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VOL. LXXV., NO. 11.594
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_JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1950
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PRICE TEN CENTS
KOREAN BATTLES GROWING IN FEROCITY
Swedish Hospital Mission for Korea
Medical personnel, the first contingent of 176-member volunteer field hospital unit which Sweden has
contributed to the United Nations' war effort in South Korea, stand at attention during welcoming
ceremonies at International Airport, Idlewiid, Queen.;, N. Y. The full unit will receive training at Fort
Dix, N. J., before flying to Japan. t/P) Wirephoto.
CAB REPORTS
FINDINGS ON
PLANE CRASH
Disaster at Seattle in July,
1949, Caused Probably
by Use of Wrong Gas
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—The
Civil Aeronautics Board reported
today that the probable cause of the
fatal crash of an Air Transport
Associates passenger plane at Seat
tle on July 19, 1949, was “the inde
cision of the pilot in continuing a
takeoff after loss of power in the
left engine.”
This loss of power, the Board said,
was probably caused by the use
of 91 octane gasoline. It said Gov
ernment regulations require 100 oc
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rhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
By DREW PEARSON
l^tSHINGTON—A Tip To Sen
ator Pepper On Wire-Tapping:
Why not subpoena John Fihelly,
assistant to U. S. Attorney Morris
Pay.
You will find that the police
lieutenant who practiced Russian
wire-tap methods in the nation’s
capital was vacationing at Nags
head, N. C., when his police super
iors began investigating him in
August of last year for tapping
the wire of Howard Hughes and
others.
At that time Shimon received a
mysterious phone call tipping him
off as to what was happening.
And he rushed back to Washing
ton, where Assistant U. S. Attorney
Fihelly told him he was under in
- vestigation.
The meeting between Fihelly and
Shimon took place early in August
in the cocktail room of the Raleigh
Hotel.
In other words, Shimon knew
that he was being investigated al
most from the start. But the
amazing fact is that the tip came
from the U. S. Attorney’s office,
which is supposed to uphold the
law, not violate it.
This little incident may help to
explain why—a year later U. S.
Attorney Fay’s office again dem
onstrated a touching regard for
Shimon by delaying a grand jury
investigation of his wire-tapping
until the Statute of Limitations
had almost expired.
Exit Louey Johnson?—Big guns
in the Democratic party led by
speaker Sam Rayburn are hot on
the trail of Secretary of Defense
Louey Johnson. They know that
Johnson is passing out information
to the Republicans against Dean
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FROZEN FISH
RATES SOUTH
TO ADVANCE
Announcement Made by
Alaska Steamship Co
Protests Quickly Filed ■
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug, 30—1
OP)—The Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s pending increase in sorn'n
bound rates on frozen fish drew a
barrage of protests today.
The Chamber of Commerce, the
Pishing Vessel Owners Association,
the Democratic Precinct Committee
and other groups sent protests to
the Maritime Commission’s Division
of Regulation in Washington, D.C.
They charge the increase becomes
effective Sept. 1 and that no hear
ing has been held.
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fAt Seattle, D. E. Skinner, Vice
President of the company, said a
20 per cent per cubic foot increase
lias been requested for frozen fish.
He said almost all other cargo has
had freight increases of 15 to 70
per cent in the last three years, but
that the frozen fish tariff has re
mained unchanged since 1944.
i Skinner said the company filed
for the tariff increase 30 days in
advance, as called for by law. He
said the commission could grant
I the increase, suspend the increase
pending hearings, or grant the in
crease, with the money being set
aside until the outcome of hear
ings.)
FISH-PEOPLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 30—(.41—Pity the
poor frozen fish.
Starting next month the Alaska
Steamship Company wants to hike
[the cargo shipping cost 20 per cent
per cubic foot on frozen fish mas
I ing the trip south from Alaska.
But this fall the company is in
stituting a cut-rate fare for Alas
kans coming south after the tourist
I season, provided, of course, they
buy roundtrip tickets.
A company spokesman quipped:
“Yep, the rate’s going up on fish
j and down on people.”
Nora Wain Latest
i Casualty in Koera
A KOREAN AIRPORT, Aug. 30—
(i41—Nora Wain, novelist, lecturer
and Saturday Evening Post corres
pondent, became a casualty today.
She slipped while stepping dowrl
from a plane and dislocated an
arm.
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FROM EUGENE, ORE.
Margaret E. Hull of Eugene, Ore.,
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
W. Nichols of Anchorage is stay
ing at the Baranof Hotel.
