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Evening star., 1950-11-16

the port of Chinnampo, "a miles
southwest of Pyongyang, is open
with short rail link to the Chong-
chon front.
Hungnam. port on the east coast
likewise was reopened this week.
While these facilities were being
restored, winter gear requisitioned
in July and delivered in Korea in
September went forward from
Seoul by truck over the long,
rough route to Pyongyang and
northward. Some of that road is
fit only for controlled one-way
traffic.
In this country" said Col
Stebbins, 1--WE never use trucks for
hauls of more than 80 miles un-
less we have to. 1t costs too much
in trucks"
Pretty Close to Schedule.
The supply schedule called for
delivery of warm clothing to all
front units by November IA
which happened to be the first day
of real ice-freezing cold across
the northwest front.
I'VE didn't make it," said Col
Stebbins. "but we were pretty
close"
For five-above-zero weather
Col. Stebbins said, the front SOL
dier should have a lined cap with
ear muffs. gloves, long winter un-
derwear, wool pants and shirt,
wool sweater, windbreaker, field
Jacket with hood, windbreaker
trousers to wear over woolen pants,
and a mountain sleeping bag.
Evening star., 1950-11-16
B-2o Raids Seen as Broke
ON Chinese Communists

AN AIR FORCE BASE IN
JAPAN, Nov. 16 P).-Maj. Gen.
Emmett O'Donnell, jr., said today
United States B-29 fire bomb raids
on the Manchurian border may act
as a brake on Chinese Reds drunk
with power and high self lf-esteem.
Yesterday 80 B-29s burned out
Hoeryong, a big rail center in
Northeast Korea.
Gen. ODonnell, commander OF
the Far East Air Force Bomber
Command, said II straight days
of Super Fort strikes had "beer
largely responsible for this (the
2edsD rapid transition from a
cocky and confident offensive to
a sullen and stunned defensive.
"They now have found what IL
is like to run up against the
United States Air Force. I am
certain that a revaluation of the
situation is unquestionably being
made at Peiping (Red China s
capitaD
Evening star., 1950-11-16

A compromising of problems
narrow, rocky roads, the swift pur-
suit of fleeing Communists, dam
aged rail and port facilities-ex-
plains why winter wear has just
reached the Chongchon. Col. Steb-
bins said.
After U. N. forces broke out of
the Pllsan perimeter in Southeast
Korea one big difficulty was keep
ing supply trains abreast of ad-
vancing divisions. 1t. Gen. WAL
ton H. Walker committed all avail
able 9th Army transports to haul
ing gasoline. food and ammuni-
tion.
Port Near Front Is Open.
BY the time Pyongyang was cap
tured, the Combat Cargo Com
mand had its air lift winging
across the Korean mountains and
engineers had restored the rail
line to Yongdunpo, Seoul suburb,
where winter gear waited. Now
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Four Soviet-Mode Jets
Fly Escort on B-29s

-Four Russian made jet fighters
intercepted and FLEW escort" on
80 American B-29 bombers in
North Korean yesterday without
firing a shot, an Air Force spokes-
man reported today.
He said the Superfort crews
sighted four Soviet-made MIG-15
jets at sea about 10 miles off the
Korean east coast as they were
winging toward a target area on
the Yalu River.
They flew along, but out of
range of the bombers' guns, until
they reached their target, and
then disappeared into Manchuria.
Evening star., 1950-11-16

