Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1950 — Page 1
FORECAST:
Slowly, cool tonight, low 60. Occasional rain tomorrow, 80.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1950
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Northwest Observes Celestial Tour Of ‘Flying Saucers and Cubes’ PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12 (UP) —Hundreds of Portland residents said today that they saw strange flaming objects streak _noiselessly across Oregon
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‘skies last night. = == Yire Capt: H. Faber _— he and three-others obe--=-seived a trio of objects traveling at high speed streak across the city in a “tight formation.” One object pulled ahead of the others as they disappeared ii the distance, he said. .
» - » » JUNIOR AND JOHN EAGLE, two brothers from La Center, Wash., saw “a silvery glow coming out of tail” of a single “saucer.” They watched it travel “pretty low and heading north.” The glow stopped, they said, and a silvery saucer was all that remained. Dick Neese of Portland described the object as “fire hot.” “There was no smoke, no noise; it went at tremendous speed,” he said. With Mr. Neese at the time were Harold Jones: and George Hoffmann. At Twin Falls, Ida. a battery of flying saucers and a flying cube were reported by J. W. Adamson. Mr. Adamson, a ‘carpenter; said he saw the cube, nose tipped slightly downward, at the height expected of a commercial airliner. He said the object was as big as a house and floated through the air at about 250 miles an hour, 4 ~ » » - ” “THE SAUCERS followed more traditional lines, he said. They were smaller and higher and zoomed through the air at faster speeds, Mr. Adamson sald the celestial entourage was soundless, They were a flat white color, he said, and were not luminous. He called his wife and daughter to the yard. His daughter said the saucers looked like moving stars but his wife couldn’t see anything without her glasses. © The Air Force has denied repeatedly that it has any evidence of the actual existence of any. phenomena suth as _. flying saucers.
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Call Not Planned _ Unless War Worsens, |
By GALVE- GORDON. = Maj. Gen. Jesse E. McIntosh, Indiana National Guard commander, today said the 38th Division will maintain “combat readiness” despite information from the Pentagon that no additional Guard units will be called in the present crisis, Unless the world
of four National Guard divisions
now.
Meanwhile the general of the 10th Air Force sald
back in uniform by early fall The 10th Air Force with head-
has command over Indiana Reserve airmen and the Indiana Air National Guard. “Personally 1 am sorry that our chances of entering active service look slimmer, and most of the men in the ‘Cyclone’ Division feel the same way,” sald Gen. McIntosh, part-time Tipton businessman who heads the Yo00-man Indiana National Guard, said. “We will continue to press for enlistments to bring to
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“Says He'll Open Court on Schedule Times State Service PUTNAMVILLE, Aug. 12 — Judge Norval K. Harris walked out of the Indiana State Farm gates at 9 a.m. today, a free man.
His wife, Grace, was waiting|through
for him in an automobile she had driven from Sullivan, where the two returned today. : Before leaving, the judge anpounced he will open the September term of Sullivan oH Circuit Court on schedule. gerved 53 days of a 60-day son tence for contempt imposed by
the Indiana Supreme Court. He received one week off for| behavior during his term, which he spent working as al caretaker in the cattle ‘barn.
Compra ATTiS was oi a ee to ee he disobeyed the Supreme Court's order to appoint] - prosecutor...to. investi: Sullivan's County Prosecutor John K. Purcell. The judge changed from his inmate’s uniform of -overalls, work shirt and corduroy cap to the clothes he wore into the farm,
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DETROIT, Mich, Aug 12 (UP) — Repentant city officials ‘promised today to erase the “black spot on Detroit's honor” by erecting a memorial to Pvt. John Marruso, the first Amerlcan war Jeaq returned from the
Mayor Albert E. Cobo ordered all city flags flown at half-mast Monday in honor of the 19-year-old youth who received a lonely burial Thursday because the Army “didn’t have enough men” for a military funeral. “If ever there was a black spot on Detroit's honor, it was to forget this young man,” Council man Del A. Smith sald. A. Smith said.
situation|
worsens, a Pentagon spokesman. said yesterday, the current recall}.
and two combat regimental Guard, teams is all that is contemplated :
commanding 3 there was “nothing new” in al?
Washington announcement that | 50,000 Reserve airmen would be
qtiarters at Selfridge Field, Mich,
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Vi Mary, a S oyearold elephant, regarded as "Queen of
Big Top." step, a Sulman 4 the New York Cente sid 2 in Spe. ay sarly this morning. She helped set up the Ringling ay Sy os Bailey Circus for performances
at 2:30 pa 50 - m. today on |
St., next to the Midget Speedway.
