THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
-ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,695
"JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
Reds Make Dent in UN Defense Lines in Korea
UNDERDOG AID IS
ASKED BY SENATOR;
TREAT 'EM ROUGH
Give Russia, Communist
Satellite Countries Taste
ot Own Medicine
WASHINGTON, Dec, 29 — UR —
Senator Wiley (R-Wis) urged to
day that the United States provide
arms, sabotage materials, money
and encouragement to underground
groups inside Russia and Commun
ist satellite countries.
Wiley, second ranking Republican
on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said in a statement
that Russian and Communist lead
ers have been trying for many years
to “foment revolutions within the
Western nations.” Now, he added.
America and other nations should
give the Communists “a taste of
their own vile medicine.”
“All we need to .stir up plenty
of trouble in Russia, China and
elsewhere is some daring leader
ship,” Wiley said. “A counter
revolutionary program against Com
munism would not cost a drop in
the bucket compared with the bil
lions we now spend.”
He told a reporter later that his
proposals would require no addi
tional legislation or appropriations
by Congress.
The Wisconsin Senator proposed
that America set up a world-wide
revolutionary movement against
Communism patterned upon “the
Cominform—the Communist Inter
national.”
Vista Apartments,
Seattle, Sold to
Anchorage Couple
SEATTLE, Dec. 29—7B—The Lake
Vista apartments, 2311 Yale Ave.,
N„ has been sold to Mr. and Mrs.
George Simpson, of Anchorage,
Alaska, the Persen and Trudeau
Realty Company, announced today.
The sale price was not announced,
but the property has been held at
a valuation of $31,000.
The sellers were Mr. and Mrs.
Robert D. Wickersham. All parties
in the transaction were represented
by Russell B. Swartz, investment
broker of V~ . eal-estate firrr
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
F’-eighter Coastal Monarch from
Seattle due at 8 tonight.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 5 p.m., today.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
f:om Vancouver, 8 p.m., Saturday.
Denali scheduled to arrive from
West Sunday southbound.
DENTAL NURSE HERE (
Georgie Smith, Mt. Edgecumbe
dental nurse, is at the Gastineau
Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
Copyright. Uw, by Bell Bynalcete. Ine.l
Washington—Hottest debate
in the Republican ranks in years
was touched off by the hands-off
Europe speech of Herbert Hoover.
Lines are already being drawn in
side GOP Congressional cloak
rooms for and against the ex-Pre
sident's proposals.
So .far, two interesting trends
have developed:
1. Taft and Dewey, two Presiden
tial contenders, are sure to head up
the two isolationist and nonisola- ‘
tionist wings of the party. Governor
Dewey has been on the telephone
to Washington privately several
times a week trying to keep the
bipartisan policy on an even keel.
This is one reason why Senator
Ives of New York, whom Dewey
put in the U. S. Senate, has eased
up on his administration attacks, i
2. Unless elder statesman Vanden
berg gets back to work, which is
highly doubtful, the Republican
Party is lkely to split into two vig
orously differing, perhaps bitter
groups.
A curtain-raiser on how GOP
Senators feel about foreign policy
was the debate on Secretary of
State Acheson which took place be
tContinued on Page Four)
NATIONAL DEBATE
ON ISOLATIONISM IS
GETTING UNDERWAY
Dulles Takes Up Issue with
Talk Tonight, Replying
to Truman, Hoover
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 — IJI —
President Truman’s comment that
the nation is going to steer clear
of isolationism set the stage today
for Republican John Foster Dulles;
to join the “great national debate”
on foreign policy.
Mr. Truman at his news confer
ence yesterday pinned the isola
tionist label on former President
Herbert Hoover’s proposal to con
centrate on Western Hemisphere
defense until Western Europe dem
onstrates it has the will and ability
to meet Communist aggression.
Dulles, announcing in advance
that he agrees with much Mr. Hoo
ver said, is scheduled to state his
views tonight (5 p.m., PST) in an
address at New York to the Ameri
can Association for the United
Nations. Dulles, advisor to secre
tary of State Acheson. said how
ever he would express a viewpoint
“somewhat different” from Hoover’s.
In a telegram to Hoover, Dulles
said he regretted his speech had
been billed in advance as a reply to
the former President. He explained
his purpose was to make a contribu
tion to the “great national debate
upon the grave issues of our time.”
