Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1950 — Page 1

' 61st YEAR—NUMBER 167

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1950

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Freighter, Mercy Vessel Collide in Heavy Fog; ‘Many Afloat 2 Hours

Stricken Vessel on Shakedown Cruise, Goes Down Within 20 Minutes

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18 Die, 500 Save

Benevolence collided with a

minutes after the collision late yesterday. 'Bhe Navy said 500 survivors were plucked from the biting cold waters of the Pacific Ocean and brought to shore. Some were afloat as long as two hours. ~The sccident occurred when the freighter Mary Luckenbach smashed into the Benevolence during a hedvy fog. The freighter’'s prow knifed into the hospital ship’s thin hull, ripping it open and bowling it over. - In announcing a list of the dead and those who survived, the Navy said it believed 518 persons were aboard the Benevo- . lence, and that all the survivors = have been accounted for. : Nevertheless, the Navy went about the task of compiling the list of survivors, to make sure no one was missing. Navy Orders Probe Vice Admiral George Murray, commander of the Western Sea frontier, ordered a voard of inquiry to investigate the accident.| At Washinglon, a Navy spokes- =

Lt. Gail Matthews of Scranton, Pa. Neither was in serious condition. ’ “I was in the wardroom waiting for dinner when I heard a "pig crash,” Lt. Matthews said. “I went to the porthole and I saw a ship aft on the port side, sliding away. “The trunks began sliding " off onto the floor,” Lt. Eleanor Harrington continued, “and almost at once the ship began to list to port. “It was going awfully fast. Our Catholic chaplain, J. J. vor - Reardon, came to help us get

i the. “topside “ana” ET ed ours selves up on the rail

= s EJ : “BY -THIS TIME the ship was well on its side. There was no time to lower a lifeboat. I kept telling myself, ‘it can’t go down.’ But below me and to the back of the ship I could see men walking off into the

going down pas the water. “H@apt. Cecil Riggs, he was wonderful. He found some rope and he tied 11 of us nurses together. His calmness ‘reassured

SEE _ SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26 (UP)—ALt least 18 persons died and 500 were rescued when the Navy hospital ship|

off Golden Gate, the Navy announced today. Coast Guard vessels stood guard today over the submerged hulk of the Benevolence, which sank within 20

freighter in the foggy seas

man said it was a safe assumption that the Navy would order another hospital ship de-moth-balled immediately to replace the Benevolence, whoch had been assigned to removing wounded from Korea. No patients were aboard the 577-foot Benevolence. It was on its final trial run after being pulled from mothballs so that its 800 beds could be used to bring wounded soldiers, sailors and Ma-~

rines back from the Korean War

front. Nurse Dies, 14 Others Saved Fifteen Navy nurses were aboard. One died as she was picked up by a rescue vessel. She was one of 10, roped to a raft by a courageous ship's officer. The girls sang and prayed as they floated on the open sea.

Throughout the night, Navy,

Coast Guard and Army vessels| roamed far out to sea and close] i inshore searching for bodies or| 2

survivors. Their big searchlights barely

“A Horrible Way fo Die'—

10 Nurses Afloat on Raft Pray Until They're Saved

OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 26 (UP)—Ten nurses floating on a raft after a collision sank their hospital ship, prayed to keep their courage up until they were rescued. Two of the nurses told of the experiences today as they convalesced in the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital here. They were Lt. Eleanor Harrington of Lowell, Mass. the ship’s chief nurse, and

“rater. 1 could See two doctors |

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hadn't been for him we wouldn't be here now. We slid the boards off the hull. But this time the ship was com-~ pletely on its side and we walked off the bottom of the ship into the water. “About 11 nurses and 10 men hung onto these three boards. We could see Capt. Riggs, the

skipper, was - -the last to leave | “In a Tittle while the |

the ship. water swallowed the ship.

s a. 2 #8 “WHILE WE WERE in the . water Miss Harrington started 1

had brought their Rosaries and started to pray-out loud.” = ‘Lt. Matthews sald: “I'm ot Catholic but I prayed with them. There was one wonderful little girl from Texas, I was tied to her.” “Yes, 1 knew when I saw ‘her; Lt. Harrington said, “that |

THent With her on had such a wonderful smile and so full of fun. “But while we were in the

“Many of the Catholic 3: ;

we wouldn't have a dull mo- | SHé™

Exhausted after Wis ordeal in water following the sinking of the N is tr 38 lo al oF Fo that rescued him.