Subversives
Bill Passed,
Whop Vote
House Action Overwhelm
ing - Measure Now
Goes to Senate
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — UP) —
With overwhelming House approval,
a bill designed to put the spotlight
on activities of Communists arid
their “fronts” moved today to the
Senate amid prospects it would be
passed next week.
The House okayed the measure
by a whopping 354 to 20 vote late
yesterday after several hours of de
bate.
Should the Senate version of
what to do about Communists dif
fer from that of the House—as is
likely—the differences will be ironed
out by negotiators from the two
chambers.
The vote in the House exceeded
that given two years ago when it
passed the original Mundt-Nixon
bill. The vote for that bill, which
died in the Senate, was 319 to 58.
The House-passed bill includes
major features of the old Mundt
Nixon measure, plus some new ones
drawn up by the un-American Act
ivities Committee.
A new feature makes it a crime
for a Communist or a member of
a Communist-front organization to
hold a job in the government or in
a defense plant.
Most of those who spoke against
the bill in the House argued that
it provides guilt by association and
thought control.
Many supporters replied that they
did not believe the bill went far
enough in dealing with Commu
nists.
Only two Republicans—Reps. Ja
I vits of New York and Burdick of
i North Dakota—voted against final
passage. They were joined by 17
Democrats and Rep. Marcantonio
j (Alp-NY).
LIGHTNING BOLT
I TRAVELS 430 FEET;
2 MINERS KILLED
POTTSVILLE, Aug. 30— (tfl —A
i lightning bolt travelled 430 feet
along an underground wire and
exploded five charges of dynamite
killing two miners.
Harvey Reiner, 32, of Donaldson,
Pa., and Harry Hartz, 35, of Tre
mont, were working in an indepen
dent mine when the freak accident
occurred. The dynamite exploded in
their faces.
t'KOM SKAOWAY
Mr. and Mrs. H. Dedman of Skag
way are stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
ACHESON IN
COME BACK
TO SENATOR
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Taft Contends Administra
tion Has No Policy Meet
Threat World War III
WASHINGTON, Aug. SO — Wl —
! Senator Taft (R-Ohiol contended
! today the Truman administration
I lacks both “plans and policy to
: meet the threat of a new world
war—a statement that Secretary of
State Acheson quickly challenged.
On the contrary, Acheson told a
news conference, the U. S. Gov
j ernment and the free nations gen
erally have shown they are alert
to Communist dangers, are well
equipped, well prepared and very
active in meeting them.
Taft suggested the rearming ot
Western Germans and Italians to
help defend Western Europe from
possible Russian attack.
Secretary of State Acheson faced
possible questioning along this line
in a scheduled afternoon appear
ance at a closed meeting of the
Senate appropriations committee.
Summoned to testify on a $4,
000,000,000 addition to foreign mil
itary aid funds, Acheson also faced
questions by Senator Ferguson <R
Mich.) as to why military leaders
aren’t kept fully abreast of foreign
policy developments.
Ferguson said he got an admis
sion from Secretary of the Navy
Matthews yesterday that Matthews
hasn’t been informed on some for
eign policy points.
Taft, in a weekly report to Ohio
voters, pointed up his demand foT
an over-all policy statement by the
administration with this series cl
questions:
“Where would a third world war
be fought and what would it be
like?
“How do we finally win such a
war?
“Do we ultimately march to Mos
cow as Napoleon and Hitler at
tempted to do?
“How effectively can our Air
Force and atom bomb destroy the
aggressive power of Russia?"
The Ohio senator complained
that no international commander
has been named for Europe’s anti
communist forces a year after ap
proval of the Atlantic Pact.
CONSERVATION MOVIE
SHOWN TO KIWANIS
A U. S. Forest Service educational
movie, “The Realm of the Wild,”
was shown at a regular meeting
: of the Juneau Kiwanis Club this
' noon. The picture showed the close
I relation between Forest Service
i lands which provides food and pro
| tection and the wildlife that in
j habits the forests.
| Guests were John A. Johnson of
j the Coast Guard finance office in
] Washington, D. C., Paul Sutton, un
! derwriter with the FHA, and Comdr.
C. V. Rudolph.
Gene Vuille reported on the Na
tional Kid’s Day show which will
be "Johnny Holiday” at the Capitol
Theatre here Sept. 21, 22, and 23.
The proceeds from the show will go
to assist underprivileged children.