Gls Clean Out Rebel Nests
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three wounds, 210 wounded, 21 In-: ‘jured and 26 missing in action One soldier was listed as having returned to American lines after previously being reported missing.
Concerning a Defense Department announcement of Air Force reserve call-ups, Brig. Gen. Harry | Johnson, commander of the 10th
Disaster Unit Seeks Shelters
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Burn Farmhouses, Villages That Could Ofer Base for New Aftack Near Pohang
for the big Red attack.
night to give armored muscle to the beachhead’s defense spread over ridges and down narrow-val-; > leys in search of guerrill
They burned and blasted farmand villages that could hide armed enemy troops and thus! provide a base for a night at-l tack against this six-mile-long kidney-shaped biggest and best
{Dunkerque - type this base became necessary. Now they can add their firepower to {American artillery set up to defend the field.
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Air Force, said the program is
|three weeks old, concerned only | { Korea.
needed specialists, and that more than half of the 50,000 quota has {been met.
“Most of the remaining special- now “are imperiled by the Red {ists have been contacted and pa- capture of Pohang City—-took off] ¢ 4 mm... 58
pers for their activation are in
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In certain critical
A survey of buildings useful as |categories such as electronics and
shelters. in. case of atomic attackimedical
'was launched today by disaster irelief committees of Marion County. - | The newly organized committees met last night in the Indian-| apolis Public Library with Red
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FALLS $ FLOORS, LIVES ' (UP)—Victor Stanley Stewart, 2,|
Grid Schedules |
Although in intoxication ‘charge still is slated against him in Indianapolis Municipal Court 4, farm officials said they had no orders to hold the jurist.
TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 12
fell 40 feet from a third story) | window of his home yestérday.| Physicians said he suffered a few bruises.
High School
In Sunday Times
® An easy-to-follow schedule’ of ALL football games for high schools in In- : dianapolis and Marion County will be published in ‘tomorrow’s SUN- & DAY TIMES. @ Also tomor= row, THE SUNDAY TIMES will present a pre-season roundup of city and county A ngelopo high school % ous football by Jimmie Angelopolous—the sports staff expert whom the school set follows. @ It's another TIMES SPORTS EXCLUSIVE... . tomorrow . ,, in THE SUNDAY TIMES,
HIGH SCHOOL GRID SCHEDULES
Cross officials to plan for emergency action after enemy ‘bombing. The disaster relief committees will plan for mass care of casualties, They will prepare for their work Ahough first aid classes and, training in care of injured and | sick.
are being reactivated by the Red y|Cross as a part of the preparedness move. The committees made plans to meet four times yearly to discuss
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sent delegates to last pight's, meeting.
Pike,
presented.
Dear Sugar Plum:
the same old songs and I see th
football team. what it holds for us.
10 years ago.
are marching and cussing like they are not.
«PLUS... FOOTBALL ROUNDUP By Jimmie - Angelopolous
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IN THE SUNDAY TIMES fu
are learni ways of killing for keeps. | ©' Carpenters, plumbers and
The Old, Sarge Says Goodby— Double-Feature War a Little Too Familiar
Down here with the National Guard troops, I feel like I am seeing a motion picture of myself
Young kids with fuzz on their cheeks again
Youngsters who are only months away from “high school proms and double-chocolate sodas at
over the military barracks here, rushHi Job Tetons toups Wow: tg
technicians, Reservists are being called with-| lout their permission. Some of these men. are making |
good money as civilians as a force which arrived to save this
result of training received in the
{Air Force in World War XY 3nd and
not te, Field commented. Indiana Air reservists called] will be processed at Chanute] Field, I., for further assigniment. : | Base Preparing
Indiana’s largest Afr Force]
First aid instructors and can-| base at Edinburg today was pre-'to 10,000 teen and motor service workers paring to refeive the first of 500) |Whereabouts was not known, [Minnesota Reserves
for two weeks’ training. | Reservists of the 440th Troop) Carrier Wing at Wold Chamber-|
lain Field, Minn, were being
{new developments in defense plan-/shuttled to Atterbury Air Force/men spent a fitful night in fox- |
Base in 25 C-46 planes. Mass
The towns of Beech Grove, Cler; paratroop exercises withthe 11th/that did not come. — mont, Southport and Lawrefice| Airborne Diviston will - highlight!
training which ends Aug. 26. { Meanwhilé reserve - airmen of
Franklin, “Y. adrénce, {the Hoosier 72d Troop Carrier brown hills around the field and on A Perry, Warren, Washington and {Squadron were streaming onto, janything else that could give the gunners, Wayne sown 4dlso were re- {the base for regular week-end] enemy cover. Artillery joined in.|electronics specialists called out
training.
