 more boats.
The council passed a motion pro
viding for the repair of the police
department's panel truck, which
has been replaced by a new sedan,
for use as a city utility car. A
worn-out pickup truck wlil be sold
after the panel truck is repaired.
Rent Controls
A letter was read which requested
that the city express its wishes re
garding the continuance of rent
controls, which are scheduled to be
removed December 31.
To have them continued, a resol
ution or referendum must be passed
by the city stating that a housing
shortage still exists in the city.
No action was taken on this
matter, but Mayor Hendrickson in
dicated that an expression of opfn
FORMER RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR NAMED
NEW CHIEF OF C. I. A.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — OP) —
Walter Bedell Smith, the American
General WVio spent three years
watching the Russians from the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow, is going to be
the new chief of the Central In
telligence Agency (CIA).
The priority job of that agency
is to learn what the Soviets are up
to now.*
Announcement was made last
night that Smith, who was United
States Ambassador to Russia from
February 1946 to March 1949, would
become director of the top political
military intelligence unit, late in
September.
Smith succeeds Rear Admiral
Roscow H. Hillenkoetter.
White House Secretary Charles
Ross took pains to declare the
change does not reflect any Presi
dential dissatisfaction with Hillen
koetter’s work as CIA director. He
said the Admiral had requested
months ago to be relieved so he
could take sea duty with the Navy.
ion from citizens and organizations
in the city would be appreciated.
City Clerk C. L. Popejoy reported
that at the end of 14 months of
operation, the parking meters ill
Juneau had paid $4,500 toward their
purchase price, this being 75 per
cent of the amount taken in from
the meters.
His statement followed the read
ing of a letter from the company
which installed the meters on an
18-month trial basis. The com
pany offered a "substantial dis
count” on the remaining amount
to be paid if the city pays up with
in 30 days.
It was the opinion of the Council
that the full 18-month trial period
should end before any decision to
purchase the 200 meters is made.
If the city does not decide to
keep the meters, the money turned
over to the company will be kept by
the company to cover the cost of
installing the meters and repairing
those which were damaged during
the trial periQd.
Defense Ordinances
City Attorney Stabler reported
that revision of the defense ordin
ances enacted during World War II
will be necessary before they are
applicable to "the present situa
tion.”
A number of questions regarding
the city sales tax rules were raised
at the council meeting, but, as
Councilman Bert McDowell pointed
out. all were from merchants while
the city's sales taxpayers remained
silent.
An offer by the Army Engineers
to turn five dolphins—groups of
piling—in Gastineau Channel off
Salmon Creek over to the city was
refused by the council. The dol
phins had been used as mooring
points for barges. The council re
jected the offer on the grounds
that the dolphins would cost too
much to maintain.
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
UP FOR CONSIDERATION
With negotiations for the 1950-51
contract with Juneau employers as
an important item of business, the
executive board of Hotel and Res
taurant Employees, Local 871 (AFL),
met yesterday afternoon.
A special meeting of the general
membership is scheduled for 2:30
p.m. Tuesday at the A. T. F. of L.
Hall, and the regular meeting is that
evening at 8:30 o’clock.
Up for consideration will be th„e
answer of the employers’ group to
the contract provisions submitted
July 1, 60 days before the present
contract expires September 1.
Proposed wage increases and cer
tain other provisions were turned
down by the operators’ group.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Kathleen scheduled to
arrive at 3 p.m. today, sailing for
Skagway at 11:30 p.m.
Baranof scheduled to sail today
from Seattle, due here Tuesday.
Princess Norah sailing from Van
couver today, to arrive here Tues
day.
Prince George sailed from Van
couver yesterday, due to arrive here
Monday.
Alaska scheduled to arrive from
the south sometime tomorrow.
Aleutian due southbound some
time tomorrow.
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WSCS WILL ENJOY
PICNIC SUPPER AT
FRITZ COVE AUG. 24
At the last meeting of the WSCS
of the Douglas Community Method
ist Church, Mrs. D. Stafford and
Cornelia Kelsey invited all members
to their home on Fritz Cove Road
for the next meeting of WSCS on
August 24, when a picnic supper
will be served at 6:00 p.m.