President Stanley Baskin an
nounced a board of directors meet
ing at the Baranof Sept. 5 to which
all members are invited.
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• WEATHER REPORT
• Temperatures for 24>Hour Period
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
• In Juneau—Maximum, 52;
• minimum, 47.
• At Airport—Maximum, 53;
• minimum, 48.
•
• FORECAST
I • (Juneau and Vicinity)
i • Variable cloudiness tonight
j • and Thursday. Lowest tem
; • perature tonight near 50 de
j • grees. Highest Thursday near
• 60.
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j* PRECIPITATION
i • (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
• City of Juneau—.69 inches;
• since August 1—5.40 inches;
• since July 1—15.33 inches.
• At Airport—.10 Inches;
‘ • since August 1—4.95 inches;
• since July 1—11.99 inches.
! Korea-Bound British Troops Leave Hong Kong
Troops of the Middlesex Regiment board the carrier Unicorn at Hong Kong (Aug. 25), as part of
Britain's "K-Force," enroute to the Korean battlefront. A spokesman for the British force said the
troops had been training for a year in terrain similar to that of Korea. Wirephoto.
RUSS WILL
REMAIN IN
U. N. MEET
War of Words to Continue
in Sessions-Formosa
Issue to Be Debated
(By Associated Press)
The war of words will continue in
the United Nations at Lake Success
N. Y. A Security Council decision
to air the Formosa question brought
assurance that Russia would not
boycott Council meetings after Dele
gate Jakob A. Malik’s month-long
term as President ends tomorrow.
In effect he said he would stay
on to fight for the seating of a
Red China representative to accuse
the U. S. of aggression in Formosa.
The vote was 7 to 2 to investigate
the complaint.
Tomorrow the Council meets
again, and it will be Malik’s last day
as President, so he is expected to
uncork his strongest propaganda
weapons. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn
Jebb takes over as President Fri
day.
Russ Propaganda
Malik’s latest propaganda de
vice was an alleged protest against
continuation of the war, purport
edly signed by 39 U. S. officers and
men held prisoner in North Korea.
There was one glaring defect in
| the "protest,” however. It was
j couched in terms which long have
j become familiar to the world as the
' Cofnmunist way of saying things.
Adm. Attacked
In Washington, meanwhile, the
Truman Administration was attack
ed by Sen. Taft (R-Ohio), who de
manded the President clear up what
the Senator called a "complete lack
of both plans and policy” to meet
the threat of World War III. He
suggested the rearming of western
Germany and Italy against a pos
' sible Russian attack.
VFW Assault
Secretary of State Acheson was
| attacked in another quarter. The
j Veterans of Foreign Wars in con- |
| vention in Chicago were preparing j
I to vote on a resolution calling for!
i the discharge of both Acheson and
Secretary of Defense Louis John
son.
TODAY’S LANDINGS
Landings made today were: the
j Lone Fisherman (Clarence Moy),
i 15,000 pounds of salmon for Eng
i strom Brothers; the Cameo (Elmer
Lindstromi, 2,000 pounds and the
| Glendale (Carl Jensen), 2,000
pounds, both for E. C. Johnson; the
Don-Del (Fred Newman), 2,000
pounds for Alaska Coast Fisheries.
JOHN HAINES DIES
The body of John E. Haines, 65,
a cook aboard the vessel Aquina,
who died Wednesday at St. Ann’s
Hospital, is at the Charles W. Car
ter Mortuary, awaiting word from
Mrs. Haines who lives at 5808 Fifth
Ave. N. W., Seattle. He was
brought to Juneau Tuesday alter
I suffering a sudden heart attack
FROM STANWOOD, WASH.
Ted Johnson of Stanwood, Wash.,
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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Reds Drive Bark Right Wing
Double-tipped black arrow indicates wide area along northern front
where North Koreans drove back the right wing of the Allied de
fense line. Sawtooth sector from Waegwan east to Pohang was
aflame, V. S. pilots said. Heaviest fighting was in area near Pohang
on east coast where ground troops were aided by bombardments from
Allied warships (ship symbol), and near Uihung, abandoned earlier
by South Korean defenders. Elsewhere in Ilyonpung-C'hangyong
sectors and in Masan area at south pressure continued. IP) Wire
photo Map.
Aggressor Forced Down,
Surrenders in Practice
War Games in interior
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 30—UP)
—Air Force flyers have proved to
the satisfaction of military umpires
that Alaska has no open door policy
for any enemy who might be
tempted to attack the northern
territory.
