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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-07-28
Mrs. Crawford Arrives
I'm Kodiak Wednesday

Mrs. E. L. Crawford, Jas
per, Missouri, mother of Mel
ton, Don, and Gene Crawford,
arrived in Kodiak aboard the
Denali early Wednesday for a
visit.
This is her first trip to A
laska. Mrs. Crawford has two
other sons, one in New Jersey
and the other in Missouri.
Her husband, E. l.. Crawford,
also lives in Missouri.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-07-28

Jack and Archie Nelson,
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Nelson, have been promoted
to the rank of sergeant. The
boys are stationed at Regene-
burg, Germany and have been
in Europe for three years.
They nave written their
mother that they do not ex-
pect to return to the U. S. for
another year.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-07-28
Bv the Associated Press

The Midwestern floods have
hit railroads such a stagger-
ing blow that their loss in pro-
perty damage and revenues
still is incalculable.
Some of the hardest hit
lines include the Santa Fe.
Union Pacific and Missouri
Pacific.
The Santa Fe's big yards in
Kansas City, Mo. are entirely
flooded and other yards suf-
fered damage.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-07-28

The Catholic Ladies Guild
will hold an open house next
Saturday from 2 to 5 pm at
the home of Mrs. Walter o.
Brien.
All ladies of Une parish are
welcome.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27

of tin, L. w. Graaskamp, vice pres
ident of the American Can Company,
has predicted. The New York ex-
ecutive also forecast spectacular in
creases in can manufacturing speeds.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
European Aid May Increase

America may have to increase its
financial aid to its allies who "are
attempting to rearm while main
tanning political stability" William
L. Bait, chief of the Economic Co.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
Plastic Sled For Army

The Army Quartermaster Corps
has announced that light but strong
plastic glass-fiber sleds have been
developed to replace a cumbersome
wooden sled for use in the Arctic.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27

apron wrapped around the frail
body of Mrs. Mary King, 85-year-
old Marion, ILL.,, widow, when she
entered a hospital for treatment
Authorities promptly cut off Mrs.
Kings 500 monthly old-age pension.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
To Cut Cotton Acreage

In preview of acreage goals for
1852 paintings, Undersecretary of
Agriculture Clarence j. Mccormick
said the department will call for
"small reduction" in cotton acreage
to make more land available for pro-
ducing livestock feed grains.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
S1S5, OOO.O 900 Gas Line

A $135, 100000 natural gas trans
mission line, stretching from Texas
to near Joliet, ILL.,, went into opera
ton, December 5.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27

to correct election laws which he as
serts are clearly inadequate and
difficult to interpret"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
TinIess Cans Predicted

Materials and processes will be dis
covered in a few years that will free
the nations Gamers and can-makers
from dependence on foreign sources
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27

operation Administration to Britain,
said recently in speech at Atlantic
City.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27

Carried $4,000 In Apron
Nearly $4,000 was found in an
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
To Rewrite Election Laws

Senator Guy M. Gillette, Dem
ocrat of Iowa, says the Senate Elec-
tions Subcommittee of which he is
chairman will try to write legislation
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
A. M.
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Evening star., 1951-05-06

iof extremes but the Marines were
not caught unprepared. In the 20
below-zero temperatures of North
Korea, every Marine had enough
cold weather gear to survive. With
the rainy season approaching,
waterproof gear is ready and the
hot summer will find the Leather
necks as ready as any troops can
be.
Reports of typhus outbreaks in
Korea, particularly among Chinese
soldiers to the front, are alarming
but all Marines have been inocu-
lated and suspected dwellings and
straw mating are burned to halt
the spread of infection. Disease is
not likely to be much of a problem
iif the individual Marines avoid
native food and maintain personal
hygiene. Our troops are absolutely
| forbidden to eat native foods. Ko-
rean vegetables are particularly
dangerous to naive American
IStomachS.
The rice paddles of Korea are
alive with mosquitoes, but chloro-
quine tablets are being adminis-
tered the men once a week to
suppress malaria outbreaks. Many
Marines serving in Korea already
have fallen victim to malaria from
their years of service in the jun
giles of the South Pacific in the
last war. Malaria discipline
rolled-doWn sleeves. mosquito
netting, insect repellent and med
ication-is strictly enforced. The
sick Marine is not a fighting Ma
Irine. The overall disease rate has
been very low thus far.
In the matter of luxuries, there
are showers set up in rear areas
at which the front-line troops
take turns. Even battalion head
quarters have certain electric
Evening star., 1951-05-06

