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MacArthur Denies Supporting
China Nationalist-Red Regime;
Denounces Marshall Mission
Telegram Says World
Is Paying in Blood
For 'Great Blunder'
By John A. Giles and
George Beveridge
Gen. Mac Arthur and Secretary
of State Acheson clashed at long
range today over Far East policy.
The general, In a telegram to
Senator Knowland, Republican, of
California denounced as a “pre
varication” any implication that
he supported a coalition of the
Chinese Nationalists and Chinese
Communists and also took the
occasion to blast Gen. George C.
Marshall’s 1945-1947 efforts to
bring the Nationalists and Reds
together as “one of the greatest
blunders in American diplomatic
history.”
Mr. Acheson, returning to the
Capitol for his eighth day of
Partial Transcript of Secretary Acheson's
Testimony. Page A-6
testimony before the joint Senate
committee investigating Far East
policy, said no Washington offi
cials “in the slightest degree what
soever” wanted Korea evacuated
and the 8th Army made a scape
goat last January.
A MacArthur aide has been
quoted as saying that the gen
eral believed “Washington officials
wanted our forces evacuated from
Korea and make a scapegoat for
some political advantage” until
he received President Truman’s
letter last January 13 setting
forth Far East policy.
Hunt to Urge Speed.
At the hearings before the Sen
ate Armed Services and Foreign
Relations Committees went
through their 31st day. Senator
Hunt, Democrat, of Wyoming an
nounced that he would move that
they be terminated June 30. How
ever, he did not make the motion
at today’s hearing.
Senator Knowland had wired
Gen. Mac Arthur after Secretary
of State Acheson had read into
the record of the joint Senate com
mittee investigating the Mac
Arthur firing and Far East poli
cies, a December 7, 1945, telegram,
signed by Gen. MacArthur, Ad
miral Raymond Spruance and Lt.
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer.
The telegram stated:
“It is suggested that United
States assistance to China . . .
be made available as a basis for
negotiation by the American Am
bassador to bring together and
effect a compromise between the
major opposing groups in order
to promote a unified democratic
China.”
Knowland Stresses Implications.
The Senator suggested that the
telegram “implies that you fa
vored a coalition government be
tween Chinese Communists and
the republic of China,” and asked
whether the three officers really
did make such a recommendation.
Gen. MacArthur’s reply, read
into the record this morning,
stated:
“For any one to read such an
inference from the quotation con
tained in your message is almost
beyond belief.”
The general then went on to
explain that in the period follow
ing the end of World War II,
China was faced with a complete
breakdown “of that internal unity
which had been welded to pro
mote the common defense against
Japan.
“The Communists, but a neb
ulous threat at the time, consti
tuted only one of the many fac
tions which sought to secure the
balance of political power.”
Chiang Sought Unity.
He said that Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist
leader, was trying desperately to
effect a sound basis for political
unity through the call of a con
vention of representatives of all
segments of the Chinese people.
"It was this situation, as I re
call it, that prompted Admiral
Spruance, Gen. Wedemeyer, and
I, with others to meet in Tokyo in
the effort to formulate a proposed
policy concerning American aid
(See FOREIGN POLICY, A-6.)
Italy Accuses Luciano
Of Smuggling Money
By th« Associated Frost
ROME, June 9.—Italian police
accused Charles “Lucky” Luciano,
reputed czar of the American un
derworld, of currency smuggling
today.
Officials said the exiled vice
lord, who was released from
prison in the United States and
deported to Italy in 1946, fell into
a police dragnet fishing for a
narcotics gang.
Police said, however, they had
not established any definite con
nection between Luciano and the
gang. They did, however, discover
that he had smuggled $57,000 and
an American automobile into
Italy, a police announcement said.
Luciano must pay five times the
amount of the currency and the
value of the automobile as a fine.
If he does not pay his fine, police
said, he will be arrested.
M
U. S. Forcibly Ejects Russians
From American Zone of Austria
Repatriation Mission Taken to Border
Of Soviet Area After Refusal to Leave
By the Associated Press
SALZBURG, Austria, June 9.—
The United States Army forcibly
ejected a three-man Russian
repatriation mission from the
American zone of Austria this
morning.
The Americans first got the
Russians to leave their headquar
ters and come to an American
I Army building.
When the Soviets then refused
to drive voluntarily to the Russian
zone, two American Army officers
and two GIs dragged the protest
ing Russian driver from his black
Mercedes.
The Russians claimed they had
received no orders from their
headquarters to obey the Amer
ican order to leave town.
