Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1947 — Page 15

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Te to Tacs Avits in "To Back Big Talk,

Army Experts Warn

Atom 3omb Seen Scaring Off Attack =~ Only Briefly; Russia's Big Fighting F Force Sid

First of » By JIM G.

Soripps-Howard “WASHINGTON. June 1l.—From are we in the United States? +

Those Who know say the answer is: We aren't, They say we talk big

but we can't back it up. We haven't

Truman Doctrine work if it's challenged. Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker, deputy air force commander, says we're headed

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Howard Staff Writer » military standpoint, how safe

the military muscles to make the

for another war. And he says we're

guard, the commission says, “encourages those to whom weakness on the part of peace-loving nations is a passport to aggression.”

man army snd a 500,000-man navy is enough to protect us.

armed men.” Moreover, .|males 18 to 50 serve up to five years in the Red army or navy.

conscription another five years.

others would reduce their forces. “still is remote. All major powers have big standing cling to the old formula. below strength. The army, by straining every resource—

We have decided that a 1,070,000-

Russia has five times as many Russian

Britain has voted to extend her

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On top of this, congress has decreed new cuts. It has ordered the

a constabulary trooper.

marks in world war IIL dropped 82,000 naval officers. .

Luéius Clay have priority on available manpower. The few thousand relief for his people. Unless the they don’t need we call our “army [starving Chinese are fed, he enin being.”

It has

Most of the 1,070,000 men in our

army are doing police duty in Ger-|sity of Southern California. He .|many and Japan.

Generals Douglas MacArthur and

But eyery few weeks, Generals

MacArthur and Clay draft key per-/a Communist regime thers. sonnel out of that army. range planning is impossible under these conditions.

No Training for Combat Duty . “Our main trouble is we arg so burdened with occupation duties we aren't able to carry out our basic mission—the. security-of-the United ~ States” Howard Petersen, assistant secretary of war, said recently. Every ex-G. I. knows the difference between a combat soldier and Our overseas forces aren't large enough and haven't enough spare time to train as combat units. It's all they can do

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to keep up with their occupational duties. “If war came, we could expect a

divisions,

series of Bataans,” Mr. Petersen!paper. The 3d division at Camp _|Campbell, Ky., has 28 men. The

says. Today, we have two and threejourthe coming divisions Yeady Jorjle

Needs Put at 1,750,000 Men

The war department general staff, after a survey, decided we should have s minimum combat force—exclusive of occupation forces—of 1,750,000 men available on any future M-Day. They must be organized, trained and ready to go as combat troops. "This would include 10 to 11 divisions and 70 air groups in. the regular army, 27 division and 27 air groups in. the national guard, and 200,000

service troops in the organized only a small fraction of

We have that today. The navy going out. assigned to untrained

seamen, nonesof them mechanics. Their job is to keep that plane in

The Russian army has 200 agtive And some of ours exist only on

airborne division at Ft. Bragg, N.

strength.

. Shanghai university, last night thus

Titer diver” Tt 1 at Baly BOON, after peste Wag dedigred,

Shanghai U. Heal Voices Plea Here | x2

Dr. Lin Bids U. S.

Aid His Country By EMMA RIVERS MILNER | “China Is Ih the doghouse.” Dr. Henry Lin, president‘ of

summed up the American attitude toward his native China ‘as he

sees it. . ang Slubbing to death hia school- |g cross-section group of members|H. G. Johnson, “America girl sweetheart, Fewkes, at : : founder and busi- three-score Gl tired of China's a mountain plenic grounds April 19... 1 Yeats uh age and locall, os manager wii MissBeever |" lice raided several establish- » charg student strikes ~ | ministers who know the organiza-|,mciate and will be assisted by Miss {ments that had operated r———— and parades, hei 16 of 8 Escaped Army tion's work in the city, James W.|Marion Townsend, social chairman |turbed for months. Sth Bo Communist situ- McCandless, a representative of the and mothers of club girls. One of those charged with visit- : ation and all the Convicts Recaptured National Council of the ¥,” will] » ————————————— ing a gaming house was bitter bler 1 ; different kinds of , June 11 (U, P)~=|direct the survey. It is similar to| Ex-Senator Unconscious [his denunciation of conditions at| He was sitting trouble that now U. 8. army constabulary officers|those held in 20 United States cities. city prison, where he was forced to/W. Ohio st. beset her, Ameri- reported today that four of the| Preliminary arrangements were] COSION, June 11 (U. P).—For- spend six hours before he was re-|what. they say 1 ca would like to J a viv {made by Parker Jordan, general| mer Senator David I. Walsh, 74,|leased on his own recognizance. active center lock China, the escaped from Mannheim prison |secretary of the central ¥. M. C. A.|of Clinton, was unconscious and in| “Why, the cops put eight of us injevents. = backward nation, Sunday were caught hear Nancy,|and PF. E. DePFrants, executive sec-| “very poor” condition af a hospital one eel) just as if we were Others arrested ir in the doghouse. Dr. Lin France, last night. retary of the Senate avenue branch.| today. His law partner, « District s,” he lamented. foray wrinkled their Gen. Marshall wo others of the eight had |Results of the surveys will be inter-| Judge Thomas H. Connelly of| “I'm a businessman and don't de-|peen a long time | came over to help us but he falled. | yop, coptured previously. Two con- preted and published by the na-| Brighton, said there was little hope|serve this kind of treatment. expected anything bul And it's impossible to set our oWn| .,.¢y remained at large. tional office. or his recovery. - "| “Anyway, I just went into this on,

