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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1951
Withdrawal From ENGLAND
Inchon Effected
PORT PERSONNEL EVACUATED
Tokyo, Jan. 5.
United Nations forces wi hdrew by sea from Inchon on the west coast of Korea on Thursday night and early today as Red hordes poured southward hrough, the shambles of Seoul toward the main body of the US Eighth Army.
cen-
Other Chinese Communist forces stabbed southward down the tre of the Korean peninsula in a drive aimed at cutting the Allied route to the Southeast.
were
Seoul already was abandoned by the Allies. Its buildings wreeked and burned. Most of its population, that once numbered about
South. 1,500,000, had fled to the
Associated Press correspon-Korean flag over the City Hall dent John Randolph, leaving at 1 p.m. with the
up the last pontoon bridge be- hind them.
Seoul's airport, Kimpo, 18 miles to the northwest, Veg
Just US troops, re- An hour later, two infantry ported the Chinese Reds enter-autats and 24 tanks of the US ed Seoul at 10.45 n.m. on Thurs-25th Division headed south evacuated without a shot about day and hoisted the North across the Han River and blew
Two Lessons Learned
(By SELKIRK PANTON)
Tokyo, Jan. 6. the Korean war aro
the same time. Huge quantities of fuel were put to the torch 29 the last plane cleared the once bustling cl.
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Seoul's port
of Inchon, miles west, was abandoned in the darkness of Thursday night and Friday morning under cover of US Naval gunfire.
Most of the troops evacuateti from Inchon were Army and Navy port personnel who had manning the harbour Installations since the US Marines landed on September
Two vital lessons of being learned the hard way by the United Na-been tions command as the anti-Red forces continue to fall back to-night before the onslaught of Chinese and North Korean armies. They are:
15.
The lost 10,000 Korean civilians trying to escape the advancing
InSS ol Chinese troops were taken off the beach on Thursday night. The Jast military units were
Inchon that as the last troops
1. Air power-even complete | tack D.S though covered Dir mastery-over the battle in a magic mantle of immunity. areas such as the United Nations The Western experts see in
Korea-is not the this Korean revelation a warn-Allied enjoy in answer to everything against ing of what may happen in scheduled to leave early Friday. the tough foot soldiers who
vho are Europe should Russia attack Associated Press correspon- past-masters in taking cover, there in weather most favour- dent Tom Stone reported from
2. Over-mechanisation may able to her troops-winter. "spoil" the Infantry by getting General MacArthur in his and refugees went aboard ships, used to driving to and night communique himself in-demolition charges blew docks from the battle front as though directly pin-points these defects and taking a bus to work and thus in the Western armies by ad- into the air. making them weaker on the miting that Wonju, the key rail ground against soldiers used to and
function
In central and road long forced marches and cover-Kores, 50 miles south of the 38th Parallel, is threatened by more than 100,000 Chinese, and North Korean troops poised for attnet.
them
No
high
West
Today's Weather: -- Frend- Enét - widła, -Fair.
Cyril Washbrook cuts one through the slips. It was to a similar stroke, followed by a brilliant catch by Miller, that Washbrook lost his wicket this morning when the third Test opened at Sydney.
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BATTING IN 3rd TEST STOP PRESS Washbrook Loses England Lose
--
Wicket After
Brisk Start
At the lunch interval, England had scored 65 runs for one wicket in the Third Test match which began at Sydney this morning.
Wickets
Sydney, Jan. 5. England suffered reverses in the third Test today after the luncheon interval, Hutton and Compton losing their wickets to addi Miller for but a small
ilon to the total.
Hutton was lbw
to, Miller after, scoring 62 and Compton clean bowled by the dowler for a "duck." At ten, England
same
had lost
Hufton was 31 not out, while Simpson, who came in when Washbrook was brilliantly caught three wickets for 133. by Miller off Ian Johnson after scoring 18 runs, Simpson was not out 47 and had seven runs to his credit. There were nine Parthouse had still to score. extras.
There was a clear sky when play began in England 187-4
excellent conditions. There was none of the · humidity so often experienced in Sydney at this time of the year.
Brown won the loss and quite naturally decided to bat first.
Seven Tuns came in Lind- wall's first over. Hutton, who was restored to his old, position 'as England's opening batsman, off drove the second ball for three and there were two two'a to Washbrook.
