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CHINESE ARMIES MASS Amazing Test Cricket

Assault FOR NEW ATTACK Against Officially Located South

Hanoi Expected

Saigon, Dec. 26.

The French authorities anid today that increasing Communist activity North of Hanoi

seemed to in-

dicate the long-awaited at- tack on the Northern capi- tal is about to start.

Of The 38th Parallel

US Decoration

For British

Officers

Commonwealth Brigatie Headquarters, Dec. 20. Two British officers were de-

UN FORCES REGROUP

Tokyo, Dec. 27.

Chinese invaders of South Korea massed arms and set up command posts in advance battle zones 20 odd miles above Seoul today to challenge the newly unified and reinforced Allied army of nearly 250,000 men.

Lieutenant

FREDDIE BROWN

General Matthew Ridgway flew Famed

The French spokesman sald, corated today with the United into Korea and took over the field command of "Rebel forces have been mass-States Silver Star for gallantry ing in the northeaster

corner in the Korean war. of Indo-China since the end of They were Brigadler B.. A. their autumn offensive,"

Coad, Commander

of the 27th

French troops were forced hbandon almost the whole

to British Commonwealth Brigade,

the late Lieut. General Walton Walker, Chief of the United States Eighth Army.

At the same time, 100,000 battle-tried veterans of and Major James E. Gilles, of the United States Tenth Corps shifted from

of

the frontier to the Reds during. September and October.

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PI TO STOP RE-EXPORTS

по

the

Stone Stolen

Coryphon Summerland 24 the Hungnam beachhead to South Korea were put under From Abbey

decoration

for The citation

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the

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role

day.

Police estimated

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and

offices

THIEVES' DARING

211-

on

police

The thieves conducted their get away so well that Scotland

and detectives Yard

Britain still were throughout without a clue after an intense Christmas Day hunt

resled it had

stone,

broke the thieves large splinter off the leg of the Coronation Throne, the oldest plece

of furniture Abbey.

AUSTRALIA OUT The Test

FOR 181

England Victory In Sight

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

Melbourne, Dec. 26.

Hallelujah! England is on the very threshold of her first Test victory over Australia for 12 years, and mightily well earned it will be. There's many a slip yet in getting the 151 runs required for victory on this problematical six-day-old wicket on which wickets have been falling with some of the frequency and muth of the commotion of giant gum trees being felled by Aussie lumber- jacks in Australia's vast "Outback."

But despite the breath-catching alarums of the last 54 minutes yesterday, in which alarmingly we lost the wickets of Washbrook and Bailey in 13 overs for only 28 runs, 60,486 people to give the- official attendance figures went home last night firmly convinced that England have already moral- ly won this match.

Irrespective of the result, the current perfor mance of this "forlorn hope" team, coming on top of the competent and courageous Brisbane, bid, has probably placed English cricket on a higher plane of respect and certainly of affection than any side since well before the war.

Scoreboard

Australia 1st Innings 104

·England 1st Innings 197 AUSTRALIA 2ND INNINGS Morris Jbw Wright Archer a Balloy. b Bedsor Harvey run out Miller Daley

Hassett Balloy ↳_Brown .. Loxton e Evans & Brown .*** Lindwal e Evang d Brown .. Tallon lbw Brown ..... Jan Johnson e Closa b Dodser Bill Johnston Bailey Iverson not eat

Total

Fall of wickets: 43-1; 99-2 100-3; 126-4: 151-5; 191-6; 150- and 181-8,

Bailey Redrer

Wright

Brown Close ......

Bowling

O ME

10.3

to 6 43

ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS

Simpson not out

Washbrook b Ivaron Bailey blan Johnson Hutton not ent

Extras

10

Fall of wickets: 22/1 and 22/2.

Bowling

Lindwall

Miller Ian Johnson Iverson

STOP PRESS

TEST

MATCH

RESULT

Australia won the second

It was something to remem- throw-in by Cyr Washbrook ber how the vast phalanx of which hit

direct the stumps 60,000 white-shirted spectators and ended Nell Harvey's in-Test match at Melbourne Australian nings just when that erratically today by 28 runa. England sweltering in the Christmastime, sus in this most brilliant young stroke player were dismissed imposing of all modern cricket seemed about to take charge of second innings for 150 just In their

after the tea interval.

they had been in the

TEST LUNCH SCORE

Gen. Ridgway, wiping out the hotly disputed split The spokesman saiti the unders. The Communist-led Vietminh rebels equivalent to the British Mili- command. attacked French frontier post, tary Cross.

