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VOL. V NO. 211

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1950.

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BOMBER INCIDENT Ancient and COMMUNIST BREAK-THROUGH IN

BROUGHT BEFORE UNITED NATIONS

Lake Success, Sept. 5.

The Security Council convened today under the chairmanship of Sir Gladwyn Jebb (Britain).

Sir Gladwyn opened the session, calling the Council's attention to a letter from the United States delegation which said that a bomber bearing | Soviet markings and apparently manned by a Rus- sian erew had fired on a United Nations' patrol on Monday and was shot down off the West coast of Korea,

Before Be Coungst opprand ton, Michael McDermott, said the agenda, My Jacob Malk the United States is not yet eer- (kus b alted for

es to the identity of the the and announce that he had re- 11-20. He uniel information on ceived age than 20,000 loffers į die meinest came to the United

telegan

Starring States through allitory clutu-

"United Koren.

State agression Infucts from the commander of the Mr Malik bed a outf· hips, and planes in the area off list of tagation rending the Korean west coast. protests, includizat the Cooks Mr McDermott feclined lo and Waiters union of Paris. Jernmen whether the tisiist Mr Warren Austin United States intends to communiente States) then read to the Coupe directly with Ramla regarding cil a report of the bember he the incident.. cident received from tive TTnited A high United States official Nations Command in Korea, feast some doubt on the fact that and chiral: "At the present the bomber was Russion. The time my Bovernment has only identideation was a rel

• infotuation an that jetar, which

also used this romafunica- | North Korean aircraft. Container in

However the offleft caufirined Earlier, Mr Austin' demily, that the one dead recovered Mr Eine Gos, find told news from the aircraft bore Russian This is purely United redentials, and netted it was MAT Nations matter. We fret afe to arme that no further | explanation la due freni the Fund would be covered.-- Rt lan

Uruted Pres

tion,

LONG TALKS

The United States delegalien

met for two and a half hours.

NO REACTION

The White House prem reery, i

Modern

Armoured cars, manned by American troops, going into action on the Korean battlefront. The farmer with his child and ox-eart is still trying to operate with the fighting getting dangerously close. (London Express Service).

KYONGJU SECTOR Snowball Offensive Gravely Menacing Communications HEAVY ATTACK ON TAEGU

Tokyo, Sept. 6.

The North Korean troops today drove into Yongchon, vital communications centre, as the American air power roared back into fullscale action to help the hardpressed ground troops throw back the war's most serious threat to the United Nations Korean bridgehead.

The American and South Korean troops also withdrew from Pohang on the east coast but the evacuation was voluntary and orderly.

Robert Bennyhoff reported from Kyongju, another important hightway junction which also is

King And Queen Plan Another Mystery threatened by the snowballing Communist offen H.K. Troops In

Tour Of

And

Australia

New Zealand

London, Sept. 5.

The King and Queen will visit Australia and 10 plan its emits of action and tors, Charles Ross, said New Zealand in 1952, it was officially confirmed

was in exarlant touch with the rident Tremman had been State Department.

ad.

Word of this plans beiden but here today, Dr. Ting-tu Tsinng. chlet hat expreset a reaction as! the National Chimere delega for as Ron know. tion, was the that to comment on the shooting: dowry of the bombe..

A he whether

Princess Margaret, their 20-year-old daughter,: Top may arcompany them if her engagements permit. modify the United Nations A, it was understood in usually reliable circles.

het nivel adentre apps tİ

Reen main havstume 14"

He and "I think this in the first com rete evidence of a “ble Later, President Trumet deme ***** feval viet will probably nurs programme to be submitted feet" that the whole word bas fond reanaly with Scity export to i dourary to July, to the King. ictwo afl along. The big festur Slate Denu Acht, and Des 1995: he hath planned for Work on it would big is that Sovlet aggression is at fence Secretary 1 Jedinou dos paver on 1919 vest, which

the bottom North Korean teen siets."

fla

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Navy and

5 try Franc

prema Be

A high United States. adfciul,ably fuched in the plane sand Mr Artin meerve at detail-vendint

ed in truetings from the State

Cenu

out hoped it

exhut.

dis-

ares lution on localising the

iscrete st involving a conference, tearing ponerl

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EDITORIAL

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Russian Discomfort

be of the once, Mr Menzies adell.