but it had been won at an incal-
culable cost. Not until six months
later did Monty force the Rhine
and then his crossing was made
almost so miles upstream from
the airborne objective at Arm
hem. Meanwhile the neglected
campaign in the Scheldt Estuary
was to drag on through October
1t was November 26 before that
vital passage was cleared for AL
lied shipping"
The climax Of the attack on
Montgomery. seeming to reflect
an unfairness toward Americans
and challenging the accuracy OF
one of his important statements
lis in connection with the Battle
of the Bulge. Gen. Bradley quotes
Montgomery's interview with the
British press:
Il employed the whole available
power of the British group o1
armies: this power was brought
into play very gradually and in
such a way that it would not in
terfere with the American lines
of communication"
To this Bradley rejoins: Dur
ing the four days between De-
cember Is and 20 when Mont
gomery took command on the
north, we had already drained
Won RundStedt's offensive of the
momentum on which it banked
for a speedy breakthrough. Al
no time did Montgomery eve,
commit more than a single brigade
OF British troops against the Ger
man offensive"
Variance in Views
Gen. Bradley's account Of his
attitude during the post Bulge
squabble over whether or not
Montgomery was to be made per-
manent ground commander of all
Allied troops differs from Eisen.
mowers. He makes no mention OF
the statement with which Eisen.
mower credits Montgomery in his
own book, namely. that he (Mont.
gomeryl felt so strongly the neee
for one ground commander thai
fhe would serve under BRADLEY
rather than not have it. Insteao
Gen. Bradley limits himself tc
what he told Eisenhower: "You
must know" I told him, latter
what has happened cannot serve
under Montgomery"
Bradley talked to Patton on the
issue. Bradley's account of that,
George clasped me by the arm
II you quit, Brad" he said, "ther
I'll be quitting with you"
Regarding Montgomery's brag.
ging about the Battle of the Bulge
Gen. Bradley says: Had the
senior British field commander
been any one else but Monty, thu
switch in command could prob.
ably have been made without in
Icident, strain or tension. Ger.
Evening star., 1951-05-06

tainly it would never have touched
off the Allied ruckus it subse-
quently did. But Montgomery
could not resist this chance to
tweak our Yankee noses. And
while Eisenhower held his tongue
only by clenching his teeth, he
admitted several years after the
war that had he anticipated the
/ trouble that was to be caused by
it, he would never have suggested
the change"
Meaning Clouded
A tantalizing question is as tc
the meaning of the statement
that Eisenhower Suggested" up
ping Montgomery temporarily. II
was at this time that there was
talk not only of a new ground
command system, but of a new
commander in chief. Some Brit
iShers were clamoring Tor the re-
placement of Eisenhower BY
Montgomery. It was said, but
never proved, that advancing
Montgomery temporarily at Gen
Bradley's expense was put forward
to save the top command fol-
America, though it is doubtful
that it was ever really in danger
as regards nationality or ever
Eisenhower. Eisenhower doe.
speak in his book of a telephone
call from Churchill, but it wa.
one of reinsurance of total sup.
port.
Gen. Eisenhower is quite ex.
Iplicit on the temporary command
point. saying that he originated
the idea, ordered the change anc
felt that it was justified. On page
356 of his book he says: "The &C.
cuSationS and recriminations tina,
flew about the command for {
period were directed not at ths
military soundness of the origina
decision, but at the interpreta.
tions the Americans placed upor
Montgomery's press conference
/. The command plan worked
and there was generally universe
acceptance of its necessity at eth,
time"
He makes no reference to Brad,
Iley's statement that he would no
serve under Montgomery "afte,
what happened"
The implication by Patton tha
Ia few elements" of his fore,
could drive II British division
into the sea and that he was cage,
to do it,. is recorded thus by Brad.
ley:
Patton telephoned me 'tha
evening from his advance com.
mand post near Laval.
We've got elements in Argen.
tan, he reported. Let me go or
to Falaise and We'll drive the Brit.
lsh back into the sea for anothe,
IDunkirk.
Nothing doing, told him. fo,
u was fearful of colliding will
th1OntgOmery'S forces
Evening star., 1951-05-06

