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No. 34723.

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MOST OF PYONGYANG

HELD BY UN TROOPS

First Cavalry men first to enter Red capital

LITTLE RESISTANCE

Pyongyang, October 19.

The biggest part of this Red capital of North Korea belongs

to United Nations troops today.

Only a few snipers and die-hard Communists are contesting the swift ad- vonce of the U.S. First Cavalry Division and the South Korean First Infantry Division through the sprawling city.

The Reds could not even muster a stand for their bwn capital.

• After the Americans nd jancer. the civilians began ppearing.

This one was easy-nothing ike the bitter battle for Scout Started by the Reds.

Elther the Roúr had lost thei: will to fight for the city or elsv the Americans moved so frst they bat no chance te group the de-

ence force.

The entire Eastern half of the

held

Americas and is South Koreans. The United No- Bons forces are pouring, across The Tae-hing River info the West- em section of the city. They ard

lille opposition.

Reds had strung banners peruss the streets, calling on the eople: "Defend this city to the

fast.

But there was no real defence

ht Pyongyang,

One the cruz! of resistiace vas broken at Hukkyo, 13 mllen South of Pyongyang, then the real

BRITONS TAKE 2,000 PRISONERS

Tokyo, October 19. General MacArthur's Head- quarters in a summary today reported that the British 27th Brigade captured more than 2,050 prisoners, while clearing the area near Sariwon.-As. sociated Press.

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As the striking volun ied Lieutenant Colonel Paut Clifford inoved an, ja well-camoulaged Bed skin gave himself up, walking out of a rice paddy with

in sine.

There was fear on his face as news photographers pictured a soldier pointing a gun at him.

Fighter bomber supporting the was a breeze for the, millig Cavalry troops strafod and roc American ircops. They wera keled Red defenders inside the heerful ven though they had city. Several Red field plecen been driving hard for the past 30 | were hit and silenced. Jays.

1 A ŋoun field report

was the

abandoned

Airmen said they saw troopers of the First Cavalry's Eighth Re- giment enter the Southern edge of Pyongyang. “

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Governor says

Penang, October 19.

Sir Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hong Kong, told newsmen here today that the Hong Kong Govern- mont had found no causo to tako "any strious action” In view of the Chineso Red's occupation of the mainland.

Sir Alexander, accompanied by Lady Grantham, is now on route back to his past, aboard the steamer Corfu after a four-month holiday in the United King- dom.

The Governor said there are Chinesa in Hong Kong who favour Mao Tse-tung and some who luvour Chiang “ Kai-shek, "but if people behave themselves wo do not mind what views they hold."

Sir Alexander said he reviewed the Hong Kong situation with officials in London but had no new ad- ministrative plans,--Associated Press.

British Navy pilots give unrehearsed air display

Royal Navy pilots flying

test to say elements of two First their Furies and Fireflies froui Cavalry regiments penetrated the light carrief Theseus Pyongyang, already by most of His 700,000 inhabitants. Wednesday went out to attack targets in the North Korenc below Pyongyang peninsula but found themselves instead glving an unrehearsed alr diş- play over towns and villages rejoicing at their liberation. states a Press release from the Fleet Information Officer.

The pilots discovered that the overwhelming advance of

the United Nations armies had en- gulfed their targets. They flow kay over the fast-moving con- voys of tanks and transports and between lines of fng-waying North Koreans.

Won the race

"They are in-they wan the race to be first into Pyongyang," reported a plane pilot, Captain Itobert Terry.

Red artillery and mortar Are poured on the advance elements as they dashed into the 3,200- year-old city after crossing

creek.

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Right behind the First Cavalry advancé units, four other United Nations divisions and a brigade hurried up under a canopy of

planes.

"It was a remarkable sight," old Lieutenant J. Nunn, one of the Firefly pilots. "For days we of country and rarely saw a soul, have flown over the same stretch Today the place was full of pro- ple in their traditional white mocks, and the roads were busy with advancing milltary runs ports."

Commander,

A Fifth Air Force spokesmall mark the end of the 15-week-old Lieutenant-Commander F. Slovin-Į

U.S. First Cavalry troopers suid Mustangs und F-80x wore fought their way into Pyong, hitting fled troops and -Red post- yang today at 11 am. Red pri tions on the East edge of the elly Boners by Loore streamed where the ROK First Division back into American lines.

the

A fast-moving Cavalry regi- hont niet resistance in the out- kirts,

The Reds fell back behind the Juesteng River, which runs nupf the centre of the city. here they were putting

Sifter #ght

was closing in but still was out- side the city at noon.

UN.commanders have sold the capture of the Red capital may Korean war. They expected Kim's

iroops to switch surviving Buerilla fighting from mountains

to

Italy's defence programme

Roma, October 19.

