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AMERICANS MAKE GENERAL Police charge in Brussels
Heaviest B-29 strike against North Korea
The
Takya, August 7. Bomber. Command. augmented by Superforts were in the United
which
Slates cix days ago. mado the heaviest 0.29 atriko cince operations began when they dropped more than 540 tank of tombs on two major North Korean targate,
Marshalling yards at Pyongyang were pisalared
with 430 tone with devastal. Ing results
while other
Superforts unloaded bomba on an oil refinery of Wom san, which was the Bomber Comniand's first major target when it Initially went into action on July 13-Reuter.
KMT planes attack Red shipping
Taipeh, August 6, Chinese Nationalist bombers and fighters today attacked Communist shipping concen- trations of the Chinese malu- land opposite Taiwan.
According to a report from the Nationalist news agency. more than 300 Junks and other light craft were destroyed.
Military circles on Taiwon said! that the rall heralded an in- creased or offensive against the Communist invasion preparations.
Nationalist officials claimed the offensive had been made possible by a guarantee · of aviation fuel said to have been alven by General Douglas Mad Arthur, the American Supreme Commander in the Par East, when he valted Taiwan, last week.
Shortage of fuel had previously curtailed Nationalist air uclivity the officials added.
General MacArthur flew to Generalissimo Change Eat-chele's Headquarters from his Tokyn
-base after the Nationalists had
ADVANCE IN SOUTH
Combined Marine-Army
force launches U.S. offensive
REDS DRIVE ON NORTHERN FRONT
U.S. Eighth Army Headquarters, Korca, August 7, American forces made a general advance “af about 3,000 yards on a broad front" in their attack launched early today, an Eighth Army communique said.
The Americans drove nearly two miles into Red Korean lines. The com- munique said the American attack was met by strong Communist resistance. The Americans inflicted heavy casualties.
The assault was made by a.U.S. Marina brigade and the 25th Infantry
Division.
The Communists lunched a new offensive today South of Yechon, on the Northern front, the communique sald.
South Korean forces reported they were under
heavy
Red pressure.
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Along a narrow side street in Brussels, Gendarmes armed with rifles charge to meet a hostile crowd during the ahti-Leopold demonstrations which raged in the city: Around the poiled are tracce of smoke caused by the: explosion of "nolsa grenades"! (amalf bemba which explode with a toud bang but do no damage), in foreground, waiting in reserve, are mounted
Gendarmes.--(AP phóið). ·.
BRITISH SHIP SHELLED SOUTH OF HONG KONG
Associated Press Cotrerponitentry Division, was being hammered Don Whitehead, with the attack by Communist artillery but no ers, sabi, they endlekly ran into a river crossings were reported. Communist counter-attnek. But a On the Southern front, the spokesinga
General al
Mac- Reds were probing positions hold Tha the South Koreans. Arthur's Beadquarters said the by drive was "progressing on sche-spokesmian at MacArthur's Hend
quarters said the Communista Ai
dule,
For the first time in the war were trying hard to regain the With an unexploded shell imbedded in the wind-
used the word initiative in their push toward
The South Koreans suld they Headquarters wee engaging in "dre dghis" "offquelve." The spokesman em-Taegu." with the Northerners this after-phasised:
noon.
Korean Rest artillery despite repealed U.S. nir attacks, stailed D American tank column West of Chindong on the extremu Southern Korea front. The column was rushing West to join
the battle.
The big guns, located on both sides of the only road leading
West out of Chindong, blocked Foice Kean," the US. the tanks from Joining Task power drive in the South.
"There, is nu, more thought of restoring a line. This is an offen-
lyg
The American force with some South Korean "commando units"--was pushing West on a front where the Rads, had masted four divisions for n power drive Eastward toward -all-important Pusan..
The American thrust was per- hans in the strength of 6,000 men. -elements of the First Marine Brinde, the 35th Regiment of the One heavy tank, presumably Army's 25th Division and the 45-ton Pershing, was hit, aid Army's Fifth Regimental Combat
Haison pllot, who flew over the Lieutenant Herman C. Mitchell,, 'Team fron Hawali. battle area for six hours.
Other heavy tanks backed up behind the disabled tank,
Chindong, on the South coast, v miles South West of Musan.
