Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1950 — Page 3
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"U.S. Base in Peril’ With Invaders 10 Miles Away (Continued From Page One) ried out its first Korean con-
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The Americans suffered th
first plane losses—an F-82 fighter!
and a B-26 assault bomber destroyed aground by strafing after they made emergency landing
The U, 8. air attack was concentrated on Munsan, 22 miles north of Seoul. North Korean troops, truck convoys and rail yards were pounded and gunned at this key supply center of the! invaders, : { The Northern forces already were 10 miles beyond Seoul and 53 miles inside South Korea with seemingly little prospect of meetint any ground resistance short of the Im River, another 60 miles to the south. ds. Front reports said broken elements of the Seventh and Second divisions, defenders »f Seoul, were. fleeing south in hopeless confusion, all their heavy Amer-| ican equipment lost. ay The U. 8. Air Force smashed
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- Map shows steps taken by President Truman to protect vital U. S. defense line ‘in the Pacific (sawtooth line). U. S, combat planes
and warships -have been ordered into the
ttle to save South
at the North Koreans’ Russian-| Korea (I) from invading Reds. The Seventh Fleet is proceeding made tanks with bombs, rockets to defend Formosa (2) against possible Red aggression and to event Chiang Kai.shek's troops from invading Chinese mainfo Aid is being sent to Communist-menaced French Indo-China (3) and U. S. troops are being rushed to bolster the Philippine
and bullets in an all-out effort to stem the advance. F-80 Shooting Star jet fighters and A-26 attack bombers ware taking off in relays from Southern Japan to hammer the North Korean communication lines.
..._ There wage no reports—of-
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American casualties. Expected to Leave ~ U. 8. forces which set up headquarters at Suwon, 20 miles south of Seoul, only yesterday expected |
—momentarily to get orders to
leave. Kimpo airfield, 17 miles]
northwest of ‘Seoul, fell to the bury, interviewed downtown, said MI. WALKINS speaks irom p ._.___._ North Koreans during last night they agree —“ail the way” with Sonal experience with the Soviets. and Suwon is the last effective U. 8. intervention in Korea under 45
air base in South Korea. The Seoul radio reported that!
Pohang, onthe southeast coast] of Korea just north of the 36th] Parallel. .It said they were ad-|
- vancing westward toward Taikyu!
(Taegu), some 40 miles inland.
The. city is the main transport Regiment soldiers said/it's time] center of Southeast Korea. jth
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order,” he declared. appe:
the UN charter.
“If this isn’t war, it won't take" North Korean troops landed at/uch more,” said Sgt. John Bara-)
ar very concerned.
T ldiers from Camp Atter- World.” ey ? Mr. Watkins speaks from per-
action, calling Mr. Truman's or-
“The GI's der “the right/thing for the wel-
[fare of the,
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country and of the
litary governor with the { Army in Bavaria, he learned they know is show of fength. You can't pacify them
Of Democrats
|i Prof. Charles Price, Notre Dame
of the defeat given the Schricker
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Campbell Sweeps In, Jacobs Out in Power Drive . (Continued From Page One) sored and groomed all the way by the McHale forces in a statewide machine pressure program, polled 1453 votes out of 2006 delegates. ¢ Rep. Jacobs got only 363 and
chemistry professor, was a close third with 207. ‘The fact that Prof. Price, spoh-
sored by no organized party;
groups, polled more votes outside of Marion County than Mr, Jacobs, illustrated the decisiveness
forces backing the Congressman, Rep. Jacobs polled only 192 votes from all the 91 counties outside Indianapolis. - Prof. Price was given 200 outside Marion County. The Congressman, however, polled-a neat, two-to-one majority in Marion County—171 to 76 for Mr. Campbell and seven for Mr. Price. The Campbell forces rolled up three to gne totals over all opposition 4éverywhere else in the state,” / ‘Must Rally Support’ /Mr. Campbell, who resigned as A). 8. Justice Department attorney last January to make the Senate
race, indicated jn a brief accept-
South Koreans Blow Up Bridges ein I Neither Mr. Crane nor Mr. Gibney was seriously injured but both were severely ¢ut when the Han River bridge escape route from Seoul was cut by the South Koreans themselves to prevent |,
of South Korean soldiers just ahead of us was blown to bits, ‘We staggered through. the darkness. Mr, Crane was blinded by blopd. We stumbled over bodies of dead and dying soldiers as we retreated from the burning bridge toward enemy tanks in Seoul. Hands reached out from
‘Joe’ Calls It ‘Sleeping Tig
that had left 1'4 hours before.
