Evening star., 1951-10-03
Allied Planes
Pound Massed
Enemy Trucks
U. N. Artillery Opens
Heavy Borroge Along
West Korean Front
BY the Associated Press

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U. S. 9th ARMY HEADQUAR-
TERS. Korea. Oct. 3.-A thunder
GUS United Nations artillery bar
rage roared along the western
front today while war planes tried
to break up the biggest Red supply
effort since the last Communist
offensive.
Red troops who held A'"ed in
fantrymen to no gains yesterday
pressed two battalion-sized prob
ing attacks of their own today.
Over Northern Korea IL F-80
Shooting Stars. among America s
Slowest jets, were credited with
probably destroying two Red
MIG-15s in brief battle with a
dozen fast red-nosed jets. The
F-80s caught the Reds by surprise
as the MICS flew to attack
another flight of American planes.
Censorship frightened.
"a partial blackout," frequently
a sign of an impending offensive
by either the Reds or Allies, was
clamped on news from the war
fronts today.
(The frightened censorship was
announced by Tokyo headquarters
of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su-
preme U. N. commander. There
was no explanation.
CThe partial blackout of news
was imposed until further notice.
while there were indications of
a possible impending Red often
sive, a broad United Nations drive
could not be ruled out. The news
blackout recalled a Red Chinese
broadcast Saturday asserting the
Allies were preparing to make
simultaneous amphibious landings
on both costs of North Korea. The
Allied command has not COM
mented on this broadcast
4,355 Trucks Spotted.
The Far East Air Forces noted
significantly that pilots spotted f.
355 Red trucks on the highways
Tuesday night "the greatest
number in a single night since
the Communists last abortive Of
fensive" in mid-May.
Warships and night-raiding
planes concentrated on breaking
up this near record volume of sup
plies being rushed toward the
front. An Air Force communique
said Red trucks suffered very
heavy losses"
The Allied artillery barrage on
the Western front was one of the
heaviest of the Korean war.
Gunfire reached to within II
miles of Kaesong. site of disrupted
truce talks which the Reds broke
of AZ days ago.
Reds Blasted in Ridges.
Shells hit the Reds in ridges
running northeast from Korangpo.
The town is II miles east|of Kae-
song just south Of the 38th Paral-
lei, and % miles northwest of
Seoul.
Censorship prevented CORE
spondents from pinpointing the
full extent of the artillery fire.
The barrage opened up Tuesday
night after day in which the
Reds halted United Nations at
tacks in the West, recaptured
towering peak in the East. and
probed Allied positions in the
center.
They blanketed Red positions
about the time Communists usual
ly launch their night assaults.
The steady pounding continued
Wednesday.
A general headquarters COM
munique from Tokyo reported an
estimated Red battalion, close to
l 900 men. launched a probing at
tack in the west-central sector
and was still attacking at dawn
Wednesday.
Reds Hold OF Assault.
Front-line dispatches reported
the Reds held off a three-pronged
Allied assault in this sector west
Iof Chorwon. U. N. tanks and
ARTILLERY supported the attack.
Allied infantrymen using flame
throwerS moved in to scorch the
Chinese bunkers, Associated Press
Correspondent George Macarthur
reported.
Another assault from the south
was stalled just below the crest.
Opposing infantrymen were with
in hand-grenade range of each
other, Mr.. Macarthur said.
On the fringe of the barrage
sector British Commonwealth
troops fought a series of sharp
hand-to-hand actions with Chi
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United States 9th Army head