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ALS DS HOM FORECAST: Occasional thundershowers late tonight, tomorrow. Cooler tomorrow. Low tonight, 65. High tomorrow, 85. : ! i, a ns : == m— —, | | PRICE FIVE CENTS . [Scrires -nowarnd 61st YEAR—NUMBER 122 $s WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1950 Ee tinnapaiin Indiana: Tscued DAY Bar Ie

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Rifai Rockets Of Yanks Bounce Legal Fog Here Reds’ 60-Ton Russian Tanks

U.S. Invalidates Council's Action | my EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Stat Correspondent |rain-swollen Kum would -prove to be a formidable barrier tracks from the north and from both sides under cover of

+ J. 7; €F TOKYO, Thursday, July 13—Communist forces paced for the Communist armor was reflected in Gen. Douglas a heavy mortar barrage. : Because Mayor Didn't Sign {by 60-ton tanks off which five-inch rockets bounced harm- MacArthur's midnight communique. | Nearly all of the U. 8. equipment was salvaged Mr. By DAVID WATSON _ ... |lessly threw American troops back across the Kum River The communique was far behind the field reports of Miller reported. He said most of the men and equipment had gt “Federal authorities today rejected Indianapolis City jon the approaches to Taejon today. (the American withdrawal across the river. It said the North been pulled back from the area Tuesday, and only a skeleton I f¢ Council action to decontrol rental property. | A field dispatch from the sector where the outmatched Korean pressure in the U. 8. sector “may compel further force was holding the town. @ Immediately the issues were lost in a fog of legal in-| Americans were digging in along the south bank of the ‘withdrawals behind the Kum River, a natural tank obstacle.” | At some points, the North Koreans were believed only i ferpretations. : \wide, muddy Kum River said their positions were intact The South Korean forces on the right flank of the 13 miles from Taejon, the provisional capital of South Ko Whether or net new hearings will be ordered for a new “and this command intends to keep them that way.” | Americans also fell back, Gen. MacArthur reported. Thus rea. Artillery fire was heard in the capital. _ rent decontrol resolution was the major question. U. 8. and Australian air forces swarmed against the it became plain that the battle which would determine the

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: The North Korean government radio broadcast a wholly ; : , The resolution adopted by North Korean units massing along the Kum. The weather course of the war in the near future would be fought along unsubstantiated claim that Red forces surrounded an Amers mes R It B City Council on July 5 to/was reported excellent, and the airmen had plenty to shoot |the Kum. ican infantry unit on the north bank of the Kum River yese : eno U Jars svoii: rent controls here was at. The Aussies knocked out eight tanks in their biggest | : - Hit Under Barrage |terday and killed more than 700 troops. : rejected in Washington by Hous-|day since they went into action.

United Press Correspondent Robert C. Miller reported Another 500 Americans were captured, along with four

h [ng Expedite: Tighe Woods: isis Pilots of the U. 8. Fifth Air Force threw everything from the front that a Communist attack from three direc. tanks, more than 1100 automatic rifles, several anti-tank B 1} {was invalid because it lacked the they had at the Communists. They reported that their tions Wednesday morning threw the Americans ofit of guns and other war booty, the Pyonyang broadcast said.

City Clerk Rictiard G. Y: wart|TOCKeL fire only glanced off the giant tanks which have Chochiwon, 20 miles north of Taejon and six miles short Fifteen tanks and five armored cars were claimed damaged.

signature of Mayor Feeney. |

Titoists Say Units Off

t |said the resolution was never sub-|led the Communist advance deep into South Korea. ‘of the Kum. | It said the battle occurred south of Chochiwon, 20 miles y RHO. Frontier ified 10 the Mayor for &is ap The hope of the Americans that the sluggish and North Korean shock troops dashed down the railroad (Continued on Page $—Col. 5) : BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July Proval | 12 (UP)—The Yugoslav press said Most officials directly con-

fi ' today that motorized Bulgarian nected with decontrol action con-| army units in battle array are tended the resolution could bef marching toward the Yugoslav Sent again to Washington after) frontier. {it is signed by the Mayor. i 1 Romania and Hungary also| In the national capital, how-| £5 were reported by the press to ever, Mr. Woods said a new start | 3 be taking emergency measures Must be made if Indianapolis]

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * C5 ok * * Oo Draftees Go Abroad Now ls Ordery In: “pie z TR — | * * * * * * * * * * * Quitting Town : in their border areas. {is to lift controls before they iS M : | ° > : ° wh | : i > ld hadi ne cman nm se ee OME MAY This Is Korea—Where Yanks Fight and Die tie ggpmen: circulate y the official news a : : : :

a May Affect Voting { Declared Lost agency Tanjug less than 24 hours Should the new start be made,

