The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-01-06
 AT SUW0N
 GIVEN UP
Commies Sickle Hub Road dt Wonju in Double
 Offensive Thrust
By OLEN CLEMENTS

hammering southward from Seoul forced abandonment of the big Allied airfield at Suwon Saturday and sickled sharply towards the road rail hub of Wonju in a double offensive thrust.
 The Suwon field. IT air miles south of Seoul. was abandoned at 3:15 pm, Saturday Q0:15 p.m., PST) Friday as the sounds of small arms and artillery fire drew closer. Location of the fighting front was not disclosed, apparently for secur- ity reasons.)
 The town of Suwon, 20 miles south of Seoul. was reported intact and still in United Nations hands.
 Cut off Retreat
 Tn the companion drive against Wonju, 55 miles southeast of Seoul, the Reds were aiming to cut off the southeastward retreat route of the Allies.
 Red China's troops and their satellite North Korean ally fought under new orders of Premier Kim Il Sung to pursue. surround and destroy the enemy units. ," Pound Enemy for Kill The strategy is timeworn in mili- tary annals and fits the hammer and sickle design: pound the enemy into an encircling trap for the kill.
 Allied troops still fought stoutly. however. against overpowering force, and still have maneuvering space.
 The mass of seven Red China armies-210000 or more troops thrust close to Wonju. Allied artillery and Red mortars dueled for the city's airstrip. Smoke and dust plumed into the sky Com munist rifle fire cracked from the western hills.
 But A.P. Correspondent William c. Bernard said Allied defenders still fought north of the key city at nightfall Saturday. Allied Line Pounded While the Reds cut through Wonju's outer defenses. the Com munists pounded at both ends of the Allied line across South Korea. One hammer force hit south of the twice-lost capital of Seoul, strik- 1 ing toward Suwon and it's aban- doned airfield. Allied troops slam 1 med leading force of 1000 Reds to a stop after fight that ragged throughout Saturday morning 10 miles south of Seoul. Allied artil- lery chewed through the Communist ranks, but survivors dug in, wait ing for the Reds main western force massed east of Seoul. Regiments Plunge | The other hammer force pounded in four regiment strength-12, ,000 men-south of Yongpo on the eastern front. Yongpo, on the Sea ; of Japan, is about six miles south of the parallel 38 border.
 The Eighth Army is pulling back into new defense lines set deep in South Korea.
 Trucks and jeeps, massive British Centurian tanks and the smaller but deadly American Pattons, armored cars. bulldozers. tractors, tank carriers, big cranes-all rolled down the highway. And with them came the bulk of Eighth Army troops in western Korea, retreat ing with a rear guard shield.
 The Communist sickle of massed armies could sweep southwest once Wonju falls and cut the escape road for Allied troops leading to the old Pusan beachhead.
 The Communist masses threat ened to pin the Eighth Armys western force against the Yellow Sea.
 Sub-Freezing Temperatures The retreating CTS are plagued by sub-freezing temperatures and frozen dust. As one AP Correspon- dent puts it..
 Dust caked the face. clogged the nose, turned eyes into watery red sits and filled the mouth with so much sand you felt your teeth were wearing away"
 US. mortar positions north of Wohju were overrun this morning by white-robed Communist troops, camouflaged for fighting in the snow. The Americans own guns lwere turned against them.