- Camp Atterbury, Aug. 12
I'VE GOT a strange feeling I've lived this way before. I hear
e¢ same old uniforms.
I don’t care if Joe Louis makes a comeback or if the Yankees “win the pennant. I can’t even get excited about Notre Dame's
What bothers mie is that I can’t look into the future and see
the grownups
and
ng the many involved and intricate, :
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laborers are.
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“A Stare “otfiver-at: a Gen: Walton - “Walker, ~Chief--of
PS. Tl be boule soon. ,
{airstrip the Americans have in : Clouds May Hide
Meteor Shower LOCAL TEMPERATURES
10am... 67 11am... 71 a 32 (Now) 72
F-51s of the fighter-bomber units that moved into this coastal |plain four weeks ago-—and that
in nearly continuous streams for,
1 an targets in the ridges around us.' a. o
Bam... 62
Col. Robert Witty of Cleveland, >
O., base commander,
said” his Air Force| fighters flew 85 sorties yesterday| into the heavens for signs of a ‘and “Will fly os many or more meteorite shower due tonight may
Indianapolis stargazers peering
| today.” + find their vision obscured by rain The commander; of the task clouds. The weat sunbeaten beachhead, which 100kS| called oa, herman 2 [like Anzio in miniature, said he |tonight and _the
prediction | ‘partly cloudy” skies occasional showers | “The SNORE star “show—Dbits! {of meteoritic material whizzing! through the earth’s atmosphere’ {80 fast that they burn—was {scheduled to begin shortly after {sunset and reach a peak three or four hours later. “Temperatures were expected to range from a low of 60 degrees: |romgnt 10 to a a Nigh ot 50 « of 80 tomorrow.
36 Local Nav Navy
Reservists Called
Ninth Naval District at Great holes waiting for the big assault/Lakes, IIL, today called 36 Indi-| |anapolis area Naval Reservists to Today the fighters returned and active federal duty. These men, resumed slashing strafing and|{who will report for further prorocket attacks. on the wooded cessing to the Post Office Building ug. 23, bring the total of medical technicians and
Allied ground forces in Korea: “The situation is in hand and the airport is secure.” e guerrilla encirclement! around the field appeared to be tlight.-But- creeping up from somes {where to the north or northwest | was the main Red force of 7000! regulars. Its exact
Seek Safer Haven -
The Mustang fighters took off | for safer haven last night, and American airmen and infantry-
Two Am erican _ destroyers | lof the local Al unit to 107,
Wherever I go, people are talking Korea. They wonder, and so do I, If our troops can hold on until reinforcements arrive. They wonder, and 50 do I, if we are ready to fight a full scale war. It seems hard to believe that twice within 10 years we are again calling up troops to fight for peace. > Once again, the towns are filling up with soldiers home pass or furlough. gw - . Men and women are beginning to vondemn hoarders. And men and women go right on hoarding. - Already they have talked about rationing and price controls AS emergency war pleasures. In Congress, the Democrats ‘and Republicans .are blaming each other for the turn of events:in Korea. And, in Kores, our soldiers again ave fighting and dying. Now, they're even buying beers again for soldiers in uniform,
The papers again are full of war news and again my mother prays for peace.
This is where I came in.
=
With all my love, “The Oid Sarge
Bombs Plaster Hub-17 Miles
[From Russia
| *_Rashin Hammered
“In Closest Strike Yeh to ~Soviet Union
=I Ti ics United P Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Aug. 12 — Three
‘waves of B-20% cascaded 550
tons of bombs on- a key North Korean port and railway center only 17 miles from the Soviet border today in an attempt to choke off Russian arms for the North Koreans. The Rashin, North Korea's main port of entry for Soviet war supplies, in mass formation from the sea at 9 p. m, Friday (Indianapolis time), after lining up their targets
said.
It was the closest American
L Istrike yet to the Soviet Union.
Rashin lies in the northeast cor
{ner of North Korea 17 miles from
the southeast tip of Russia and only 120 miles southwest of the big Soviet base of Vladivostok.
Believe Targets Blasted Although results were not observed, officers who took part expressed confidence that the targets had been hit, The Far East Alr Forces said Rashin, also known as Najin» Dong, is of vital importance to the Communist war effort in Korea as “the principal transportation center for supplies coming into Korea from the sea as well as rail cargo from the North.”
