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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1950
Page
3
An Eighth Army spokesman says about 209 Reds crossed the 38th parallel near Korangto-ri, driving back an Allied reconnaissance unit shortly before midnight Friday. A First Corps spokesman reports two Chinese Communist soldiers captured a few hundred yards south of the line after a patrol clash yesterday.
The Naples Christmas Pageant drew crowds Friday night but fog halted the midway. Judges announced winners before the stage fog returned, with sweepstakes debts capped by Dr. R. L. Canon as top boat winner. First prize went to Robert Zeitan, second to Long Beach Outboard Club, third to A. W. Freeland. choirs won by Lakewood Singers, Zahl Meister Singers, and Madrigal Singers.
The Chicago Daily News somberly recalls Howard Vincent O’Brien and his column So Long Son from 1942 about a son taken into the army. As holidays surge with parties, editors honor fathers and mothers awaiting their boys. The piece notes no band or ceremony, a quiet season marked by absence.
A grim Yule holiday toll looms as traffic deaths surge toward a record. The National Safety Council warned 440 fatalities over the long weekend, with 177 killed from Friday 6 p.m. to Saturday midnight. A fatal crash near Puente and a multi-vehicle pileup on foggy Pacific Coast Highway near San Onofre raised the casualty count.
Allied soldiers freed by Communist captors were evacuated yesterday behind enemy lines near Yonchon six miles north of the 38th parallel. An 8th Army spokesman said 11 Americans and 23 Koreans were released at 5 am with three Fifth Air Force helicopters conducting the mission and fighter planes providing cover. A T-6 observation plane spotted a snowbound sign for help eight miles between Chorwon and Sariwon.
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