The State Department has made
plain it expects Dulles to support
the basic administration policy of
collective security through the
North Atlantic Pact.
HERE'SPICKiNGS
ON BOWL GAMES;
PLACE YOUR BETS
By HAROLD CLAASSEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 29—iP)—Two
platoon football has become so pop
ular that the gridiron sport has two
seasons during each year — the
scheduled program in the fall and
the bowl “season” on January 1.
But to prove to you that the two
seasons are really one, here are
the winners of the coming bowl
1 contests.
Saturday, Dec. 30
r East-West Shrine game at San
Francisco: The Eastern forces, with.
Everett Grandelius of Michigan
State as the spear, are seven point
favorites to chalk up a fourth
straight triumph. But the real win- j
oer will be the crippled kids in the
various hospitals. The East to win.
Blue-Gray at Montgomery, Ala.:
The South, Suh, by seven.
Monday, Jan. 1
Rose Bowl at Pasadena: Micm
gan over California. Chuck Ortmann
is completely recovered from in
juries suffered during the season
and it is doubtful if Les Richter,
California All-America guard, and
his play mates can handle the
healthy Wolverine.
Sugar Bowl at New Orleans: i
Oklahoma over Kentucky: Five
Oklahomans are supposedly on the
hospital list. They will get well, mi
raculously, by the time of kickoff
1 and football’s longest modern win
ning streak will move to 32 games.
Cotton Bowl at Dallas: Texas
over Tennessee.
Orange Bowl at Miami: Clemson
over Miami.
Gator Bowl at Jacksonville: Wyo
ming over Washington and Lee.
Cigar Bowl at Tampa, Fla.: Val
paraiso over LaCros.se (Wis.) Teach
ers.
Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex.: Cin
cinnati over West Texas State.
Salad Bowl at Phoenix, Ariz.:
Arizona State of Tempe over Mi
ami of Ohio.
Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla.:
Morris Harvey over Emory and
Henry.
Pineapple Bowl at Honolulu:
Denver over Hawaii.
SEAGOING HANGAR BREAKS
AWAY KETCHIKAN MOORINGS
High winds at Ketchikan broke
a Ketchikan Air Service hangar
loose from its moorings this morn-;
ing, it was reported to U. S. Coast
Guard headquarters here. The re
port said the hangar, with air
craft aboard was drifting in Ton
gass Narrows and that the 50-foot
er was unable to handle it. The
cutter White Holly, was directed
to assist.
GM PLANTS
SHUT DOWN
ONE WEEK
DETROIT, Dec. 29—(A1)—General
Motors announced today it is clos
ing five assembly plants of its
Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac as
sembly division for a week.
GM blamed “a sudden accute
shortage of materials” for the shut
downs.
Packard, Ford and Studebaker
previously announced plans to cut
back production because of short
ages stemming from government
restrictions on use of materials
needed for defense.
In addition to the one-week
shutdowns of assembly plants in
Linden, N. J., Willmington, Del.,
Framington, Mass., Atlanta, Ga.,
and Kansas City, Kas., GM said its
Southgate, Calif., plant will be
partially closed next week to per
mit inventory taking and plant
rearrangement.
All assembly will be halted in all
the plants, including the Southgate
one. Full scale operations will be
resumed Jan. 8.
The plants will be shut down at
the close of operations today. Nor
mally next week ’.-uld have been
only a four-da1' work week in all
of them.
CHAMPION LIAR
IS ANNOUNCED;
HERE’S HIS TALE
BURLINGTON. Wis., Dec. 29—tP
—A Californian who wandered far
afield for the locale of a weird
weather story was crowned today as
the world's champion liar of 1950.
The Burlington Liars' Club picked
this one by Frank J. Goulette, of
Alhambra, Calif., from a pack of
lies submitted from all over the na
tion and from foreign lands in its
annual contest:
“One winter, while I was work
ing on a pile driver in North Dakota
it got so cold that one night a
member of our crew froze to death
in bed.
“The ground was frozen so hard
that it was impossible to dig a grave.
In fact, we never did find out how
far down it was frozen. But this I
do know: seeing we couldn’t dig a
grave, we stood the fellow on his
head under the pile-driver—and we
had to drive on him seven days and
seven nights before we got him
down far enough for a decent bur
ial!”