u N. TROOPS SLOG AHEAD IN KOREA-Gans up 4 miles
reported today in the PakchOn A Republic
Korea 1 Division units but attacking Reds drove other South
Korean troops back the right flank TOkchOn The Ma
forward in the Changjn Reservoir (B)
reported contact with szab Red forces In the north
east &C. u troops advanced to within 20 miles of the Man
churan border On the Myongchon front CD South Koreans
smashed Communist counter-attack including Red
phibiOus landing. -AP WirephOto
Evening star., 1950-11-16
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7th that fought it's way through
Red artillery, tank and mortar fire,
The 17th Regiment consolidated
it's positions before driving into
the and through the Reds.
Communists were concentrating
for a stand at Kapsan. On the
left flank of the .7th Divisions ad-
vance, the 31st Regiment elimi-
mated 200 Communists in a short
sharp fight.
The ROK Capital Division on
the far northeast coast beat off
a new Korean Red counterattack
at noon today-the most recent
in a continuing series of thrusts
by the Reds. ROK forces then
charged forward 2 miles on the
northern flank of the Orangchon
front.
Earlier North Korean attacks
included an amphibious landing
by a battalion of Red marine
cadets by ROK lines. This was
broken up with the aid of the big
guns of the United States cruiser
Rochester and blasting rockets
and machine guns of American
Marine and naval planes.
Bad weather curtailed round
the-clock air operations. But the
5th Air Force did get through to
blast a triangle of key towns back
of the northwest front. Eighteen
B-26 bombers struck the railway
town of Mansi on the Chinese
Communist supply line. Fighters
and bombers rocketed and strafed
the Chongju area, just back of the
lines. Other bombers hit the
border town of Sakchu.
Far in the rear, cleanup troops
shared the successes of front line
troops. Two hundred guerrillas
surrendered to the United States
Sd Division near Wonsan on the
East Coast. American, British
and Turkish troops cleared high
ways and rail lines. along which
the U. N. forces were rushing win
ter clothing to combat troops.
A new port was opened at
Hungdam, far up the East Coast.
And on the west a new British
Commonwealth brigade-the 29th
was being assembled to bolster
y. N. front line forces. &
Evening star., 1950-11-16
GumbriIIs Man Is Named
To County School Bourd

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 16 R.-Gov.
Lane yesterday appointed Calvin
Miller, Gambrills merchant, to the
Anne Arundel County Board of
Education.
Mr.. Miller replaces Clarence E.
Tyler, who, resigned. A former
member of the House Of Delegates,
MIR. Tyler was elected last week to
the Board of County Commits
sioners.
Evening star., 1950-11-16
By Left Erickson

AsSocioreu rfeSS war correspondent
UNITED STATES 9Th ARMY
HEADQUARTERS. Korea, Nov.
16.-All United States troops on
the cold North korean fighting
front will have their winter cloth
ing within days, the 9th Army said
yesterday.
Warm clothing reached Korea
in September and has been NOV
ing up slowly with division sup
ply trains since October, a spokes-
man announced.
Col Albert K. K. Stebbins, of
Westfield, N. j., said most fighting
line soldiers had winter clothes
before the current cold wave
plummeted temperatures to five
below zero along the Chongchon
river.
Senator KnoWland Republican
of California; touring battle areas,
said today there were shortages
in some items, but every one
responsible in every echelon is
fully aware of the needs and the
heat is on to fill them"
1n Washington, the Army
said every American soldier in
Korea should have his heavy
winter clothing by the end of
this week. Pentagon officials
said a communique received to-
day from Gen. .MacArthur's
headquarters in Tokyo reported
that United Nations troops of
the 10th Corps now fighting in
the most advanced area of
Northern Korea. both Army and
Marine, "have been fully equip
ped with suitable cold-weather
clothing for current conditions.
(However, the 10th Corps is
only part of the force fighting in
Korea. The communique went
on to say that some troops have
outrun supply lines in pursuit of
the enemy and it said the United
States 9th Army has been and
is issuing winter clothing to ad-
vanced units as rapidly as the
logistic position permits"
(Thus it was indicated that
some troops have still not re-
ceived their heavy winter outfits.)
Evening star., 1950-11-16
British Also Rushing
Winter Clothing 10
Troops in Korea
By Don Whitehead
Associc ted Press War Correspondent

