The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-10-19
MO. KOREAN CAPITAL IS
 TAKEN NOW
Pyongdng in Hands Of Uni ted Nations Forces Gov
 ernmenf Is in Flight
(By the Associated Press)

l capital of North Korea, was in the hands of United Nations forces to- day. Red Premier Kim Il Sung and
 members of his government have fled to the north.
 /, Tank-led units of the US. First | Cavalry Division and the South Ko-
 rean Republics First Division joined up near the heart of the city. Communists surrendered by the
 thousands. The capital appeared de- ] serted by it's 100000 inhabitants. Associated Press Correspondent Don Whitehead said it was an easy contest. Only few snipers and die- hard Communists were attempting to stop the memorable advance of the Allies.
 Government Skips Fyongyang civilians told a South Korean army spokesman that Pre- mier Kim and his Communist gov- ernment had flown the coop. They were said to have fled to Huichon. 80 miles to the north. Escape roads northward were damned. But in Tokyo, intelligence officers said there is no indication ] che Korean Reds are planning an organized defense line north of Pyongyang.
 Race for Capture
 Two Allied columns, in a he'll for Heather race to be the first in- side the city, blasted their way from | two sides. The US. First Cavalry, which had been first inside Manila and Tokyo in World War II and linked the two beachheads in South l Korea, coming in from the south,
 won the roaring race. It was credited with being ahead of the South Ko- ] rean First Division, which ap- preached Pyongyang from the east. by three hours.
 Enemy Fire An Eighth Army spokesman said ,he Cavalry troopers and the South Koreans ran into heavy enemy arr sillery and mortar fire on the out skirts of the city which stopped hem for a time.
 Behind the Cavalry were four United Nations Divisions and a British Commonwealth brigade ready to fan out around the city md secure it.
 But there seemed little chance of 'urther large-scale enemy resistance. So speedy was the Allied advance hat the Reds overall defense plan ! seemed to have been shattered. Allied commanders said the com ! parative ease with which the capi- ! sal was captured might indicate | change in the war that started June 25 when the North Koreans 1 invaded South Korea in force. The var from now on, they said, might )e in the nature of scattered guer- rilla actions.
 Chalk Up Victory While United Nations forces chalked up this victory, diplomats at Lake Success were attempting vo work out system of peace pat rols in a new ti-aggression pro- gram sponsored by the United States and six other nations. The ponsors met behind closed doors Q discuss Russia's demand 1t serve
 )n the patrols
 The plan, which puts teeth in the LIN. efforts to maintain peace. IS supported by Britain, Canada,
 France. Turkey. the Philippines and
 Uruguay, besides it's chief sponsor, he United States. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky has demanded that the 14-man peace
 patrols include representatives of
 she five big powers.
 In this list he included Con-
 munist China as well as the Soviet
 Union, the United States, Britain
 and France. The United States takes
 the stand that if China is to be
 included it must be Nationalist-not
 ommunist-China