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E——— 61st YEAR—NUMBER 134

Yanks Repel Thousands Of Korean Reds; | Lines Hold Firm Under Armor Attacks |

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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofice Indianapolis. Indiana. Issued Dally

o MONDAY, JULY 24,1950

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Mock Wart

are Claim

_ All that is left of a C46 Air Force transport which crashed yesterday near Myrtle Beach, S. C., is shown above. Thirty-four Air

National Guard and Air Reserve men were killed.

Highway Workers Ask Protection

Non-Union Men Tell

Hutson of Threats Nine non-union workers, who said they were threatened with

violence while employed on a | Samchok on the east ¢ runs northw | = » oast. | est toward where the guns are roaring. state highway project in Mar- P astor Ur ge crash and the searing Hates that} 1550 election campaign from po-| "pg og" ont bombers will con- HE CITED’ N a #'.» {battle line the news was bad. tinsville, asked Gov. Schricker!é h d il ’ {reduced most o e es to litical issues to the Korean con-i,in.e most of their operations .. L UNITED NATIONS must protect Pusan at all costs. | oO : tile work S are Gui t |cinders. | tliet. | south of that line, he said. If we lose it, or if the Communists get close enough to reach it Lose Town of Yongjy today for “protection while work- | The transport piloted by 1st Lt. "=" © o trom the Democratic/ A spokesman said Gen. Douglas with heavy ‘artillery, we lose everything. Gen, MacArthur's communique ing. WASHINGTON, July 24 (UP)|Alexander M. Smart of West speeches will be references to the MacArthur has sent a message of Our only recourse then will be to stage a Dunkirk on the {said a South Korean division had

The laborers told Arthur Campbell, executive secretary to the Governor, that “union men threatened and bullied” them Saturday, when they began work on State Rd. 37. State Labor Commissioner Thomas Hutson immediately opened an investigation of the matter. :

One-Mile Resurfacing

The men were accompanied by Paul T. Teegarden, Columbus, the contractor who hired them for the project. Mr. Teegarden said the project was a one-mile, blacktop resurfacing b. >

" Work has been halted temporarily on the project, according to Mr. Teegarden, who said 20 carloads of men appeared at the work site.

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National Guard, Reserve Members Die

As C-46 Plunges Into

MYRTLE BEACH, 8. C., July 24 (UP)—Mock ‘warfare con-| (ducted to prepare them for a real war ended in tragic reality for 10 Stress Korea | {young airmen, killed when their transport plane crashed shortly] {after taking off on a homeward flight yesterday.

f Half of them in their teens, | the Tennessee Air National Guard

-- President Truman went to church yesterday and heard a Baptist pastor call upon Christians to face the world crisis with a sense of “shared guilt.” The White House reported that Mr. Truman thought the sermon | “excellent and timely.” { As the President and his daughter Margaret listened in-

The Rev. Gordon Paschall, who wrote the “Sermon of the Week” for the Sunday Times yesterday, by coincidence used the same theme and text as the Rev. Edward H, Pruden, heard by President Truman in Wash-

ington.

tently from the family pew, the Rev. Edward H. Pruden of the First Baptist Church had {“heart to heart talk” about

“If you don’t pack your stuff world problems.

and get: out of here in a couple of hours, we'll beat hell out of you,” one non-union worker said was one of many threats. *

Hutson “Confident”

Dr. Pruden quoted first from the Book of James, Chapter 4, 1st verse: . “From whence came Wars | among you? Come they not even {of your passions which struggle

Mr. Hutson said there was no| within you?” jaw against using non-union labor Teh

on a state project.

Immediately after conferring to recognize “two basic spiritual gregation had just bégun the with Gov. Schricker’s secretary, truths”—the sovereignty of God morning service. It heard the tre-

‘HE SAID the Communists fail

the men were questioned behind and the brotherhood of man.

closed doors in the Labor Di-!

vision.

