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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03

ATTACKED
AT FRONT
Strafing Planes Hit U. 5.
Units : Commies Spray
ed by Bombs, Rockets
lBy the Associated Press


Communist invaders of South Ko-
rea slowed down their powerful
armored advance today to lay low
in the face of fierce daylight
pounding by US. bombers and
fighters. Under cover of night they
were likely to move again and pos
sibly make their first contact with
US. ground troops.
First US. Infantry units digging
in at the front were greeted by
savage 25-minute attack of five to
seven unidentified strafing planes.
For the US. Infantry it was the
first combat action since World
War II. A US. sergeant was the
first casualty.
American bombers and fighters
in large numbers sprayed bombs,
rockets and machinegun fire at
the Communists. four of whose
tank columns we're across the Han
river. Another Red tank column
had taken Wonju. SO miles east Of
Seoul. captured South Korean cap
ital.
Fighters Pound Them
American and Australian fighter
planes wrecked seven North Korean
tanks and % trucks and shot down
two hostile planes Monday. The
Communists were building up their
antiaircraft positions in the Seoul
area and carrying out heavy bomb
ing attacks on Suwon, but they
failed to dislodge the South Ko-
reans still hanging on to the town
and its airfield. % miles south of
the fallen capital.
Two Red tank columns were re-
ported Is miles below the Han in
menacing break through outflank-
ing Suwon and its airfield. aban-
doned by the Americans as an adj
vance supply base, but spokesman
at Gen. MacArthur's advance head
quarters in Korea said this break
through was not as serious as it
had looked at first.
No Red Progress
Headquarters said the Reds made
no serious progress during the day.
but that nightfall might touch off a
renewed surge and bring Americans
and Communists within shooting
range. The days reports indicated
the Red drive was at least tenn
porarily stalled. probably because OF
the severe FASTING by the American
planes.
The Communist radio said Ameri-
can bombers raided the North Ko-
rean capital. Pyongyang. twice
Monday, dropping more than 800
bombs. It said fighters knocked
down two bombers.
In Washington. Secretary of De-
Tense johnson said there was no
present intention of mobilizing re-
serves in the United States in con-
nection with the Korean crisis, de-
spite worries that it might spread
into broader conflict.
Commies M0bilizipg
Officials studied reports from
Hong Kong quoting Chinese dis
patches from Canton which said the
Chinese Communists we're mobiliz-
ing q force of 10000 or more men
for the Korean campaign.
The 80 members of the United
Nations who now back US. actiong
in Korea were reported generally
favoring the appointment Of US.
Gen. Macarthur to lead the U.N.
effort to restore peace by the use
of force
Truman Studies Reports
President Truman and Secretary
of State Acheson studied latest re-
ports from Korea. 1t was under,
stood these reports said morale in
the invaded country was good de-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
L. S. Bombers Pounding Invaders of Korea
CHILDREN
MISSING

A Juneau mother and her two
small children, missing since June
IS. were sought today by the US.
Marshal's office.
Marshal William T. Mahoney said
he was anxious to contact anyone
who might have seen the woman,
Betty Jane Curry. 35, and her son,
Richard, S. and daughter, Dianne, 9
The three were seen last on the
docks Sunday evening. June Is. The
womans baggage was left at the
express office.
The Marshars office was called in
on the search when the two child
rem failed to return to the johnson
home where they had been staying.
A check of both north and south
bound ships which left Juneau on
June rs failed to disclose any trace
of the family.
Mahoney described the woman as
"35. blond and of buxom build
Both children are blond. Mrs. Curry
sometimes was known as Mrs. Tip
ton. the Marshal said.
The woman's baggage carried q
discharge paper showing that she
had been a WAC during the war.
A report that Mrs. Curry had
been seen boarding a bus in Ju-
neau during the last week reached
the district representative of the
Alaska Public Welfare, but there
has been no confirmation of the
information.
Mrs. Curry came to Juneau from
Seward in April of 1949. During the
last year she has had temporary
employment at ST. AIMS hospital
the Alaska Laundry and in the
Department of Taxation.
Her children first entered the
Lyle Johnson home May %, re-
manned there until June and then
were taken to the home again.
Mrs. Curry took the children from
the home Saturday, June "a, after
arranging to return them in a few
days. The report that she was
boarding the Aleutian southbound
Sunday night reached the welfare
representative indirectly.
while it is possible that Mrs.
Curry may be in Juneau, we are
alarmed on her account and because
of the children" Miss Sadie Bills,
the welfare representative said to.
day. That is why we have appealed
to the Marshars office in our at
tempt to locate her."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
AIRCRAFT ENGINE ON
EXHIBITION, BARAN0F