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And announced was

Submarine

Accra, Gold Coast

Sept. 5.

A fast-moving submarine damaged fishing neis off Sekondi, a Gold Coast port, last werk, fishermen TC- ported here today.

They were thinking of petitimler the Government

to pay the сомія. Oficial sources here said that only the British Admiralty could throw light on the matter,

The Admiralty stated fought that no British sub- marine was in the area at the thie-Reuter,

Centenarian Gets Son In Earthquake!

REAN

sive, but gave no details of the Communist en- trance into Yongchon. It would represent a five and a half mile advance through the South Korean Eighth Division's left flank from the last reported front.

Yongchon is a railroad and highway junction controlling another junction with one of the two main highways and railroads from Taegu to Pusan.

Ship-Junk Collision:

Four Missing

men

peasant's first | Water.

The cows

hove not

1 From Yongchon, a Gen- cral Headquarters spokes- nan said, the Communists can drive efther Way- toward Tangu which is the hub and nerve centre of the United Nations war effort in Korea, or Pusan the prin- cial port of entry.

The Air Force reported that Its F-00 jets and F-51 Mus- tangs, whose efforts were stall- ed yesterday in rain and tow cloids, took off from Japan bags this morning, hoplit for dear skies over the vital east coust front.

250

Division had

Front Line

British

Tokyo, Sept. 6.

troops moved forward into the Naktong "bulge" area

Korea yesterday, taking

over American First Cavalry Division positions.

There was no news that they had been in close 40- on up to late last night.

Apart from isolated moriar and artillery fire, the British troops have encountered no trouble in their new positions.

They have returned mariar fire occasionally en suspreted Communist post- ⚫ tons across the Naktong.----

Reuter.

Sudden Death Of Mr S.T. Williamson

♥

business

circles

managing

chairman of

directors

of the

Kowloon and # director

companies.

Four ChloesT, Brown from their junk by a collision with a In Wellington, the New Zea-

fame cargo ip in the harbour To make of the Hinet Low have lort Prùng Minister, Mr Sydney

last night. were still missing that not yet been worie koni, P1m Holland, said

his

the morning after an all-night t..: hart received Taneric will probably be mat begging-binces

search by the Marine Polien Department as in what to my Sunter Walter Genes and he nine about the minet: of 1931, request. Taking into considean-

The affield paintert

Peter Kalischer reported from An olated fr

The Aur Badan tina the King's state of health,

The collision accurred at Koren that the weather had Termo, Italy, Sept. 5.

minutes before midnight just Republican Senater Faline Manicker, Mr Robert G. the planned four would be tes Kerem ennfier is up for

t th tenuous than that planned for

Bernardo di Sandri, a 100. 07 Hit's Wharf. The 2,786eared and the Air Force was de Me and thing

"rt In strength.” eu sion by the Council, and he e Feriton mat

year-ol Palian peasant, was tons steamer, Fernstream, From the Southwest front, actctl. the platte incixient : qui e pasdite it was an hoisted | Gox noor-Gend, Mr Willan 1949.

Dodwell, hit n Stuted John McK 11, ha bet kort

liday presented by his 12-year-operated by in beautifully with that."

triger le atmare with the Cpunu The

gold wife with a son and heir cargo Junk, throwing four junk- Robert Miller reported that the Au Ins

the Kan horn during an earthquake, pres

a quiet

Hongkong and three cows into the night. interrupted only by minor were deeply shocked this mor with Government a prolimi-alth has improved to

such

It was the extent as to enable His!

enemy probing attacks. The ning to Jearn of the sudden Communists twice tried to cross to contemplate Child after 21 years of marrin recovered. Majesty even

death in Genoa yesterday of Mr He married his wife, The master of the Fernstream, the eastern arm of the Naktong S T. Williamson, nutter for, intenst satisface facil, when he was 16 and ale Captain II. Korneliussen. Enew both were in minor strength and ship compane na Steam-

It had been his first marri athing of the collirion until he Company, in Mother and Sou

I was stopped by a marine launch repulsed.