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pier in San Francisco last

Due on Sept. 7 It Merry

Advance Group ~ Of 500 Will Be “Followed “by 10,000

By GALVY GORDON The vanguard of 500 Pennsylvania Guardsmen will arrive at Camp Atterbury Sept. {7 and be followed by the main

In Hospital Ship Cras

First Guards Foes Face Starvation; Allied Planes Pave Way For Beachhead Gains

U. S. Warships Blast Rail Line Carrying

Supplies From Russia

fo Insurgents

By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Aug. 26-— Counterattacking Allied forces. .

Allied planes paved the

party of 10,000 within 10 days. + The advance party of the 28th Infantry “Bloody Bucket” Divi-| sion will consist primarily of truck and jeep drivers, ordnance specialists, medical troops and| theadquarters personnel; Coll James A. Murphey, Camp Atter-| bury commandant said today. i Will Ready Weapons | The carlybirds will ready weapons, vehicles and uniforms for the incoming troops as well as start operations In the Camp Atterbury Army Hospital.

camp ofiiclals announced Indiana highway routes that probably]

Ohio National Guard troops to-| day and tomorrow.

quarters, Chicago, announced that discharged. drafted men of | the last two years who failed to| attend Reserve drill periods, {would be the first to go into} the new national call for 47,000

ar: to the "Army priority system now in use, Reservists

dependents will not be called until the py of singlet Navy hospital ship Benevolence, | "°°" eXhaus Picture wa ales at Fi. Mason

enlisted Army Reservists in Indiana and throughout thé Army area. Other developments today affecting war mobilization in Indi-| ana were:

! [Indianapolis men who will be ex-| amined for service in September)

on the 15th; Board 51 . the 26th, 97 on the 20th and 10 on| the 30th; Board 50 . . , 158 on the 22d, and Board 49 «+ +270 on] the 18th and 70 on the 20th. TWO: The 500 men of the 16th Infantry Marine Battalion will say| goodbye to families and friends at the White River Armiory between d 7 p. m.: Monday. Maj, Nick

4 e URIoh nopRcror would be restricted to Marines only when they entrain later in the evening.

terbury today and tomorrow ne! clude: : North from US 40 on US 127 and US 24 to. Toledo, O.; north,

0.; Ind. 46 to US 52 via Columbus, Ind., and Greensburg to Cineinnatl,

back toward full production fo'day -as the government prepared {to seize the railroads and Chrys-

As a public service feature, nou hike. will be crowded with returning | aple unrest existed among the

Meanwhile, 5th Army head- instituted more and more demands

The new call will dip into aP-m proximately half of all non-unit|

ONE: Local draft officials listed |

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ifrom US 40 on US 42 to Cleve- . : Hands U8 40: direct-to-Banesville; grey guyel (HEH L6- Come End > ra 4 DOB Sald.- the.