The fliers intercepted an aggres
sor aerial armada yesterday in The
newest training maneuver known as
Dutch door and theoretically lorceci
32 of the attacking planes to land
and surrender at Ladd Air Force
Base.
No shots were fired in the prac
tice games but Brig. Gen. David H.
Baker, commanding general at
Ladd, said every maneuver known
to modern aerial combat was used
in forcing the aircraft to land.
A half hour dogfight preceded the
succelsful defense of the field in
the eaily morning hour sky battle.
The whole thing is part of a test
of defences at I,add and Eielson
Air Force Bases in broad-scale war
games.
Theoretically, the attacking force
has landed at a number of points
in Alaska and is now engaged in
attempting to knock out Alaskan
I
defenses.
The umpires will add it up when
it is all over and decide who "ion.
FISHTRAPS
ARE DAMAGED
BYSTORMS
KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Aug. 30—
UP)—Last week’s storm which sank
the fish packer Vermay with a loss
of two lives, also raised havoc with
southeast Alaska fish traps.
W. C. Arnold, manager of the Al
aska Salmon Industry Inc., said a
dozen salmon traps were destroyed
by storms and about 50 percent of
the traps in the section were ren
dered Inoperative.
All available gear is being used
in attempts to make repairs for the
rest of the season, which is sched
uled to close Saturday night.
DEFENSES IN
SOUTH KOREA
GIVEN BLAST
Bloody Losses Suffered by
Reds-More Commies
Hurling Info Fighf
(By Associated Press)
Forty thousand Communist troops
hammered at the northern wall of
Allied defenses in South Korea to
day in battles growing hourly in
ferocity. Furious fighting Wrecked
the outskirts of Pohang, eastern
anchor of the United Nations line,
as the Reds suffered bloody losses
for a few yards of ground.
The Reds were throwing 20,000
troops at the eastern end of the
Allied line in the north in an all
out bid to seize Pohang, No. 2 Al
lied port.
Another 20,000 troops were blast
ing at the central sector of the
Allied northern wall, driving down
from Uihung, some 18 miles north
of Taegu, rail hub which is the
Allied forward base. Under an um
brella of artillery and mortar fire,
the Reds dented the defense line
there for about two thirds of a
mile.
Power Blow Aimed
Indications were that another 10,
000 Red troops—the North Korean
15the Division—was edging east
ward across the northern front to
a point Where it could be plunged
into either of the big battles—the
Uihung drive or the Pohang assault
—in an attempt to ram through a
decisive power blow. Collapse of the
Allied hue -at either point would
bring the Reds flooding into Taegu.
Terrific Fight
So furious was the Pohang battle
that at times both sides were coun
terattacking at the same time. The
Allied troops held to the port city
and roads leading westward to Tae
gu. but they had lost Kigye. nine
miles northwest of Pohang, which
changed hands three times in 48
hours.
! On the Naktong River at the
I western end of the northern front,
j elements of the U. S. First Cavalry
; Division kicked off against Reds en
! trenched on a 1,700 foot hill four
miles northeast of Waegwan, a
town 12 miles northwest of Taegu.
The attack was against Reds in
company strength or greater, and
gained to within 200 feet of the
summit of the hill in five hours. To
the south on the western front, U.
S. artillery blasted Red attempts to
cross the Naktong River, inflicting
heavy losses.
Negro Troops Win
On the southern end of the 120
mile battleline in South Korea, U.
S. Negro troops and South Korean
! units threw back six determined at
| tacks in 48 hours, although none
was in great strength. Subok moun
tain—named Battle mountain by
the GIs because of the bloody fight
ing there—changed hands for the
eighth time in two weeks and was
I back in Allied hands after a day
long fight.
U. S. Hint
The United States threw out a
hint it intended eventually to toss
i out the Communist regime which
i rules North Korea beyond the 38th
j parallel. The psychological warfari
j branch of the Far East command,
in an air raid warning leaflet being
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STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Aug. 3»-4jR—Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
94%, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-Wright
! 10, International Harvester 30%,
Kennecott 63, New York Central
j 14%, Northern Pacific 21%, U. S.
j Steel 37%, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 1,490,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 217.05, rails 63,21, utilities
38.77,
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Alaska due to sail from Seattle
: Thursday and is due to arrive here
Sunday, Sept. 3.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle at 11 a.n:. Monday.
Aleutian from west scheduled
southbound at 9 p.m. Sunday.
Until further notice there will
be no sailings of Canadian vessels.