Italy in eight months time will be guarding the Meditor- ranean flank of the European Atlantic Pact >wers with seven fully equipped divisions and four divisions at ́n fair degree of efficiency, and all the alroraft

her allowed under the peace treaty, the Italian Defence Minister, Signor Randolfo Pacciardi. announced::

This makes It clear that italy will have a total of 11 divisions, with seven of them fully equipped, he told Partia. ment last night-Router. -

Irish priest murdered by Korean Reds

The

forces in Indo-China

Washington, October 19,

United States last night earmarked modern Triple crash

of U.S. jet fighters

American jet fighter planos, tanks, guns and naval vessels for quick despatch to the Franch forces in Indo-China, now hard pressed by well-organised Vietminh forces.

A Defence Department spokesman said that high priority had been ordered for $275 million in increased military aid for battling Commun- işm in. Indo-Chino, as agreed to on Tuesday at the Franco-American rearmament talks here.

he added.

Washington, October 10.. One of the world's fastest jet fighter planes crash-landed about 30 miles West of Wash- ington yesterday and the in- jured pilot reported that two other jets flying. in formation

The United States plans to protected against encirclement, with him had also crashed. send a squadron of B-25 light bombers to Indo-China by the end of the year, Government amcials disclosed today, adds

United Press.

Other informants Kaid

the United Sintes is starting cum pleto review of its military. economic and political policies toward Indo-Ching to And new ways lo bolster the French aud Vietnamese troops being pushed back by Communist forces.

The policy review and deci slon to send a B.25 squadron grew out of the Wake Island conference between President Truman and General Douglar MacArthur. It was said that tho Chief Executive and the Supreme Allied Commander agreed on the necetelty of speeding United States arms te

the now battle area.

Urges peace move

In Paris, a French Communist

Informed Paria circles said that the 80,000 members of the French Union forces in the area were now 'expected to dig in about 80 miles' South of the mountainous frontier regian, defending a line at one point only about 20 miles North of Ilanol, the capital itself.

Chinese Reds

But more than eight hours later no trace had been found of the other, two planes, al- though air force officials con- firmed they were "missing.”

"Sabotage has been discounted as a possibility by the Air Force," Lieutenant Joseph Kent, An- drews, Maryland, Air Force base public Information ofeer, said.

He said a ground unety reach- ed the downed plane shortly be In Talpsh, Nationalist mill-{ tore nightfail,, but in the falling tary quarters here today credit-¦ Bght Mound nothing.” A guard od Communist China with rea was established until the morning.. ponalbility for the rooantly in creased military activity in Indo-China,

No intelligence officers were ful the party, although brue. officials said the apparent triole crash was “unusunt.

An offeinl and, that the Chin- "It is one of the oldest case? ese Communists were not partici- have ever come into," cam- pating in the actual fighting but mented, one officer. Ho said there were supplying weapons to Dr. had been no previous series of Ha

Indo-Chinese accidents with the F-88 Chl-rinh’s

jots. forces along with training them which have a speed in excess of and giving technical advice and 000 m.p.h. milltary and political organled- tion.

An official Enid that he, beloved deputy, M. Pierre Juge, today Dr. Ho's forces had Russlan und called for peace negotiations with | Chinese advisers but he could not Dr Ho Chi-minh, the head of the quote direct proof of this. Vietminh Insurgent regime Indo-China, continues Reuter.

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He was the first to sprak in the French National Assembly's debate on Indo-China.

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The pilot of the p

plane which helly-Innded in a coy pasture

· Nokesville, Virgiola, was near Second Lieutenant Luther C Barcas, 22, of Spring Lake, New Jersey. He was taken to Quantico, Virginia, naval hospital, suffering from a broken. 198, locerations Most Important part of Com and severe shock. munist China's contribution, he

Before Darcus was put to sleep said, was teaching Dr. Ila how to and

under n sedative, he said there use, civilians to help the army had been no collision between By instilling fear into the local the cipse-flying planes. At Grat The Assembly's Speaker, M. Information

population the army would get he thought the other two ship Edouard Herrict, paid tribute to movements and also hand mis- but later gold it might have been troop crashed into the Potomac River the French force fighting in the leading Information to French another body of water. French-sponsored State; or Viet-1 agents. nam In Northern Indo-China and

The plants were attached to to the war dead. All deputies,

the 335th, Fighter ... Interceptioni This would have the effect of Squadron at nearby Andrews Air the Communirts, re- the French "fighting. In the dark Force base fr:cluding

mained standing during this ad-1 while Ho ghts with his eyes they were on a routine training dress.

open," the official soid.

The official added, that this was Priss a well-known Cominunist, wär

The rightwing deputy, M. Frederic Dupont, attacked. the Government Policy in Indo China and said that the French forces there were lacking rein- forcements,

equipment and

money....