fully as we sloshed along. I could have cried because I felt we owed those planes to Joe, And today I did cry when I saw our bombers go over, We found a vacated American house with Korean servants who cautiously let us in, then fed us. At dawn, in two deserted jeeps and with a Korean corporal added to our party, we decided to escape and did as enemy artillery. pounded Seoul. Hundreds of Koreans helped
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{ance speech that he would follow
the Fair Deal program of President Truman: TET “We must rally our support behind the fightingest President we ever had,” he said, ,
The nominee denounced com-
us by helping to lift our jeep out | of the mire and over a river levee. We forded one river and paid a Korean boatman $10 to pole us and our jeep across the Han river in his homemade LST. We had as extra passenger one cow whose owner refused to
munism and said he didn’t want! let her be pushed off. The river-
a “single Red vote.” {
Two contests for Supreme Court judgeship nominations were won by Benjamin Buente, Evansville, and Henry Sackett, Gary. “Mr. Buente defeated Donald Rogers, - Bloomington, in closest. race of the convention—
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banks were crowded with refugees—all headed south. We flew from Japan into Kimpo airdrome about 12 miles ; from Séoul at 7:32 last night, | Ours was the last American | plane to land at Kimpo,
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the invaders from pursuing them. ! - The blast lifted the jeep off the ground and blew in. the windshield. I escaped only because I was in the back seat. A truckload
We met two teen-age Korean soldiers, lost from their unit
“South Korea is a sleeping tiger that will awaken if you give us planes and tanks,” said the kid we called Joe as we waded through rice paddies in the steady rain. The American planes will come tomorrow,” said Joe hope-
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the darkness to detain us as vice tims cried for help. Mr. Crane was bleeding so badly I went back to the jeep to get a pack so we could fashion 1 a
We walked back into Seoul believing all the city to be in enemy hands and considering how best to be taken prisoner, But it was not quite that bad.
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‘Brutal, Cynical, Acheson Charges
(Continued From Page One)
nection and throughout his conference, he emphasizd that the United States is supporting .the United Nations in taking definite and forceful action in Asia. He avoided any statement which, he said, would lead to speculation about what the Soviet Union will dé: °
A reporter asked him to evaluate comparable American and Russian military strength. Mr. Acheson said he did wish to discuss the Soviet Union in connection with the Korean matter nor did he want to pose as a military expert.
that the United States has received no answer from its request that the Soviet Union intervene with North Korea to halt hostilities.
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Capt. Miles H. Hubbard, USN, {will take charge of the U, 8.
But he did say at one point]
To Dependent Children "The County Council will recelve requests for more than $1| million in -additional appropria-
About 20 per cent of that figure will come from county funds, according to John C. Mueller, director of the county welfare department. The remainder will be provided by the|
maintenance and repairs. The grant was denfed at the last meeting of .the council because of a technicality. "Want Bridge Funds The commissioners have asked $40,000 for the eonstruction of a bridge in McGregor Rd. near Acton. . ra . The maintenance crew of the courthouse has requested $800 for repairs and parts for the elevators in the courthouse, In an attempt to regain his original staff, County Treasurer Albert Koesters will ask $17,500 to reinstate six employees removed as an economy measure and raise salaries of others. In other requests Center Township assessor Roy T. Combs will ask $60,000 to complete the reassessment program. The Board of Election Commissioners will request $23,000 for supplies and labor for the November election, The Board of Registration has asked $3000 to finance “instructions to the voters” in the use of voting machines, Sheriff Cunningham wants $6000 for four new automobiles and Prosecutor George 8. Dalley will request $2500 for one new ther appropriations which will be-requested include $10,000 to re-rmodel-the National Youth- Administration building at Juvenile Center; $1222 to pay the premium for holdup insurance in the treasurer's office, $600 to raise the salary of Harry Barrett. county home superintendent from $300 to $400 a month for the balance of 1950; and $2080 to employ an assistant county agent for 4-H work.