There were also two bouncers at each of which Washbrook swiped without connecting.
Miller, opening at the other end, also sprinkled in two bum- pers and off another ball, a non- bouncer, Hutton was hit on the left shoulder without apparent damage.
Pleasant
Weather For The Test
From BRUCE HARRIS
Sydney, Jan. 4. Sydney turned the heat on at about three-quarter Washbrook in this over hit cock for the Test match
three and then in the sort of day we at Home Lindwall's next, drove him for regard as warm, but not the Brst four of the match to insufferably so. at this stage of
bring the score into double
Washington, Jan. 4. President Harry Truman today rejected 'any idea of bombing Red China the Korean war crisis. The President thus threw cold water on Congressional demands that Ameri- can bombers, now forbidden to strike at Chinese bases in Manchuria, be permitted to carry the war into enemy territory.
Miller for
Figures:
1
Fifty minutes before the close of play in the third Test ut Sydney today England had scored 187 for 4 wickets.
Simpson was out shortly after lea with the score at 148, but then Parkhouse and Brown be came associated in a promising partnership,
The Menace
Of Taxes
London, Jan. 4.
The Engineering Industries Association says Britain's
-U!
heritance taxes are a menace""
to business enterprises.
Death duties often run ag high as 93 percent on large fortunes, the Association said.
In an official report the A- sociation said such taxes often force sale of a deceased man's business: It oxpressed appre
ension
about
the
"serious
The weather prophets feared There was a long pause while a thunderstorm later but of this the umpires conducted an in- there was no hint in a sky of quest on the ball
which they unbroken blue. eventually changed, rubbing
The wicket as usual here in effect the present death duffler the now one to take enough Sydney looked
at a distance may eventually have upon the shine off to correspond with like a stretch of khaki-coloured productivity and continulty of the efforts of the batsmen in noor covering with no indica-medium and small business
marshalling yards
Red troops driving toward Inchon from Seoul were the mountainous terrain.
held at bay by guns of the Tonight in Korea, it is men,
cruiser Rochester and other hard foot-slogging infantry,
Admiral L. A. Thackrey warships commanded by Rear- and the Chinese armies who are winning the Korean war against
Such a drive against Wonju,
SMOOTH OPERATION men superior in artillery and
Admiral Thackrey 55 miles southeast of Seoul, the
said that aircraft of the highly-
evacuation operation charred South Korean capitalsmoothly and efficiently."
went off United mechanised forces backed by complete alrees
evacuated by the United Nations
There was forces 24 hours ago,
only one
Mr Truman told his news con- clight would
"almost incredible" odda bo- mastery.
hitch. The And
that has shocked the British
endanger the escape
Jast two
landing ference that US planes will not cause of the enemy's manpower route of ships carrying out military per-bomb China and
without United Nations command
other
asking superiority. and
Ualted sonnel were stranded on mud- United Nations sanction. And He Nations forces pulling back on
said it olher
is natural for
tion of any grass in it, though Some measure of relief is de- military observers In
flats by the receding tide. The he said he front Korea and
western
is not considering Americans south
at home to focus Tokyo. They had
And by way of comic relief,doubtless the roots were em sirable as soon as possible." expected the Chinese Reds and
of next high tide, due early Fri- any such request for UN per their interest on the exploits of Miller pretended to have caught, bedded in the hard, rolled sur-Associated Fress. and Seoul,
Early this morning news from free
day morning, was expected to mission.
US the North Korean satellites to
and but declaret it is im- troops, tham. The men
face. be pulled up short in their at the front is sparse owing to the were armed and ready to fight. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire splendid fighting exhibition' by
On Capital нш, Senator portant to recognise the The and everyone else, except The shorn outfield was nice PREPARING tack on the United Nations de tight clamp-down on news. But Admiral Thackrey was con- Republican,
demanded fence line by massacre of their reports indicate there is a slight fident the two vessels would get more drastic
even allied contingents. He noted attackers through constant day full in the tempo of the Chinese to
than specifically the performance of safely, although and night air strafing.
bombing. He
said the United British and Turkish troops.As. Reds' advance the anti-climax knocked on wood as he spoke. The United
States should Nations massed to yesterday's evacuation of
either open
sociated Press. "We have our defenco peri- "second front" air force has been out daily in Seoul, one of the Reds' main moter around the harbour and a Chinese Nationalist invasion by supporting great strength. But stil the objectives. - London
the ships are well armed. The of Red China mainland, or Chinese Reds roll on to at-Service.
