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ESTABLISHED FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS
HONG KONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1950.
U.S. FORCES MAKE ANOTHER
No indication
of Peking intervention.
General
Toky, October 20.
Douglas Mac. Arthur'a briefing spokesman sald fatty today there had of apen been no indication
- Intervention on the part of the Chinese Communist forces in Keroa.
The spokesman offered no other Interpretation of South Korean reports concerning captured Chinese Communist coldiers both on the North West and North East fronts.
United Press.
Communists recapture three towns
With the First Corps,
October 29.
A Communist force, estlinai- ed at two baitalions of Chinese and North Koreans, recapture Onjong, Kwansong and Tagu yong early today in a counter- attack preceded by blaring bugle calls.
LANDING IN KOREA
Seventh Division get orders
to drive to frontieren
BRITISH ENTER CHONGJU
Tokyo, October 29.
The first of 27,000 troops of the U.S. Seventh Infantry Division began landing on the Korean East coast at Iwon today under orders to drive straight for the Manchurian border, 75 air miles to the North Wast.
The landing was made on a beachhead about one mile North of Iwon. There was no opposition and no mines to endanger. the 50 vessels carrying the troops ashore.
The 10 leading ships began putting the 17th Regimental Combat Toom of the Seventh Division ashore on Sunday morning. The full unit was ox- pected to be landed by the afternoon and to start marching North before dork.
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DEATH Quins in New York VIETMINH
OF KING GUSTAV
Stockholm, October 29. King Gustav of Sweden, the world's oldest monarch,
here today, aged 82.
He had been
gravely since e collapsed after
n Cabinet meet-
ng at Drottning- holm Palace, on Friday,
An oMcial statement An- nouncing the King's death wan Issued from the Pathec.
A full, om- cial communique from the Court was expected inter.
died
King Gustav The Crown Priner Gusto Adolf, summoned by telephone went to the Palace a few minutes He ha.
after the King's death.
visited the King twice yesterday
Stockholu but returited to his home shortly niter "inidniglit. Prince Wilhelin and Prince Bertu. ulso arrived at the Palace shortly after the King died.
о
King Custof V, descendant of Charles Bernadotte, sne
WAS the Napelton's Marshals, oldest monarch in the world, ai six foot seven inches he was also the tallest,
Division in the Unsan area was were putting up continued stiff and his reign, which began in De-.. yolug ahead against "very heavy" resistance.
The first objective is Pun san, 41 mlies North West of
resistance.
North the rest of the Along Iwon on the route to the Man
Far to the South, Marines of Eastern frontier, elements of the churian border, an announce-
the First Division, attacking to South Korean Capitol Division ment by General MacArthur's Headquarters said. Fungsan is the East coast supply and the Third Division reported road which had been cut by increasing numbers of enemy 120 road miles from Iwan. Communist guerillas, were caught facing them. The drive North Hard fighting enemy forres
General MacArthur's unnounce- in an unbush near the town of
of ward toward Chosin and Fusen known to Include Chinese from
ment said the Seventh Division | Kojo. Two Marines forces of reservoirs with their huge hydro- Manchuria, recaptured the threr
the First Division, totalling near-electric power plants was re- towns in a double envelopmen Wat originally on schedule to Po
at Wonsan, 108 miles South Westly 250 men, were ambushed and ported to be opposed by some movement beginning about 2 2.0
of won, with the U.S. Marines cut off by the Communists who
units of the Chinese Red nrmy. They overran the ROK regiment-
by-passed 65 miles
The North Koreaus were build- that went al command post.at Kwanson went ashore in another am- had been
North of the 86th Parallel. They Thursday.ON chibious binding Inst and artillery positions in the gaind
fought their way out of the traping up artillery and tank support general area. The Reds emptured However, minefields described three South Korean artillery bat- the most Intensive in history de- with the aid of offshore destroyer; in their first semblance of pr teries totalling 18 gund and in-aved the Wonsan landing a week bombardment and aeroplane fire, sanised defence since the fall of
but a Marine Corps spokesman Wonsun. Seventh Divisais Wal.
