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ERNEST BOREL

CHINA MAIL

No. 34684.

ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1950.

RED FORCES BREAK THROUGH

Round the ON THE EAST FRONT

clock air offensive U.S.

Tokyo, September 4.

General MacArthur's Head- quarters reported that Allied fighter bombers today put in what may have been the busi- est day of the Korean war in blasting Communist forces ab- Faulting the United Nations beachhead.

The Korean release of UN Headquarters said Jets and Mus- Langs hammered the enemy in

close support of American and

South Korean ground troops from dawn until dark under

clear

kies, and ilgis bombers And night fighters took over at sun-

Rowen

to continuo the round the

clock air offensive.

counter-attack makes

the West gains in

NEW

THREAT TO TAEGU

Tokyo, Soptember 4.

Two tank-supported Communist columns cracked. Allied lines in the East today and raced down main highways in a drive that threatened to outflank strategic Taegu.

The text of the release Issued The Reds broke through defences Southward of Kigye while elsewhere on

at 8.10 p.m. follows:

light

U.S. Air Force B-20 hambers and F-82 night Aghtera were taking over at dusk tonight after F-110 Jelu and F-51 Mus

had hammered North Korean ground troops incessant-

101

ly since dawn.

"Goncrally fair weather on. abled day fighters to put in perhaps what will prove to be the buslost of their 70 days in the Korean onflict. They used

forward Korean airstrips to ra plenish their bamba, bullets, rockets and fuel for repeated

blows (гора

J

At frontline

B-29's in action

►

enemy

the wide perimeter, Aliled forces beat back fresh Communist attacks and an American counter-thrust ground out gains in the West. Associated Press Correspondent Bem Price said one Communist thrust in the East smashed 121⁄2 miles Southward of defensive lines toward Kyongju, main highway contre 15 miles South West of Pohang.

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tho

U.S. forces Americans did!

attacking Another Red columa ram-1 However,

into lose three new medium tanks.from Yongsan in the Second med nearly five mlics

One was knocked, out by Red Division sector continued their South Korean defences on a

advance, today and reported that) wide South Western drive to artillery and two were blown up

by U.S. forces when the tanks be- the enemy was withdrawing to- ward Yongchen, on a main

came inoperative.

ward the Noktong River. North road network midway between

of this netion, a unit from thes Kyongju and Taegu.

division beat off an attack on its right flank.

Field reports to Eighth Army Headquarters sald Angangni was American Marines and Second taken by Communist forces this Division Infantrymen continued morning and then retaken in an to advance Westward, of Yongsan | American tank-supported coun- on the second day of an assault ter-attack this afternoon. An- to drive a threatening Red beach-gangni's status' tonight head across the Naktong River. man's land," A spokesman said.

An American officer said the Reds were on the run.

"Meanwhile B-20 Superforts of the FEAF Bomber Command, operating in small formations and even individually, attacked B series of railway bridges North of the 38th Parallel to further disrupt Communist logistic chan-and nels.

this sec- tor, where 14 Communist tanies have been destroyed in two days. An Intelligence officer said "three perhaps four Communist

Eighth Army

divisions had been massed in and communique "The weather was spotty in near the bridgehead,

some scclors and some of the

American Staff officers here otsad there were reports that two chieiny battalions hail trifftrated into the drea between Angangni und Kyongju. This brought the Important Kyeongju-Pohang road

Superforts attacked.targets opportunity rather than it primary target it the lattor was obscured by clouds.

"no

Following is the text of an Eighth Army communique simod 8.45 p... Japanese time today:

Heavy gliting continued la, all sectors of the UN front today,

continuing their drives Bouth of of Yongsan and the Communists-

Кінус

"Neither Aghiers nor flak op under mortar and, "dat profer with US forces advancing West

posed the B-39's which bombed with generally good to excellent analysis this afternoon,liminary

results according

"Jets worked along the North em battle line in close support, hitting tanks, artillery positions, troop concentrations and railway rolling stock. In the Pohang area they destroyed 10 gasoline tanks concealed under stacks of straw.

"One fight strafed an airfield prar Sinmat, 15 miles North West of Seoul and also rocketed the entrance to a rullway tunnel."-- United Press.

TUC opens annual

tory"-presumably tank-are, the American officers sold.