25th Division ofßeers hope to Docks, were tonight and ordered to return to Kow- urch, 1918, that the King and it to be doing well Su tunn Bay. The ship, under Nur-complete today the job of mop-numerous locat

to hospital Quen, and Pincess Margaret,ad been rushed

night and gave lurth, wegian registration, arrived here Ding up enemy pockets left from including the Land Investment would visit Australia and New late last

while the region Zerland in the early

yesterday from Manila and left an earlier heavy of the child

that area. part „1999. On November 24, 1948, bled in a series of cart before midnight bound for

Kobe.

Death was due to a hear; at- GUERILLAS ACTIVE the inch finite pe: tuenti:nt of duke tremors which caused

tack. He had been suffering houres to collapse

Seven other the visit, because of the King's number of

persons aboard The serious threat to thefrom a heart aliment for some frem, and injured several persons. ww. inoune.d

Nations The Junkt were stunjured by the United

bridgehead time, Di Sandd works in the fed collision.

entrance Buckingham Palace,

The late Mr Williamson was poned by the enemy The shares with his brother-in-

into Yongchon WEN further one of the most prominent and early morning unti); The The King was suffering from from

Police are investigating aggravated by the Communist colourful Rgures in Hongkong Male at night. But he took the incident and an enquiry will Jan obo.ruction to the circula-

queriilo

the business spheres, and the holder Gelivity one of first probably be held. holiday today, tion through the arteries of the

lines which is expected to in-of extensive interests in shipping in many years, to feast the lens.

and real estate. crease in intensity, jarrival of the son.

The Americans Stuttering

have long career as an a little, he toki Defective blood supply to the

ienown that stron

Guerilla with the Ite right foot was causing unxiety, reporters: "I am happy."

forces are hiding in the Bouth Line "Eetter late than !chuckled: "The King's medical advist never, as they say,"

tem Korean mountains and kong How confider him to be fully

In that capacity. fully expect them to A name

pop up 250

sequently, whenever the moment is oppor-office of Douglas Laprak restored to health, or he would

he joined the not be able to contemplate the be chosen.-Reuter.

from that time, steadily advanc trip, a Palace spokesınan sald

Koreans ed. At the time of his death, today-Reuter.

ZI manner

off the E gravity

of the rident Korenn coast resulting in the shoot- ing down of a Russian homber, which had first challenged an American fighter patrol by opening fire, depends largely on the altitude adopted by the Kremlin. Washington's version of the clash leaves little room for doubt. The bomber enrried normal Russian markings and the body of u Russian lieutenant, identified by name, was recovered by a naval patrol. Moreover, no attempt has been made to Full details have been comcent the facts, forwarded to Sir Gladwyn Jebb, President of the Security Council, and to Mr Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and in

directed

the towards making a demand from Soviet Union for an explanation. Coinciden- tally, or was it, the incident occurred at a moment

exchanges In Lake Succeи when the Council intended to call on alt countries to "retenia from assisting or encouraging" the North Koreans and "refrain from action" which might lend to the spread of the conflikt to other arens. A Malik veto of the resolution was predicted, but an estabilshed episode of this nuture is more likely to be followed the Russian by obstructionism until delegate has had opportunity to receive a fresh directive from higher up. Russin has, in fact, put herself in an embarras- sing position. After the Baltic incident

months ago, when some reversed and

American RN ruthlessly shot down for losing her way and straying off the Latvian const- when no state of war existed-Moscow would be hard put to it were any atterapt to make a cause celebre out of the affair contemplated. However, the course likely to be followed mainly rests on the complete Soviet's rendiness for rupture with the West,

rules were plane was

or otherwise.

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ilon

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for the sen has yet STOP PRESS

Trapped Miners

After Sixty Hours

Sudden Flood Rescued

Britons In Action

and sabotago

offensive in Company,

behind

He began his engineer oficer Atlantic Transport and arrived in Hong-

a little over 30 years

Sub-

and

he

was one of the wealthiest

tuse, This reeing to be It.

10 Bands of North during the night caused no major difficulties. But the opportunity to harass the United Europeans in the Far East,

For

many year, he was the Nations forces from the reat Hon. Trade Pusan, Sept. 6.

Commissioner of communications Australia and New Zealand, and British troops were in action line, which is highly susceptible he held the commission of Hon. early today. They encountered because there are many tunnels Agent, New Zealand Govern a Communist patrol unit and through which railroads pass,

ment, until the repulsed them-Reuter,

timb of hi demlac.

