European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 41 the stars and stripes september 1950 German dead in Russia put at Mullion sept 21 an official government Survey estimated that As Many As German prisoners i t War died in soviet prison the Survey showed this was nearly so per cent of the total Esti mated number of German army personnel who were left in the missing or As the Survey was undertaken As a partial answer to russian charges that the Western Powers Are with holding secret death lists that name missing German army to said the soviets highest admitted number of soviet held pcs is Only figures tally a Quick addition of the two sums secret dead and the equal with fair accuracy the total estimated number of German army personnel who were hanging laundry on Thep hang line a we from Manchuria while their washing dries on the an american tank Crew checks this Lank if waiting on the Beach below Pahang for writers to Mot up against the communist chiefs flee Seoul left in the user the soviet figure of some secret dead is also quite close to figures of missing personnel from German statist Tea the Survey said although firm statistics Are the enormity of the pm death rate in the Early Days of especially the Winters of 1945 and cannot be and although this fact is prob ably Well known to the relatives of Many the appalling highness of the pm death rate is probably not quite realized very Little widespread publicity has been Given to the undeniable fact thai if not an overwhelmingly great of these missing probably died in the Ugur As mostly in the Camps during the disastrous Early  menaces fort 21 vie Minh forces were reported massing today for a pos sible attack on in the weat Ern sector of the French defense line 150 Miles North of a military spokesman said the vie Minh concentrations were directly menacing two la okays perimeter the isolated supplied entirely by guards one of the most important invasion parallel to the Kunming Haiphong the spokesman said vie Minh pressure elsewhere along the fron tier had French Relief columns were slowly pushing up colonial he there was no official Confirma Tion that vie Minh troops had evacuated he continued from Page 1 prong of the pincers knocked the reds from Hills astride a three Miles Northwest of the As the two Marine regiments struck toward the heart of supported by a furious air and land the 7th div attacked to Cut the Road and railway network South of there was no Date word of the motorized communist column last reported Only 35 Miles North of Seoul after entering Korea from forty tanks were reported in the column of 200 which was under air attack Washington officials said they had received no word of the six footholds on the Southern in forces had six footholds on the Western Banks of the Paktong River along a with one Force nearly 10 Miles into enemy they captured flaming Tab Dong in the on Bowling Alley Road running North from and were taking an increasing number of prisoners with thousands of others trapped behind the front dispatches made it Clear that the marines had not yet entered except perhaps for Small probing cmdr h commander of tactical air control so said 5th regt patrols had entered the North Ern outskirts of the capital wednes Day but it was evident their main Mission was to feel out enemy strength rather than to launch an attack on the up correspondent Rutherford Poats said one Marine unit swept across a Mil wide Valley of Rice across 20foothigh dikes and a Small Han fiver tributary into the Western Section of Yong Tungpo at pm pm Ger Many time yesterday Marine and Navy some operating from Kimpo air filled cloudless skies Over the smoke smudged attacking in roaring dives with machine guns and flaming gasoline Jelly so they were sparing Seoul on the Seoul front with the said prisoners of War and refugees from Seoul disclosed that the communists had commandeered All streetcars to evacuate they said korean under ground members the cites utilities and had prepared for mass uprising when the marines reached the red dignitaries flee communist Miller had fled through the town in Large leaving Only military personnel to be seen on the communist general Headquarters also had been removed from the but both the soviet and chinese communist embassies were reported still functioning with no indication they intended to sept 21 army Headquarters flatly denied to Day a report that a column of 40 tanks and 200 trucks moving southward from the manchurian Border toward the Seoul reports that communist troops were collapsing around the Pusan beachhead also were a spokesman said the red resistance is still strenuous and extremely the spokesman was questioned closely As to whether he meant there was no evidence of an enemy column moving out of Man Churia to join the or whether he merely meant that no information of this kind had reached he replied was authorized by the High command to say there is no evidence anywhere of such a movement from he amended his statement to say As far As we know in Washington there is no such column moving either out of Manchuria or from the manchurian but he Mannheim woman convicted of false charges against i 21 Elsa of has started serving a six month prison sentence following conviction yesterday of making false accusations against a the trial was held Here in the 5th judicial District court of the Allied High mrs Krebs not guilty to the charges but was found guilty and sentenced by judge Paul to trial Krebs filed reports with police that an american Soldier accosted he night of july forcibly her into a drove her against her will to an isolated spot and attacked the prosecution contended she a captured