From their present positions— which represent a doop salient Into South Korean lines the Reds are in position to awing either Last or West.

to

sector, the enemy continued

On the right flank of the ROK force back elements of the Capital and Third divisions, making his A Westward swing would out-greatest gains South of Kigye. In fank Taegu, important base city this area, enemy troops have | on the North West perimeter of crossed the Pohang-Yongchon the United Nations Koroun de-roud, though. not.. in organlard rences.

force. The right flank of the

and rolled back.

A swing to the East would, lan-Eighth Division was also hit hard

Inte Pohung.

The heavy Red attack started at 8 pm, on September 2 and hit South Korean mes South West of Kigye.

An American Army spokesman said the South Koreand resisted vallantly at first, but then their lines crumbled and the Commun- ists were able to

sphor South some 3% miles to Angangui,

The attack made on the South- ern Blank of the 25th Division, carly this morning was repelled without loss of by 0,20 a.m.

Bridgehead battle

Price: 20 Cants.

U.S. Marines in Korea

U.B. Marines ·rolax at, a Koraan railway station while awaiting the unloading of Marine tanka Just prior to moving to the front in South Korea-A. P. photo.

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Former Civil Servant's claim against Gov't

A preliminary point of law was argued out at the Supreme Court yesterday in a claim for al- leged arrears of salary and rent allowance by G. S. Kennedy-Skipton of 48 Hankow Road' against the Attorney General,

Kennedy-Skipton, a former Hong Kong Govern-

ment Servant, is also asking for a declara- tion that, the Governor had exceeded his powers in purporting to dismiss him on Febru ary 11, 1942. R

`Marines and“ thự“Sword-Div); under "General Wolfe sainst the fund Stewart SNAN PENANGAN

Tel. 21433.

Police in Manila alerted

5.

Manila, Beptember 4:

The entire Manila Police forca numbering about 2,000 men went on combat alert carly today when reports wero received that a large forca of Huks was preparing to onter the city by land and river routes.

According to a report received by the city authorities, a band of 60 Huk dissidents, heavily arm- ed, was seen in Rizal Province on the way to Manfls. The report was said to have been aming of· confirmed by the

in the the police

Caloocan la Rizal. Guards were

doubled on the pengd, `

elty

but nothing:

Another report had said that 200 Huks lett Bulacan Province

by night in banens (small boats). with the intention of, trying to sneak into Manila. on the, Pasig River which

which winds, its way through the city.

In the meantime a report from San Fernande," capital of Pampanga Province 45 mlics North of. Manlie, said Philip* pine Constabulary tops took over gontrol of Arayat town after the Governor rocom= manded suspension of the ori Multire : police force there for

of duty

sad civil and muil·

The

authorities after an in- vestigation alleged that the 13- man Arayat police force doll- berately refrained from resisting the Huks when they raided the Iown on town

The Constabulary

took

25,

commander

over and Immediately clamped a strict curfew on the town from 8 pm to 5 nm, with orders to the troops to "ahoot on

violators. sight" any

Province, Bulacan

4,000 have been' Municipal Mayors

former gugrillas

mobilised b

In the various towns to bolster

local defences against the ox-

pected uk forays,

In Manila voluntary

brigades

will form the nucleus for a citiz

citizens. army of the city. follow Me Fordon

the community defence

all over:

The First Battalion the Wit- ground. Friendly forces continu- jahire Regiment (Duke of Edin- ed to eliminate enemy groups be-burgh's) will arrive today on hind the front lines in this area, the troopship, Empire Trooper, the communique concludes. and will proceed direct' to their camp in the New Territories.

The plaintiff is represented the terms of the contract between One of the oldest of the English by Mr. Charles Loseby, KC, the plaintiff and the Government County regiments, the Wiltshires and Mr. B. A. Bernacchi, both varied from time to time. were first raised in 1756 and gawƐ]

right instructed by C... A... S. Russ their rat netian two years later.

Mr. Taehy went on to say the count b

to Pro- Mr. C-E

Solleitor that he was tolug to submit asident Quirino's appeal, - French in Canada.

Guneral, Mr A. Lonsdale. It was implied in the contrect Leading legislators who were Crown Counsel, are appearing for that the plaintiff could be dis-members of the resistanco move-

missed at will.

ment in the Japanese occupation: the Attorney (General

He was going to say in effect days proposed the olive particl The araount claimed for in the

of ex-guerillas in the' statement of cinim is $164.732,45, and it was the main substance of pation

Crown haperčo drive to root out the Huks. being balance of arrears of salary, bis case-that the

adopted a certain procedure in United Press. rent allowance. and $3.459.70

Mr. Kennedy-Skipton also &ake which they brought in a juridiq- interest thereon und judgment of tien under which certain powers payment, as well as costs of the of dismissal were specified, and that there was an error on the face of the proceedings thom-

Latest frontline reports said

slon, fighting forward - from Yongsan And Changnyang to wipe out the Naktong" bridge': head, had reached the river at some places but confuse: fighting raged on the flat plates and small hills to the Eusf addd Reuter.

