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North Koreans said Lauglit TStory also on page one) TOKYO, Aug. 21-OTVA Mac Arthur spokesman said today the next major North Korean offensive . has been delayed apparently be cause the Reds art "badly off bal ance." He suggested they "prob ably -are much worse hurt than we Imagine." Navy pilots, concentrating on targets near the North Korean capital - of Pyongyang, reported they destroyed .36 locomotives, S3 railway cars and six warehouses. Heavy damage was reported on other communication targets. ". UJ5. air force B-29s put the fin ishing touches on the oft-hit west Seoul railway bridge, wnue otner air force planes hammered four more bridges. US. army and navy chiefs of staff Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Into Tokyo Monday for new con ferences with General MacArthur on the war situation. A spokesman for the South Kor ean army said lorces oz tne e Dublic of Korea crushed the beef- ed-up Red 5th and 7th divisions in two-day fight near Pohang and north of that east coast port city. the sDokesman declared. EI.UUU mmniniinL UWIU u&su .MA -A t i Vva rt m m drive toward Krongju, 20 miles southwest of Pohang, nine days ago. The Reds planned to " split their forces at Kyongju, he said, iniin one snearhead west toward Taegu and the other south toward Pusan, main ujs. suppiy pwi u the southeast coast. -Two da vi azo. the South Ko reans counterattacked, using the rprf own tactics. They cut me onemv's suDnly lines at the rear, smashed his column at the front and saueezed it from both sides. American artillery tanks and warplanes supported the attack and "did a wonderful jod, tne spokesman said. , Keds Sent Keeling The North Koreans were sent w!ini north towards Yonzdok. Off Balance apparently to regroup. The spokesman said Pohang ' and Kizve. ten miles inland, are safe in South Korean hands. Americans hold the airfield six miles southeast of Pohang and are reported using the airstrip operationally. v A battle summary from General Mac Arthur's Tokyo headquarters aid South Korean units continued to advance north and west of Po hang and Kigye "against little op position The summary said that elements f the U. S- 24th Infantry division and first marine - brigade wiped - out the communists' Changnyong beachhead east of the Naktong riv- or,on the central front and recap tured all ground east of the river In that sector. The area is 23 miles i southwest of Taegu. Mopping up operations contin ued, it said. . Division Written Off The reds originally had thrown 12.000 men of their fourth division into that bridgehead. That division cow has been shattered and writ ten off. ; Thirteen enemy artillery pieces and other weapons and equipment were captured in the bloody era sure of the bridebead. On the southwest front. U. S. infantry artillery and fighter- ... w niui.uui of the grestest kills of the war Associated Press Correspondent o owiuwu icixjrieu inai at least 1,350 enemy bodies were counted and other hundreds undoubtedly died in the fight for tow minor heights the reds had captured near Ha man am) still Ka14 -... American counterattacks. "We slaughtered- them,'' said Capt. Frank Lamothe of New Or leans. "I fought all through Europe , but never saw such a slaughter." A company of the negro U. S. Itth infantry regiment was sur rounded by a red battalion on the southwest fighting line, but the Americans were dug in behind barbed wire. Troops Sent to Help - Planes and other negro troops went to the. aid . of the trapped company. rtr vxsutu zvorean mannea moan. whila were disclosed to have made two more amphibious landing! iu , enemy a total of three in three days. ' Having landed Thursday on Tok chok island, off the west coast 33 miles southwest of Inchon, they eStS 0Q tte trem7 south coast FridaT and Mnfi v town of Tongyong, and on Satur Lronnun' 18 miles east of Th C,4V r . . - Aurcu marines re ported that In hMn. h. ' sm vVcVonyonf killed North Koreans, captured 37 kJ.?. deluding w-miuimeier guns. a wo north Korean divisions eyuriea moving toward - To Prevent Attack America nadviser to the C. HoUey, said the landing was made to nrevwit rnimmmu ... tack on Koje island, east of Ton- ui (vuuiwcsi ci rusan. .v rront orth of Taegu. where the enemy has been reoort- f mason as many as 50,000 men for a new attemnt to t&v t.