Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1950 — Page 1
draft director, announced today. |
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FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Little change in temperature.
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Low tonight, 65. High tomorrow, 88.
61st YEAR—NUMBER 121
TUESDAY, JULY 11,
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indisnapolis. Indiana. Iscued Dally
1950
IT WAS A SLAUGHTERHOUSE’
‘Machine Guns Swept Us Clean, Tanks Opened
By ROBERT c. MILLER, United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE U. S. ARMY AT THE FRONT, KOREA, July 11—The U. 8. Army is retreating again under murderous Communist fire. It's a ghastly sight. ; Only a few hours ago, American soldiers w were v juli lant over the success of U. 8. tanks in their first action of the Kopean war. They drove the Communists back some 10 miles into Chonui, 28 miles northwest of Taejon, last night. But at dawn today the Reds counter-attacked in a fog and. already have knocked out all but two of the vauhted but outgunned American tanks. An American infantry battalion, cut off and raked by the enemy, has withdrawn. For what little ground they have given up, the Amerlcans have charged an exhorbitant price in Communist blood. But they have paid plenty of their own. The Communists slipped in through the American lines before our forces knew what it was all about. When the fog lifted, Communist tanks and infantry already were in among the American positions. Lt. John H. Childers of San Jose, Cal. told what it was like.
ner OTHER 2 il HEE fis pany Dero a ey Suid ge % | ot Tht:
the fight, " he said." £5 Wasa F iighterhoise Se
u. S. Army officer killed during a front line skirmish in South Korea i is placed on an Army j jeep for movement to the rear.
“They mounted machine guns on the hills above us and swept us clean. Then they threw 20-millimeter bursts around us. Below us, tanks opened up. “Nine men dropped around me, and 1 brought out
three of them with me.”
Lt. Childers led the battered remnants of his company out through a : corridor of "enemy snipers and machine-gun fire. There were only 30 men left out of the 148 who came from Japan two weeks ago. Medical companies estimated that less than 20 per cent of the wounded are being evacuated. The remainder have been abandoned on the battlefield. American officers have reported that the North Koreans are killing the
»U. 8. wounded.
“Maybe it's better that the an embittered doctor said.
shooting them,” their suffering.”
North Koreans are “It stops
The North Koreans are throwing everything in the
book at the Americans.
Their T-34 tanks with 88-millimeter guns outshoot
and outpower ours.
Their infantry troops, well dressed in green fatigues with a Red Star over the left breast, carry Russian
ott RASS
fast as the Americans destroy one tank, another
50 Men in First On the Inside Hoosier Draft Call Of The Times
Details of Initial
Quota Received The first Korean war draft will $dke 500 men from Indiana, Brig. | Gen. Robinson: Hitchcock, Hoosier |
play for the "Tourney
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Advance notification of details » in the Ohio campaign. Are
of the “first call” for. 20,000 draftees in the nation came from —— Maj. Gen. Lewis RB. Hershey, Selective Service director. the exact quota for Indiana at 500 “to be called not later than
The General
4 donating a check for more “Of these, Gen. Hitchcock said, tional approximately 70 will come from Indianapolis and Marion County. At the same ‘ime Gen. Hitchcock directed all 89 draft boards in the state to be reopened on a “full-time” basis within 10 days. Few Hirings Likely It will take that much time. draft officials said, to effect the change-over of present part time employees to full time Civil Service employment status. Few new hirings are expected. t A steady stream of registrants and “eligibles” flowed into headquarters of Marion County's four draft boards in the World War Memorial today. In’ addition to the regular staff, two Red Cross workers and two other civilian volunteer workers were pressed into service to keep the line moving. Many of the clerks were registering men who failed to do so under 1948 draft legislation. Oth- [ruman ol Name ers were answering hundreds. of| questions and distributing
change-of-address forms to reg: itrants dll jef
pected?” * veals the basic facts about
Charlés Roboski, Detroit cook.
tennis champ, stories “About People”
Amusements Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorials Fashions ‘ Foreign Tffairs Forum * Hollywood In_ Indianapolis . ; : Mrs, Manners ......ccee.
ing the Post Office Department Accounting Office charges that they
Children’s Emergency Fund of NAUIONE «savers svavarnons
Can a hydrogen bomb be made and will it explode as exWatson Davis, director Science Service, re-
“article on “Our Atomic Future”
. Shortstop Danny O'Connell called up to the Pirates in.exchange for former Indian Nanny Fernandez. is the Tribe's leading hitter. pace for the state's amateur golfers in the qualifying 50th annual
O'Conneil Norm Dunlap sets the
Amateur Golf Pages 14, 15
Indiana
Sen. Taft's defeat would leave the GOP hopelessiy help“says Peter Edson in a story outlining the 1ssues-
the nation’s railroads gypon mail shipments?
