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E fighting Onward residents repelled

* the Onward schoolhouse.

_ several Walton residents were . socked with fists before they re-

from windows,

Onward Fights, By Walton

Repel Attempts To Consolidate

Two Schools

By HENRY GLESING Times Staff Writer

in invasion by the neighboring town of Walton this morning in

About 150 Onward residents, alerted by a tip from a “traitor” in Walton, gathered in the school yard to prevent Walton residents from moving desks and seats into

Onward thus ‘condnued to resist attempts to consolidate the two schools, placing the grade school in Onward and the high school in Walton. Desks Broken Eight desks were broken and

an attempt to take over the EB % schoolhouse.

Tight fit, oh what? Little

tired to their home town, still carrying the graded school desks. | During the violence, Sheriff Claude Berkshire of Logansport, remained at the city limits. Hi had been told of the invasion at-

THe truck passed Sheriff Berkshire’s car en route to Onward. The sheriff was alone and driving about 20 miles an hour. “Operation Onward” started at 8 a. m. today in Walton. The maneuver was generalled by Virgil Turner, Tipton township school trustee, who i a Walton resident.

t Casualty A crew of 12 Walton residents loaded 130 grade school seits on a truck, intending to place them in the Onward school and bring back to Walton 85 larger seats for high school students. First casualty was Otis Winters who fainted while carrying a desk to the truck.

the sheriff to tell him of his plans. The sheriff said he would escort

cided not to wait for the sheriff. Three. men boarded the truck

the other Waltonites followed in

cars, They took a back road to avoid detection. During the five-mile drive, many cars passed the truck at high speed, bent toward Onward. Farmers were running ‘along the railroad tracks into Onward. Waiting For Truck

When the truck drove into. the schoolyard, about a dozen men were already waiting. Within a few minutes the crowd swelled

10 100,.and before it was all over

there were about 150 people crowded around the school. One Onward resident proceeded to let the air out of the truck

. tires. Another shouted: “You

out. Take that truck out of here while you still can.” Despite the threats, Mr. Finney climbed onto the back of the

“truck and started to unload seats

and desks. Onward residents pulled him down, toppling several desks and seats, :

w Fists Fly

“That's when fists began to fly.

About 75 persons were involved in the melee, most of them Onward people. An Onward schoolteacher, Calvin Alber, got into the crowd and managed to stop the fight. Order was restored. Onward - pupils, who watched

clapped when the Walton truck was reloaded and headed back. Cheers also came from six women who had clasped hands to form a chain blocking the door into the school building. They were reinforced by husky high school boys. 3 “Mr. Turner said he has called a meeting of Walton residents for tonight to discuss new strategy. SLAPS AT “WAR TREND” DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 6 (UP)—A program of. action to reverse “the mad trend toward a third world war” was submitted today to the 17th biennial convention of the United Lutheran Church in America.

cheered and

61st YEAR—NUMBER 208 °°°.

‘Little Babe’ Has Ti

Four produce yards with the aid of a Cole Brothers’

tonight and tomorrow with light showers tomorrow night. Showers and cooler Sunday. Low tonight 54.

warmer

Babe squeezes her ip. out of a

10 Elephants Taking Stroll

The Herd Is Least Excited of Entire

Crowd in Downtown

Traffic-hardened Indianapolis motorists and pedestrians got the

Street March

shock of their lives downtown this morning. .

They saw 10 dusty, hay-strewn elephants taking a stroll from | Maryland St. up Delaware St. and out Fall Creek Blvd. into the 95 year-old Greenfield soldier was|

State e Eyes popped, mouths dropped

Nab 3 in $6000 Copper Wire Theft

they hooked the suspects under $15,000 bond each,

state police were still to figure how the 14-ton haul was

obtained. . One of the three arrested was d Albert Decker, 1129 St., one of the “fighting Deckers” frequently on the police blotter. = Decker, who once seriously in-

with Leonard A. Goff, 20, of 858 N. Bast St. and Edwin Alpes, 23, of 1132 E. Georgia St., on charges of pre-larceny and auto banditry. State police said they were trying to sell the loot to a junk deal-| er for about half its value when! they were arrested today The wire, weighing more than 128,000 pounds, was stolen early Wednesday from Lenore Substation on State Road 37 south of Indianapolis, Company officials said the wire ‘was stored in rolls in the station] yard. Thieves apparently un-| reeled the wire and‘ cut it into! lengths to facilitate loading, company officials said. It was undetermined how they loaded

