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Widely scattered thundershowers
in the area late today or tonight,
howest tonight near 72.
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WEATHER REPORT
GRAVES SINKING
COMMIES HERE
SEEN OR HEARD
BAIN FALL AFTER 7 O'CLOCK i
yesterday morning added .28 to |
the four inches that had be«n re-
corded, the 4.28 inches some <>ld j
timers say constituting the heav-
iest rain ever experienced in July |
in Stephens county.
The additional fall brought the j
total for July to 6.99 and the total !
for the year to 2X14. This means j
that Breckenridge and Stephens j
county already have received near- !
Iy the amount of the average arm- i
ual rainfall of 24 inches. Temper- j
atures were 87 high and 75 low
yesterday.
Birds around our place today i
seem to think it was spring again.
tfcfr were singing so loud early ;
this morning.
WATER AT DANIEL LAKE
running over the spillway
ahout a font this morning.
The taste of the water contain-
ues bad. In asking about it today
E. R. Maxwell, city secretary, said
two visits have been made here
in the pust two weeks by state
health department representatives
and they nave been consulted con-
cerning the taste.
It is something we will have to I
put up with for a while, and maybe
from time to time, it was divulged.
It is a surface water problem that I
all' using it have found. It will ]
clear up and the taste remain clear |
until certain conditions cause it to
return.
In other words it appears at this |
time that by abandoning tne use ]
of river water we have got away !
from hard water and run into what;
will prove bad tasting water at :
times.
TWO MARINES STOWAWAY ABOARD CARRIER—Standing before
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, right. I'fc. Edwin P. Hassel, left, 18,
Chieug". and Pfc. Frederick Baer. 1!). Grand Rapids Michigan, two
Marine stowaways, are told they will be assigned to the First Marine
Division. The two lads told the Comander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet
they wanted "to see some action." (NEA Telephoto)
City Buys Land For
Change Of Highway
SEXTON BOB SMITH OF
Breckenridge Cemetery called by-
telephone to say that there are
35 or 40 graves in the cemetery
that have sunk two feet or more
since the heavy rainfall of Thurs-
day morning.
To bring these tops back to level
it will take a lot of dirt hauling.
Smith said, and asked that people
with relatives buried tnere come
oat and see the graves and confer
with him.
Giaiss that have sunk are in
toth the old and the new cemetery.
Smith said.
The city of
purchased from
of-way
Avenue,
on South
which will
Breckenridge has' straighten out the highway to Cis-
J. E. Keith right-) co and in addition receives a large
Breckenridge
be used to
Reds Recruiting
50 000 Women
To Help ii Korea
WASHINGTON, July 28
Communist North Korean forces
j are reported to be recruiting 50,-
THE CITY WAGON GETS A- (MHt Korean women "for use in the
round once every ten days to re- j combat area," a military spokes-
move trash. It has developed into > man said today.
~ ■■ i In response to questions at a
Pentagon briefing, the spokesman
a regular run now. Calls are re-
ceived that this or that can has
been missed. Reason for it was
given today as due to the fact
there was fire in the can at the
time the truck came around for it.
The men will not pick up a can
that has fire in it. Recently the
truck nearly burned up when t'ne
men did not know they were dump-
ing fire into it.
Request was made today that
people not dfcmp grass, weeds, etc.,
ill the bar ditch after cutting their
lawns, or cleaning up. Heavy rains
carry along this trash to some
place where it piles up. The water
then flows wild and in some cases
washed out streets.
said there was no indication as
to whether the women would be
used in combat. He did not know if
the women were South or North
Koreans.
Commenting on the Communist
drive toward the last American
stronghold at Pusan. the spokes-
man expressed hope that this rep-
resented a last desperate "fling"
by the North Koreans.
But, he said, "I Wouldn't be over-
optimistic."
"I think the North Koreans hav^
their whole strength in line at
the front and figure it is a good
time to use it now before we get
any stronger."
But he emphasized this was
"sheer speculation" on his part.
A Navy spokesman said that
THE DALLAS NEWS HAS
turned over to federal agents in-
formation based on canceled checks -
and memoranda to show the tie-- ; South Korean naval units, believed
up between the Communist party in ' ^e motor torpedo boats, have
Texas and its Dallas cell. destroyed a Communist artillery
A studv of checks, lists of dona- P,,st at Pelmi-Do. This was the
tions. utility bills and other mate- second reported strike by South
rials pointed to he existence of at1 Korean naval craft. Earlier, they
least forty active Dallas Commun- j reported to have sunk 12
nlsts. North Korean supply boats bound
In addition, there was evidence | ^"r !nc'?olJ* P°rt city for Com-
of the activity of chapters in Fort | munist-held Se_oul. .