Mr. Hutson said he was ‘con-| one-quarter of the population ac- happened. In a few minutes the} ‘h id fident the dispute could be ironed tive in churches, he said, “it is/church was deserted. { Fro Mayor Feeney Win an Troops to UN

out.

But Americans are not without

Queries on the case of two! forces with the U. 8. 7th Fleet. ' : {elaimed that the commander of |patrolmen charged with permit- ’ jo iad {ally mentioned to the battalion Didn't Know How [the 34th Regiment of aides of {mendous explosion. The service iio a police prisoner to be beaten . {commander that we had driven to, American soldiers who bore the American Infantry Division had /halted, and a few men in the rear|y..o shunted down through chan-| Thailand Offers | Chonul, brunt of the North Korean at- been captured. { blame, he went on. With only slipped outside to see what had, . ie today. { “The hell vou say!” he ex- tack -didn't know how to lay In the fight southeast of TaeR claimed. “That road is mined.” : "jon, the MacArthur communique

| rather difficult for us to assume

n ~ ” » ” ” Sevéral of the non-union labor- responsibility for the moral lead- men from the Nashville area the police trafic department who, * . ship of the rest of humanity.” gxcept the crew. The plane was reported “in oe Arcnarn it was/day announced a firm offer from’ Korean Disquise Helps Gl | |

ers identified one of the men who er

threatened them, but the Labor

name.

hearts of individuals.”

$ Lives of 34 Kirm

| | {passed through twe weeks of) Truman Hears {combat maneuvers here. | day to shift the emphasis in the| west to Wonju and then west to American port’ of entry, and from it a double-tracked railroad

“Wars do not start in foreign attached to the 435th Troop Car- gathered that an investigation,

| » “ } Division declined to disclose his| offices,” he said, “but in the rier Wing of the Air Force Re- previously denied, is underway. Fn P i Li { S § t & | serve. Rouls Not Excited Korea beside American GI's. | ass nemy ine oO a £ Y

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Ground in East

Speeches Soft-Pedal

Political Issues By IRVING LEIBOWITZ

the victims were 30 members of

and a crew of four Air Force Re-|

y ee » » | War at . . By United Press Reds sweep unopposed down West Coast on Americans’ left to take Kwanju, 85 miles southwest; Reds also 0 rap S Drive at Southern BO S x ombing and strafing attacks. E Of Naval Base { meri rship y ’ ¥ ' ' : that American warships have yA SHINGTON—Navy spokesmen reveal U. S. Fleet now —American troops have | Allled 1 activit jousl xx ed naval activity previously . ~ . This Week Could Be It— Gen. Douglas MacArthur paid linked to a new Korean Commu- : inist thrust down the west const. | f Yanks Stay or Get Out of Yongdong, 23 miles southeast and highway town of Kwangju, in Korea or get kicked out. formations, into'two drives north. because of constantly shifting, enough troops and equipment to stabilize a line of battle and Gen. Hobart R. Gay, commander somewhat hampered in the Yong- Jack James, United Press War: Correspondent, cables from | But a communique from Gen. laerial sorties have continued de-| tO stop the Communists. The Communists have about 160,000. |added .that the Communists atservists from Florida. They had |marily north of a line running The busiest place in the Far East today is Pusan, a city of [Communists would abandon their