-.. the American and South Korean defenders had recaptured Kum hwa, 12 miles north ef Tw, at midnight Sunday said the South rmn i , , uut via una CI- isiona oa that front continued to withstand eoctinuous pressure, but - gave no details. A Tokyo heailQutxteri rpokes man said, bxrwever, that the reds v w oa Deea tmame to get set attributed their failure to dLorder end confusion behind their lines, mainly owing to American air and Havel blows. Thai rviV,m ..m Smouldering Ruins Near San Diego llllllll llllll n I m i H Mi i, Wlf UI.I.I H il HIIIN I I In Iillil.l liliWN m , iH.ii., I Ml WiM l I l" : A , t ' -i- v;v...:;.lj-.: ! - '". . j v ' - ' . - i I srl i a iST ii - I,,, it-mr'vM-T-' iinti'Trf--''-'-'-''--- "ini -i i-i ' - ' iMtf'"fr-.'iiii i - ! - SAN DIEGO. Aesr. 20 Standinr Park, within blackened area of Cleveland National Forest and Cuyamaea State Park, near San Diego, Caiix, wnere eq.obi acres oz Drnan homes destroyed. Blase Is still oat of control, threatening heavily Umbered Lagana Mountain Recre ation Area, one of the state's leading resorts. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman). China Reds Seek Solution to Korean Problem By Stanley Rich HONG KONG, Monday, Aug. 2 l-CP-Communist China's foreign minister cabled the United Nations yesterday that the "Korean ques tion must and can be solved peacefully, the Red New China news agency said today. This was believed here to be the first official Chinese communist pronouncement on Korea. Foreign Minister Chou 'En-lai's message to U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie and Russian Prison Inmates Called to Fight Grass Blaze SACRAMENTO. Calif, Aug. 20- ()- The State Forestry depart ment today called for inmates from Folsom prison to help fight a 5000-acre grass fire in the Stani slaus river canyon between Sonora and Angels Camp. ' District State Fire Dispatcher J. B. McMerney said the -fire might be of incendiary origin. It started in an isolated area off the high way and outside frequented hunt ing and fishing regions. - "We don't often ask for Folsom prisoners because of security regu lations," said McMerney, "but this is serious." He said he had asked for 100 men to supplement the 300 now striving to contain the blaze which last - night destroyed . the - major part of Melones. historic mother lode mining town. The fire dispatcher estimated that, the blaze was 60 per cent controlled. But it was advancing eastward, fanned toward timber- land by a stiff breeze, r Men on the fire line are working in temperatures above 100 degrees and hampered by rugged terrain. me xire area is about 70 milea southeast of Sacramento. Communication with tha acena was mtermittent. - In its earlier stase vesterda-r tha blaze destroyed eight" homes, an eiemeniary -scnool and 12 build ings of the Carson Hill Gold Min ing corp. at Melones. : Aussie Quads DoingWell,' Given Names SYDNEY, Australia. Aug. 20- (AVAustralia's quads delivered in slow-motion to a British war bride over a 80-hour period were reported doing 'well today and their proud parents announc ed their names. Mrs. Betty Sara, 29, who gave birth to the last of the quads last night, e boy was rapidly i faining her strength,- doctors at Belligen River, District hospital said. The first was born Thurs day. Two of the babies, girls, were named Judith and Alison. The boy babies were named Mark and Phillip. ' - Mrs. Sara and husband Percy, a former Australian air force gunner, will have a large home for their big family. , The 1,600 residents of Belligen are planning to enlarge the Sara home for the four newcomers. The couple have a four-year old son. A Sydney newspaper has opened a special fund to aid the quads. The babies are being fad on glucose and water. Three doctors are keeping a 24-hour vigil over Mrs. Sara and her Infants. -' routa ' iait finw hard hit . .He mentioned also that reports persisted the reds had received some big Russian Joseph Stalin in tanks, 60-tonners with 122-millimeter guns, but that none have appeared in battle. 