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l This week at Lake Forest col
legs near Chicago the union ol
two councils of community
churches will be effected, provid
ing a means for integrating an es
timated 2,500 churches now unre
iw4 t oc)aWihcd denominations.
The existing councils are the Na-
tionai council ol vhiim j
-,,,..,. nitti 200 member
churches and the Biennial Council
(negro) with 100.
The community church is an
outgrowth of local needs. In com
munities where "the members of
old denominations are too few to
support a church they often go
together to establish a community
church, without denominational
ties, to which all are welcome.
Such churches have to be ex
tremely tolerant They ' provide
baptism by immersion, sprinkling
or pouring water to accommodate
the preference of the one being
baptized. They may serve the
Lord's Supper each Sunday after
the practice of some religious
'bodies, or quarterly as do others.
Their order of worship is apt to
be an adaptation from various
sources. Ritual and form are min
imized. t The weakness of the community
church has been its lack of asso-
elation with other churches. It is
outside the stream which a regu
lar -established denomination has
for itself. The creation of a new
national council is evidently an
attempt to overcome this sense
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
Painters Put
Red Feather
'SioixFence
I Two sides of the board fence
around the new state highway
building got a fast oat of paint
Friday when more than 30 mem
bers of Painters union local 724
donated their efforts for the bene
fit of the Salem Community chest.
' Bed feathers and signs calling
attention to the approaching fund
drive will be painted on the fence
next Friday by the same crew.
! Mayor Robert FJfstrom and
County Commissioner Roy Rice
painted the first board. The pro
fessional painters then finished the
Job in 25 minutes. The paint was
donated by the fuller paint com
- pany.
H ;'. . .
Indians Climb
Dakota Peak to
ray for Peace
I STURGIS, S. D., Aug. 12-ifl3)-
Two Cheyenne Indians have com
pleted two days and three nights
. of fasting and- prayer atop Bear
Butte mountain, and are confi
dent their "peace pilgrimage" will
bring an end to the Korean war.
David Deafey, Lame Deer,
Mont, made the pilgrimage with
his 28-year-old . son. Deaf ey was
among Indians who prayed for
peace atop the 4,422-xoot high
mountain shortly before the end
of World War H.
-1 Bear Butte, which juts -out of
the plains north of the Black Hills
near Sturgis, has been a shrine of
the roving prairie tribes since the
dawn of recorded history,
i Deafey made the pilgrimage
from Montana in an old car which
carried 12 members of his family
and tents. - "
; Deafey and his son were the on
ly ones to climb the precipitous
mountain. They beseech ed the
Great - Spirit to end the Korean
war and bring peace to the world
gain. -
Western International
I At Victoria S-S, Salem 4-1
f At Tacoma 7. Spokan S
At Vancouver t-11. Tri-CitT 4-17
f At TaJdma 7. Wcaatch S (IS laa.)
CoasiXearno
At Honywood 7. Portland S
At Oakland s. Seattle S ' " -At
San Dteco S. Lew Aageles 1
, At Sacramento S. Sam yraaeiaco S
' National Learve -
At Philadelphia S. New York 4 (11
At Boston 10, Brooklyn 1
At Plttsburt-h X Chicaro T
At OnnnnU 1. St. Xouia 5
Americas Learse
- At Kew York 7. Philadelphia J
At Chicaro U. C3rrelaad 4
At Waahlartoa 1. Boston IS .
At St. Leula-Oetrott, nl
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Body of
Boy Seen
On Peak.
LONE PINE, Calif, Aug. 12-(P)
The leader of i rescue party
searching the slopes of Mt Whit
ney for tobacco fortune heir Chris
topher Smith Reynolds aofl Ste
phen Wasserman reported tonight
that he believes he has located "at
least one of the bodies' in a snow
bank. ;
- The boys, both 17 years old,
have been missing since last Sun
day. Harold Gates, caretaker for the
Los Angeles department of water
and power at Alabama Gate, re
ported this afternoon that he had
spotted by binoculars what ap
peared to him to be a coat at the
base of the northeast section of
the east face of ML Whitney.
Several members of the Sierra
club, veteran mountain climbers,
moved toward the spot designated
by Gates. Tonight, Ralph Adams,
leaseholder of the Cerro Gorda
mine where young Reynolds and
his companion have been work
ing this summer, said Gates had
informed him:
"I' feel 'confident I have located
the bodies at least one of them."
