Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1950 — Page 1

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U.S. Troops Yield Half Of Kum Lines; Red Trap Set For All Gis In Taejon Area

Why The Yanks Got A Kicking Around

In Korea Yank Forces Fall Back ‘On Embattled Key City; Enemy Losses Heavy

Rebel Pincers Drive Due Within 24 Hours;

Thousands of Foes Pour Across Stream By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Sunday, July 16—Outnumbered U, S. troops

gave up the western half of their shattered Kum River defense line today, after a 15-mile-long Communist beachhead outflanked it, and fell back on embattled Taejon. Thousands of North Koreans poured into a growing beachhead less than 20 miles west and northwest of Taejon,

Other Communist spear-|=: heads probed toward the key Sithough, our fighters have been defense bastion from the| The outnumbered Americans . northeast. | demolished bridges and blasted = American advanced Neadquar- loose artificial landslides as they ters in Korea reported that the/Withdrew through the mountains i enemy was setting up a pincers|toward Taejon after after giving up the drive afmed at trapping the whole! U. 8. force in the Taejon area. It! '™ (Continued oa a Page 2—Col. 3) was expected to begin within 24! hours.

Situation Fluid Hit Features

; Gen. Douglas MacArth ; a Following up the tanks, Red infantry leaps from trucks into battle. Or in ug as iy ar re For Every one 5

. 0 . we thelr tanks right in front of us” After the tanks have crashed [nidue that the enemy bridge, In Sunday Times

{head west of Taejon “remai through, the North Korean infantry leaps from trucks and proceed |intact despite heavy losses” ned, ®The SUNDAY TIMES to envelope the Americans. Frequently fog blindfolds the de- | Gigea by U. 8. troops, guns and| tomorrow again will be fenders, enabling the infiltrating Communists to infest defense {plaes, The Situation there, he Shock full of ber of the. positions. In these early attacks, it was a story of too few with |5ald, was “f Or every mem too little against too many with too much. When enough rein- Late dispatches from Korea sald family.

: light vehicles had been put| ® ANSWER. forcements in man-power and fire-power can be brought into the [50T0€ S TO DRAFT fight, the dark page of the Korean war's introduction can turn lucross the Kum into the Com-| QUESTIONS . . , Communist beachhead, but no tanks, plete guide to how the

; 1 ri hter cha] ter. to disc ose a b gt Pl nina — |apparently had got across. draft will operate . , .

[¢ re Co ” — i Airmen destroyed at least four : ‘w Ii Be an All Out War’ {and possibly as many as 14 tanks] whom: 3t will affect . ,.

the fight” And: “When the sun came out there Were eight of Marines Racing em al. Hoosiers Flock to Colors [aids She Sor unnt @uop he Americans were reported!

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{Taejon. But they were outflanked!

American’ positions até overrun before Yanks know’ what hit them.

Red tanks, shrouded by fog and rain, ach down a main road.

North Korean troops, undoubtedly under Russian instruction, " have consistently used a technique of tank warfare that repeatedly smashed the Americans’ lines, scattered the defenders like marbles kicked by an angry boy and sent them reeling in retreat. It was successful largely because the Communists outnumbered the Americans and Red armor and artillery were superior to anything ‘opposed to them. These sketches illustrate the three phases of the Commuhists’ tank-spearheaded attack. First the Reds bring up anywhere from 10 to 30 tanks under cover of darkness. They’ re 40-ton nasties ‘mounting rapid- firing

The Facts Are Correcl— Truman Summons U.S. Army Bars 2 Newsmen,

| Military Leaders Didn't Like Truth on Korea

76 or 88-mm. guns capable of smashing a U. 8. 105-mm. gun emplacement like a hammer on an egg. The tanks, assembled behind a ridge if possible, then punch straight through along a main road—preferably in foggy or rainy weather, when the American

Air Force is blind. The punch is like a six-inch left hook—so sudden the Americans’ positions are over-run before they know what is happening. And too late for the Air Force to strike. Yank ‘officers report: “They split my company before we could get into