Those desiring transportation can
make arrangements by calling Mrs.
A. Rice.
TODAY’S LANDINGS
For Alaska Coastal Fisheries, Doug
Wahto’s Ace and T. Niemi’s 31A12
landed 500 pounds of salmon each.
S. A. Stevens’ Wanderer landed 14,
000 pounds. Peter Lundy’s Attu
brought in 2,800 pounds and Vern
Dick’s Weasel landed 1,000 pounds
for Engstrom Brothers.
I
3 PERISH IN
ANCHORAGE
PLANE CRASH
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Aug. 19—
I#!—A plane cracked up and burned
on the walls of ,a canyon 35 miles
southeast of here yesterday, killing
three persons and gravely injuring
a fourth.
The pilot, Richard Rude, 19, An
chorage, was thrown clear In the
crash but managed to crawl two
miles for help. His brother, Babe,
16, was one of those killed. Tne
other two victims have not been
identified.
Virginia Gordon, a berry picker,
said she and some other pickers
saw the plane head into Crow
Creek canyon but didn't see it come
out. They started a search whfen
smoke was seen coming from the
region.
About two miles from the smoke,
Miss Gordon said, “We saw a man
i on the hill. He screamed for help
I and collapsed. He appeared to hate
a broken leg and bad burns. We
managed to gather that others
were still in the wreckage of the
| seaplane which he said he had
i been piloting."
Help was sent for Rude while the
j rest of the party proceeded to the
I plane which crashed below a mine
opening.
The three persons in the wreck
; age were burned beyond recogni
tion, Miss Gordon reported. A
couple in the back seat, apparently
elderly, died with their arms around
! each other. The younger Rude boy
was in the front seat.
Six men from the Air Force 10th
Rescue Squadron have been sent
into the rugged country to remove
the bodies.
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COLLINS, SHERMAN
"TO LOOK THINGS
OVER" PERSONALLY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. — OP)—
The military chiefs of the Army and
Navy, Gen. J. Lawton Collins and
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, left to
Iday for war strategy talks in Japan
J and Korea.
Lt. Gen. Idwal Edwards, the Air
j Force Vice Chief of Staff War Op
erations, is making the flying trip
: with them.
I At Tokyo, they will confer with
’General MacArthur and others of
ithe Far East High Command. They
expect to go on to the South Kor
ean port of Pusan. They will be
gone about a week.
Collins told reporters before tak
ing off that:
“We're going over to take a look
because you can accomplish more
sitting down with people and talk
I ing.”
| Collins, with Gen. Hoyt Vanden
! berg, Air Force Chief of Staff, made
j a similar trip to the Far East last
j month.
I Sherman said he wanted to go
! this time because he hadn’t been
iable to get away for the other trip.
I “I have 150 ships out there and I
want to see what they are doing,”
the chief of naval operations said.
He added that the carrier avia
tion and naval patrol planes are
“doing a fine job.”
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace
was at the airport to see the mili
tary chiefs off at 7:25 a.m. EST.
SAILING VESSEL
BRINGING HOME
190,000 CODFISH
| SEATTLE, Aug. 19. — UPI — The
! three-master sailing vessel C. A.
| Thayer is homeward bound to Seat
' tie from the Bering Sea fishing
grounds with 190,000 codfish in her
| holds. The old ship is due in Puget
, Sound August 31.
j Word of the Thayer’s return was
| contained in a radio-telephone call
i from Capt. Ed Shields, master of
the Thayer, to his brother, John,
at Seattle.
The catch was considered fairly
good considering bad weather that
hampered operations this season.
The Thayer left Seattle in April.
PENNSYLVANIANS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walkpr of
Philadelphia, Pa., are at the Gas
| tinea u Hotel.
In Three Days She
Has Four Babies
Aussie Mother "Tired"
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 19—</PI
—Mrs. Betty Sara, 29, an English
war bride, completed last night her
slow motion birth of quadruplets.
The last arrival was a boy.
This is how the births were regis
tered :
Thursday night—a girl.
Friday night—a boy.
Saturday—a girl.
Saturday night—a boy.
Doctors at Bellingen hospital said
the latest arrival was the weakest
of the four. The other three are do
ing fine, the physicians added and
the mother is "weak but wfell.” The
first two babies have been christ
ened but their names were not dis
closed.