a

Allied Their last man and last gun, The Communist Brigadier

ENTERPRISE anti-Com- one of a series guarding the im- portant China Sea port of Mon-Coad said "His presence in for- outposts spotted along the 140-plus about 100,000

ward areas and his cool dis-mile line across the

nurow

munist North Korean civilians,

London, Dec. 25. cay, on Christmas night but

of Korca. Both sides selled from the demolished_port regard for personal hazards in-waist tvolved were an Inspiration details of the attack were

Thieves, believed moti to were building up for what may

on Christmas Eve. of Hungnam All civil- membera mediately available.

of his unit."

be the biggest and most deri-

The Tenth Corps remained vated by intense Scottish The Silver Star was awarded sive battle of the Korean war, intact, a fighting army with its nationalism, stole the ians were evacuated from Mon- cay last week in preparation for for the Brigade's

The Chinese forces were off-weapons and supplies.

cient stone of Scone from the Communist drive,

from Scoul to

becially located two miles south The deliberate, orderly retire

Abbey The spokesman reported only tween October 10 and November the old Korean border and ment was hailed as one of the Westminster

and for the attack Inunched 20 miles north of Seoul, and most remarkable accomplish- Christmas Day. The price- patrol activity over Christmas 10 an

of the Red capital by North Korean patrols, as close ments of modern warfare. It less relic is a central fixture north elsewhere in Indo-China, French neroplanes continu

continued bombing Brigadier Coad to relieve 187th as 24 miles northwest of Seoul, was announced on Christmas

Com-Airborne Division after and strafing sorties against

thor probed the Allied Unes aggres Day, just six months to the day in the coronation of British munist encampments and depots parachute descent on Sunchen sively for the sixth straight after the Soviet-trained North Kings. and naval forces are conducting and

Sukchon.

South Korean Army invaded The decoration was awarded small operations

that 50,000 Korea. against smugglers on the north to Major Gillies for the Argylls' Koreans left the South Korean The North Korean invaders attack over the Naklong River capital on Christmas Day. Pre- were smashed back and seat- eastern coast-United Press.

on September 23 when his sident Syngman Rhee said the tered, and just one month ago, company was subject to

with government had no intention of the US Tenth Corps troops stood misdirected air strike with leaving and he was cofident that on Korea's northern border fac- napalm by United States planes the

the city was socerod, But only a ing Red Manchuria while the Argylls were holding day cariler the National Assera-

Nationalists and even the arenas rose to their feet hoarse-the match. 120-MILE RETREAT the crest of Hin 283. Despite bly and some government of

more moderate Home Rulo y cheering the English bowling however, no United and the heavy Red decided to move to Pusan. this attack

advocates, in Scotland cheered successes" periodically in

Harvey's dismissal drastically the Manila, Dec, 20.

forces remained north

the news mrtillery and mortar fire,. Majur

changed Australia's fortunes- that the stone had exelting day of bemusing fluc-after Correspondents with the Unit-of the 38th Parallel, the old Senator Macario Peralta Jnr.

been removed from the Abbey tuations in a style only equalled threatening position of 81 for a Bill which Gilles steadied the survivor and ed States Eighth Army reported North-South

frontier that. split where Liberal, drafted

them back to positions on no significant changes in post- Korea in half, led

since when a well-backed favourite would prohibit the

1296.

at lunch, mainly because of at Flemington hill.

tions up to Tuesday midnight,

is coming down exportation of goods imported

the unhurried graceful stroke- The citation sald "He re-but said that both frontline and

The vast armies of Communist

In removing the 336 pound the straight, leading the field making of Ken Archer. They here from the United States,

Intervened, forcing peatedly exposed himself to in- Headquarters officers were con- China had

ain the Melbourne Cup.

then seemed well on the way Senator Peralta sald that un-

tense enemy fire and encouraged vinced that Chinese assault the US Eighth Army in the west

Before the Tests started I re-to the winning 400 total thay less such a measure was passed, and directed his men." He was backed by month-long buildup into a hasty 120-mile retreat,

ported that thousands

The lunch-time score in the the Philippines would and it-the last man to leave the hill was coming-United Press,

and missing destruction of the

of were confident of.getting." Aussies genuinely wanted to in

second Test match was, England self buying goods with dollars United Press.

Tenth Comps only because of the

see England win Test match

After Wright had completely 84 for 4 wickets, England now EPIC WITHDRAWAL

historic beachhead withdrawal. for countries which do not have

because they thought it would unsettled the majestic Muley by require 95 runs to win with six Today, the Red Invaders had the dollars-Associated Press.