Worth. Odessa. Breckenridge and However, after destroying the
several smaller towns. artillery post at Pelmi-Do the
Sheriff C. V. (Buster) Kern of South Korean vessels were driven
Houston said the data was seized awa,y from the coast by fire from
la battery of 10 guns eight miles
2 'north.
Koreai Boy Leads Lost Yank Unit
Back To Init Under Fire Of Reds
By PETER KALISCHER "Here we did ourselves some
ted Press Staff Correspondent | good—we got plenty of them,"
r RONT j Jackson said
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ON THE YONGDONG
IN KOREA. July 28. A' "lost
battalion" of 200 Americans stag
The Americans lost their tanks
when the road narrowed down so
tred out from behind enemy lines | much that the Yanks couldn't get
-ough. The tanks were blown up
year-oM South Korean boy. | by their own crews so the enemy
gerei
last night.
ear-old S« _
Included in the American group i couldn't use them.
which "came back from the dead", "We hadn't had anything to eat
were American wounded and one since the night before," Jackson
likely appendicitis victim, carried' said. "We kept climbing mountains
oa litters by South Koreans. I and down gullies. The people were
The ordeal began Tuesday when friendly but sometimes we had to
the Americans were cut off by a get tough to get litter bearers for
Communist roadblock south of i the wounded."
Von—tong. | For a day and a half, Jackson
John W. Jacluon of Richlands, [ said, the party had no water.
Va (rank unavailable), his face
gray and drawn from exhaustion,
teld how the group twice tried to
get through the enemy roadblock
bat couldn't make it.
Wednesday morning they head-
ed south and dodged through mor-
tar, machine-gun and rifle fire,
"almost continuous sniper
sr.-
At mid-day Wednesday the
Yanks managed to surprise some
North Koreans iu a i«wu mmth f
Yongdong.
About the middle of the second
day we got the biggest thrill ye
Jackson said. "We were spotted
U. S. observation planes and later
five of them came over and drop-
ped food and medicine and blood
plasma."
The plasma was administered to
the wounded by PFC. James Rey-
nolds of Guntersville, Ala., a medi-
cal corpsman. Reynolds personal-
ly shepherded the suspected ap-
pendix case and a man wounded in
piece of land lying along the right
of-way on the east side of what
will be the road.
Commissioner George Bingham
said today deed to the properties
was signed yesterday. Bingham,
representing the commission, has
been at work on the proposition
for some time.
The highway change will bring
the road in from Cisco and East-
land along Breckenridge directly
connecting it with the roadway
north.
In addition to the right-of-way
the land acquired by the city a-
mounts to about 35 lots which can
be used for a number of purposes,
if desired. . .
The line of the right-of-way.
runs directly to the Cheney home
on the creek bank south of the
First Christian Church. At one
time during the boom days there
were about forty houses in that
section. e
There is a twelve-inch sewer line
and a water main running to the
property. The city paid $800 for
the right-of-way and lots, Bing-
ham said. The lots amount to ten
or twelve acres of land
No specific use of the lots was
mentioned at the time, but they
are considered valuable for the fu-
ture growth of the city. ,
The highway that will be chang-
ed to the new right-of-way now
—■ns south past the __ Baptist
Church.
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lii North Korea
TOKYO, July 28 <U.RV—Ameri-
can B-2D superforts raided north
Korean targets for the sixth suc-
cesive day today, concentrating on
the Pyongyang railroad marshall-
ing yards and bridges in Seoul.
Returning pilots reported that
direct hits had been scored on
bridges and that railroad cars had
been blasted between Pyongyang
and Wonsan, sending smoke 5,000
feet into the air.
An air force spogesman said the
widespread sweep of the bombers
had brought 80 major targets un-
der bomb sights in five days, in-
cluding rail and highway bridges
at Seoul and Pyongyang.
One thousand tons of bombs
were dropped, he said
Returning pilots said today that
more anti-aircraft fire had been
encountered in Pyongyang.
Meantime, poor weather condi-
tions hampered American fighter
operations from Japan.