CREDIT CURB
PUT ON BANKS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — Iff) —
The government has moved to curb
bank credit In a new stop-inflation
maneuver.
The step was taken by the Fed
eral Reserve Board last night when
it approved a boost from 11 - to 1 \
per cent in the discount rate of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Such rate changes usually spread
to the rest of the Federal Reserve
system.
The idea is this: When Federal
Reserve members banks make a
loan on a note, they can get the
money tied up in the loan from a
Federal Reserve bank, less a sum
known as the discount rate. In
creasing the discount rate thus
tends to restrict bank loans.
SEATTLE MAN REQUESTS
NEWS OF LOST BROTHER
Robert E. Barrett of Seattle has
asked The Empire to aid in the
search for information concerning
his brother William, last reported
aboard his boat the Elsie in Ket
chikan.
Barrett wrote that his brother,
who has fished Alaskan wa/ers for
10 years, and his partner Thomas
Stanley of Harlingen, Texas, left
Bremerton, Wash., April 1 -and were
known to have purchased fishing
licenses in Ketchikan April 14.
He stated that the Elsie was a
salmon troller 40 feet long. The
Coast Guard has been altered to be
on the lookout for the boat, but has
no reports to date, he reported.
10th RESCUE SKI-PLANE
On one of their summer assign
ments, crew members from Elmen
dorf Air Force Base brought a 10th
Air Rescue Squadron ski-equipped
twin-engine aircraft here last night.
Capt. John F. Kangas, Lt. Victor
W. Rudd ,Jr., and S-Sgt. Paul L.
Smith are guests at the Baranof
Hotel. They are here to make
landings on the Juneau Ice Cap
with personnel and supplies for the
Juneau Icefield Research Project
(JIRP) sponsored by the American
Geographical Society.
FROM ‘CAL TECH’
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. MacGinitie of
Pasadena, Calif., arrived yesterday
from Fairbanks via Pan American
and are guests at the Baranof
Hotel until they board the Aleutian
southbound tomorrow. Mr. Mac
Ginitie, of the California Institute
of Technology, has been doing re
search at Point Barrow.
FROM KODIAK
Neal F. Brown of Kodiak is at
the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM FAIRBANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hatlin of
Fairbanks are at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SKAGWAY
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan W. Reed of
Skagway are at the Baranof Hotel.
TENNESSEE GUEST
Ned Williams of Oak Ridge.
Tenn., is staying at the Baranof
Hotel.
Miss Olga Ullrick of Detroit is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
Mediators are pressing for an early
settlement of the five-day-old strike
of 8,000 auto workers at the Packard
Motor Car plant in Detroit. Packard
President Hugh Ferry has issued a
hopeful statement for early settle
ment of the dispute.
Plumbers'Wage Raise Will
Make Building Costs Soar;
"All Labor Will Want Hike”
SEATTLE, Aug. 19—(fl—An Alaska
, contractor's spokesman has predic
| ted a jump in territorial building
costs as a result of yesterday's wage
settlement for striking Anchorage
plumbers.
Federal conciliators announced the
agreement without disclosing terms.
! However, sources here and in Alaska
indicated the plumbers won a 50
cent hourly wage Increase as a re
sult of their three-week walkout.
The raise would bring their hourly
scale to $3.50.
The strike, which temporarily tied
up millions of dollars worth of
Alaska defense work, brought a call
for early settlement by Secretary of
Defense Johnson and other govern
ment officials. The settlement meet
ing here was called by Cyrus S.
Ching, head of the U.S. Mediation
and Conciliation Service.
Commenting upon unofficial re
i ports of the wage hike, Larry Moore,
J Alaska manager for the Associated
I General Contractors, said:
“This raise for plumbers is bound
I to be felt in all walks of life in
| Alaska.”
"All Will Want It”
He predicted that there would be
I "an Insistent demand from all labor
; to apply for the same thing the
I plumbers got.”
“If that happens it will make pri
! vate building impossible in Alaska
in the future, and will greatly in
crease government building costs as
I well.”
Involved in the strike, which
; started July 26, were about 225
j plumbers, members of Local 367,
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
(AFL).
