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Seereiovee] 6lst YEAR—NUMBER 133 °° SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1950 Sey te Ct Sn, Tne ; nee PRICE TEN CAND

Communist Troops Recapture Yongdok; 1st U.S. Cavalry Under Heavy Barrage |

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Heartaches of War. Gls Driven From Town; One Hoosier Killed, Five Missing In Korea Main Invasion Force

Wor Hig Home Hod in lier: geuglifes of Ready for New Attack oOmps, KOCKels, ells Kake Keos;

HE WAR hit home in Indiana last night. K oy T The names of six Hoosiers, one killed in action and War i n ored May Be Opening of All-Out Push five missing, one of them from Indianapolis, were on the Killed mn Action a BULLETIN longest casualty list issued by the Defense Department Pfe. Ernest W. Cox, broth- TOKYO, Sunday, July 23 (UP) — Vice "Admiral since the Korean war began. er of Arthur H. Greene, 933 . Charles T. Joy, commander of the Far Fast naval forces, The list that brought heartaches to the homes of S. 16th St, New Castle, announced today that an unidentified American aircraft carrier had arrived in Japan from the United States after

Hoosier relatives and friends, identified six killed, 31 Missing in Action | wounded, one injured and 58 missing in action. All were Pfc. Joseph L. Pease, son the fastest non-stop Pacific crossing in history. It took Army men. : of Mr. and Mrs. Harold | the carrier, loaded with the biggest allotment of planes

ever carried by a ship, eight days and seven hours to make the journey. ° By FRANK TREMAINE, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Sunday, July 23 (UP)—Communist- troops have recaptured Yongdok on the east coast, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. Meanwhile the main Come munist invasion force on the Taejon front opened a heavy artillery and mortar barrage against the fresh U. 8. 1st

Cavalry Division. mt h Sd . ilery and ‘mortar fire fell on the Only yesterday Gen. Mae American positions Sunday morn Arthur announced that Yong- ing in the area 17 miles southeast

dok. 88 miles north of Pusan, °f Taejon while Maj. Gen. Ho-

The list brought the number of casualty identifica- Pease, 21183 E. State Ave., tions released in Washington to 40 killed, seven dead of Indianapolis. wounds. 215 wounded, 73 injured and 273 missing for a Maj. Charles T. Barter, . total of 608. - husband of Mrs. Doris A. . Killed in action was Pfc. Ernest W. Cox, New Castle, Barter, residing in the Far _ = “the first Indiana man to die on the battlefield in Korea. Kast Command; son of Mrs. The first casualty was reported several weeks ago Carrie W. Barter, 605 Colwhen Cpl. Richard E. Millis, Greensboro, was killed in an lege ‘Ave. Mt. Vernon. airplane crash. : : 2d Lt. Raymond E. Pearson, husband of Mrs. Beverly

PFC. JOSEPH b PEASE J. Pearson, residing in the

By LEON, W. RUSSELL Far East Command; son of Sp tiren Friday Dart Gay, commander of the 1st Mr. and Mrs Harold Pease comb the newspapers for word of Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Pearson, pa Ep 2 oy Cavalry, was touring the front EE I or men, making their way back to Route 2, Crawfordsville. " mental combat team of ‘the new- ines. believe this is preparation 7 ' uU . 35t ivisi y American lines after being outflanked by the Communists, will be Pfe. Charles R. Low, son of The family of Pfc. Joseph L. Pease, missing in action in Korea, study his portrait as they express re Bahan vision firing for a major attack” Gen, Help Som nL Pease has been missing | Hon: sine. July 5 Kenneth T. Low, Route 2, hope he will be able to regain the American lines. Left to right are his sister, Alma; his father, a withering American - British Poi anid AS United Press CorDseph lo [lease ha; ot Sing in action since July > Westport. Harold: his mother, and another sister, Dolores. naval barrage. : Rn Kalischer ToT a Fogle

His parents received word Tuesday night in a ‘telegram from the Defense Department. Since then they have studied newspapers. They think they have pin-pointed the spot where their

