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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
AIR FORCE
STRENGTH
TO BOOM
Emergency Mobilization
Program Announced
-Four Fold Size Goal

WASHINGTON, Dec. rs = R -
The Air Force is gearing its emer-
gency mobilization program to
strength four times as powerful as
that on hand before Korea.
Undersecretary John A. McCone
said today in an interview that this
applies clear across the Pacific-to
aircraft production. training OF
men, and bases for men and equip
ment.
The four-fold size goal could be
reached by late 1858 if ordered. The
immediate program, to be COM
pleted in two years, calls for roughly
doubling the number of Air Force
L,roups, the number of men, and the
number of bases in the United
States.
The move toward the doubled Air
Force already is obvious in plane
orders; in putting World War II
plane plants back into production;
in reopening 25 bases since June,
land disclosure that Air Force per-
sonnet soon will be more than
. double the pre-Korea strength OF
412,000.
Output of Air Force combat type
planes already has risen to rate
of more than $50 a month from the
pre-Korea rate of ITO month and
will be doubled by next December.
But that is only a part of the
program. The expansion is being
handled in a way that it can be
doubled again later on.
So far as aircraft and equipment
is concerned, McCone said, this
means tooling plants to produce for
a volume well in excess of quantities
now on order.
When the North Korean Reds in
vaded last June, the Air Force had
48 groups. The program has already
been increased to "a groups.
And there are indications the Air
Force sights have been raised to al
most 100 groups within two years to
keep the air balance under total
of 100000 Americans under arms.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
FIERCE
ATTACK
IS MADE
tBy Associated Press

Communist Chinese troops fierce
ly attacked South Korean troops Is
miles northwest of Seoul today
while the South Korean capital was
being emptied of citizens fleeing
to the south.
Republic of Korea military head
quarters said the battle was raging
in the Korangpo area. east of Kae-
song. 1t said enemy contact all
along the front lines south of the
38th parallel was being intensified.
The U. S. Eighth Army. guarding
the western end of United Nations
defense positions, reported Com
munist patrols were probing the
area to determine UN strength.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
President 10
GET Busy On
His Message,
One 10 Congress Will Be
on State of the Union
Requests Coming Up

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 = R -
President Truman's opening mes
sage to the new Congress may hang
an emergency label on some fair
deal" proposals but lawmaker
friends generally hope it will stick
to international issues.
The President returns from indie
pendence to get down to work on
his state of the union message, and
two other messages to the 82nd Con-
gress.
The PresidenO is due back late
today, a day earlier than planned.
After conferences with his Defense
chiefs, Mr.. Truman is to start
drafting his program for the legis-
lators.
His state of the union message
probably will deal at length with
the situation in Korea and efforts to
help Western Europe rearm.
But lawmakers won't be surprised
if the President dusts off parts OF
the program he has recommended
to Congress before and suggests
they are needed to strengthen the
nations defenses.
One Senator said, for instance,
that Mr.. Truman might ask again
for action on the controversial Fair
Employment Practices Commission
(FEPC) issue, on the grounds that
racial discrimination weakens the
defense production effort.
The President is almost certain to
recommend again statehood for
Alaska and Hawaii, as defense out
posts. Passed by the House, the
statehood bills will die for lack OF
Senate action when the present
Congress ends.
Much more likely to get immedi-
ate attention from the new Con-
gress will be Mr.. Truman's expected
requests for huge military outlays
at home and abroad, revision of the
draft law, higher taxes, authority
to set up emergency agencies and
extension of the rent control law.
These and other emergency
spawned issues are expected to take
up the opening months of Congress
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
War-Mena(ed World Observes
Christmas in Many Different
Ways; Ferveni Hope for Peace
(By the Associated Press)

