The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 8

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Monday April 9 1951 -N 11 LI A 4 DALY 11A A L3 2 0 KYJ I I 4) 0 110Lril 0 Tank Bucks Tough Terrain In Pursuit of Fleeing Reds taitta Nation's troops hammered yartiby-yard gains on a ttogio 1 tank is shows 'in pursuit of retreating Communists over this Irsst throagh rugged kill mangey above Korea's nth parallel A hilly krrala lied troops are now launching still eounterottensis'es 1 Battalion of Chinese Bandits Crosses Indo-Cilinri Border Artillery Pounds Red Power Center GOOD IttlINGS CAMMOT LAST -For IcavErt AND MUST EMD 111 6 DAYS ENDS Apra loci so Hurmlin ort YOU'LL DE SORRY! 211 DEOTT-22-310--VE 0 RIGBY AIR5IAN ON LOST-B-29 IN ORIENT TOKYO April tat The names of 12 officers and crew of a S-29 -which was lost 10 daYs ago between Okinawa and Korea were released here Suntday One wu Cat Payne Jennings 34 Palm Spring -Cal4 com- mender of the Illth bomb group command Far East air force ---Search for the-- 13-29-'svas baited Sunday The bomber bad started on a combat mission to Korea but was forced to turn back with engine trouble Others aboard the missing Plane Included First Lt Ray Jardine 21 -bombar4ler242 Rigby aD 111712 U) L-2 tty Seyme' ur Topping Assmiale4 Preps Wrtior HANOI Indo-China April A battalion of Chinese troops has Invaded 'northwest Indo-China but top French military officers said' Sunday there is a strong possibility they are bandit16-- French army communique 'T-- 7-released- In Saigon referred to 1 the Invaders as bands of irregular Chisese) French army headquarters hers announced the battalion seized the border town of Ban Nam Koung oi April 1 marched southward eight miles to take the larger town of Phong Tho and was hesde4 toward the provincial eaoltal of Lei Chau about 170 mks northwest of Hanoi MrUtt Troops trench paratroopers and Mo poetan were airlifted Into Lai Chao 11L'41-1at end Solo days despite bad weathers to re-Inform the small Trench garrt son there Their arrival restored calm after some officials and their 1 families fled in panic at the news of the Chine-se invasion Many of these already have returned to their homes Tile Invaded arts has been controLtd by local anti-Communist Partisana of Thal (Siamese) oil gin who hive carried en continual 'guerilla warfare 'against the jungle Vietminh forces of Moscow-backed lia Chi Minh It was the Wind time in two months than Ban Nam Kuong has fallen Into Chinese hands French headquarters revealed that Chinem Communist irons had at- tacked-1nd briefly occupied the town in mitMarch taking 21 members of the local garrison including a French polka noncommissioned officer prisoner Despite hopes of a local settlement the prboners have not yet been returned To Cable Report Gen Raoul Satan deputy to French commander Gen Jean I de Lottre de Tessiimy--- flew to Lai Chou this morning and I brought back a full report to be cabled to the French govern-moot told reporters the Tteneti are setting up a defense line 15 miles north of Lai Chau to halt the Chinese march down the Nam Na river valley The Invaders will run into strong Thal opposition too at the small valley town of Patin 33 miles north of Lai Chits Should it be learned that the Invaders are red troops under Peiping orders after all the French are expected to take an extremely cautious attitude lame Smilig 4 Combat Exposure Basis of Rotation' TOKYO April II of Arnerkan army troops In Korea will be based on cothbat exposure and total time of sem Ice in Korea rather than on a "point system's such as was used during World War II Maj Gem A Beiderlinden assistant chief of staff Ci Far East command said preference will be given to Meer' and men who had the longest combat exposure on a "most-eligible-first basis" Come loin tho Happy Bargain Seekers Truckloads after truckloads of Fine