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Simple. To train the vast sea of additional rookies

Stalin’ 5 Policemen’ Learn Panzer War

FRED SPARKS, Times Foreign

The officer training schools study the most advanced

BERLIN, LIN. July 21-—Stalin’s slick ne of of Aghting his wars without using Russian troops (see China, Greece, Korea, the Philippines, Malayas), might get its supreme test here in Germany. In the Soviet zone a hard core of 50,000 Germans

‘ Stalin has formed a mew German Wehrmacht—the Bereitschaften—another important link in his chain of stooge armies. To get the inside, human story of. this Communist-Prussian force, Fred Sparks spoke to ordinary soldiers and officers, deserters and high Allled officials. This is the second of a group of articles.

are being fashioned into a new Wehrmacht

to fight this time under the

sickle instead of the swastika. If a timetable for expansion is pushed —and there is no reason to believe it will not be—these 50,000 will be but the advance guard of another Teutonic military

mass.

To prove that the new Wehrmacht is merely a cadre, the skeleton for a huge

body, let me say:

hammer-and- |

ficer training schools. The

ficiently led.

Mr. Sparks

Eleven thousand (out of the 50,000) now attend of-

39,000 men left—now under-

going actual organized maneuvers — are already suf-

This means that when graduation day comes, assuming few will flunk, the new Wehrmacht will have 11,000 officers without assignment!

What will they be used for?

to be enlisted or conscripted” in the Soviet zone. Then let Europe and its American defender truly shiver. We'll face the threat, dreamed of for centuries, of a Prussian-Russian military combine. A fearful thing. Some of our wishful Willies with their ostrich heads have tried to shrug off the new Wehrmacht as mere “cannon fodder” . . . foot soldiers strictly. By such flabby thinking they delight Herr Stalin. He tries to tell us that the Bereitschaften (translated: alert units) is part of the police force. (Sure, Joe: Just like the New York coppers would use an A-bomb to flush a pocketbook thief out of a Times Square hotel.)

methods of artillery, communications, tanks and englneering. All the muddy functions of ground warfare are

microscoped with German thoroughness — under the direction of former Nazi generals and other high rankers.

They've got one advantage not always given yietorious generals. They lost, yah! And they want to cor-

rect their previous errors.

They're picking up where they left off. For ex-

ample: The old Wehrmach closed in, a “Goliath tank.” trolled. It attacks bunkers, not need a crew. (Continued on P

t had developed, as defeat This monster is remote con directed by radio, and does

(“Push the button, Hermann!”)

age 5 —Col. 7)

Still Stalin's No. 1

. Attack

Target— *

on Yugoslavia

| Seen Within Weeks

Soviet General

Leads Koreans |

Guerrilla Warfare Expert on Scene

By LEON DENNEN Times Foreign Correspondent PARIS, July 21—A highranking Soviet Army officer named Maj. Gen F. A. Nessin is the actual command-er-in-chief of the Communist forces now fighting in Korea, according to well-informed Cominform circles in Paris. Gen. Nessin has long been known in Communist international ranks. Before Asan. ing command in Korea he chief of the Cominform’s ae spread network of secret shock troops and commando detachments in Western Europe. Although primarily a “political” general, he is known to be one of Moscow's foremost experts in guerrilla warfare.

Gen. Nessin is at present re- |

ported to be in North Korea, where he heads a staff of 200

Red Army officers and military |

experts of the Comintorm. " 2 THE CHOICE of the ° fcal” general as the man to fire the first shot in what might become the prelude to World War III is regarded in Cominform circles as a distinct victory for the pro-war group in the Soviet Politburo. This group, headed by G. M. Malenkov, Marshal N. A. Bulganin, and M. A. Suslov, believes that time is not on Russia’s side — that Russia must strike while the Western Allies are still unprepared. It advocates the immediate “liquidation of the Tito incident” and

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On the Inside Of The Times : Page

