Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1950 — Page 1

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1950

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First pictures: aut of South Korea. since: the imesion shows

jhe U. S. embassy at Seoul as Americans awaited evacuation

orders,

Korea Crisis Triples Navy Applications Here

Inquiries Gain in Other Military Branches;

Personnel Tense at Ft. Harrison ir y TED KNAP Korea has lost its i from Indiana. Applications for Navy enlistments have tripled in Indianapolis since the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. Other armed service branches report an increase in the

number of inquiries by prospective enlistees, especially

World War II veterans.

McHale Wins

Party Control

Campbell Sweeps Mr. Jacobs Out

By NOBLE REED Leadership: of the

Tension has increased among personnel at military bases in the area. Popular opinion has jelled for U. 8. action in the Korean crisis and most people agree with President Truman's ordering U. S. forces yesterday to beat off the invading Communists.

Many Applications Gain Those were the impacts noted

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Invasion

From Korea Since Red

so : ~~ Acme Phofos vis U. B, Army Radio Capt. James P. BerkeH, Los Angiles (right), instructs Koreas pio} Cont. Kim Li Sung on the operations of a P-5| as war clouds cast heavy gloom in South Korea.

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ww. Robert H. Dewald, Atlanta, of the 8th ‘Fighter Group is credited with shooting down a North Korean fighter during evacs : uation of Americans. : >

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Britain ends Fleet To U. S.; Reds In Seoul, Yanks Attac|

Buyers Pepper i Could This isi War Hi? Ta Flier S Bi 3 ast 10 Warships i in

JIE “RAF Expects fo Gel U. S. Army Denies Australia and New Zealand: "Alert Rout in South LONDON, June 28 (UP)-—Prime Minister Clement R, TOKYO, Thursday, June 20| Attlee announced today that British naval forces in Jap« (UP)—North Korean Com-|anese waters had been put at the disposal of the United

munist forces have captured States.

‘Right Now’ Demand Recalls Warll Era |

Yank Pilots 19 Yaks Get Better;

: Americans Flee Before Invaders’ Tanks | By HAROLD H. HARTLEY | |

By KEYES BEECH, Times Foreign Service SUWON, Republic of Korea, June 28-—I have a feeling that I have just witnessed the beginning of World |

Times Business Edit

New car buyers With good memories moved into dealers’ showrooms ' yesterday dickering

here today.in the fourth day of

Indiana |postilities on the northern Pacific|

Democratic Party was taken over island beset by a civil war. Most

lock, stock and barrel today by, [Indianapolis citizens blame it on|carless World War II. Dealers, in the forces led by Frank M. Me- | Russia.

Hale, The given Alex M. Campbell,

Wayne, as the party's nominee

overwhelming majority |

A daily average of naval ap-|

{plications of five went up to 18 on| Monday and 17 yesterday. Del-

{In charge, said he expects at least!

for U. 8. Senator at the conven-|as many today. tion yesterday wiped out all trace

of opposition.

roller clicked perfectly in one ot| the most convincing demonstra-|

tions of power . politics around ere in many years.

Opposition forces that had been |cruiting office reported no appre- and another wanted to buy an| rallying around the highly suc-|ciable rise in formal applications, | “extra car” to store. | Statehouse organization of Gov. Schricker collapsed into] Fo at enmpen Bh Jad Bel * - an ineffective, unorganized group was Kept on the job un as O t | £ (In denying that the South Ko-| conference that all the free world| {said it will take a few more days night by people who wanted to| n e nsi rean forces had disintegrated, the| realizes that the attack is a test, {for the reaction to show in actual! trade. ;

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with no place to hang their hats when .he showdown came on the

convention floor. Rush Jacobs Drive

The Statehouse

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rushed into a “too-little-and-too-| late” drive for party control be-|

hind the candidacy of Rep. Jacobs,! Indianapolis Congress

colorful

But the Governor

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stayed neutral all the way in. a

strict “hands-off”

paign, mcanwhile instructing his|

associates privately

Some of the Jacobs campaign workers were expressing openly | their ire at what they considered | a “let down” from forces around |

Mr. Campbell

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{and sailed more than 100 feet, afternoon.

The well-oiled McHale Seal” large increase in the number of

‘The navy recruiter also reported inquiries about enlistments, espe-| ically from young veterans who {want to rejoin at their old rank.

The Army and Air Force re-|

but inquiries about - enlistment] thave more than doubled the last]

{three days. Capt. John Hoppin|

jenlistments, Marine recruiting headquarters, {said applications remain normal

lieutenants but inquiries are up slightly.