Superfortresses attacked
by radar, the Far East Air Forces)
Five Indiana - Soldiers Among Korea Wounded...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 — The| Defense Department has an-| nounced the following Indiana soldiers wounded in the Korean area: First Lt. Robert L. Engelien, husband of Mrs. Mary A. Enge-|
lien, Gary. Pvt. Charles M. Sullivan, son | § Mrs. Edna B. Bowman, R; Ra Milltown
pe "Tack Winburn, son of al Florence Brockman, R. R.° Deputy.’ Pfc, James E. ‘Sandlin, son of Mrs. Lillie S8andlin, Vernon. Pvt, Franklin R. Phenis, son of Herman B, Phenis, Richmond,
Rail Jam Delays Air Guard Move
Hoosier Units Leave Later Today by Bus
Extensive. troop movements in the 13-state §th Army Area today forced cancelation of Pull- - man transportation of 800 Indijana Air National Guardsmen to Grayling Air Force: Base, Michigan. Personnel of the two fighter groups in the Indiana Air Guard will depart instead at midnight from their respective home bases by Greyhound bus to arrive at their two-week summer training base at noon tomorrow. The two elements of the Indiana Air Guard are the 1224 Fighter Group at Stout Field, Indianapolis, and the 222d Af Service Group and other units at Baer Field, Ft. Wayne. Plan Extensive Work: Extensive air-to-air and
Border
Yanks B Battle
Desperately to Protect Pusan
MacArthur Reports Heavy Fighting — West of Miryang “BY EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Sunday, Aug. 13 —American troops, handicapped by ‘the severance of their main supply line, bate tled desperately on the south
central front today to protect the port of Pusan, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's mide night communique reported heavy fighting under way in the sector west of Miryang, a town on the vital railroad line that runs from Pusan to Taegu. The Communists have estabe lished two road blocks on the American main supply line, and the communique said these ‘“continued to hamper vehicular and wire communication.” Reds Bolster Troops The Communists have thrown a bridgehead across the Naktong River and have succeeded in getting reinforcements across. Gen. MacArthur's communique sald a Communist prisoner of war claimed that the North Kiorean 16th, 17th and 18th regiments of the 4th Division had crogsed the Naktong southwest of Changyong. That is the area
r that the American 24th Division
is defending. “This is the first time I've ever
had my main supply routes cut in
years of military
kn the northerumon,, aioe Io
Then they returned to their foxholes for a second night of waiting
The tanks and infantry of a column that broke through last North of the port area is one Wayne - -based 113th Fighter
! nd| gq uadron the prized “Spaatz” trojoined South Korean vessels off! phy for outstanding performance ishore last night, reddy in case a
evacuation - ofl re
| Hotel,
the announcement sald. The port {includes berthing space TOF more ocean-going vessels, railway lines, warehouses and tra
to 25,000 tons a day.
Key Railway Point ranking Continental
of the biggest rail centers {terminals in Korea, with a — Ishalling yard 28 tracks wide. It) is a key point on the North Korean east coast railway.
in competition with units throughout the nation.
Thirty-two airmen will ‘rendez-
The tanks, planes and many vous over Ft. 8 Wayne tomorrow | 5, 4 artillery units in rear areas.” .
of the other arms with which| morning and ferry their the North Koreans are fighting, in Bo base Ap a Panes American troops in southeast Ko-! over Detroit. P rea were made in Russia and
{many probably came in by sea, Dialer for rail through Rashin. Auto-Pedestrian
The B-20s attacked from the Accidents Hurt 2 Men sea to ayold passing over Soviet Two men were recovering..in.
i
runs. ceived in auto-pedestrian, acel-| .. Although the pianes attacked dents last night.
the Air Forces an-| Walter Hatley, RP eo
Ty of the promontory on their St. ‘near Lee St. Police said he screens made identification of the ran into the side of a car driven target area positive. by Paul J. Sommerville, 21, of Other B-20s bombed strategie 1322 Kappa St. raflway” targets in North Korea! Raymond Dawson, 58, of 15 N. lin continuation of their campaign East St, was hit by a car driven| {to disrupt Communist supply PY Harold J. Myers, 27, Elwood lines. City, Pa., on New York St. near Biggest Night Raids | Park Ave. The superforiress attacks —Both—men— were taken lowed a series of night raids vy/erat “Hospital in fair condition. |American fighters and light| Mr. Hatley was transferred later ‘bombers. They started fires th 21/t0 Cold Spring Rd. Veterans |Communist-held South Korean Hospital towns and bombed enemy convoys and troop concentrations. . It was the biggest night aerial offensive of the war. Enemy casualties were believed high. A Navy Neptune patrolling the {Korea east coast strafed and left {burning 10 small steam vessels! | between Wonsan and Musudan {Yesterday.