Pfc. Paul P. Strawser, son In a communique today GON. nant of North Koreans was take

| hi ee C MacArthur said the Communists jo sitions ain {of Loyal A. Strawser, Ashley. uU. S. ounts 150. 5 Million, 38th Not on List driven from the town charged He Pa Ron ely

back yesterday and drove the green enemy tanks were maneuve

{ A d South K MacKenzie King 10-Year Gain of 19 Million Fo il Call i oe TEE en

son disappeared. It is somewhere: attacking force at a regiment. rymen: * near Chonan, | California Jumps From Fifth fo Second; | gt Cover in ih ya he a first. is Pfc. Pease joined the Army two i ; | New York Still Tops Rest of States” | Ge Hi h k Ba k | Yesterday's Communist success that destroys a tank Rah give a years ago. Many of his friends i n. Ritcheoc c 'marked the third time Yongdok bottle of cham eto were enlisting. The enthusiasm of _ WASHINGTON, July 22 (UP)—-Total population of continental! From C pit | P le ‘has changed hands since last other man who pagn » every his cousin, William Joshlin, home Ex-Prime Minister United States on April 1 was 150.5 million, Commerce Secretary aptia ariey /Tuesday. The Communists cap- : ges olla. on furlough from Germany, con- Charles Sawyer revealed today in making public the “preliminary” . By GALVY GORDON tured the port then trom the South ‘Roar Over Battlefronts inced Joeph and Be signed up. Victim of Pneumonia results of the 1950 census. { ndiana's 38th National Guard Koreans 20d. held it three days]. mekican OTTAWA, July 22 (UP)-— That total is nearly | 19 million more than recorded in 1940 when Division will not be antong the before being driven out in Fri- 'morning a ;

He trained at Camp Breckenridge and Ft. Knox, and a year ago this month was sent to Japan with a field artillery unit

« Minister, the total was 131,669,2 Pe CCL 0 iret troops called into | Former Canadian Fine ied of The 1950 total as nat the El ou) days action: ports auld the Hed] | hoon weather and begao blast Mheumonia tonight in his sums nation’s population has just about n ar fl jured son Hitchcock Indicated last|forces driven out of Yongdok Fri- jon area and elsewhere along the.

| home at Kingsmere Lake, | doubled in 50 years. And the 1940 {night upon his return from ajday took cover in the forested 115. mile Korean battiefront.

oF A lO rents from Quebec. He was 75 years old. [© Tosa Jump was the E¥eatest for, series of conferences in Wash- hills and narrow valleys north of, Around the Taejon front the Japan on June 28, when his out- The veteran statesman’s physi- ‘any 10-yea per Slory. 1 0 ice ase ington, D. C. 3 the town. They regrouped and at- planes were being directed by fit was loading for its trip to cian, Dr. Campbell Laidlaw, an- California “apparently jumped > The brass told me, : he said, tacked the next day, while typhoon ground spotters to blast the Coms Korea. B= nounced Mr. King died at 9:42 from fifth to second in population H t R d A } Hit that units which will be moved weather grounded American War- munist artillery, Joseph was born 20 years ago Plc. Joseph P *" |p. m. after lapsing into a coma jranking With 3 10,472, 345 prelim of KO ute nits haye already peer notified, i planes and hampered naval ald. | B.29 .Superforts, B-26 medium fn - Indianapolis. He attended Cc. Josep ease learly today. He had been ill with inary total. This jumpe alifor i Pole at 60 MPH i e added that rmy authorities Front dispatches from the west bombers and jet fighters joined assured all state officials they ern sector in the Taejon area said jn today’s attacks, which an aif

nia past Pennsylvania's 10,436,-

: . chnical| neumonia since Thursday. % School 34 and went to Technical! Hope is still high in the small, |p inister 965, Illinois’ 8,696,490 and Ohio's! DE ie Fret” fo Know ofithe main. COmmanT Mason] Doioasys atiacks. whith

