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DRIVE INTO N. KOREA STARTS Tanks lead Seoul assault

UK asks U.S. UN spearhead runs into

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dollar" aid

to the

Washington, October 9.. nformed government off- shere said the United tes in a note sent tish Embassy over the ek-end, turned down a Bri- a request for "free dollar** to hasten her rearmament.

The note, there sources said. isted that American help to tain for the present would be nted only to buy raw materials equipment. The British bad uested that they be allowed to dollars for whatever purpose y desire, as long as their mill- ty production was Increased.

The British Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Hugh Geltakel, who arrived here on Sunday, le reported to be ready 15 back up here is Govern ngat's request for $1,500,000,

In "free ald" over the next three yeRTS:

United States officinis believed hat the sum tannot be justified the results that can be expect from the British rearmaineat rogramme.

The American note does not re-

heavy fire from Reds

BRITISH BRIGADE

ON FRONTIER

Tokyo, October 9.

Tank led United Nations troops smashed across the 38th Parallel in force today to back up General Douglas MacArthur's last demand for the North Koreans to surrender, but ran into heavy enemy fire a few miles North of the frontier.

A spokesman at the Headquarters of the United Nations spearhead

the

Eighth Regiment of the American First Cavalry Division-said casual- ties were heavy. He said: "We have a great many casualties, both killed and wounded."

The long awaited: big push got under way near the West coast as South Korean troops reached and perhaps entered the big Communist East coast port of Wonsan, 80 miles North of the frontier.

the vital Communist base of Anbyon. The prisoners continued Wongan.

to insist the Reds have between The First Carps spokesman sald eight and ten thousand soldiers "approximately one regiment" in the Wonsan area. three battalions totalling 3,000) troops-made the initial advance of nearly a half mile into North Koren "hfter, new patrol activity. tanks out of the immediate area The enemy apparently pulled their some 35 miles North West of Sebul ulong a

where the crossing took place. No tanks met the initial United States

The First Cavalry Division's Eighth Regiment struck across the 38th Parallel North West of Seoul on the main highway to Pyongyang against such it scattered opposition that waved away air support. et outright the British request said the Americans run into mur- However, late front reports this amount. Instead, it sug durous small arnis fire from both ests that long-range problems bedanks as they pushed ut aside temporarily and un me

im plan for spurring military six miles North of the border.

atauntainous rond to Sanghiyon, roduction be adopted by Britain

British and Australian troops nd the

Atlantic Pact of the

The 27th Commonwealth ations.--Reuter,

Brigade fell into line behind the Fast Cavalry Division and wors expected to cross the 38th Parallel momentarily. The United States 24th and the South Korean First were belleved not far Divisions behind.

other

Broken rail found ahead of Royal train

The British defiantly tied

attack.

The advance came as two South Korean spearheads moving into Red territory in Central met increasing resistance.

Korea

General MacArthur received no answer to his surrender demand mude a week ago and apparently expected none today.

broomsticks to their vehicles Wonsan entry

signifying an intention to make a clean sweup.

American recounaissance plots reported

reported that South Korean troops pushed into Wonsan at noon. However, United Press war cor- respondent Robert Bennyhoff re- Ported from the front at 6.30 p.m.. that the South Koreon Division was still one mile from Wensan at nightfall.

Third

of

ROK troops entered Wangan at noon today, according to Fifth Air Force reconaissance re-

ports. Reconnaissance

pilots said enemy troops were seen pulling out of Wonsan and heading North up the coast road.

While some units of the South Korean Third Division were at- tacking Wansan, astride the main coastal highway, from the East, South. Unks of the Third cap- others were moving up from the tured Anbyan, ten miles North

of Wansat, early on Monday morning after a stiff fire night. — United

Press,

Unusual search of Polish ship in New York

New York, October 9. A party of 50 customs agents with special instruments swarmed over the Polish Iiner Batory for three hours yester day before she was allowed inside New York harbour.

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Rubble littore streets and amoke, from burning buildings fills the sky as tanks lond United Nations forces' in the recapture of Babul(AP Photo).

French rear-guard

under attack

attack by Vietminh forces

The two column.retreat be/2

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of 85 yards of de pipe in the mountain will 20 miles North of Haiphong take 10 to 13 days, municipal authorities estimated.) auth

The demolitions laat Thursday

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German zonal boundaries to be disregarded

Tel. 21433.