0p:n Iliohlly J stone work Is all that remains of ana umoer nave oeen onrnea in RussTType Security Council President Jaxoo A. Malik followed the communist propaganda line on the Korea issue by: (1) Accusing the United States of instigating the war in Korea. (2) Supporting Malik's resolu tion in the security council asking for peaceful mediation on com munist terms. (3) Demanding that Communist China be represented on the secur ity council for discussion of the Korean question. Red News Dispatches Chou's message was reported In the Chinese , communist news agency's dispatches to the pro-Red newspapers Wen Wei Pao and Ta Kung Pao. 1 The agency quoted the foreign minister who also is Red China's premier as saying: 'Korea, being China's neighbor. the Chinese people could not but feel concern over a solution of the Korean croblem. Chou's message, the agency said, blamed the United States for "de laying tactics" in the security council. This is the charge also made by the UJS. and other U.N. members against Malik, council president for. this month. Denounces America . The dispatches said Chou also "denounced America for creating the Korean incident, for attempt ing to broaden the scope of armed conflict for aggression in Korea and Taiwan (Formosa), and -for blocking a peaceful solution of the Korean war. These charges, hurled repeated ly by the Chinese communist radio in propaganda broadcasts, are along the same line taken by Malik before the security council. The security council ordered UJf. for ces to aid South Korea because tne Korean communists Invaded the republic. ' Chou, the dispatches said, also supported a protest by the North Korean foreign minister against the "savage bombing of peaceful inhabitants in Korean cities." The Korean Reds do not mention mil. itarr installations or communica tions bombed by United Nations planes, only "cultural institutions,' schools and the like. to Bridge Tender PORTLAND. Aug. 0 -V Willametta bridge tender was kill ed early today when an automo bile smashed into a gate FranK J. Cook. 69. was testing. Police said two other Broadway bridge tenders reported stop, and caution lights were working while Cook checked the motor traffic gate. The bridge was not opened for river traffic, however. The car driver was Identified as Louie R. Nufer. 32, a tavern own er. He was badly shaken in the crash but not hurt No charges were filed pending police investi gation. ,:- -. v Cook's death was the 30th traf fic death in the city this year, the sixth m the past eight days. PORTLAND PAIS XZXSSXXQ NETARTS, OrevAnx. 20-3- Coast guardsmen reported today the Pacific's f og-ekirted surf still veiled the fate of twaPortlanders, John Daibart 3L- and Kenneth Patton. 34. who vanished while offshore In a 18 foot skiff. They failed to return to shore Friday night rmrx:3's veil - For Tie Desi la , . Italian and American Ealem-DaSas HI way Ku t-3117 Closed Sundays Cra sh Fatal the Gibson residence tn Descanse -aay rire, ana approxunsieiy v eaflets Invite U.S. Soldiers To Surrender By Stan Swlnton 1 ON THE SOUTHWEST KOR EAN FRONT. Aug. lJMDelayed) -OfVOn the, bodies of some dead North Korean troops, U. 5. 35th regiment infantrymen i today found bundles of English-language eaflets inviting Americans to sur render and promising fine treat ment. - The slain reds apparently had been assigned to spread the leaf lets behind the lines. The Ameri cans laughed at the effort' Only a few hours earlier they had received from e Korean an eye-witness account of how cap tured Americans are treated. This Korean said the reds cap tured seven Americans who were sleeping in a field, beat them and finally shot them to death when they refused to divulge their unit positions.' His story was not con firmed, and the location was not given, but the account conforms with authenticated cases of other red atrocities. The red propaganda leaflets, in startling contrast, included a pic ture of a pretty Korean girl mak ing up a cot for an American prisoner and a picture of prison ers lounging "in their reading room." There also was a crudely-re touched picture purporting to show American prisoners parading with banners calling on America to cease interfering in Korean in ternal affairs. Report of Race oosevelts Draws Denial NEW YORK, Aug. 2fr-tfVRe. ports that two of the late Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt's sons are staging a race for the White House were . denied today by James Roosevelt democratic nom inee for governor of California. Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" program, the elder of the two politically active Roosevelt's was asked if it were true that he and his brother. Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr, (D-Lib-NY) had rewritten the words of i an old Scotch ballad to read: "You take the high road and m take the low road and 111 be in the White House before you I don't think that either of us is entertaining any such ideas,1 Roosevelt said. "We both want to do a good Job. He Is now a con gressman. I dont know what the future holds for him. All I know is that I hope It will be my privilege to be the governor of California." Victor Riesel of the New York Daily Mirror asked Roosevelt "if your brother runs for governor and he is elected and you run for governor and are elected, does n't that indicate there is a Roose velt dynasty? "A dynasty is something you In herit by right," Roosevelt replied. "In a democracy, in which you and I live, if a the people who de cide, and I think there can be no question of any inherited right In this instance." New Showing Open C:1S infill? L Second Elg Feature! ByR 'Blackout' of i; Korea News In Third Day r" V TOKYO, Monday, Aug. 21-65V A virtual 'blackout of fresh war news from Korea continued into the third successive day today. Radio transmissions- across the Pacific were knocked out inter mittently by atmospherics to ham per further the flow of news. - There was no immediate pros pect of more communication facil ities for war correspondents at ad vanced American headquarters in Korea.- : Correspondents now are restrict, ed to about 60 words apiece dally for relay to Tokyo whence cor respondents' stories are relayed to home offices throughout the world. . The 8th army announced it had informed correspondents "it would be advisable to file all copy at Pusan rather than - at Taegu in view of reduced communication facilities incident to new reauire- ments of military, purposes and the possibility communications might be interrupted between Taegu and Japan." The announcement made no further explanation. Promised Facilities It said newsmen would be given adequate facilities' for teletype transmission from Pusan to Tokyo and would "also enjoy use of telephones." But Associated Press Correspond dent Jack MacBeth, in a brief call, said he was told the Pusan tele phone was unavailable for news stories between 8 ajn. and 6 p.m. daily. An army announcement said newsmen would be permitted a maximum of 2,000 words teletype transmission from Taegu on a pooled basis" and could use courier planes. "Convincing Reasons' Press telephones at advanced headquarters were removed. As sociated Press Correspondent Leif Erickson said 8th army officers gave "convincing reasons" for the removal but said the details could not be disclosed. The 30 correspondents at head-1 quarters turned down the pool offer. Erickson reported, on the result, the correspondents fight result 1 the corresypondents fight to share the 2,000 words . on a catch-as -catch-can basis. Erickson said the situation prob ably will last indefinitely. Some news is reaching Tokyo via Pusan.. It is telephoned or sent there by courier. ere by courier. Correspondents object to pull- back to Pusan because the main ing back to Pusan because the main news source for all fronts Is the advanced headquarters. Most of the newspapermen plan to remain. Adding to the problems of news coverage has been bad radio con ditions between Korea and Tokyo, Several times during Sunday and Monday (Saturday and Sunday VS. time) all radio communica' tions were blacked out Plan to Fr ee DeAutremont Attorney General George Neu ner said Sunday he would vigor ously oppose any move to parole Hush TWAutremnnt- TWtmftT,t i. tha voim.fi.ct of r-r-rcrr'.n S7:57Z three brothers, all "lifers' at Ore gon state penitentiary, who were convicted of slaying three mem bers of a Southern Pacific train crew during a robbery