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High School. Before joining the neat home with the well tended Mr. King was prime m i Sse Fe he was ® Joining by lawn at 211R 8. State Ave. of Canada for 21 years and 157 7,901,791, fo ___.. any such steps. force there also appeared ready isolating the battlefield. The Stewart Motor Sales. | News from the front is begin- days. No other leader of a freely Indiana Gains ; Five young ‘men ‘and a girl were “And we haven't heen notified for another lunge at American! | guns of the 1st Cavalary Division : He has three sisters, Norma, ning to look a little brighter. elected and representative £0V-! Indiana's population increased injured critically last night when or alerted.” he added. lines, now held by the fresh U. 8. 51s0 opened up on the Commun18: Dolores, 16, and Alma, 12. His. And Mrs, Pease says: ernment has stayed in office $0 aimost 500,000 in the 10-year their hot rod crashed during a Meanwhile, some 15,000 Indian- 1st Cavairy Division. The 1st Cav- gts in the area 17 miles southeast father works for the Sturgis “A lot of them do come back, long. period, preliminary figures Police chase through South Side apolis reservists Army, Navy airy took over from the battered of Taejon. Cheese Co. don’t they?” : Mr. King had two goals for his showed. There were 3,917,904 streets. atid Marines “worked hard” . 24th Infantry Division Yes The air and ground blasting ‘political career--complete Cana- persons living in Indiana during eneral Hospital officials ténta~ At enjoying what might be, for iy PFC. ERNEST W. COX dian independence and unity “of this year's nose-count, the bureau tiv ely identified the injured as: some, their last Sunday at home. = These reports sald heavy artil- (Continued | on Page 3 Col. + 4) : French and English- -speaking said, compared with 3.427.796 in C. W. Cooper, 20, of 769 Fletch- War of Nerves > The first Indianan slain battling in the field against the Korean! canada, He achieved both. 1940 er Ave. Red Army was Pfe, Ernest W. Cox, 21, son of Alonzo Cox, 1323 R Had Few Peers ! The bureau's prelibginary total, Catherine Herron, 18, of 4022 To most of these organized and n t 53 nsi e Ave. New Castle. He accomplished both goals bY for the nation includes the sum Southeastern Ave. : unorganized reservists, it was a A telegram Friday from the War Department informed Pfc. nis - ability to compromise— the of the 48 states and the District! . Alvis Cooper, 28, of 709 Fletch- war of nerves. Some of them exCox's half-brother, Arthur H. Greene, 933 8. 16th St. NeW Castle, one quality for which he Wasiof Columbia—plus an estimated er Ave. pected personal or unit activa- Ot T © Times that the youth was killed in action July 12, most often cursed and praised-— 700,000 persons who have not yet George Kaiser, 30, of 431 8. tion orders in the near future, Members of the soldier's immediate family could not be reached and by his political know-how. AS heen allocated among the states. Alabama St. maybe tomorrow. : last night for comment. His father and step-mother were in In- a politicidn. he had few peers in They are mostly the crews of Richard Dawson, 27, of 803 Others, such as the 500 men in First Section } dianapolis on personal business, His half-brother was on an over- contemporary times. American ships ‘and transients Fletcher Ave. the city’s 16th Infantry Battalion, 500.000 in int t t night outing with a Boy Scout group. In a crisis. Mr. King could al- o\. 0 were counted away from Fred Austin, 28 558 Fletcher USMCR, knew their number was City of Indianapolis pays § a year in interest on _. . Ernest obtained a furlough, but was two days late for the ways find a solution.to any seri-, Ave. . up following Pentagon orders porary 10ans ......:v.. sessssrernasasinesessssas age funeral of his mother a year ago. . ous difficulty in which he or his Allocation of these 700,000 per- Police pursuit = began after Thursday to “stand by” and be The story of Cicero , . What a small community thinks Pfc. Cox attended high school in New Castle and formerly government found itself. His sons. among their home states James Hughey, 1106 Deloss Bt. prepared to move out within 10 about the war ar 3 worked for an ice company in New Castle, compromises often strained his at OuIor Tevisions I lots Teported a group of young people days of mobilization orders. Inside Red Germany . . . Fourth in a Series by Fred the breaking > ? : Yin a car backed into his car, It came as no great shock to Sparks sa anens . RE TIRE TT 8

