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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950
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ON NUMEROUS occasions, this newspaper has urged the need of a firm, positive American foreign policy which would meet the challenges confronting us as a nation. By permitting the Russians to call the turnsin our opinion-we were letting them lead us into a war we could lose.
Harold E. Stassen has offered the nation a policy
with which our country can confront Russia.
not appeal
There isn't anything namby-pamby about it. It will to the faint-hearted, who deal in half meas-
ures and appeasement. It does not offer any quick or easy way out. But it is a policy that can win, if it is advanced with the same courage, candor and clarity with which it has been presented to the American people— provided it is backed by the determination and stamina it will take to see it through. Mr. Stassen has his sights trained right on the bullseye. Russia is the only real threat to world peace, and— If our armed strength is dissipated and spread out in jungles and mountains and valleys in distant parts of the world, “we will become a giant pinned down to the earth by our own errors of policy, weakened and laid open to direct assault.” That assault can come by a direct surprise attack
through the northland, by sea through submarines, and
by subversion, sabotage and Communist terrorism."
# # # SO— If further aggression by Communist forces occurs at any point in the world, we should hold the Kremlin
upon the United States, “by land through Alaska, by air
Harold E. Stassen . . . "We must be prepared to bring war directly to the centers of Communist power." strictly responsible and take the war directly to Moscow, the Urals and the Ukraine. We should make our intentions plain and well in ad-
vance, by a joint resolution of Congress and by present-
ing our plans to the United Nations for approval.
This is not a proposal for a so-called "preventive war,” as the former governor of Minnesota points out. It is public notice to the Russians that if they start World War III by prodding their satellites and puppets into aggressions we and our associates intend to finish it against the Kremlin itself. Of course we must be prepared to back up our brave words with everything it takes, if it comes to a showdown. We must be prepared for war. The money this will require will demand reductions in
rationing should be placed in readiness.
Congress or the administration has proposed. Mr. Stassen puts the reductions in federal spending at not less than $4 billion, and preferably as much as $6 billion. Similar reductions must be made in state and local budgets. Nothing can go on as usual, here or among our Allies
abroad. Great sacrifices are essential. A minimum of
$10 billion will be needed in new taxes, Mr. Stassen estimates. A system of price-and-wage ceiling and
TO DO this job we'll need abler men in the government than we have at present. We'll need much better machinery in the government. But all of these things may be necessary if our country is to surmount this crisis. It's better to be safe than sorry. The stake is the survival of this great, free nation. The challenge is the most fundamental one in our history. A third world war is not inevitable. Courageous, determined action now may forestall it. But we can't
stop a steamroller by passing resolutions and appointing
committees. We've got to be prepared to fight. That demands the mobilization of all of our resources.
We are facing a ruthless enemy that can be
During 2-Hour Strike Force of 40,000 Enemy Scattered;
1st Cavalry Recaptures Waegwan By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Thursday, Aug. ment by 98
inary reports said today.
tered bands of North Koreans land.
Just across the Naktong, American troops recaptured Waegwan, a river. town 12 miles northwest of Taegu. A heavy Communist patrol had seized Waegwan Tuesday, It also routed the Yanks from nearWASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP)-The United Nations and
the United Stat
have
17-—A saturation bombard-
Superforts scattered a Communist force of 40,000 to 60,000 troops massed along the Naktong River and left small groups churning about in confusion, prelim-
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said pilots who flew over the devastated area after the shattering assault saw only scat-
scurrying through the waste-
More than 12 hours after the air strike there was no sign of the long-predicted Communist offensive on Taegu.
Hoosier Battles On Front Lines
Radar Man Joins Combat Troops
A Hoosier radar man is
than a show of superior force: To produce that show of strength will require sacrifices by all of us. The tempting alternative is to relax and enjoy ourselves until the avalanche hits us. Then it may be too late even to be sorry. (Details of Mr. Stassen's Speech, Page 3.)
Eli Lily Planning
By KEYES BEECH, Times Foregin Correspondent WITH THE 24TH DIVISION ON THE CENTRAL KOREAN
‘We Stacked the Dead Out of Our Way’
“We had one BAR (a Browning automatic rifie) with only two magazines for it and carbines and rifles.