The Korean Republican com sait the units suffered "rome fleted henvy casualties on the and the
diverted further North
manders feared that the slowdown surprized artillerymen.
of the South Korean: forces to On the West coast, troops of the casualties"...
avait the Tenth Corps landing by By daylight units of another U.5. 24th Division drove within Manchuriar
American Marities at Wonsan reglinent were 8ghting their way 39 air miles of the
may have cost them the initiative back into Onjong and another sex border, in a combined American,
in their race for the Manchurian piment was 'racing South from British and Australian drive to-
the new North ward
border-United Press. Kojang to join the fight.
The early
morning battle at Communist capital of Sinulju at Kwanrong
was described the mouth of the Yalu River.
The Americans drove through Army Signal Corps photographer
Even farther South the United blacks into Tacchon,
Nations
battling Ralph
forces Conner of Savan-road Sergeant
mlies South of the border, and guerillas in what United Press nah, Georgia, as follows:
five miles Inst night Korean stoppe "I was sleeping in a house with two KMAG (Koren North West of the town. They es- correspondent William H. Burson described as "cowboy and Indian"
Koren"
42
Fight against
guerillas
were
Military Advisory Group) officers. imate they killed 300 to 400 ni warfareuarters Korean release
They were Major Robert Bordly of Baltimore, Maryland, und Cap- -tain-Joseph W. Donovan of Put-
nam, Connecticut.
Hoard bugles
"We heard firing in the dis- tance about 2 a.m. but we
didn't pay much attention at first. But whom they started shooting on the outskirts of the town and wo heard buglo. blowing we decided to get out of our bags.
"It was the Arst time I ever heard bugles in Koren. I think they must have been Chinese.
the Rdds holding the road blocks.
There was no report of any enemy resistance to the American advance.
British troops.
in Chongju
The U. 8, First Corpa spokes.
sald British man
Common-
on the
is now
7th
Dening arrives in HK
Ile was, horn on June 16, 1358 cember, 1907, was the longest Swedishi history.
greetings
52nd First
on his this year came tron. birthday four-year-old Prince Carl Gustat his great-grandson, who becomes. Crown Prince.
During the last years of ht life, King Gustaf amazing-resiliency. He refuset
showed
In
Oliva Dlónna, Father of the famous Dionne quintuplets, directe his Daughters' afiantion towards an interesting object as they stand atop the RCA building roof during a visit in Rockefeller Centre. They were New York on a four-day visit. The girls, left to right, are: Annotte, Marie, Coolla, Yvonne and Emilio. Looming. In the rear is the Empleo State Building (AP Photo),
Tibet asks India for aid against invasion forces
to grow old, He played his fa vourite: "dame, Lawn Tennia When he was over 30. He never missed his spring visit to the! Riviera, where he spent an an- ngal holiday for more than 40 The Markenik,
King Gustaf disliked formality and remained the most demoeri- tic of monarchs. He dover were his Crown
A great lover of outdoor sport. King Gustav gave a message to the youth of the world on his 9is: birthday in 1940, stressing that he had "experienced in a rich mea- sure the benefits and joy of sport and an open air life."
He claimed to be the only man to have dined with Disraeli and lunched with Hitler, but had nothing in common, with either.
New Delhi, October 28.
Government of Tibet--remote "Roof of the World" land between China and India-has
THREAT TO LAOKAY
th
Salgon, October 29.. A hard choice of whether stand and fight or fall bac through enemy-held mountain appears developing for French, garrison of Laokay even as fresh US arms arrive here for the French to figh against the Communist-le Vietminh.
A French military spokesma reported attacks on two outpos on the Red river near the bord of Communist China. He ga Vietminh shack trocOS - WE coming in contact with Fo Hennequin, only two miles Ea of Laokay, and mortar fire h been brought to bear on a sm French unit which is withdrav ing from Banthet, four miles fa ther East. The Banthet site wi reported to have suffered casualties.
