Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1950 — Page 1

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| Of Trap at Yongdong After Four-Day Battle

Allied Task Force Hammers Enemy

After Foe Sneaks Up on Pusan Flank

By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Wednesday, July 26—Seven Communist divi-| sions today continued the heaviest offensive of the Korean War which already has driven the Americans out of strategic Yongdong on the road to Pusan. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said in the midnight war| summary that “further withdrawals may be necessary” on the American west and cen WASHINGTON, July 25 tral fronts. | (UP)—The North Korean Reds i. Gen. 'g| still are able to bring up supMaj. Gen Jiobart Gay | plies and reinforcement despite 1st Cavalry Division gave up! heavy damage inflicted on their | Yongdong, 23 miles southeast of| supply lines by Allied planes, Taejon, under terrific Communist| Jo" at. pone “spokesman said pressure and infiltration. The] today. Gls fell back three to five miles Even with thousands of to avoid a closing trap. | planes, he said, it would be im- | To the right of the 1st Cavalry, possible to knock out all of | Maj. Gen. William B. Kean's 25th| the ememy’s supply lines beDivision was under heavy attack cause bridges, highways, and late Tuesday night from Commu-| rafiroad lines can be repaired | nist forces of undetermined rather promptly.

strength. The North Koreans had been in the Yongdong sector subsided) 670 hammering at the U. 8. positions' somewhat. |

in the flinty hills northeast of] But the Reds paid heavily. Air

110 Taejon for two days. |Force observers counted 1000 ? Reds Roam at Will enemy dead in the hills north! 750 Far to the southwest, units of and west of the town. {

the North Korean Fourth Di-| Maj, Gen. Hobart Gay, comvision roamed at will in the tip mander of the 1st Cavalry Di-|

of the peninsula less than 100 yigjon, confirmed the American miles due west of Pusan, the base withdrawal from Yongdong. i

count for the whole American campaign) . A front dispatch said North In Korea, | Korean forces 1000 strong im-! ATES American and British carrier- mediately occupied the town. But

borne planes threw a punch at|late reports from military of-|

ENT the Communists in southwest Xo-|ficials said the Communists had Koreans’ Russian-made tanks. But the 35.incher is repo

wes -nowarn 61st YEAR—NUMBER 135 a TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1950

1st Cavalry Forced Out Crew of Gls Unlimbers Their New

réa in a bid to bolster the moralenot yet moved into Yongdong.

The joint task force refueled at West, the Communists completed

Panther jets, Sky Raiders and and the southwest corner of KoCorsairs against the enemy forces| "8 against little more than hoken] outflanking the main American OPPosition from South Korean | police. {

positions. ; They flew 44 missions against The Drive So Tan Ling coabti Of Sept. 30 Call

~ Editorial, Page 12

of the south Korean constabulary The Americans pulled out = 7500 Hoo . f Ts i & i rR | ¥ R ’ at its who h been bl Cd: ist irc t. i ee Ua a ae Tosti SIETS race "eeney to Get Kouls Report tate sea and this morning sent its U. 8. the conquest of the west “e Draft in 10 Months ©n Beating of Prisoner

Police Chief Declines

fo Reveal Contents;

. front line - targets north of! | r Kwangju, rail and highway cen. threatened to turn the Allied line] By GALVY GORDON

ter 85 miles southwest of Taejon. | southeast of Yongdong and put'ang possibly. husbands, wil | While two men beat him.

pushes me ney Sack Sue mile southeast coast. Howevel the i iincuses , near Yongdok.| to the incident who ¢ It added that the final outcome, OVtnumbered, battered 1st Cav. gelective Services officials In puta) action said they had not of. the fighting there had not been —.° Oa .1s Pu. eC out of Indiana said the state's quota peen approached by the police reported. Naval forces also were oom Be 2 mle Shcirclemen| lotment aud probably belsor their side of the story. They supporting the ‘ troops in that eter beating off nearly four days o-cd On the same formula that 306 1ouis D. Young, William area. ; au I 2 y ¥8| directed Hoosierdom to furnish gnojer and George Girdler, all The summary said the North Korean 3d, 2d, 15th, 1st, 8th, Tth la . and part of the 5th divisions were

next 10 months materialize.

