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Newspaper Page TextVoluntary Price, Wage Freeze Set ESA Head Expected To Ask Public Adherence To December 1 Levels WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—(AP)—A request that busi ness and workers voluntarily freeze all prices and wages shaped up today as the government’s probable next move in fighting the inflation fired by mounting defense spend ing. %fficia]s who asked not to be named said such a step was contemplated within a few days by Alan Valentine, head of the Ecoqprzgc Stabi!ization. Authority (ESA). L 3 UIGY AFINNAAIWAS ARy Ve SPNEwRY would -be that - business, unions and the public adhere voluntar ily to-the prices and wages which existed: on December 1 or some other recent date. . . But -further compulsory price controls appeared to be in the making, following up the, rollback on new car prices which Valen tine ordered over the week-end. Meat industry officials = were called in today to discuss prices, leading to speculation that ceilings may be clamped shortly on beef, veal and' lamb, " There were indications, how ever, that these talks would be largely exploratory. ESA still has Jittle more than a token staff; and there are so many producers in the meat industry that price ceil ings would: be relatively difficult to enforce. Wilson Prepares Meanwhile, Charles E. Wilson prevared to take over as the over all boss of the nation’s mobiliza tion against possible new Com imunist aggression. Wilson resign ed as president of the General Flectric Company to .direct the new agency. President Truman established she Office of Defense Mobiliza tion on Saturday shortly after is suing a formal declaration of nat ional emergency. The declaration carried with it authority to do such things as lengthen work hours under government contracts, requisition ships and waive com petitive bids on defense contracts, As head of the new ODM, Wil son will be answerable only to Mr. Truman and will have full author ity over civillan agencies already at work building up the nation’s military might. The voluntary freeze on prices and wages which Valentine was reportedly studying would remain in effect only until March. By that time, ESA expects to be ready to administer compulsory price controls, either on a selective basis or on the whole economy. A violation of the proposed re quest would carry no penalty. But Mr. Truman said in his Friday night speech that any violations of the “fair standards” he said ESA will announce would hasten mandatory controls and price rollbacks where they are justi fied. . Rollbacks The rollbacks of new automo bile prices announced by ESA Saturday night were protested as unfair by General Motors and Ford, but they said they will com ply. The law provides penalties if they don’t. The price ceilings — first since OPA died in 1946—apply only to new cars. Valentine ordered a ceiling until March 1 at the fac tery price level which prevailed December 1. This wiped out price increases averaging about five percent which had been announced by GM, Ford, Chrysler and Nash. All four firms had contended that price -increases were needed to meet rising costs of material and labor. ESA’s Wage Stabilization Board, headed by Cyrus S, Ching, sched (Contmued On Page Two) Party Given By Forty And Eight By RANDALL COUCH Thirty-nine bright, healthy and overjoyed boys at St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Washington, Georgia, greeted members of Ath ens Voiture, La Societie des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, Sunday alternoon when they dropped in on the youngsters, bearing gifts ranging from ice eream to a com plete set of ping pong equipment for the school. Members of the Societie reached the home around 2:30 in the after noon, unloaded their gifts, too numerous to list here, and pro ceeded to the recreation hall of the school where they were met by the boys, whose ages range from 3 to 14, Mother Superior Marcella and the seven sisters who staff the home, teach and supervise the youngsters, 1 John Gunder, Correspondent qf; Voiture 449, distributed the indi vidual gifts, He was assisted by Price Evans, Chef de guerre of the | organization, Together, they aid cd the boys in setting up the vari- Ous sports equipment which in cluded basketball apparatus, horse shoes, badminton equipment, vol leyballs and nets and many others. | No speeches were made during the | afternoon, and members of the lo- ‘ cal Voiture became boys again as the enthusiasm of the youngsters ‘rubbed off” on them. An ador ng chorus of youthful wvoices Feered when Mother Superior Vlarcella soundly defeated M. Cfunder in the initial game on the new ping-pong table. Only minutes had elapsed when 4 spirit of complete joy descended on the entire gathering, and little hoys barely toddling about were sharing their new tovs and chat 'ing with members of tire “40 and > Society as though they had nown them ?sor ages. One of the sisters remarked, “It's hard to }gll‘ just who is enjoying {his most.” The stores of candy, ice cream and cookies provided by the group broduced more than one brightly Qe A lof (Continued On Page Tao) Atlantic Allies Are Unprepared, Warns Sec. Pace BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 18.