contained soviet wounded accidentally 21 Donohoe department of the army civilian employed by the 24th base accidentally shot himself last night with a although his injury is not he was taken to the 97th in Gen Mcbride of new chief of general staff school 21 May Gen Horace Mcbride has been named cd of the army Gen eral staff school at the army announced a native of has been serving As chief of the joint military Mission for Aid to he succeeds maj Gen John Taylor who becomes cd of the antiaircraft artillery and guide missile Center at log books and instruction pamphlets showing it had been used by rus Sian army units until mid july when it was shipped to Korea and turned Over to the communist near and British troops poured across the Paktong by the hundreds yesterday but immediately ran into heavy communist the 24th div was driving toward Kimchon and Botn West of the but Progress was slowed by heavy enemy re new fails farther South along the the 2d div had to withdraw from a crossing West of Yon san when they met Strong enemy oppo but six beachhead remained on the West the 1st Cav which took Tab Dong in the reported some to reds were locked in a pocket a mile South of the toward the the South korean St div gained More than Yards yesterday to occupy the Village of 20 Miles North of and the South singly the and made the the assert edly false accusations to explain to her husband her absence from Home for the Rok Engineer shot for blasting Bridge somewhere in South to 21 Choi who ordered the Han River Bridge at Seoul dynamited on june 28 in the face of his own retreating was executed by a firing squad Choi was convicted by a court martial of negligence leading to Large losses of life and property Many South korean soldiers were killed and huge quantities of ammunition and supplies were so Laid by the Hasty the execution of former chief of the South korean army Engineer was announced by col Yang South korean judge shave 21 the Barbers employers Guild voted last night to increase the Price of korean 1st div captured a haircut from 85 cents to a 25 Miles North of left a Clear impression that wished the denial to the spokesman said he had asked in the right quarters about the a port and had received an unqualified reply that there no evidence of such a and that he personally did not believe that the column regarding the fighting farther South around he we have scored but there no indication of an enemy news of the world prices upped by american Woolen new 21 american Woolen the world largest manufacturer of Woolen and worsted yesterday boosted prices 45 to 60 cent a the fifth increase since june the 45cent increase was on and women worsted and tha 60 cent Rise was on a few fancy they apply to any remain ing production for delivery in the first Quarter of next Trade circles Are of the opinion the company had Little production left to offer for the first j and that Many of its customers already had purchased a Arier 1951 needs at the lower asked to sign up As defense volunteers new 21 total of new yorkers were asked today to Volunteer As air raid auxiliary policemen and firemen in the civilian defense j Arthur director of new Yorks civil asked citizens to go to the nearest police and fire stations and prepare to Bej Gin training us nationalized transport j shows million loss 21 j nationalized transport system lost j last the annual report disclosed the report for the second year under government ownership blamed the deficit on a losing race Between rising costs and higher belgian socialists oppose 2year military service 21 Gums socialists today joined the communists in opposing the raising of compulsory military service Froni j one to two i czech decorated in War i by user flees to West 21 j Stepan one of four Czecho slovaks decorated during the War As a hero of the soviet has escaped to Western Germany and asked for the free czechoslovak information service i shave will Cost 75 j reported High commissioners to discuss foreign chiefs decisions with Adenauer continued from Page 1 state of War would be ended As soon As ending of the state of my cloy will not affect the Legal basis of the there Are Many he where an occupation has continued after the state of War Mccloy said the Mobile police Force approved by the foreign ministers will be built to an initial strength of this number May be increased but Mccloy said the police would not be an army in the Guise of the High commissioner was asked whether an attack by the soviet sponsored Peoples police against Western Germany would come under the Western pledge to protect the Bonn in he pointed out that the pledge stipulated an attack from whatever he said the decision to lift the German steel quota meant that German steel going for Western de sense would not be charged against the existing on Bonns decision to oust communists and rightists from govern ment Mccloy remarked he was glad to see the Federal government take an affirmative attitude against the on sided Avalanche of communist attacks from the he declared he understood French occupation troops would be in creased in along with the reinforcement of and British arrival of the additional he depended to a cer Tain extent on the Korea but he emphasized More troops would be dispatched regardless of Mccloy was asked about a report from Washington that he might leave Germany to take a Job under Gen George Marshall in the defense i dont contemplate taking an other i have plenty to do he the new York my cloy aimed at heading off War by creating a position of strength and in the United he i found a very widespread determination to do whatever is Neces sary to bring the world into better adjustment