The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-06-28
BATTERING
 REDS KEEP
 MOVING ON
Seoul Is 0verwheImed- Planes, Guns of U. 5.
 Thrown Into Action
lBy the Associated Pressl

Red Korea's battering advance
 has overwhelmed Seoul, and Amer
 ican planes and guns were thrown
 into the breach today in an attempt
 to turn the tide of war in favor of
 embattled South Korea.
 Swift jets and bombers slashed
 at Red troops and installations. Two
 American BAGS were lost in crashes. American jets and Mustang fighters shot down six Russian
 made North Korean planes inter- fering with evacuation operations. Serious Situation As the first detachment of US ground troops--a Signal Corps unit entered the Korean shooting war,
 President Truman said We face a
 serious situation" but expressed
 hope his decision to use armed
 might in this conflict will lead
 ultimately to peace in the world.
 The President addressed the Re-
 serve Officers Association in Wash- ington.
 American political factions closed
 ranks. Herbert Hoover said the
 United States must have unity of
 purpose and action in such situ- ation. This, said the former Presi-
 dent, is mot the time to argue origins, mistakes, responsibilities or consequences"
 Must Repel Invasion
 President Truman's hope for
 peace was re-echoed in Britain,
 where qualified sources said the
 American challenge to Commun- ism's advance might yet swing the balance in favor of peace. Prime Minister Attlee said Britain is giv- ] ing close consideration to moves to support the action of the United States-backed by the to vote of the United Nations Security Coun-. cil last night---to repel the Com
 munist invasion of South Korea. Russian Charges But in Moscow. the authoritative
 Communist party newspaper Pravda accused the United States of direct aggression against both Red Korea
 and Communist China, and asked
 historically: Have they (the Amer icans) gone too far?" Pravda. sup
 plying the only Russian comment thus far on the new American de-
 cisions, did not indicate what the
 Russians might do about it. A dispatch from Suwon airfieId. 20 miles south of Seoul, said there was every indication that the war was going against the defenders. It told of long line of refugee Ko- reans moving south, and relayed pessimistic reports of Americans who had been on the scene several days. Red Sweep The Red sweep to the south was,
 only eight miles from Suwon, where some Americans still are reported. US. Ambassador John J. Muccio and his staff were reported sate some 90 miles south of Seoul. ' The first American ground de- tachment to take part in the Ko- rean shooting war was Signal Corps outfit dispatched by Gen. Macarthur to set up a field head quarters somewhere in South Ko- req.
 Seoul Fall Confirmed The U. s. Defense Department In Washington confirmed reports that Seoul, South Korea's capital. fell to the Reds. along with Kimpo air. port, l6 miles to the northwest. The announcement said Inchon seaport on the west coast probably is un- tenable. But it said that despite loss of the three key points. morale of the South Korean defenders re- mains high.
 The Communist radio at Pyong- yang. capital of North Korea. long before had reported the fall of Seoul and it's occupation after street | fighting. Communist broadcasts were heard from Seoul US. B0mbers in Crash American B-26 bombers return |! ing from combat flights over South
 Korea reported they knocked out six heavy Russian tanks on one mission. Two of the BAGS were re- ported to have crashed. with the 1 crew of one bailing out. Returning pilots said they sighted no Russian I built fighter planes. but several re- turning planes were hit by ground
 fire.
 1 On the high seas. US. naval 1 forces maneuvered to counter any
 amphibious operation by the North
 Koreans. while the US. Seventh
 Task Fleet moved to carry out
 President Truman's order to fore '