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Superior Judge

Fricke yesterday sentenced the youth to life imprisonment in San Quentin with a recommendation that he never be released. He passed sentence shortly after Welch pleaded guilty to shooting

June 11 (U. P). Welch, 19, said toa tt a tence. him to death for killing his| +] 16-year-old sweetheart did him af “dirty trick.” Charles W.

YY" Volunteers to “Interview 500 Volunteer workers will interview about 500 persons Monday in an leffort to discover the influence of the 'Y. M. C. A. religious program. The survey will be conducted among unpaid Y. M. C. A. leaders,

races and pep

house in order, Our people are suffering so from hunger and are 80 weary from the war years that they need ‘American ald to solve

Heads Money Bureau In addition to his work as president of the university, Dr. Lin also is managing director of the bureau of printing and engraving for the Chinese government. As such, he prints the money ordered by the government. He is a fourth-generation Christian, a member of the Baptist denomination, talks fluent English and holds a master's degree from the Univer-

served for some years as China's representative in Germany. He made an urgent appeal for

visions either a revolution sweeping the country or the establishment of

Cites American Resources “Three months ago, I would have said we will stand on our own feet, let us alone and we'll get ourselves out of this situation,” he told his audience. “Now I see it differently. We mitist have help. God has been very kind to America. He has given you so much. But he commanded you to go out and train others for leadership.”

Dr. Lin described very vividly the stripping of Shanghai university by the invading Japs. He told how he and his faculty built beds, chairs and other needed articles reopened the university three

Shanghai university now has 1042 students enrolled, of which 475

said 25 years ago there were only six girls on the campus. He estimates that 1 per cent of China is Christian but said many officials of her government have accepted’ the Christian faith.

flying condition.

The navy has issued each man a -|screw driver. and told him not to has the same problem. work with any more: complicated a ship comes into port,|tool. If something goes wrong, re-

by a four-man

squad. the carrier Midway, its 26/ would have 26 plane captains— are

trained mechanics.

NEXT-—Where is our air force?

Police Keep Up Raids In War on Gambling

Police gambling raids were continuing today as four more men faced municipal court on gambling charges. They were arrested last night when Sgt. John Foran’s squad ragded Steve’s Billiard Room at 551 W. Washington st. and found baseball tickets and a record book.

Gorilla Breaks Keeper's Arms PHILADELPHIA, June 11 4

P)~A 400-pound gorilla reached through the bars of his enclosure] in the city 200 yesterday, grabbed his attendant and beat him against | bars the steel bars for two minutes. Both the man’s arms were frachis séalp was nearly torn

Attendant Samuel Giunta was careless for just a second. In that second, he unthinkingly backed too close to the cage—and the gorilla,

in the beast’s powerful arms. The gorilla pounded him ‘again and Spain, 1iks & 13g. goll, gaint te

Head Keeper William Maloney, who was standing nearby, heard Mr. Giunta’s cries. He grabbed a hose, moved in on Bamboo and sprayed hot water into his eyes. The gorilla screamed’ and dropped the limp Mr. Giunta to the ground. 1t,was Bamboo’s second attack on

Y4mestone st, was charged with and kicking, the 64-|beeping a room for’ pool selling and year-old Mr. Giunta was pulled back | ¢ith operating and advertising a

Steven Arnaudoff, 33, of 425

lottery. Police charged three others with visiting a gambling place.

Miss Geneva Carman Services for Miss Geneva Carman will be held tomorrow in the Mt. Pilgrim Baptist church. Biirial will be in Fulton, Ky. Mrs. Carman, who was 34, died Monday in her home, 21 8. Beville ave. She had lived here 25 years and was the daughter of Mr, and

Bamboo, seized him.

a keeper in six weeks.

Mrs. Harry Carman.

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