UTILITIES OFFICE AND
RECREATION CLUB
BURNED, FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 29—
—Customers looked on sadly as fire
destroyed municipal utilities offices
and the club recreation center yes
terday.
While flames and smoke poured
through the roof, firemen dragged
out files, furniture and equipment
through side windows.
The files contained outstanding
bills.
The recreation center was owned
by Jesse Lander and Paul K. Cook.
Damage was estimated at $50,000.
The fire started in the basement
from an unknown source and threw
up a thick blanket of smoke which
blocked firemen as the blaze rose
to the second floor and the roof.
LAST RITES TODAY
FOR BEN RODEBAUGH
Last rites were conducted this
afternoon at the Carter Chapel
for Ben Rodebaugh, long time Ju
neau resident, who died here Tues
day at St. Ann’s Hospital. The Rev.
Walter Soboleff read the service
and Mrs. Lois Reedy sang. Inter
ment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Surviving are a sister. Blanche
Rodebaugh and half sister, Mrs.
Mary K. Gongaware of San Diego;
a sister, Mrs. Grace Poole of Akron,
Ohio; and a brother James S.
Rodebaugh of Seattle.
RETURN FROM SEATTLE
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCaddon
arrived here yesterday frqm Seattle
and left today for their home at
Pelican.
1951 ALASKA
BUILDING IS
$280,000,000
A roundup of proposed 1951 con
struction for Alaska runs into ap
proximately $100,000,000 by civilian
government agencies and about
$180,000,000 for the military. Most
bid openings will be between Jan
uary 1 and May 1, according to pre
sent plans.
The Bureau of Public Roads has
already let a bid for 3.5 miles of
grading and surfacing on the Glac
ier Highway between Auk Bay and
Duck Creek, near Juneau.
Funds will be requested from the
82nd session of Congress for four
other Forest Highway projects in
Southeast Alaska. These are to in
clude: 3.6 miles of grading, surfac
ing and bridge on the Tongass
Highway near Ketchikan toward
Ward’s Cove; 2.7 miles of grading
and surfacing on the Douglas High
way between Falls Creek and Men
denhall Bar; 3.6 nrles of gradi:^,
surfacing and a b> Jge on the S>ha
Highway be' wee:. Sitka and James
town Bay; and 2.1 miles of grading
and sunacing from Refuge Cover
to Totem Bight.
Alaska Housing Authority pro
jects scheduled for Southeast Al
aska include 25 single family units
at Douglas, six for Petersburg and
six for Wrangell. Bids are to be
let early in the year. AHA apart
ments include 50 units each for Ju
neau and Ketchikan.
The Alaska Railroad building pro
gram is estimated at $10,785,000.
The BPR and Alaska Road Com
mission construction of roads is ex
pected to exceed $31,000,000. Aha
expects to let about $14,000,000
worth of housing projects and the
Federal Housing Administration es
timates $15,000,000 underwriting of
housing.
The Bureau of Reclamation will
let between five and six million
dollars in contracts on the Eklutna
project. The Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration expects to have nearly
$5,000,000 in construction. The Al
aska Native Service plans nurses
quarters at the Anchorage ANS
hosiptal at a cost of nearly $2,000,
000.
About another million dollars is
expected to be spent on various
smaller projects.
The fate of many Alaska Public
Works projects hangs in balance
depending on what action is taken
in restoring funds cut by the Bu
reau of the Budget. Projects for
Southeast Alaska are: Territorial
Office Building and Municipal
Building for Juneau, streets Tor
Ketchikan, water supply for Peters
burg and Hoonah, a school iar Kla
wcck, water supply for Haines,
water and sewers for Craig, elec
toral installations for Yakutat, and
a school and water supply for
Wrange".
PETER SOPOFF DIES
HERE THIS MORNING
Peter Sopoff, 60, died this morn
ing at St. Ann’s hospital. He had
been a resident of Juneau for the
past 15 years having worked in
mining and lumbering industries
around here. Previously he had
lived in Cordova.
Sopoff came to Portland, Ore.,
from Russia in 1909, later migrat
ing to Alaska. His only known sur
vivor Is a cousin, Nick Giloff of
Stewart, B.C. Funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
President Off,
Weekend Cruise
(By Associated Press)
President Truman will leave
Washington late today for a week
end cruise in Chesapeake Bay.
He’ll spend most of the time work
ing on his State of the Union mes
sage to the new Congress.