Fairbanks plumbers won a 50
cent hourly wage increase last
month, bringing their scale to $3.50.
i The Anchorage plumbers were re
! ported unofficially to have won
time and a half for overtime and
; Saturday work and double time for
i over 10 hours and Sundays.
Moore blamed government tactics
for settling the strike in Seattle
rather than in Anchorage. He also
charged that negotiations here were
stacked against Anchorage resident
plumbing contractors, with stai,e.-'de
contractors making costly conces
sions, and outnumbering the An
chorage men at the conference
table.
He said many of the outside con
tractors agreeing to the settlement
were "One-Time Charleys” — in
Alaska for one Job and with no
future interests.
"The whole thing was contrary
to the customary way of doing busi
ness in Alaska,” Moore said. "Out
siders should conform with stand
ard practices there. This time, they
didn’t."
Looks for Others
"We have to deal with eight basic
trades '— laborers, teamsters, etc.
Very likely they’ll be wanting to re
open negotiations in view of this
plumber settlement.
"No doubt the Fairbanks settle
ment for $3.50 an hour prompted
this Anchorage demand. In An
chorage we contract with the
unions at a uniform time. In Fair
banks the contracts with firms were
staggered — what we call ‘single
shooting.’ So when one Fairbanks
contractor gave way, the others had
to follow, or they wouldn’t get any
plumbers.
“If this boost spreads to other
building crafts it’s going to mean a
big loss of money to contractors who
already have contracted to do cer
tain jobs for certain fixed fees to
be completed by a certain time—in
many cases, next year.
“And if this boost spreads to the
building crafts, it also will spread
to the clerks and others who also
will want increases. It will send the
entire economy of the territory spir
aling."
SURVEY UNDERWAY
ON SMALL HARBOR;
PUMP ISJBROKEN
A survey is being made of the
small boat harbor to isolate the
high spots so that dredging can be
completed next week by the Munter
Construction Co.. Inc.
The survey will be completed
Tuesday with a partial survey after
! the high spots are dredged out. In
| charge of the survey is George
! Plack, Palmer resident engineer.
; others in his party are Fred Patch
ing, B. B. Rewev, and Don Golden.
! Assisting in the completion of the
(survey are Fred Seidell, resident
; engineer for Wrangell Narrows,
! Ernie Escola and Pat Ridley.
A pump broken by a rock in yes
terday’s operations is delaying
dredging. Repairs are being made
on the pump today and the small
boat harbor will be completed some
time next week, according to W. E.
Rasmussen, engineer for Munter
Construction.
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Alternate Site for
Pentagon Inspected
In West Maryland
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — - W —
Defense officials are making inspec
tion visits to Camp Ritchie in con
nection with the projected building
at the Western Maryland site of
an alternate communications center
for use if aerial attack knocks out
the Pentagon, it was learned today.
In answer to a reporter’s question,
a Defense spokesman said such in
spections are being made from
time to time,” as are routine checks
on all military construction projects.
Tire Defense Department disclosed
the plan to establish what it de
scribed as a "supplemental com
munications installation” in a brief
announcement on July 26.
DAUGHTER FOR CAMPBELLS
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Campbell
of Douglas became the parents of
a daughter early this morning at
St. Ann’s Hospital. The child, born
at 5:25 ajn., weighed seven pounds,
11 ounces.
DEMOCRAT SOLON SAYS
GOP 'SECOND-GUESSING'
WASHINGTON, AUg. 19 — (A*l —
Democrats are preparing to counter
, Republican attacks on foreign pol
j icy, now established as a major
[ campaign issue.
1 One Democratic senator already
has opened fire on the GOP. John
Sparkman of Alabama charges that
Republican leaders are making pol
itical capital of second guessing—
that actually they represent what
he calls "a hard core of isolation
ism."
Sparkman says he can list 30
votes on key issues affecting Com
munism to prove just how strong
is the Republican isolationist senti
ment in both House and Senate.
WHITE HOUSE IN
SECOND EFFORT TO
STALL RAIL STRIKE
I WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — MB —
| The White House today called a
joint meeting of union and man
agement representatives in another
! effort to head off the thrAtened
nationwide rail strike.
