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S EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS HEAD HEAD- QUARTERS Korea UP Front Front Frontline line reports said North Korean forces steadily attacked I division positions north of oC Yong- Yong I dong don Thursday but hut that a major assault expected a against the Fir First t cavalry division had failed to develop by Thursday after after- noon I I TOKYO Friday July 28 P rP- rP I North Korean troops and armor I massed by night Thursday for an I attempted knockout blow in the center of American defense lines Gen Douglas MacArthurs MacArthur's headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in a release early Friday said there was nas a lull along the whole battlefront but that enemy pressure continued in such a a away way 1 as to indicate the Communists I were regrouping and for a new assault I MacArthur returned to Tokyo I Thursday from a swift s inspection tour of the Korean war front He was confident of ultimate victory I but foresaw a long and dif difficult cult I struggle Ie ahead Headquarters said aggressive I patrols in the southwest sector had pushed back a Korean red 1 column two miles to the vicinity of I 70 miles northwest of I I Plugs Plus Holes I I Two other holes were plugged on the approaches to PusanI I major A American m mer e r i c can a n supply port Other patrols moved into the highway highway highway high high- way town of 78 miles northwest of and made 1 contact with an enemy regiment I in about 22 miles southwest southwest south south- w west st of headquarters south south-I I said The situation in the center of of the line appeared menacing even en though headquarters reported no InO major or decisive action took place in the preceding 21 24 hours F Fro From r o m the front Associated Press Correspondent William Villiam R. R Moore reported three large Jarge Communist Communist Communist Com Com- columns were concentrating ing ing- east of in front of the U. U S. S First cavalry Divisions Group A spokesman at Gen Get MacArthur's MacArthurs Mac- Mac MacArthurs MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthur's Arthurs Arthur's headquarters in Tokyo said two of the reds' reds three best divisions the divisions the Second and Third Third Third- are massed in that sector From a forward post with the First cavalry Moore reported American artillery has opened a thundering bombardment of Communist Communist Communist Com Com- infantry concentrations The Communist radio at Pyongyang Pyongyang Pyongyang Pyong Pyong- yang North Korea said red coastal batteries have sunk stInk an American warship off Yosu a port the reds say they have captured It is on a peninsula 20 O miles south of which in turn turnis is 18 miles behind the farthest point of advance of the reds on the dangerous southern front There the tile Americans have begun beg See Seo Pa Page t 3 Column 3 8 Reds Poise Attack On Central I Korean Sector r Continued from Page One One attacking American patrols here herc p pushed sh d elements of the r red Fourth division back in m the vicinity of I MacArthurs MacArthur's summary I said I In Washington President Truman Truman Truman Tru Tru- man announced that the U. U S. S is not considering using the atomic bomb in the Korean war He told I his news conference he still reverently reverently rev- rev I j hopes for world peace The I president also said he saw no necessity now for wage price and man power controls to meet the current emergency adding that if these measures come they will be part of an out all mob mobilization he hopes the country will not need Before Gen MacArthur the i United Nations commander left I Ithe the front from his second surprise visit of the Korean campaign the Communists jumped off cast of red-held red Y Yong Apparently the reds were ready to throw two full divisions into the new offensive offen- offen sive aimed at I lin in the vital tal corridor to main American supply port South Sonth Koreans Attack About 35 miles to the northeast northeast north- north east cast South Korean troops mounted mount mount- ed a sudden and vigorous counterattack counterattack counterattack counter counter- attack northwest of driving ng Communist forces back seven miles American planes gave the South Koreans effective support knocking out two of five tanks in a red column South Koreans also attacked successfully on the east coast be below below below be- be low Yong-dok Yong some 25 miles north of the held American-held beachhead at They were supported by heavy hea land and naval artillery fire and by air attacks The main battle was shaping shaping- up swiftly in the thc central sector A from Eighth Eig army headquarters said about North Koreans slipped behind an in infantry infantry infantry in- in fantry regiment position in the divisions division's sector but U. U S. S planes were believed to have eliminated eliminated eliminated this threat First Cavalry Cavalry- Braces The U. U S. S First cavalry braced itself for the shock of the new red attack east of Artillery Artillery Artillery Ar Ar- tillery pounded the advancing reds and planes sprayed them with rocket and machine-gun machine fire Tanks were not observed in the advancing column but American tank killer units moved into tion Elsewhere along the arching mile front the reds were stalled or blunted On the southwest southwest southwest south south- west end U. U S. S infantry infantry possibly possibly fresh troops troops pushed pushed the Communists Communists Communists out of 70 miles west of in a blow against the red envelopment threat on the U. U S. S west flank It was the deepest penetration of the reds in their drive along the southern coast of Korea |