The late Mr Williamson WAS ago and travelled extensively en-born In New Zealand 02 years

Assuming rupture is not in line with Itussian podíey, and events of the past few months suggest that it is not, the endest answer available is repudiation of responsibility for the Russian air crew's activities, a declaration that they were operating without authority. But វ situation of acute discomfort has been created. An answer is plainly demanded. Why a rish could have been taken is not difficult to detect. Developments along

Korean the

battlefield huve been extremely crical in the last four five days. As far as can be seen, every

weapon man, tank and

has been marshalled by the North Koreans for an all-out do-or-die offensive Becking to -rush the United Nations' beachhead in South Korea and force another Dunkirk before arrival of reinforcements shaiters the

ollicers Inst hope. Intelligence estimate that 130,000 men have been thrust into the attack, and it could be touch-and-go should

break. a serious through netur. At most points, the U.N. forces have the situation reasonably well under control, ground has been given here and there, but swifi reprisal strokes have retrieved most of it. Grentest menace hangs over the Pohang sector where a large North Korean force on Monday by-passed the Pohang defenders and are threatening the line of communi cations Inking Pohang with Pusan and Tacgu. The Eighth Army Command have revented resource enough to promise that the situation will be restored, but at this vital stage in the conflict, it must have

Nations forces on bolh danks

With The Second Division, been a great teaptation to the instigators

spuads were trying to evacunto long pipe failed those cut off. Hundreds of re-coal crushed it.

were threatened as the' Reds

September 8, of North Korea 10 throw their weight.

fugees who escaped from the Relatives and friends who

Bix wildantiñod aircraft eiral- Lt-Gen. Sir Robert Mansorgh sought to break through to into the battle to counter partially the flooded areas before they were had kept a vigil at the pil hend left for Macao this morning in Kyongiu. The Reda also tooked and bombed five rear ses. complete ir supremacy-of-the-United- -rurrounded were moving to all weekend cheered and wept IIMS Black Swan. His visit them the weather when the the Second

advantage of the break for tions of the southern-area of Nations. Should that have been

the meh tame the result of a long outstanding tall of Typhoon Jane wards Lahore,

Division front at driving their with relict as Incentive, somebody blundered;

cattle before them and carrying up, the shaft.

lashod 4.38 am, today. They dmppel from their con-Invitation by the Governor and their possessions of their heads, finement 2,000 feet below the C. in C. General Mansergh will Korea with high winds and five bombs. The damage so far

-Knuter.

¡ground-Flouter.

be returning tomorrow evening. (Continued on Page 5 Col, 1) : was not reported United Press.

the

Hits Lahore

after

too good to miss.

Pyongyang rudio often has re- ported that guerillas Bre

pil over the world.

Back From Kunming Raging in these activities inside Dortmund, Sept. 5. Karachi, Sept. 5.

Three Gennan niners, trap- Sudden

the Called Nations bridgehead. floods marooned ped

underground in a colllery

Five PAA men who were de thousands of villagers tonight near here since last Saturday, nine by the Reds in Kunming

EAST OFFENSIVE

IIe leaves, in Australia, hla few miles north of Lahore. Early were

Tho Communists were re- wife, mother, who is 80 years of freed

hazardous for 834 months arrived in Hong- ported to be still building up age, and his sister, and with reports suggested that

mally recte work today. lives had been lost.

They hnd been cut off by kong this morning. They were their strength in the east coast them the keenest sympathy will

Mr F. J. McGowan (pilot) Mr area.

where coal from a newly tapped seam. D. C. Carden (co-pilot)

at lenst three be felt The villagers, caught by the Rescue

two divisions are rapidly using waters of the for 60 hours

teama fought grimly Filipino crewmen and Mr A. V. appeared to have found a weak action. They to free them and Ozorio, Ravi River, on which Lahore the

of Hongkong, trame spot they sought so long in the men kept up a faint tap- agent. All except

stands, cilmbed trees and house ping and rescue teams earlier are dying to Maulla tomorrow. through it in the Rigy art Second Division Mr Ozorio ROK Copital Division and drove Bombers Attack tops 16 the floods swirled today established contact, (around them.

Attempts to feed the entom-

when slipping

punching a wallent so deep into

Red Cross workers and police bed men through a 45-yards G.O.C. Off To Macao the Allied Bnes that the United