WITH THE 1st CORPS, Korea,
Nov. 16.-Winter clothing was
being rushed to advancing Brit
ish and Australian troops today
some by special airlift. But Off
GERS frankly admit their troops
are not equipped for a long winter
campaign.
One British officer said, 1--WE
are not ready for extreme cold
weather because we had not ex-
pected to stay this long" He said
the British 9th Brigade had
to return to Hong Kong
(Col. Albert K. Stebbins.
United States 9th Army quar-
termaster officer. said some
surplus windbreaker field jackets
and pants were being shifted
from the United States 1st
Cavalry Division to the British
troops. He said the British had
not asked for American winter
equipment until two days ago.
(Col. Stebbins said the Turk
ish brigade was outf1tted with
American woolen underwear.
woolen shirts and pants and
windbreaker garments while
staging in South Korea. The
Philippine l9th Battalion was
outfitted the same as American
troops from 9th Army supplies.
(The newly-arrived British
29th Brigade came equipped
with winter gear. The South
Korean army issued its own
quilted winter clothes, and also
was supplied with American
wind breaker jackets)
Battle Dress of Wool.
In some ways. the British brig
ade was better prepared for the
cold weather than some American
troops. 1t has woolen battle dress.
while some American troops still
do not have woolens to put under
cotton fatigues.
Heavy British wooden under
wear has arrived. But all troops
do not have it, according to
Quartermaster Maj. F. A.
r. Hunter, son of Col. Evan
Hunter, secretary Of the London
Olympic Games Committee.
The British brought Jersey
and mufflers. American
sources are to supply shoes, field
jackets, wind breaker trousers and
pile lined jackets to wear under
field jackets to some British
troops.
Ask for Woolen Socks.
The British asked Americans
for more woolen socks-the heavy
skiing type. The troops have
wooden socks, but not enough to
carry them through extremely
cold waether.
Luckily, the weather turned
fairly warm today and the tenn
perature rose above freezing fol-
the first time in days.
A British officer said one Of the
greatest needs is for American
made Arctic sleeping bags-down
padded. Few British have them.
But the officer said the bags
would not do for front line troops
Too comfortable. He pointed out
IF they got into one of those
bags and tipped it up round their
heads, they would be in a poor
position if the enemy attacked,
They would be victims of their
own comfort"
Evening star., 1950-11-16

with a pile-lined jacket under
the Windbreaker and felt-soled
shoepacs (galoshes) and heavy
socks the soldier can stand 20 be-
low." he added. 1.-THE pile Jacket
and shoepacs are on the way.
They're not in Korea, but they
will be soon"
Evening star., 1950-11-16

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Evening star., 1950-11-16
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Evening star., 1950-07-14
By jones 6. Deone

THE COMMUNIST North Koreans
have to be given credit for being
weather-wise when they picked summer
to launch blitzkrieg.
Summer turns Korea, a normally
temperate country, into place of tor
rental tropical rains. This makes
things uncomfortable for fighting men
on both sides, but it is toughest for the
force on which America right now is
placing the greatest reliance-air power.
In the first 16 days of American air
assaults, rainy or foggy weather allowed
only two full 24-hour spans of activity.
Only about so per cent of the time, over
all. have planes been able to operate.
And the Air Force says the worst is yet
to come. The worst includes typhoons.
Korea has fine clin1ate-for two
thirds Of the year. A general in Americas
occupation forces used to tell incoming
troops IL was one of the best in the
world. In most respects it resembles
that of Americas s Eastern seaboard, from
Maine south to the Carolinas. In the
winter it is quite dry and, although
cold, not extremely cold. Around Seoul
the mercury occasionally drops to zero,
but usually does not go below 20.
Except on the mountains, there is
little snow. Summer temperatures in
Evening star., 1950-07-14
BY Charles E. TroceweN

The little firefiies are the same CEN
tury after century.
Moist climates make them shine
brighter than ever.
The effect Of humidity on their glow
is to be studied with interest.
1t is good to know that humidity is
good for something. Mostly Washing
tonians wonder. 1t causes mildew in
abundance, and it is difficult to know
what these mouldS are good for.
It is said that the mould on leather
is the worst, that it will get into the
human lungs, and there counterfeit tu-
berculosis so well that it even fools the
doctors Gas IL they were hard to fool!)
Keep stored leather, therefore, well
wiped Of mildew. and keep windows and
doors open, even If it's not hot, to keep
down mildew IN general.
The odor Of 1t alone Is enough to
make any one want to get rid Of IL. But
achieving this end. once the stuff has q
start. is difficult; it survives washings,
and comes up thriving at the first touch
of damp.
Cutting down trees too close to dwell
ings is one Of the best ways to keep mil
dew within bounds, but the modern cult
Of the tree love makes this difficult
Air movement (even of damp air) and
heat, are the best repellents. Turning
the house heat on now and then. and
using electric fans, win do something to
keep mi1dew at o minimum.
Evening star., 1950-07-14
Should Ads Stress Speed?