Furniture Carpets and Appliances kayo cur storoafter cachlkuc- tion if wanteld Don't hesitate come tomorrow don't bo a 11117ish I Had" later Selling Out at Least V2 of this Largo Stock of 0)6011114d teem Page One the Inue road the Chinese threw a barrage of 200 rounds of 120- mm mortar fire within 13 Despite reported evidence of a rod -buildup in western Korea allied troops In that sector still had not made any hard contact with the foe The biggest red deployment 'was south and southeast of shelled Chorwon In the Ilwachon reservoir area other artillery drove the reds from a 2500-ft hill Two 200-man attacks were thrown against the troops southeast of Ilwathon The first was repulsed In a 13-minute clash Ten minutes later the reds attacked again The second thrust was beaten back as quickly as the first Both sides pulled back alter these engagements Reds Cling le Ridge American troops later tailed to dislodge the reds from high ridge south-southeast of Ilwachoir The Chinese beat off the attack with heavy mortar fire Allied tighter bombers and artillery hammered a red battalion below the eastern end of the 'reservoir near Yanggu Between 500 and SOO reds there were forced back by American troops attacking southwest of the town Eighth army reported PSO reds killed or wounded In Sunday's scattered fighting May Launch Costater-Brive A corespondent Leif Erickson at Eighth army headquarters said the fed stand at Hwachon reservoir indicated the Chinese "may soon launch an expected countemlfensive a the Chunchon-Wenju axis in central Korea" "But them was yet no evident that any Communist counter drive had started" he Added General hiscArthur's munique said "The ChorwonKumhwa-Ilwachon triangle re- mains a principal southern ter-1 minus (lot' red traffic) but In- 1 tressed movements Into the environs of Units and Kumchon diesto--a-westwarct extension-of the buildup area" Only light scattered resistance was reported on the eastern end of the allied line Ileavy fighting developed Sunday north of the Chunchors see I 1 3 1 I ti SI gl ti Ii el I til hi hi 311 lii re th el Ri isa se br UI Ss ol Sepr d( to oil ch thi ha In to so DS 'is 1 you C11E11101 TO moss! 3C" Ir3 STE'SIKa NE32 FuriltlialMBEI RAgl I onill'ozts Drz ily at Ecch4 uctcon! r91 al 3 11 CP ivy Your kk DIEN KISOWS FOOD PRODUCTS Oott toed Sottlep i -1 r--- 1 i i 1 rip pi L1 :01 L1- 's fill' 1 bi --Ar it i'''llie 41- oilliter io 1100 1 0 Ag tie 1 2 tar 4 0t 145 4'4 1 7: I 010 'ace A I 6 tit fa tip" 110 a e'lleitt4 I If At 41311 6 's i I pi 7 -s el 4- -2 i 1- 4'- e' Zor' 1 4 Ill 't 12tI' 1 4014t A I I li A ::4 4 I 1 1 jr tt114'flAT-11 0 I :6 0 el II 6 IP mommannow 1 4 1 41Kqh 1 4 i 0 at ft dobvm --t-- dr: i 7 4-c-- i tes 4 4 Ai fli -T 4 4- 0 P7 't i --1 l- A 0 N''' t4t1A-1 WEN KISOWS ROOD PRODUCTS Olottlood kottlep Chazge Maackurias Zombie( I as 15 Dorm Balance ri asy Acrms--t'ay as Easy Terms! 1 77:711 I I 1 As far as the Communist leaders are concerned this is aa all-out life-and-death struggle" Ridgway affirmed "There is nothing temporary about Communist determination to destroy us completely" The Chinese Communist radio IL Peiping quoting the official red newspaper "People's Daily" threatened: -me Chinese people will yet make the enemy pay his blood debts" Denouncing an alleged bombing and strafing of Manchurian border points by planes the broadcast declared "These atrocious actions cannot save American aggressors from their fiasco in Mother red broadcad asserted that 24 American 13-29 bombers accompanied by jet fighters dropped 50 bombs "in the city area" of Antung April 7 Antung Is a Manchurian thy just across the" Yalu river 'boundary' from Sinuljts northwest Korea 1 r---1 1 1 -ank rl lri 11 I -1-1L Li1111 1) c' -i7i 12A (7 Sr6-- L1 -L-111 Li (7 'rdi 0-)) ik ''''t 40rcw -1 lo ati bh an tbWaMFON4Mii41W011100MA11MatitaidliWaklabftAtabliidg 1110 MilmMftft 41141 fib.