3 after Yugoslavia banned travell, =~ "ol eo tion «Bp Sent Later wo By ROBERT C. MILLER 4 to frontier areas without special

nited Press Staff Correspondent : permits have a direct bearing on council WITH AMERICAN FORCES

: : voting. . . IN KOREA, July 12 — A three . pj suia Romania pad Bn Most members today said their Recruits to Receive pronged Communist attack forced

jattitude toward controls remained * outnumbered American troops frontier, and Hungary had Cre-| nehanged during the interval be-| 14-Week Course out ‘of Chochiwon early today. The withdrawal was orderly, and

ated a virtual state of emergencyiiyeon passage of the resolution | WASHINGTON, July 12 in the border regions. i {little equipment was lost. The invaders hurled a sudden,

and its rejection in Washington. | (1 IP) Th ere is ‘no re: t The agency quoted the Com-| : p sen

{Three members said more study | a munist organ Borba as saying oe conditions and the reason fori plan” to send draftees overthe town, advancing directly down the railroad tracks and at the

the Cominform was “whipping up! tion of the current bill would | a war psychosis” among the Buk jLojection o |Seas, an Army spokesman acks he same time thrusting in from bo! sides.

garian, Romanian and Hungarian a, vor Feeney, who was report- Said today. people. ed “fishing” today, could not be} The Army has ordered Re alten U. 8. Joss dat

| | Selective Service to draf moving about in Sofia and head-| required by him. In the past he | men. They ves 2, Ball 20 ing toward the western (Yugo-ly,q stood for retention of rent!o; months dut slav) frontier complete from Buns! ntrols here. Y. to medical equipment and supply| Washington officials said 15 An Army planning expert held columns,” the agency said. letters and telegrams arrived Out hope to the draftees that “A curfew has been introduced (pare before the council resolu-|if the United States regains the 3 in the Romanian frontier 2ome tion Only one favored decontrol. Initiative in Korea and the| facing Yugoslavia. : : nation’s military forces can be ‘A Real Crusade’ 6-to-3 Vote Needed cut back, the draftees might be “In Hungary, a real crusade| If the Mayor vetoed the meas- released after 15 months ‘or even| has been started against the ure, 1" would go back to council a year of duty. : | Yugoslav minority, Arrests, mal-for further action. A vote of 6/ But unless voluntary en 7 treatment, and forcible displace-|to 3 would then be required 10 ments take a sharp jump, it is |@ ment of not only individuals and |pass- the resolution over the | expected that another draft call families, but whole villages and Mayor's veto, | will be issued. regions are being carried out.” | A new effort to write a de- Enlistments Increase Borba sald Vice Premier Mat-| control resolution would require

| The A d yas Rakosi, Communist boss of a 10-day notice of public hearings rmy planning expert said

-The-defenders breathed easier; ~{but for a short time only. The North Koreans, who had appar ently built up their forces during the night, swarmed down on the town without warning, : Troops from Chochiwon fell back to the defensive positions set up after Tuesday's with drawal, Officers at headquarters said all these positions were in tact, and “this command intends to keep them that way.” Eight armed North Koreans in

Hungary, imposed measures infand the submission of evidence | (16 CTaTt call remlien 1h 2a ian the frontier zone facing Yugo-|/by interested parties. City OI pre COUId Hat FIV he ® slavia that “equal a state of |cials qounted Hie new hearings The present wall ph alist: emergency.’ {would be needed. - ments is designed to bring the These steps are designed to put| Councilmen who said “the situ-| Army to budget strength of 630. increasing pressure on Yugoslavia ation” would require study before| 5 and suppress anti-Cominform ele-/any votes were cast on any proments within Hungary, Borba|posed new resolution were Chrissaid. ‘

“It we make up the deficiency, | | we'll not have to issue another ; —Col. 1) {draft call,” he said. neler Wins | Continued on Page 3 . | The deficiency as of July 1 was 3 ; \ . | 37,000. Wampler Wins \Lovise Fletcher . I"... , wer cous