MacArthur's ultimatum to Reds

Tokyo, October 9. General MacArthur at I a.m.) GMT, today broadcast an i- timatum to the North Korean; Communists to lay down their arms immediately and, cease hostilities.

Ctherwise "I shall at once proceed 10 take such military, aces tiac as may be ticesssary ta en.. force the decrees of the United Nations, lie warned..

The ultimatum was brordenst in the Korean language over both Tokyo and Seoul raidios,

full text of the ultima which ip addressed to the Inter of fol the

the Government of North

follows:

Kohls is to inform you of the

action taken by the United No- tions General Assembly on Octo ter 8, 1950, In adopting the, ro siution appended here (full text, of the resolution given at the end. of General MacArthur's nitssago).,

of

Last time

"In order that the decisions. of the United Nations may be care rled out with a minimum of fur ther loss of life and destruction

property, I, as the United Na tons Commander-in-Chief, for the last thine, call upon you and the "foreca, under your In whatever part of Korea situatë

down

ed, forthwith to lay.

command

(your

arms and cease hostuttles and I Call upon all North Koreans to Co-operate

ate fully with the United Nations In independent

In establishing a unified, democratic guvernaient of Korea assured that they will be treated, Jelly and that the United Nations

and

Frankfurt, October 8. Zonal boundaries in West Germany will be disregarded when Western Allied troops there are reinforced, the Unit- ed States High Commissioner, to relieve Mr. John T. McCloy, disclosed parts of a unified Korea, today.

inovitable W

There will be an union of our operations," (with the British and French zones), Mr. McCloy declared.

and rehabilitate all

Korea "Unless immedinte response is made by уси in the name of the North Korean Government, I shall at once proceed to take such inlll- tary action as may be necessary to

enforce the deernes of the United Nations.

Addressing a conference of 800 local United States High Com

“General · MacArthur.-- General, Julssion officials, Mr. Mecloy ad- vised them to acquaint yoursel of the Army: United States, Com

mander-in-Chief, Unued Nations -- ver with what is going on in the Command"-Router. cther ones of "Germany. Take opportunity advantage of every to familiarise yourself with con-

Mr. McCloy declared that

"175 Soviet Divisions are cast-

EUROPEAN KILLED IN MALAYA AMBUSH

'ing aˇpált ̃over Western" Europa.

The Russians have stopped up!

Singapore, October 9. their propaganda and they have Gunmen ambushed a car' and declared a fifth optumn war killed Mr. T. B. Wellcoat, assis Against Western Germany and funt manager of a rubber estate Western Europe, but the spirit in Kulany Johore and two special of the West is provi||ing, and constables today. a bal will prevali if all of us keep on One of the estate staff was vounded. The estate has been `our toes."

attacked many times before and General Thomas T. Handy, three days ago bandits burned States Commander-in-} down“ newly built quarters for

labourers Reuter.

Saigon, October 9.. Advanco. elements of two battle-worn. Franch columns reached Thatkho fortress today after a gruelling withdrawal through Vietminh mountain forces, but their rear-guard was reported under steady Communist attack. The French spokesman here said bad weather. hampered aerial observation North of Thatkhe but that it was believed the column's rear ele- ments were under fire from rebel positions atop hills surrounding the e escape corridor.

Communist-led Vietminhditions there." guerillas' have blasted the water The Government

who gan Fast Tuesday when Legion- men, carried the instruments in large naires, North Africans and supply of Halphong, Indo-China's bluck valises, would say nothing loyal Vietnamese troops aban-second largest port, cutting off about them except that they had doned the fortress village of 10,000 residents from a regular

cource of freali

real water, never been used before Hatory.

and headed East of. Thatkhe The inference was that they]

ain attempt to ware devices to detect such overland in radioactive

elude the Communist forces. substances uranium.

The

"rescue" column sent After-the-search, Herman Lip- North to protest them has been ky, chief of the Customs Service withstanding rebel Are almost Enforcement

Division,

sald continuously for the past week.