Christians throughout a war
menaced world observed Christmas
yesterday Monday with a fervent
hope for peace-or at least survival
in the year to come.
The Red clouds swirling out OF
ravaged Korea cast their shadows
over Yuletide celebrations in free
dom-loving lands the world over.
The worried solemnity of this
years celebration Of the Birth OF
Christ was reflected in religious
services, in the messages Of church
and state leaders and in gatherings
about the family hearth.
In many homes the customary re-
joicing was muted by the knowledge
that sons. husbands or >Athers =
fallen before TIE adve cling Com
munist host In Korea would never
return.
For others, however. there was a
measure of cheer in the announce
ment that more than 100000 men
fighting with the U.N. forces had
been brought out successfully Christ
mas Eve from Red trap in north
east Korea.
President Truman voiced the gen.
eral feeling in a brief statement
from his home in Independence, Mo-,
where he celebrated the holiday
quietly with his family.
This saving of our men in this
isolated beachhead is the best
Christmas message I ever had" the
President said.
Kings Message
The general spirit of solemnity
was mirrored in the annual Christ
mas message of King George vi,
broadcasting to Britons all over the
world.
IF our world is to survive in any
sense that makes survival worth
WHILE" the ruler said, 'it must
learn to love, not to hate, to create,
not to destroy"
Pope's Plea
Pope Plus XII underlined his
Christmas plea for peace by extend
ing Holy Year indulgences through
out the Catholic World in 1851. He
called for a year of prayer, penance
and peace.
The Pontiff, who closed the Holy
Year celebration in ceremonies at
midnight Monday at Vatican City,
thus gave all Catholics a chance to
gain spiritual advantages for which
some 100000 pilgrims travelled to
Rome in the past year.
Courageous Letter
In Communist-ruled Warsaw, Po-
lands primate, Archbishop Stafan
Wyszynski issued courageous pas
toral letter read in all churches
and calling on the faithful to be
devoted first to God and not to
party or worldly things.
Western Europe, fearful that ii
might be the scene of the next act
of Red aggression. shared the gen.
eral anxiety.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
DEATH TOLL
OF HOLIDAY
MOUNTS Up
(By associated Press

The nation counted staggering
death toll of 664 today from violent
accidents over thle three-day
Christmas holiday.
Traffic fatalities scared to above
500. the highest since the all-time
record of 555 in 1886. Mishaps of
the highways-many ice-coated and
others made slippery by freshly
fallen snow-killed Sis persons.
That was more than 100 above
the 1949 Christmas holiday toll.
Accidents from miscellaneous
causes-fires, drownings, falls, ETC.,
took an additional 149 lives. The
grim total,one of the largest for
any three day holiday period, cover
ed the rs hours from pm. Friday
to last midnight. Last years total
for the Christmas holiday was $50,
including 1877 in a variety of acct
dents.
The traffic toll was far above
the National Safety Councils es-
innate of $40, which was the high
est it ever had predicted for the
extended Christmas holiday. 1t more
than doubled the number killed
in motor accidents over similar
period Dec. to II.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26-R-Tabula-
ton late this afternoon by the Asso-
ciated Press increases the holiday
death toll to 676, instead of 664;
traffic fatalities to 523 instead OF
SIS and miscellaneous accidents to
1853 instead of 149.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
TENDERMEN'5 UNION
in ALASKA IS TO
GET BOOST, WAGES

SEATTLE, Dec. observation-disclosures
of the Cannery Tenderman's Union
(AFL) of Kodiak and Southeast
Alaska districts will receive 1914
percent wage increase under an
agreement announced today with
the Alaska Salmon Industry.
About half dozen other unions
have announced similar contracts
with the Alaska Fishing Industry.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26

COLD, SNOW
WAVE HITS
U. 5. AREAS
(By Associated Press)

Snow piled up across the north
ern half of the nation today and
some eastern points shivered in
the coolest weather of the season.
Subzero cold hit several localit-
les along the northern tier of states
while chilly readings were taken
as far south as Texas.
Snow whitened New York City
three years to the day after re-
cord 25.8 inch fall tied the metro
politan area in knots.
Chicago awakened to knee-deep
drifts and found more snow fall
ing. Falls ranged from four to seven
inches in other areas of a snow
belt from the Dakotas to the east
ern seaboard.
Upstate New York had the cold
est weather of the season, with a
reading of % degrees below zero at
Newton Falls in the northern part
of the state.
Other overnight low temperatures
included "a below at Bismarck, N.
D.; 10 below at Duluth, Mimi; %
below at International Falls, Mimi;
and five below at Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MINI.
Jacksonville, Fla, gateway to the
winter resort land, had 81 above,
while Miami, Fla, reported Sc.
Other parts of the country enjoy
ed fair weather. A reading of 76
at Phoenix, Ariz., yesterday tied
the previous high marks on Christ
mas Day in 1919 and 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
ONE CHRISTMAS WINDOW THE
EMPIRE MISSED BILL RAYS