Mr. Truman has said he’ll deliver
this message personally—on Jan
uary 8—provided he has the speech
ready by then. The President also
has two other important messages
to prepare—the economic and bud
get reports.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Leonard B. Johnston of Anch
orage is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
J
Jailed lor Biting
Of fails of Three
Small Felines
WINDSOR, Ont., Dec. 29—<^P)—
The Poles in Poland may bite the
tails of kittens, but Nicholas Kozu
biak is spending five days in jail
to realize it's not the custom here.
Kozubiak was hailed before Mag
istrate J. A. Hanrahan for using
his teeth to de-tail three small
felines. That's common practise in
Kozubiak's homeland. Poland, De
fense Counsel J .E. Zeron said,
adding that his client had been
drinking wine and did not remem
ber the incident.
"Whatever is the practise in Po
land, I don't intend to put a
stamp of approval on it here,” re
plied the judge.
Fire Trapped
Men in Mine
Make Escape
SILVER PLUME, Colo. Dec. 29—
t/D— Fire trapped six men in the
■ Smuggler Gold Mine here today but
they scrambled out on a rope after
being imprisoned for nearly three
hours. They were unhurt.
Swiftly-moving flames razed the
shaft house and hoist of the mine
about 9:30 a.m. and for some time
the fierce heat prevented any ap
proach to the shaft.
When it had cooled, rescuers
reached the mine mouth and heard
the trapped men calling from be
low. A rope was lowered to the
second level and the men climbed
ou . aided by those on the surface.
Those rescued were Morris Jacobs,
Herman Reibel, Dick Rizzardi, Alex
Knoll and Fred Booth of Silver
Plume and Pete Rockwell of George
town. First reports were that seven
were trapped but a re-check show
ed six was the entire crew.
Silver Plume lies on U. S. 6, one
of the main transcontinental high
ways just west of the old George
town loop.
CALENDAR SET
FOR JANUARY ,
TERM OF COURT
Setting ti\^ trial and motion cal
endar for the January term of
court occupied the session of the
U. S. District Court this morning.
The contested suits for separate
maintenance and for divorce in
the cases of Beach versus Beach
were scheduled to be continued at
the opening of court at 2 o’clock
this afternoon. The hearing was
started yesterday.
The case of C. J. Burris, et al.
plaintiffs, and the Veteran Alaska
Cooperative Association, defendants,
before the Court yesterday was dis
missed yesterday afternoon with
prejudice, due to failure of the pro
secution by the plaintiff.
A counter suit by the defendants,
in which they claim damages as a
result of the Burris’ suit due to
alleged wrongful actions on the
part of the plaintiff, including de
lays and other actions over a per
iod of 28 months, was heard by
the Court and taken under advise
ment by Judge Folta.
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures lor 24-Hour Period •
• ending 8:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 43; •
• minimum, 34. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 38; •
• minimum, 33. •
«* •
• forecast •
• (Juneau ana Vicinity) •
• Rain changing to snow to- •
• night. Mostly cloudy wfth •
• intermittent light snow Sat- •
• urday. Low temperatures to- •
• night near 30 and high Sat- •
• urday near 34. •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7 30 a m today •
• City of Juneau—019 inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 4.13 inches; •
• since July 1—37.37 inches. •
• At Airport — 0.08 Inches; •
• since Dec. l _ 3.00 inches; •
• since July 1—26.11 inches. •
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I
LOAN MARKET
FREEZING IS
ORDERED NOW
Federal Reserve Board
Takes Action-New Move
in Defense Drive
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 — —
The government cut down sharply
today on money available for pri
vate loans and forged strong new
links for harnessing the national
economy more firmly to the defense
line.
A Federal Reserve Board order
to its 6,885 member banks called for
freezing $2,000,000,000 out of the
loon market.
The Board said its action would
cut off a potential further increase
of $12,000,000,000 in the already re
cord-high volume of bank loans.
This is because banks could have
lent the 2 billion dollars over and
over again.
The Economic Stabilization
Agency (ESA) announced that it
will open 13 regional offices ‘‘to
handle price and wage problems," a
step apparently paving the way for
stricter controls expected later.
The National Production Author
ity (NPA) decreed that the U.S.
will take over Immediately as sole
importer and distributor of natural
rubber. Since it already controls
synthetic production this move puts
the government in virtual control of
all rubber.