— (AP)—U. S. -Army Secretary Frank Pace warned the North Atlantic Allies today they are “far from ready” to withstand a Com munist assault on Western Europe. Opening a twé-day meeting of Atlantic defense and foreign min isters gathered to coniplete plans for a unified European army, Pace told the defense chieis the U, S. will aid its partners’ defense ef forts only if it is “fully convinc ed” each nation is doing all it can to help itself. Pace is representing U. S, De fense Secretary George C. Mar shall at the meetings. He said: “The American people already stepped up their preparedness and plan for even greater sacrifices in the next year. .., In the U. S. all our efforts are now being geared to expedite the organization of our military forces and the production of munitions. “I know you share with us an appreciation of the urgency of the situation and the need for speed in your own efforts,” he told the ministers. Toughest Problem Pace did not mention the tough est problem before the ministers— coaxing or forcing the Germans to supply troop units for the project ed international army. High diplo matic sources here agreed on the eve of the meeting that the At lantic Pact leaders were ready to find a tough solution for it. Both the United States and Bri tain are reported prepared to lay down the law to the West Germran republic, if necessary, to over come German objections to their rearmament. The Germans, who age not rep resented at the 12-power confer ence, have objected to joining an international army unless invited to do so on an equal basis with the other Atlantic Pact members. West German Socialist Leader Kurt Schumacher, at Duesseldorf last night, said his powerful party would call for a national move ment against rearmament if West Germran Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer accepts Allied plans, French Fears The French, who fear a resur gence of German military strength almost as much as they do the Soviet Union, were said to be plumping for a tentative, delaying solution at Brussels—shelving the thorny business of German rearm ament until after a Big Four meet ing with Russia expected soon. Except for the German prob lem, the two-day conference of the Atlantic Pact ministers promised to be mostly a rubber stamp af fair. Blueprints for an Atlantic Pact army have been-drafted by polit ical and military experts. These ‘plans, according to reliable sour ‘ces, call for any army of some 750,00 men plus naval and air arms. It is to be headed by an American commander-in-chief, AIR CHIEF SYMINGTON SAYS: Strategic Bombing Can Help Small Army Save Europe From Aggressors By ELTON C. FAY ‘ AP Military Affairs Reporter WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—(AP) —Congress has aired General Hoyt Vandenberg’s word that strategic bombing can help an outnumbered land army save Western Europe from an aggressor. | The Air Force's Chief of Staff reaffirmed his confidence in stra tegic air war (the destruction of an enemy’s munitions-producing centers) in his most recent Capitol | Hill appearance to testify on new military appropriations requests. ? The value of strategic air war has been debated for 2 decade, since the first days of World War 11. Strategic air war now is one of the major components of the defensive war plans of the Amer jcan Joint Chiefs of Staff, of which Vandenberg is a member. But the argument goes on. The question bobbed up again when a House Appropriations Military Subcommittee heard testimony of Air Force officials recently. Air Picture Chzirman Mahon (D.-Tex.) told Vandenberg there are “some mis guided Americans and Afr Force enthusiasts who have miscalcu lated the capacity of air power to win a war or a battle.” Mahon added Qﬂat “of course, robody in the military establishment, vor any well-informed person, has heid that view.” He said he want ed the Air Force's comment, Van denberg then summed up the Air !Force’s views abo;:.:it‘power in p'z\d-strategy,sa' Y 7 v t Korea can't be hken?an ex ATHENS BANNER -HERALD Vol. CXVIII,, No. 304, Associated Press Service ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1950. Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area Hope Rises For Settling Rail Wages Dispufe WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—(AP) —Hope roseé today for an early settlement of the long wage and hour dispute between the nation's railroads and four operating unions. The White House pressed them to come to terms. The pace of negotiations was stepped up even as the effects of « strike by one group involved faded. Some * 10,000 yardmen walked off their jobs for three days last week, tying up freight and Christmas mail in key rail terminals, but the jam was clear ing rapidly. . Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman kept the negotiators: in session until 2:45 a. m. (EST) to day, and reported ‘“some pro gress.” The union and manage ment representatives faced .each other across thewbargaining fable for the first time since August, when the roads were seized by the government to avert a strike. Steelman arrange@ another session this afternoon (2 p. m. EST). The yardmen for the most part went back “to work, although about 100 notified three railroads in Toledo they were too sick to report. One union official said their action constituted a wildcat strike, Members of the same brotherhood of railroad yardmen had returned to work in other cities under pressure from Pesi dent Truman, federal courts and union officials. The army, which is operating the roads for the government, said it had reports that strikes against a few small railroads were also still in effect at Birmingham, Ala. and Chicago. The Birmingham strike serves U. S. steel mills in the area. Roads still reported affected by work stoppages in Chicago were the Bessemer and Lake Erie; the El gin Joliet and Eastern; and the Cincinnati and Illinois Midland. Court Hearing Thirty-one locals and 45 oifi (Continued On Page Three) Mrs. Almand ls Taken By Death Mrs. Macy Christopher Almand, well known resident of Farming ton, died in a local hospital Satur day night at 11:30 o’clock. Mrs. Al mand was 35 years old and had been ill for only two days. = Services were conducted from the graveside in Willoughby cem etery this afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev. Grady Ferguson, pastor of Antioch Christian Church, of ciating. Pallbearers were Otis Hardi gree, Jim L. Fambrough, George Dalton, Marvin Thomas, Jimmy Thomas and James Walker, Bern stein Funeral Home was in chaige of arrangements. Mrs. Almand is survived by her husband, Calvin F. Almand; daughter, Patsy Ann Almand; two sons, Lloyd and Kenneth Almand; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Christopher; three sisters, Mrs. C. B. Hayes, Farmington, and Mrs. James E, Saxon and Mrs. F, A, Almand, both of Watkinsville; brother, Johnnie Christopher, Far mington; mother-in-law, Mrs. Maude Almand Walker, Farming ton, and several aunts and uncles. Mrs. Almrand ‘was a native of Oconee county and a lifelong resi dent of that community. She was a member of the Antioch Chris tian Church and had a large num ber of friends who were saddened by news of her death. : ample because in that war zone there is an “inviolate border and you can’t use strategic air in full measure.” The border is the Yalu river, beyond which lie the air bases and assembling points for the masses of Chinese Red troops which have overwhelmed United Nations ground forces. Under Iquestioning, Vandenberg said the | Yalu boundary was made invio late by decision of the United Na tions. i But “if we are now talking about Europe, where there are no borders that we cannot cross,” the situation is quite different, he said. And here Vandenberg diplomati cally referred to “X nation” as the aggressor. He continued: [ «“The reason the Air Force does i not believe that the war can be !won solely by the Navy or solely ' by the Air force or solely by the { Army is this: | No Wins Alone { “Let us take, for example, X icountry which bas overwhelming ground forces. 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SRR R Rk ( R e t L ) 3 8 ‘ e oM 3 . > o ’:l’.“ ‘ s SR i R h S |8 N R TO SPEED ARMS — Charles E. Wilson (above), 64, is resigning his job as president of General Electric Company to become director of defense mobiliza tion. He will operate directly under President Truman. His appointment was announced in the President’s address to the nation Friday evening on the world crisis.