The rescuers camped tonight
only a quarter of a mile from the
west shore .of East Face lake.
Darkness prevented them from
venturing beyond that point.
Adams said the party should
reach the crevice where Gates be
lieves the boys are buried in the
snow early Sunday. The spot
where Adams says he saw the
coat was described by Sierra club
members as the "most natural
way to climb Mt. Whitney," the
highest peak in the United States.
Reynolds is the son of former
torch singer Iibby Holman Reyn
olds and the late Za chary Reyn
olds, heir to the $23,000,000
Reynolds tobacco fortune. Was
serman Is the son of William Was
serman, Boston and New York
broker. '
British A-Spy
Tries Suicide
LONDON. Aug. 12-flFV-WiHiam
Ralph Wakeham, 35, has delayed
a preliminary hearing on a charge
of stealing a briefcase fulkof Brit
ish atomic secrets by slashing his
wrists in his jail cell.
The hearing, scheduled for to
day, was postponed. Hospital au
thorities said, however, Wake
ham's condition was not serious.
The atomic data and a suitcase
were stolen Monday from the train
compartment of Frank M. Green
less, an official of the British sup
ply ministry's atomic energy pro
duction division at Risley, Lanca
shire, when he left the compart
ment for three minutes at Euston
station.
. Scotland Yard announced yes
terday the recovery of the bag
gage. ', . - .
Greenless reported all his papers
were intact.
Sen. Johnson Calls
Controls on Prices
Military Necessity
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -i?V
Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex)
called tonight for immediate con
trol of prices as "a military neces
sity i
Such action is imperative, John
son added, because price increases
on military goods within the last
six weeks have reduced the, pur
chasing power of our defense dol
lars as much as 50 per cent in some
Instances. . ....'
The Texas senator quoted the
secretaries of the army, navy and
air force as saying the recent sud
den price increases "are one of the
major problems complicating our
preparedness planning at this
tune. :
Vet Office Clamps
Tight Time Limit
On Construction
PORTLAND, Aug. 12 (JPi
Stricter building time limits for
veterans seeking state farm and
home loans were in effect today,
but a more lenient repayment pol
icy was adopted for those recalled
to service.
The Oregon department of vet
erans affairs' advisory committee
announced that those granted
self-construction loans would have
to complete 40 per cent of the
work in six months.
Before loans are granted assur
ance must be given that the pro
vision can be earned out, tn com
mittee reported.
Veterans recalled to service.
who hold state . loans, however.
win be given a three . months
waiver of payments. Adjustments
will be mad later. .
To Symbolize Kore
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WASHINGTON, Aug-. 12 Plans
. lixht bine United Nations flax,
country as a symbol of support
organisations were planning the
United Nations
Flag Campaign
Ready
to Roll
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-C-A
campaign was being planned today
to fly handmade United Nations
flags in every town and city in
the country as a symbol of sup
port for U. N. action in Korea.
Taking pact are the National
Grange. 4-H clubs, the Federal
Extension service and other farm
organizations.
The idea was originated by Al
bert E. Johnson, director of pub
lic relations for the grange. Guy
L. Noble of Chicago, director of
the national committee on boys
and girls club work, offered help
of 4-H and other youth groups in
making and distributing flag pat-
terns.
The plan is to have women In
farm organizations, extension ser
vice, church and civic groups
make flags and present them to
their local communities.
The U. N. flag is light blue. In
the center in white is the U. N.
symbol a polar map of the world
embraced in olive branches.
ROTC Protest
?Red Inspired9,
Vet Chief Says
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12-WV
Commander Clyde Lewis of the
Veterans of Foreign wars said to
day recent student agitation again
st ROTC training at several col
leges was "communist inspired."
Lewis said demonstrations
against the military training pro
gram had taken place at several
colleges and universities. He did
not name them. '
"No doubt the majority of the
students engaging in these dem
onstrations are Innocent victims
of a communist inspired plot,"
Lewis said in a statement. -
They should be disciplined.
but it is far more imperative that
drastic steps be taken to identify
the instigators and to see that
they are dealt with to the limit
of the law.
STILL ON CRITICAL LIST
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug.
12-tflV-David Walker. 15-year-
old evangelist Injured in a water
ski accident, remained on the crit
ical list at Mound Park hospital
today.