I rescued the am-
have
Thailand's offer to send 4000 combat troops to Korea.
radar man is among the Air Force “non-combatants” who turned doughboys to help
by hills where they had been guarding the town rather than occupy it. Reds Rooted Out Strong U. S. patrols returned Wednesday and rooted out the United Press Cor-
Communists. United Press Doctors Lay Plans/ Wednesday and rooted out the Communists. United Press Cor- respondent Robert Vermillion reported that the GIs set up com-
munications in Waegwan, indi-
“The Americans elsewhere were
Will Erect Antibiotics Building
Eli Lilly and Co. plans to expand its Kentucky Ave. plant,
company officials announced to-
day. Expansion will increase present antibiotic - fermentation capacity of manufacturing penicillin, streptomycin and Vitamin B12. The structure will be a separate building three stories high, 50 by 220 feet. It will house new equipment used in the manufacture of antibiotics (germ killers). No building cost was revealed. The Lilly engineering division will design the structure of steel and fireproof cement board. Construction is expected to begin Sept. 15. The company esti-
mates it will take 15 to 18 months
to complete the building and in-
FRONT, Aug. 16-Inside a mill on the Naktong River road a/munition from the dead and wounded because handful of Americans, crouched behind a fortress of rice bags,/ enemy to fire at than we had ammunition to
"fought and died. Stacked in the center of the room were 30 to 40 of their dead and wounded. The living cried for water but there was precious little. One, shot in the stomach, asked to be killed. But nobody would kill him. Besides there was no ammunition to spare. Lt. Charles E. Payne, 30, of Neosho, Mo., told the story. He spoke with the air of a man who can’t believe he is still alive. “All hell broke loose. Enemy were all around us coming at us from three sides. We made a dash for a mill about 50 yards away. “There were only eight or nine of us who could still shoot. The others were all dead or wounded. We stacked them in the center of the room so they wouldn't get in our way.
head. “I told them to stop it and they looked at me like I was the | meanest man in the world. But I knew the man was dying and
we were low on aid packets.”
Lt. Payne then gestured toward Lt. Albert Alfonso, 26, of
Honolulu. Lt. Payne
“He got us.”
sighed. “There will never be another day like this,” he said
crying for water. We gave them what wasn't much we could do for them.
Face Huge Task, Medics' Meeting Told Photo, Page 2
For Atom Defense/ cating they expected to stay. The Americans elsewhere were holding along their Naktong line,
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reported. He announced that the usual midnight communique was
first-aid compresses on one man
Hurricane Moves/ Fierce Earthquake Joins
Toward Florida
Declared
Mysteries of Ancient Tibet
World May Never Know How Many Died; Echoes Still Shake Earth 10 Hours Later
Oil Stock Sales
State Eyes Illegal
15 Complaints of
atomic warfare. Dr. John A. Campbell, radiologist at the Indiana Medical Center, told more than 60 members of the county medical societies and other organizations of the magnitude of their task. Dr. Campbell pointed out that
sion commander, “very hopeful.” He said the quality of the North Korean forces had deteriorated, but the enemy still had not quite run out of gas.
issued had not
eral thousand Communists in a river pocket southwest of Taegu. Maj. Gen. John H. Church, divisaid he felt
The 24th fought a holding
in the event of an atomic blast/action all day yesterday. Heavy
here, with approximately 34,000/fighter-bomber strikes supported serious burn cases, there would/them.
be a need for 8000 tons of dressings, blood and plasma. That
Few Targets Left A Fifth Air Force spokesman
usual midnight communique was not being issued because the line because the line/a single man the airstrip
the Pohang airport. The Hoosier, Cpl. Lloyd M. Ranger, 23, of Dale, and others at the advanced airstrip in Korea received high praise after going into fox holes as improvised “infantrymen.” Cpl. Ranger, a son of Ora Ranger, Dale farmer, was a foxhole buddy of Cpl. Wallace L. Wayne of Harrisburg, Pa., in the fire fight. Normally the two corporals operate a radar blindlanding unit.
The gooks found that Yank cooks, clerks mechanics can be as tough as soldiers come, North Koreans were unable to get
perimeter defense. Told of the news today, Cpl. Ranger's stepmother. Marjorie
stepmother, Marjorie 24th Division was battling sev-/said "it will make his father feel
pretty fine.” However, the reports that came in from the front were no ~urprise to Mrs. Ranger, Mrs. Ranger said the last time the family heard from Cpl. Ranger was about a month ago. "He was in Korea." she said. “He couldn’t tell us much. But he seems to be real brave about the whole thing. He doesn’t seem to mind at all.” Cpl, Ranger was born and reared in Dale and has been in the Army about two years.
beat off Korean Red attacks on.