(Continued on Page 12, Col. 8)
withdraw
the
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Express
sca
Colony's Water Shortage
FFICIAL pleas to the general public to avoid excessive use of fresh water have fallen on unresponsive cars and the result is the cnforcement of additional restrictions. The authorities cannot be blamed for taking this action: the figures speak for themselves almost three and a half million gallons more water was used daily last month than in December two years ago, yet storage is on a level with that of 1948. Such
an excess daily consumption cannot be permitted to continue during the Colony's dry season, and Govern- ment, observing that the population are not prepared to apply their own volun- tary restrictions, has been forced to take alternative measures. Yet, even with the new restrictions which make tap water available for but ten and a half hours a day, the necessity for consumers to practise the utmost economy remains. To bewail the in- capacity of our reservoir storage does nothing to help the immediate problem, nor is it realistic to argue that we can expect to have the reservoirs filled by normal rainfall in three months time. The shortage of fresh water is a prob lem of the moment and demands
The Outlook In
UN Cease-Fire Committeo
Troports failure, and simultaneously
the Chinese Communist and North Korcans cross the 88th Parallel and attack Seoul. Thus, are destroyed the convictions of those people who saw in the North Korea offensive of thi Chinese Reds nothing but a "Inco saving" gesture which would be satis fied when the Communists reached the 88th Parallel. The latest developmenta must be viewed soberly, but they call for no defeatist attitude, The United, Nations forces can still choose their own ground, on which to make a
aboardi
remedial immediate
treatment. A common co-operative effort to use less water for domestic purposes would be The the most effective contribution. present situation automatically resurrects the question of how can the use of fresh water in great quantities for public services be avoided. Because of the water shortage both the Fire Brigade and the newly- established Auxiliary Fire Brigade are today carrying out "dry" practices with hoses-a commendable sacrifice, but one, unfortunately, capable of im- pairing efficiency. Fires must be fought and today the brigade has to depend on fresh water from hydrants which make severe demands on the Colony's water storage. Clearly the time has . arrived when serious consideration must be given to the use of salt water for fire fighting and street cleaning. There are disadvantages and difficulties in the way but none of a character that makes the proposition impractic able. We suggest Government loses no- more time in preparing a scheme under which the Fire Brigade can use salt water not only for extinguishing fires, but also for training purposes.
Korea
South
decisive stand and the present retreat. has to be viewed in that light. Tho enemy is gaining space which could quite easily be turned to their dis- advantago, and undoubtedly will be 80 in due course. The indications are the withdrywal of UN troops represents part of a calculated plan and that when the moment arrives effective blows will be struck at the Invaders. There le, every reason to retain the fullest confidence in the competence of the UN high command and to await a dramatio turning of the tide of battle.
he
to intely
Tho
The
under
measures
from Korca,"
Our
Chinese Nationalists, Generalissimo Chinng Kai-shek, are now boilled up on the island of Formosa, 100 miles off the China coast, with the US Seventh Fleet patrolling nearby to preserve the status que,
"We have had enough talk and enough debate," Senator Bridges sald
in a statement. "I propose some concrete ac- tion for a change."
Declaring that the cream of Communist China's
military strength is committed in Korea, the New England Senator said: "If we exploit this situation at once by supporting a second front, the Communist gamble in Asia will fail and China can be re-won for the free world."
Newsprint Shortage
Montreal, Jan. 4, The Newsprint Associa- tion of Canada today pre- dicted "a very tight world supply and possible short- age" of newsprint in 1951 If American consumption continues to increase.
