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appeared 10 be slowing the Red
drive at Taejon.
American planes, he said
seemed to have kept North Korean
armor from moving against the
Americans around the city.
Far East Air Force headquarters
said tank-hunting fighters were
sweeping the battle area in good
weather. In a special commu-
nique covering operations up to 2
pm. (midnight EDIT Monday
FEAT added three tanks and 2s
trucks to Mondays bag of 21 tanks
and 143 trucks. The Monday
totals were in a communique is
sued at 1::25 pm. u1:25 pm. EDT
Monday.
At Eighth Army headquarters
in Korea, fighter pilots said the
Reds, battered in repeated air
blows, now lie low by day and
move their motor and tank
columns at night. But close
hunting from the air fushes the
Reds from their hiding places and
the shooting starts.
South Koreans ReOrganize.
The South Korean 1st Corps
holding the front on the Eastern
side of the Americans around
Taejon. have reorganized their
defensive positions, Gen. MacAr-
thur said.
But he also reported the Reds
were moving reinforcements tc
their 5th Division, which was driy-
ing southwark from Tanyang, 90
miles northeast of Taejon. - ss
This Red force, striking for
American supply lines, was report
ed stopped by eounterattacking
South Koreans Sunday in the
Yechon area about 20 miles south
east Of Tanyang. American sup
plies move to the northwest from
the big port Of Pusan in South
eastern Korea.
Allied warships, Gen. Macarthur
reported, shelled the east coast
again. Their guns chewed off
earth that plunged down across
the coastal highway and blocked
Communist transport.
3 Subs Reported Seen.
Gen. MacArthur's communique
also reported the sighting of three
unidentified submarines in waters
bordered by Kyushu. southernmost
OF Japan's main islands; the
Island of Formosa and the China
mainland. Russia repeatedly has
a large undersea fleet based on
Siberia.
Behind the Korean battlefront,
Super Fortress bomberS ranged
again yesterday against Commu-
mist communications. The big
craft blasted railroad yards at
Chechon, Wonju and Ansong
Others revisited Seuol's big Kimpo
Airf1eld.
Communist jet fighter planes
were reported seen yesterday near
Chungju on the American front
Gen. MacArthur's communique
gave no hint as to whether they
were in action. It was the Sec
ond time within week that
North Korean jets have been
reported.
Gen. Macarthur estimated Red
casualties in the war at 1000
but said accurate figures were i'm
possible.
Claim $500 Americans Slain.
The Red radio at Pyongyang
North Korea capital, broadcast
that $500 United States troops
were killed and 100 captured in
fighting south of the Kun through
6 pm. a am. EST yesterday.
All American references to
United States losses in the river
battle have pictured them as light.
A spokesman at Eighth Army
headquarters in Korea said at
$50 pm. G:50 am, EDT) that
South Korean units in Central
Korea attacked Red troop concen-
trations in that area. The extent
OF the attack was not reported.
The spokesman said South Ko-
reans inflicted ''heavy losses" on
a Red column encountered south
west of the American sector. Later
the South Korean unit withdrew.
South Korean casualties have
been light the past two days, the
spokesman said. There was little
activity in the American sector
during the day.