Over our Nation, auto accidents are
increasing in numbers and severity, caus-
ing deaths, injuries. and damaged cars.
We all pay for 1t, in funeral and hospital
bills-in car repairs for those who were
not to blame-and in higher insurance
rates. Yet auto dealers continue to stress
speed In their advertisements Of new cars.
One oil company glowingly advertises
enormous power in its "activated" gaso-
line. and pictures it as whirling men and
autos around in the air. Are such ads
help to safe driving? Do these manu-
facturers and merchants want to kill
motorists? Is it speed and power we
want to fix in driver minds?
Even the newspapers which stress safe
driving carry those ads in the same issue.
VIII our chambers Of commerce, our
manufacturers associations and our ad-
vertising agencies begin to think about
their responsibilities. and take action to
stop such advertising?
Carleton II. Ball.
Evening star., 1950-07-14

with bright moon on most nights. In
this season an early morning phenome-
non-extreme StillneSs-has earned Ko-
rea one Of its names. Chosun, meaning
the land Of the morning calm"
Bad weather. when it comes, now is
more dangerous than usual because of
serious handicaps to forecaSting.
One Of these is the Iron Curtain. Be-
cause land breezes from China, Man
churia and Siberia play vital part in
making Korean weather, forecasters
must look to those mainland areas for
essential data. The Chinese Reds have
cut of all weather reports from China
and Manchuria. AS early as last year,
American meteorologists stationed in
Korea found the weather sneaking up on
them-without data, they couldn't pre-
dict 1t.
Korea itself also IS lacking in weather
observation stations. There were only
IA in the south before the Red invasion.
Two United States Weather Bureau
forecasters were working at Scouts air.
port, Kimpo, when the North Korean
invasion struck. They were evacuated
to Tokyo. But mobile combat weather
units from this country-which proved
their value in World War II-have al
ready arrived in the battle area to try to
keep pilots informed.
Evening star., 1950-07-14
That Peace Petition

The sudden burst Of propaganda from
Moscow regarding the signatures col
lected for outlawing the atom bomb has
brought shock Of realization to this
reader, as well as, I suspect, to many
people In the United States. This let
ter is intended to warn the readers of
The Star not to sign the petition, which
purports to support the outlawing of the
atom bomb. 1t is Communists inspired
and sponsored document, the purpose of
which is propaganda, not sincere con-
Germ over the bomb.
Both Radio Moscow and the Com
munist Party Of New York are boasting
OF the number of signatures they have
gotten from unsuspecting millions who
did not know that they were unwittingly
supplying grist for the propaganda mill.
which has struck upon seemingly per-
feet soft spot in the defenses Of the
people: The natural fear of the bomb
and what it promises for humanity.
If Russia were sincere in her desire to
Evening star., 1950-07-14

Russia's concentration on submersibles. Carriers,
super or otherwise? Scrap them, the sooner the
better. To these overzealous opponents of sea
forces, the carrier was just sitting duck, any
way one looked at it-especially from the direc-
tion Of the Air Force boys.
These voices have been remarkably silent of
late, however. That is not surprising, considering
the important role which the Navy has been
called upon to play in the Far Eastern war. 1t
is good thing that the admirals were able to
hold onto as much of the fleet as they now have.
1t would be better still If there were more carriers,
more cruisers more transports, more ships of
many types to support our battered troops in
Korea-to rush them the tanks guns and other
heavy equipment which they so glaringly lack,
to bring in reinforcements from Hawaii and the
West Coast and to guard against outbreaks in
Formosa, the Middle East or elsewhere. In short,
the Korean war has supplied convincing answer
to why our national security still requires the
maintenance of an adequate fleet in being, backed
by reserve ships, in these times of international
tension.
Evening star., 1950-07-14
ARLINGTON