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Tus. 1 water she became panicky. we fe VEIBATY sessessevsvessnesss “I said, ‘Do we have to go | were within 10 feet of the Army White planters arm their first action as.a unit in Korea. into that water’ And he said, tug ath She Began ig froth at Kingan Employees homes to keep Comimunist- ” The Americans Sewiinate js 8.'" e mou e | while they : inspired gangs of terrorists Communists’ narrow supply line » Lt. Matthews told of the cap- pulled her aboard. It's hard to Acme Telephotos, Get 11-Cent Raise | | at Pree =n Sparks reports —“lacross the river, he said, and the tain’s part in the rescue: believe, such a wonderful girl " Damaged bow of freighter Mary Luckenbach as she was towed into San Francisco harbor | A new contract between King- | in another of his stories on enemy. no longer can get éither . ‘He {oar in Coe three . could go in such a horrible early today after a collision last night off Golden Gate with the Navy hospital ship Benevolence. an & Co. Indianapolis packing the Malaya terror ..... oo 2 food or; dmiunttion nor retreat s— eces of boar ge er way.” = ee Tae 2a firm, and the CIO United Pack- Our Indians have a breather - Sr inghouse Workers, was in effect| . today after winning five | Enemy Digging In coals re d S | Confirms. Russ ‘Democratic Editor S Vote today. —It provides “a wage “in- —-§ames ii-a-TOW ~—~—00M~——| Farther -north-along the Nak-— oosier urse an ai or Aid to Korea Reds crease of 11 cents an hour, pleie coverage of the sports Itong, the 1st Cavalry Division re- — Solid Fair Deal Su ort "The two-year agreement, retro WOT ...c.ocianeainennns » 1 ported the enemy was digging in Rescued in Ship Collision | in nl ed 23.2 (UP) active to Aug. 11, was signed last Louie Falsteine Space i Br with his tanks and possibly self. Questioning o or brean| Tim night. i ero” is reviewed on e ropelled guns west of 2. prisoners “tends to confirm” re-| FRENCH BY Nom= REED, 1 inl gy ig he SORE Truman - contract covers 2600 union Times book page ......... P ope. Juss west Bl or Wd pa li ting poris tial Russia sent equipment | uo inctration’ 's Fair Deal program on foreign policy and national employees. It permits reopening News of late surhmer wed-. - pombers hurled rockets and mas of the hospital ship Benevolence to the North Korean Reds after); ..., wags voted unanimously by the Indiana Democratic: Editorial|of wage negotiations between| dings on The Times wom- ichine gun. bullets into long ro aE with a Beni pear 1949, an Army spokesman said | Association here today. Feb. 11 and Aug.1% in both 1951] en's page ..... $evnear Yen, columns of North Korean troops p the Golden Gate at San Fran- day. " The association wavered on only one point in the administra- and 1952, a Amusements .....i..0000 and vehicles moving down a = eisco. : Spot case, the, Pentagon jor s conduct of Somestie affairs. That was on excessive spending —— Wh ™ Bite. Deaths, Byenta, 1 Rioutain fodd north of Rigye fos. 3 s » lof tax money for nondefense|————— mim Dressnse a new attack agains e ul i Pairich Ba ozanshark a prisoner claimed to have seen| . .... They will tell the people, | BUY N ow ! e BOOKS ovsvess ves sssnsass 8 [Koreans. rescued. Harry S. Treber, hos- a pmo, the Qelivery| The editors recommended a said, that the: Truman adminis- You Still Have a c os News az. «vines ‘ OE Eh pitalman 2-c, Boonville, also came : — LP ero of. condervation Of tration has a very definite foreign Wide Ch Ca pais mines § [Divisicn Jrooss. counted 32 > > _{tration has a very definite foreign, ,, ¢y gmp eo | Comics ....... sera siete i a Ssntel for sub About This Man psc’ the. torees of totaitiarian Polier—to *trke wherever necor ide Choice CrOSSWOd ...:s.1:e1s 2 three more Communist attempts mersion at a hospital and was re- ; : ideology arrayed against us.” [sary with armed m FARM; south and West of Bargers- Forum ss. ri na 10 | by a te ported . in good condition after Al Lopez The association's formal resolu: Communist aggression as far , le HEAL ped iim, Bane | GI gia nnn Bg (G0 SD Ke can ape spending more than two hours in ~ @Who 1s this man Alfonso |HoP P: ® accomplishments away from American shores as; gar; mod. milk houses 'arich : ps : 0 lof Gov. Schricker’s administra-| possible. RO ais water To Sah Hoosiér Profile .......... 