from the —PSC’s| Indianapolis. £ ul one for long ¢

“We usually get walks,” Trainer Jones said, “but TI

open. People came running out of stores and restaurants to gape. Brakes squealed as the. nibble-

eared mastodons ignored traffic Ralston, 562 N. Tomlinson 8t.,| The

An 87-Year-Old Mom

IS 2! moths ga-tumphed, in pairs behind

International Dairy Exposition _ Alongside men” wielding hogked poles to keep their charges in line, trunk to tail, and to discourage those inquisitive trunks from snatching at grass and tree leaves growing at street-side. A woman dozing in a parked car on Delaware St. nearly lost her teeth when she opened her eyes to find Louie's trunk nuzzling gently at the car window. 40-Year-Old ‘Baby’ Behind Big Babe and Louie came Carrie, Jean, Big Jennie, Nellie, Wilma, Little Babe, Little Jennie and Tessie, 40-year-old “baby” of the herd.

They had no police esco in

they told us here they were all tied up with the garbage strike Mr. Jones said the walk would be good for his tingent.

=)ped Exercise

or carried away the loot, officials added. : ; ity "Have Crime Records | Both Decker and Goff have criminal records and were ar-| rested on Jan. 31 when police stopped Goff on a charge of reck-| less and drunken driving. They said he was carrying a gun. | Decker has a record dating)

charges of disorderly conduct and’

resisting an officer, as well as, drunkenness and third degree! burglary. Goff, first arrested in 1948, has been convicted twice for resisting arrest and convicted along with Decker on a third degree Other convictions included disorderly conduct, drunkenness, drunken driving, reckless driving, violation of the firearms act. The men were held under $15,000 bond after arraignment before Speedway Magistrate George Ober today. The arrests climaxed an undercover investigation of fue theft by city and state police orces. :

Annual Fall =: % Problem Faces

"Good News—The Cool ~

People With Trees

back to 1946, including multiple!

“They need the exercise,” he said, “and they're pretty used to traffic. Get scared sometimes, though, by.” . : A shrill blast from one of the elephants caused him to whirl around. > “Tail ’'em up, there!” shouted. “Ge 'em in line!” And on they went, ga-lumph, ga-lumhp, ga:-lumph. . . .

GETS KEY VFW POS CHICAGO, Oct. 6 (UP)—Carl E. Ries of Aurora, former I}linoi. department commander of the

ircus "elephant man."

(lights, “What th’? Hey Joe, ¢’mon out! Looky here!” | | Least excited of all were the elephants. |

Battered by Land, Air, Reds Fear New From Sea

Rebels Capture Ed Lopat Seeks Third Yankees

Squeeze

Seg % railroad haggage car at the Big

People Come "Runnin’ fo See i Hoosiers Die

In Korean Action

Greenfield Soldier | Listed as Wounded |

Five Indiana men were rer

{reported wounded. KILLED IN ACTION { i Pfc. James - Dorman Ralston {(Marine), son of James David

{and Mrs. Pauline Ralston, W. Va.| Pfc. Burl Richard Youse, son of {Mrs, Anna May Youse, Knights-| town. { Sgt. William R. Hobson, son of | Mr. and Mrs, Clem Hobson, | Evansville.

Sfe. Dwight D, Jones, son of William O. Jones, Shoals.

Border Point

Bin Indo-China

| French Fall Back | As Battle Rages Over Wide Sector

B SAIGON, Indo-China, Oct.

8 (UP) -—— Communist - led guerrillas launched local at-

tacks throughout Indo-China

‘today, driving French troops out of at least one border

{strong point. The chief threat appeared to be

mile front in northern IndoCo ; “Page Reds keeping eye on Hong Kong .......ce0veeve 2

|China, near the border of Red] {China, but other battles were rag-|

ported killed in action today. Allng as far south as Cochin China.!

A French army

hundreds of miles north, west and south of Saigon. northern attack forced French troops to retreat from an outpost between the border citadels of Thatkhe and Langson. Chain of Blockhouses which border post had Thatkh attack {important fortresses —

and Dongdang — and a chain of ponents in the majors, 2 the tw o year-old native New Yorker regis-ito- right center field.

blockhouses between

Attac

spokesman | id the Reds were attacking mpg crafty ex-Pittsburgh port- HITS. {all along an arc stretching fori gq. gpecializes in slow curves,

abandoned, but pointed out thatiaimost exclusively.

