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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1951.

KING'S MAJESTIC

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.20

G 9.30 P.M.

1

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20

& 9.30 P.M.

A great ACTION picture ALIVE with excitement!

Walt Disney cap.

tures every stir-

ring moment on

the screen!

Walt Disney's

·PRESENTATION OF Robert Louis Stevenson's

Treasure

Island

Color by TECHNICOLOR

WITH BOBBY DRISCOLL

ROBERT NEWTON • BASIL SYDNEY

Produced by PENSE PEARCE • DTrusted by BYRON HASKIN – Scriansky by LAWRENCE E. WATION

Distributed by EKO Radio Pictures,

TREASURE HUNT COMPETITION! ! !

Holders of stub-tickets for "Treasure Island" are cordially in- vited to participate in a guessing competition-guess the number of "gold coins" contained in the boxes which will be exhibited at the lobbies of King's and Majestic beginning to-day! The first ton nearest guessers will be presented with seasonal awards varying from a Washing Machine donated by Bosco Corporation, Radio donated by Elephant Radio Co., and other consolation prizes. For details please see announcement at the lobbies of King's & Majestic.

TO-MORROW

AT THE

Unaccompanied by their parents, the three eldest daughters of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands leave Amsterdam by air for the Austrian Tyrol for their winter holiday.-London Express Service.

COMMUNIST

ARMIES

NEAR 37TH PARALLEL:

LIBERTY TAKING HEAVY LOSSES

Air-Conditioned

"HATTER'S CASTLE"

with

Robert NEWTON ◊ Deborah KERR

James MASON

籬

Emlyn WILLIAMS

A PARAMOUNT PICTURE.

ALSO: "LADY TAKES A BATH"

ROXY

FINAL SHOWING

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

Dan

DAILEY

WHEN

THE WEST

WENT

WILD

WITH

LAUGHTER

Anne

BAXTER

A TICKET TO TOMAHAWK

wilh

TECHNICOLOR

RORY CALHOUN WALTER BRENNAN

Commencing To-morrow

Robert NEWTON

Dennis PRICE

"SNOWBOUND"

Directed By DAVID MacDONALD

AMBULAN

SHI

BRIGADE

ST: JOHN AMBULANCE

BRIGADE.

KOWLOON SUB-DISTRICT

Tokyo, Jan. 8.

Chinese Communist and North Korean armies surged near the 37th Parallel tonight after over-running Wonju, in the centre of the embattled peninsula, and moving into Osan, 30 miles below Seoul.

Overwhelming masses of Communists captured Wonju after un- ceasing onslaughts against the United Nations troops, harassed from three sides.

tonight that the withdrawal was made to occupy better de-

The United Nations forces held The Eighth Army claimed out for five days outside the key junction town of Wonju while their warplanes took a heavy toll fensive, positions below the of the Communists pouring south town. through the frozen mountain passes.

The United Nations forces made

a fighting withdrawal The United Nations with- from

last Wonju after the drawal in the west continued without important contact with battered town at midday today.

patrols had left the burning, the Communists, who were con- centrating for an all-out effort in the centre--and threatening

f

Jet fighters and artillery per- mitted them to break off the to turn west and cut the Taegu engagements to prevent encir-

escape road in a direct drive for the big southern port of Pusan.

southwest

the

clement.

United Nations warplanes, in- Chinese Communist troops cluding British torpedo aircraft, were already reported 18 then went into action, burning miles to the

of and bombing the town's wooden Wonju across

United buildings and setting alight an Nations line of retreat to the ammunition train. south. Wonju, 45 miles below the 38th Parallel and 110 air Books, Periodicals & Maga- pivot of which

miles north of Taegu, is zines for distribution to Service, forces, earlier Camps in the New Territories. number

WANTED

Please communicate with:-

R. A. EDWARDS, c/o Kowloon Hospital WE WILL ARRANGE TO COLLECT

Note. If Donors wish to hand books in personally they can do so at the following places:-

1. Despatch Office, Kowloon.

Railway Station,

2. Kowloon Tong Club.

3. Kowloon Hospital, General

Office.

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS

Copies of photographs taken by the South China Morning Post, South China Sunday Post-Herald, China Mail and Hong Kong Tele- graph Staff Photographer are on view in the Morning Fost Building.

ORDERS BOOKED

TRIPLE ATTACK

the

Another the Northern

400 Communist estimated to casualties were claimed. 200,000 men, can Communist forces coming

from the now swing west to cut off the down

mountain Eighth Army.

bridges had smashed at the beleaguered town from three sides in the face of intense Allied counter-fire for the past 48-hours,

It is also the key to the communications line running south to Chunju, Kumchon and lastly Taegu-upon which the Pusan last summer.

bridgehead was based

US Silence

Pacific Pact

Washington, Jan. 8. The State Department Press spokesman, Mr Michael McDermott, re- fused to comment today on a statement by the Australian Minister of External Affairs, Mr Percy Spender, that Australia and the United States are discussing the possibility

of a Pacific Pact.

Several Congressmen have Introduced resolu tlons calling for the negotiation of a Pacific pact roughly comparable to the North. Atlantic treaty.--United Press,

PURGE

OF

United Nations troops threw BULGARIAN

back an all-out assault before the main body withdrew last night. Patrols remained in the town for street fighting, which continued this morning.

The United Nations

troops

Singapore Roundup retreating in the west before

Of Suspected Communists

Singapore, Jan. 8, The police today arrested as suspected Communists Mr P. V. Sarma, Indian President of the Singapore Teachers Union, and Mr Abdul Samad, chief sub- editor of a leading Malay newspaper.

Today's arrests were part of a roundup of pro- minent suspects.

Another surprise arrest disclosed was that of the barrkler, Mr who repre- Hertogh's

LEADERS

Frankfurt, Jan. 8.

big Chinese Communist con- Communist Bulgaria has re- centrations on the main North-moved its powerful Minister of South highway from Seoul

the Interior, created a Ministry of Food and down through Suwon reported

Supply and re- lieved other top officials in a little or no actual contact.

Government shake-up, the off- cial agency Bulagence reported from Sofia today.

United Nations troops on the east coast-now all below, the 38th Parallel-continued to withdraw southwards

to pre- The report, monitored here, determined position, an Eighth said the shake-up occurred on Army spokesman said.

Saturday and was adopted by United Nations fighters, light the Presidium of the National bombers and Superfortresses

Assembly on proposals by the made 150 sweeps over Korea Prime Minister and the Com- before bad weather closett munist Party Secretary, Valko down operations today.

Chervenkov

F-84 Sabre and F-80 Shoot.

It said Georgi Vesselinov was ing Star jet fighters, pouncing Damed Minister of the Interior on massed Communist concenter, Roussi Chritozov, was made.

while the former Interior Minis- trations, claimed to have killed chief of the new Food and Sup- more than 1,000 enemy troops ply Ministry. in the Seoul area,

It added that Todor Pollakov, They also attacked Com Vice-President of the State munist forces swarming down Planning Office, and an the road to Wonju from the

were "Liberated north, claiming heavy casual-functions and directed so ties-Reuter

service"-United Fren