There are probably other Christ
mas windows that were missed by
The Empire reporter in Saturdays
listing of Christmas decorations, but
Bill Rays Liquor Store in the
} George Brothers building on South
Franklin street was missed Ray has
a very handsome Santa Claus in
his Christmasy window.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
Korean War
Al a Glance
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press
Fighting Front - South Ko-
rean military headquarters an
nounces Chinese Communist in
creasing their pressure along Allied
lines south of 18th parallel.
Red China's military leader, Chu
Teh demands UN. forces get out
of Korea, threatens new offensive.
Macarthur announces 10th Corps
placed under single unified COM
mand of regrouped Eighth Army. 1t.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway assumes
command.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday pm.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver December 30.
Denali scheduled to arrive from,
West Sunday southbound.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
U. n. FORCES
NOW FACING
new ATTACK
Enemy Confaeiing All
Along Line : Bedthhedd
Successfully Evacuated
(By Associated Press

Communist forces were reported
today to be developing their long
expected massive offensive against
United Nations troops holding the
line north of Seoul.
Republic of Korea military head
quarters said enemy contact all
along the front lines was being in
tensified. The Communist Chinese
were said to be concentrating near
Yonchon, 40 miles north of the
South Korean capital. n.
The U. S. Eighth Army was re-
grouped for action just south of the
38th parallel and defense lines
were holding firmly. reports said.
Gen. Macarthur had said earlier
massive Communist offensive was
expected. The UN commander
stated the enemy had massed
troops, supplies and artillery await
ing only a signal for big push.
He announced the U.S.. 10th Corps,
evacuated from Hungnam has been
placed under single unified COM
mand of the Eighth Army. This re-
shuffling repeatedly affects a revit-
allied 10th Corps of 105,000 men.
Push Against Invaders
Chu Teh, commander in-chief of
Red China's army, said In broad
cast that the, Chinese and Korean
Reds were driving southwark in
pursuit of the American invaders"
He demanded that AL foreign
troops pull out of Korea and that
~. S. aggressive forces" leave For
mosa.
Macarthur, in a special COM
munique, declared the withdrawal
of the U. S. 10th Corps from Hung
nam beachhead completed a re-
shuffling of UN forces as required
by Red China's entry into the
Korean war.
The Corps commander, Maj. Gen.
Edward M. Almond. disclosed his
troops landed in the Pusan-Pohang
area of southeast Korea. The skill
full withdrawal from the blazing
Hungnam beachhead was completed
Sunday. The troops were saved
from possible total destruction by
an overwhelmingly large force OF
Chinese Reds and are now ready
to fight again.
New Command Formed
The 10th Corps, which formerly
was virtually separate army, has
now been added to the Eighth
Army under new commander. 1t.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. World
War Airhorne Division commander.
He has replaced 1t. Gen. Walton H.
Walker who was killed in jeep
accident near the front lines Sat-
urday. The Eighth Army, fighting
south of Seoul now has three corps
the First, Ninth and 10th.
Macarthur said the 10th Corps
had made a "juncture" with the
Eighth but did not elaborate.
Reds Blasted From Air
Ideal flying weather permitted
Allied planes to turn out in force
to blast Red troops and supplies
throughout North Korea. B-29 Sup
efforts dropped 176 tons of bombs
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
KODIAK MAYOR NORTH

Lee Bettinger, mayor of Kodiak,
visited briefly in Juneau over the
weekend. He came in Saturday from
the south and left on the. Pacific
Northern Airlines plane for Anchor
age enroute to Kodiak.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
ANDY BARLOW RETURNS