After commandeering the car
the Americans drove the Russians
to the Soviet zone.
The United States Army sum
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moned the Russians to come to
the American building, a displaced
persons barracks. They were told
they could have a conference
there on the issue.
When they arrived Maj. G. E.
Hartel, their American escort of
ficer, said he would give them
until 10:30 a.m. to leave peace
fully. After that they would be
escorted out of the American zone.
They refused, left the building
and returned to their 21-room mis
sion headquarters. When they got
there they found they could not
re-enter the building because a
big American Army truck was
backed up against the door. A
group of GIs was loading the Rus
sians’ baggage into the vehicle.
The three Russians retreated
to their automobile and sat wait
ing.
The United States had ordered
(See RUSSIANS, Page A-2.)
Bradley Denies Talks
With British on New
Cease-Fire Proposal
General, in London, Says
He Speaks From Military
Viewpoint, Not Political
By the Associated Brest
LONDON, June 9.—Gen. Brad
lev chairman of the United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff, today denied
that he discussed with British
Defense Minister Emanuel Shin
well and British chiefs of staff
any new plan or negotiations for
a cease-fire in Korea.
Gen. Bradley thereby took cog
nizance of reports that Britain
and the United States had ap
proached agreement on a new
cease-fire proposal to end the war
in Korea.
Asked directly whether Anglo
American talks on the possibility
of a new cease-fire were being
held, he said:
“No more so now than there
have been for some time.”
Military Viewpoint Only.
Emphasizing that he could
speak only on military and not
political matters, he declared:
“We have always been exchang
ing views on. the political aims in
Korea and these are probably
still going on between our State
Department and your (Britain’s)
Foreign Office.”
Asked if he had requested Brit
ain to send more troops to Korea,
Gen. Bradley said:
“That is a matter that is han
dled by our State Department,
but I would say that we always
welcome the possibility of more
participation by other countries.
Other British Commitments.
“We are running into political
opposition on this question at
home. We are being asked how
much help other countries are
giving in Korea.”
At the same time, Gen. Bradley
said, the United States is aware
of the big forces Britain is using
to fight Communist terrorists in
Malaya and other areas in the
Par East.
Gen. Bradley said the setup of
the Atlantic pact command in
the Mediterranean still had not
been completed.
He said the question was com
plicated because Greece and
Turkey were not in the area cov
ered by the pact. He said it was
hoped to get the southern com
mand under Gen. Eisenhower,
Supreme Allied Commander in
Europe, started as soon as pos
sible.
Both Greece and Turkey are
seeking membership in the At
lantic pact. Gen. Bradley indicated
that the military chiefs now were
awaiting a decision by the politi
cal side on whether to admit
them.
He said the talks now were go
ing on in Paris on how air support
would be supplied to pact forces
in Western Europe. Because of
language differences, he said he
(See BRADLEY, Page A-3.)
Mother of Quadruplets
Charges Admission Fee
By tfio Associated Brass
PONTIAC, Mich., June 9.—
Want to see the Rosebush quads?
That’ll be a quarter, please.
Mrs. Anna Rosebush, the
mother, painted and posted a sign
to that effect before her home in
suburban Oakwood.
It’s not for money, though, she
carefully explained, it’s "for self
defense.”
Sometimes as many ae 52 per
sons a day have crowded into the
home to view the two boys and
two girls youngsters boifc last
January. /
Mrs. Rosebush says she hopes
the admittance fee will cut the
traffic.
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Phone Union Parley
To Resume in Shadow
Of Strike Possibility
Parties Confer to 4 A.M.
After Local Applies for
Walkout Authority
A contract dispute between the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co., and union employes goes into
another negotiation session this
afternoon, still over-shadowed by
strike possibilities.
Representatives of the union and
the company called off a drawn
out parley at 4 a.m. today and
were scheduled to return at 3 this
afternoon.
The union—Local 2336 of the
CIO Communications Workers of
America—has approved a strike
by 4-to-l and is awaiting word on
its strike-approval application to
the international Executive Board.
No strike deadline has been set.
set.
xt&oj uituivc upcravors.
Employes Involved are those In
the accounting, commercial, plant
and engineering departments.
The traffic department union,
which includes telephone oper
ators, is not yet involved, but un
doubtedly will be in event of
strike.
The union, in a show of strength
yesterday, pulled an estimated
2,000 members ofT their jobs for
a 3 p.m. membership and report
meeting in Turner’s Arena. The
union claims 2,400 members with
a potential of over 3,000.