5 ply port of Pusan. ; 3h Water, "Ramon lopez, who led |, ~~" _ "™R 11 Wise, Union City, presi- fled. Bosatble trade Tor tty pIeb. |. Mrs, Manners ........... 5 | A naval communique reported, Her mother, Mrs. Lucille Karn, the Indianapolis Indians ” ussell Wise, Union C1LY, D for "$25,000. Quick pots, Ht “pur MOVIES +.siases ieseessss 5 [that South Korean Marines occu a linotype operator for the Lo- to an American Associ- Never before has the Indiana dent of the editorial association] chose bivs Needlework 3 °ipied five islands di past" 2 gansport Pharos-Tribune, was in ation pennant in 1948 and [State government been better ad-|said this policy will be supported SMILEY REAL ESTATE ODRUAFIES ovrnsvneen T eek. bres ads Suring thie past San Francisco when the disaster the Little World Series |Ministered,” the resolution stated. [by Indians Decorata in von trast) “NOW is the time fo | PAttern ................. 3 lare off the big Red-held west . occurred, She. had seep her championship last year? Commend Truman P DOUBLE YOUR EF- RAO +asssearare terse —8 const port of Inchon and will daughter off on the hospital ship | ® A three - part series by “We commend President Tru- Warn of Isolationism ! FORTS of buy that home Society . * | serve as bases to tighten the and had packed to return home Jim Heyrock, Times man and his leaders for their con-| “The fact is, and the people vou need for your family. Sports ....... 6 United Nations blockade. The. when she heard of the accident. Sports Writer, gives you [stant battle in behalf of the wel- will find it out eventually, that| The trend is toward Women's 3 [other two are off the south coast, She waited until she had word a detailed picture of [fare of the people,” the resolu- the Republican Party -has no higher prices and greater \ © Supporting warships sank 10 that her daughter was safe. Lt. Patricia Karn Lopez, his colorful career [tion stated. foreign policy to offer except scarcity. Choose your 3 Sli hi Quakes enemy ships and boats, the coms Lt. Karn was graduated from|, d Mr. and Mrs. Lelie Trebor and his possibilities in the “The adminisriation nas isolationista—which would permit. home now while you still 9 munique said. Methodist Hospital School = of | was rescued by a fishing ves. future. The series starts brought continued prosperity to| Communist aggression to reach nave a WIDE SELEC- Felt in Alaska Nursing in 1945 after graduation ol hing in The Times tomorrow |all and has made our nation theiour shores before they would do TION from which to | from Bloomington High School. Beis dul ot. 3 vill | in the sports section. greatest world leader of all anything about it,” he said. choose. Turn to the Clas- NOME, Alaska, Aug. 26 (UP) | She attended Indiana Uritversity gra uate of Evansville, @ Lopez contract with the [times Main points of the party's war sified Section of today's - |—Three slight earthquakes shook = three semesters. College vas an unsuccessful! Indians expires at the end Democratic leaders in caucuspolicies in the future will be Times, where you will [this far northern Alaska city last Satlor Treber talephoned his candida e She May primay. foul of this season. What last night jEreed that the uals outlined by Alex Sampbell, find HUNDREDS of Real (night, but no serious damage was . parents from San Franisco today Democra then? : campaign nation Shades Hetate offerings. Act |F® gion to tell them he was all right. State Representative from Posey, ® This is another Sunday level will be all out defense of Senator, in his prineipal now—to delay may prove Windows rattled and dishes Called to active duty from the Warrick and Vanderburg coun-i. “sports fhe present. foreign pc of thelat the here costly! ‘but there were no Reserves only 18 days ago, hejtles ins the Indiana Legislature, : — to nti t J ‘damage or injuries.