tions at its meetings July 6 and|
Of that amount $725,000 is for|the : ald to dependant children in cus-/the U. 8. A tody of relatives, XY the
out.” "
{hadn't noticed much -
federal government. the Far East ” he ' County commissioners willl“the 3 ast souemllye Je sai, again ask $150,000 for highway|a larger scale cannot be ruled
Car Buyers Pepper Local Dealers
‘Right Now’ Demand Recalls Warll Era (Continued From Page Ome) at N. Illinois and 30th Sts. sald “We had a lot of phone calls. But it was pretty much a headline hustle in the talk stage.” Paul Kuhn of North and East Side Chevrolet, soon to open a $500,000 bullding in Broad Ripple, said pressure for new cars has been rising steadily for the last two or three months, “We think it's war news.” Carl Wallerich, Chrysler and Plymouth distributor, sald hes difference,
“But I wouldn't,” he said, “we've been going at top speed since the end of the strike.” ‘Maybe It's Coming One of the biggest used cay dealers said business Is good but he hasn't felt the war push yet.
So far tires, Nylon hose, white shirts and canned goods, of there are plenty, refused to Business was steady were no runs, not even in Nylons. : It was too soon for housing to react but builders and realtors recalled vividly the shortage of materials and housing which de
“Maybe it's coming,” he sald. rastably
nowski. 2 _— except by firm action,” You must 1031 te 948. FT | ; ep ‘It's Up to US’ / |show the fist, not kid gloves. Mr Sackett defeated : John Car Catapults “Its up to us to show ‘our Other “on the-gtreet comments| Gonas, South Bend, 1496 to 507. To River Bank hand now,” added Cpl. ara 7 : ; : other Candidacy ! oy. B. Shanpe, Biougville— The Continued From Page One) Jainki The SHU fantry | sooner we stop them the better, I) ( g
e U. Se/'stood up to Russia,
*- lover this; but Wwe should. We|
| could win quickly now. A jewelry | November election were unop-
Skidding and overturning
Other candidates who will com- IN 1 Ord Plant, 21st St ; : {when it crashed at the bottom of [Naval Ordnance Plant, 21st St. don't think we Will pick a WAr plete the Democratic ticket in theithe steep hill leading to the river./and Arlington Ave., in a colorful itichange of command ceremony. at
Thundershowers a Forecast Tonight
veloped in World War IL. =~
‘If We Have War" Albert Thompson, builder, said:
living rooms,
|store salesman, Mrs. Sharpe fleq Posed and nominated by acclama-
in taverns and ‘restaurants, on , German prison camp to Rus-|tion.
the bus and
t street corners, g.n jines, where he noted a “cold
conversations have turned from g4titude” toward U. 8. troops.
Mrs. Paul McNeely, 23, 214 N. Typical /comment came today Beville Ave.: I don’t know if the
the weather to war.
from a
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Watkins Halls Action John Watkins ex-{in Korea to stop the Russians, pressed “hearty approval” of the'we should send them.”
fa can’t live in the same world.” bombs on Russia as soon as pos-old Tuberty, sible. If the U. 8. needs troops Robert 8. Whitehead, Kokomo, Motor Inn. Mr. Ewing rushed to for clerk of the Supreme andthe hospital immediately after he
They were: Secretary of State Charles Fleming, State Treasurer {F. Shirley Wilcox, State Auditor
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covered another 42 feet before coming to rest right at the edge of the river. ah Thought Fatality
Police at first thought the body James M. Propst, Superintendent|in the demolished mass of metal ndow washer who said U. 8. is doing right, and I'm of Public Instruction Deane IE. was lifeless and reported a “proban “did the right thing.” against sending troops if it leads| Walker, all incumbents. should have started longito war. I'm worried about my ago,/ When Chiang Kai-shek need-|husband being called back. ed help,” said Orval Peats, 245 N.
able” Tatality. Seconds later, howthey summoned General
diana Supreme Court judge; Hospital ambulance. F. T. Smith, 69, 341 DrexeliClyde P. Miller, Indianapolis; The traffic casualty is the amilton Ave. “The US and Rus-|Ave.: “We should drop a few|Clyde R. Lottick, Corydon; Har-|former wife of ¥. Donald Ewing, 3 Logansport, and secretary of the Indianapolis
was informed of the accident,
10 a. m. Friday.
He will relieve Capt. Allan D.
Blackledge, USN, officer of the plant since April
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