The meeting heard Local Pres
ident Thomas G. Archer and Vice
President Leo Urbanski, jr, out
line negotiation—“or the lack of
it”—and explain that eight major
points separate the two factions.
The negotiating session early
today widened that breach, ac
cording to Glenn E. Watts, dis
trict director of the union.
Points involved are primarily
wages--in which the union seeks
a 10 per cent general increase—
and general contract improve
ments.
Cites Dixie Increase.
Mr. Archer told the cheering
crowd that while arrangements
were being made for negotiation
sessions early this week, the South
ern Bell and Southwestern Bell
companies had settled pay differ
ences with a 10 per cent blanket
boost.
Best offer from the company
thus far, he said, has been a $3
to $6 pay increase. He denied a
rumor that the union had rejected
a 10 per cent increase offer.
In a prepared statement yester
day, J. R. B. Crigler, vice presi
dent and general manager of the
company, said that contract
(See PHONES, Page A-3.)
Truman Orders Investigation
Into Activities of 'China Lobby'
Secretary of State Acheson dis
closed today that President Tru
man has ordered Federal agencies
to round up all available data on
activities of the so-called “China
lobby.”
The Secretary of State made
known the White House directive
in testimony to the joint Senate
committee investigating Far East
policy after committee members
had called for an extensive probe
of charges that agents of the Chi
nese Nationalist government have
attempted to influence American
foreign policy.
Mr. Acheson said purpose of the
administration’s roundup will be
to proceed with legal action, il
specific laws have been violated
and furnish material for “con
ducting investigation further” il
they are deemed necessary.
The Federal agenceis, he added
will be directed by President Tru
man to co-operate with any Cap
itol Hill investigation into the
matter. This touched off an im
mediate discussion as to whetljei
the 26-member group investigat
ing the MacArthur ouster should
appoint a special “China lobby”
investigating subcommittee.
Mr. Acheson said material col
lected by the State Department on
his order consisted mainly of
“hearsay statements,” which is
"not sufficient or would not war
rant me in making charges of any
sort.”
But, he declared, there is evi
dence that considerable foreign
funds have been spent in this
country to influence opinion.
The Secretary had made plain
in earlier testimony that his main
interest was in whether any
American funds, furnished through
aid grants, were being tunneled
back for lobbying purposes.
One exception to the “hearsay”
material, Mr. Acheson asserted,
was information about alleged at
tempts to violate the law against
recruiting in the United States for
foreign armies. But he said the
(See CHINA LOBBY, Page A-3.)
Economic Group
Urges New and
Heavy Tax Boost
' Key Lawmakers Tell
Truman That Controls
Will Be Extended
By Francis P. Douglas
A new administration request
for more taxes was forecast today
in a report by the President’s
Council of Economic Advisers.
Handed to congressional leaders
at the White House late yesterday,
the need for more than double the
$7.1 billion already tentatively
approved by the House Ways and
Means Committee was coupled
with an urgent proposal for con-j
tinuance of the present Defense
Production Act beyond its June
30 expiration date.
The key legislators who at
tended the conference assured
President Truman that present
laws to control inflation would
Kp rpfainpH
The economic advisers’ report
said the "over-all economic situa
tion today is very tight indeed."
It cited what the advisers said is
“compelling evidence that infla
tionary pressure will mount.”
The program to meet the
threats of inflation, the advisers
said, “requires even more tax in
creases than have thus far been
proposed to Congress, although we
appreciate the economic sound
ness of making these proposals
in a series of steps instead of all
at once.”
House Action Due Next Week.
The highest tax increase thus
far proposed was a $16 billion
figure recommended by Mr. Tru
man. Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder, however, said later that
$10 billion would be adequate.
The House is due to act on the
Ways and Means Committee’s $7.1
billion tax program next week.
The Senators and Representa
tives who saw the President
pledged prompt action on the ex
tension of tho Defense Produc
tion Act. They indicated, how
ever, that the administration
would not get all it asked for in
the revised measure.
Press Secretary Joseph Short
later quoted the President as
saying, "If we let inflation run
away the Russians will have won
the cold war without firing a
shot.”
Maybank Promises Speed.
Chairman Maybank of the Sen
ate Banking Committee said after
the meeting that his committee
would work night and day to get
the revised control bill before the
Senate next week.
The President has asked for a
two-year extension of the act
plus authority to expand rent and
real estate credit controls, con
trol of commodity exchanges, a
freeze of farm commodity parity
prices for a year at the levels at
the beginning of the crop season,
to build defense plants and to
stiffen the penalties on violations
of controls.