North of thla sector neer Waegwen, other groups of the First Cavalry dug in against con- tinuous Communist pressure and crossings of the river,

That same year, 1758, again opposite the French-this time at Carrickfergus Castle in Ireland, the regiment earned immortal fame, when surrounded and out of ammunition,. they used the metal buttons from their tunics as bullets,

打算

Like all the British regiments, | action. the Wiltshire's have their own The case is being heard by Mr. nickname; the 'Springets earned Justice Gould," Senior Pultne selves. for them during the American Judge.

the

On other pages

Envoy's specch

In fact, counsel asserted, Mr. Page 2 la the extreme South the Com-War of Independence. Apart from Contention of defendant damfésed by anyonent to claim

Kennedy-Skiptor bad not been Correspondence, munists launched a new attack its early this morning but were a valour in the wars against

In Spain,

His client had a right Page. 3

Indian The preliminary point in ques- regiment thrown back. The United States Napoleon

remembered tien arose out of the contention of mained on a certain status until a bounty, be continued. He re-

Paking particularly 25th Division in this area now

***Paze 8 The First Cavalry Division holds the same front Une it had during the bottle of Ferozeshal, the defendant that, in any event, he had been legally removed from peeding Indo-Chine ald

the plaintly has no right to re- that status. His client had never Page Ya beat aff several attacke today on Friday when the Communist when most of the officers became and took offensiva action offensive jumped off but are casualties, and the sergeants led muneration, which cannot be en been deprived of euch rights that

forced against the Crown by the against anamy forces which mopping up many Northerners their companies to victory. pushed brok Ita right flank who had slipped through to set By 1846, the Wiltshires became yesterday and acoupled the up packets behind the lines.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Will walled town 12 mites North of

shire Regiment, (Continued on page

and in World Tangu this morning.

War I they saw some of the bite terest Ophing in Flanders. It was at Bapaume that the VC was awarded to Captain Hayward, for gallantry in action.

3)

convention Angangni retaken U.S. labour pledges

Brighton, September 4. The Trades Union Congresa, representing more than 8,000.- 000 British workers, opened its annual convention which is sure to produce urgedt de- mands for pay raises, parll- cularly in view of the present rearmament programme,

As nearly as can ba delar- mined from fragmentary ra. porte, the Army spokesman said, the town of Asgarign) has hear retaken by tank-supported American forces. However, the town itself is fors important, than the highway Junction to the East of it..

Reports here told of a lunk battle around Angangni. But these reports were incomplete.

United Nations forces still The President, Mr. H.L But-mmanded the vital raad hub. lock; warned in his opening ad-

he said..... dress against any ra

"rash, frrespon ible action on a large scale" by the labour movement for mora monicy, but he voiced Irritation with the Labour Government's wage freeze when he said.

"Good progress was made by our industries and more will be made as rearmament proceeds of the scale now projected though it is true that the Chancellor of the Exchequer asks at present about 85 per cent of all profits made,, and heavier faxation will have to be levied. But the bur don upon the workers must be cased. United Press,

The weather

Quads moved to Kowloon Hospital

all-out support of Korean war effort

A

Washington, September 4. Organised labour joined forces on this U.S. Labour Day to achieve two common goals-the de- foot of Communist aggression and repeal of the Taft-Hartley low.

In the Inter war, the Wiltshires fought with distinction in Madagascar, France, Italy and at the Anzio beachend, where in 1044 - Sgt. Rogers won a post- humous VC.

Andther battalion, the first.

bost of W., 0.,

Attorney General further con-contention that Mr. Kennedy- Court in the proceedings The he could not maintain his action: Tremendous

Mr. Logeby put forward the rearmament

Page 9 tends that the plaintiff muy con Skipton was entitled to bring an * Investigation of, Poking charges. sequently only took to the bounty nelion for his rights, and in the Page 10 of the. Crown in this connection.

