The Key West Citizen

B-29's Slug North Korean Strongholds

By MILO FARNETI

SEOUL, Korea (AP)—Allied bombers in force dropped tons of high explosives on Communist targets across the battered Korean Peninsula last night.

B-29 Superforts returned to Pyongyang and pounded that Commie North Korean capital with more than 100 tons of bombs. Their fly-by-night partners, twin-engined B26s, ranged over the Red highway network and reported 126 Red trucks destroyed. It was the biggest bag since May and the fourth straight night pilots reported destruction of more than 100 Red trucks.

Ground fighting tapered off along the 155-mile battlefront with only a few minor Red probes reported.

The B29s hit a supply area in Pyongyang without opposition. The bombers, based in Okinawa and Japan, flew over heavy clouds and aimed their bombs with electronic devices.

Aerial reconnaissance had indicated heavy truck traffic in the target area and a large buildup of war supplies for the front.

Other B26s hit a supply area at Pukchong on the East Coast.

The U.S. Eighth Army said Chinese Reds probed the Bunker Hill area in Western Korea twice Tuesday morning, then withdrew after a brief fight.

Red casualties for the week ended Sunday were announced as 3,743, the highest figure since January. South Korean troops fighting around Capitol Hill and Finger Ridge in the central sector accounted for more than half the Red toll, the Army said.