Communist troops and guerril-| 30.” partment s did surround two American] —— ta'e fi : units, but they were reported] The first 72 of the staie’s first| The investigation was made by

in action on the western and] jcall will come from draft boards Capt. Audry Jacobs, head of trafi fighting their way slowly back to ¥ - i Sedna) srune. & ie oa the new American defense line In Marion County. Seventy-twoific division, and his assistants. SL Communist offen-| southeast of Yongdong. » sive of the month-old Korean War| pront Aube a of the | 2POlIS Board 52 will report fori der traffic supervision.

at Yongdong and adjoining fronts. enemy threw roadblocks up be-|

Based on Formula | Witnesses Not Approached for Their Story |

|578 men, “not later than Sept.'ot The Times advertising de-

{men irom. Southwest Indian-|The patrolmen under fire are un-| | jon an apartment door at 20g List forced a general Ameri : {pre-induction physicals July 31 at| Submission of the report final-|Central Ave. this morning to ask EB! erican retreat | severity of the fighting: Twice the | 342 Massachusetts Ave. lly ‘confirmed that the police de-jthe occupant to move “his: car wv | . | , in-i y ; Gen. Gay said at a press con-| hind one American unit and twice | Hitchcock to Aid |partment had conducted an in-/from in front of the building

Police Chief Rouls today reported to Mayor Feeney “on his| now hinged in the mountains! More than 2500 Ho ier sons. investigation of two : patrolmen accused of holding a prisoner!

Request to Move Car Draws Praise

Super-Bazooka

Policeman's Polite

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

Indianapolis, Indians. Issued Dally

Truman To Ask Pay-As-You-Go Tax Hike Reds Hurl 7 Divisions Into Biggest Push

here in Korea this crew of Gls load the Army's new 3.5-inch rocket launcher, The old bazooka failed to stop the Red dred able fo penetrate armor as much as 11 inches thick.

| | Children's Worker | Raps Loyalty Oath

| Maurice O. Hunt, welfare di- conjunction with the Indiana Mr. Truman is ted to get ‘rector, said the Welfare Depart- Merican Legion's annual con-iall he asked in a matter of

ment board has accepted the commer a— ‘ |resignation of Miss M. Louise Civilian Defense The program calls for: an exe

{Gilbert, supervisor in the chilidren’s division. ; { Mr. Hunt said Miss Gilbert re-

A POLITE policeman wo nifused to sign a loyalty affidavit

| praise from at least one \private and resigned in protest against

|citizen today.

its use by the state organization.

The patrolman knocked gently Mr. Hunt further revealed that

Miss Gilbert's name was on the of 11 welfare department workers which State Attorney General J. Emmett McManamon said had been reported to him as

{ 4 | 4 ference that the situation- nowj|they were broken. Brig. Gen. Robinson Hitchcock, | vestigation. Several times last| mpg officer pointed out that the being “suspected subversive.”

was “nicely tidied up.”

Guerrillas put U. S. artillery|state draft director, today sald he Week Chief Rouls denied reports area had been posted yesterday mr Hunt said that although

for no-parking, but that the mo- yjss Gilbert was one of. those

The First Calvary troops fell| ; 1d “take ti ff” so. that there was a probe. les to P: {positions temporarily under mor-|Wou ake time o yom Naback three to five miles to new|tar fire, One artillery unit stopped [tional Guard maneuvers at Camp The ror. concerns Patrolmen torist apparently had failed to no- peing investigated by the welfare more positions. The withdrawal was! g {Atterbury to welcome and answer >2¢% © y .

orderly. Afterward the fighting' (Continued on Page $—Col. 5) questions of the first Hoosier 11 three witnesses said they ” ” ” n »

a_gase

Shell dealer Pe — Ne

grade officers of civilian reserves while the attendants knocked

ice, chaplain, engineers, ordnance,/at him. Hendren was booked for signal corps, were told by the pre-larceny and later charged {Army Department today they! with assault and battery.

udy of riod of

forces, air force, coast artillery,/& disorderly conduct charge. Army nurse corps and women's| endren appeared puzzled by medical gpecialist corps are in the the new charge and asked Judge “volun ” ; i The te cats requirements was. After reading the charge, | were released simultaneously MT- O'Connor continued the case!

Military District. Exact number affected in n= p H . diana is a military secret, said! wo More oosiers

Col. Peter C. Bullard, chief of Qn asual List the Indiana Military District. On Cusu OY servicemen,

Recall at Grade {were added to the casualty list Officers will be recalled in their, today. : current grade and they may be Sgt. George T, Hutchinson, son now members of active, inactive of Mrs. Rosa Hutchinson, Oakor honorary reserve organiza- town, was listed as wounded. tions. Officers selected must be! Cpl. Philip F. Merth, son of able to complete one, two or three Mrs. Lillian F." Merth, R. R. 1, : i Hanna, was listed as missing in (Continued on Page 3-—Col. 7) action.

