The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-09-29
SOUTH KOREANS CHASE REDS NORTH TO BETH
 PARALLEL BOUNDARY
(By the Associated Press)

| NationS-SponSored republic all the way to the dividing 38th parallel to- day. Shells fell on ridges along the boundary where the Reds were in headlong flight.
 A US. Eighth Army spokesman said South Korean spearheads that had approached the parallel were ordered to halt there for regrouping.
 He did not comment on what their orders might be after they com plete regrouping. Two South Korean forces were very close to. if not &C., tually on the line which divides South and North Korea. The for wardmost force was on the eastern coast and firing artillery shells into Communist positions astride the border.
 U. N. Optimistic
 A surge of optimism swelled | throughout the non-C Communist world with this news: the first armed intervention of the United Nations had completely crushed an aggressor and the future of the world organization seemed brighter to many.
 Gen. Douglas Macarthur. who commanded the United Nations forces, personally restored liberated but tortured Seoul to Korean Presi- dent Syngman Rhee in brief cere- mony which ended with the JUN. commander leading mass recita- tion of the Lords Prayer. Hundreds of civilians lined the streets as Macarthur and his staff arrived for the ceremony. Many seemed too stunned by the awful battle, which had scared and blackened the city. to realize fully what had happened
 Big Question
 With South Korean forces reach ing the 38th parallel, the big ques- ton was;.- will they cross 1t? Asso- ciated Press Correspondent Jeff Erickson flew over the area in US. Fifth Air Force plane. He re- ported that the ridge where Red Koreans might make a stand along the parallel was about two miles in- land from the Sea of Japan coast. Fires burned in village 12 miles north of parallel 38.
 Military and political observers in Tokyo had said Allied forces might be ordered into North Korea and push on to the borders of Red China. within only about 100 miles of the Soviet port of Vladivostok. The 3Bth parallel itself is not legal boun- dary. but was simply the dividing line between occupation zones of US. and Soviet forces after the Japanese defeat. But the Russians created Communist regime in the North.
 Wants to Erase Line
 In speech during the Seoul cere- monies, Bernardo Africa of the Phil ippines. present head of the JUN. Commission on Korea, said "this artificial separation can no longer be countenanced." He called for a fully united Korea under a Demo- cratic government.
 United Nations delegates in New York shifted into high gear to keep up with the swift victories, with op- timism growing that JUN. decisions on the future of Korea would make the country showplace of what the world organization could accomplish. A British resolution. it is known. calls for free. independent. united Korea with a Democratic govern ment elected under U.N supervision. It would be guaranteed by JUN. military strength.
 The New York Times says Britain, Canada. Australia. Norway and the Philippines agreed on the text of the resolution. and that it gives no specific authorization to the JUN. troops to cross the 38th parallel. However, it is said to give tacit con- sent.
 More US. Defense Plans
 President Truman is reported to have told his administration there must not be any letup in American defense preparations even though the Korean war is coming to vic- torious end. The people. the Presi- dent says. must be kept constantly alert to the continuing danger of war
 The United States apparently is planning to have an army of nearly 100000 men by next March. The House Armed Services committee is at work on changes in the draft law needed to up the army figure. The Marines, who made history in Ko- req. intend to keep all their reserves in uniform. they made clear. ready 1 to fight anywhere at any time.