Mitchell sald the Reds had
tank column
Except in the flamping South West, which has been called the 25th Division sector, the North Koreans were building up all along the shrunken perimeter of
the UN beachhead.
announced their Arst bombing place then started rolling, and Two crossings of
highway
rail against the Communist-held har "zerord, in the mainland since President Truman ordered a halt In the Nationalist The road was under direct Red
Any
observation, he reported. Naktong
war operations pending the end movement on it drew Immediate of the Korean war.
Bre.
"Ü.8. planes were colled to blush After his visit. General Mac- Arthur annomeed that "arrange out the urtillery but it was sill fernt have been completed for firing late in the afternoon despit's effective ro-ordination between repeated attacks. American forces under ny com-
mund and those of the Chinese First U.S. offensive
Government, the belter to meet thy attack which a hostile force might he foolish enough to al- templ."--Reuler.
AUSTRALIANS: VOLUNTEER FOR KOREA SERVICE
Melbourne, August 7. Veterans of the last war were lining up before dawn today at recruiting stations in all the State caplinis to enlist in Australia's expeditionary force for Koren,
It was believe that varieta quotas for the force.were Alled
In the first four hours of recruit- ing.
When the recruiting for a force
of 3,000 men-announced by the Anny Minister, Mr. Josiah Fron-
cin, on August3-began early this
American forces-Marine and Army-loosed their first offen. sive of the Korean war today. They drove a wedge into the North Korean lines
besting an the Redis to the punch cruciat Southern front.
Just to the North of the West- ward driving Americans, the Red made two crossings of the Nak
tang River, the defence barrier Along much of the front. Mac- Arthur's Headquarters reported one group was wiped out, the other
contained."
The crossings were made in 189 font power boats.
Kan.
#
Tacau is the communications hub 59 miles North West of Pu-
The North Korean rodio Pyongyang asserted the Reds had captured Kunwi. deep in UN territory only 25 air miles North of Thegu. But this found no zup- port from any other source.
The Amaricari offensive on the South: Western front-the
lass and the Second Engineer's cabin totally wrecked and rooking with cordito, the s
Hangsang (Jardine) stoomed into port yes terday afternoon-two hours after running a gauntlet of shellfire off Communist-held Lema Island, some 15 miles South of British. waters.
Chief Engineer Alexander Brown of Pitlochry
Scotland, and Third Officer A Nelson of first infantry combat of the Hong Kong were the only personnel who war for the Marince-stained injuries from shrapnel and the result-
ant fire in the damaged cabin.")
ting
what
tha MacArthur Headquarters spokesman dea cribed as powerful air support. Two This followed yesterday's big day when the Air Force threw 330 sorties at the Reds and car- rier-based Navy and Marine aircraft flew a record 212 sortles of their own.
shells from about a dozen showered on the 5,000-ton British steamor landed-one went into the Second Engineer's cabin and the other imbedded in the windlass.
un
Harriman
visits Korea
Eighth Army HQ in Korea,
·August 7.
Tol. 21433.
PL offers troops for Korea
Manila, August 7.
· President ́ ́Elpidio ́" Quirino disclosed at a Presa corference this afternoon that the Philip- pine Army now' training a fighting force for Korea which could be sent at Philippino expense without any funds required from the United States and United Nations,
He said 5,000 to 0,000 men, from the armed furece combat teams can · be despatened to Korea if needed by General MacArthur. After a meeting to day with hia milliney adviser, Major General: Leland Statiford Hobbs, chief of Use United States Joint Milliary Advisory Group in the Phillippines, he hnd transmit- રસ
request to General Mac- Arthur for definite and early in- formation as to how many Fill- pino troops would be (needed in, Korea President Quirino stated,
"The troops would be avalt. ab'e wherever they were want. ed." the President... · sald, *If they want us to go to Talwan we'll go to Talwan??.
The President said there had been some misinterpretation hero und abroad of statements regard- Ing the policy of the Government on sending a fighting force to Korea which made it look as though the Philippines would send Blates one only If the United Government financed it.
