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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950.

SPEARHEADS

Protestants Cable Pope

Johannesburg, Nov. 1. The Protestant Associa- Lion of South Africa cabled the Pope today de- claring that the newly proclaimed Dogms of the Bodily Assumption of the Virgin Mary Was

egend of pagan origin."

"The Protestant Assocla- tion of South Africa, while recognising that today's proclamation of the Assumption of Mary Is essential to Roman Catho- loism in its attempts to leify the mother of Jesus, nevertheless deplores the fact that this legend should now be paraded as an article of the Christian Falth," the message said.

-Reuter.

Vietminh Offensive Checked

Hanoi, Nov. 1.

OF U.S. OFU.S.

ARMY NEAR SHNUEJU

Increasing Opposition

Tokyo, Nov. 1

American spearheads fought to within 15 miles of Sinuiju, the temporary Communist capital on the north-west border of Korea, today.

The American 24th Division, led by armour, captured the town of Namsidong, near the mouth of the great Yalu River as Communist and Ameri- can warplanes fought the world's first "jet dog- fight" overhead.

Other American forces, forces were battering American batting with sirong North forces which had relieved the Korean forces at Kusong. badly-mauled South Koreans, further inland, pushed to Sinulju Radio went off the air within 30 miles of the Yalu this afternoon and was still River frontier.

silent tonight.

The

Communists throw in their jet planes in their stub- Definitely identified Chinese born fight to hold the north-prisoners being questioned by western mountain redoubt the Americans were reported to guarding the Yalu River and have stated that many tanks, its hydro-electric Installations guns and troops had crossed the scrving Chinese and Man-Yalu River from Manchuria. chutian industries.

An American pilot reported that the Communist jets had swept-back wings similar to the Russian-type, which has a speed of over 600

The Vietminh rebel offen-reported

They were reported to have said that Russian advisers were with the Northerners, preparing the defence of Sinuiju.

An American pilot reported sighting a lot of traffle and acti- vity at Antung, on the Man- churian side of the Yalu River,

e in Northern Indo-China miles an hour. No Communist 8 today, still stalemated Planes were destroyed during and two key French out-the air battle but three Yaks and Peking Radio broadcast to- were shot down in another day a promise "never to forsake sts on the Chinese fron-engagement. American planes our Korean brothers." rat Laokay and Dinhlap. also attacked Sinuiju airfeld-

within five miles of the fron- eports said that the rebels | tier-destroying eight and du- _not_changed their tactics, maging seven planes despite lier described by a French intense ground fire. kesman as "an attempt to An Air Force spokesman said hten us out without a fight."that they did so, in spite of a rule prohibiting planes going he French were believed within five miles of the Yalu be holding firmly to their itions round the two forts bite pressure from superior el forces,

eutral military observers thought that the Vietminh

enough weight of material capture the posts but were tent-for the time being at

River border, because the field was being used to attack Allied planes and ground forces,

AID FROM CHINESE REDS "When it was reported that a

large number of enemy aircraft the Air Force immediately took were on the ground at Sinuiju,

this threat," he said.

FIGHTING FOR TIME

Sinuiju Radio had said earlier that organised Chinese defences were blocking the approaches to the Yalu power plants with sep- cially trained North Korean volunteer corps.

Tokyo observers suggested that the Chinese were now giving some support to the Northerners to win time so that they could move controls to the Manchurian bank

A Bell For West Berlin

The 10-ton Freedom Bell presented to Berlin by. the National Committee for a Free Europe, an Ameri- can organisation, is slowly raised by windlass to the top of the 200-foot tower of the City Hall. The lifting operation took five hours. The bell bears the inscrip- tion "That this world, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom"-a paraphrase of Lincoln's famous words. Associated Press.

General

Assembly

Votes Trygve Lie

Flushing Meadow, Nov. 1. electric The United Nations General Assembly today.

re-elected Mr Trygve Lie, former Norwegian Foreign Minister, as Secretary-General.

of the river, but were mystified why they had waited so long.

t-to manoeuvre for better aggressive action to eliminate he had nothing to add to yester-

tions.

The Assembly's vote means that Mr Lie is confirmed in office for another three years.

Voting figures were 46 in his favour to five against with seven

A Tokyo Staff officer said that day's statement that a handful "They did eliminate it. We of Chinese had been captured in hese observers,

know we destroyed a number of North Korea but there was no however, that the French were un-North Korean aircraft early in evidence of organised Chinese ly to withdraw further from the campaign but we estimated forces taking part in the fight-abstentions.

frontline positions without that they had some, left. With ing. Of 345 prisoners taken today ght. At worst there would the ground situation as it is they and yesterday in the Unsan area a stiff rear-guard action had to commit these planes or

let them be taken."

ter.

Glenvil Hall

Re-Elected

London, Nov. 1.

Observers believe the sudden stiffening of resistance in North Korea is due to the Chinese

Communists pumping in sup-

plies and some men, and pos-

sibly jet fighters, to enable the

none was Chinese.-Reuter.

Marshall Aid To

Britain Rumour

Northerners to fight a delaying action while they move equip- ment from the Korean bank to the Manchurian side of the Yalu has a

River, which forms the border.

The Assembly rejected by 37 votes to nine, with 11 absten- tions, a Soviet resolution to defer the matter and to ask the Assembly to try again to agree on a candidate,

It also rejected a last-minute establishment by the Assembly Iraq resolution proposing the

of a commission of seven to Washington, Nov. 1. me to study the matter and Marshall Plan aid to Britain to report back in two weeks,

not been suspended, Mr The vote on this was 35 to Daniel Hopkinson, the Direc-15 with seven abstentions tor of the European Division

r. William Glenvil Hall, her Under-Secretary at the

sury in Mr. Clement At- The 24th Division knocked s Government, was today out seven Communist tanks in lected unopposed as Chair-today's punches, making a total Administration told Reuter

our Party.

of the Economic Co-operation

by Mr

Palestine question Mr Lie had not been entirely impartial,

Dr Jamali said that Mr Lie had taken sides in many situa- tions. and had not done enough. for the Arab refugees from Palestine.

HOW LIE OFFENDED

On October 12, nine of the Council appr 11 members of the Security Council approved the extension Kerr but Russia blocked a decision by using the veto, claiming that the exten- sion would be illegal,

understood AUSTRALIA ABSTAINS

the

The Russian opposition was to stem from Mr Lie's forceful actions in Korea. of the Parliamentary of 12 in the past 24 hours. The today.

The Soviet Union and its

Two candidates put up against Northerners, were helped self-propelled guns and mortars. Marshall Plan orders already tion to the proposal to extend China, and Dr E. Malik, of the Hopkinson said that all supporters were dead in opposi- him, General Carlos Romulo of Philippines, proposed by by Britain would be. Mr Lic's term of office,

irrespective of yes- A fierce battle still raged to-terday's

Australla, Iraq, Syria, Egypt | Lebanon, proposed by Russia, announcement o reimposition of Labour's night

that and Lebanon were among coun- | failed to get the required around shell-smashed she had agreed to a review of tries abstaining. disciplinary code, which Unsan, the eastern keystone of the future

majority of votes, of Marshall Plan suspended when Labour the 50-mile

Mr Dr Fadhil Jamali, Iraq dele- Northern defence needs because of her improved gate, explaining the Arab ab-term expires in.

Lie's present five-year office in 1945.-Reuter.

strong Communist economic condition.--Reuter.

February.- stentions, said that in the Reuter.

the Party's first meeting of new session of Parliament, as agreed that there should

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