Evening star., 1950-11-14
Near-zeroC Cold
Almost Stops
Korea Fighting
Northwestern Front
VirtuolIy PoroIyzed
By Icy Winds
Nv the Assoejcfed Press

SEOUL, Korea, Nov. IA
frozen silence settled over Korean
battlef1elds today.
Temperatures of six above zero
virtually paralyzed the north
western front, where an estimated
10000 Chinese Communists face
the concentrated United States Isl
Corps. 1t was even colder in the
northeast.
Ice-tipped winds swept dowr
from mountain peaks on the
quilted Chinese and on shiverine
Americans, many still in summer
uniforms. The United States 9th
Army was rushing Arctic cloth
ing to the chilled troops.
Parka-c clad Marines pushed
through frozen hills in the center
of the line toward Changjin Res
ervoir and it's great hydroelectric
development.
Farther east, two regiments of
the United States 7th Division
marched along ice-caked roads in
subzero weather toward the Man
churian border, 80 miles away.
Winds 40 Miles an Hour.
Winds of 40 miles an hour made
1t difficult for fighting men of
the 7th Division to breathe. Their
hands and feet were numbed by
the cold.
A thermometer carried by a
tiny wind-tossed plane above
them registered 81 degrees below
zero. Associated Press Core
spondent Tom Stone and the
pilot, 1t. James c. Evans of Co.
lumbus. Ga, said an overcast all
but hid the 17th Regiment and
the 31st Polar Bear" Regiment
Sleds and oxcarts carried heavy
weapons and equipment through
the mountain roads north of
Pungsan.
Red mortars opened up on the
troops three hours after they
started the march toward Kap-
san, Is miles northwest. Other
7th Division patrols reached the
Pujan Reservoir, 35 miles south
west OF Pungsan, without seeing
the enemy.
On the Snow-covered hills of
the east coast the South Korean
Capital Division beat off a tank
led North Korean attack with the
help of the 8-inch guns of the
American cruiser Rochester and
the rockets of Marine planes.
Plod Through Snow.
A United States 10th Corps
spokesman said the battle left the
South Koreans secure in their po-
sitions on the Orangchon River,
30 miles south of the Soviet bor-
der.
Forty miles to the west another
unit of the Capital Division
plodded through 6 inches of snow
toward Hapsu. Hapsu is a road
junction midway between the
scene Of the coastal battle and
the advancing United States 7th
Division troops.
Far behind the lines by-passed
force of about two Red battalions
- about 1000 men - attacked
South Korean troops in Pyong-
gang, 60 miles northeast of Seoul
The Communists drove into the
town at 2 am. today. They were
driven out in an 8-hour battle
At 1880 am. the fight was still
raging outside the town. South
Koreans said they killed or cap
tured 141 Reds.
One Regiment Advances.
The only stable ground action
reported on the western front was
on the extreme right flank, east
of the 1st Cavalrymen,. One regi-
ment of the United States I'd Di-
vision was reported advancing
against stubborn enemy resistance
Between these two American
outfits, u. N. fighter -bombers sup
porting the South Korean 9Th Di-
vision, reported they killed 20C
enemy troops in strafing attacks
on hills north of Tokchon.
In the far west, the sudden win
ter became greater problem thar
(See KOREA, Page A-4.)