They made it. The Indians led the Association when they went on the road but tripped ‘over some rough spots in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Now they are back on top. Frank McKinney has joined the boys pulling out of major league teams with a million bucks in their jeans. Dan Daniel «.ccivieenes 21, Nativity Catholic Church has lawn social and fish fry today and tomorrow. Chairman and assistants named. White capelet will give a cool, fresh touch to your summer frock. s.soves.0 12, 18 Brothersservetogether aboard the light cruiser USS Manchester. They are among today's 12 “Hoosier

‘polit-

Aron the eastern hemisphere, Communist lightning, gener- |

ated in Moscow, touched off war fires now burning in Korea. But | Cominform circles say Yugoslayia still is Moscow's No. | target. 'A’Soviet | lightning stroke there is expected within weeks.

Cadillac Will Make Tanks

Allison to Build Transmission Units

Cadillac Division]

{will sign a contract for mass pro-

{eral Motors’

{duction of Army tanks “shortly

{GM President C. E. Wilson HA Mother Speaks—

(today, | Mr. Wilson said the pending contract, the auto industry's

| first major war order since the {Korean War began; would not af- | féct automobile production. | The tanks will be built in the! {former Fisher bomber plant at| the Cleveland Municipal Airport.| | Transmissions for the tanks will ibe assembled at GM's Allison] | Division plant in Indianapolis, | Mr. Wilson said. “Discussions and production planning have been speeded up |in recent weeks and these discus-| sions will likely materialize into! {a definite production contract] |shortly,” the GM president added. | First Commitment | | “This contract, when it _mate-| rializes, will be GM’s first new

i. {Signal for New Russian Attack?—

West Europe Red Leaders Ordered on Job by Aug. 3

Blow Could Be Aimed Against Greece, | Western Germany or Yugoslavia The Chicago Daily News and Indianapolis Times Foreign Service has learned that special and secret orders have just been issued by Moscow to all Cominform executives in Western Europe to be back from summer

vacation not later than Aug. 31. These orders especially apply to all paid agents of the Cominform in France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Western Germany. Some will interpret the orders as a sign that Moscow has set the first fortnight in September as the deadline for another aggression, Korean fashion, this time against Western Germany, Yugoslavia or Greece. Another less ominous interpretation is that Moscow wants its agents in Western Europe to be well back at their desks when the Assembly =of the United Nations meets Sept. 19. This course would be foHowed to insure that the Soviet propaganda items at Lake Success are given adequate amplification among the already disturbed populations of Western Europe. Stalin is studiously trying to avoid Hitler's mistake of letting the civilized world be convinced that he is the aggressor. He is using every propaganda opportunity to make the world believe he is trying to maintain peace. The September meeting of the United Nations Assembly will be a gigantic opportunity

for him to cash in on this line.

Slightly Warmer ‘Due Tomorrow

Terms Belgium's

Military Chief Fears Attack by Russia

temperatures to 80 degrees. FT. KNC °, Ky., July 21 (UP) Fog a

L 8. G. Beernaerts, commandant

{said today. ter between

“Belgium was left defenseless by World War II and is in danger of being overrun | the Soviets , ...., should commit aggression against) orn to 92 south

peratures will range

3 and 6 degrees below normal,| maximum being 89 . Normal mini-

commitment in our country’s defense production program neces: sitated by the Korean crisis.” | Don E. Ahrens, general mana-| {ger of Cadillac, said he inspected] {the Cleveland plant last Wednes- | {day and found it “in good shape. if | Mr. Ahrens said Cadillac output| lin Detroit would not be affected) |by the tank program. In Washington, the Army said {it was negotiating with Cadillac| for a contract for the “mass pro-| duction of tanks.” Neither Army | nor GM spokesmen would say! what kind of tanks would be made. i Unconfirmed reports, however, | said Cadillac would make the | new 28-ton ton light tank. tank.