Rescued om. Canal
| A 62-year-old woman today {was rescued uninjured from: In{dianapolis Wafer Co. canal at {Ninth St. after she plunged into {the water. Police who answered! the emergency call said a male bystander leaped in and pulled; her out.
Detector Clears Is Russia Ready? ...No. 6
Boy Friend in Experts Say Death of Waitress For World W
Times Special Service MADISON, Wis., Aug. 12—The! boy friend of an attractive wait-| ress who drowned in Rock River] _ following a drunken, midnight | argument was held for Indianap-| olis authorities today after a lie detector test cleared him of al possible murder charge.
Joseph Walker, 26, was sched- | uled to be returned to Indianap-|
the world five years ago. ' surrendered.
arming .
3 the. op t ot|0n the E51 the airmen will fiy two trouble.
eling cranes. It can unload up! A high point fn the exercises
will come Tuesday when top-
Air Command officers award the pt Ward Chinju.
| territory at the end of their bomb hospitals today from injuries re-|
28 y, Jot al LL
3 . John Church, of the 24th Division,
¢ task force 180 was In
A Joint Army-Ma? southern front A force of a
supply miles from the front. The T's and the Marines were driving for
Attack Artillery Units “Task force Kean (the GI's and the Marines),” the communique sald, “continued to be plagued by heavy inflitration of enemy troops and guerrillas dressed as refuees, who attacked supporting
An 8th Army communique is« {sued In Korea at 7:05 a. m. (Indi |anapolis time) said the by-passed Communists “remained the only {serious enemy activity on the |southern flank” as two Army regiments linked up in hills overlook-
|vaneing on Sachon, 12 miles SowR {of Chinju.
Other. Developments CERI
Army communique reported these developments on other fronts: POHANG — South Korean troops made. small gains in a {counter-attack near fallen Po-
munists withdrew from the perimeter of the American airfield
were expected” to attack the airs field tonight or tomorrow. TAEGU — 1st Cavalry Division troops killed -half a Communist force of 300 which crossed to the east bank of the Naktong River /14 miles southwest of Taegu and the survivors were trying to withdraw. The Reds also made several other crossings of the Nake tong in the SBongdong area. NORTHERN FRONT — -The South Korean: 1st ‘Division re-
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Reds Not Set
ar lll Now
Could Put Up Fierce Battle, But Need Time to Match U. S. Industrial Power “America scrapped the mightiest war machine in the history of - Russia began to build from what she had when the Japanese How do we compare, now, after five yeirs of intensive Soviet +. and five years of American disarming? Richard Wilson, after weeks of research for Look Magazine -
olis in connection with the Sept.!and The Indianapolis Times, gives the answer of some of the ex19, 1948 theft of $300 from the| perts in the last of a startling series, ‘
Earle Hotel, formerly Milner
Police said he and dark- haired! Theresa Clark, 27, had lived to-|in agreement, as a result of gether as man and wife for six Russia, on t months before the argunient , on these conclusions: which apparently impelled her to! leap into the river at Janesville. Her body was found Monday. District Attorney Robert Danlel. said a pathologist found no indications of violence, Through-leral attack, Russia will risk
out five hours of questioning, Walker clung to his story that losing the gains ‘it has al{ready made.
Miss Clark voluntarily leaped to her death. Russia needs another intensive year-plan to become ade-:
between the East and West.
A warrant was issued in -In-!five-dianapoiis- for Walker's arrest on/quately prepared. ; a ehittfe of sgrind larceny arias Meantime, victories ‘in the Jearpsared : following the “cold war” and all around AP i odges of the Soviet empire
: By RICHARD WILSON Private experts and government analysts are largely
their .long studies of Soviet
Soviet Russia is not ready for a titanic, ‘alicout war
The year of 1952 is to be a year of great risk, but if Ithe Politburo orders the gen-
convince Russia it need not ot fight the all-out war, or can postpone the time.
Something like the; foregoing is
the basis on which American’ military policy has rested. If ~ Soviet ‘expert Ellsworth Rays
mond’s analyses. had been avails: able to the government, it can be
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