Finds Yanks Tough
Gallagher Named Traffic Engineer
dianapolis police officer
Lewis (Cap) Johnson, who died
stall equipment.
By Weather Bureau
Frank Gallagher, veteran In-| today was appointed city traffic engineer. Mr. Gallagher will take the vacancy caused by the death of
hours.
a “severe hurricane.”
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 16 (UP)-
'Severe'
earthquakes rocked the "roof of the world" in mountainous east-
never would know. The shocks were felt through/of the greatest earthquakes in The Weather Bureau called it/India and Pakistan. However,/history." A Turkish seismograph Winds of/the only damage reported so far/was broken by the shock.
- NEW. DELHI, India, Aug. 16 (UP)-—One of history's worst Violent echoes shook the
n repo
today, packig winds that increased from 100 miles to 140 miles per hour in the last six
history.” A Turkish seismograph
'Phony' Wells Heard/the Washington Monument.
Secretary of State Charles F./The cost would be $10
investigation” of illegal sale of oil leases. Fred Hoffmark, acting chief deputy secretary of state, re-/will be," ported 15 complaints from per-/will be," Dr. sons who have invested in what
Plan Resources Board
would be enough, he said, to fill
The cost in money, he said million
“We have no experience from which to judge what the situation Campbell told the doctors, who were taking the first
reported that U. S. fighter-bomb-ers were attacking Korean la-
To the north, the U. S. 1st Calvary Division sent patrols across the Naktong to assess the
borers trying to throw a bridge
results of the Superfort raid. At the same time numerous flights of American planes ranged the area. Reports from Air Force
gale force fanned out over an/has been buildings cracked when
Tokyo scientists said it was
Aug. 1. The new department chief had
area 250 miles in diameter. In its 9:30 a. m. (Indianapolis
their foundations swayed. Rattles Seismographs
been serving as assistant to Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Gallagher has been on the police force here 29 years and reached the grade of sergeant. He was in charge of buildings and traffic maintenance. He is married and has three children. One son, Donald Lee Gallagher, is on duty with the Navy in Newfoundland. The Gallaghers live at 2112 Cold Spring Rd.
Time) advisory, the Weather/Meterological officials
here/quake of 1923, which killed 143,
comparable in intensity to that capital's own disastrous earth-
Bureau said the hurricane had/ said the first tremor struck in/000 persons.
turned in a westerly direction/eastern Tibet at 7:43 a. m. (Indiyesterday and/lions of tons of disturbed rock
and was moving toward the/anapolis time)
mainland at seven miles an hour/shook seismographs throughout/and
It was about 700 miles east of/the world. Miami.
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic The advisory said "movement/Survey reported that it was "one
will continue slow during the next 12 to 18 hours. “Shipping should avoid this severe hurri-| cane.” Navy hurricane hunter planes will fly through the big blow
Job Abolished
Highway Foreman
The job of a State Highway
Four tremors followed as mil-
stone rumbled in earth “echoes” over tens of thousands of square miles. Meteorological officials placed the epicenter or strongest point in eastern Tibet, the “Shangri-La” of fiction. When news of the violent shock |spread, some jittery citizens thought it had been caused by
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6 a. m...69 10 a. m... 75/ on its location and strength 7 a. m...71 11 a. m... 82 8 a. m...71 12 (Noon) 84 9 a. m...75 1 p. m... 85/ Canadian Air Force
Boosts Plane Orders
again today to get a better check/foreman was abolished today fol-
an atomic explosion.
lowing the investigation of "mys-/In Germany,
terious" disappearance of asphalt. Fred Stevens, general foreman of the Tibbs Ave. subdistrict garage, was permitted to resign/bomb on Korea. It fore that rumor died.
Americans and Germans alike called newspaper offices to check a rumor that the/lieves that majority of persons Americans had dropped an atomic bomb on Korea. It was hours be-
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OTTAWA, Aug. 16 (UP)-The/after his job was abolished. Canadian Air Force has more than doubled its orders for jet fighter planes since the beginning of the Korean War, it was disclosed today. A Defense Department source
of theft. said a contract for 100 F-86 Saber/uel Hadden
weather “Canucks,” doubled: to
against sneak bombing attacks./repair project on Washington St.