He stressed that this was: noj correct er he had made provi. slons for financing an expedi- tionary force by means of emer- geney appropriatioris which he had requested the present special ses- sion of Congress to approve United Press,
The presidential assistani Mr. W. Averell Harriman, spent 'seven hours here today, conferring with top-military and diplomatic chiefs in Jang -Korea, origrote
Dutch Gov't seeks return of Bertha
Mr. Harrimia flew frim Toks tundi papire que seg to 'Korea this morning" in "General | Bergen Op Zoom, August 7.7: MacArthur's plane, "The Bataan," The Dutch Government has in which The United Nations asked the Netherlands Red Supreme Commander has made Cross to lend its service to pay visits to Korea and Tolwan re-the costs of legally securing cenily.
triman Frrived.
the return to "her" parents of Mr. Harriman
at This Headquarters city at mid- 13-year-old Bertha Hertogh, Malay school and talked with Leu- married to a morning and
Singapore las! · tenant-General Walton H. Walker, teacher in.. Eighth Army commander, Major week, it was announced here General Enric Partridge, Fifth Air today.
commanders yngman
the South
Rheo, A Red Cross statement sald
Shells exploding Force
The Hangsung arrived from mediately opposite, was A Far East Air Force opera-, Sandakan with about 3,400 scathed. Only a chip of the sink tional summary, said U.S. Fifth tons of timber and firewood was knocked off by the blast. Air Force and Royal Australia" She was attacked when two Air Force plates attacked, among to three miles off Lema Island, other
targets, 52 Communist
en route on her normal course vehicles, 18 locomotives and 18 railway cars. Nino North Korean to enter Victoria Harbour by the Western Lamma Channel, aircraft were destroyed on the ground and 15 others were Because of the incident, sho came in through the Eastern damaged,
Entrance. Drive toward
Chinju
with
&
fre
Second Engineer Ole Wansvik Korean President, said he was reading in his cabin and the United States Ambas that the Dutch Foreign Ministry
has now taken over the case, '. when he heard gunfire and sador, Mr. John Muccio,
persana ----The--, marriage followed the- aw two shells exploding in the Fresident Trump's
assistant took off for Tokyo at Singapore Supreme Court's decl- water near the ship.
without visiting the p.m. 4.45
sion that, left in custody of a front lines. If he looked out the Malayan woman when the plane's window, however, he Japanese Invaded Dutch East and discovered some could see the war because the Indies front
ralles months ago living in a Une is only a few
a Malaguti away.
village, the girl
remain
ex
"I got out and was about t get below when the hell landed in my cabin. A small fire brok out but was immediately. tinguished," he
Bald. Third Officer A. Nelson was Mr. Wangvik's standing near
ed,
A well plated“ source said with her foster-mother-
Mr. Harriman's talks here work "antiraly military" but would not elaborats.
Earlier. a lower
"It was on the bridge, when al 1.30 p.m. I heard machinegun #+ sald Second Officer Ralph Grieve of Glasgow. Thinking it was gunfiring practice, the officer cabin when the shell landed. He
ger court had picked
up his binoculars t suffered burns on his left leg.
ruled that she must be returned scrutinise the Island,
to her parents in Holland. "When suddenly...whee...and The firing was heavy. It lasted
On Saturday 9
-it-was-reported turned to Tokyo, landing at that the case, was, in the hands a shell flew overhead and burst for nearly 15 minutes, he recall (Mr. Harriman and party res
a bang,"
he recall-
Radio nearby with
Officer
Haneda or Lok Yung
air force base at 8.45 of a British lawyer, beting with There was no official an- the Dutch Consul in Singapore, signalled to the local authorities | p.. cald that Mr. Grieve
ht
the attack while the nouncement regarding his visit who had been appointed guardlar. reporting
jof the 'child--Reuter, noticed two gun emplacement shells sereumed overhead.
to Korea.)-Unitól Press. '. were firing at the ship, which wap spending out of range at 10 knots then.. "They were really shooters...the sholls fell all over us. The two shells which landed
Correspondent Don Whitehead How many men the Rede gott reported the Marine-Army force defended jumped off on the drive toward across in this sector. by the US. 24th Infantry Divi-Chinju after the artillery of both ed slon, was not disclosed. But As- branches had blasted the Reds
0. Related Press Correspondent
20-minute barrage. I. P. King, with the (24th; sold
Thon Mustangs and jet fighters With big Pershing tanks and two pockets of about 100 Reds swooped down and the offensive combined Air Force. Navy and mach were all that remained of
was under way. Marine serial support, the Ameri- 800 who crossed earlier, after an
on the left Marine elementa cans put their biggest attack tr all-day battle yesterday.
flank. he said, shoved ahead motion toward Chinju. Chinju la Still farther North on
ngainst little opposition but the 55 miles West of the vital United Western front, an Eighth Arky Army Fan Into, strong enemy Nations' supply port of Purnn. communique said the First Cara-
positions.