Pilots returnin- from V---
dong area of Korea said cloud
ceilings had dropped to aoout £,-
500 feet in areas where the moun-
tains rise to 4,000 feet.
But despite the low ceiling jet
fighters continued to , take off,
hoping for "the best."
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Brownng Rites
To Be Said Today
Funeral services for Garland
Ray Browning, three-year-old who
was killed by a car Wednesday,
were to be held at 3 p. m. Friday
at the Church of Christ on Walker
St. James R. Greer, former minis-
ter here, and Hugh Boydston of-
ficiated.
Interment was in Breckenridge
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were the boy's cous-
ins, Kenneth Whittington of Odes-
sa, Leland Whittington of Haskell,
Richard Sherrod of Kosse, and
Clarence Wilkin of Breckenridge.
Room Furnishing
At Hospital k
Offered People
Citizens and organizations of
Breckenridge and Stephens Coun-
ty may furnish rooms in the new-
Stephens County Hospital. This
action was permitted in a meeting
of the Hospital Board of the
Stephens County Hospital yestee-
day.
Francis Dunigan, chairman of the
Hospital Board, stated today that
many people and many organiza-
tions had requested that they be
permitted to furnish certain of the
rooms in the hospital and that the
Board was acceding to their wish-
es in this matter. "Several have
already given their checks to
have these rooms furnished since
the action by the Board yester-
day," Dunigan said.
According to figures issued by
the board, double rooms in the
hospital can be furnished for $4IW).
Single rooms may be fully furnish-
ed for $3t)o.
It is planned to place small
bronze plaques on the doors of the
rooms to be furnished in thi man-
ner showing: the donor of th*:gift.
Mrs. Lucille Billington, superin-
tendent of the hospital, is authori-
zed to handle these donations any
time prior to August 8 when all
furnishnijrs must be secured.
C. K. West, member of the board,
stated that furnishings for other
rooms might also be donated by
either private citizens or organiza-
itons and that these furnishings
should be ordered prior to the
August 8 deadline. The equipment
for the operating room is expected
to cost $1800; for the delivery
room $1500; for the emergency
room $500; and the X-ray room
equipment will'cost $5300.
In addition, instruments for the
hospital will cost $1500, and the
equipment for the nursery wiH
cost $800. TVie kitchen equipment
will cost $3000.
Oft ice equipment and furnish-
ings incidental to the waiting room
will cost $1100.
Donors of such equipment for
these rooms will be honored by an
appropriate plaque which will be
placed in the reception room in-
dicating their gift.
Mrs. Billington or any member
of the Board may be contacted in
this matter. Mrs. Billington can be
found either at the Stephens
County Hospital or by calling tele-
phone number 21.
Members of the Hospital Board
are F. A. Dunigan, R. H. Jackson,
C. K. West, L. H. Welch, Ted But-
ler, and Amos Myers.
Business Deaths
In Texas Upward
AUSTIN, Tex.. July 28 <U.R1_
During the first naif of this year,
117 business firms failed in Texas,
the University of Texas bureau of
business research reported today.
An even 100 firms failed during
the same period last year.
The business mortality rate rose
to 22 in June, as compared with
18 in May and 29 in June, 1949.
Americans Hold Against
All - Out Attack Of Reds
■organ Awarded
Certificate By
■embers of VFW
Members of VFW last night vot-
ed to start an annual Certificate of
Merit award in Breckenridge, to
be given to some worthy, outstand-
ing citizen in the community. They
have announced that the first a-
ward will go to Rev. A. J. Morgan,
and will be presented with formal
ceremonies within the next few-
weeks.
The award, according to Post
Comalunder Jack Fambro, will be
based on the work done by the citi-
zen for betterment of veterans and
of the community as a whole. Ci-
tation to Rev. Morgan pointed out
that he was always ready to lend
a helping hand to everyone and
give support and aid to any com-
munity project.
Also started last night was the
cost's 1951 membership drive.
Twelve new members were voted
uito the organization: Eldridge
Trammell, J. F. Provenza, Gene
Slaughter, Davis Decker, Jack
Boyce, Bernice Coapland, Charles
Humphrys, Harold Nelson, David
Livingston, Robert Denney, Earl
King and Ray Cooper. ,
Formation of a home guard was
another piece of business discussed
at last night's meeting. State
Commander J. T. Rutherford of
Odessa has asked all VFW posts
to form a home guard to assist
local authorities, police and fire
departments in case of any emer-
gency. The local post agreed to be-
gin work on this project.