Editor of Atomic
Stumbling Over
MADISON, Wis, Aug. 12 -(5s)
Publication of the atomic energy
commission's new book on "The
Effects of Atomic Weapons" was
hampered by the commission it
self, the chairman of the book's
board of editors charged tonight
Dr. Joseph O. Hirschf elder a
University of .Wisconsin chemist,
made the statement simultaneous
ly with the issuance of the offi
cial publication. -,
Preparation Of the book, he de
clared, "was made exceedingly
difficult because of the lack of
active support of the- atomic en
ergy commission.'
A commission spokesman said
in Washington there would be no
comment on Dr. Hirschfelder's
statements.
The scientist, who is a consul
ant for the Los Alamos labora
tory, accused the commission of
having "very little appreciation of
the technical difficulties connect
ed with atomic energy problems"
"This," he said, is the result of
having professional administrators
with i inadequate or no sdentif c
training at the top leveL Appar
ently, they do not realize the de
an Support
were underway today to fly the
pictured above, to every city in the
for UN action In ; Korea. Farm
campaign.!
'His Is Not to
QuestionWhy-
GALLUP, N.M, Aug.l2-C)-The
army has a fighting soldier on its
hands in one Zuni Indian boy but
never mind the questionnaires.
An enlisted reservist, the Indian
gave the army this answer to a
questionnaire:
"If you keep on sending in lots
of the questionnaire you are mak
ing me nuts ... so don't send me
any kind papers. I know I have to
go and I m ready."
Chinese Reds
To Indochina
SAIGON. Indochina. Aug. 12-UPi
Official sources said today com
munist China has begun a com
prehensive program of military aid
for Ho Chi Mtnh's Moscow-recog
nized guerrillas.
The French-language newspaper
Echo du Vietnam published the
details in the form of a communi
que, saying the Chinese commun
ists are cooperating in these ways
with the Vletminh party headed by
Ho:
1. The Peiping reds have pro
mised to supply the guerrillas with
arms without charge.
2. A Chinese communist mission
of 300 members was due to arrive
in the guerrilla-controlled zone at
the end of July. Responsible sour
ces said the mission did arrive and
is largely engaged in propaganda
work, i i
3. Uniformed Vletminh troops
have transported rice supplies into
China. (Sales abroad would help
finance the revolt)
4. More than 20,000 Vietminh
troops .'are being trained in two
camps ' in Yunnan province and
three other training centers are
set up in Kwangtung and Kwang
si provinces.
NAVT CALLS UP DOCTORS
PORTLAND, Aug. 12-(ff)-The
navy office here reported today six
reserve doctors in Portland have
been called to active duty. Five
are junior grade lieutenants. Lt.
Alfred S. Hott is the' only one who
saw duty in World War II.
TO BLOCK NAVIGATION v
PORTLAND, Aug. 12-OTVCol-umbia
river navigation will be
blocked at the McNary dam site
for 60 days beginning September
18 to allow work on a coffer dam.
Send Supplies
Weapons Pamphlet Tells of
A-Com
1SSI0I1
sirability of compiling and ana
lyzing the .. technical effects- of
atomic weapons." i
Hirschfelder said that one time
the commission ordered atomic
experts to stop work on the wea
pons for a period of six weeks
"apparently as a result of polit
ical pressure." He continued:
"I Was discouraged from bring
ing together groups of chapter
authors with technical experts to
attempt to settle once and for all
some of the confusing technical
problems which arose in connec
tion with this treatise.
"One of the principal difficul
ties which arose in the prepara
tion of this treatise was due to
the extreme compartmentalization
of the atomic energy commission.
. . . Because of the compartmental
ization we found that experts on
a particular subject were not
aware of the research in the same
field which had been obtained in
other laboratories which pro
foundly affected their technical
viewpoints.
"There is a great deal of rival
ry between the central offices of
the atomic energy frpmirrlrn la
A J TUT CJa
A.uvaiice may oei on
Evacuation of Pohang Airstrip
U.N. Members
Said Providing
Ground Forces
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 12-WV
The moves of United Nations
members to reinforce U. N. ground
force troops in Korea are going on
quietly but effectively, a U. N.
source said today. 1 j
The security council procedural
deadlock that opened when Rus
sian Delegate Jakob A. Malik as
sumed the presidency August 1
has neither halted the miltary
measures and relief steps taken by
the council in June and July nor
slowed the pace of nations that
have since offered fighting men,
ships, planes, food and medical
supplies. ;
Fifty-three of the 59 U. N.
members are supporting the U. N.
campaign to throw back the North
Korean invaders.