Dear Sir:
"A charming 2-year-old girl friend
approached me last evening In the
gathering dusk.
Butch she said in highly conf
Dental tone. 7 want to show you sum-
PIN
II followed her to dark corner be-
tween the apartments.
1--WE stood side by side peering into
the gloom. Finally the tiny glow of
winged creature dimly lighted the deep
ening shadows.
"'See,' said my youthful confidant.
"A bee is burnin'.
yours truly, r. B."
X
It wasn't bee, and, of course, it wasn't
burning, but it makes nice little story.
The amazing thing-or perhaps it is
not strange at all-is that the modern
child is just as interested in 'lightnin'
bugs as the children of yesteryear.
The kids are she same, it is the par
ents who have changed. Some Of them
seem to forget they owe a duty to their
neighbors and ID the community as we'll
as to their children.
The firefiies are the same century
after century -
They are beetles, and so belong to an
ancient family.
The light they emit is cold light, that
u why 1t does no burning.
Evening star., 1950-07-14
This and That

It's secret has never been solved,
though steps have gone forward to look
into the matter, at the expense Of some
100000 beetles for scientific purposes.
Man lays q heavy tribute on the rest
Of creation, in his ceaseless search FOR
information.
Sometimes it seems as If the knowl-
edge gained is put to little use. Looking
back over the centuries. we see that
many cultivated Romans lived lives as
fine as humans ever achieved, If we
can believe what we read.
Our science, some believe, has lost its
humanity in its travail. Who can gain
say it. thinking Of the atom bomb?
Fortunately. the children who run
endlessly after firefiies in the dark know
nothing Of ii all.
They are happy in their search.
In the main the beetles finally escape
the eager clutches.
If fireflies wonder, they must think 1t
strange, indeed, that they are grasped,
and then let 60.
It is better fate than that found by
trapped animals, later to turn UP as
fur coats.
Or the countless meat animals" as
the trade calls them, or the millions Of
chickens. etc.
Little wonder that Christianity has q
hard time Of tt In . practical world.
Evening star., 1950-07-14
Why Have a Navy?

Wonder what has become of the voluble
citizens who not so long ago would argue at
the drop of a highball that the Navy's days were
numbered-that airpower could do everything
that (and more than surface fleets could do in
any future war? This was the same group that
was contending that "the admirals"-a derisive
term as used-were fighting for lost cause
and for selfish reasons. Some of the self
appointed experts even propounded the question:
'Why have Navy at all in this era of rocket
planes guided missiles and atomic bombs?"
These critics of seapower (Some of them in
the Pentagon, too) wanted to know what earthly
sense there was in spending millions of dollars
for Navy when there was no enemy fleet for it
to hght. The most that some of them grudgingly
would concede in debate was that 1t would be
q good idea to keep some submarines and some
small anti-submarine ships, maybe, IN view Of
Evening star., 1950-07-14
New Hatch Act Amendments

The House Civil Service Committee is taking
the President at his word. In vetoing certain
changes in the Hatch Act recently, Mr. Truman
expressed approval of other parts of the bill.
He indicated he would sign new measure shorn
Of the Objectionable features. So the committee
promptly prepared a new measure more to Mr..
Trumans liking. It is q good bill and an i'm
portant one that ought to have clear sailing.
The primary objective of the bill is the same
as that which was vetoed, but that objective is
not cluttered with additional amendments of q
controversial nature. The main purpose Of the
legislation is to make the Hatch Act more work
able by giving the Civil Service Commission
some latitude in fixing penalties for violation Of
the no-politics rule for Federal employees. The
Civil Service Commission long has urged that
1t be given discretionary power to penalize a
violator by suspension rather than dismissal,
II circumstances justified leniency Under
existing law dismissal is mandatory, however
trivial the offense might be. This inflexibility
Of the penalty clause has deferred some depart
ments from calling minor violations to the
attention Of the commission The result has
been that many breaches of the rule which
ought to be dealt with have been ignored The
commission believes that broadening of the
range of penalties will bring stricter enforce
ment by the administrative agencies
Other provisions of the new bill would re-
quire the commission to make annual reports
to Congress on cases in which lesser punishments
are meted out and would impose criminal pen
alties for publication or distribution by Federal
employees of anonymous campaign literature
Eliminated are the provisions to which the
President objected-including one which would
have permitted Federal workers in nearby areas
to participate in local elections on a partisan
basis The latter proposal should not be dropped
altogether, however. The plan has enough merit
to warrant thorough study by the appropriate
House and Senate committees with a view to
resubmitting the proposal to the President in
the hope Of reconsideration.