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READY FOR .MISSION—Some of the gunnm who participat-cd in minions over South Korea have their photo taken )u*1 before boarding. A« an air base in Japan, left to right: Staff Sergeant George Tether, Pittsburgh. Ta ; Staff Sergeant Nyle S Micxir. Arcadic. Calif.: Staff Sergeant Henry Fijal, Ford City. Pa Second Lieutenant Charles Avarrllo. Buffalo. N. Y.. a pi! t. and Staff Sergeant Maurice A Olson. Minneapolis, Minn.JS Artillery DuelsAs Invaders SnapArmy Denies Near FutureReserve CallWASHINGTON. July «—The Ar. f Tuesday discounted any im-•d ate prospect of mobllinng re-rvea or using the draft to mar-■ I new manpower In connection th the Korean war crisis. The r Force, however, authorised the c.ill to active duty of certain it* reserve electronic* speclal-» on a voluntary bails only lectronic* «feCtaliaU are officer* iiinrd in the use of radar *TTie authoriiation was *ent to eutenant General Ennu C. White-ad. heaJ lt;f the ContinenUI Air tmmnnd at Mitchell Air Force *e Long Hand. New York.The Air Forte said:OFFICERS will be recalled for period from *lx months to three art and airmen from *1* to 21 'tithlt;. Volunteer* should apply the continental command for eir area The Defense Department Umied formal rtatrment outlining the rmy'i position, ai follow*:The Department «f the Army ited Tuc-day that It D not con-mpfatlng asking for authority have Army reserve* and reserve ilk; called In the fore.eei.ble lure.■Neither doe* the Armv plan to i k for Duplication of the Selec-re Service lt;draft• Law to long it- authorised *trerigth can Oe aintallied by voluntary enlist- j enu.”The itatemrnt came within 2« •ura after the Defcn.e Depart-•fit. acting on Pre-ldent Tru-an* authority, ordered US Marie*. Marine Air unit* and BS iiperfortreo bomber* vent to the it Pacific war theater.Tlir. ORDERS went out In re-mn*e to a call by General Doug-a MacArthur for reinforcement i bolster American infantry steady moving into the battle of ed-invaded South Korea On this July «th holiday. Prew-lent Truman *pent the day quiet, r at Blair House while dispatches om lt;Icn. MaeArthur * headquar-■r* In Tokyo reported a ruing jry all along the South Korean •ont.The President had no rngage-»ent* scheduled and was reported eepmg a clo*e watch on develop-ent* in the 10 day old conflict. The South Korean Ambatiador. r John M Chang, released a •Her from Mr. Truman In which 'e pre-idcnt declared I deeply appreciate the heroism f the Korean defender* In their ght against the invader*. By the launch r*sistqnee of your govern-rent end your people you are flowing the world that freedom-iv.ng people will fight again* ommuni-m wherever it arises.Yank LinkTOKYO, W Wednesday 01 offensive tha The Ameri( leiy barrage South of Suw won’s fall We His comm: visions had p and were talSOVIETDEMANCMOSCOW. July « cow-, newspapers ga gr-t headline* Tvu-li for the unconditioni of American force* fi The statement of D Minister Andrei Gr* Ing the United NattaImni rvmea was accor ports of ms.-* meettn the Soviet Union v :opinion.Among the dispati : port, of meeting* of ! at which speaker*would ’ fight for peloriiAfroi NTHing*. In factories. Ir 1 and other place*, boG/s Finding Front Sa Than Rear Area 'Trafrom Mire Service*WITH AMERICAN FORCES ON THE KOREAN FRONT. July «-Many events of the first in day* of the Korean w»r won t be found In any rule hook* on now to fight a war. American military experts said Tuesday.II has become safer to fight up front than to travel behind the lines, because of littery, trigger-happy South K-'leantThe defenders have fled In terror upon seeing So* let-built tanks, yet have taken many a pot *hot at US bombers in the shy. TTiey blowup a bridge without warning when both American* and South Kwere on Ittwhrn a ntally.SOME KOI III Korean guards have a hah * of shooting first and challenging -trrwaid. and several soldier hitch-,ilkrrs have fired on lt;eep drivers who would not give them ride*.This is a civil war fought by Korean* recently llbrrated from long rule by th«- Japanese They were freed a* the result of the Allied victory in World War II NowSeoul lammed w )Ui refugees. Whether t ing to escape the Re. terror of the prop feared US air raid* NO MATTER w‘ia i* culled officially, would call it a rout In a country notednarrow valleys and I die*. L nks should h«Exhausted US military advisers i More than 1.101(10rhe Austin AmerSo. 36 Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 5.1950 2 Set
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