The Air Group Bradford, enid: "We were flying

Dublin, October 19. nearly all the time at not more than a hundred feat. in many Roman Catholic Mission of the villages and towns the officials said today that on near the Manchurinn burder.

Koreans were setting are to Irish

missionary priest had Until yesterday, the push for buildings."

One of those who had a grand-been murdered by the Korean & race. Moving The frantic Red flight from Pyongyang was

| Communists and eight other Pyongyang gave fighter bombar on the capital over-a-secondary stand-view-of-the-llberation was pilots a field day, hitting many

road from the South East, the Lieutenant O. E. Lavender who priests are missing.

Superior General Director J.

"During my recent trip to Indo- small convoys on the road South Korean First Division held not only made his first flight from

Dennehy of the Irish Maynooth China, representatives of the High having North West to Binanju. Four the advantage over the First Theseus on Wednesday, Artillery up. a

pieces being hauled Cavalry. Then, eight miles out, joined the carrier recently, but Missions to China said news of Command told me that French out on this road in daylight the Republic's troops had to slow his plane made the 1000th deck the death of Father Peter Collier war material was being sabotag..

an advance which had covered landing of the present commis- was received in a cable from the ed," M. Dupont said.. 00 miles in eight days. Red de-ion.

A former Defence Minister, M. The Reds moved trafns in duy-fences halted them..

Commander, F. H. E. Hopkins, The Director, the Reverend Brian light toward Sinanju, thè spokos-

DSO, DSC, Air Commander of Geraghty, reported that Fathor Edmond Michelet, a supporter of

Collier war killed North General Charles de Gaulle, "Your man said, and one locomotive was

Theseus told the plots: knecked out just as it was enter-

efforts of the last few weeks have Korean Communists while work-cused the Government of Hilding succeeded in softening up the in a parish not far South of the truth from the country Ty whole of the area we were given Secul on June 27. He said "grave minimizing the situation." to look after. The proof is that fears" are felt for the safety of our armies are walking into the the missing eight. country without hardly a shot being fired."

Bridge blown up

The Coinmunista, blew up a

were hit,

alb bridge over the broad rivering & turnal. On the outskirts, chief resistance vos mortar and sniper Bre.

Along the malu highway from Seoul, 1.3. First Cavalry troops bumped into Communist opposi- tion at the town of Hukkyo, 13 Night-flying B-20s hit several

miles South of Pyongyang. snall convoys moving North be- fare dawn on the road! te Sunchon,

inorning, This

ak ighter where Red military headquarters bombers dived on Red position was reported to have moved. I and lank guns blasted them, the This morning before "F" com- Trattle toward Sunchion decreased Cavalry troopera broke Into pany tumped off, leading the final | after rinylight. Jash Into Pyongyang, the Seventh

The road from Chunghawa to Pyongyong

Jittered was

with bandoned Red equipment left fiv repared trenches.

Rentment set

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up a

road block: British Brigade

where three Red tanics were nocked out just before daybreak. US F-31 Mustangs and F-80 ets rocketed the retrent

At the city's outskirts

Res

furry of small ariete was?

eds laid down mertar buffs on oth sides of the clogged highlway town which an American tank Blumu.rolled.

But none hit on the highway. However, one burst was go/elose 34 abowered Ameilean, correspon- dents" luking

cover behind building.

The British Brigade is not

Chunghwa. 10 miles from the Peapital and punched on North.

Captured Pyongyang civilians told t South Korean Army spokesman

Dictator that Red participating in the fighting at Kim had moved his seat of gov Pyongyang. Instead it has been Cinment 80 miles North of Hul- chon. They said military head- Cavalry and is fighting down quarters for the Red Army rem- the road to Chinnampo from pals were established 30 mile Kyamipo

North of Sunchon, Associated Prces.

detached from

Intelligence

First the

totul

places the force still available to the North Koreans 4

North of the 38th Parallel at 70.000, belleved to be

under command of two

corpa

Tanks knocked out organisations.

The Seventh Cavalry, Regi

Reports to General Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters Tokyo placed the total North

in

Communists arrested in Pl

Manila, October 18, One hundred and five per-

Bill to outlaw Communists in Australia

Canberra, October 19.

Director of the Korean. Mission.

by

The Irish Maynooth Mission had 42 priests in Korea at the outbreak of war.-United Press.

Men swept to their deaths over dam spillway

as-

The recent withdrawal from the French outposts in Northern Vietnam along the Vietnamese- Chinese border allowed the rebels to have a real army, he said.

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French

"round-robin'

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Field officials: szid

night.

United

On other pages

Correspondence.

technique used on the. Chinasa mainland and was tiow being successfully exploited by Com- munist guerillas in Malayu.

The second biggest aid that Communist China was giving to Pago the Indo-Chinese revolutionary Page 3. forces was transportation in the

Reminders. form of gasoline and, trucks.