Ernest's father is employed by the Chrysler plant at New Castle. gov ernments - to

point, but he won out because he Boys in the Service . . . PICIUTES +.svsssnsvansrasessasisalPofie 8

could change the rankings of the parked in front of his hom. Sérmon of the Week . .. By the Rev. Gordon W, Paschall. .Page 10

¢ states when the final figures are these men who already had can-

MAJ. CHARLES 1. BARTER understood the basic law of A squad car, alerted by radio, celled summer “maneuvers sched- " Canadian politics — “you cannot compiled late this y r. saw the hot rod at Virginia Ave. y o . os Mrs. Carrie. W. Barter, 605 Colleve Ave. Mt. Vernon, in Posey govern Canada withoyt the New York at Top and South St. and the chase be- Hed ior Rest Monih ts Neri Second Section County, mother of Maj. @harles' T. Barter, was too shocked to talk French.” . New York, with 14,743,210 gan. their personal affairs were in Eddie Ash, George Gahagan, The Press Box, Art Wright about her son. Knew Country's Problems persons, retained the top spot. Other police cruisers joined the .qap Only the endless waiting. and racing, sports in every field.....cveivarinsnse Pages 11-14 Buffyeighbors who. were taking care of Mrs. Barter, said Maj. For his patient, “wait and see” Texas, with 7,677,060 persons, chase. and the speeding cars an Indianapolis National Guard Ed Sovola, Bob Ruark, Fred Othman, Mrs, Manners and Barter, who is 38 vears old, has been in the service since he was 19. attitude Mr. King frequently Was wag close behind Ohio in sixth roared through Fountain Square, , viance unit of 57 men led another article on “How to Stop Killing Yourself.....Page 18 Maj. Barter and his wife, Doris. had been living in Japan and accused of fence-sitting, but his piace. Nevada, with only 158378 crowded with Saturday night Capt. Rudolph H. Skaggs was Target Indianapolis . . . A Times map shows that Russian

the couple visited his mother and friends in Mt. Vernon last spring. policies usually, proved themselves persons, was last but ranked with traffic, at a reported 60 miles an. "\gqry run" today with full bombers are only ‘18 hours from the city's Industries..Page 17

in the long-run, because he Knew the leaders in percentage of popu- hour, field equipment. Their ambulance

2nd LT. RAYMOND E. PEARSON 2 BE Aopiems ang ation Fale. ood birth rate, follow- ae river log Som fonvey was 10 make ihe returh

With his wife Beverly in Yokohama before” being sent into the In his relation to the people of ing war-time marriages, and a re- struck a steel utility pole north 1 from Camp Atterbury this

Korean zone, Lt. Pearson won his lieutenant's bars a vear ago Canada, Mr. King often has been of Pleasant Run Pkwy, The 915th ‘. yesterday at Ft. Riley, Kas. He is 22. |compared with the late President (Continued on Page 4—Col. 1) The hot rod was demolished. e. 815th Medical Ambniighee + He enlisted in the Army July, 7946 after being graduated from Franklin D. Roosevelt, because he ° . Sh Nas one two Suard — Crawfordsville High School where he played basketball, football and was as strongly disliked by some J k C D § M 1 ut Slate which y - was on the wrestling team. After his enlistment, he was moved to as he was loved by others. ac arr ies a ayo % irae rom the So Infantry Di¥t. Riley and Ft. Sill, and had been in Yokohama five months. An isolationist for many years, elon. And Yashmpion pald His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs, Ray Pegrson, are farmers Mr. King became a wholehearted Of MH t Ai J t t 57 ROR f 3 s and live on Route 2, Crawfordsville. supporter of collective security ear i men a Would De Among Ine first to anaw activation call.