Hoarding Forbidden
NPA announced this new move
last night only a few hours after it
| had forbidden hoarding of 55 essen
| tial materials, including steel, lum
ber and paper. An NPA spokesman
interpreted the latter ban to apply
to newsprint.
The Federal Reserve Board's
j credit curb action was announced
i last night after banks had closed,
i Today the board called on industry
for a more rapid switchover from
civilian to defense production.
The Board’s money freeze means
there will be less to lend to busl
: ness firms, or to individuals who
want to buy houses, autos, televi
sion sets, furniture, stock market
securities, or anything else.
There was nothing in the order
itself to raise interest rates for
those who manage to get loans.
Neither was there anything to pre
vent banks from raising tho.-> rates,
although of^cials did not ,<pect a
rate rise.
PAUL CLINT HERRING,
U.S. MARSHAL,THIRD
DIVISION, IS DEAD
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 29—
M—Paul Clint Herring, 48, U.S.
Marshal for Alaska’s Third Judicial
Division, died last night of cancer.
He had been hospitalized more than
a month.
Herring returned here in October
after being advised by Seattle spe
cialists that a series of operations
had failed to halt progress of the
disease.
Despite his approaching death.
Herring kept up his good spirits
and discussed his plight frankly
with friends.
He was made U.S. Marshal on
May 19, 1946, with the retirement
of James Patterson.
He is survived by his widow, Sa
die; a daughter, Arlene, both of
Kodiak; a sister, Mrs. R. J. Jenks,
Alexandria, Va.; and his father in
Phenix City, Ala.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
SPORTSMAN SUPREME
NAMED AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 29—(i«—The ini
tials “S.S.S.” stood today for both
Stanley S. Sayres and “Seattle’s
Sportsman Supreme.” •
The automobile dealer, whose
speedy hydroplane set a world
straight-away record of 160.32 miles
an hour on Lake Washington last \
summer, was selected last night as ;
Seattle's Man-of-the-Year in Sports.!
His speedy craft, the Slo-Mo
Shun IV, captured both the Oold I
Cup and Harmsworth races in addi- i
tion to its record-breaking sj>eed!
run.
I
Mendenhall Ice
On Way lo N. Y.
Cocktail Parly
Two hundred pounds of million
year-old cocktail ice is winging its
way to New York City from Juneau.
The ice, from ages-old Menden
hall Glacier, was ordered fur the
Explorers Club annual banquet at
the Hotel Roosevelt in New York
Jan. 13.
Maynard Miller, club member and
director of the Juneau Icecap Re
search Project with offices' in New
York, ordered the antique drink
chiller. It was put aboard a Pan
American plane for ScatU-, wrence
United Air Lines will h*ui the chill
chunk eastward.
TITO GETS
MORE U.S.
FOOD USD
i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29— IJH —
President Truman today signed leg
islation providing an additional
$38,000,000 in food aid for drought
stricken Yugoslavia.
The fund raises to approximately
I $69,000,000 the amount of American
assistance to the Balkan nation,
which Is Communist ruled but is at
odds with Russia.
Mr. Truman had asked Congress
for the money to avert a famine
as a result of a Yugoslav crop
failure. He also said it was needed
“to help preserve the indepen
dence of a nation which is defying
the savage threats of Soviet imper
ialists.”
Congress will not have to appro
priate any new money for the pro
gram.
Actually, the bill authorizes the
diversion of Marshall Plan funds
to 'Yugoslavia.
SEATTLE POLICEMAN
SHOT BY WIFE DIES
SEATTLE, Dec. 29—Wt—'Tiny J.
Matherly, 28, police patrolman shot
by his wife during a family quar
rel Dec. 17, died today.
The widowed Ida Marie Matherly
said in a signed statement she
wounded her husband with his own
service revolver after lie had beaten
her. The two had become separated
during a birthday party for Mrs.
Matherly and the beating, she said,
followed her arrival home.
She was held for a time in the
city jail but released when Ma
therly said from his hospital bed
that he would not prosecute.
Mrs. Matherly was at home with
her four small children today when
informed of tier husband’s death.
YOUTH CONFESSES
SLAVING RECLUSE
I i’.AT'I <_,E, Dec 29—tW—Seattle
peace said today that a Canadian
Indian youth has confessed-slaying
Daniel O’Brien, 77, a recluse living
near Burley, Kitsap county, Christ
mas Eve.