RT TH

Nacham of the outstanding control ex-

WOUNDED IN ACTION

M/Sgt. Joseph L. McNally, husband of Mrs. Germana McNally, ‘important Viet Minh concentrations”

| points. An

nist

official

(Commu-| belted this season, had cut

strode nine “elephant,

all-female con-|

if a fire engine comes|

Greenfield. ; A Defense Department telegram has advised Mrs. Germana' MgNally her husband has been wounded in Korea. The 25-year-old Greenfield soldier is a veteran of World War II service in the South Pacific. He arrived in Korea in August. He has a brother, Cpl. Francis W.| McNally who is with the Air Force stationed at Cocoa, Fla. M/8Sgt. McNally has a son Joseph, who is three and a daughter Rita Louise, who is 8 months old. | In a letter home Pfe. Richard Youse said he was “confident that the conflict would soon be over.” The conflict is over for Pfc. Youse of the U, 8. Marines. He was killed in action on Korea on Sept. 25. The... letters to his two’

near Seoul. {serving with the 1st Marine Division. A graduate of the 1948 class of Knightstown High School, he en--

Plc. Youse !listed in the Marines in July, 1048.

After a furlough home in Febru-! tary and March, 1950, he was sent overseas in July. Pfc. Youse is| the third Knightstown soldier to be killed. :

|are five sisters and a brother.

12,644,000 FORCE LOOMS

| WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UP) {~The Armed "Forces, barring 'an , unusual change in plans,

{will have a total

le sl i |

{| “numerous” routes China, south of Saigon, and {attacking outposts from a poin

{75 miles south of here to the Cam-

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Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Dally,

Victory for | Heintzelman on Mound for Phillies

By LEO H. PETERSEN | United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, Oct. 6—Sensing a swift sweep, the cocky

ce te eee e———— rs ett ——————

Vv se

PRICE FIVE CENTS

The lineup:

PHILADELPHIA — NEW YORK Waitkus, 1b Rizzuto, ss Ashburn, cf Coleman, 2b Jones, 3b Berra, Ennis, rf DiMaggio, cf Sisler, If Bauer, If Hamner, ss Mize, 1b Beminick. ¢ Johnson. 3b Goliat, 2b igpes, rf Heintzelman. p Lopat. ©

Umpires—Plate

1b. Charles Berry (A. L.) CL

New York Yankees sent ian N LL). 3b r L . . le field foul line Al Barlick | stocky southpaw Ed Lopat in right fieid foul line, Bill McKinley (A. L quest. of their third straight Phillies... 000 001 Yankees. . 000 100

conquest over the floundering Philadelphia Phillies today as the World Series scene shifted from Shibe Park to Yarikee Stadium. | Manager Eddie Sawyer of the victory-desperate Phillies said he {would use Ken’ Heintzelman, an angular, graying 35-year-old left-

la large-scale attack on a 35- hander, instead of Bob Miller, the

|tall 22-year-old right-handed] rookie only a year removed from: {Terre Haute of the Three-I League. The veteran Heintzelman won only three games while nine this season, but showed occasional flashes of pitching brilliance,

{sliders and “soft stuff,” the same| assortment of pitches that bothered the Yankees all season long. . Control Exponent Until today, all pitchers used by both sides were right-handers.

will mix up the One

ching pattein.

{tered 18 victories, lost only eight was called out on strikes. Jones communique said/times and rarely was liberally singled. Ennis popped to Rizzuto. INO RUNS, ONE HIT.

It will mark Lopat’s second ap-|

last year's classic although Allie

Play-by-Play

PHILLIES—Waitkus rifled Lopat's third pitch to right field for a single. Ashburn struck out. Jones grounded out. Ennis grounded out NO RUNS, ONE HIT. YANKEES Coleman lined

Rizzuto walked. to. Hamner and

losing Rizzuto was easily doubled off|

Berra walked. DiMaggio NO RUNS, NO

first, flied to Ennis.

Second Inning

PHILLIES — Sisler grounded out. Hamner singled. Seminick singled. Goliat grounded out. Heintzelman grounded out. NO RUNS, TWO HITS.