Andy Barlow, executive secretary
of the United Trollers of Alaska, re-
turned to his headquarters here
today. He spent Christmas at Wran-
gell,.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending $40 o'clock this morning
In Juneau-Maximum, SO;
minimum, 80.
At Airport-Maximum, SO;
minimum, 80.
F o r. e C A S T
Juneau and Vicinity
Continued cloudy with in
, termittent hight rain tonight
, and Wednesday. Lowest tenn
perature tonight near 40 de-
, grees. Highest Wednesday
, about IS.
. p r e CIPIT ATT o N
. past "a hours ending 1870 am. today
, City of Juneau-0.08 inches;
, since Dec. / = $50 inches;
, since July 1854 inches.
, At Airport = 002 inches;
, since Dec. l = 28l inches;
, since July 1882 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
The W ashinqton
Merry Go Round
Copyright, ls0c, By Bell syndicse .. In
BY DREW PEARSON

(The Empire did not publish
yesterday MONDAY. Ch istmas
day. but here is the Was ington
Merry Co Round for rele Sc on
that day as it is pertins t. we
are printing it.-EditOr).
Observation-Disclosures two years
ago I published "A CTS plea for
peace" written by John Crown, a
paralyzed war veteran. The letter
attracted so much attention that
August Dietz of Richmond, Va,
generously printed several thousand
copies and this letter became a
source of inspiration to many Am
orleans.
Last spring John Crowns tor
tured body gave up the battle for
life, and 1 should like to republish
his letter on this Christmas Day
when we are trying to dedicate
ourselves to the things Christ
taught us. 1t follows:
my name is John Crown. I am
a paraplegic at Halloran General
Hospital. My physical wounds are
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is ~. American Can
921k, American Tel. and Tel. $50,
Anaconda 1874. Douglas Aircraft 81,
General Electric ATS, General Mo-
tors 46ss. Goodyear 64A, Kenne-
colt TAN, Libby McNeill and Libby
81, Northern Pacific 31as, Standard
Oil of California IS. Twentieth Cen
fury Fox 20h, U. S. Steel 4oss j.
Pound $3.50. Canadian Exchange
1852.
Sales today were 100000 shares.
Averages today are as follows; in
dustrials 22s.65, rails 1852. utilities
40.12.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26

YOUNG FAMILY HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Young
and family of Haines are stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26

tCcr..inued on Page Six,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26
FROM FAIRBANKS

John L. Cole Of Fairbanks is
staying at the Gastineau Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-26

Continued on Page Four)
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
Division of Forestry Spruees Up
 Public Picnic Spot at Finger Lake

The Valleys second public pie nicking ground to be constructed by the Division of Forestry on park lands reserved by the Bu- reau of Land Management is nearing completion, assistant dis trict forester Dick Lavine an- nounced this week. The camp ing grounds now being prepared for Valley outdoor enthusiasts are on the north side of Finger Lake. The earlier camp grounds were set up at Moose Creek on the Glenn Highway.
 The Finger Lake location is cas- ily accessible and is located on good road, MT. Lavine said. Signs at road crossings on the Farmers Loop and Four Corners roads di- rect the traveller to the camp grounds. .....- ...
 Working under the supervision of Charles White. district for ester, and MT. Lavine, crews have cleared brush from the camp site and the picnic grounds have been laid out. The access road has been built and garbage disposal units and outhouses have been constructed.
 Outdoor fireplaces are not yet completed and MT. Lavine of- fered word of caution concern ing bonfires on the camp grounds. He asks that all picnickers use extreme care in building their
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01

The first clods of earth to be turned in the excavation for the baSements of Palmer's 25 Alaska Housing Authority houses will be dozed away at eight o'clock next Tuesday morning. At that hour, the crews of the James Construc- tion Co.,, of Seward, contractor on the job, will begin their task of building 25 houses for the Val ley's unhoused.
 Ray F. James of the Seward company said today that exterior work on the houses would be rushed with all possible speed un- til freeze-up. The contractor will do all work possible before the weather turns cold, and then will concentrate his efforts on com pleting the interiors of portion of the houses. The contract calls for staggered completion dates on the houses.
 MT. James estimated that he would employ between 15 and Is carpenters this winter, in addi-
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON 25 AHA HOUSES TUESDAY

tlOn to labOrerS. He was unable to judge how many laborers would be needed on the job. He said he would hire men locally, wherever possible. The contractor plans to get his carpenters through the Valley local of the carpenters union.
 Completion date of the con- struction was not announced. Building materials are available, but delivery dates are uncertain, MT. James said. It is understood that much of his materials arriv- ing from the Outside will dock at Valdez and be trucked to Palmer.
 One local business was low bidder on one of the three sub- contracts on the job. Arctic Metal Works will install the heating units in the houses. Two Seward firms, Dodds Electrical Company and Seward Plumbing and Heat ing, were low bidders on the electrical and plumbing contracts.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
Final Plans Told For SoftbaII, Races On Fair Program