This will be the first Joint meet
ing in several days on the demands
of trainmen and conductors for a
40-hour week with no reduction In
pay now received for 48 hours.
Conferences ended in a deadlock
last week but Steelman has talked
to each side separately since then.
TEXANS VISIT
Several Texas visitors are regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel. They
are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bogue and
Mrs. Lucille Cooper of Dallas, and
Mrs Carol Rogers and Lillian
Johnson of Lubbock.
SEATTLEITES HERE
Among Seattleites newly regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel are Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas N. O’Leary, G. V.
Graham, G. H. Hurten, H. M. Stil
ley and Thomas Telfer.
FROM GLENDALE
Beulah Woods and Helen S. Moir
of Glendale, Calif., are guests at
the Baranof Hotel,
Reds Strafed
AtBrigehead,
Lose 2200 Hen
—
South Koreans Make Sur
prise Landing Near In
chon, Communist Base
_
(By the Associated Press)
The threat to Taegu, strategic
United Nations rail center, was eased
today as North Korean Communists
j retreated on two fronts north and
I southwest of the city.
Resistance was described as light
j or moderate but a spokesman at
| Oen. MacArthur’s headquarters
j warned that the Reds had three to
i five divisions, possibly 50,000 men
| still poised north of Taegu, aban
l doned this week as the South Ko
rean provisional capital.
South Koreans made a surprise
j landing—the first Allied action of Its
kind In the war—on Tokchock Is
! land, 35 miles southwest of Inchon,
I port of Seoul. A Navy spokesman
j said Tokchock may have been a Red
j center for waterborne relnforce
j ments.
In the critical area north of
Taegu. U. S. and Korean troops
drove the enemy back toward Kum
wha. Their counterattack against
huge Red forces that threatened
Taegu Thursday has pushed the in
vaders back two and a half miles
in three days of bitter fighting.
The Reds also fell back in the
Changnyong sector southwest of
Taegu. U.S. Marines and Infantry
men advanced uhder the cover of
artillery fire directed at the enemy
held west bank of the Naktong
river. The Reds appeared to have
given up most of their Changnyong
bridgehead.
Fiercest Fighting
This was the scene of the fiercest
fighting. American planes straffed
and rocketed the Communists as
they tried to flee back across the
river. The onslaught from rockets,
cannon fire and jellied gasoline
bombs pulverized the Red Fourth
Division. Maj. Gen. John H. Church
said his men were out to “destroy
that division entirely."
The U.S. Army estimated in Wash
ington that North Korean Com
munists have lost 50.000 men thus
far in their Invasion of South Ko
rea. South Korean forces had lost
37,000 men up to three weeks ago,
an Army spokesman said. The fig
ures Include killed, wounded and
missing.
The last roundup of American
casualties, two weeks ago, was 2,616.
i The spokesman added that there
will be no further roundup of Ameri
can casualties until they have no
value to the enemy.
A spokesman at MacArthur's
Tokyo headquarters said the enemy
lost 2,200 men Thursday along the
whole perimeter—the biggest single
day's bag for United Nations forces.
Reds Regrouping?
The Communists, however, ap
peared to be regrouping massive
forces in the area between Kunwi
and Waegwan for another hammer
blow at Taegu. Three North Korean
divisions—the Third, 13th and 15th
were assembled in this sector. There
was a possibility they were sup
ported also by the First and Second
Red Divisions.
The full significance of the South
Korean landing on Tokchocki Island
was not explained. A headquarters
spokesman hinted that South Ko
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• WEATHER REPORT •
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• In Juneau—Maximum, 81; •
• minimum, 49. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 77; •
• minimum, 43. •
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• FORECAST •
• (Iumi and Vie lull r) •
• Variable cloudiness and a •
• little cooler tonight and Sun- •
• day. Lowest temperature to- •
• night about 50 with highest •
• Sunday 68 degrees. •
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• PRECIPITATION •
• (past >4 hours ending 1:30 a m. todar •
• City of Juneau — None; •
• since August 1—1.14 inches; •
• since July 1—11.07 inches. •
• At Airport — None; •
• since August 1—0.85 inches; •
• since July 1—7.89 inches. •