and even before the end of World PFC. CHARLES R. LOW : War II warned that the world President of Local would never be safe until’ it had “We're all just crushed over this news’ ‘said Mrs. Charles achieved a working world gov- Realty Firm Campbell, a neighbor of the Kenneth T. Low family on Route 2, eTamenk i. Jeptha CO. (Jack) Carr, widely Westport, Decatur Cotinty. The Lows were visiting in Indianapolis “King - was born Dec. 17. known Indianapolis realtor. died when the reporter called to ask them about their son Charles R. Low. oy at Berlin, Ont., (now Kitch- yesterday in the Mayo Clinic, But Mrs. Campbell said that Charles “was awfully well-liked ener) and was educated at the Rochester, Minn. > around here.” He is 20 years old, joined the Army Mar. 17, 1949, University of Toronto, the Uni- Mr. Carr, who was 57, had gone and arrived in Japan last Oct. 3. He went to high school at Westport, versity of Chicago and Harvard. to the clinic 12 days ago with a ‘heart ailment.

PFC. PAUL P. STRAWSER 1 | His wife, Anna Marie, was with

him when ne died. It is presumed that Pfc. Paul P. Strawser, son of Loyal Al Strawser, Ashley, in Steuben County, was a member of a unit headed, Mr. Cart waa horn In Lafayette,

by Maj. Gen. William ¥. Dean, commander of the 24th Division, who jon gf MY. S00 Mrs ame

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Ready and Waiting

These men, too, were ready and waiting. ~ Only concentrated activity in the manpower war here was the activity of a dozen enlisted men land two officers of joint Army{Ajr Force Recruiting Center, | Ton-and-a-half oli,e drab : ; I {trucks hummed over streets sepa- World Report, Our Fair City, Washington Calling . . . Three ang the Federal building and LOD fAVOTILES vive renensnsssssnssvsncnsacnsssassnssss POE the new Draftee pre-Induction : 1 ls |Station and Recruit Processing : ’ Third Section {Center at 342 Massachusetts Ave. Hoosier nurses arrive for orientation sessions at Methodist { The men were expected to HOSPItA] iiensusenvasvssnssasssarasnnsssnsnssnnnsnnsns {labor ‘rom “dawn to dusk” trans- Fashions, weddings, chub. news, receipes, interior decorating,

was his second enlistment, having previously served 18 onths. He a mother died three months [porting Sugeny of heavy files, BAPAORINE ++ v sins sannennssssrasnrsastntanarianan was stationed at a naval port in Japan and waz employed at the 3 eske, chairs and other office, Internation] Harvester pint t Ft. Wyne before joining the Army, HE San uiended Shortridge equipment to the ne ° cenfer so} Fourth Section , rm emi Schoo or. he operated 3 that recruit processing could Harold H. Hartley's business column . . , Real Estate news = tire agency, and in 1935 went into begin tomorrow. by Larry StIlerman. .c.i.oveeassssasnsassansrinsenann

"the real estate business. i He was president of the Jack C. Carr Realty Co. te | Mr. Sarr survived by his ite Jack C. Carr 1" [sworn inte the ..arine Reserve. j Mrs. : arkin Na and - Mari of Mrs, Robert Bussel, of Kentucky, and Miss Elizabeth omcers ot an pie on ® direct-. : Carr, live in Lexington, Ky. _to-Washington teletype at the arr, i. Mr, Carr was an official of the Naval Drdnance Plant, army and Real Estate Board, Air Force were in direct hook-up

Army-Air Force recruits here Exclusive real estate advertising soevsvavensiinaniareaP yesterday totalled 27; Navy signed ” se 8» 10 and three ex-Marines were Amusements he 21 ¥ Othman ....

Policeman Shoots Knife-Wielder

A man who slached with a y was standing at EF “Jnife at a police officer who f and Washington Sts. I ih

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