1st Round Match On Pages 6, 13 | Draftees will be trained in the|

" a 1, % civilian clothes were captured fis : ormal 14-week basic course at. go oH % n y & yp (side American lines during the 1d Def RR re? ® Still elbowing her way Forts ord, Cal.; Dix, NT; Knox, - : a CBarhaad’ we 8% | day--the first armed ros the hy Jelen n ; 1 w y . a. iam s sg . : " . . A Wampler’ Jr. of Indianapolis, = through the crowds on New (KY. and Riley, as bls will This will give you an idea of thé rugged terrain on which G's are battling Korea Reds today. A B-29 (top) flies over the moun. _ Ae Bad CRUEL. dors wd showed the way home to early] York's Seventh Ave, “find [be in the zone of the interior—| t#inous country returning from a bombing mission. : ; today thos ne om he 0 finishers in first-round match that's ‘where you n which comprises all of the con- EE —— TTT Ee ; a eh ao ist infiltration tactics— play at the 50th annual Indiana Louise Fletcher, Times Wo- I eal Tap a Hod I . iq Told Him I'd Have to Leave Him’ { erserk Watchman omnis pe iy Joa amateur golf tourney at High-| man’s Editor, today. | While stressing that there was! g | Iams : : : derously effective—was “greatly ; jand. | @ She's there to bring you a lis yore ey Moommaighiny { P y . Kills One, Wounds 2 a » : x Wampler, who is also District; . first-hand report on fall | to BFC Ht spokesman did say that{gg Th t All Ri i Sar e ok. Jy 1 wey Troubles in Front y and National Intercollegiate title-| fashions from top designers hater foe might go but the a S J / fA night watchman at the Schen-| On roubles Ton LUN bia Bolder, easily trounced Dan; = salons along that famows | o., " no. 70t oF large “nor aS 0 en Im ; {ley Hotel, driven by pent-up hate, headquarters after two days and Guinnup of Greenfield, 6-5, by . garment-center street. . |will that be soon.” { | , . y ° |went berserk today, and before nights in forward positions. said ? shoating even par for 13 holes. ® Today she's looking at the | aie | Be ive © renga 05 ‘he was through, killed one fellow Hight a or wArd Dosis Sn A : In the tourney's first upset Bud collections of Herbert Sond-.| Slugger : May | | ! [Eiploves. sos wos road two NOF h Koren gu eile astivity i Faulks, . 35-year-old . salesman. heim, Adele Simpson, Mollie ‘Showers fo Fred ¥ Out f S t ‘M b I'l Tak -C | With Me)’ others. from Lebanon, defeated Francis Parnis, Joseph Halpert and | u Ors anason Teds ayoe ake aLouple b ’ { Dominic Omogrosso, 59, tolq| situation. we have had prac : EE ale Sy Sham} a 8-Day Dry Spell | Witty a fractured left] Says Wounded Gl Left on Field Polite te wen he shat Dad meen tically no losses irom guerrillas, ’ fon, one-up. Faulks is competing e rest o 8 week, ) i : 1 . * - ~~ making fun’-e m--for several =" ha | g = , th his first state tourney. Fleming-— “see’ the collections your- LOCAL TEMPERATURES ‘arm in yesterday's All-Star nt By KEYES BEECH, Times Foreign Correspondent Ll yegreana-he-was fod up with-1{DItwe fae ton waoy peopie-why en g. had a two-up lead at the halfway self In Miss Fletcher's | g4-m... 68 10a m.. 80 {ball game and may be sidelined: i ; on Police identified the dead man Are Scared oie? n," : point of the 18-hole match, but stories. | Ta m..7 11 a m.. 84 [the restof the season, the Boston, WITH THE UNITED STATES FORCES IN KOREA; 44 Alphonse Morano, 61. a work- | t * oloniel 341 re Hight ta Trout Faulks evened matters on the —@ Miss Fletcher repos ts of -i ga. m.. 73 12 (Neon) 85 [Rea Sox ZEGUES SAY pr. July 12— Whipped, frightened and hopelessly: outnum- fer in the hotel baking shop. . | Ou ATcubles ats sgh in font 15th when. Fleming. three-putted.: Fashions . . . on Page 6. 9 army pom. 88 2 : . : . : / ) e two wounde en, : s just have 100 Faulks took the lead when he @ Miss Fletcher writes about > Joseph H. Ehortel} will Sperate on bered survivors of chopped-up American battalions were 'H, Kundy, 51, and John 8. Har. |e No a ue ae he carded a birdie three on the 17th the “ducky” life at the Ritz- | Thundershowers late tonight the slugging left fielder tomorro bli f the hills tod ith backward looks at |Pe™ 35. were taken to Montifiore "ERY on hole {~——Cariton . . . on Page 13. {and tomorrow will end eight dry in hope surgery may speed Wil- stum ling out of the hills ay w 3 Hospital. . - — re en AVY, |liams’ return and get him back in the ever-advancing Gooks ; a . » = . ! . | The Weather Bureau said some| uniform “before the end of the : Lo On t e Insi £ {relief will b> offered by the rain, season. Only a fragment of the original unit was accounted

but not before the mercury climbs| His arm swollen and sore, Wil- | : ° . to 88 again today, as yes-|liams had flown here earlier § for although more stragglers may turn S \ Of Th e Times jterday’s high, Temperatures to- today from Chicago where he| up later.