—(AP Wirephoto.) UN Commission On Cease Fire Plan To Report LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 18— (AP)—Depressed by Red China’s blunt rejection of a United Nat ions Korea peace bid, delegates gathered gloomily today to hear a special report from the U, N.s three-man cease fire commission. The three—Sir Benegal N, Rau of India, Canada’s Foreign Minis ter B. Pearson and Nasrollah En tezam of Iran, president of the General Assembly—are expected to tell the 60-nation Political Com= LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 18— (AP) — The U. N. cease-fire committee announced today it had offered to go to Peiping for direct Korean talks with Chou En-Lai, foreign minister of C’muﬂ China, s ~disclosure ‘was made in the General Assembly’s 60-na tion Political Committee by Lester D. Pearson of Canada, a member of the three-man truce body. Pearson read a cable, which the group had sent to Peiping last Saturday. The cease-fire committee offered to meet Chou either in Peiping or at any other place designated by him. mittee that truce efforts have so far resulted in a stalemate but they haven't given up trying. The group met yesterday to frame their report and hear Rau detail his conversations Saturday night with Red China’s represen tative, Wu Hsiu-Chuan. Rau, accompanied by the Jam Saheb, Maharajah of Nawanagar, dined with Wu just three hours after the Chinese Communist had denounced the U. N.’s glan for a cease fire in Korea as-an Amer ican trap to get a breathing spell for a military build up. Wu Speaks to Press Wu also told a jammed press conference at Lake Success that his government might be willing to advise its so-called volunteers (Continued n Page Tweo) «It picks up its stockpile and it moves into a country that has a better and more modern facility for producing war material than the country we have destroyed and that army imposes its civilization upon the overrun country. Obvi ously, the Air Force then cannot have succeeded in its task of pre venting this new country from be- 1 ing overrun, i “On the other hand, let us sup- | pose. that this movement (by X’s ground force) into a defensive line is such that a smaller number of ground forces are going to oppose this great mass of X army. The reason we want a number of ground forces opposing this great mass of X army is to force them, before they can overrun the at tacked country, to expend their gasoline, thefr food, their ammuni tion. “Fhey are not able to have them replaced by X country whose in-‘ dustry has been knocked out (by strategic air attacks), retarding the advance to the point that X army runs out of these essentials’ before it can superimpose itself on the industry of the captured country. “That is the theory of the air ground-naval team. You put the blockade (Naval) in. The Army goes in and causes them to ex pend these stockpiles and the Air Force knocks -out the industrial potential of X country to supply these armies. “Now, these over - enthusiastic .air people who say, the air can do it alone have missed that factor.” SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CEORCIA OVER A CENTURY Warships, Artillery Hold Assaulting Chinese At Bay \ . 2 -4 S g o : ¢ KN e BN i . Sl oo P« 3 : il CNE R . 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THE FIGHT IS OVER FOR THEM—Marine Corporal Charles Price of Chattanooga, Tenn., sounds taps for his buddies who died in the retreat of U. N. forces from the Changjin reservoir area in northeast Korea and now lie in fresh graves in a military cemetery at Hungnam.— (AP Wirephoto.) Fastest American Jet Proves Potent In First Battle Test * * * JC Christmas Paper Sale - Support Asked Athenlans are urged to help ﬁ:sl u&mﬂ’ vileged ohﬂmw' j by supporting the Jaycee Christ mas Paper Sale next Sunday. All Proceeds will go to a party for the children. ; Banner-Herald furnishes the papers free of charge and house to-house sales are made by Jay cees and members of the Frank Hardeman Chapter, Order of DeMolay. Citizens are asked to have their money ready when the “paper salesmen” come to their door. 5o R Death Takes James Sexton James Mell Sexton, prominent resident of Madison county, died at a local hospital Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Sexton was 71 years old and had been ill for six weeks. Services are to be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from Danielsville Baptist Church with the pastor, Rev. R. H. Gil more, officiating. Interment will be in Danielsville Cemetery, Bridges Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pall bearers will be Chester Cgrey, Er nest Crowe, Zeb Dean, Roy Rice, Lonnie Sexton and Coy Crowe. Mr. Sexton is survived his wife, Mrs. Mollie Crowe Sexton, Danielsville; three dau ghters, Mrs. Coy Conwell, Com er, and Mrs. Hoyt Daniel and Mrs. Buford Hammond, both of Danielsville; two sons, Marvin Sexton, Dantelsville, Clayton Sex ton, Colquitt; two sisters, Mrs. Bud Crowe and Mrs. Epps Carey, Dan~- ielsville; half sister, Mrs. Rees? Beard, Danielsville; half brother, Dupree Sexton, Kannapolis, N. o and six grandchildren, A native of Madison county, Mr. Sexton lived in that county his entire life: He resided in Daniels ville at the time of his death. He owned and operated large farm interest. Mr. Sexton was a member of Moon's Grove Baptist Church, but attended the Danielsville Bap tist Church for the past several years. He was a highly regarded citizen in Madison county. Local Bulletin The Athens High basketball team will play host to the Mon tezuma quintet here Wednesday at 8 p. m, in the Athens High gym, it was announced by Tro jan Coach Arnold DeLaPerriere today at 1:45 p. m., immediately after the game was arranged. Montezuma has consistently been one of the strongest teams in the state, winning two recent state championships. There will be a preliminary tilt to this game which will close the pre- Christmas sessions for Athens. They open again en December 29 agalnst Marietta. AN ADVANCE U. S. AIR BASE IN KOREA, Dec. 18.