Chrysler Pay Hike Helps Ease Tension

By United Press The nation’s industry headed |

ler. Corp. granted an unprece{dented voluntary out-of-contract

However, with the cost of liv{ing still rising rapidly, consider-

ranks of labor and many firms faced possible strikes as unions

for wage boosts, At a glance, this was the labor situation today: U. 8. RAILROADS—AIl threat

trapped up to 2000 Communists on the western front Tir and drove the Reds back as much as a mile on the northern rim of the Korean beachhead.

way for the advance with

bombs, bullets and rockets, U. 8S, warships ranged far Railroad Seizure Spurs Industry

north of the 38th Parallel to blast the rail line carrying

supplies from Russia to the Reds at the front. The U. 8. 2d Division encire cled 1500 to 2000 troops in the last Red bridgehead across the Naktong River, and sat down to wait for starvation to drive the trapped Reds from their hilltop strongholds. South Korean troops, follows ing up a massive American air strike northeast of Taegu, threw the Communists out of the village of Sundong and recaptured stra< tegic Mt. Pugye. On the extreme eastern end of the United Nation's line the Reds threw a three-pronged attack at South Korean troops forcing them to give ground in the Pohang sector, : Repulse Red Thrusts On the south coast, troops of the U. 8. 25th Division beat off four Communist attempts to

of a nation-wide. rail strike was removed with President Truman's

LArIRy wotild Seige the Ines at ¢

drive them from bloody SBobuksan imountain, commanding the road

listed men in the next announcement yesterday that the east toward the base port. of Pus

tis The Communists attempted no

The conductors and trainmen major attack, but Lt. Gen. Wal-

" m. (Indianapolis time) Bunday. unfons immediately called off theiton H.

strike they had set for — work for the

" CANADIA is settled.

{strangling the Dominion economy. FARM EQUIPMENT — It was feared that the United Farm {Equipment Workers might call

as follows: Board 52 will have 84 17,000 members out on strike | . 40 on!against the International Har-|

vester Co, in retaliation. for with=| {drawal of a four-cent general {wage offer. STEEL — CIO steelworkers| pulled their second strike this {week against Allegheny J adiam Steel Corp. at Dunkirk, N.X., retaliation for company . action in|. disciplining leaders of the earlier

TRE EI ‘Workers En “predicted that | Chrysler's voluntary price hike, | Which may set a pattern for the/

Routes 3000 Ohio Guardsmen | | (Continued on Page 2—Col. | ages”, in the area.” will take in quitting Camp At -

On the Inside Of The Times

she’s baked a cake . . . a Beech Grove restaurant owner celebrates her 25th anni-

DIAN RAILROADS -- pany and union representa-|

ry scheduled to meet again today, reported some pi n United Press War Correspondent negotiations last night toward settling a trike that was slowly

government igladly” until their dispute with is in danger.

“This is no time for compla~ cency. The enemy still has the uperfority .. .” Gen. Walker told

Ralph Teatsorth in an interview, “(Hé) has withdrawn to re group,” Gen. Walker added. “We | don't know where he will strike next. There are several possible routes of attack.” Destroy 250 Boxcars. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters anounced that Amrican warships “destroyed, heavy damaged or derailed” 250 boxi in big-gun bombardments of orth Korea's east coast Thurs~ jus A Friday. ni Heaviest damage was inflicted, in a naval raid on Songjin, on “the rail line to- Russia about 200 Jojios north. of the 38M Pas i said the Songfin marshalng yards were “heavily damged,” and “large fires were

South Korean forces

advance north of liberated Po« hang which yesterday pushed

back their left flank 2000 to 3000 Page, yards.

A South Korean spokes-

UAL munis Ca i |vision was moving into the line {northwest of Pohang. The attack on the Naktong

River bulge-was-the 2d Division's

onthe x coast checked a Communist"