the correctness of Gen. Bradley's
estimate of Montgomery, which
probably will be concurred in by
many American officers who were
in the ETO. Whatever one may
think of Montgomery, he is, pre-
sumably with the approval of our
own Joint Chiefs of Staff, now oul
deputy commander in Europe.
Gen. Bradley makes 18 refer.
ences to Montgomery, with a stat
of one kind or another in each
Here are few samples as they
appeared in Life Magazine: "Tht
pious and teetotaling Mont.
gomery;;" and Montgomery wa
spending his reputation in a bittel
siege Of Caen;" and Monty lef
himself open to criticism by over
emphasizing the Importance O.
Caen. Had he limited himself tt
the containment without making
Caen a symbol of it, he woule
have been credited with success
instead Of being charged, as h,
was. with failure" Next: Mean.
while in the north, Monty laborec
with slackening success" ant
meanwhile we waited inpatient!
for Montgomery. As field ar
bitter for Ike, Monty became re-
sponsible for co-ordinating al
four Allied armies. In closine
his half of the jaw from tn.
north. Monty was to rush dowr
through Falaise and IL miles far.
ther to Argentan. After five
days he had pushed his Canadian
lpincer only half way to Falaise
Meanwhile we waited i'm.
patiently for Monty at Argentan
|. Instead of redoubling hi.
push to close that leak. Mont,
shifted his main effort farther
west. If Monty's tactics mysti.
fed me, they dismayed Eisen.
hover even more. Near Laval
where shocked Sd Arm,
looked on helplessly as it's QUAR-,
fed Patton ragged at Mont
gomery S switch in pressure.
Battle of the Bulge
Regarding the Battle of tn,
Bulge, Gen. Bradley says: ''It wa.
not until January 3, IL days later
that Montgomery completed hi
primping and attacked.
| AS to the plan to strike at Ger
many across Holland, originated
and attempted by Montgomer,
and opposed by Gen. Bradley, tn,
latter shows that Montgomer,
was apparently not interested il
securing and making quickl,
available the urgently needed por
of Antwerp. This is his summar,
of that debacle:
Monty had been turned bacl
short of his goal, but SO valorou
was the defeat that the strategi,
rebuff passed unnoticed.
True, the British had secured
! a bridgehead across the Waal
Evening star., 1951-05-06
Marines Fight Different War Than in the Pacific

light outlets, although lights are
used only under blackout condi-
tlons. Headquarters and Reserve
units can see movies from time
to time, also under blackout con-
ditions.
Cigarettes and candy are free
1or all and there is absolutely
nothing in Korea to spend money
on-eXcept an occasional venture
at poker-so that many men have
saved large amounts of money
Many men draw no pay at all,
preferring to "let it ride on the
books" where, as a reward for
Korean service, it is tax-free for
enlisted men. Officers get a 5000
exemption each month on their
pay.
Mail service from the United
States is good to uncertain. Air
mail delivery takes about 10 days
sometimes less. Packages arrive
sporadically and, as in all wars
IN somewhat battered condition
i Magazines and books are scarce
but free. The Pacific Stars and
Stripes brings terse news ac-
counts to the front and only two
or three days after it happens
Not bad for a war front.
The other principal ADVANTAGE
Marines see in fighting in Korea
las compared with the last wag
lis the rotation system. Thirty.
three months was not an unusual
tour of duty in the Pacific war
against Japan. The first Marines
went back to the United States on
rotation after seven months In
Korea and more are following
;tevery month.
i There is considerable dissatis-
faction among those who have
not yet been selected for return
Dissatisfaction is natural because
if there is one thing on which
all Marines agree about Korea,
lit is thiS-an of them would like
to leave it.
The skies Of Central Korea are
obscured by a vast and murky
cloud of dust and smoke.
20 Miles of Smoke
/ The dust, churned up on roads
that have never known paving,
lis the collective wake of count
less tanks, trucks. jeeps and other
vehicles that move and supply
the U. N. forces. The smoke
cloud overhangs and intermingles
with the dust and extends from
the Yellow Sea to the Sea of
Japan to depth of more than
10 miles. This smog- like blanket
is thickened into a denser broth
three or more days week by the
heavy ground haze that develops
on the chill spring nights and is
(See MARINES. Page Cay
Evening star., 1951-05-06