attempt south of Ashland in 1923. "I will oppose any application for parole of these brothers as long as I live, Neuner said here yes terday. "I consider the crime in which these brothers were involv ed among the most serious In the criminal annals of this state. Neuner was prominent in the prosecution of the three brothers. The others were Roy and Ray DeAutromont . , ' The state parole boartrecenuy announced it had decided to con- I aider Hugh DeAutremont's appli- I cation for parole. No date has been set. uisinci Attorney oeorga neu- a. a a a . W ro son, jaexson county, rrom wnere Neuner Rap the brothers were sent to prison, Chinese communists want a nego sald he also would oppose their I tiaed settlement of the Korean release. war. Chou En Lai. the Red fhiwa Hugh DeAutremont was arrested tal : the Philippine Islands nearly four years after the holdup and slayings. He was serving in the United States army under an as sumed name. Three other murder charges and a mail robbery charge remain on file against the brothers in Jack son county. . WJ MIL OA Starting Monday, Aug. . 21 Preliminary Show Before Each Class - 2 P. M Chndren JV4 to 5 yrs. 1993 Mission Korean BattleXirie CO ' j;c:, 1u: 1 r t i3: SOUTH KOREA, Aug. 20 Sketchy Amur communications shutdown T ef troops as taking place forward Base. U. S. Marine First ' . v. . - a. (2); and an enemy buildup was reported on the 25th Division front Division continued to smash retreating Reds in Changnyong area near Chlnja (3) on the southernmost Korean war sector. (AP Wirephoto Map to The Statesman). Ground Leveled For Fire Station Statasaaaa Naws Srrlca SALEM HEIGHTS, Aug. 20 Ground was leveled and a dirt fill was made today for the new Liberty-Salem Heights fire house street junction near Dickson's I market Only a few residents turned out for the project in the heat that ranged to 97 degrees. Mervin See ger. a director of the rural fire protection district said work would continue when lumber could be moved to the building site. 1 Tax I T 1 lghl11 IflVlTPsi ! vlll 14. MAM. YllvU To Visit China, NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 - (fly- Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has been invited to Peiping by the Chinese communists and is seriously thinking of accepting in order to push India's campaign to end the fighting in Korea. This was disclosed today by of- nciai sources. They did not say that the invitation was connected with the Korean conflict but made clear Nehru views it as a possible opportunity to further efforts to ward a peaceful Korean settle ment These sources said Nehru, who nas not yet replied to the Invi . . . . ' . tation either will go to Peioine or Antuatt delegation , . v.. w United Nations assembly next month. Ho will take the course that seems the more prac- A. i - . ucable means of helping to re solve the deteriorating internation al situation. India suggested at Lake Success a week ago the the United Nations security council entrust to its six small-nation members the task of drafting a Korean peace plan. This proposal by India's chief delegate Benegal N. Rau, would have the representatives of India, I Yuf ErPt Norway, ,Br 5.!" ":jV - 7. r1"1' I make recommendations to the full Thus far onlr Yugoslavia ,n i wiiimi. France have expressed support of the plan, which still is not inprint Other nations have refrained fmm icommittins: themselvea until ri. I . - - i tails are mana known. There have renorts that tha premier, suggested that Asian na I tions mediate the conflict A Bri- I ush commonwealth source said this offer was conveyed to the In dian ambassador at Peiping last month. Presumably this could provide a basis of discussion in openmg peace talks if Nehru goes to peip ing. May Accep 3 P. M. Children A to 9 yrs. 4 f. M. Chndren 10 to 16 yrs. Phone 2-7523 Jet 5 wnrr . - rw- jTr.