Although confirming that asphalt was missing and had been dumped into ravines, highway officials said there was no evidence
Highway Commissioner Samassigned his ace injets had been greatly increased/vestigator, District Engineer and another, for 10 twin-jet all-/Frank MvVaugh, to the case after had been/a truckload of asphalt was reprotect Canada/ported missing yesterday from a
Atomic scientists pointed out that a major earthquake has a force more than 1 million times that of an atomic bomb.
HOTEL CHANGES HANDS
CHICAGO, Aug. 18 (UP)-—The Pick Hotels Corp. took possession 1000-room Congress Hotel. Albert Pick Jr. announced that his firm had purchased the Congress for $3.5 mil-/the workhorses of the Communist
today of Chicago's
lion.
they term “phony oil wells.” Six new Indiana oil wells have been registered since the first of the year. However, State Securities Commissioner Patrick W. Donahue, Ft. Wayne, said he believed "a great many more" operate although not registered.
Wells Mushrooming
Oil wells are springing up in all parts of the state, according to one official. The State is investigating one California oil company which seeks to sell approximately $750,000 in oil shares in Indiana. Deputy Securities Commissioner James Strawbridge be-
violating the Indiana Securities Law are ing to defraud the state or investors." “They probably have no knowledge of the law,” he said.
SPOT BIGGER TANKS
WITH U. S. FIFTH AIR FORCE, Korea, Aug. 16 (UP)-
spotting two or three North Korean tanks “much bigger” than which have been
"not intentionally try-/atomic disaster will be that of
American airmen today reported/velop."
rters said they found few
step toward organizing an In-
diana medical resources board to/targets for their mopup.
meet atom war problems.
“We can only suppose and listen to those who
ld listen to those who worked with the injured after the Hiroshima
bombing.”
In the morning session at the medical center members of a panel discussion presented theories and ideas on the probable functions of state and local groups. Dr. Campbell explained to the panel the results of such discussions in a national meeting held last week in Cleveland.
‘Educate Public’
“The principle function of average citizens in the event of an
evacuation,” he said. “In the event that Indianapolis were bombed the great action would be on the part of outlying communities. “The public must be educated in order to relieve the mass hysteria that would certainly de-
This afternoon the doctors along with physicists, druggists, educators and others were to see a film. "The Medical Effects of
armored operations,
the Atom Bomb.”
Sketch Of Huge Auto Parts Plant Chrysler Proposes To Erect In Indianapolis
One F-51 Mustang hit a lone artillery piece still standing, and another shot up a few Communist
Maj. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell, commander of the Far East
Bomber Command, personally di-
rected the air strike from a 99th B-29. "All bombing was done visually and all bombs were released on carefully - selected aiming points in the 26 square miles,” the Air Force announcement said.
“Superforts from Okinawa bases rendezvoused with other B-29s from Japan bases at a
point south of the Korean peninsula and began their run over the target area from south to north.
No Opposition
“Weather was excellent, with
only a few scattered clouds and
a slight amount of haze which
did not. affect the bombing.”
WHAT'S IN A NAME? PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16 (UP)— “Annie Get Your Gun" was the AGEN
dium last night but the wrong people turned up with real pistols and got away with $1406.
On the Inside Of The Timas
A Marine's mother who be-
lieved she recognized her son
lying on a stretcher in a picture of the Korea battle area has her fears confirmed...Page 15 Increased draft requirements may take 5300 more Hoosiers into the service by July, 1951...Page 15 How can you give a threeroom apartment a spacious look? Mrs. Mary Aldrich does it by furnishing her Meadowbrook home with mixed period pieces.... Page 6 A damp sheet and a hot iron will loosen wallpaper so that it can be peeled off the wall, If you don’t like the color of your brick house you can paint it, but be sure to use the right kind of paint. Hubbard Cobb suggests many little tricks that will help you “Fix It Yourself."...Page 8
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The B-29s met neither enemy/The Redskins are back in
fighters nor anti-aircraft fire.
United Press War Correspond-|
ent Robert Vermillion reported
from Waegwan front that 1st,
Cavalry Division men watched see/ in awe and delight as the big
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