Page 4 This was transforming, Dr. Ho Chi-minth's forces from straight. out guerillas into a belter or ganked fighting unit.

tary

1.

Coupled to this. was the Chin-

organisation. se Communist advice on mill

The weapons being supplied by the Chinese Communirls, consist. ed mainly of rißes and machine- guns with suitable ammunition.

Thero were. Indications that trench mortars had been supplied but not any heavier weapons

The French Embassy in Lon-Beuter and United Press. don torlay denied reports that the British, French and American Governments had discussed the possibility of a compromise with the Vietminh leader, Dr. Ho Chi- minh, in view of his successes in Indo-China.

Sydney, October 19. Seven men were swept to. their deaths over the spillway An Embassy spokesman des- The Bill to outlaw.the Com-fat Burrinjuck Dam, near Can-cribed, the report as "fantastic",

Yesterday a State Department munist Party in Australia was berra, this morning. They passed by the Senate Tate to- were employees of the New spokesman-in. Washington denied South Wales Water Conserva- a similar report that Britain and night.

the United States had advised tion Commission.

France to come to terms with Dr. Ho Chi-minh.

The men were working on a sluice, which controls the top ter.

The Labour Party, which holds majority in the Senate,, had blocked the Bill for months. But li decided to withdraw its oppost-feet of water in the dam. There ilon last Monday,

had been Heavy rains recently and The Bill has already · Lone the

authorities decided to release; through the Lower House,

thik um feet of water, "The

ME Governor-General,

WJ. McKell, is expected to give in

meril' bazolu team knocked out • Korean military casualties since gons, including the six-mem- his assent to the Bill tomorrow,; pressure of i inks just before the jump-yff of | the beginning of war to midnight ber general secretariat of the but legal action by the Com- great and th

The final attack..

Some Red Infantiv end support,

HIII:"

物 Tuesday nt 205,000,

of war.

This

Threat to Langsom

the

Vietminh

after guerillas, the men were engaged

coupying the French frontier dismantling works Un fortress of Dong Dang; wore

water became too

reported to be maming for an "structure apparent-. attack on Langson, the chlof

zeven wera munlat

remaining French post guard- Party may delay, I ly. collapsed,” Philippines Communist Party;

flung Into the spillway which is operation.. Ang tanks scattered quickly into gure includes 73,000 prisoners are being detained by milltary

Ing

[dħad." The legal

representativca or 30 feet debp Then they were whirled Into the Murrumbidgon intelligence officers of the the Parly plan to apply for

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evacuation of the Apparently the unexpected Philippines Army as a result Ingh Court, injunction as soon as River. It is not thought possible 75-year-old atone forlecks of swiftness of the United Nations of a series of raids yesterday, the nssent in given,

that any of the ran could survive. Dong Dang, the Afth bastion to It is believed that, if the High However, a het has been stretchet be abandoned within a month Koreans without any organised Lieutenant-Colonel Carmelo Court agrees to hear this th across the river 30 miles below tias left the way open for d the dam, to catch the bedies direct attack on Langson, 10 defence plans 'North" of Pyong. Barberó, Public. Information volume of evidence will delay 1

miles away Umcer of the National Defence ruling for several months. During Assaelated Press, Department, told a Press con- that Ume, the Government would Previously prisoners have al-ference that charges of inciting be

unable to implement any ways told of having had orders to rebellion" will be fled against part of, the bill.--Reuter to assemble on. a new Ilno, but the six members of the Com there have been no similar state munist Party general secretariat) ments from prisoners, captured

The weather

continues

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Easteriz

in the last low days, Intelligenca reported.

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other suspects are ;

screened to determine if they have connections with either the Huk-

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M. Leon Pignon, the French been enlared from 12 ta 14 memi bere tha Government 10shudio, High Commialdner in Indo- the, "Premier, Dr. D.;

China, today Informed the French Malan

lanan Council of ministers of the Intent The 'res Cavalry,rst Into balchaps or the Communist Party:

7 Talpeh, October 10, nounçèil Hero: Todayjama Akor= [eltuation in the Northern Elate thinines 3.9 houry,

liberated Maalla, and fest into Barbero sald Associated Press. Beinted reports claimed thatory, cattur, de a Johannesbuty of Tonkin, M. Albert: Carler,

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Command fight of Premier Kim 11 Bung's off the Stietland Islands to assist Foochow The Ouvertor General Designate soverommit and army remnants the tugboat Masteriman, dleepter Fourin (Floating Rogla)"Island and MerkatarVillons becomes Yorth from Pyongyang, resisted by cable,whlen fouled the crowd was taken. Uis, reports said, after adulter Chilibes, mistreating be. Tác qua khe Americans-Irom tranches duge Assterman is towing a lares: 20 R1, the 190-man Communia?

who fog, two miles along ridges Bouth foulingt-donker from tho Páron. 15 garrison had been killed (khiết, th

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