. | YANKEES — Bauer grounded The spokesman would not say Until today also, the Phillies have out, Mize popped to Goliat. John-| been been swinging against fast balls son struck out, NO RUNS, NO|

|HITS. CR | Third Inning

PHILLIES — Mapes made a! the 32- running catch of Waitkus' drive 88 ®

Ashbur

Koreans Push On Key Base At Wonsan

6th Division Crosses 38th; East Coast Waters Heavily Mined

By EARNEST HOBERECHT

United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Oct. 6—A third South Korean division sent its troops across the 38th (Parallel today. There were indications that the North Korean Commu-

nists, under attack by land and air, also feared they were going to be hit from a third direction— the sea. U. 8. naval forces reported that ast coast waters from Changjon

\ Page Balance sheet for week in ’

| Korean War ............ 3 {Hoosier Heroes ........... 9 {World Report .....cco00uen 15 New. amphibious job in | Korea hinted ...... ceees 19 {Strategy in Asia ......... «24 The Wounded Don’t Cry ... 35

50 miles north to Wonsan had {been heavily mined. South Korean engineers sald some stretches of sandy beach which closely resemble those of Florida or California-—had been

n | possible jandings.

land-mined by the Communists defensive measure against

{more enemy fnines yesterday off YANKEES -— Mapes popped tothe east coast, boosting the Allied

Destroy Enemy Mines U. 8. warships destroyed threes

in Cochin/pearance in a World Series.c He Waitkus. Lopat was called out on were dissipated a 6 to 0 lead againstgtrikes. t| Brooklyn in the fourth game of

Rizzuto walked. Rizzuto stole second and went to third] hen Seminick threw wildly in an has been sunk and two destroy

bag so far to 68. Intensified ajrw sea patrols were ordered. One American minesweeper already

'bodian border, 100 miles to the Reynolds came in to preserve. a|attempt to catch him. Coleman ers damaged by mines.

west, Red raiders were reported at

der, and French said the Reds also were active near the east coastal cities of Hue and Tourane. The most serious fighting, how-

ever, appeared to be the battle ning route had it not been for a geminick struck out.

along the northern border. Forced to Withdraw

| Faced with a heavy coucentira- first and only run so far in the out. [tion of Communists all along the series.

border zone of northern Tonkin, the French have been forced to withdraw from various fortresses at the frontier,

They now are drawing up a new ble impressing them with the pos- out.

6 to 4 decision.

|singled to left, scoring Rizzuto]

Observers here believed Gen.

Yesterday, Reynolds was mas- put Coleman was out trying to/Douglas MacArthur only was

haudoc, on the Cambodian bor- ter again as he limited the Phil- siretch it into a double. aeadquarters| lies to seven hits, while the Yanks RUN, ONE HIT, ONE ERROR.

won, 2 to 1. | Reynolds struck out six men, and might have registered a shut-| out over the regulation nine-in-

freak bounce in the fifth inning| that resulted in Philadelphia's

Yankee Manager Casey tried to sound a warning against overconfidence among his players today but he was having trou-

Stengel f

Fourth Inning

PHILLIES Sisler grounded out. Hamner flied to Mapes. NO RUNS, NO HITS. YANKEES — Berra grounded Di Maggio singled. Bauer iéd to Ennis. Mize grounded out. NO RUNS, ONE HIT.

Fifth Inning

PHILLIES — Goliat grounded Heintzelman grounded out.

ONE awaiting final orders from the

[United Nations before sending his {forces into their final offensive to |erush Communist armies in Kos |rea. | They saw four big possibilities? ONE: He could send ground |troops across the Parallel and up the road to the North Korean {capital of Pyongyang. | TWO: He could make landings {on the west coast near Pyong-

yang. THREE: ‘He could maKe land« ings on the east coast of Wonsan, FOUR: He could make both

defense line farther south in’ the sibility of any impending danger. Waitkus fouled to Johnson. NO east and west coast landings.

Red River. delta, one of Indo{China's main rice bowls. The French

an “advance watchpost.” | He said two French and Viet {Nam native troops were lost in {trying to defend it. The spokesman said Communist {patrols attacked the position and {that 50 rebels and one Frerich{man were killed. : At the same time the spokes-

{man acknowledged a widespread |Increase in Viet Minh military]

activity during the past few days

{In areas ranging from the northSurviving besides his - mother ern frontier to the swamps south

of Saigon. But he maintained that the {French had the situation “under |control.” AN ‘ISOLATED CITY? | MOSCOW, Oct. :6 (UP)—A

“Look,” Stengel said, trying the best he could to strike -an ominous

we're playing are no sand-lotters.

Nation's Highest Award—

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Sgt. Davis Died To Save Others

An Indianapolis Marine sergeant, who. sacrificed: his life to save his comrades in Korea, has: been recommended for the na{tion’s highest award for valor {the Congressional Medal of

Honor. ,. } | Details of the valiant death of

strength of Soviet correspondent said today|ihe Marine. Sgt. James Carrol]

Veterans of Foreign Wars, has 2,644,000 by June 30, -1951, an that Pyongyang, capital of North payjs, were given in a letter writ-

been appointed National Chief of Staff for the VFW, Commander in Chief Charles C. Ralls announced today. : =

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[~ WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UP)—

| ; atts . {The: Federal Communications strong” earthquake, possibly caus- |

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television network. ||

| LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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Humidity at 11:30 a. m, 43.

wrecked buildings, food shortages

and constant air raid alarms.

| QUAKE HITS NICARAGUA WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—A “very

ing severe destruction of property, shook the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border yesterday.