A sectionalized Pratt and Whit
ney aircraft engine, prepared for
educational and training purposes
by Alaska Coastal Airlines me-
chanics, is being exhibited in the
lobby of the Baranof Hotel until
Thursday afternoon.
Sections of the cylinders. pistons.
and crankcase have been removed
to expose the operation of the en-
CINE and small electric motor
turns it over to show it in action
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
The W aShington
Merry Go Round
Nv DREW PEARSON
Bv DREW PEARSON


IJ0pyr1ghe, lsan. ~ Bel 6ynolceN. Anc.I
VASHINGTON-What has wor-
ed military chiefs in considering
their Korean strategy is that the
Soviet will next make pass at
a defenseless but vital country on
the other side of Asia-Iran.
For if the men in the Kremlin
face a setback in Korea, they are
likely to save face in some other
area. And the most important and
easiest country for them to pen
citrate is oil-rich, revolt-ready Iran.
Capture of Iran would put Rus
sian forces on the Gulf of Persia
overlooking the Indian Ocean and
menacing both the shipping lanes
to Suez and the priceless oil of
Arabia.
Here are the inside facts about
Iran-well known to Moscow-which
make U. S. military chiefs worry.
After the Shah. of Iran returned
from the U. s. A., it was expected
he would receive large shipments
of American tanks, artillery etc.
However, Gen. Vernon Evans, U. S.
military adviser in Iran, advised
against this He warned that cor
ruption, incipient revolt and ineffi-
cheney were such inside the IRAN
ian army that U. S. tanks and
equipment might fall into Commu-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. July 3 Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 29s, American Can
1902, Anaconda 29is, Curtiss- Wright
81, International Harvester 264s.
Kennecott SIS. New York Central
11a4, Northern Pacific IA, US. Steel
1914, Pound $3.50
Sales today were $4,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 20835. rails 81 Sc, utilities
ALTO,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
ARC TRUCK HERE, FIRST
IN JUNEAU IN y YEARS

The first Alaska Road Commits
sion truck to come to Juneau in 20
years arrived here Saturday from
Tok, bringing household goods for
John G.. Shepard, construction en-
gineer who has been transferred
to the Juneau office from Tok.
The truck came by way of the
Haines cutoff and the Haines car
ferry. 1t will leave here for Tok
Wednesday, according to Col. John
r. Noyes, head of the ARC.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
. . . . . . .
NO EMPIRE ON 4TH

There will be no issue of the
Daily Alaska Empire tomor-
row, July 4, but any news of
transcendent interest will be
bulletined.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03

Dragon flies benefit mankind
through their fondness for mosqui-
toes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
WEATHER REPORT

, In Juneau-Maximum, So;
, minimum, So.
, At Airport-Maximum, So;
, minimum, 48.
, FO r E C A 8 t
D Juneau and Vicinity
, Variable cloudiness tonight
. and Tuesday. Lowest tenn
. perature tonight about so
. degrees. Highest Tuesday
. near 81.
. p II E C IPIT A TION
. Past "a hours ending 7:3o am today
. City of Juneau-008 inches;
. since July 1-0.27 inches.
. At Airport OILS inches;
. since July 1-0.15 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-03
MITCHELL GIVES VIEWS

TACOMA, WASH, July 3 = ZAP =
Rep. Hugh Mitchell (D-Wash) be-
lieves the Korean situation necessi-
tates the immediate approval of
statehood for Alaska.
ALASKA is Americas Achilles
Heel today because it is so pitifully
underpopulated and underdevel-
oped." he told dinner meeting of
the Pacific Northwest Allied Print
ing Trades Council.
"As 1t. Gen. Nathan Twining
says. you can't defend a vacuum
Statehood is one way to fill this
vacuum. BY ending the Territory's
second class status people and in
dustry will be induced to migrate
northward"
Mitchell said Russia has built
large industrial cities in northern
Siberia to buttress her striking
power in the Pacific. Korea" he
said. 'is a graphic reason why we
must match her strength"
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Evening star., 1950-12-03