TOKYO—American lines near Taejon hold firm as Reds Stand Delays . by the thousands storm First U. 8. Cavalry positions; | ’ | 0 es effort to spring trap believed to have failed; “Situa-| 0es 0 0 claim Mokpo, South Korean naval base. THE KOREAN FRONT-—B-29's and other bombersi North Koreans Tip of Peninsula ; i W SER on, lalv. 34 WITH THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION Intelligence offi- bv. EARNEST HOBERE *¥ oe cer says there's hope Maj. Gen, William Dean is still United Press Statt Catsespandent ‘moved into the Yellow S “ - , 3 tog 3 Felon a patrols West Coast of Korea as well as the East after beaten off repeated attempts | ’ Y ~ . . . R: t . . patrolling Communists drive down Americans’ left flank. to break the center of their jus been limited to the east coast { d Home Front Soon to Learn | ome ron oon (o) earn They were fighting desperately \Front dispatches said the Reds of Taejon. had wheeled around the American, By HARRY FERGUSON, United Press Foreign News Editor The Communists threw thous. {only 30 miles from the southwest- After a month of war the Communists still are on the of- ©ast and southwest of Yongdong. ° ern corner of Korea. fensive, | Red artillery shells fell into 'battle lines, where troops of both| get ready to go over to the offensive. Whether we hold onto a (Of the First Cavalry Division, |sides are intermingling, naval, beachhead depends on how many troops we can get into Korea |aid: “The situation is very seri{dok area on the east coast. the front that the troops we have there now won't be enough. {MacArthur's headquarters early Sorties' Continue “We have three American divisions here plus about an equal today indicated the center of the spite bad weather. “In the extreme western part of Korea the Reds are reported |tempts to encircle the Americans In the future, he said, the B-29 to be advancing unopposed. No American or South Korean troops [apparently had failed. Indiana Democrats prepared to- from Suwon on the west, north-| 300,000 persons on the southeast coast of Korea. It is the |attempt to break the center of the line. On the extreme flanks

a Glance tion very serious,” says Gen. Gay, front commander; ... Seen Linked to Red and fi 5 y 1st Cavalry i ’ i : ghters back up 1st Cavalry infantrymen with Claim Capture (UP)— vy sai 7 : ; vr (UP)—The Navy said today alive and hiding behind enemy lines. | TOKYO, July 25, Tuesday i west coast of Korea. . 3 » * x = line southeast of Taejon, { The naval shift apparently was to save the stratégic rail center {west flank and captured the rail This is the week that probably will decide whethef we stay [ands of troops, led by armored A Navy spokesman said that] We are still trying to hold them until we can build up |Yongdong yesterday, and Maj. {shore bombardment has been and how soon. ous.” An Air Force spokesman said number of regrouped South Korean troops. This is not enough {American line had held firm, It |Superfortresses will operate pri-| can be spared to stop them.” {| There was indication that the of the American-South Korean

All aboard the C-46 died in the

Korean beaches, retire to Japan, and, in some distant day, mount [los ongju, y ; an amphibious assault in an attempt to recapture ar lost she ny He Rest 3a The news.from the front today is that we are slowly being [South Koreans fell back two miles hammered toward Pusan by the sheer weight of Communist man- from the eity to “more tesable power. And there seems to be plenty more Red troops from where |positions.” : : the first ones came. " Com: It is a dark. picture, but there is one ray of light. If our adh the Jeher flank the Ee retreat continues, we soon will be in the best defensive pbsition |.jaimed the capture of the port of we have ever held in Korea. A range of mountains stretches Mokpo, on the southwestern tip out in a protective semi-circle about 75 miles northwest of Pusan. |,¢ Korea. Gen. MacArthur's com=

an a munique said Red infantry teams {were in the outskirts of Mokpo, & {| South Korean naval base. = The communique indicated Gen, MacArthur did not consider the flanking movement along the west coast as too important. It said the .

{Palm Beach, Fla. Wok of from| go. nnan farm plan and Oscar J. commendation on the Air Force { | Ewing's socialized medicinelactivities to Lt. Gen. George E. {been put back into service to . train air guardsmen, and started, Scheme. Mee ne | Stratemeyer, - Far Bastern Air lits flight to the west. | From here on in, the Demo- Force commander. i i : | crats will concentrate on the war| Gen. MacArthur said the con- | ‘Something's Happening’ lin Korea and its possible spread./ tribution of the Air Force in | Twelve miles away, Farmer] This was the consensus from Korea. was “magnificent” and William Singleton sat on his/Indiana’s seven Congressmen, all} “exceeded all expectations.” {porch and saw the silvery gleamiup for re-election, whose views] . las the sun struck the wings, and were brought back from Wash-| China Reds Mass {heard the roar of the motors/ington by Robert Bloem, state, : |grow in his ears. He started to|publicity director for the pemo- Junks for Attack No Time to go into the house to get a cigaret,|/crats. { but his mother called: “Some-|