The United States takes 60 per cent of the total world supply as compared with a prewar proportion of 44 per cent, the as- sociation said.-Reuter,
EXTENDED SERVICE
SECOND FRONT Senator Bridges said the US feet should be Instructed to support a second front assault by the Nationalists and US bombers should be sent to at-
Washington, Jan, 4. tack Red China's bases and
Congress will be asked to ex- supply lines "Just as they would tend conscripted men's servica do in any other war,"
from 21 to 27 months, Chairman The Senator said US Carl Vinson, (Democrat, Georgia) Seventh Fleet operating in For- of the House Armed Services
the
uld today.
mosa waters "actually serves the Commas univeron military.
a
that direction.
to
bowled Washbrook when
MAGNIFICENT CATCH
a
1
"the BATTLESHIP
Workmen
began
stripping "mothball" coverings from the 45,600-ton battleship, Wisconsin, today in a rush job to give the Navy three fighting battle- wagons,
to
some very unobservant thou-
and green. sands, knew it was a bump bail,
After half an hour and 31 On the popular runs, Houset switched from verdure was early lost in a fast to slow at Miller's end with dense jam of shirt-sleeved or Immediate and fatal results to shirtless denizens. They cheer- Portsmouth, Virginia, Jan. 4. Washbrook.
cd as Brown and Hassett, with a photographic bodyguard, went out to toss, After quarter of an hour's
Immediately the play, there were 18 runs on the
coin fell board without any toable at all. Hassett platted his rival on the Washbrook, who was scoring Brown was no longer in danger back from which one inferred twice as fast
Navy officials declined Hutton, was out magnificent catch by of equalling the record once set estimate how long it would take Miller at short ally of Ian up by the lato Sir Stanley to get the Wisconsin back into
service. Johnson after he had scored Jackson in losing all five.
Her sister ship, New 10 runs.
Jersey, has been recommissioncá By that time it was obvious at Bayone, New Jersey. Until Miller seemed to have anti-the crowd was swelling towards the Navy ordered the Wisconsin
the 40,000 mark at least,
and the New Jersey back to sea, cipated the stroke and brought
The
Australians off his brilliant catch inches
announced the famous Missouri was the that Burke from the ground. It was
would be their only battleship en active duty.— twelfth man. catch which 00 out of 100 felds-
United Pres5. men would have failed to take. With the dismissal of Wash- brock, Simpson came in and the rate of scoring dropped.
Hutton, who was his usual calm and collected self, did not take any undus risks, but ap- peared to be digging himself in. ENGLAND — IST INNS
Hatton not out... Washbrook o Miller D- Lan
Johnson .. Simpson not out
Extras
Total (for eng wkt)
BOWLING
Lindwall Bill Johnston
Ian JohnsoDI
Chinese Communist armies in An Korea by protecting them from service measure is expe
is expected from possible invasion
the Defence Department for. Iverson Committee her
hearing fought troops (in Korea) have]
on January Aller against overwhelming
18, Mr Vinson told military might with consider sin considering whether to ask The Defence Department is
reporters able success Senator Bridges continued, "but they should not Congress to lower the draft age. be expected to battle any long- to 18 and raise the top ige for er against the diplomatie odda single
and BIGAL married childless which crippled their magnifl-
nif-inen, he said.
cent efforts.
Men between
"A second effort would im- now llable mediately relieve the pressure clated Press, on our fighting men in Koren,
We should get behind them or Red
get out "
10 and 25 are for service.-Aso-
Persecution
Now York, Jan. 4. Chiriesa Communista started a campaign of and ferrer against
At thé pentagon, Becretary of Defenco George C. Mershall told newsmen that despite the The grim news from the fighting
bave: from, the
altuation in Korca Persecution Is developing almost exactly American missionaries in an santleipated:
attempt to discredit all ro FORCES DEPLOYED ligions, the, Cathalle/Foreign "U.N.forese bave been do Misroh Bocicky ployed to meet this anticipa- charged today,
the midi.
*
Gon, Marshall, who appeared both Cat Linexpectedly at the cherubia | mikilónartón Pentagon briefing for reporters, moldsjed maid American. Troope and thak h ellier bare beets Dghting against | flada
and
31
Vessels Sink
In Typhoon
Markin, Jan. 5. at two verses News reached Manila today sanit during a typhoon which swept through the Philippines last week.
The crews of both were saved. The Chun, of
converted IST Wan registry went down of the Chinese Nationalist
northwest coast of Luzon, The 60 crowmen reached land safely of America and were being brought to
Manila, today. sabt that The Philippine sailboat Ben and Protement Har Fa cretying – lumber,
being reportna sunk of: BERS
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