or THE hundreds of log
" houses built in Loudoun
County, Va, only a handful
remain. Highly perishable
unless kept constantly "chink-
ed," and dwarfed in impor-
tance by neighboring show
places of brick and stone, these
humble dwellings have all but
disappeared with their pioneer
past.
Their story begins around
1720, when large numbers of
Germans arrived in Loudoun
via Delaware Bay and Phila-
delphia, seeking farms In the
newly opened West" Hailing
from Switzerland, the Black
Forest, Upper Bavaria and
Saxony, they introduced here
the building techniques prev
alent in their homeland. Their
houses of squared, notched
logs, dovetailed at the corners,
with interstices filled with
split oak and clay daubing,
proved especially suited to the
wild frontier and were soon
copied by others.
Materials lay at hand.
Stands of native oak provided
timbers, flooring and shakes"
for shingling roofs. Plain mud
served for filling the cracks;
and ordinary fieldstone, which
abounds in Piedmont terri
tory, was used by more fastid-
ious builders for foundations
and chimneys.
Results were quick, sturdy.
inexpensive and easily accom-
plished by amateurs In a
primitive society where every
farmer was his own carpenter.
If necessary, the entire house
could be taken down and re-
assembled at another location.
Scotch Irish arriving about
the same time as the Germans
were the first English-speak-
ing group to recognize the
advantages of log construc~
tion, but the Quakers soon
followed suit. BY the Revo-
luton, they had carried the
formula through Loudoun,
Evening star., 1950-12-03
Loudoun County's Sto|wort
BY Solange Strong


the Blue Ridge and as far as
the Carolinas.
Frequently, a log house was
built as a first house" and
used only until a more per-
manent stone or brick dwelling
could be built. It was subSe-
quently converted to a barn
or outbuilding. Among non
Quakers, 1t was more often
relegated to slaves, or put up
as a slave cabin to begin with.
Sometimes the woodhouse
was retained as a wing, with
the newer structure added
alongside, as at Oakland
Evening star., 1950-12-03

Green, in the old Quaker COM
munity Of Hughesville. Owned
and occupied by the same
family throughout its history,
this house Is unusually we'll
preserved. Today, it is the
home of Miss Helen Brown,
a descendant of the original
builder, who Is said to have
put together the first log
portion in 1874.
The "old Best place." now
a tenant house about a mile
outside Purcellville on the road
to Hillsboro, was evidently
designed to be a permanent
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28
Harold Jones Dies
In Auto Accident

Harold T, Jones, who resided with
his family at 1l9 North Mulberry
Street, was killed in an automobile
accident on Saturday on the Cave
town Pike, when his car collided
with another and then smashed into
a tree.
Jones was born at Burkittsville,
the son of the late J. Stanley and
Ella (Bowlus) Jones. He was en-
ployed here as an auto body work
er and was member of the Evan
gelical United Brethren Church, the
Loyal Order of Moose, the Independ-
ent Order of Red Men, and the South
End Fire Company
Surviving are: his wife, Cora S.
Jones; three children, Mrs. Pauline
Cramer, Shirley Ann and Gary Mar
tin, Hagerstown; four sisters, Mrs.
Estelle Moser, Baltimore; Mrs. May
Catherine Smith, Mrs. Ruth Kersh-
ner and Mrs. Freda Sweeney, all of
Hagerstown; and four brothers,
S/Sgt. Glenn W. Jones, U.S.A.F.,
Fairfield, Cal; Paul, Charles and
Kenneth, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