The French spokesman said nothing

The bispicious was found."

by Vietminh motorship, awned

forces attac

attacked a French governmem, post of "some importance as the Polish ship of stowaway well as the blockhouse and watch Communist Gerhart Elsier last towers near Thudinumot, 25 kilo-

matres North of

Salgon, but sald the rebels had been repulsed with 30 dead heavy losses including and many more wounded

He said French and Vietnam forces were

tnoir confining sweeps through the swamps in the vicinity of Bentre, 80 kilo- metres South West of Salgón. Inflicting loses on the rebels

troops to Germany. All of us. It will be followed by a and capturing arms, but that

will have to make sacrifices, in- in Taipeh's central square, es- the rest of Indo-China had re- All well water in the surrounding cluding the Germans. We cannot timated by Nationalist officials as turned to normal after 'a sud-

delta region is uhit for drinking have our cake and eat it too," he likely to draw 100,000 people

Reuter. den spurt of Vietminh activily.

The Vietminh: previously had said Reuter, last work.

been blowingʻup'small' bits of the French and Vietnam troops water line avery few days, but days were said to be carrying out the repairs took only a few local operations in central Indo-The latest destructión was "The China to protect the tee harvest. Arst on a large scala.

London, October: 9. A broken rail was discover- on a main line this mort- g shortly before a Royal ain bringing King George VI ome from Scotland was due

pass over it. The Royal train was divorted. Other South Korean columns

the Caobang, 50 kilometres North clated Press. and The King were attacking from the South another line eached London 10 minutes late. Eart and the South, however, and The break occurred near Wat- it was possible one of these might rd, 20 miles North West of, have entered the outskirts

ndon. Railway officials blamed Wongan. fall in the temperature during night which caused sudden

the rall. atraction of After disposing of some state siness at Buckingham Palace, e King planned to leave tonight r a few days shooting at his andringham estate. He has bent the last seven weeks at

As the British troops moved Royal

Balmoral, castle in

forward along the convoy roads san area. Associated

leading to the front, soldiers stood on their vehicles Korean school children with United Nations flags in hand lined the route,

ing grouse.

Survivors from

sunken ship land in Norway

Oslo, Octobor 9. Twenty-seven survivors from 19 1,500 ton British steamer red Borchord, which sank in stonn, were landed today at arstad, Northern Norway. The vo other members of the crew, ere presumed drowned, accord- to a radio message from rimsby

up the survivors,

British troops

move up

"Mansi" (hurray).

bands of drums and

An Air Force spokesman said many of the fighter planes which attacked Wonsan today had origin- assigned to give the ally been First Cavalry Division close sup- port when it sent o spearhead across the 38th Parallel North of Kacsong. But the spokesman said of the 48 close support sortles on schedule the First Cavalry re- quested only about 15 and the

others were diverted to the Won

The pilots reported many towns burning within a five-mile radius of Wonsan.

South Korean military sources had no confirmation of their entry info Wonsan as reported by the shouting

Air Force Village

pilots but were not cymbale surprised.

The briefing spokesman said

turned out to great the United the Reds have a force estimuted Nations fighting man.

A

at a reinforced division in the

A spokesman at Corps Head-Hwachon area and are putting up quarters said the British Brigade the most effective delaying action would be given its own objectives | yet encountered North of the 38th under Corps Headquarters super- Parallel, vision. He said: "They are

This is the ROK Sixth Division strong fighting force and we are sector. The Reds here were lden- glad to have them with us." tided as from the 18th Division He said Brigadier-General Basli which retreated from Scout, The watched F-80's, Coad and members of his brigade spokesman sald Hwachon may be

Corsairs and one of their rallying points.

hich play "wlar, Boston Fury Mustangs pound enemy positions

-the

Kores Resistance

has started and that elements

of the First Cavalry Division had:

advanced approximately weakening

700 yarde into chamy territory,

was the escape

year and since then has been the object of many special checks by customs and immigration authori ties. Her crow has not been al- lowed to land here since the Eisler escape.

The Batory underwent a some- what similar search, without the

Instruments, last August. terday were

Among her 804 passengers yes. 20 Russians, all members of the Soviet Embassy or United Nations staffs.-Asso- clated Press.

S. MOLUCCANS APPEAL TO UN COMMISSION

think in

columns'

Last photo

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arca

where

wnre: near Ung. Bị un

increased

guerilla activity has incre recently, and where the United Vietminh is reported to be get- Chief in Europe, one of the four American commanders, the adjacent sealor ting aid from

who also addressed · the“. High Chinese border-

The

French

army starter Commission conference, described trucking water. 15 mlies Inte Western Germany as the "frontier of democracy, and American Haiphong for the city's hos pitals and its own Installations. troops there as a "most important The big part olty's Industry : crippled. Beveral ships are held up for lack of frakch, water for

stabilizing Influenc

Influence on Western Europe."