1t- set Pipestem lines are the word for the day Louise Fletcher reports from the New York Dress Institute's Press Week show. The Women’'s-Overseas Service League is
than $1000 to the Internathe United Ceca wrasssrr esha ananas Pages 4, 5
the superbomb in his third Page 6 sat for three hours in the
refrigerator of the Club Bali while the club burned down around him, Keun-Hang Choi, is ping-ponging his
Korean table way ' homie.
Side Glances Society Ed 3ovola Sports Earl Wilson
Warm Weather ‘On Slate Here
LOCAL TEMPERATURES ! m..
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ee Fr place. Of the two American tanks which
survived this morning's battle, one had only a single round of ammunition left. : Men that you knew only a few hours ago as
friends—fresh, eager, joking youngsters—come back wet
and filthy from crawling through rice paddies. Their eyes are bloodshot and their legs rubbery. One stumbles past supported by a buddy. He holds his head and it jerks spasmodically as if trying to shut out the persistent roar and crash of exploding shells. A medic points at him and says sadly: “Shell-shocked.” The rumble of artillery rolls through the town. It covers the already grimy streets and houses with a new layer of dust. A jeep roars down the street with its horn blaring as it swerves around the corner. You see a dirty GI cradling his wounded buddy in the back seat. He is mopping the blood from a nasty gash across the wounded man's forehead. THe jeep disappears in the direction of a first aid station. Over at a command post, it is moving time again, There is a certain disciplined feverishness as the men pack boxes and crates, roll up mats and haul the lot out
Magy, have excellent, sharpshooter: sights Bote -waiting-tracks.
Chow: is served early to clear the kitchen for withdrawal.
‘Men sprawl! asleep on the floor. Others closely study the latest reports from the front. Some come in by field telephone, others in first-hand accounts by the survivors of the dozens of fights which comprise the fluid front. Capt. R. E. McDonough of Carmel, Cal, says. his platoon was wiped out. “We did not have any artillery support and could not see them until they were on top of us,” he says. “It was hell.” He sinks into a rickety chair and sadly shakes his head. A colonel rushes over to a lieutenant and demands to know why the lieutenant can't keep his men “out there.” The lieutenant sputters that he will and tiredly goes out to rally his beaten men. Occasionally a survivor notices a correspondent typing in a corner of the room and goes over to beg him to write “the truth about this operation.” Their pleas vary, but most of them understandingly are profane. They ask why troops were committed to the field without support, why no reinforcements have arrived and how long this will continue. But they do not expect an answer. Eventually they walk slowly out the door and back to the war.
75,000 Reds Hit GI In Drive by 80 Tanks
War at a Glance
By UNITED PRESS
ITOKYO—Americans retreat in “slaughterhouse” battle before 75,000 Korean Reds with 80 tanks: Reds believed
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calling up 75,000 more as reinforcements; U. 8. and;
Australian planes smash Communist columns; out to better yesterday's record of 65 enemy tanks knocked
out.
{AT THE FRONT Crack Communist troops knock out all
| WASHINGTON — Selective service promises to deliver 20,
_ MOSCOW-—Russian note accuses United Nations with giv- _ ing “direct Support to armed aggression against the man also said the Reds
Truman May Get Bid to Visit Here
Schricker in Capital For Indiana Day
By DAN KIDNEY WASHINGTON, July 11—Gov. Henry -F. Schricker may call on
President Truman to urge that he
ier arrived at 1 a. m.