Korea are teaching us. We are awak-
ening and / hope 1t is not too late
to what reality requires of us. Some
of us, my friend are sick, spiritually
sick, and II Is sickness unto death.
II was Dean Inge who once said
that resignation is the disease from
which civilizations die" This disease
is rampant among us. II takes the
form, in many, Of q tenacious cling
ing to hopes and aims that belong
to yesterday; OF blind resistance to
what would save us. Deep in their
heart, they are resigned; If they
cannot have the world that pleages
them, they are willing to have no
world at all.
In others, this disease is a renun-
citation Of principle, an inward dis
solution of conviction They do not
love freedom, they do not love JUS
tice; they have room only for re-
sentiment at the harshness Of events.
! hope with all my heart that what
you are doing in Korea will help
cure us of this disease.
Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas
stated the matter extremely well In
an address to the Senate. ITS this"
he asked, "the hour of our Nations
twilight, the last fading hour of light
before an endless night shall cnveI0p
us and all the Western world? That
is question which we still have in
our power TO answer. IF we delay
longer, we can expect nothing but
darkness and defeat and desoiation.
If we answer the challenge with
courage and confidence, and with
the ability of which we are capable,
we can, I am sure, triumph over
our foes"
You did not 20 to Korea, my
friend, ON an isolated venture. You
are the beginning Of the main battle.
You, together with the rest of US,
both there and here, are settling the
question of survival. A long night Of
barbarism or new morning Of civ
ilization--that is the question you
are settling
await eagerly the news that you
are safe. When you are back, come
and see me. Meanwhile, write me
again If you feel like it. And don't
be gentle. Tell rne what you really
think. We in America will only be
saved by the truth that hurts.
! Reprinted from the Sunday, De-
cember "a, issue Of 1.-THE Washing
ton Post"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28
State To Rebuild
County Highways
Contracts Let For Rebuilding
Lappans-Sharpsburg And Ha-
MISUNDERSTANDING Roads.

Two contracts covering more than
a million dollars worth Of work on
two Washington county highways
were awarded by the State Roads
Commission at its last meeting.
The largest Of the two jobs Gov
ers the virtual rebuilding of the
Lappans-Sharpsburg Road for the
67-miles between the two towns.
This contract was awarded to the
American Asphalt Products Com
pany and the Arthur A. Mackie Con-
struction Company, both Of Balti-
more, whose joint bid of s763, 327
was the lowest Of four submitted for
the job.
The other contract was awarded
to Bester-Long, Inc, Of Hagerstown,
on a low bid of $383,527, and covers
the grading, drainage, widening and
resurfacing Of 4-rnile portion of
Maryland Route 60 starting at
and extending northeast toward
Leitersburg.
The Lappans-Sharpsburg Road,
which carries a traffic volume ay-
eraging about 1900 vehicles per day
at present has driving surface only
l6 feet wide. Under the planned
Improvement this will be increased
to "a feet. No Improvement other
than routine maintenance has been
made in this highway for the past
20 years.
The Observation-Disclosures Road
Route 60-has had no
major improvement since it was re
built in 1924, although it now car
RES traffic volume averaging 27oO
vehicles per day. 1t also has only an
18-foot driving surface and this. IN
der the planned Improvement. win
be increased to "a feet, plus 10
foot compacted earth shoulders on
either side.
Although the existing alignment
viii be followed generally in IN
proving both highways the widen
ing work will be done so as to ease
curves as much as possible.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28
Our Boys And Girls
In The Service

1t. Gg) Helen Frances Richard,
Nurse Corps, USNR, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Max W. Richard, 143
South Mulberry Street, is caring for
armed forces personnel wounded or
hospitalized in the Far East.
Lieutenant Richard is one of more
than 80 members of the Nays
white task force" now serving with
the Staff Allowance at the U. S.
Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan.
Together with the staff doctors and
hospital corpsmen, the Navy nurses
form mercy team which has made
an outstanding life-saving record at
the Nays Far Eastern Hospital.
Ann M. James, seaman recruit,
WAVES, USN, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank w. James, Route 2, Will
Transport, is learning to pack her
powder puff in a barracks bag.
A recent U. S. Navy recruit, she
has taken the plunge from civilian
to military life and is undergoing
training at the U. S. Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, Ill. Although
not taught such strictly nautical SUBJ
jects as signaling and navigation, the
Wave recruit does learn ship and
aircraft recognition, Naval history,
and some of the more subtle facts of
sailors life; that floors are decks,
and walls are bulkheads.
Marine Private First Class Carlton
H. Main, "a, brother of Mrs. RATHER
inc Palmer, Route 2, Hagerstown,
climaxed training at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, Paris Island,
: S. c., recently, by receiving promo
ton to his present rank.
He also won the coveted silver
badge of Marine Sharpshooter when
he fired 215 out of possible $50
points with the Garand rifle.
Walter Joe Nye gunner's mate,
third class, USN, husband of Mrs.
Betty Lou Nye, 1856 North Mulberry
Street, took part in Christmas par
ty for the war orphans of Naples,
given by crew members of the de-
stroyer minelayer USS Thomas E.
Fraser, of which he is a crew mem
Der.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