The big problem now is to eet
the offers collected and put on the
Korean front. Transport and sup
ply difficulties figure in this.
The U. N. informant said the
first news that the men of other
nations are fighting alongside'
American GIs and South -Koreans
under Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
U. N. flag may be a brief an
nouncement that "the troops of X
country today did such and such.
The next day, he said, there may
be a similar announcement of
troops of Y. country, and so on.
He would not say how soon that
will be.
Two British correspondents, and
Col. Unni'Nayar, India's alternate
member of the U. N. commission
on Korea, were killed when their
jeep hit a land mine near Taegu
yesterday.
Nayar was the first commission
member to be killed in the Korean
conflict.
Wreck Fatal
To Albany Man
Statesman News ferric
ALBANY, Aug. 12 Earl LeRoy
Kessler, 23, Albany, was killed to
night when thrown 75 feet from
his car which crashed off high
way 20," about two miles east of
here.
A companion In the auto, John
Pease, Lebanon, was not hurt.
Deputy Coroner Walter Kropp
said the car apparently dropped
onto loose gravel and went out of
control, rolling over four or five
times. State police confirmed this
opinion.
The victim, a World War II vet
eran, was the son of Mr. and Mrs
Clyde A. Kessler, Albany.
Europe Defense
Chief Suggested
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12 -UP)
Strong sentiment is reported de
veloping among North Atlantic
treaty nations, with some support
here, for - the creation of a su
preme military command over
western European defense forces.
French officials, whose govern
ment has requested more Ameri
can troops in Europe, have in
formally told American represen
tatives the commander should be
an American. Britain and other
countries are said generally to
share this view
Washington and the outlying lab
oratories, and considerable jeal
ousy over their respective per
rogatives," the Wisconsin chemist
said. "On this account we were
often slowed down because of
matters of protocol."
Hirschfelder is director of the
U. S. naval research laboratory at
the university ox Wisconsin-
He said-the commission "has
been caught in a vice between the
desire to be effective and the
need to defend itself against un
scrupulous - noliticiana. This has
led to confusion. Apparently the
atomic energy commission turned
over all of its vested responsibil-
lues relative to civilian defense
to the national security roumrrM
board. But it was not until the
puDiicauon of "The Effects of
Atomic weanons" that th
tionai securities resources . board
was provided with the technical
information .needed in order to
mue adequate clans.
"The organization of the atomic
energy commission must bt
streamlined if it is to work ef
fectively in the difficult eara
i aneaa,- Hirschfelder concluded.
Bureaucracy
Police IDrageiei for
Escapees Fruitless
s-
Weary sheriffs deputies, aided by city and state police, were
still searching early this morning for three dangerous prisoners who
escaped Friday from the Marion county jail .
Ever possible lead was checked Saturday but each proved
fruitless as officers continued the hunt for Kenneth Orval Smith,
Richard Philip Tungate and Donald E. Flodstrom.
A-Blast in Sky
Use for Bomb
By Elton C. Fay
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12-tiPr-
Atomic weaponeers have many
ideas, tried and untried, about us
ing nuclear energy to kill men and
destroy places but they still think
the big boom in the sky is the best
They say so in an official book
issued tonight "The Effects of
Atomic Weapons."
This coldly-worded, grim little
book is directed chiefly to telling
civilian defense agencies what to
expect and do in an atomic at
tack. But woven through the book,
directly or by implication, is the
latest and most comprehensive
survey of American progress in
the atomic weapon field.
The reader comes up with these
thoughts: - '
1. The "air bum" like the attacks
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki prob
ably will create greater destruc
tion over a wider area than any
other method of using atomic en
ergy underwater, surface or
subterranean blasts or the dis
semination of radioactive poisons.
But an underwater or underground
explosion might produce more cas
ualties, especially if a population
is untrained and does not know
what to do In atomic attack.
2. Radiological warfare (the
spreading of radioactive material
without necessarily using a bomb
explosion) has possibilities, but
also definite handicaps. One of its
greatest possibilities is use as a
psychological weapon, frightening
populations or soldiers with the
fear of a "mystery weapon" which
they can't see.