Troops Are Tense An official of Ft Harrison noted

"lincreased tension among the sol- outright.”

|dlers. “Last night at the non-Commis-| isioned Officers club, you could have heard a pin drop while news-|

sort of Cam-i.agters discussed the President's

to Suppor (Continued on n Page 3-—Col. 2) the Indianapolis Congressman,

Car Catapults

+ wn wu To River Bank

| A (car catapulted off 38th’ St.

{through the air to the edge of| {White River today, critically in{juring its woman driver. Miss Helen Mondary, 47, of 208! {E. 38th St. was reported still un-| iconscious and in “grave” condi-

ition on arrival at the emergency |

ward at General Hospital.

nessed by three almost-unbeliev-| ing spectators. Cites High Speed Park Department employees| John Sturm and Harley Sedan said the car was westbound on 38th 8t. A third witness said it appeared to be going “50 to 80 imph” down the roller-coaster-like hill. 2 Just before the road makes a sharp left curve the car apparently went out of control. It plowed into the embankment and struck the arrowed “left-turn” sign, slicing it off -and carrying it in the 100 foot aerial spin. Police ‘said the car did not touch ground again after striking the embankment for 115 feet,

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{ment to take other shots for the The spectacular crash was wit-| stafion, suddenly heard the roar

S 1 Mr. Attlee said he thought the Royal Navy [che Sonth Koons pital se would Hike a "substantial contribution to the efforts. (

southward in: pursuit of Re- check Communist aggression

for fast trade-ins and faster deliveries. It was a quick flashback to

War IIL As I write this from the edge of a friendly airstrip, an American fighter plane is burning on the field, a victim of strafing Russian Yaks presumably flown by North Koreans. . ea RNS

. . kissed my hand as the B-26 8 | Yaks and American twin. passed. fuselaged Mustangs were

Forty to 50 more American planes will be in .action here dogfighting overhead less before the day is over. Our than half an hour ago. Six pilots say the Yaks are getting 2 BO: faster and better all the time. American B-26's just passed If I need any reminder that overhéad bound for targets in we are at war, I have only to the vicinity of Seoul, the capital, some 20 miles north. A Korean woman wept and

{the lower priced lines, reported their phones loaded with pros- { pects . who suddenly wanted to buy. George Hoster, Broad Ripple Ford dealer, said at his sales | meeting today “25 to 30” calls were reported demanding delivery “right now.” Wants ‘Extra’ Car It was just short of the hysteria One customer wanted to {buy a set of tires “to lay away”

look at the bandaged heads of two of my colleagues, Burton

‘ na 7 lin Korea.” tpublican troops reported fleeing Brutal, nica . in hopeless confusion, ‘| y In addition to the warships, At Washington, a U. B. military Mr. Attlee sald, Sher Brith {spokesman said today that South| {action with reg a: Far 3 {Korean forces eavdolutely are Joy {Eastern situation is under close {retreating in disorder.” {consideration, Mr. Attlee intere imunist North Koreans, The Con i f S d {rupted the normal procedure in “generally speaking” are being Calls for Stea y {Commons to make his brief ane contained north of the Han River. Nerves, Sober Action | noncement, He sald: th (An Army spokesman sald the 28 (UP ‘We have decided to suppo ground combat is pretty much WASHINGTON, Juné |v. 8. action in Korea by immediconcentrated in the Seoul area ~Secretary of State Dean Ache-|;i0)y placing our naval forces in with the Communists making a|%°h today branded the North) pine waters at the disposal two-pronged atiack, supported py| Korean attack as the most C¥n-| or the U. S. authorities to opers (Continued on Page 83 —Col. B) about 100 Russiin-made 12 and ic} brutal, naked and unpro-| ate on behalf of the Security im——— -/35-ton tanks : voked aggression that could ever Council and in support of South obi | occur, Korea. Drop Leaflets Mr.

C. T. Foxworthy, 819 E. and|

Acheson said at a news|

Orders Sent

“Orders have already been sent

to the naval commander in chief military spokesman said that their if there ever was one, of whether] | the Far East. Notification of

morale” is. “extremely good and the United Nations will survive, {this is being made to the Security very much improved” by Presi-| Silent on ‘Hot War’ | Council, to the U. 8. government, dent Truman's dispatching of U.| ge counselled that-this is the|to the Republic of Korea, and to

8. forces to their aid. time“for very steady nerves and|all Commonwealth governments.” leven reaching the used car mar-| to see first run plays presented by student actors and (He said that 200,000 leaflets OF Jury steady er : mot] Beary ana Daal