water we drink and bathe in. The
few factories and industries of
South Korea have been shattered
into dusty rubble.
The terrain of Korea is prob
ably the worst Marines have ever
faced with the possible exception
of the two hot rocks-Peleliu and
Two Jima. The mountains are
precipitous, sterile and endless.
The vast number of trucks that
a mpany American armed
forces can move freely only over
the intermediate flatlands and
the few tortuous mountain roads.
Accidents, like the one which took
the life of Lieut.. Gen. Walton
Walker, are numerous despite the
efforts of companies of military
policemen.
Marines themselves are not stick
ing to the roads-the mistake our
troops made early in the war-but
follow the Leatherneck axiom of
seize the high ground and hold
It," Most of the supplies are carted
up the steep mountainSideS by
South Koreans, incredible little
men who carry killing loads over
any terrain and outmarch any
troops in Korea over a long dis
tance.
The helicopter is another inno-
vation that vastly improves the
Marines lot in this war. The cop
terS are airborne taxis to which no
area Is inaccessible. They rescue
Idowned pilots from under the noses
of the enemy, they direct air and
ground fire. they carry seriously
wounded men to the salvation of
field hospitals that could not be
reached from the mountain battle
fields.
Korean weather is a monstrosity
Evening star., 1951-05-06

(See TAX LAW, Page C-2.)
Evening star., 1951-05-06

(See MARINES. Page Cay
Evening star., 1951-05-06

CHUNCHON. Korea (By Air
MaiD The war in Korea, miser-
able as it is, is considerably more
bearable for American Marines in
many respects than the 1941-1945
conflict with Japan.
OF course, no amount of cloth
ing. food or considerate treatment
could neutralize the piercing cold
of the Chosin Reservoir battles last
winter nor the debilitating heat of
the Naktong Bulge. But there are
notable improvements in field life
that have not gone unnoticed by
the large number of World War II
veterans now fighting with the
1st Marine Division along the 38th
Parallel.
Primarily, the "chow" is in
fnitely better in Korea than it
ever was over the long fight from
Guadalcanal through the islands
to Okinawa and victory.
The hated Charley" ration OF
World War II has been vastly i'm
proved. In the last war, rif1emen
lived almost exclusively on a diet
of canned meat and beans, hash
and hard tack, or the less pala-
table K-ration with its cold egg
yolk, cheese, fruit bar, chocolate
and drink mixtures.
The Grafton available today is
extremely varied, consisting OF
canned spaghetti, chicken and
vegetables, stew. meats. ham,
burgers. canned fruit, jam. candy
and many other comforts includ-
ing the ubiquitous coffee. Service
troops in areas few miles behind
the front fare even better.
Japan Offers Supplies
This improvement is due largely
to the fact that one of the world
largest cities, Tokyo. is only a few
air hours from the front and this
time it is a friendly supply center
as is all of Japan. In the last war
supplies had to come thousands OF
ship miles from the West Coast OF
America and even fresh potato
was rarity beyond Pearl Harbor
Korea itself provides the Ma
Irines and other U. N. troops only
two commodities the Korean
llaborers who accompany the
troops everywhere to carry food
water and ammunition, and the
Evening star., 1951-05-06
Bradley Memoirs Continue Attacks on Monty
SoIty Account
Delivers SIops
In 18 References
By RondoIph Leigh