Detectives C. F. Kirschner and
Robert Waltt said the youth, Tom
Joseph George, 18, had signed a
confession in which he admitted
committing the slaying for money
he thought was hidden in the
O'Brien cabin.
George was arrested last night -it
the request of Kitsap county author
ities, who had charged him with
second degree murder.
O'Brien was found shot in the
head in the window-less cabin he
had occupied for 30 years. The
cabin had been ransacked.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Dec. 29 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2s, American Can
9314, American Tel. and Tel. 150 k.
Anaconda 40'i., Douglas Aircraft
95 s, General Electric 49 s. General
Motors 46 s, Goodyear 66'i, Xen
necott 7514, Libby McNeill and
Libby 874, Northern Pacific 32'-,
Standard Oil of California 91
Twentieth Century Fox 20 ,, U. S.
Steel 42'i, Pound $2.80’», Canadian
Exchange 94.31 L.
Sales today were 3,420,000 shares. '
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 235.41, rails 77 67, utilities
41.03.
THREE-MILE
GOUGE MADE,
RED FORCES
Ten Thousand Korean Com
munists Make Sudden
Strike, Limited Sector
(By the Associated Press)
North Korean Reds gouged a
three-mile dent in the United Na
tions front in east-central Korea,
a U.S. Eighth Army spokesman said
tonight.
"The attack can now be said to
be contained,” the officer added.
The lO.noo Korean Communist
truck suddenly Thursday in rug
ged moun.iin country south of
Pupyong, on the 38th parallel an '
35 miles Inland from the east coast.
Associated Press Correspondent
Hal Boyle .said the arnjy spokesman
in Korea called the situation “con
fused," but added, “there is now ,t
dent in our line” extending four
or five miles below the 38th parallel
in a limited sector.
Counter Attacking
"Our forces have been counter at
tacking steadily and the attack can
now be said to be contained,” th>
spokesman said.
The Allied line is strung across
the 150-mile-wide waist of Korea
Just south of the parallel, the old
arbitrary dividing line between Red
North and Republican South Korea
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.
new U.S. Eighth Army commander
expressed ‘complete cop'iUenc" m
the ultimate success ;,f the United
Nations in Korea."
As he spoke, skirmishing in
creased' all along' the front.
Ileds, Allies Tangle
Reds and Allied troops tangled a:
various places on the eastern end
of the front as well as in the east
central sector.
A North Korean regiment at
tacked Allied positions near Tnge,
five miles north of the 38th parallel
and w'ere driven back. The Allies
lost no ground.
The North Koreans were leading
the big drive south of the border.
Allied airmen reported great masse,
of Chinese Communists as well as
North Koreans were moving up to
the battle zone.
Air Craft In Action
American and Allied airmen kept
plugging away at Communist troop
concentrations and supply lanes
near the front. Navy planes went
back into action for the first time
since the evacuation of the ea t
coast port of Hungnam on Christ
inas Eve. Speedy American jet s
shot down one Russian-built jet
over northwest Korea.
On the diplomatic front the
United States and the Soviet Union
appeared further apart than ever
oil an agreement over a Japanese
peace treaty. The United States is
pressing for a treaty regardless ot
the Russian attitude.
CITY STREET-SEWER
IMPROVEMENT JOB
ACCEPTED BY APW
The Alaska Public Works ad
ministration has formally accepted
the completion of the Juneau streets
and sewer improvement project. It
is the first APW to be completed
and accepted in Alaska. The con
tract for 20,161.98 was awarded to
Hayes and Whitely of Juenau who
be ;an construction last September
Engineer's estimate was $23,600.
The project was made possible
under a 50-00 fund matching ar
rangement between the City and the
Federal agency.
In accepting the job. Alfred Bo
berg, construction engineer in
charge for APW. said. "It is a good
job and we are pleased with it."
5-3 FIRE CALL
The 5-3 fire call yesterday after
noon at 5:15 was for a galley fire
aboard the tug Lumberman tied up
at the Northern Commercial Co. it
is presumed fire started from the
galley stove of the Samson Tug and •
Barj e Co. tug. Five minutes more
and there would have been no one
near to report the fire as Northern
Commercial employees were ready
to leave. Slight damage from sxn< !.e
and fire was reported.