come to Indianapolis Aug. 20 for the dedication of the new American Legion headquarters building he said here today. The Governor and Mrs. (Indianapolis Time) aboatd one of the Sve special trains that brought
‘bers of the 3000-voice Tdians’
Women's Choir which will take part in the cantata “Hoosier Heri-
tage” on the Capitol grounds to
Bids $307,000
morrow night, Besides the trains, choristers, all of whom are farm women members of the home economics clubs throughout the state, and visitors continued to arrive
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For Resurfacing
The State Highway Commission today received a low bid of $307.441.52 for resurfacing E. Washington St, as bids were opened in the Claypool Hotel. The low bid was made by Ralph
{Rogers & Co., Inc., Bloomington! which underbid Indiana Asphalt {Paving Co., Inc., Indianapolis, by,
approximately $11.500. i Work on the five-mile project |
‘warrant use of such an expensive
but two of U. 8. tanks which led 10-mile American ad- forces rolled back today vance into Chonui. Our retreat a “ghastly sight,” front Idrive. 75.000 te Jia
line réporter says.
75,000 Reinforcements Massed in North by Foe
- Enemy Knocks Out All but 2 U. §. ye In ‘Slaughterhouse’ Raid in a Fog
, By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Wednesday, July 12 — American advates —— oe
U. 8 Headquarters. in Korea sepirted that 5 00
000 men in first Korean war draft call by September; more Reds were believed assembling in the north to U. 8. officials promise war crime trails for Korean Reds reinforce the push. Their arrival at the front would give
who executed seven. American prisoners—if they catch the Communists 150,000 men iin action.
them.
Korean people.”
49,000 Awaiting All-Star
| the fight north of Taejon,
ivision armed with Russian tanks 'and rifles knocked out all but two The headquarters spokes- action. American tanks in the action “Only last night the Us tanks had pushed the Reds back some 10 miles to Chonui, 28 miles north(The number of American 0d west of Taejon, in the first Amer South Korean troops thrown combat has never been un ) i ean armored attack of the Ko-
to be throwing all they have into’,
n The head t k : ; "Play Ball' Call; AL Favored "a mm, Tia ia anes ik
By ED SAINSBURY United Press Sports Writer
American 48.000. : i Robin Roberts. League, triumphant in 12 of! delphia Phillies righthander mak-
16 previous clashes,
National League today when
Dest players In the ITth annual 1944 {All-Star game at Comiskey Park.! Vic Raschi, New York Yankees’ ,.. American League victory. burly righthander who won the Tribute to Mack
A-Bombing Reds Called Unlikely
North Korea Offers
Poor Atom Targets By WADSWORTH LIKELY
Science Service Staff Writer WASHINGTON, July 11 The Star baseball game: A-bomb almost certainly will not | NATIONAL LEAGUR be used on North Korea. There is| . no target in the Communist-domi- | nated territory large enough to
LINEUPS
CHICAGO, July 11 (UP)
hicago. ef (295) Campanella, Lookin, ec (300) Marion, Bt. Louis. (.265 Rol ete, Phila elphis. Pp (10-31.
he “crude” A-bombs used at AMERICAN LEAGUE PO be and Nagasaki obliterated areas of about 10 square miles. Largest city in North Ko-| rea. is its capital, Pyongyang, and, according to the South Korean ase hl. New embassy here, Pyongyang is a Re el Lo city of five square miles contain- John Conlan, ing 600,000 people, ou, . Second. largest city in North pat! "Chicago. Sit De Sai, Korea is Heamhung, up near the ira. os; ily ¥ parame; i Russian border, with 300,000 in-| Aelders Al Schoendienst. St. Lo habitants and four square miles gi Sioders, Breakin. 28% {of territory. : V3 piMigher: Walker
: Larry Jansen, Other Cities Small '9-5: Jim Sy
Sevastating weapon.
1948 game. was scheduled to Lh ‘the opening American League them CHICAGO, July 11 -—The pitcher before a sellout throng of | knocked out. power-laden young Phila- blamed by
Odds of 8 to 5 were quoted on
Comiskey Park was the scene, 7 miles £ * . of the first All-Star game in 1933/17 miles from Taejon. But when (Continued ox on a Page Bol: 1H ad and players of both clubs wil
pay tribute to Connie Mack, the {87-year:old director of the Phila- 20d Infantry had slipped behind,
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Probable starting lineups, with batting averages, for today’s All-
yrostek; Cincinnati, In-
ome 170 tanks south of the ot! but that undoubtedly
Loss of American ground was bey coi on © planes the spokesman on aR roared out of Japan and South North Korean inflitration tactics. Korea bases to the rescue. B-20s,
again ing his first appearance in the The Reds repeatedly have cut be- B-26s, F-80 and ¥-5is bom oe was favored to defeat the classic, was slated to start on the hind the American lines. bed mound for the desperate National
Leaguers who are seeking their the two major circuits pit their frst victory in the series since 2% 800d as any we ever have en.