French warplanes 200 raked the Vietminh-the fle army of Moscow-trained Chi-minh-with- bombs
gunfire Groups crossing fr
East to the West bank the Red river about 20 ml South Lokay were amo the targete
CATE
The French aircraft Dixrude slipped 60 miles upriy *to this capital city with the f
argest shipment of Americ military ald to reach Indo-Chi A French spokeemmm raid consignment, loaded in San Fr
lace included 40 U.S, Na Hellcat fighters, em Parts and munitions. The reco
No French reverte on th Indo-China frontier accelerat the American aid programme. The primary tactical probl
was at Laǝki of the moment more than 000 mile North Saigon. There the French gr --on swelled slightly, by un withdrawn from outlying po awaited encircling Vietm ht fushed by victories that he cleared the French from 400 ml of the frontier-Associated Pro
asked India for aid to meet a threatened "in-On other page
vasion" by Chinese Communist armies, usual- ly reliable sources said hore.today,
Tibet has also asked that the issue of "Chinese ag-
gression" be raised in the United Nations Security Council as a matter of urgency, they added.
The Indian Government is Tibetan re- considering the quest, it was learned here.
Earlier today Indian Gov- ernment sources in close touch
rality over Tibet on the strict understanding that China eccord- ed, the Tibetans complete local autonomy.
Sir Esler Dening, former staf wax-the only with Lhasa,, Tibet's capital. there was no confirmation i
tasted at 7 a.m. GMT (3 p.m. IK Time) sold "United Nations -forces-reported--more--than- 3,000 enemy prisoners of war captured yesterday. Reports from the battle oreas indicate that the Assistant Under-Secretary at grand total of prisoners captured the Foreign Office for Far
now more then 130,000.
Eastern and South East Asian realstance #nct the Korean
stiffened Affairs, arrived from London battlefront yesterday as the United Nations by BDAC yesterday evening.
Sir Ester who is now travelling forces continued their drive to
The us border.
Ambassador, told reporters the Munchurian
British Commonwealth upon his arrival that one of his wealth treps had entered the advaneed to the vicinity missions to this part of the world outskirts of Chongju,
conduct talks with the is to of Chongiu after elimination of main road to, the Korean-Man-
stubborn resistance near Kasan, Americons in Japan on the pro churian border city of Binulju.
T'en enemy tanks were destroyed posed Japanese peace treaty.
He cald the Japanese peac by alr-ground actions during the He sald opposition to the Bri-
treaty on which the United States When we looked outskh: we
after Com-
atrendy the North elements of the LDS
approached the the town was being ish was decreasing found
25th Division, attacking United Kingdom, is at present evacuated, Our jeep had a las monwealth_fantrymen knocked
cut thres Red tanks. The British Tacchon. were engaged by all in its informal discussion front tyre but we didn't stop to
were slowed down somewhat bi
enemy battalion. The Americans
stage. destroyed this unit and wore con-
"That Is one of the reasons why, tinuing their advanco when they
I will go to Tokyo," Sir Esler sald, truck another enemy force sup
tanks and two ported by four self-propelled guns. An envelop- ing movement eliminated this group and 300 enemy dead were counted In the arca. Eight enemy three self-propelled tank and gurs were destroyed during the dny's nelions,
Chonglu.
fix it. We could hear firing on a. blown bridge one mile East of three sides so we jumped into the Jeep and took off to the Souit Fost in a hurry. Mortar shells were dropping within 30 yards of the road as wo left in high-gear-"
United Press..
New Delhi, October 20. India will support the joint re solution sponsored by. SÖTÉTI Latin-American countries facilitate the admission of Spain.j Jato international organisations, usually reliable sources said, here TodayReuter,
The
weather
A: 0800, GET (p.m.. XKST) · the Cropical storm altunted - about 400', initep ENE of Haulio appunta to have woukset considerably, but tinboom has developed
60 mil NE of Manila,incktonate low pressure, salém to the E of Thilip sig pinov, Thá typhoon is moving WNW ai
Reports reaching First Corps headquarters said the ROK Fir!
Fire in new British liner
}
Barrow-in-Furness,
October 29.
was still burning early morning.
advance.
US
Stubborn resistance
Two
Main object
grent- said that Chinese Communt monarch with a grandchild in 1891 he married troops had entered the Budd Princess Victoria of Baden, who hist monastery land's Eastern died in 1980. He leaves two son mountain district three day Crown Prince Gustav Adolf-the age Heir Apparent--and the Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Soder
danland.; :-
The new King
second
But usually well-informer sources said that India was-un- likely to take any positive ster, before receiving China's reply to the strongly worded site in the Larcat to Tibet delivered yester
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