night will slide to 65, then climb suffered the injury when he ran Those who raised their hands to sur:

to &5 tomorrow. {into the brick wall of Comiskey { Chorus of local youngsters “gives Rombert's Heidelberg a Tonight's predicted showers will| Park near the scoreboard while render were shot dead by as savage a foe shot of adrenalin.” Henry Butler reviews “The Student |be the first since July 4, when .01/chasing a fly in the first inning as Americans ever faced. Prince,” first offering of Starlight AR esa agy inch was recorded. : {of the All-Star game. Squatting in a potato patch with his ; Dignified atmosphere surrounds spectators a e Western { " Pn s and sometimes shoeonl Tourney at the Woodstock Club. Indiana Feder- ‘Friends and Neighbors'— : ragged, weaponless a

ation of Clubs announces state convention date, depart- ; ment, division and committee chairmen. .......... Pages 6, 7, 8. County Draft Boards Busy ; To the victor belong the honors, but not the spoils.” Dan

AS TIMES Kidney reports that Andrew Jacobs was prepared to de-

less men around hin, Lt. Edward James, 25, Columbus, Ga., said:

* * . + Mr. Beech = “Tel the people how - - - - - useless it is. d liver a speech along those lines to the Demooratie State Preparing First Call Lists I have been in the Army eight years and I've never fought ndin real : tion after the nomination o ex Campbell, | re .is ib ck he 2 ; " They didn't get around to calling on him. The door | 5 Classification Finished for 1000; without flanks raf ben: the Aer: imes, 3 is open for mediation of the Korean war, The price is L aol Order About 90 of State's 578 The battle began Monday a ternoon when the and many 3 a United Nations Security Council seat for Red China... Page 14 |, oc By GALYY CORDON 2 : jcans counter-attacked in the Miho River valley. They E : ve the National League All-Stars their fifth Gy fl ; y G. 4 , idni rew rl | TE | basta) Se rar 30 uri Js midnight they ment, and | Wampler. holds early lead in Indiana Amateur go ' ly World War TI, members of Marion County's four draft C v ; pron A phoamb— nes is stil | : lourney match at Highland Country Club, Shoots par. OF cally Worl fo or plugged away at thelt task. But these positions were occupied—by North Ko- VELLOK == es is ; first time Wt sives = toa Eoin - Korea. Seen ages ’ It was a routine job, pulling folders, filling out forms, writing reans. : . : ng of U. 8. ; : whipping manpower shape 5 . y : Why Das thes ow) S. Lucas reports hat the Amy aay i en eventuaily will gt = Ti 2 Sut men inch As usual our forces were outflanked. Americans were ¥ § k-minded. We r | third in Wor wn L,.] most part volunteer Ee : idn’ a . den] DO a ae Ee vag piihe. trouble, in workers are the mainstay of the under small arms fire all night but the slaughter didn’t War IL .... The four workers in the ground ? ee RG Indianapolis School Board reappoints 2300 teachers for 1950- floor rent-free cubicle in the War| boards in these first critical | begin until dawn. : : : : 31 seston Paul Bones ed I lace Of page 13] JCal were ae] were Standby ours, toers car. The fog still hadn't lifted from the valley when the ™ Leon C. Thompson who resigned from board, «cies» y doing ‘en ross volunteers car- ol : : ; £ hompson "we workers on 15 boards were doing ried part of the load yesterday attack came. Surrounded and tense in their foxholes, S Amusements ............ 10 Needlework ....cieeevess 7 he Mel SuE Of the dralt for} injuring Qe Peak hours. 1030 3. vi. the Americans heard the Communists sound the charge : pa HOAMIES sieiivinaaises 5 1 war. va 2p; m. They ansewered thou- Loh on a sign | . a Classified .vv00v01r00..17-21 Sith sessrsnsssencassss 4 | True, two additional clerk-|sands of inquiries, helped fill out Of the light brigade on a bugle as signal for the attack : COMICS ,wvvvsnrinsasnaes 21 Side Glances .......ies.s 14 [typists have been promised, but/forms,

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