CHIANG TO SPEAK ON DOUBLE TENTH

Taipoh, October 0.7 The Nationalist President, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, General Handy, war the will deliver his yourly Double

warned Germans to expected hardships Tenth anniversary speech tomor- The Halpur people are facing due to the sending of additional

Haiphong

row.

à crisis since most of them har water on hand only for five days,

*** Small forts at øvery, half, mile. protect the pipeline across the delta arco. The system of forts in untenable, however, in the moun- tains where guerillas roam at, will the night, according to during Haiphong city omcials

·Haiphong handles all supplies for Northern Vietnam ---United Prtas and Associated Press,

CHURCHILLS VISIT

·DENMARK ...

London,: October 19, *** Mr. ·Winston Churchill and hle wife, left here by als today for Denmark, where they: Lare – to

Jakarta, October 9. He noted the contrast between Five prominent South Moluc- The big guns of Thatkhe were Tho radio operator of the along a jagged ridge of hills just the strong, resistance at Hwachon

cans on behalf of 10,000 Amboi- supporting the last phase of the ostan Fury sald today that the North of the 38th Parallel, Fighter and the feeble night by the Rods

nese living in Java, this morning withdrawal in the North, the red Borchard capsized in

aplanes, using rockets and napalm only a few miles East where the urged the United Nations Com-spokesman said, adding that the rear-guard had now Norway yesterday. The bombs, swooped in to knock out ROK Capitol Division advanced mission for Indonesia to call an form off

was flooded, the holding ngine-room

within was beyond Mundung-n!. He said this immediate cease-fire, and pro- come Red stronghold which

their protective umps were blocked and

the Allled advance; | might be accounted for by the tested against "the armed action range, i

18 based

French ies were put out. The steamer At one time a big pall of smoke fact that the Reds were unable to

which

Inde trified

helplessly broadside on hung over the hill where the organise any large force farther on the Indonesianovernment commander-le-Chief in

wishful waves before she Communists were firmly dug in. East than Hwachon. the

hugh

that the South China, left Saigon this morning urned over.

Moluccan A spokesman for the United

for Hanol to survey the frontier is not sup The Boston Fury reached the

Aituation. ported by the people." Nations First Gorpa in cene soon after. he picked ug

scanninprity The South sald the big push Northward

Moluccan

clos The spokesman sold that c where 7 men from the floating wreck-

group in Sourabaya this morning

and Vietnamese French go, but timber from the deck

sent a similar note to the United forces Inflicted heavy losses on argo which was tossed about

Nations. Coples were sent to the the enemy and captured quanti- Indonesian Premier, the Nothor- ties of Vietminh arms in swap lesca, made the search for the to missing en difcultRou

landa High .* Commissioner In through the Red river riorahes Jakarta and the South: Moluccan near the city of Barong about representative in Holland-As- 40 kilometres.

Halphong sociated Press...

biggest port. in North- ern Irito-China.

In', the

around BOMB THROWN the spokesman

Bald forces widening their "pacifica- DURING CONCERT tion aron moved 15 kilometrca Page 2

North of Thainguyen, former Corresponderjan. IN TORONTO

Viuleninh; milli

tal which Pag military, capital was captured on October 11

Reminders into Tokyo became the first to the city, claimed the Reds weld

Toronto, October 8, The spokesman sald 3 enter North Korea in General withdrawing and heading for home-made gunpowder Vietnam forces were establishing or MacArthur' campaign to crush Munchon, 10 miles to the North; bomb, filed with six-inch rail-a poet; building, alratripe and freudia's lonely Coas

Communist Thus for only clements of the ligence ofcere, they also dal med bray, spikes, exploded last night phiming roads and dykes besteh

had crossed the a Russlan Heutenant-colonel war in the Ukranian

The weather

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teque anti-eyelona,to the NE...ar. Japan) slice of high pressure extended proke Jaben in the Eastern Ben," Presture

who high over China. CEME Today Farery "Lizbiny wind

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The "attack; began at daylight;

today. North and North West of There were Indications on Mon- Kassong in an area baraly 80 day night that the Communists miles below the Communist might be wllbdrawing

ing from capital of Pyongyang.” The First Corps spokesman

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not a reconnaissance or any started. The p

probing

The American

said

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was first into Malls and Arst

Won-

Korean forces were still advancing, on the olty and the important Won-

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