Call the Roll Again! (An Editorial)

Little Thailand (Siam) — population 17,600,000 — has offered the United Nations a combat force of 4000 officers and men to fight as ground troops in Korea under Gen. MacArthur. * To This ought to shame some of the bigger, more poweris at the [ful nations into joining in the fighting where it’s tough. moment in Korea. U. S. Ist Division out of Yong- | If every one of the 52 members of the United Nations etir and four miles south and jon record against Red aggression in Korea would do as

~ east. Reds, meanwhile, capture Haenam (2) in unopposed drive well as Thailand in proportion to its population, Gen. Macdown Want Coast Triple bonded ro £] ho Fou hod Arthur would have all the ground troops he needs. Morete. b Pusan (4). N shaidht over, it would be a United Nations force in fact—not an

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saw them hold Walter Hendren,| e |1-As to start through the induc- ,0 "hie two parking lot atten-|the officer explained. “We would had been made at the time of her

2 KOREA { je (tion mil. ldants beat him. The Times’ men like to have you move your car|resignation.

could request voluntary “recall”! A new charge arising from the to active duty. beating incident was pressed] Also finance department, chem-| against Hendren today. He was his knock was especially gentle! ical corps, infantry, armored hailed into Municipal Court 3 on because, in calling on an apartment earlier, he had awakened a

tice the new sign.

board, the investigation had not

“The street is being resurfaced,” béen completed and no findings

{towed away.”

> = 4 in medical, dental, medical serv- Hendren to the floor and kicked] “Thank you,” blinked the

citizen.

“You're welcome,” smiled the

officer, n » ”

THE PATROLMAN added that

baby.

Pleased with all this considercategory. Pro Tem Leo O'Connor what it ation, the citizen noted the po-

liceman wore badge 2113,

Police identified him’ as Floyd throughou nati ; .ito Aug. 2, when Hendren also will]. 8wails, 27, of 1214 N. Olney | a % the 1 on 2nd in In} appear on the assault and battery 8t. On the force since May 1, {cha 1949, he is a motorcycle traffic]

| “Several thousand” company also reported the officers watched °F Police will be forced to have it| She was the second person

named on the Attorney General's list to resign since the welfare board started a probe of suspected subversives on the payroll and

instituted the use of loyalty affidavits a week ago. { Washington St,

Mrs. Naomi Gillespie, another supervisor in the children’s diviision, resigned last Thursday. At the time of Mrs. Gillespie's resignation, the Internal Security Division of =the Indianapolis Police ‘Department revealed she was the! iwife of John R, Gillespie, 722 {Hiatt St., who was arrested Nov. 20, 1948, on a gaming charge and found to have a quantity of Com-| imunist literature in his pockets. | In connection with her resigna-!|

patrolman. - fulton today, Miss Gilbert issued the

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{following statement: i { “I refuse on principle to be as-| {sociated with a social ‘agency! {where a ‘loyalty’ affidavit is re-| {quested of all employees. “I have been an employee of

(Continued on Page 3—Col. 4) Fair, Pleasant On Weather Menu

LOCAL TEMPERATURES am,. 62 10a m.. 78 | Be Mass. 85-11 2 Maas TT am... 12 12 (Noon) 79 | 9a m.. 16 1p.m.. 80 | | Fair and pleasant weather today were predicted by the weath{erman. 2 | | Increasing cloudiness is on!

.|schedule for tomorrow with ‘Times, today and every

{pleasant weather. Over the state, fair and pleasant weather is on the schedule

with partly cloudy weather pre-|

dicted for tomorrow. 2 Less than a half-inch of rainfall for the next five dayk is pre-

dicted for Hooslerdom. Indian-

dent Truman said he would come| give early consideration to an

Az |the War Memorial Commission, trimmed by an earlier bill in Cone are | {which is in charge of the dedica-|gress, would remain at the press

RESINS I Protest cues ne Trois man. | em set ne ici. =

Resignation of a State Welfare 3, dent Truman's request for $10, Department supervisor who re-| Gen. MacArthur's summary the Reds in a position to strike) answer the call to colors if Pen-| The chief said the report was being sent to the Mayor's fused to sign a “loyalty affidavit” yet,” he said.

sald that on the east coast trom the rear at the American office this morning. He declined to reveal \its contents except t0 was announced today. friendly forces attacked and supply road from Pusan on the fagon Plans Lor a natichal araft say he was “not too excited” about the incident.