Under Surface Blast
3. A subsurface, man-made
earthquake" blast of an A-bomb
would produce impressive results
but not as effective as an airbust
from standpoint of general dam
age and death. The damage area
resulting from a bomb dropped
from high altitude and penetrating
to 40 or SO feet before exploding
would be about one-half to two-
thirds that for an air bust How
ever, it would have particular
value in attacks against under
ground installations. The damage
to a city above a buried rock
strata (New York is such a city)
would be greater than to one built
over deep layers of light soil.
4. An underwater burst (such as
the second test at Bikini in 194C)
would pay off in several ways:
The sinking or damaging of ships
by the shock of the explosion; the
lethal spray of the explosion; the
destruction by high waves Close to
the detonation.
Element of Surprise
5. The tactical use of atomic
weapons against troops in the
field - depends on: What typo Is
used (bombs, radiological poison,
radiation), where lt is used, and
how much of the element of sur
prise (to catch men before they
get to shelter) is attained. Radio
logical warfare by firing artillery
shells loaded with atomic poison
into enemy troops might be one
method of tactical use. The offi
cial book didn't discuss the artil
lery shell project, but there has
been reference to such a weapon
in some military quarters.
The book and the men who
helped compile it give consider
able attention to the matter of ra
diological warfare. The book has
this to say about it:
"Radiological warfare could be
used to prevent the occupation of
a particular area causing immed
iate casualties and destruction.
Contamination of a city, for lex
ample, might perhaps deny its
use for habitation and close down
its industries without causing: the
tremendous havoc produced by ex
plosive and Incendiary bombs."
UAW Asks Ford
For Wage Increase
DETROIT. Aug. 12-flVThe CIO
United Auto Workers today asked
the Ford Motor Co. to reopen its
waee contract covering 115,000
workers throughout the nation.
The union wants an Immediate
waee hike and other benefits.
: In formal request to the com
pany, the UAW Ford department
director. Ken Bannon. said wazs
negotiations could be re-opened
prior to next Jan. 1 if both parties
Still Rated Top
agree
T
commie
Most intensive searching was
done early Saturday morning in
fields near Fan-view home after
the sheriffs office received a tip
that three men were spotted in the
area.
Two sheriffs office cars, two
state police cars and three city
police cars spread a dragnet
around the area and beat the brush
from midnight until about 2 a.m.
but the escapees were not uncov
ered. .
The escapees sawed through an
east window at the county jail
during the Friday afternoon rush
hour and disappeared without
leaving the slightest trace of their
escape route.
City police cars were alerted,
state police patrols were pulled in
close to I the city and sheriffs
deputies, -' armed with shotguns,
searched throughout the city. Even
the Salem police aerial patrol join
ed the search.
Each of the escapees has served
time in either state of federal pris
ons and all have FBI or police rec
ords dating back to 1941.
B-29s Bomb
17 Miles from
Russian Area
TOKYO, Aug. 12 -UP)-;U.S. B
29s roared within IT miles of
Russian territory today and dump
ed 500 tons of bombs on military
targets in the north Korean port
city and rail center of Najln.
Nairn, one of the best ports on
the east coast of Korea, is 17 miles
south of the meeting place of the
borders of Korea, Manchuria and
Russia s maritime territory. It IS
110 miles southwest of Vladivos
tok.
On this northernmost mission of
the war, the B-29s struck by ra
dar in heavy overcast
The bomber crews said on their
return to bases in Japan and Ok
inawa that they were unable to
see the results of the attack.
Ex-Diplomat
Doubts Soviet
Has A-Bomb
SPRINGFIELD, O., Aug. 12-tfl3)
Dr. Wallace Murray, former am
bassador to Iran, said today he
believes the Russians are carry
ing out a "super hoax" on the
world concerning Soviet posses
sion of the atom bomb.
In an interview, he said fear
of the atom bomb in the hands of
the United States is deterring the
Soviet Union from moving into
middle - eastern countries' and
starting World War III.
Murray, a former bpnngiieia,
resident now lives In Wash
ington. He retired in 1948 after
30 years in the state department
foreign service. He was amoassa
dor to Iran twice, from 1922 to
1925 and from 1945 to 1946.
Murray based his belief the
Russians do not have the A-bomb
on the recent communist-backed
Stockholm peace petition asking
that the A-bomb be outlawed.
Why would the Russians seek
to outlaw use of the bomb if they
had such a weapon?" he said.