— (AP)—America’s fastest jet fighter plane, in its first com bat, sent a Russian-made MIG-15 jet spinning earthward in flames and smoke yesterday. Four North American F-86 Sabres scored a clean victoay in a five-minute aerial dogfight with four Soviet-type MIG -158 10 miles south of Sinuiju, in northwest Korea. s Jordan Services Are Held Today Ab A, Jordan, well known Ath enian, died in a local hospital Sun day at 12:30 a. m, after an jllness of one week. Mr. Jordan wag 69 years old. . Services were conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from Brid ges Chapel with Dr, J, C. Wilkin son, former pastor of First Bap tist Church, officiating. Burial was in the cemetery at Bowman, Ga., Luther Holcomb, Julian Price, Atticus Webb, Tom Bowden, George Nash and D. G. Nickerson serving as pallbearers. Mr. Jordan is survived by two sisters, Mrs. O. T. Willingham, Elberton, and Mrs. E. E. Tompen, Baltimore, Md., and two brothers, C. C. Jordan, Athens, and O, H. Jordan, Jacksonville, Fla. A native of Bowman, Ga., Mr. Jordan came to Athens forty years ago and since had owned and operated a sports shop dealing in bicycles and also a general re pair shop. Mr, Jordan was one of the best known and most highly skilled men in his field, He was a mem ber of First Baptist Church and during his long residence here made a large number of friends who were distressed by his death, DETROIT, Dec. 18.—(AP)— General Motors Corporation to day froze the sale of 1951 model Chevrolet, Pontiac and Cadillac passenger oars—all affected by the government’s price roilback order of last Saturday. GM told dealers any Pon tiacs, Chevrolets or Cadillacs re~ ceived on or arter today will remain the property of (gM on a consignment basis and not to be sold wuntil released by the corporation. ATHENS AND VICINITY Fair and continued cold this afternoon, tonight and Tues day. A little warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Low tonight 20, high Tuesday 42. Sun sets 5:26 and rises 7:34. GEORGIA—Fair and cold this afternoon. Colder tonight with low temperatures 16 to 22 in ex treme north, 20 to 26 in central and 24 to 28 in extreme south portions. Tuesday fair and rather cold, 5 + TEMPERATURE BHightat ... ivii icis wv B 8 LOWoRE vvi. wiss wiinwive.Bß Mean saem ssss ssen seew 0-8‘ NOrmSY 5. .02 civ v i i N RAINFALL Inches last 24 hours .. ... .00 Total since December 1 ... 2.86 Excess since December 1 .. .23 Average December rainfall 4.59 Tetal since January 1 .. ..38.10 Deficit since January 1'.../9.89 The other three Red planes fled across the Manchurian border. MIG in a contest eagerly awaited fbj{lamn of this siripped down alr The group commander, Col. John C. Meyer, of Newcastle, Del., and FForest Hills, N. Y, pmiua the Sabre | “It's just the finest airplane I ever saw or ever flew. It’s L\lut everything good wrapped up into one fast package. It’s even nice to taxi and hice and warm and comfortable to sit in. It has all the little things as well as all the big ones.” | Sabre Jet | The Sabre, the U. $. Air Force's fop line operational jet, is pre sumed to be the fastest jet in the world. It holds the official world’s record of 670.981 miles an hour, established Sept. 15, 1948, at Mu-~ | roc Air base in California. ‘ The question has beent ‘Eow | will it stack up against the Rus sian-built MIG-15s?" Both have swept-back wings and the MIGS-15 is believed to be the newest and fastest of the Russian jets, with a speed in excess of 600 mile an hour. | When Hinton treaked back from the first air battle in which an F-86 has participated he did a victory roll over the runway. | The cheering men of this bg:e | then knew the answer before the Colonel brought the sleek fighter in for landing. | Hinton grinned and said: | “1 caught him and let him have it and down he went. The Sabre is the best there is.” The 31-year-old, six-fcot Hinton told this story of the battle: Battle Account . “The boys and myself had planned to lay a little trap for the enemy by flying at a very low air speed. So we flew very slowly around the area for ten or 156 min utes. We were at 25,000 feet when we spotted them at 18,000 feet, fly ing level or slightly climbing and going very fast. “Ag we dove in to the attack we kept our battle formation—a good | offensive formation. We headed down on them. They started a hard turn to the right and as we closed in on them we started a harder turn to the right and turned in side of them. We got right in be hind them. : “It was then they let go their wing tanks and shoved on the coal. We dropped our tanks too and we poured on the coal. We eased up on them, although they were going like hell. T picked out a target plane. And I closed in gradual-{ ly on him. When I was in range I let go with a burst. i “T could see the tracer bullets hitting him. They damaged him. 1 could tell because he wiggled a bit in the air I continued firing. The guy started burning and smoking very badly. Smoke Decreases | “The smoke decreased and a bunch of flames came out of him and he slowed down. He appeared to go out of control. “By that time I was within 800 or 800 feet of hm. As he went down I had my air brakes on, but he was going too slow for me to fol low. The last time I saw him, he was out of control and on his way down.” Lt. Paul W. Bryce, jr., of Law rencveille Tenn., another member of the flight, was the last to see the striken enemy plane. He said: “the fellow was about 3,000 feet ./ /(Conlinued On Page Thveq) " . Big Mo Arrives; Heavy Firepower Checks Chi ecks Chinese TOKYO, Deec. 18.—(AP) —A fiery bombardment by warships and field artillery today held et bay another Red Chinese assault on the United Naticns’ tiny Hung nam beachhead in northeast Korea. The U, S. Battleship Missouri arrived offshore. Its 16-inch guns and one-ton shells were a wel come additon to the curtain of fire shielding hard-pressed wunits of the U, 8. 10th Corg;. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, 10th Corps ccmmander, obviously wag pleased by the intense fire power hurled at the masses of Chinese infantry pressing on Hungnam port from three sides. “Things are going just the way we planned them,” he sald. “Now every time the Cixineso Commun ists dig in, we hit them with artil lery concentraticns, mix them up and knock them out, That’s something we have been unable to do before.” At no point on the port’s defense arc had the Chinese been able to punch through. Observers wsaid the Reds apparently had not sent many troops into bomb and shell shattered Hamhung, industrial city six miles northwest of Hung nam. Hamhung was sbandoned to the Reds Saturday. 25,000 Chinese An estimated 25,000 Chinese pressed against the beachhead rim, Another estimated 75,000 were moving up in the snow-mantied | hills west and northwest of Bung nam, ‘ Arrival of the Battleship Mis souri increases the range and ef fectiveness of naval fire. The Mighty Mo’s guns have a range of Ao b General MacArthur's war sum 'mary credited combined naval and ground force bombardment with breaking up a pre-dawn assault agalnst perimeter positions west of Hungnam—evidently an attack intended in %eat force. However, U. 8, Third Infentry Division doughboys rose from thelr snowy foxholes along the seashore flats to repel charges by wildly-shouting Chinese in eom pany strength. Sunday Tield dispatches said Chie nese screamed “all right, " as they attacked by the of their own green &n(}! il‘;4! The shouts were g -pitcm sing-song English. And the riflemen mowed them down, There was a lull in the fighting after daybreak. Later Monday, slements of the Third Division exchanged inter mittent fire with nbrmn Redz on the right flank of the Aefense perimeter. North Korezas & It was the first “ime gnu the wholesale retreat of U. N. ﬂ in the northeast toward the - beachhead that North Kore ans were identified in the attack ing force in sizeable numbers. The right flank of the beachhead was regarded as ‘“the only m where the danger flag is right now.” No ooataot was re ported on the left flank Monday. Some artillery was spotted im the west, A 10th Corps spokesman sald about 900 Reds were killed Bun day by Marine and Navy air strikes and naval %mﬂrc within a 60-mile radius of Hungnam., The approaches to the beach=- head were raked by the U. 8. heavy cruisers St. Paul and Ro chester. Destroyers stepped up the boAnbardment with five-inch guns. navy summary fire had made a “no manm of the defense perimeter’s outer fringes. The beachhead is the Allies’ last major position north of Parallel 38, the old boundary between north and South Korea, Along the western gector of 38, the prolonged lull on the U, &. Eighth Army front continued. MacArthur Summary MacArthur’s Monday war sum (Continued On Page Twe) % A -'_l:. g”ﬁaf";f'v e s T ¢ //:',' {&i/;’@gﬁ e ki i : b AR Y , ';(i»g"!_. s s '?’i{f’ : BN T : .8 }«ﬁ W, : s S P 5 N : i e ‘ ’v)i < A BJ \4 \’}g\‘? o 5 TR s e B i e ; Hidie s oI e ke AT i T 2 e BN T SR L RO A IR AN SHOPPING DAYS s ‘4 TILL CARISTMAS .

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, December 18, 1950, Image 1