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Boost in Income Levies Due to Get Quick OK Through Stop-Gap Bill

Withholdings Will Commence ‘Soon’; Present Excise Schedules to Stay ‘As Is’ WASHINGTON, July 25 (UP)—President Truman will ask Congress this week to boost individual and corporation income taxes, Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder ane {nounced today. Speaker Sam Rayburn said Mr. Truman will send his . | request to Congress “very soon,” probably late today. ; | Mr. Snyder told a news

Truman Unlikely comternce that x. Truman gap tax bill now and send up &

1 i “more comprehensive” measure 0 p rp Bre wie this year, : : py Mr. Snyder ruled out the pos ’ sibility of an excess profits tax Probably Won't Attend ,; this time because of delays in Legion Dedication getting such legislation through ongress. | The White House said today| He said the individual income {that President Truman probably| tax boost, if voted by {will not be able to come to In- Would result in increased with

dianapolis next month ¢r dedica- Dolding levis "as S00R AS Pose {tion of the new American Legion " Must Pay as We Go National Headquarters. Congressional tax spokesmen When invited recently, Presi- already have indicated they will

if the international situation per-/interim tax bill. mitted his absence from Wash-| Mr. Snyder refused to {ington at that time. \ how big the President's tax re- | But this morning Press Seg-|quest will be. But he said that in retary Charles G. Ross said, “Tithe long run “we must pay as don’t think he's going.” {much as possible of the cost of The dedication of the $2 million the Korean situation ‘out of {building at Pennsylvania and St.| taxes.” {Clair Sts, is scheduled for 3! Mr, Truman asked : ip. m. Aug. 20. {late yesterday for $10 billion im No Direct Word new Military en that i . Snyder predic exFelix J. Brown, secretary of vise taxes, which 1d have }

{tion, said today he has had no/ént level He said he also hoped

{direct word from Washington re.| th tax loopholes, which would

{_ Mr. Brown said he has asked new tax program. {Paul V. McNutt, former Hoosier Rush Truman Requests governor and formerly state and

[national Legion commander, to| Meanwhile eo lead. [serve as a standin for the Presi-(°'® ordered a rush job on Presi.

517,000,000 and 600, men “But I haven't heard from nim Vi the Korean ome, neg to

communism from starting |” The dedication is to be held In|other one elsewhere. ane

vention set for Aug. 19 to 22. probably by the middle of. next week. :

pansion in the Army, Navy and Air Force from 1.5 million to 21 ‘Deputy Is Named million men; a step up in aire | A World War II Navy lieu-|Plane buying to double the press tenant today was named acting ent rate; construction of new Deputy Director of Civilian De-/ships and getting old ones ready {fense for the city. {for sea; and more tanks, guns W. Daniel Kibler Jr. 6445 and ammunition. Spring Mill Rd. was appointed! Congressmen said |by Mayor Feeney and Charles R.|chieftains already have indicated {Broderick, Acting Civilian De-|they are prepared to jump the /fense Director, ‘|Marine Corps strength from | Both the director and deputy | 74 000 to around 130,000 and to

{are on acting status as both were] carriers and {naval officers during the war and|'4Xe tug oF hres tf mothballs, (are subject to recall to duty. | pa. ont o

{ Mr. Truman's figures indicated Mr. Kibler is president of Kib-| A ler Trucking Co., 60 8. State Ave. the Navy and Marines will get f rian mremi———— {the highest proportion of mane _ |power increases, The best esti« Man Hurt by Auto {mate was that the Navy and {On Apr. 15 Dies Marines will get about 200,000 ” men, the Army. around 250,000 | Orville C. Appleget, 50, 325 S.land the Air Force the remaining 1150,000. Present strengths are:

Lyons 8t., died in General Hospital this morning of injuries he | 4 rmy. 591,700; Navy and Mare i ’ * ’

Washington St. |industries seized by the governs eee. | ment for war use are returned to Y iahbor their owners. ; pd Neig > ars | He told newsmen he has asked in the Services {Chairman W. Stuart Symington Hoosier Heroes jof the National Security Re- 4 Page II ___* (Continued on Page $—Col. 1) |

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Political commissars give a “mental rubber-hosing to all things + American” on a round-the-clock basis to the German Communist army. Fred Sparks, in his sixth of a series of on the East German army, gets a hint that the RE may be- playing East off against West .....uvivoenscsnsssa I |

The Tribe pulled a game off the rocks in the ninth inning last fi night to grab back the top spot in the AA. Sports news takes’ a back seat to Page One war news for : Writer Frank Anderson. Finds that he “left something behind” in the Pacific CRATE SANA A RE a a 3 War scare and normal price rise plus fat wallets have bine to give meat prices a kick towards the moon, Peter E says there is no shortage of meat and prices should w their normal course consis uannbarse bases sine ve ens iRiRe Two Hoosier girls are delegates to the fourth Girls Nation, a school for citizenship of youth sponsored by the Americ Legion Auxiliary. Day nurs and health camp provide and extra vitality for many Bas annnsranatnnsane Veterans of World War II join recent recruits in today’s sane

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