Unanimous approval to backing
the proposed new swimming pool
was also given at the meeting,
with the posj deciding to help in
any way possible.
Ships PuNed Out
For Service Again
> -WASHINGTON. July 28.
The Maritime administration to-
day ordered the recommissioning
of 30 more victory (cargo) ships
from the World War II mothball
fleet.
It had previously withdrawn 35
cargo ships and 12 troop, trans-
ports from the reserve fleet for
military use in the Korean war.
Officials said the latest order
calls for withdrawal of six ships
from the Hudson River anchorage
above New York; eight from Jam-
es River, Va.; four from Wilming-
ton, N. C.; six from Mobile, Ala-
and six from Beaumont, Tex.
Boys League To Open Ball Play
la Double At Recreation Field
Announcement was made today
that plans to build a "Little Lea-
Hue" ball park off Breckenridge
avenue a few blocks north of town
had to be abandoned but the work
to furnish a place for small boys
to play baseball in Breckenridge
is not being abandoned.
As a result two roustabout oil
crews last night moved into Re-
creation Field and worfc was con-
tinuing today to erect the neces-
sary four-foot fence. This is a por-
table fence that can be moved
when the older players swing into
action
It was stated that it is regret-
able that there is only one place
in Breckenridge where these boys
can play, but in order for them a
place to play it was decided just
to go ahead and build a fence that
can be moved.
In the little league there are 80
Texas Ordered
To Hike Iraft
AUSTIN, Tex., July 28 <U.fi>—
Texas has been ordered to increase
its initial draft call from 1,005
men to 2,513, state selective ser-
vice headquarters announced to-
day.
Under orders from Washington,
the men must be delivered, ready
for military training, "not later
than Sept. 30."
The change in the draft call fol-
lowed national orders increasing
the original September call from
20,000 to 50,000 men.
A state headauarters spokesman
said new individual quotas' for the
137 local draft boards of Texas
would not be immediately avail-
able.
"But they will certainly be
ready sometime next week," he
said.
Earlier quotas, announced last
week, will be changed under the
new order.
Texas now has 70,725 men class-
ified as t-A ami available for im-
mediate military service, accord-
ing to the latest figures from
<tate selective service headquar-
ters.
boys ready to play, these from 8
to" 12 years old. These are to be
made into four teams that play
under rules patterened after the
major leagues. Those boys who do
not get to make the major league
teams still will be given an oppor-
tunity to play regular games in
minor league teams that now are
formed. In all there are 137 young
boys in Breckenridge waiting to
play ball. Uniforms are awaited
for" the opening of the minor leag-
ue games.
Opening play in major league
will go ahead as scheduled, a doub-
le header to be played Monday
evening beginning at 5:15 o'clock.
The teams have been named af-
ter big leagues, each sponsored by
a city organization. They are the
Cardinals by Cox Motor Company;
the Cubs by Ewing Christian; the
Tigers by Hub Clothiers: the Yan-
kees by the First National Bank.
Each boy has been outfitted with
a fine uniform and they are ready
to go to town in play.
It is the belief of those interest-
ed that this will be one of the
greatest movements to hold the
interest of young boys introduced
here in many years. 9
Don't forget Double header, Mon-
day evening at 5:15 o'clock.
Tpammm A BlndA
irannmg at sua
NORTH FORT HOOD, Tex.
July 28. —Training tapered of
today for citizen-soldiers of thi
49th armored division, whose two-
wek summer training period endi
tomorrow.
The national guardsmen, from 60
towns and cities, relaxed today as
finals were unreeled in baseball
and boxing tourneys.
The armored unit, consisting of
5,000 officers and men, will turn
in its equipment and vehicles to-
morrow and will go home in mili-
tary convoys Sunday.
Division Commander Albert S.
Johnson said last night he was
pleased with' the showing made by
his troops.
The guardsmen received their
pay yesterday.
CORRESPONDENT AT FRONT IN KOREA United Press correspon-
dent Robert Miller, left, interviews Capt. Kay Eastin, San Francisco,
Calif., near the front lines in S. Korea. Note the tired, dejected expres-
sion on Capt. Eastin's face. (NEA Telephoto by Ed Hoffman).