The out-of-doors entertainment at the Matanuska Valley Fair ap- peared likely, at press time, to be limited to a three-day series of donkey softball games, and a horse-racing card on Sunday and possibly on Monday. The junior baseball finals, announced earlier last week, will not be played.
 As the Frontiersman went to press, contestants in the three donkey softball games, to begin at four pm. on the field at the Fairgrounds tomorrow, Sunday and Monday, were not entirely certain. Fair manager Robert Critics said it seemed probable that there would be a women's game, probably between busi- ness women and government en- ployes, game between the Pal mer chapter of the Loyal Order of Moose and the Kiwanis Club of Palmer and a game between the Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter at Wasilla and the Amer ican Legion post at Palmer.
 The Monday horse-racing card depended upon the Sunday recep- ton of the event. Should the races prove popular, they will be re- peated at two o'clock Monday afternoon.
 Contrary to a current rumor, there will be no trapshooting
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
DUCK SEASON OPENS SEPT. '

Waterfowl shooting begins at noon on Sept. 2 in the Third Di- vision and extends through Oct. 31, it was announced this week by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Following the noon opening on Sept. 2, hunters may begin shoot ing at half an hour before sun- rise on all subsequent days. Shooting must end an hour before sunset in the evening.
 This years regulations increase the daily limit of waterfowl, and reduce the possession limit. The rules limit hunters to daily bag and possession limit of six ducks. Last year a hunter was entitled to shoot five ducks daily and was allowed 1O-duck possession limit.
 This years regulations allow five more days of shooting, than there were in last years season. The season also allows for earlier shooting, giving local hunters a better chance at teal, which are the first ducks to leave for the south in the fall.
 The goose and brant limits re- main the same as for 1949.
 The change in the 1850 water fowl rules was made because of the large number of birds in the Pacific flyway. There are more birds per hunter there than in any other flyway," Albert M. Day, director of FWS said, in explain ing the change. The season was shortened in the Mississippi fly way area, because of the smaller supply of birds there.
 The bag limit for scoters and elders is 10 a day, singly or in the aggregate, and not more than 20, singly or in the aggregate, in possession. The bag limit on wood ducks is one duck, in bag or possession.
 There is a closed season on doves in the territory.
 FWS officials reminded local hunters that they need two i- censes to hunt Alaskan water fowl. Hunters must have small game license and a duck stamp.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01

fire, since brush piles at the edge of the area are finder dry now. The forester is awaiting moister weather before he attempts to fire the brush.
 This winter, Division of For estry plans to further improve the Finger Lake camp grounds with the addition of a dock and place from which boats may be launched into the lake.
 This second pubic cam D grounds was in large part made possible through the cooperation of James Hurley, general man ager of the Alaska Rural Re- mobilization Corporation, the for ester said.
 Other camp grounds will be improved in the Valley and in the Anchorage area, as funds be- come available. Workmen are busy on a Peters Creek site now. That probably will end this sea- sons work on camp sites, but others are expected to be laid out next season. A site at Thur derbird Falls is high on the For estry Divisions must" list for the next season.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
Palmer Grade Enrolment Shows Biq Increase

All advance figures point to an elementary enrolment in Palmer of at least A more students than there were in school last year, superintendent William T. Zah- radnicek said today MT. Zahrad- nicek said it was entirely possible that the figure would jump high CT than A increase.
 School officials do not hope to have true figures until school op- ems next week.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
VISIT IN ANCHORAGE

WASILLA-Among the towns folk who were Anchorage visitors last Friday were Mrs. Mary Bila- deau, Mrs. Pat Carter, Mrs. Wen ter Harvey and MT. and Mrs. Gene Coghlan.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-09-01
RETURNS FROM SEATTLE

Louise Loberg, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lauritz Loberg of Pal mer, returned to the Valley re- gently. Louise spent the past eight months with her grand mother, Mrs. Thorberg, of Taco ma, Wash.