Senator Maybank said he told
Mr. Truman frankly that some of
these measures probably will not
be granted by Congress. Senator
Capehart, a member of the Bank
ing Committee, said a suggestion
was made that the administration
push for greater farm production
to hold down food prices.
Both Urge Easier Auto Credit.
Both Senators said they sug
gested to Mr. Truman a liberaliza
tion of the Federal Reserve
Board’s credit controls on used
car sales. Senator Maybank said
that while he did not propose a
specific program in this regard to
Mr. Truman he felt that buyers
should be allowed 18 instead of
15 months to pay for used cars.
He said this would help both the
dealers and those needing the
cars.
The economic advisers’ state
ment did not pin their hopes on
taxes alone as a method of avoid
ing run-away inflation. It dis
cussed the various controls and
said that “no one measure, and
no two or three measures can
alone do the job of controlling in
flation.”
All of the necessary measures
(See CONTROLS, Page A-2.)
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Air Force Censorship
Shrouds Inquiry Into
Fatal Crash of 8 Jets
3 Pilots Killed, 2 Injured
In Indiana Accident
During Thunderstorm
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Ind.. June 9.—Air
Force officials were tight-lipped
today as they investigated the
cause of the crash of eight F-84
Thunderjets, the biggest mass
crash in jet aviation history.
Three pilots of the eight ill
fated jets were killed and two
Injured as the planes tumbled
out of the sky near Richmond
yesterday.
Other jets in the two flights
cf a 71-plane group en route to
Selfridge Field, Mich., were placed
under armed guard. They will
"undergo a thorough check,” an
Air Force spokesman at Wright
Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio,
301U«
He made no direct comment on
the possibility of sabotage. But,
be said, "sabotage is always con
sidered as a possibility until the
crash cause is determined when
the investigation is completed.”
However, Lt. Earl Smith of In
iiana State police, who flew over
;he area of the crashes, said he
felt “the sabotage theory is far
fetched.”
Lt. Smith, a World War II flyer,
told a reporter he “couldn’t see
bow all the accidents would hap
pen simultaneously if they were
the result of sabotage.”
Colonel Imposes Censorship.
A censorship on further informa
tion was ordered by Col. C. F.
Carter, deputy base commander.
He ordered all personnel “to give
put absolutely no information re
garding the plane crashes.”
Two of the pilots who survived
the crashes said their flight was
streaking above a thunderstorm,
put both said the storm was not
the cause of the tragedy. An
other pilot said “it wasn’t the
weather” which made him de
cide to land.
Two of the pilots rode their
iamaged planes to crash landings,
escaping unhurt, and another
parachuted safely.
The Air Force withheld names
pf the dead pilots pending notifi
cation of relatives.
No one could explain what oc
curred to cause eight planes to
crash from a formation of 34 at
the same time.
Country folk in a 25-mile radius
(See JET CRASHES. P&ee A-2.0
Oklahoma Tornadoes
Splinter 50 Homes
ly the Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 9.—
romadoes wrecked dozens of
homes in three Western Okla
homa farming communities last
night and lightning killed two
persons in other storms.
Hardest hit were Corn and Col
>ny in Washita County. The
lighway patrol reported at least
15 homes splintered at Com, a
(Tillage of 300 persons 70 miles
west of Oklahoma City.
At Colony, just east of Com,
two schools and 15 or 20 homes
were destroyed by the twister. A
farm house and bam were dam
aged near Chattanooga in South
west Oklahoma.
No injuries were reported in
any of the tornadoes.
Officials said many residents of
Com owed their lives to Fire Chief
Etomie Denton at Cordell, whose
telephone alert sent them scamp
ering to cellars before the storm
hit.
Lightning victims late yesterday
were Lee Mosley, 18-year-old Pan
handle A. & M. College freshman,
and Eddie Mergert, 30, farmer at
Bessie in Washita County. Both
were working in fields when they
were struck.
Send a Kid to Camp
Jack and Jerry Look Forward
To Outdoor Tbrills of Camp Life
Vacation Means Little
In Small Recreation
Spaces Near Home
Two weeks in the summer are
the most important time of the
year to Jack, 13, and Jerry 11.
Jack and Jerry, like most
healthy boys, love the outdoors.
Picture on Page A-3.
But most of the year they spend
inside—in school, or nome after
‘school doing homework, or help
ling around the house.