Rainfall Moves
East: Ranage Is
Reported Snail
(By UNITED PRESS)
Heavy rains which have pelted
North Central and Parts of East
Texas for two days lessened to-
day. They caused some crop dam-
age and isolated flooding.
The outlook was for considerable
cloudiness throughout the state
with a few scattered thundershow-
ers. It was raining lightly again
this morning in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area and around Tyler.
The Trinity River in the Dal-
las area was rising slowly and
measured 21.55 feet at the 8 a. m.
reading. The weather bureau pre-
dicted it would reach bankfull—
28 feet—but unless additional
heavy rains fall, no overflow was
foreseen.
Some 24-hour rainfall reports
ending at 6:30 a. m. included Dal-
las .96 inch, Farmersville 1.15,
McKinney 2.56, Fort Worth .9*2,
Big Spring .33, Beaumont .68,
Wichita Falls .25, Tyler .03, Tex-
arkana .04 and Dalhart .02.
Wise county, heaviest hit by
rains within the past 48 hours,
reported only a few more light
showers. The little community of
Boyd in Wise county had more
than seven inches and the West
Fork of the Trinity River tempo-
rarily flooded state highway 114
yesterday between Boyd and Par-
adise. The road was open today.
The rain area extended today
from the Dal las-Fort Worth area
eastward to Tyler, t'nence to the
Paris-Greenville area. It was clear
to partly cloudy in West Texas and
dry from Waco southward.
Temperatures yesterday ranged
from 103 at Cotulla to 80 at Tex-
arkana. Laredo reported 102 and
Presidio 101. This morning, tem-
Deratures ranged from 62 at Si'It
Flats to 82 at Galveston. At mid-
morning, the mercury staved in
the lower 70s in the rain belt of
North Central Texas but had climb-
ed to 79 at Abilene where it was
partly cloudy and 86 at Palacto.
The Highway Department In
Dallas said shortly before 10 a.
m. that it had received no report
of flooded roads.
Biggest Battle
Of Korean War
Now Under Way
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Saturday, July 29 <UJB
— American troops were fighting
desperately today to hold their
lines against an all-out Commun-
ist attempt to smash their positions
ami drive them out of Korea.
U. S. forces bearing the brunt
of the North Korean assault less
than lull miles northwest of Pu-
san had given some ground. And
the enemy has driven a wedge in
between the American 25th Di-
vision and the South Koreans
fighting on their right. ,
The biggest battle of the Ko-
ren war was on. It was being
fought on a blazing arc, the South
end of which nad been thrust with-
in 50 miles of the vital base of
Pusan. •
Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his
midnight communique described
the fighting as -'savage," in con-
trast with the usual restrained
language of his formal statements.
MacArthur reported that the
masstd Communist forces, who ap-
parently had thrown everything
they had into a showdown battle,
were "continuing heavy presure
all along the front." But he added
that, in general, our lines were
holding.
Field reports sent from Korea
before the midnight communique
said the Americans, outnumbered
four to one, fell back 20 to 25
miles on the south coast and up
to five miles near Yongdong under
the blows by some 45,000 Commun-
ist troops.
The North Korean 15th Division
drove a wedge between the Sixth
South Korean and the U. S. 25th,
the communique reported. It hap-
a motion to earmark funds raised j pened in the area of Ichon-Ni, 27
Local Ball Park
Management Goes
Back to Jaycees
Any organized games in the soft-
ball park for the remainder of the
season will be arranged through
Grady Slaughter, chairman of the
Jaycee committee in charge of
park management, it was decided
Thursday at Jaycee meeting.
Also passed at the meeting was
from the National Cutting Horse
Show- for the swimming pool
building projit* Hfc show will be
held here Sept. 4 under Jaycee
sponsorship.
The inter-city governing board
for the ball games at Recreation
Field dissolved last week when the
Elks dropped out and the city lea-
gue w-as disrupted. Now that man-
agement has reverted to the Jay-
cees, who built the park, they set
up a committee and agreed on sev-
eral rules of management.
The first of these is that the
park is to be leased by each play-
ing team through the ball park
committee. The Jaycees also set
aside Tuesday night for the ladies
to play.
Discussion over games on Sun-
day brought a reminder that funds
for building the park were obtain-
ed on the basis that the ball park
would not be used for organized
play on Sundays. The Jaycees em-
phasized Thursday that they would
not sponsor or allow organized
playing on Sunday, in compliance
with this original plan.
Javcees will also retain the con-
cessions stand in the park.