l. 11C u1ClI1O1IS Vi 1Cil. O111d1
bradley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. as recently pub
Ilished serially in magazine form
have introduced a new element OF
controversy into the role of our
military chieftains in relation to
our foreign policy. Aside from a
fresh and salty style of writing,
the memoirs are notable for the
frequence and consistency of their
attack on Field Marshal Mont
gomery, Britain's ranking soldier
and recently appointed deputy
commander Of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization forces in
Western Europe.
The memoirs also carry one
broad slur on the entire British
Army. attributed to the late Gen
George Patton, and the statement
that Gen. Bradley would not let
Gen. Patton close the Falaise Gap
because he feared a collision"
with the British. Gen. Bradley
attributes to Gen. Eisenhower
recently reappointed and now
a g ain over Montgomery, the
statement that had he known how
Montgomery would act he would
not have suggested" his tempo
rary appointment to command
most of Bradley's divisions at the
crises Of the Battle of the Bulge
This contradicts Gen. Eisen-
hower's treatment Of the same
subject In his book Crusade ir
Europe"
Kick In the Pants
The implications in the Bradley
memoirs are enormous, if mo-
alarming. In the Macarthur con.
troversy we were given to under.
stand that the administration
leaned heavily on its top military
men in formulating policy in the
Pacific. Gen. Macarthur had to ge
because he was critical, it was said
Iof administration policy which
was really but the civilian re-
expression of the consensus of oul
best available military talent
What then, in the light of our tor
military planners estimate o1
Montgomery, are we to think o1
Montgomery's reappointment to a
position in which he will almost
certainly have to command Amer
leans again? Or are our military
planners only consulted on highest.
level foreign policy when they car
add weight to a political or diplo-
matte decision in the Pacific ano
not when there is a military one ir
the Atlantic? Are they reall,
asked for frank opinions at all, OF
are they screens for other men?
II other men, who are they, and
toward what goal do they head?
Many pretty points of protoco
emerge also. Gen. Macarthur was
excoriated in certain sections fol
kissing the hand of the wife of the
chief of the Chinese Nationalist
government. One particularly
precious critic shows that the gen.
eral was doubly wrong in that he
not only fraternized with an ey,
ally without official approval, but
also because the hand which he
kissed was gloved. But which i!
the more serious at this stage Of
events, Gen. MacArthur's unap.
proved kiss on the hand of weak.
ened ally in the East Or Gen
Bradley's kick in the pants for oul
present deputy Allied commando
in the West?
All this is entirely apart from
Evening star., 1951-05-06
InfIotion Fever Levels Off
At High, Unhealthy Peak
Achieving Defense GooIs Assured, but HuItinq
Wage and Price Spiral Is UnpredictobIe Job
By Joseph Honlon

Indications clear that the posKorea naonay fever
begun to level off at high unhealthy
ing spl which President week in asking
and foy the Defense Acthe
control statute which expires in most of its features
Whether the imitation held in fall
Evening star., 1951-05-06
SIXTEEN PAGES
Tax Law Tightening Next
After Crime Probe Report
Brace Of New Legislation and Changes Due
To Plug LoophoIes in Revenue Act
Bv Herbert Brotter

In 1881 capone the notorious Chicago gang leader sent
to after attempts establish his boot
operations had failed then the public
trusted that the income laws have been effectively cug
The reaction of shock during the recent Kefauver Crime Com
mee hearings not result of the revelation that
Evening star., 1951-05-06
By Jeremioh A. O'Leory,
lst It., u, S, M. C..

lit. O'Ledry of 1922 Quincy
street Me-, former assistant city
editor OF The EUening Star, is
not0 serving NTH the 1St Marine
DiDiSion in Korea.J