Evening star., 1951-08-14
Allies Planes Strike
Communist Buildup in
Vicinity Of PyongYang
BY the Associated Press

UNITED STATES 9th ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Aug. IA
Allied bombers and fighters
struck the Red Korea capital of
Pyongyang today in one Of the
heaviest air raids in weeks.
| Maj. Gen. Frank F. Everest, 5th
Air Force commander, said the
combined strike of Super Forts,
jets and propeller-driven fighters
was directed against the pro
gressively increasing" Communist
strength in the Pyongyang area
| Other planes and warships ham
mered at supply routes steadily
used by the Reds to build up their
forces during armistice negotia-
tionS.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U. N
commander, said the Reds are
much more capable of attacking
than they were five weeks ago.
4 Strategic Hill Taken.
U. N. troops seized a strategic
hill north of Hwachon on the
central front and warded off a
small Red counterattack. To the
east Allies were pushed back
northeast of Kumhwa by day.
long attacks of three grenade
throwing Red platoons. Else
where along the front today's ac'
ton was reported limited to pa
troll activity.
1 Gen. Everest said the Pyong-
yang air attack was directed
against supply and ammunition
dumps, vehicle repair areas, troor
billets, and communication facil.
tiles. Pilots reported good tt
excellent" results.
F-80 Shooting Star jets swep
the area ahead of a co-ordinateC
bombing attack by B-29 Super
Forts and F-51 Mustang fighter.
bombers. The Shooting Star!
knocked out II anti-aircraft guns
| Nevertheless one Mustang wa.
shot down by fax. The pilo
bailed out. An amphibian plane
rescued him from the Kaedons
River.
Navy Strikes Coast.
The Navy put on the biggest
show yesterday.
/ Warships led by the Unitet
States cruiser Toledo shellet
bridges and railways as much a.
I230 miles north of the 38th Paral
, lei. The Toledo and the Dutcl
| destroyer Van Galen joined besieg
, ing warships Monday in a stepped
, up bombardment of the Songjin
Chongjin area on the east coast
Farther south, three destroyer
, sank nine sampanS trying to snea
, Red supplies along water route
near Wonsan, East Coast port nov
, in its 180th day of seige.
T British. Australian and Ney
> Zealand warships hammered Red
, on the East Coast.
Reds Built Up Materially.
Communist front line forces il
= Korea have been built up great
in the five weeks since armistic
) talks started. Gen. Ridgway toll
news conference.
And it is going on every day,
: the United Nations commando
added.
Since ceaSe-flre negotiation
started July 10 at Kaesong, Ger
RidgWay said. there has beel
a very material increase" in tn
Communist ability to launch
new offensive.
Il have no doubt of the out
come if he launches an attack,
the general said. 1T does no
. mean, however, that we woulc
not lose ground initially."
Real Estate" Secondary.
He emphasized real estate
was always secondary to the prime
purpose of destroying the NORTH
: Korean and Chinese forces. He
. has repeatedly made this point
. since taking over command OF
the 9th Army in December anc
). his subsequent elevation to the
supreme command.
! Gen. RidgWay said Red COM
manders did not violate any agree
ment by reinforcing their troops
during truce talks. They were
!; not bound to refrain from build
ing up"
! The U. N. commander agreed
that the Reds could be building
up their forces for defensive, as
we'll as offensive purposes.