Even in vacation time, their
; outdoor fun has limits. The back
Camp Fund Facts
How to send a kid to camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail to
The Evening Star, Washing
ton 4, D. C.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $18.40 for one
week; $36.80 for two.
yard, fenced in, is barely big
enough for the clothesline. And
their mother is afraid to let them
play ball in the street.
Sometimes they go to the boys’
(See CAMP FUND, Page A-3.)
Hunt for 2 Diplomats
Widens fo Italy After
Telegram From Rome
Foreign Office Promises
Statement in Case in
Parliament Monday
By th» Associated Press
LONDON, June 9.—The hunt
for two missing top-drawer Brit
ish diplomats widened suddenly
from Prance to Italy today after
the Foreign Office disclosed a tele
gram to a relative of one of them
was sent from Rome.
A British Embassy official in
Rome said that even though the
message did come from the Italian
city it was not conclusive evidence
the missing men had been there
Nevertheless, some French police
officials, after a thorough comb
ing of Paris, expressed belief the
men are not in Paris and may
have gone to Italy.
Both diplomats—Guy Burgess,
a former British Embassy offi
cial in Washington, and Donald
D. MacLean, head of the Foreign
Office American section—know
high-level British-American se
crets. Fear has been expressed in
London and in Washington that
they may have ducked behind the
Iron Curtain. The incident put
a new strain on British-American
relations.
Statement Due Monday.
A Foreign Office spokesman said
there would be a statement on the
disappearance in the House of
Commons on Monday, probably by
Foreign Secretary Morrison.
The Foreign Office said the
Rome message was to Burgess’
mother, Mrs. J. R. Bassett, and re
lated that Burgess, 40 and a bach
elor, was going on a “long Medi
terranean holiday.” It was sent
Thursday.
Two other messages, to Mac
Lean’s wife and mother, were sent
from Paris Wednesday. The latter
two were reported sent by a myste
rious third person. The men have
(See DIPLOMATS, Page A-2.)
China Radar Net Reported
From Canton to Mukden
ty the Associated Press
TAIPEH, Formosa, June 9.—
The China News said today that
Chinese Communists had com
pleted a radar network stretching
from Canton, in the south, to
Mukden, Manchuria.
The China News, Formosa’s only
English-language daily, also re
ported some 200 defected tech
nicians of China’s former civil air
lines had been sent to Mukden
to receive radar training from
Russian advisers.
China Union Press, a Nationalist
news agency specializing in infor
mation from Red China, said a
Sino-Soviet air defense conference
was held at Peiping in mid-May.
The conference, the news agency
said, decided to establish a Sino
Russian composite air defense
headquarters for China.
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Marshall and Ridgway
In Closely-Guarded,
Hours-Long Parleys
Tokyo Conferences Arouse
Fresh Speculation About
Big New Development
ty the Associated Press
TOKYO, June 9.—Defense Sec
retary Marshall and Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway spent many closely
guarded hours in conference to
day, sharpening speculation that
something big was going to break
in the Korean war.
At mid-day the two military
leaders met for more than an hour
at Gen. Ridgway’s headquarters.
Later they lunched at the United j
States Embassy and resumed j
Old MacArthur Fanfare Welcomes Mar
shall to Tokyo. Page A-3
sessions that continued late into
the afternoon. There was no
official announcement after the
meetings.
Gen. Marshall has given no in
dication of the purpose of his
visit except to say it was “purely
military."
It stirred up peace rumors in
Tokyo and the war area. In
Pusan, Korea, the disturbed South
Korean Legislature asked the re
public’s defense and foreign min
istries for their opinion on the
Marshall visit.
Dr. Syngman Rhee, president
of the Korean Republic, said Ko
reans “will do something in des
peration if the United Nations
should make any decision con
trary to our national security.”
He was referring to rumors of
a cease-fire at the 38th Parallel
—old political boundary between
Red North and Republican South
Korea.
"We are fighting and will con
tinue to fight to do without such
a line,” he declared. “Our aim
and.determination to fight com
munism will never change.”
Republican Foreign Minister
Pyun Yung Tai said in a state
ment any cease-fire at the Paral
lel “should be a danger signal to
the free world.”
He warned it might (1) allow
(See MARSHALL, Page A-3.)
M'Arthur Orderly to Wed
Hotel Elevator Girl
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 9.—The
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel has lost an
elevator operator, and the ser
geant who answers the telephone
for Gen. MacArthur has won a
June bride.
The soldier, Sergt. Eugene H.
Christofferson of Buhl, Idaho, and
Miss Angela (Ginger) Alesi an
nounced yesterday that they plan
to wed June 30. Miss Alesi has
resigned her job as an elevator
operator.