Farm Boy Killed As Tractor Spills

Overturns in Ditch, Crushing Child, 10

A 10-year-old Marion County farm boy was killed: today when

turned in a ditch and crushed his! chest, {

Larry Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. | Ferdinand J. Cox, died under the tractor in front of his home on Mendenhall Road, one mile west {of Valley Mills.

| A brother,

8-year-old James, He was riding|

- " * Situati S | The weatherman predicted fair saw the accident. on erious land cool weather today. alongside the tractor on a bicycle. | : Temperatures will range from! la high 79 today to 58 tonight.‘ Slightly warmer weather pre- drove the tractor too close to the

dicted for tomorrow will raise ditch on Mendenhall Road. He

Larry's father said the boy ‘apparently got excited” and

Iwas _ driving it to a neighbor's

For the rest of Hoosierland, house when the accident occurred. | —Belgium’s situation is “extreme- fair and warm weather is on ly dangerous,” Maj. Gen. Georges Sthedule today with cool tem-/at Decatur Central School. peratures predicted tonight. Partly cloudy and warm weather to-er. Larry is survived by a 7-year-of the milifary school at Brussels, morrow will keep the thermome- old sister, Sue Ann, and another mosa, official sources said today. : 75 and 82 degrees. brother, Ferdinand Jr, 2. For the next five days tem-|

Larry was a fifth grade student

Besides his parents and broth-

Services are being arranged by!

between Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. | pected to support the Chinese lo = » »

a tractor he was driving over-|’

‘We're Grateful to Have Boy

Willing to Help in Crisis’

Mrs. Sam Stabler Tells of Faith That Sailor-Son Will ‘Come Out OK’

Mrs. Sam D. Stabler, 4952 Kingsley Drive, is but |

one mother in the nation with a son in service. Her son, Stanley D., is in the Navy stationed in Florida. letter to The Times tells the simple, living story of all parents from the great and small cities, the crossroads and the farms who have seen their sons off to war. The letter follows:

IT'S FINE that you're making a spot for Hoosier Heroes in | The Times. I'll write Stan and tell him you asked for information and pictures of service people. He'll say, “Yes, The Times would do that.” He's ong of your boys. He started carrying tHe paper when he was 11, later worked as a salesman and won most of the prizes for getting new business. Stanley is now 19. He joined the Naval Reserve while at- | tending Broad Ripple High School. After he was gradu-

More Servicemen's Photos—Page 17

ated in June, 1948, he volunteered for service in the regular Navy and was sent to Great Lakes. From boot camp he went to Green Cove Springs, Fla., where he now is stationed on the USS Mercer as an electriclan's mate. How do we as parents feel about the war? Exactly the same way all devoted parents feel about their first-born sons going out to sea. But we're deeply grateful we have.the kind of a boy who is trained and willing to back up those in Korea. He'll come out OK. So will the rest of us, if we stand up and behave like real Americans. As a nation we've been whining for 15 years. “What kin I git from the government fer free?” We must about face and say: “What can I give to my God and my country?” On paper it looks very ordinary to say that an American boy goes to school, joins Scouts, belongs to a church, carries a

Stanley D. Stabler . . . the nation's strength and power.

newspaper, etc. But it is in the minds and hearts of many such |

boys that the strength and power of a great country is cradled.

From the time Stan was a Cub Scout and solemnly stood at | attention and recited:

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America...” He meant every word of it then. means every word of it.

British ‘Neutral’ On Formosa Attack

LONDON, July 21 (UP)—| British naval units in China waters will remain neutral if the| Chinese Communists attack For-|

A decade later he still

Immediate Tax Boost Is Urged

Congress Action May Be Delayed

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UP) he House-Senate Economic

Britain has recognized the Red regime and can hardly be ex-| _

| Nationalists on Formosa, these day that there should be an “im-|

| sources said. imediate tax increase, They pointed out that Foreign n4iviquals and corporations.”

agreed informally to-|

both on|chief of

Armed Forces Want =x. 600,000 ‘In Hurry

Air Branch

May Seek

War Il Veteran Draft

House, Senate Groups Hear Request; Quickly OK Lifting Service Limit

WASHINGTON July 21—The Armed Forces indicated

ito a fast-moving Congress today that they want at least

" exceeded. It would take 550 The military men testified before the Senate and House | Armed Services Committees.