TRADER

Angelina Snickersnee Planned to vote, but ... Tee, hee, hee . .. ;

data Korea, is an isolated .city of jen by his commanding, officer to

'the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. {Ita Salyers, 1461 Dunlap Ave. | After telling of the gallantry of {8gt. Davis, who threw his body on top of a live grenade and isaved the lives of other soldiers, {the commanding officer, Lt. Col. {R. D. Taplett, wrote: ) | “It was a privilege and honor {for the officers and men of this {battalion to have served with such an outstanding example of Marine and American manhood.” = “Services Sunday Sgt. Davis, for whom memorial service are to be held here Sunday, was the platoon

|geant, 1st platoon of H Company,

3d Battalion, 5th Marines. “I would like,” his commanding

of Sgt. Davis, which ‘no official

The Marine officer described an action which took place about!

rean village of Chingdong-Ni the morning of Aug. 8. . !

were: being heavily resisted by

group of the enemy. | “Sgt. Davis,” Col. Taplett said,| “was heard to cry , ‘grenade’. This voice signal cates that

there's a hee oy in

the (Continued on Page 2—gol. 1)

RUNS, NO HITS. YANKEES —Johnson grounded

NO RUNS, ONE HIT.

Marine Medal

Sgt. James C. Davis

vicinity which will explode In three to five seconds.”

Everyone hearing such a cry,

into cover. i ; “Then Sgt. Davis’ the letter continued, “was seen to throw

officer wrote, “to tell you the himself on top of the grenads, W story as we know iL of the deathiclearly in an attempt tc save his]

comrades around him by absorb-

report can adequately describe.” [ing the full force of the explosion Sin

himself.

“His heroic action . . . saved

‘jut. resulted in his

1! own death instantaneously. Sr anes

call of duty, Sgt. Davis has been

enemy fire. H.company was in 8 recommended for the country’s, close-up fight with an infiltrating pighest honor—the Congressional

Medal of Honor.” As far as is known here. the Congressional Mddal of ‘Honor

: + ¥--Gray,- sergeant-at-arms. i The town had been taken the «Pm proud to relate that for this assume their new duties Tmmedl= ~

night before, but the Marines still prave deed, above and beyond the ately.

The South Korean 6th Division joined the Rok Capitol and 3d

6th Enters Chichon The 6th moved into Chichon, three miles north of the parallel on the main road to Hwachon

land about 60 miles inland from -

the east coast. Hwachon was believed to be the eastern anchor of the new defense line the Commue nists were attempting to set up. The South Korean-3d Division

“I méanwhile, was only 31 air miles

and about 40 road miles south[east of Wonsan, east coast port {directly across the peninsula from | Pyongyang. | At 7:30 p. m., Brig. Gen. Kim

Chong Kop, South Korean 1st

{Corps chief of staff, said advance ielements of the 3d were less than itwo miles from Tongchon and still had met no resistance. In fact, there were air reports

. ‘that the Reds were pulling forces

out of Wonsan. Red columns were reported moving back north and west of Wonsan. Others were reported moving south.

‘Name Hamerstadt Rotary President

_ William .D. Hamerstadt was elected president of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis for the 1850-

51 term, at the organization meet= -

ing of the new Board. of Directors | held last night in the Rotary Club fices at the Claypool Hotel.

Mr. Hamerstadt, who has served ‘as first vice president during the past year, succeeds Ed S. Dowling, {whose term had expired. Other new officers elected at the same time are Thomas G. clair, first vice president; C. | Walter. (Mickey) McCarty, second {vice president; Fred T. Greene,

1500 yards northeast of the Ko- the lives of, his fellow comrades, secretary; J. Floyd Rf a

elected as treasurer, and T' ; They

| Wilbur Gruber, who has served |as assistant secretary of Rotary almost since the beginning of the Indianapolis ‘club, continues in

ey Ege ore tof ‘the clyb are every bo noon in the Riley Too at ¢ Claypool. g So

+- The French spokesman de- note, “this thing isn't over yet. eut— Mapes flied to Sisler. Lopat Divisions—in assaults across the [scribed the abandoned position as Not by a long shot. Those guys singled. Rizzuto popped to Goliat. border today.