The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-17
REDS BATTER
new CAPITAL;
ODDS TO I
Stain Demands Red Chi
ma Admiftante 10 u. n.
as Step 10 Ending War
(By the Associated Press)

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Communist troops with thun-
derous artillery support poured into
the approaches to tottering Taejon
today, paying a heavy price in
blood as they threw outnumbered
American defenders back to new
defense positions.
To the east, Americans and South
Koreans jolted the Communists
moving down on American supply
lines. blasting two Red columns
into confusion by air and unlocked
for artillery fire Gen. MacArthur's
communique said Communist forces
were reported In retreat after de-
feat by South Koreans near Kio-
mandang on the east coast.
On the central sector the Ameri-
cans abandoned Taejon airfield,
three miles north Of Taejon.
whence the South Korean govern
ment had fled. The city was almost
deserted and deathly quiet was
broken only by the rumble Of battle
in the distance. Most of its normal
population of 100000 had gone.
Gen. MacArthur's communique
reported the Communists massing
heavy concentrations Of men and
armor directly north Of the Kun
river battle sector.
10 70 l Odds
There were reports Of tanks lead
ing possibly 10000 Communists into
the various Taejon approaches
against Americans outnumbered 10
to l.'...-.--s-..--.. s-s --s-:..s 80
To the west OF laejon Communist
forces stabbed southwark in
thanking movement. The US. COM
munique said this forced orderly
Withdrawals from the sector.
Red guerrillas were active. Guer-
rilla forces not only were reported
at the outskirts Of Taejon, but stab
bling 1900 strong between Yonyang
and Yongchon in the eastern Sec
tor in a move which could imperil
the Taegu-Taejon supply road used
by the Americans.
In Washington Congressional
leaders announced President Tru-
man would send to Congress We'd
nesday report on the war and
what legislative steps he deems
necessary.
Yanks to Hold Somewhere"
A Pentagon briefing officer said
American forces in Korea would
hold somewhere south Of the Kun
river "and get built up for our Of
fensive." He did not predict where
the stand would be made.
The US. Gath Division on the
main battlefront is facing the Reds
First, Third and Fourth Divisions.
and possibly the Sixth. Korean vet
Grams Of the China Civil War.
The drive, for which the Reds
grabbed a toehold with tiny
bridgehead across the Kun river
Saturday. pushed the Americans
back six miles. Tokyo commune
que acknowledged. The Reds probed
south in the area of Nonsan, 20
miles southwest of Taejon. in a
thanking move which looked like
another development maneuver.
Fifty-five miles northeast Of Tae-
jon. Red column got FASTING
Sunday night from the South Ko-
rean 21st Regiment, Unexpectedly
supported by unit of us. artillery.
B-29's Busy Again
Fifty B-29 Superfortresses struck
deep into enemy territory. dumping
400 tons Of bombs on railyards at
Seoul. 80 miles north Of the main
battle area. and plastering the
Shungju area supply lines in the
central sector.
Russia's Prime Minister Stain
was reported by New Delhi dis
patches to have told Prime Min
lister Nehru of India the Soviet
Union holds the admission Of Com
munist China to the United Nations
Security Council an essential step
toward ending the Korean war.
Stain. replying to Nehru's media
ton offer, is said to have agreed
the Korean war could be settled,
but the China Communists must
first replace the Nationalist in the
UN.
Authoritative sources in Washing
ton say the US. would not veto a
Red China application If the Com
munists received the seven council
votes necessary for admission. But
the US. demands the withdrawal of
the North Korean Communists to
the 38th parallel. their jumpoff in
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