After hearing their brief ex-

committees

Her 600,000 to 700,000 more men in a hurry. r Their spokesmen did not give figures, except to say the present legal limit of Z/005,000 will be wed

000 to reach the limit.

Be rr Cs

planations of the situation, the! in rapid-fire order

approved bills. to remove the

present 2,005,000-man limit on of the Armed Forces | and to extend all expiring enlist-

| the size

ments for one year. The military spokesmen said their mobilization plans call for a hurry-up expansion of the Armed

2,005,000. Alr Force Draft They said the Air Force may ask authority to draft some World War II combat veterans if it fails| to get enough men from its re-|

Ww ASHINGTON, July 21 (UP)~The Army announced today it now is calling up “non-divisional elements” of both the National Guard and Organized Reserves to active duty. This was the first announcement “of mobilization of the National Guard. The units are being called, | the Army sald, “as the need arises and facilities for their | | | |

reception and training can be provided.” For the “immediate present” it was not contemplated that | units the size of a division will be called, | The Army sald units will be alerted an estimated 30 days prior to movement so as to give members time to arrange | their _personal affairs.

serves or through enlistments.

Yodo. Move Back.

Below Taejon Py EARNEST HO HOBERECHT United Press Staff TOKYO, ay July Ty 12 Communist armored forces

Forces from the present 1,458, 000 grilled into U. 8. defense posi. officers and men to well above tions southeast of Taejon today

while to the east, troops of the | American 25th Division were get{ting their baptism of fire on the central front. North Korean mobile units struck swiftly down the highwa;’ from captured Taejon and rolled up some of the forward positions of the Americans before they had time to grab a foothold after being forced out of the burning

city. \ Release First Word U. 8. Eighth Army héadquarters permitted the first word that men of the 25th Division were fighting alongside South Koreans on the central front. They helped fend off Communist threats tn Allled communications on both the central and eastern front, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's customary midnight communique was omitted. A headquarters spokesman said there was no word of Maj. Gen. William ¥. Dean, commander of the 24th Division. He last was reported with one of the units cut off in Taejon by an encirclement drive at the same time as the frontal attack which ousted tha American defenders.

{Most veterans are exempt from | the draft under existing law, The two bills approved today the manpower measures! {asked for by President Truman, {in ‘his Korean crisis nessage to; | Congress Wednesday. The House will vote on both! next Tuesday, Tr: Senate schedule was not disclos-1 immediately, but early action and passage seem | certain. Decided by Staff Big. Gen. C. V. R. Schuyler, the ' Army's planning {branch, told the House committee

Reds Report Advance. The North Korean radio report {ed that the units which capturet Taejon continued to advance, It {said anti-aircraft batteries shet {down three planes from U. 8. {fleets “which have been checking | the advance of the people's army.” A front dispatch received ot [8:30 p. m. (Indianapolis time}, said the U. 8. 21st Regiment was |fighting a stubborn withdraws! action against Red tanks and in|fantry near Okchon, seven miles | from burning Taejon on the main highway running southeast to the U. 8. base port of Pusan.

Heroes.” ... 17| Western Furope,” he said.

Ssesssasnsearns

mums are 64 north and 67 south.

Undersecretary Ernest Davies)

The immediate ate Communist ob-

Pndiana’s Democratic Congressmen report campaign plans to state committee through Bob Bloem, state = committee publicity director. Shy away from Brannan Plan and socialized medicine. Republican Advance, progressive movement organized by a group of New York Republicans, is feeling its way cautiously in party circles. Amusements ..ooensesse. 14 Bridge :.ocsivinvrininina 12 Classified ...ceeo0ve.. 26-30

{arrive too late in case war should

sessssssssassssses. 18/manent part of our army,” Gen.