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{ Decision Sought Press Officer Says Stories Made Forces First Fighter Wing | ‘Time fo Stop Reds,’ Many Here Assert [by the bulging beachhead on thetr| reas Your: shanoss for y ‘ , wa Ai s Hi ind i hy left, where other U, 8, forces were nie, y and 24 ¥ On Money and Men Look Bad’ and Gave Aid to Enemy Also Aboard Ship . As Military Spirit Grips City Anew ra ro thLOLEn AT mia YOU CAN'T BEAT of! ILSON TOKYO, July 15 (UP)-Peter Kalischer of the United Press! gan CISCO, Jul By GALVY GOR and valleys onto ‘Taejon. - CARNIVAL GAMES ... getables . | Bd 0 LN |and Tom Lambert of the Associated Press have been forbidden byl (UP) — FRAN Y ith AMERICAN blood nad been Apilled on Toseign, soll for ne Allted Losses . wim IRA dea 4 Jovy tory on the. ss wheré WASHINGTON, July 15—Pres- 'public information officers at supreme headquarters to return t0!Marines and the big aircraft Weeks today and IndisndGoné yas a i ving, Dreathing paradox Bon the field dispatches and ; } ident Truman called together to- the Korean front. carrier Boxer raced across the Pa.| following baptism in the fire o Rod” MacArthur's communique, @ WRECKED HIGHWAYS ALMOST day the nation’s military Jeaders| Both correspondents had flown back here fo rest up from Cov-/ cific today, speeding aid to em-| It 11 be an all an WAR: time Jo tap 3 e 8, Pipe Some. Sn further losses by el . + « The story of Indi in a meeting which may decide ering the opeping phases of the Korean war. They were preparing vattled United Nations forces ‘in! Definitely a ‘limited operation’ and none of our business [South Koreans along the right! ana’s highhow much money and men will to return to the front today when | Korea. | anyway,” others reply. J J {flank of the U. S. sector. ways ... who is responsi be needed to win the Korean War. Col. M. P. Echols, press Jelations The fighting leathernecks of| “More than a millioh meh wil Tecre. their Mazer. tol | Thus the ‘yielding defenses on ble. . . and what it costs Mr. Truman summoned the Officer ha eh nforne al DaAsel ic {the First Marine Division knew| D¢ needed stem the Soldiers and Sailors Monu- either side set up the former pro-| . YOU. : jet Store Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense them they would: no P | definitely that they were headed] un thousand Americans | ment would be a memorial to |Visional capital, already aban-' @gOVOLA RE-COUNTS Secretary Louis Johnson and the] a= Echols said he did not like, {for the battlefront. The unit was! in soiform, and they'll back | Joe Stalin in 10 years. jdoned by the Republican govern- TREE LEAVES . . . Secretaries of Army, Navy and toh Mr. Xalischer| Dealers Arrested the’ first organized outfit to leave! a . on iment, for assault from two direc-| Ed Sovola does #t again Afr to a meeting at his Blair the dispatches Fe the continental United States for| “O3™ a city | THEY WALKED on and re- |tions. counts the leaves om: Hoiise residence at 2:30 p. m. [wrote shoul the aetles a, | Korea. | aioe © tr ® CW | membered & few hours later | A U. 8. field artillery position, the Norway Maple tres (Indianapolis time). suffered in Korea. He said they 63 Books Grabbed | They were accompanied by the| Yet unified and extremely | the Mayor's prophetic words, [was SYENYS in To Rommel at American Legion

_ MacArthur's latest estimate of]

{First Marine Fighter Wing, the, {support aviation unit which will! and| team up with them to fight the | {northérn Communists.

Two of the chiefs—Gen. J. nage the Army look bad” and Lawton Collins, Army, and Gen.| “gave aid and comfort to the en- In One Pool Room

Hoyt 8. Yanqenberg: ig Forze emy.” Confiscating “syndicate” a Yue Iofnine BE Col. Echols sald the facts re-|“non-syndicate” tickets alike, po-| The t ita: left. separate] ters in Tokyo. {ported in Mr. Kalischer’s dis- lice today raided two baseball ris in au Cr stor pu | hes were correct but he did po yes-| Th will give the President pate {ticket dealérs and arrested two! terday. ey £ not like the way in which they The 27 ton Essex-type USS

and all of the conferees Gen. imen. were written. Earnest Hoberecht, ? 4 U. P. manager for Japan, told Promising police" ‘reprisal s” un- Boxer, the last big carrier in ac-