Tokyo. Dec, 20,

be good for cricket and because all but bowling him in the first wickels in hand. edged within 21 miles of Seoul,

Twenty-seven monarchs have they thought it would infuse slump down with a sharp in- United Nations the Southern

Hutton was 35 not out, over, Bailey clammed his

The Ice capital, in the

wickets lost this morning were the against the Red ogliminaries or an all-out offensive, been crowned on it, including much-needed interests in

series. There may then have swinger and the Australian Lindwall for 21 and Dewes, of They had threatened to launch it Britain's present ruler, George been a hint of patronage. But ting strength disintegrated in a caught Harvey, bowled Iverson those of Simpson,, bowled by Korea's 38th Parallel on Christ- on Christmas Day, but it failed A middle-aged woman who

completion of the to come.

The stone had rested under-esterday they

repetitive style that must showed it was have the Australian celectory for five. Parkhouse at lunch was amok and damaged the mas with

Its position sincere and it was good to see sir Don seaborne withdrawal of luxurious home of screen here eple

The Tenth Corps withdrawal, neath the throne. troups

the Union Singapore, Dec. 20.

of the and, hear.

Bradman, Chapple. from a tiny applauded by President Harry symbolised Errol Flynn, sold today she 105,000

and Jack Dwyer Chinese,

Ryder, as described

by the wanted to beat up

the "actor north-eastern beachhead

sur Truman as "the best Christmas crowns of England and Scot-

BROWN THE HERO alarmed as their puzzled faces mosscd Chinese Government as Communist ter because a man calling himself rounded by

present I could have," was matte land in the 17th Century.

Australians love a fighter in showed, Korean Communist rorists, burned three taxicabs on Errol Flynn" had been "bother-and

any Beld of sport, in 14 fighting, freezing days and

John MacCormich, Chairman

and they Christmas

of the Scottish Covenant Move-have

And now, in the absence of Eve. They have

armies.

now taken ing" her.

nights.

this Vowing She said the man called her

to fight anew, the burned Ave cabs and two buses of

Pre Compton, the fate of the match For two solid weeks, the

cald whatever the out-viously ment,

much underrated side this fateful morning la largely in adven- to American, South morning a British company and one bus

several Arst of the

come of the "present for

their every

thrusting Reds were held at bay ture" he hoped the stone ulti-and collectively. But it is

hearts individually Hutton's and some

hunds, British

It seemed Robbers broke into the For owned by a non-Communist months and today asked her to Korean

troops of the UN Tenth Corps by naval guns, planes, artimately would be kept in Scot-jovial-faced, She re- Chinese firm in a wave of arson come to this home.

strange that this Yorkshire East Trading Co. Ltd. office at Hetermined

urbanely doughboys land except on Coronation in positions were days, the an-fused to believe Flynn had been already

pipe craftsman, so well equipped for Pedder Building between the oc-smoking Freddie Brown who the in the past few

109 mnval vorsels com-caslona He continued: nouncement added.--Asssociated in Europe for the past two around Pusan and Pohang, in while

their supreme hero after his problem job that this curious carly hours of Boxing Day and pleted the unprecedented, ordet- months.-United Press.

The Stone of Destiny (Scot-personal triumph in this game, the innings in his old opening robbery was discovered yester 1113 wicket Presu,

presents, did po open stole $100,000 ly retirement. They took their

in cash. The The outward serenity weapons and vast stores of sup- tlah name for the

this position. plies with them to fight again in perly belongs to the people of big bluff figure when trying to

Scotland. Under the terms of keep what seemed on in But, doubly eager to play his day morning and the police are South Korea.

Investigating. [****] part after his unsatisfactory touring party from dismissal in the first innings, the treaty. Major-General Edward M. ||149

of Northampton inadequate becoming Almond,

a demoralised rab-Hutton is there today to.handle. 1928 the stone, which is the an- Tenth Corps Com-

ble

earlier in the tour, while the freak balls this pitch will mander, in announcing the end cient symbol of Scottish

struggling to find his form assist Iverson to provide, of the operation, disclosed that tonality, was to be returned to treaty was

himself, won the popular ad- "all clements are either at sea Scotland, but the

never or landed in the Fuman-Pohang

Associated miration.

But his Press,

dramatic side-suc- concentration, area,” near the

couring exhibition of aggres- southeast tip of Korea.

Bive batting on Saturday fol lowing bla astute captaincy- made him the

Chinese

Burn

S'pore Taxis

DAMAGES ERROL FLYNN'S HOME

ran

COMMENT OF THE DAY

Hollywood, Dec. 26.

The entire defence gressors shifted south

far southeast Korea.