The real concern of the Belgian people is that military aid might and Sunday is forecast. break out in Europe, he added. “We were in fear of invasion by the Germans. Now it is fear of a Russian invasion or perhaps

in the five-day outlook.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

an invasion by a satellite power.! a.m... 61 10a. m... 60 Western Europe wants to stay) 7am... 61 11am... 4 free. What we need is to equip} 8a. m... 62 12 (Noon) 74 our forces properly and to main-| 9a. m... 66 lpm... 14

tain them, strengthening the per- ————————— Oil Union Pledges No Strike During War

Beernaerts said. “Specifically, what we need now is the best tanks we can get,

A general warming trend in weather conditions for tomorrow

Little or no rain is indicated

{made it clear

supporting the U. S. Seventh Fleet

campaign.

PSC Orders Ree Cut In Winchester Area

in Parllamentioonsumer credit should be cur-| |July 10 that British warshipsitailed.

Commission today ordered a 351,- Indications are that the admin 000 a year ‘cut in the rates of the istration will propose a tremen- ADMIT RUSSIA HELPING Citizens Heat, Light & Power | {dous tax increase, but that Con-|

The committee also agreed that the call for more fighting men was decided upon by the joint | chiefs of staff. He said the joint Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, (D. chiefs also agreed that possible

have been ordersd to confine/wyo) chairman of the joint com-| {developments in Korea or elsetheir activity to the Korean mittee, said both expressions were where could mean a further © > 0

unanimous by the nine members| ward revision” on short notice. {present to discuss President! He said it is “fully apparent” Truman's economic recommenda-| {that the Air Force and Navy will tions. {need more than their present legal This economic committee, how-| limits of 502, 000 and 666,882 men,

The Indiana Public Service Ver has no legislative jurisdic-

tion over tax and credit matters. (Continued on Page 8 —Col. 8)

(Continued on n Page 8 Col. 2)

Korea War News On the Inside Of The Times ON PAGE 2 he | Gallant stand of Yanks in bat. \ valuabic

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and the best anti-tank weapons. We must rely upon weapons that

~ Reflecting the increasing cost of {Coast workers, said they believed living, the price of haircuts here the action was the first of its kind | rose "25 cents today to $1.25 and in the current emergency shaves to ‘75 cents. Children did not escape. The cost of a child's called on other unions to take) Wil be the same ss for’similas antien in “Secoguition of

LOS ANGELES, July 21 (UP)! ~The Independent Union of Petroleum Workers has wired President, Truman a non-strike pledge. for the duration of the Korean crisis. Spokesmen for the union, which ‘represents thousands of West

Larry Cox . , . farm accident victim.

ko How to Avert War?

Union President W. R. Blaisdent Read ke. SERMON OF THE WEEK SUNDAY "TIMES

JOUE SY 10 our brothers abroad.”

ville,

Co. of Winchester, The commission's action will result in a $5 a year saving for | {consumers in Bronson, Losant- lieved Farmland, Lynn, | Ridgeville, Saratoga, Franklin, par cent.” {Jackson and Washington. ———————— The rate cut was one of the POPE RECEIVES PRELATE few ordered by the PSC in the] CASTEL GANDOLFO, last five years.

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individual

dered a rate decrease for the Indiana Gas and Water Co. of New| Albany. it amounted to ‘nearly auxiliary Sisbop,

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!gress will not act on it until very North Korea admits that it is late in the year or early next getting help from Russia.

Sen. O'Mahoney said he be- been giving us consistent assist- King Farouk, ‘income taxes ance,” Modoc, should be increased “at least 10 munist-controlled radio at Seoul

Italy, About three July 21 (UP)--Pope Pius received Yt months ago the commission or-in private audience at his summer day that the Reynolds Metals (residence today Archbishop John Co. is canceling recent Alvmini cand J. Mitty of San Francisco and his| price increases in response to Hugh A. “Dono- President Truman’s appeal to Ved sconomit

WASHINGTON, July 21 in ON PAGE 4 uly 21 (UP) U. 8. will boost arms aid to Ats “The lantic Pact v Soviet Union, our liberator, has ON rage 15

a broadcast from the Com-| keeps Egypt Korea conflict. | reports. sia Lam Ref

| CANCELS PRICE BOOST WASHINGTON, July 21 £0) The White House disclosed to-

Ration 19 hold the