-rt Mars reports getting through a U. 8. Saturday indicated a new Ked north of Taege (1), main U. S. Brigade and U. S. 24th Infantry Austin Plans U.N. Council LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 20-(A3)- A UJS. spokesman said today Am erican delegate Warren Austin will let go a "haymaker", this week in the bitter security council tussle with Russia's Jacob A. Malik. Last Thursday Austin deliber ately delivered a toned down statement in presenting a proposal that the United Nations begin now to frame a program for setting up Korea as a unified Independent country when the shooting ends. His soft words failed to turn away an irate answer by Council President Malik, who repeated old attacks charging the United States with aggression in Korea and ac cusing nations helping the U.N. effort of being "marshallized" and dictated to. "Austin will let go a haymaker this week," a UJS. spokesman said. We're not going to let Malik get away with the charges he has been making in all his speeches during the last 10 days." . Giant Storm Misses Coast BOSTON. Aug. 20-VA hur rlcano that gave New England a case of the Jitters roared out Into the North Atlantic past Nantucket Island tonight as coastal areas breathed easier in the face of strong winds which the weather bureau said would do "no real damage." The weather bureau at Wash ington said in a 9 pjn. (PDT) ad visory that the storm was "still a very dangerous" one with winds up to about 110 miles per hour in the center. r Tha greatest ADVENTURE of tfasm c!ll RBEaTITM If Jt ft I y" 2nd HiM TIM HOLT In " TJYNAMITI PASS" RIGHT NOW! 111 ENDS TONIGHT1 "CAGED & "3HD MAlT iieu 7o::oni:oT7i And! Haymaker in ry at , i Picture of GI War Prisoners Said 'Phoney' DALLAS, Aug. 20-AVAn ex ergeant of infantry said today a picture the communists describe as showing American prisoners in -Korea is strictly a chonev. He said it was, taken on a pontoon bridge he guarded in France in 1944 and shows Europeans freed from uennan labor camp. " Lloyd Ma bray. lean, blond for mer first sergeant who now man ages a Dallas hamburger drive-in, said the picture appeared in tha army newspaper Stars and Stripes and in a London newspaper while he was overseas. "It was the identical shot" he , said. - i . - - . ,v The picture shows a column of men marching over . a pontoon bridge past stone archways. ' The Russian-controlled German news agency ADN distributed the picture yesterday with a cap- A! I ll 1 . uoa saying n snows American prisoners of- the North Korean Reds crossing a Han rover bridge near Seoul on their way into cap- ' tivity behind tne battle lines. Commie Release The Associated Press distributed the picture in the United States, labeling it as a communist release and quoting the description given by the communists. Mabray saw it today in the Dal las News. Mabray said the river is really the Mozelle, in France, and the freed Europeans were being taken to Nancy, France. He said they looked like Americans because the Red Cross had given them clothes and they had picked up old uni forms discarded by American sol diers. . "A lot of men wouldn't remem ber that bridge because they cross ed it a night or under such heavy fire they didn't have time to make any mental pictures," Mabray said. Sore He Remembers "But I guarded it for three days and nights, and I sure remember it "Another thing, I have the pic ture from Stars and Stripes in a scrapbook at my home in Salinas, Calif., and I'm going to write for it I know if s the same picture." Looking at an enlargement of the picture, Mabray pointed out details of the bridge he said he remembered. He noted also that the bridge appeared snow-covered. Autos Collide North of Keizer : Two autos were damaged slight ly in; a collision about 3-3 pjn. Sunday on North River road about V miles north of Keizer. State police said Rodney Gordon Woods, Portland, who was driv ing north, attempted a left turn and collided witn a souwDouna car operated by Wilford Hugh Muncrief, Independence. Officers cited Woods on a charge of driv ing on the wrong side of the street The left front wneeis oz both cars were smashed, police said. . Now ShowingI Open t-Starts at Dusk Free Pony Rldea Claadette Colbert Patrie Knowles Seasne Hayakaw Three Came Home" Yvonne DeCarlo Philip Friend in Color "Buccaneer's Girl" A SI Mat Dafly from 1 tXL Ncrnspenael CERE T1EEKEY 'in O FUII CO-HIT O "N r 1 hlf'l 1 1 Opens 1:45 P. M. : ; NOW1 TWO TEEKJFIO action nrrsi on one BIG PKOGEAMl JCHNVAYNSln I &OAEEVG co-nm pr.TOTixrae VfTYTTTl f j 2-7629 1- pr"n- r