George L. Cunningham, 35 Coff-
man Avenue, Hagerstown, this
month completed twenty-five years
of service with the Blue Ridge
Transportation Company.
Mr.. Cunningham joined the COM
pany in 1925 as a member of the
garage personnel He was trans
ferred to Martinsburg in 1927, re-
turned to Hagerstown in 1881, and
since 1885 has been a driver for the
local transportation company.
Mr.. Cunningham belongs to st.
Pau's Reformed Church and is a
member of the Moose and the Po-
tomac Fish and Game Club.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28
Around Town With
The Editor

III you DON'T READ anyInlnB else IN
this weeks issue, ! sincerely hope
that you will not only read every
word of "a Letter to a Soldier in
Korea" which you viii find featured
on this page, but that, after you have
read it - perhaps twice as l did -
you will pass it along to friend to
read also.
| had intended this week to COM
ment on the recent meeting l at
tended of the Northwest Council Of
the Central Atlantic Forum, an af-
filiate of the transportation Asso-
citation Of America. However, after
reading DR.. A. Powell Davies letter
to that boy in Korea, / feel that any
comment of mne would be superfiu-
Gus, for the letter answers-as no
words of mine could-all the argu-
ments put forth at that meeting
against our government in Washing
ton and in favor of that much abused
phrase -- free enterprise.
My congratulations to Amos Reed
ed, one of the defeated candidates
for the office of County Commission
er, not only for deciding against GO
ing any further with his petition
for recount, but also for the splend-
id attitude he took in issuing his
statement through his attorneys.
His high compliment to the new
Board of County Commissioners --
and to Mr.. Mobley in particular $500
was the action of a real gentleman
and fine citizen of the County.
The breakdown at the Municipal
Light Plant last week has again
brought sharply to the forefront the
need for some sort of a tie-in with
the Potomac Edison Company-and
the sooner it is accomplished the
better.
Let's hope, however, that this time
the hysteria that followed the pre-
vious attempt to bring it about can
be avoided, with the problem being
handled in a business-lilxe manner
by the members of the City Council,
who were elected, not only to gov
ern the city, but also to adequately
protect all its assets.
And now, let me wish you Happy
New Year, coupled with the hope
that it will bring an honorable and
lasting Peace.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

The Department of Evangelism of
the National Council of the Churches
of Christ in America, representing
95 per cent of the Protestant and
Orthodox Catholic Churches in
America, has issued a call to the
churches of the nation to unite in
a Mid Century Jubilee" service this
Sunday, December 81.
The declaration reads. "Recog-
nizing that the closing moments of
the year of our Lord, 1850, give oc-
casion for profound gratitude and
solemn commitment, the suggestion
has been made that the closing mo-
ments Of the year are a fitting time
to recall the mercies of God during
the fifty years of the first half of the
century"
The past fifty years have been out
standing because of the great growth
of the churches of the nation, in
which forward steps have been made
in spiritual life, stewardship and
missions
The u. S. Senate, in keeping with
the call to prayer, has also issued a
declaration urging the citizens of
our nation to attend the Mid Cen
fury Jubilee" services held in their
communities, to unite in prayer for
Gods help in the decades to come.
Many local and county congrega-
tions are planning services in CO.
operation with the National Council
Of Churches.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

An early patriot editor carried
legal government notices in his
newspaper free of charge, refusing
to accept payment until finally
George Washington thanked him for
his generosity to the f1edgling gov
eminent and insisted that he accept
pay.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

A dairy cow reaches its most pro-
ductive stage at the age of years.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

Fall pigs need more minerals than
those farrowed in the spring.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28

This is your town Boost it
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28
A Letter To q Soldier in Korea. ;.

This is the answer of the Rev.
A Powell Davies, DID,, to a let
ter from a soldier in Korea. DIR.
Davies read IL on Sunday, De-
cember II, at All Souls Church,
Unitarian, 10th and Harvard,
Streets, NV, Washington, ID. O.,
where he is minister.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-12-28
sh.ss 4 . To Hold

"Mid-C Century Jubilee" Service
To Be Held By Many Local
And County Churches On Sum
day.