Guardsmen To Be
Paid For Iniuries
* W ■■MHw
AUSTIN, Tex.. July 28 <U.R>_
Texas National Guardsmen will be
compensated by the Veterans Ad-
ministration for injuries received
in line of duty while participating
:n training or maneuvers, it was
mnounced today.
The Veterans Affairs Commis-
sion said that under the law, Na-
ional Guardsmen training in time
>f peace are entitled to pension
'nd compensation benefits equal tr
hose paid members of the Regu-
ar Army.
Rates of compensation will de-
fend upon the circumstances of
njury. If the Guardsman was en-
-aged in "extra hazardous" dut'
>r under conditions simulating
var, compensation will be paid a*"
he same rate as to veterans. In-
'tries received in other than haz
rdous duty will be compensate*
t peacetime rates. Peacetime
ites are about 80 per cent o'
vartime rates.
National Guardsmen engaged tr
<urely state duty in connection
ith local emergencies such as dis
■ster relief or riot duty are no!
•overed by federal law.
Thanks For Votes
I wish to thank my many loyal
friends who supported me in my
recent campaign as candidate for
the office of County Clerk. Alth-
ough I did not win the race, I
feel as though it was a victory, as
I made many, many new friends.
(Signed)
J. D. (Jay) Eason
miles northeast of Yongdong.
The. Communists threw about
800 troops through the breach in-
to the rear area of the American
lines.
"Friendly troops are now hold-
ing firm, and are trying to close
the breach to restore their defens-
ive positions," MacArthur re-
ported.
He said the main weight of the
Communist onslaught along
the Taejon-Kumchon axis. South-
east of Yongdong the massed ene-
my troops and armor were press-
Continued on Page 9
Eighty Die From
Polio In 6 Months
AUSTIN. Tex., July 28 <U.P>—
Polio caused the death of 80 per-
sons in Texas during the first six
months of this year. State Health
Officer George W. Cox reported
today.
Cox said the 80 deaths compared
with 69 during tne same period
in
More than half the fatalities, the
State Health Officer said, involv-
i ed ^sidents of four counties—
Bexar, to; Dallas, 7; Hidalgo. 20,
| and Tarrant, 4.
I Two out-of-state residents were
included in the total. One was
from Oklahoma and the other from
A rkansas.
Of all polio deaths this year. 47
were males and 33 females. There
were 32 deaths^-imong those under
5 years of age: 13 among t^he 5-9
year olds; 14 in the 10-19 age
group, and 21 among those 2Q or
over.
Today And Tomorrow Critical Bays
For Americans In War Against Reds
By HARRY FERGUSON'
United Press Foreign News
Editor
Today and tomorrow are t'ne
days of decision in Korea.
The biggest battle of the war is
under way. It may go on for an-
other 24 hours or longer and when
it's over the American commanders
will know whether they can hang
on or whether they had
start assembling shipping
United Nations were deprived of
the one weapon in which they
have absolute superiority—planes.
The Communists hare attacked
with some 45,000 men, and have
made an end run around the
American left flank to a South
coastal highway that runs straight
into Pusan. At last reports the
Reds were some 50 miles from
better: Pusan with a force of about 1,000
for a1 men equipped with tanks add ar-
Dunkirk evacuation of the port of tillery. The Americans, hard pres-
Pusan. j sed in the center of their line, are
"The enemy seeks a decision,"! going to have to do something
•i spokesman at Gen. Douglas Mac-! quickly about that flanking force
Arthur's "neadsuarters said. "He before Red reinfrocements change
•vill do anything at all at this it from a big raiding party into
ime for a break through.'' an army.
Every dispatch from the front j We now have a semi-circular line
ndicates the American position is: protecting Pusan, but it is a thin
■ritieal. What the American com- j line. If it cracks seriously at any
manders in Korea are trying to do i point, the Communists can pour
keen their position from ] through the breach, get in behind
changing from critical to desper-
ate.
We now hold a beach head con-
isting of roughlv one-fifth of the
territory in the Korean peninsual.
Our forces are^ outnumbered by
our troops and start isolating corai-
paraively smalt units. Then there
will be not one "lost battalion" of
Americans, but a dozen or so.
One of our difficulties in this
war is that we have never been
a ratio of four#© one. The Com-1 able to organize what soldiers call
.nunists opened their offensive in i "defense in depth." We haven't had
the rain which means that the!enough troops.
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