: |. TAIPEI, Formosa, July 24 : but His mother calea: “Some Bloom Reports Views 15 "ot Commins sen GOMbat Found Some Gls

plane.” The candidates, who were un-| hombarded two island stepping!

able to attend the state commit-| stones on the invasion route to Sh ¥ A u Gr gine was gong on, en 22 130008, 0 210 om ses on, vin ue © Shor on A-B-C's of War i ,» Mr. Sing in the Claypool Hotel because of| (Official reports said troop-| By KEYES BEECH, Times Foreign Correspondent Com pont Kora

said. Then its nose dropped and). »” | | “pressing duties” in Congress, jaden junks were moving into; TOKYO, Japan, July 24—Ten days ago in the mist-shrouded national police.

ithe plane plunged sharply to the tlined their views to Mr. Bloe {ground and hit “like a thunder- ou yiews : ™.. position along the China coast! gawn I was jeeping back to the Korean War front when a sentry “Measures which are being taken to contain or eliminate

clap.” Mr. Singleton called police’ (Continued on Page 8—Col. 4) (TOT an apparently imminent Rod! stopped me. lat nearby Conway, using a . attempt to seize the ® 8 prion “My orders are that nobody goes any farther,” said the sentry. these roving bands vannot be diss forest ranger’s - telephone, and! Quemoy (Kinmen) an e “But we're correspondents,” I protested. : closed at this time,” the communis

- . Quemoy, opposite Formosa. “Okay,” he waved us on. - then rushed to the acene. Officials Confused Col. Victor Hu of the National- , Sn 1, 9ue sald.

A We drove for perhaps one mile I shouldn't be here to write it. {st Government's Defense Minis- ;, the deserted village of Chonui should have heen blown up. More! Kim 11 Sung. premier of Coms= try said Nationalist air force and where a blasted bridge stopped important; enemy tanks that came munist Korea, issued an order of 'naval units would go into action,” "we got out and looked 40Wn that road a couple of hours the day in which he said the Red {if and when the invasion attack... 4 jraif-a-dozen mines were later should have been blown up. captors of Taejon had “coms |comes despite President Truman's ,, ted like naked turnips on This is just one illustration of Pletély destroyed the U, 8. 24th request for a cease-fire. leach side of the bridge. > how miserably unprepared— Division and captured several . He refused to comment on ques- got back into the jeep and SPiritually, physically and mate. hundred American prisoners” in tions about possible co-ordination, C0 BU. UL CL To tk at the Tially—we were for the Korean the battle for that city. - lof Nationalist air and naval| JatieC & ager Dupe PT any War, A Communist communique also

Be Comfortable—

‘Burned Like Warehouse’ “It. was burning like a tobacco * warehouse on fire,” he said. arms (In Beatin Probe {and legs were scattered all over.! It was awful. It was too hot to : ‘Off or On?’ Queries

|get near the wreckage. I couldn't] do anything.” { . Get Varied Answers

{ At the Union Church, the con-|

The point of this story is that (Continued on Page 3 —Col. 5) described how eight Red tanks

{ supported by infantry had ate {tacked the 1st Cavalry positions,

Knock Out 3 Tanks

{ The enemy ground troops were jrepulsed and three of the tanks - {were knocked out by the Ameris >

at all he knew was what he

t ry All of the dead were enlisted |uread in the paper,” to heads of| LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. July

24 (UP)—The United Nations to-

Thailand of a combat team of 4000 officers and men to fight in|

The offer was received as the

Big Guided Rocket On the Inside

Fired Successfully

Flies Over Atlantic At 20-Mile Altitude

COCOA, Fla., July 2¢ (UP) — A giant guided missile was successfully fired on a horizontal

editor. Sen. Capehart fears

flight out over the Atlantic today| Tribe hopes to regain top spot

from the new long range proving

ground here.