Streetcars Idle
RT. LOUIS. Aug. 12 -WV St
Louisans buckled down to the job
of providing their own transporta
tion today as all buses and street
cars were Idle.
l There was little hope the tran
sit system would operate before
Monday1 iz then.
Vance Julian, named by Gov.
Forrest Smith to operate the com
pany when the state seized lt
Thursday night, said there will
bt no further negotiations and no
attempt to operate vehicles until
everyone goes oacx to wore.
Lyman E. Winder, elected yes
terday to head the group of strut,
era, said the men wont ' work
until they get contract and the
seven-cent raise.
In St Louis
U'liensive;
Ordered
60.000 Reds
TOKYO. Sunday. Au.
The Korean communists' greatest
offensive since the Invasion of
South Korea appeared developing
today along the thinly - defended
Naktong river line.
General MacArthur's headauar-
ters said some 60.000 reds were
moving into, attacking positions.
worth Korean tanks and artil
lery rumbled forward along a 20- '
mile front north and south af
Waegwan, river town 12 air milea
northwest of the communications
hub of Taegu.
At least 12.000 communists had
filtered across the Naktong in what
American headquarters said was a
"confused" situation on' this most
critical ironti Some tanks also
were across but how many was
not clear.
The reds already had cut the
main supply route 25 miles south
east of Taegu with road blocks at
two points. Taegu is 55 air miles
northwest of iPusan, major port
A spokesman at MacArthur's
headquarters said the long-expected
all-out red push was "due any
minute now.T Both MacArthur's
and Eighth fanny headquarters
said the drive might have started
at dawn today when the reds made
two new crossings of the Naktong.
However, American troops at
tacked these reds totalling an es
timated 600 to "800 and there were
no immediate reports of North Ko
rean reinforcements.
Battle for Pohanc
On the other side of the hard
pressed .United Nations beach- .
head, Americans and South Ko
reans battled to wrest the east
coast port of Pohang from the reds.
American planes were forced to
quit using the sir field six miles
southeast of the second 'most im
portant U.NJ port when the reds
brought it under mortar and ma-
chinegun fire.
Here Is the latest situation an
along the front as outlined by
spokesman at General MacAr
thur's headquarters and by infor
mation from U. S. Eighth army
headquarters in Korea:
Northeast Front Enemy ma
chinegun and mortar fire forced
U. S. planes at least temporarily
from Pohang air field. Ground
troops stUl battled the enemy;
around the field. Twenty-five mi
les to the north. South Korean
forces were attacked by a battalion
of North Korean horse cavairy
south of Yongdok.
Northern Front Enemy troop
concentrations were noted au
along this mountain una sirctcn
ing north of Taegu, but so far
only limited attacks had been
made on the South Korean de
fenders. 1 i - . . - .
Northwest front undetermin
ed numbers of enemy troops war
across the Naktong with wms
seven miles north of Waegwan ot
ia miles northwest of Taegu. as
last reports the enemy had about
1,600 troops and iz tanxs across,
but seven tanks had been de
stroyed. ! .. .
Western front The oiggesv
enemy bridgehead eight square
miles was being steadily re
inforced in the Changnyong area,
29 miles southwest of Taegu. This
and the one northwest of Taegu
are the most menacing. The
American 24th division was be- 1
ing reinforced by elements of the
25th division from the south in
an attempt to drive the division
or so of red Infantry and artillery
here back Into the river.
There were numerous imanar
crossings between Changnyong
and Waegwan, but they were re
ported being wiped out Newest
crossings were two mnes sou in
of Waegwan Sunday by 200 reds.
and by a force up to 400 north
of Kaepo, IS miles southwest t
Taegu. '-
Southern front The Ameri
can offensive reached its objec
tives by seizing heights near
Chinju, 55 miles west of Pusan
An estimated 1,000 red troops
were trapped southeast of Chlnja
by U. S. marines and army in
fantry. A force of trapped reds had
surrounded about 100 American !
artillerymen. A relieving force of
marines, in turn, had the reds
surrounded and were wiping them
out Field commanders said they
expected the job to bo finished
by Sunday night
In the Chinju sector, near th
southern anchor of the 140-mile
front, desperate communist troops
had thrown a road block across
the main road - supplying the)
army's 85th division and fifth
regimental combat team. :
The red tactics apparently were .:
designed to harrass the Ameri
cans who have snapped shut a
trap on some LOOO North Kor-.
cans in the area.
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In Position for
Huge Attack