“we'’ | 8 utle Rel 36 Said, "Wee Muying them) Feviews last. ight's opening “performance of i Had heen uropped in South Rores,| a time for speculation, for stir- |Air Force sources said the West John Feeser, general manager BPI nits ssrnrenrontgienrossrntehdoeevinisns bons Page 15 ring up difficulties; for imagining has been trying for five years to 0 genera ag 4 Koreans that the U. 8B. air and possibilities that are remote. It is|create a defense line in the Pacific, for Walter. Hiser's Ford Agency ‘Plans for the Tudor Hall ool semilcentennial in 1952 sea forces have entered the com-|a time for very great steadiness, Mr. Truman, they said, has done will be drawn at a luncheon meeting tomorrow in the bat.) | A reporter asked whether “wel/this “overnight” in his order for {Continued om Page 8 culo 3 Indianapolis Athletic Club. Harold F. Strong's last Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head- | are ema from a celd war to a the is of South Korea :/ article on parent-child relationships . . wedding an- quarters announced early today hot war.” |against the Communist invasion. : nouncements . . , “Blackwood on Bridge” , .. all for that the U. 8. Air Force had car-| . Mr, Acheson said he couldn't] The Admiralty said that 10 answer the question in that form British warships already have but he added with soberness that been deployed to Japanese waters,

He said he already is sold 60! : days ahead. “And the boom is| Vacationers in the Culver area have an excellent opportunity

Movie Camera i Women

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é stressed here. Pay and seniority ratings could be im- the facts are plain. In this eon-| Official sources sag Australia Of Flying Saucer’ | proved to compete with other cities........co0uvs.. ..Page 15 War | (Continued on Page 8 —Col. 0 (Continued on Page 3—0ol. 8) LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 28 | Most * ‘successful” Europeans have inherited-their fortunes

or built them up through black-market operations. George Herald compares the success of a small Ameriing saucer” taken by one of its can businessman with the unsuccessful attempt of a own photographers yesterday | French frien. .csosscsssnisnsass trae ransans Ceuta es Page 15 {Andrew Tulley reports that the Soviet embagsy is not The pictures, taken by staff] talking war because of our intervention in Korea . . . {photographer Al Hixenbaugh for| they just aren’t talking. New “brain wave” device

WHAS-TV on movie film, in- allows patient to give himself his own anesthetic. The cluded 50° feet of film in which Hoosier Forum . ..

(UP)~—The Louisville Times printed pictures today of a “fly-

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TAIPEL. Formosa, June 28 (UP)—The Chinese Nationalist government sald today it has | ordered its gir force and navy | to suspend operations against {the the Chinese mainland, in com-

Hope for Peace Prompted Korea Action, Truman Says

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UP)—President Truman said today ‘only reason’ he ordered IJ. 8. air and sea forces to stop the Communist invasion: of ‘South Korea was “the hope that we would

a Talburt cartoon, «3 the Editorial > pliance with President Tru- {finally arrive at peace through the United Nations.” [the hight flying object showed Page .....oovee. cesarerinaens EE $ieaenaens Page 16 man's request. : “We face a serious situation,” Mr. Truman told the 24th nae c og yt Eoughout | Last place Mud Hens clip the AA- Jending Tribe in a shut- rtm tional convention of the Reserve Officers Association of the United r. Hixenbaugh, on assign: out game, Eddie Ash gives the details of “what hap- States. —

pened” in this baseball roundup, Final foursome of the Stocks Fall off | He said his own decision was namic action which our éom= Indianapolis women’s golf tournament to be decided in

freached “on the advice of all the mander-in-chief took yesterday?" - play today. . . . Dodger collapse helps boost Phillies After Earl Gains {brains we could muster.” The officers roared approval, into first place. Complete sports coverage in the Sports | That decision to counter the All leaped to their feet. Section -........... ase .Pages 17, 18 NEW. YORK, June 28 (UP)~|0gommunist advances in Asia| Shouts of “yeah” rang through r . Stocks advanced sharply on ac- lanes the hall, Divorce tangle gives Louis Untermeyer, New York poet, two [tive turnover in the early dealings! merle 28 Sanne : » anes} wives, Amateur rain-maker waters his 1000-acre plan- ltoday, turned dull, and eased from Tea ere tare Is ey HE UNLIMBERED his camera tation with 50 pounds of dry ice. “About People.” ...Page 2 ip. highs before noon. | be peace or World War III. {and shot, with the object appear-| ed a8 8

| Most issues held gains ranging the President's decision to 'to more than a point. At the early! The President told the reserve the Supe

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