TUC Tavours:talka with Russ Opening his arguments. Mr. alternative, that he was entitled Strickland told the Court tha to the declaration asked for in Page 11

The Antung Inoldent. the contention in question wary

Various legal authorities word Page 14 mentioned in paragraph 18 of aclted by counsel for both sides int -Finance and Commeros defendunt. counter-claim

by the brought

support of their contentions. Page. 18:

further. Following.

arguments, Air, Shipping-movamonts der made in Chambera By an order.

Jan 17, it was ordered that caring of the preliminary point Page 10 Sports the point of law concerised should was adjourned until this morning. he argued and dispered, of, by the Court before the trial of the issue of the action, the Attorney

August

On

was serving. In India, and later General wrote to the plaintiff's

In Burms in the battle of the solicitor, regarding this point, and

- Arrakan, under the then Gen: a reply was receivnd on the 28th,

* .

eral Bill Blim, now Flold Mars The Solicitor General then re- shal, and CIGS.

ferred briefly to various passages In the statement of claim; and The Maltese Cross, the badge sald there was no allegation in of the Wiltshires, was chosen in them that the Government had the last century, when British actually bound themselves të any regiments for the first time were contract involving the plaintiff to allowed to choose - their own pay, him the salary, of a Cadot badges.

Ofeer, Class. IN DER DEU Not clear It was by no means. clear on what ground the plaintiff cond say he was entitled to it, Mr. Plaintif's Strickland went on. case was that he rolled, on the Colonini Regulations for his ap nointment of a Codet. Omeer, Cines 1. He was saying in effect that the Crown wes bound to pay him the amount which ho had set out as consequence, Mr. Strick- Iand said.

"The first battalion Farriving to- day, under the command at Liðu- tenant-Colonel JR. Welchmon, DSO, la natured of a warm wel salves, and their handcuffed come from all the troops of the brothers undeé totalitarian rulo garrison, and the people of Hong to join unrbeorvedly in the Kong. fight to set workers fres, In

every part of the world,

Pledges of all-out support for the Korean war and renewed attacks on the labour act were the main themes of Labour Day statements by the AFL and CIO presidents, respectively Mr. William Green and Mr. Philip Murray, and other labour chieftains, Mr. Green said the Amerl. Tho three surviving can Foderation of Labour's quadruplets born last Wednes 0,000,000 members recognised day to a 33-year-old vege= { "from the very beginning” table hawker were moved to that Communist Russia is the

TURKISH ENVOY the Kowloon Hospital with "enemy of our free civilisation. But Mr. Murray served notice their mother yesterday after-

As much as we hate war, we

that labour will demand a "fair CONFERS WITH noah.

One of the quadruplets died on is resolved to give whatever it "Let no man think he can lake hate` aggression more. Labour break" in the Inflation, threatened [home front economy, Ho said:

MR. BEVIN HÁR OG GETI P. HEST) AD Saturday evening at the Kwons tales to save the world from advantage of our nailonal-erlele typhoon), which was conltedyrovars the. Wah Hospital. "

London, September. 4. Hartburn Up, of · Hoishu, hää – doerdised

The three, infants were remov-being overrun by Communist to weaken our unions by pro- The Turkish Ambassador, Mr. la lebenefits and new.wxials on a déprime.ed from the Kwong, Wah Hospital aggression, Communist slavery Steering and exploliation."

Cevat Acikalin, conferred with klon: centred aver: Hokkaido. Fremram, because the hospital is at present and Communist ruin”und Mr. John La-Lowls Unlied Ming the Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest remalne relatively high gre, this undergoing a general house clean-Mr. Murray, whose anti-Rel Workers Journal ochood that Bevin, at the Foreign Office today,

Ing programme, gang purge.cost the CIO about one-themo. In a Labour Day editorial and reliable sources sald Turkey

According to Dr. C. W. Lam, sixth of “sta 1.000.000 members devoted to "Get Out the Vote? It desire to join the North Atlantic Superintendent of the Kwong sald his organisation is "not afraid said: "Do not let politicians; Fact was discussed, a pot de Wah Hospital, the babies left the to fight in the tetence of free-editors or commentators kid you) RAABE ahat ng told the Court that he was only Kwong Wah Hospital with alight dom and will do everything..bs into believing you are being und The Forelyn Under Secretary asking for such rights as can he MEMORIAL its power to speed up the United patriotle by your insistence upon Mr. Ernest Davies who returned granted by virtue of section 479 A Kowloon Hospital Sister Nations victory in Korea, park taking profiteering, waste and last night, trem a tour of Grooce, of the Code of Civil Proceduro, an. | when contacted, by the... “China The Secretary of Labour, : Mr.

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