- are in a war whether we (fan-out 2 Ne to call, it that or not” [around Kongju, 19 milés north-|

Th remembered it a few { west of Taejon, Gen. MacArthur, eo later when our President | disclosed. He said “no further inannounced the situation had | | formation was disclosed” regard-

forced renewal of the almost Ing the overrun position. dead draft. | “Morale and combat efficiency]

And rumors flowed in the {remained excellent despite neces-| Hoosier capital. Deadly ru- [ary withdrawals and holding ac-|

mors, some of which If it got |tions,” his communique said.

“war-conscious.” Downtown stores and private homes alike dusted off the Stars | and Stripes, and proudly hoisted: new ones to replace time-worn flags.

2 & = 5 IN THE theaters the andi- | ences applauded when American

headquarters on the third anniversary of his first leave-counting venture. You'll be surprised

at the new count.

OSLOUISE FLETCHER

ON FASHIONS . . . Times Women's Editor. reports on more fash.

the Korean situation and what| -|less cigar store proprietors elimi- tive duty on the Pacific coast,| troops paraded Cross he ‘ : . jons during -her New he needs in equipment and men. | Cal, Echols Be Ol nate “certain baseball tickets, steamed .through the Golden screen, hissed at Commies”. | out ol hang oud Dig er | oe cri ey alFeieh York visit. Put Aside Comment the Army could prove was in-|leaders of the syndicate are try- Gate yesterday with deadly P-5l and North Korean troop scenes, | p: tun Pere x £ ¢ | with giving “splendid help” in in-, ® HOPE FOR FUTURE... ing to eliminate seven out of the Mustang fighte’s lashed to its| ~ Planks on the new Penney ¢ news” include “gassing of | 8 ) c % Optimism sounded against The Air Force and Army chiefs correct. He added that the United], ®, o +" ho 0¢ore in the highly flight deck. It's destination was| Monument store boardwalk | Washington, thousands of men flicting heavy losses on Commu the thunder of war by the put aside all comment on the Press intended to report defeats {lucrative Indianapolis fieid.. secret. echoed and resounded as the | already dead, invasion of Ja- |nist concentrations and attempted; Rev. Mr. TI Fisher, situation "until they confer with|when there were defeats and] Operators of three of the Jarg.| I the Northwest, meanwhile, growing tide of eager youth, | pan.” Also on the dark side, (crossings. 4 pastor of the Northe the President. Gen. Collins did would be glad to report victories| ast peratO. ticket rackets have tons of military equipment —- in- anxious to serve or hoping to |" patriotic, but “far-sighted” eiti-'| Bouth Roreag Hevops = de . wood Christi Chure} #3y, however: doing damn nen. there were victories. Col. C. ® actically driven from the cluding tanks and heavy guns—.avoid the draft, paraded toTall- | zens began to “stockpile” UMIted WIthUCawnS > Rosan in the SERMON OF The troops are doing da | Echols replied that he conceded] field Chief Rouls described the Were moved from the Puget Sound road and other transportation | against the threat of all-out [grou Sean of raston, pear THE WEEK.

well and everything will turn out the fact that front line reporters) all right.” |knew the situation on the baftleEven before the afternoon Be field best. ing, the President had conferr Asks Specific. Ch | pecific Charges with Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair-| 1.4 press world headquar-

ayndieate’s operations as a war area aboard cargo vessels. The mong the racketeers themselves. equipment belonged > the In. Officer Buys Ticket /fantry Division whic 8 n ; » to Pacific A plainclothes officer entered ro letton for shipment

terminals from recruiting sta- | war and rationing. tions in the Federal Building. | * no» {North Korean forces continued a Boys, suddenly men, whistied | THEY begged and wheedled |drive southeastward along the at pretty girls as they marched | to get new cars, bought sack | Tanyang-Hongju axis,

vg hield of de- | to ‘Air Force fighters and bombOf to camy ihe sled | after sack of sugar, rushed ers continued strikes against

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