The rocket. known as “Bumper Wo. 8" was launched at 7:29

a.” m., Indianapolis time.

It rose to an altitude of 20

miles and then began its hori-| zontal flight at faster-than-sound| into a 250-mile area wover| the Atlantic which had been cleared of all shipping. The rocket was guided on its gourse by radio beams while radar tracked it and other electronic instruments recorded important scientific data on its

Dr. Edgar C. Cuming, native of

The new Red Wehrmacht is technically a German police force, says Fred Sparks in fifth article on East Germany...... 2| Chief Rouls, who had said alreceive its first report from Gen./all of which Pfe. Ferguson parlayed into an indefinite extension| (Continued om Page 3~Col 1) Both sides of the truck issue. An editorial and a letter to the : :

cations and control bill would open the door for complete | ET Socialization of the nation by President Truman........, 13| (Continued on Page 3—Col. 5) ganda line that the Korean action when it started.

Month-by-month tax payments would practically eliminate the necessity of the city borrowing money to meet current ex-

penses. Study systems in other cities........covvcenvnise 11] ¢ I ‘To Hire 150 Here

games yesterday to the Saints. Eddie Ash tells how it happened in his “Baseball Roundup.” Municipal and City League i amateur baseball results. «.....coeiversssnssvsasnissenss 14-15 150 employees.

| president-elect of Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Brakeman scoops up child and pushes mother from path of train backing toward them. ....ccivvivieirneiasssrscnccsansses

° In between the Mayor and the Russian-boycotted Security Coun-i By ROBERT C. MILLER, United Press Staff Correspondent | r-bazookas, which of The Times = echeion of Capt. Audry cil which launched the United] ON THE TAEJON FRONT, Korea, July 24—Escape for they 4 with Super Sao cone Re on |Jacobs and Lt. William Hague of (Nation's military sanctions Americans trapped in Taejon lay to the south but. Pfc. Charlesiine Korean battlefiel ; ———| the traffic division came Chief of against Red Korea a month ago. Ferguson of Narrows, Va. went north and saved his life. The communique added that th Page police Rouls and Police Inspector scheduled a meeting for (2 p. m., Of course, there's more than that to the story, a .

including a $s | Leolin Troutman. a remaining tanks were being

{Indianapolis time) tomorrow, to; watermelon, a borrowed compass, a straw hat and a Korean frien ol

| pretiminaty investigation had! Douglas MacArthur. tof his 21 years. z ® n= ae. | been completed, said today it ( the| Use of Siamese troops would! Pfc. Ferguson was “holding the RN pg

that the administration's allo- { {overcome the Communist propa-iline” in Taejon last Thursday KOREA aL rd 4 { ) A war 3

| oe | Yas “white man’s aggression”| His retreating convoy was { against Oriental people. {heavily shelled attempting to Naval Ordnance | Thailand became the first Pa- fight its way out of town and his | cific nation, aside from National- truck was wrecked, forcing him! {ist China whose offer was tact-|and three buddies to walk. i The Naval Ordnance Plant, fully turned down by the United! “I was the only man who had |. | feeling the war nudge, will hire States, to offer troops. a compass,” he explained, “so I i ? gave .it to my squad leader.” “However, we became separated] ‘after dark.” he said, “and all of a sudden I was all alone behind {the enemy lines and lost. So I {just headed into the mountains

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Brief Showers Expected Today

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am... 6 10a m.. 76

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engineers in its schools. - The up-move in employment is not all-out mobilization, Capt. Hubbard said. That would mean the adding of about 2000 employees. The plant made Norden bombsights ‘during World War II and

turing control equipment for the Navy.

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Pfc. Pease, Reported Missing, Rejoins Yanks Pfc. Joseph L., Pease, 20-year-

old Indianapolis soldier, has re-| turned to American lines in|

hese show Korea after having been reported She —— VARIETY ‘| missing, the Defense Departmen! on th announced today. | that is still on the Homes Pea ) Mad Yor Sale market, Sclest A or pease, 2008] Jour NOW, from «| Quill St. , | de i

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