The marriage climaxes a ro
mance that began after Gen. Mac
Arthur moved into the hotel in
April.
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Reds Giving Up
Iron Triangle'
In Allied Drive
Chinese Falling Back
To Town 17 Miles '
From Northern Tip
By th« Associated Press
TOKYO, June 9.—Battered Chi
nese Reds today began retreating
from their main Korean strong
hold — the Chorwon-Kumhwa
Pyonggang “Iron Triangle,” field
reports said.
A pooled dispatch from the
Western front said the Reds were
falling back toward Kumsong, 17
miles due east of Pyonggang and
about 28 miles north of the 38th
Parallel.
Censorship obscured exact Al
lied positions. But the report said
United States 8th Army forces
captured two ridges against de
creasing Red opposition. One Al
lied gain of more than a mile was
reported.
Pyonggang is the northern tip
af the triangle, the buildup area
where the Reds grouped forces
for abortive offenses against the
United Nations.
Chorwon and Kumhwa are the
triangle’s southern anchors. Both
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Allies.
Control of Valley Threatened.
The front line report quoted Al
lied officers as saying the Reds
probably were abandoning Chor
won to the Allies poised in the
hills just south of the town.
If Chorwon falls, the Com
munists would lose a vital east
west road and control of the long
Pyongyang Valley. Allied artil
lery and tanks could make the
valley untenable for the Reds
and drive them as far back as
Wonsan, about 85 air miles north
of 38.
The advancing Allies found qpe
pile of 278 dead Chinese soldiers.
Some of them were wearing pieces
of American uniforms and equip
ment.
The pooled dispatch said the
Reds were defending the triangle
with delaying forces and road
craters used as tank traps.
One U. N. patrol, out in front
of the 8th Army line, knocked out
a group of snipers while bull
dozers filled in the craters.
The 5th Air Force was called
in late in the day and blasted a
group of 200 withdrawing Reds
on the Sanyang-Kumsong road,
east of Kumhwa. Allied planes
also attacked other groups of re
treating Reds bound northward.
Advances Made Near Reservoir.
The drive against Kumhwa was
made by troops northeast of
Chipo. Light Communist resist
ance was reported by 8th Army
headquarters.
Farther east, some- advances
were made around the eastern
tip of the Hwachon Reservoir and
north of Inje. Communist artil
lery and mortar fire burst spo
radically behind several sectors of
the line during the day.
North Koreans there again re
buffed Allied soldiers who tried
for the sixth straight day to cap
ture a series of ridges. Red losses
mounted, but they refused to
budge.
In the Yonchon area on the
Western front, the Reds fought
back stubbornly against probing
Ajiiea iorces. in the Yongpyong
sector, the Allies registered gains
up to 1,000 yards against light to
moderate resistance.
In a delayed dispatch from the
Western front, Associated Press
Correspondent Stan Carter said
advancing Doughboys had to dig
the Reds out of bunkers built of
five to seven layers of logs and
piled high with sandbags.
Red Defenses Scorched.
Allied aircraft dropped flaming
napalm on Red defenses near
Chorwon, but bad flying weather
aloaked Red movements inside the
town itself.
The 5th Air Force flew through
alouds and rain to complete 450
missions by 6 p.m. today.
Fighter-bombers hit rail yards
at Sariwon, the Red supply centers
at Pyonggang and Namchonjon,
a large supply dump near Kumhwa
and two highway bridges.
Pilot claims included 180 build
ings, 17 vehicles, 55 rail cars and
ane gun emplacement destroyed
ar damaged.
The Air Force also claimed 55
troop casualties inflicted.
Floods Beset Kansas
TESCOTT, Kans., June 9 OF).—
Water was receding slowly in this
little community of 445 today
after the worst flood in history
an the Saline River. But con
tinuing rains in Central and East
on Kansas brought new flood
threats. The high water has cost
five lives and brought damage
estimated at more than $1 million.
y isits to U. y Harks
Increasing Each Year
More than 40,000,000 persons are
expected to visit Federol parks this
year. The number in 1928 was a little
more than 3,000,000. Whether you
plan to spend
your vocation in
America's scenic
parks or abroad,
you'll find valu
able vacotion in
formation in the
special vacation
section in The Sunday Star this week.
There will be a weolfh of stories and
pictures on points of interest here, in
Canada and abroad. Don't miss the
vacation section in The Star tomorrow.
Phone Sterling 5000 for home delivery.