and strafed enemy columns in an “Their Rand are BMEMPL to better yesterday's roe. od of 65 enemy tanks knocked a
countered.” the spokesman stated. Oniy last night, tank-led Amer-| 1 A leprae pn Alt base or lcan infantry had driven the! Hoe” “a somewhat pA of
|Communists’ first division back first into Chonui from Yongi, a scant! tnt Yesterday. On One Of he
the fog lifted this morning. the!
!Americans found the Red tanks UN Lines Up Troops their lines. WASHINGTON, July 11 (UP) Robert C. Miller, U nited Press —Chairman Miliard EB. Tydings Staff Correspondent at the front, (p. Md.) of the Sedate Armed isaid that Lt: John H. Childers of Services Committee said today reported that the that “several other members” of next few hours were “a siaugh- the United Nations will
terhouse.” ground forces to halp U. 8 oaph The North Korean First Di- ih Korea.
‘send Ei
6 a . 67 10 a. m... 82 was scheduled to begin shortly’ The next two largest cities, the com cher! (Roe. Brook PEN in lis’ the second day. Seeghias] | Ya. m..7 11 a m... 84 [after the figures are checked and’ Korean embassy spokesman says, LT . arren Spahn Bost phabet. calls and -unnecessary personal = WASHINGTON. July 11 (UP)| 8a. m.. 4 12 (Noon) 85 the contract awarded. are Haeju, on the western side of 'Rindiicin Gang Codigo “pom DI. u are to (Continued on. Page 2—Col, 8) — The White House announced 9 a. m... 78 1p m.. 86 | -E Washington St. w ill be re- the peninsula near the 38th par- Masio. 00° ting 318; Joe Eh s CAN. surfaced with bituminous concrete allel, and Wonsan, a port city New York, 294: Ferris Pain. ubtract today that President Truman will th t side of Capitol. Ave. h insula. also just om Henrich, New York, ee i Fair wanther is in store for from the east side of Cap across the peninsu Stephens, Boston, 294. Cast a ALD. Shelbyvill Ai appoint Gordon Dean chairman’ he vital liel. Both Washington, Catchers: Jim Hegan elbyville -Airman ‘Indianapolis residents today and to Sheridan Ave. north of the para hington, 303 catchers, Jun Higah.[; Ing you of the Atomic Energy Commis- po Streetcar tracks will be cov- have between 100,000 and 125. 3% Tommy Byrne New Fork.
Piles
| VOmOTTOW, 1000 populations and between three 33: Be
Badly Hurt in C-ash The weatherman forecast the, terre 5: Bob Lemon, - Cl d. 13-8; SHELBYVILLE, >a 11 Cbs. White House Press Secretary possibility of scattered showers. Sticetonrs a id be replaced by and four square mies of | Reynoids. New York 6, Ray Soar Wilttam T. Pruitt, 30. Shelby track trolley | tory iporough, Chicago, 8-8 ville, was in serious condison in Charles G. Ross said the formal tomorrow afternoon. with tem-| A white concrete divider strip, | I ‘is not necessary to devastate
ered by the new surface.
, Cley v ; gion. , 10-3: Art Houtteman, Dattolt, 1
tising camt this time.
sewhere, do U. 8. Veterans Hospital today of appointment will be made “soon.” |peratures ranging as high as 90 proken for passage at corners and ‘an entire city and scorch some of. d obber-Officia far as your - 4 ok sles a small Mr. Dean is serving a three- degrees today and 88 degrees alleys, will run from Capitol Ave. the surrounding coun countryside—as Bank R | the contest. orro to a point east of Southeastern an A-Bomb would do in any To Get Parole Aug. 7
North Korean city—to render it The divider strip wil widen at useless militarily. Pyongyang tomorrow with little intersections to pedestrian “ref-iand temperatures. . as nda’ 2 Tc long and i develope” the state, highs will be feet wide, Jo. replace the present, and fis 208 satety loading Ay
NEW YORK, July 11 (up)! year-old