A Message For The World THOSE

HOSE who either listened-in and heard, or those, who in this paper, will read the King's Christmas address to the world, will not fail to understand the solemnity of his message. Behind it ringa the homely greeting of "A Happy Christmas" yet its theme was a warning that from certain parts of the earth neither peace nor good- will toward men--could be expected. measured His Majesty spoke. in terms as well as in simple, lovable and understandable language." To the ordinary people his message drove home more forcibly the present world situation: than anything inter- national politicians or statesmen might say. He told the people quite squarely what they are up against-not only a world divided, but a world assailed by forces and influences-which cynically disregard the primary meaning of Christmas and Its noble sentiments. It only the people behind the Iron Curtain could have heard it! If only the Kremlin and Peking would take due note of it! Is that asking too much?, Yet it is, an uplifting thought that the free, people of the world have been able to hear, read and understand the King's message. And while it was solemn, acknowledging all the inplications of the present moment, it sacrificed nothing in hopefulness. The solution to the problem is more humaneneas, a more Christian approach to the noods of the day, a greater understanding of our vacled problems. The Western world today is not believed when it ayserts its desire to adapt just those precepts. Nevertheless the spirit, as well as the thought: In there, and tho

gesture invites those who

are most sceptical of our principles and inten- tions to accept it on face value; to "give us & go" as the Australians express it, and to try and let us prove to them, as woll "s to ourselves, that we mean what we say. Two reciprocal actions are open to those who regard us with such distrust: One

Communist concerns China-the other Communist Russia, The former can demonstrate its good- will and its willingness to help bring peace on earth to men of that faith by immediately calling a halt to the hostili- tica in Korea; of agreeing to a' censo- firo and then helping to work out a settlement of the Korean problem. The West still waits for that gesture which will prove beyond doubt the genuine goodwill of the Chinese Communists. When that is made there will bo im- 'mediate reaction to it—a reaction of quiet satisfaction and happiness in the knowledge that our Chinese friends have not lost their faculty for appreciating that the peace of the world, in its most honourable form, is still as dear to them as it is to us. And the Kremlin; on its part, can make an equally important contribution to peace by agreeing to join the Western Powers discussions which will tako into account fundamental causes as well as '|' fundamental solutions.¦ ¦ Nothing could- brighten the prospects of the coming. New Year more than that Communist China and Communist, Bussle alve a sign that both are willing, not only to talk peace, but to act It The Western World walts ready to meet them at

· least half way,

in

and

Fusan was the old beachhead perimeter which the US Eighth Army held against heavy odds last unmer until their breakout to the north following the Sep- tember 15 Tenth Corps landing at Inchon.

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Big Holiday Death Toll

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bourne.

His

the

of this

toast of Mel- magnificent

bowling yesterday ideally completed the happiest chapter In his story book.

Never have I seen

Brown

bowl better. At a time when it was vitally necessary early in the afternoon to maintain pres- on the struggling

Aus tralis and give any

Chicago, Dec. 26. The United States count-suro

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UN Commanders were jubi -lant at extricating Avo combat divisions the US First Marine Division, the US Third and Seventh, and the Republic of ed a staggering death toll of cheap runs, as Wright did in the Korea (ROK) Third and Capital 664 today from violent acci- arst innings, Brown audaciously Divisions from the ley wastes dents over the three-day pitched the bell well up, never of Northeast Korea against Christmas holiday...

bowled a single

loose ball overwhelming numbers of Com-

made his leg-turns come through troops munist

Optimism was tempered by above 500, the highest since the faster than usual,

Wright was a the menace of an impending all-time record of 555 in 1930.

a good deal better than 10 the Brst innings and gigantic

Communist Mishaps on the highways killed several times had Maler and Chinese offensive in the west.

515 persons...That, was UN. troops, braced in their than 100 above the 1949 Christ-proving effective enough, when st others in trouble but was hot fey foxholes on Christmas: formas holiday toll.

Brown took over Accidents from ares, drown-Bowie's job in masterly style. the blow.

main spin Icadets, airings and fells took an additional

He was aided in getting his dropped presumably at night | 149 lives. The grim total, one of fourth and most valuable wicket over South Korcon positions, the largest for any three-day by an acrobatic slip, catch bad mild the Chinese would holiday period, covered the 78 Trevor Bailey that was, as that. attack on Christmas" and hours from 6 pm Friday to last great allp catcher Keith Miller urged South Koreans to curren-midnight m རྗ

himself cald, "out of this world.” dor because they would be Tha. "Comell figures show SUPERB FIELDING outnumbered four to

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