The
Another outbreak of fighting in Macassar
Jakarta, August 7.
morning, several hundred oppll- Top Dutch and Indonesian commanders hastanod
cants were interviewed in the
State capital in the Brst few
curs.Router.
The weather
1
to strife-torn Macostar today in an effort to. chock bloody fighting which has broken out there between Federal troops and Indonesian soldiers awaiting discharge from the Dutch Army.
and the
Redis countered on the right Bank of the American force.
Apparently this was the threat raised in the Eighth Army com- munique which said:
"An enemy move on the left flank of the U.S. 24th Division le considered the primary threat at present, especially if the enemy is backing that section with 0. division or more."
The right flank of the Westward pushing American force would be on the left flank of the 24th Division Just to the North on the front.
At Eighth Army Headquarters, AP Correspondent Leif Erickson
AS
p2oz
must have beon fluke shots,” he added.
A ragged, charred hole about six-inches in diameter beard evidence of the hit. The Second Oficer's cubin, which is ́‚Ìm-
RAF attacks on tribesmen alleged
"It was terrible. But, I had to send out the
BALS at any cost, he added. That was his most "terrible
le experience in his long career afloat.:
Captain
the British, coaster, was ", tog ocoupled with official, matters „to give any - official statement to the Preek: Noʻaltempt, hawi Awaazmadato... restrict KAYAT,
members of the Press in their quest sɔ seek information about
the attack described by one
European Cofficer:
most
unwarranted and flagranth st It was learned last evening that the unexploded shall would be retrieved and disposed of by The
local
naval authorities.
Nd statement was available "fom the 'Admiralty last evening,
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Cairo, August 7.- Royal Air Force planes bombed, and strafed Yemere tribesmen in several raids last. said most American communica tions lines were cut last night. Week near the border, between The Dutch military com- off the air yesterday after the In, Tokyo, this was described Yomen and Aden protectorate |*** As Toro"OMT 13. TIKAT: the mander In Indonesia, Major-fighting had begun. Telegraph proving the North Koreans knew in Southern Arabia, an Arab
and telephond communications The trough at low pressure, pereiste Esalward | General Schaffelaar,
| stection; attack
was set to go. League source said last night. Chiness Chamber of Commerce from the Gulf of Tonkin, through the commander of Federal forces.
The Informant sald Aly Al Page 3 | went down at about the same The Reds, Erickson) wes föld, Linda Biruit, to
time. the Bouth of the fighting the rebels in Am-
·Chineve, studante? disillusioned allowed the Americans to move Moayyed, Yemeni delegate to the Portmunica"} Lenehno
It is believed here,
considerable distance to the Arab League, received a report pag bolna, Colonel Kawilarang, tions were stopped when workers West. Then they opened sip with resterday that Aden-based bom- Today's Forventti-Moderata Fantezir flow to the troubled East Inabandoned the transmitting artillery sand throw in their coun-bor
Darefay on Bridge altacks killed. "several" winds wering his. Cloudy, with scattered 'donesian capital this morning stations in more was not clear just how far ownership la
togʻght out||
tribesmen in the area. Infantry, R
whose showers in onely morning, becoming path to try to restore peace.
to-attacking
Communist Party-In-Iran-i- the line of fire,
disputed by In view of the turn of events,
CAP Talwan tip to be die- nearing the village of Kopan detalle were lacking. ponded commercial air travel to about 65 miles West of Puan, British officials here were not Macassar
was described as "moving toward available Immediately for com Gunol This latest outbreak came an the village of Pansons, about 15 ment. In September 1949, HAR federal authorities were striving miles East of Chinju, gange planes kombed Yemeni nomadio to check speading repel operations attack, Whitehead said triberrier run what authoritie
the Amboina arc East of the was designed to throw the feds considered Adon territory after
· Bchaffelaar and Colonel aim off balance Just as they were tribesmen restated orders to cros preparing an Eastward Karlys on the border fato, Yemen, para Indonesian Defence Minister
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