Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1950 — Page 1
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61st YEAR—NUMBER 181.
‘WE'RE IN HERE BUT THEY
‘lI Sometimes Wonder Who Has
By 1m G. LUCAS, Scripps-Howard Staft Writer
WITH THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION IN KOREA (Delayed) —Maj. Gen. Hobart Gay rubbed the back of his neck and smiled. : “If George Patton were here,” he said, “he'd go crazy. He only knew one direction—straight-ahead.” Gen. Gay was George Patton's chief of staff in their mechanized dash through the German army in World War II. Gen. Gay's job now is to hold Taegu. “These are my orders and 1 think I will be able to do it,” he said. “But it isn't going to be easy.” Gen. Gay looked out at a rice paddy flanking his _headquarters. “I had to cut some of that stuff down,”
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ewest, Din & RIZED nt -to ected! ! RED
hops,
Another Korea Soon?—
Reds Plannin Indo-China Yo
Training Forces in China For October Invasion
By FRED SPARKS, Times Foreign Correspondent SAIGON, Indo-China, Sept. 9—In a matter of weeks the Allies—hard-pressed in Korea—might face another terrible ordeal in Indo-China. "In this teaming equatorial capital everyone tells me today: “When the October sun blots out the monsoon's waters the Indo-Chinese Communist legions now being trained in-
rns Fair's Champ wen OLBET Brings J a Pound
Sells for $3450; Total Attendance Second Highest
most modern playthings o tanks, planes, bazookas. “Their new gear (U. 8. tapay. ers, please note) is America terial captured from the iy yet Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.” | = » ~ TRAVELING in this land of forest, rice paddy, jungle and mountain, I have already been shot at by American rifles, a classic example, as a local joke goes, of “return lend-lease.” Ang thr t.. Indo - China - a iui re oth oo measles spots 1 have found little] FY CLIFFORD.THURMAN blotches of Communist strength, The 94th annual Indiana . #0 strong that the French State Fair closed yesterday
= isa fearsul fifth column With the auctioning of prize-
within, So if invasion comes from| winning cattle inthe ColiChina the French and the forces) lseum. ‘
tf ex-Indo-Chi E B of ex-Indo-Chinese Emperor Bao Rain held Sualiday attend- |
*
-Dal will face a knife in the back -as well as a bayonet in the ance to 34,473 for a nine-day total 1! front. of 610,103, the second highest gate in Fair history, Rain pla ed | BUY THE MOST serious note ul
for ominous October are reports Races Canceled that trusted spies bring in from Steady rain last night -and
hy Bing A Chinese troops; “rly this morning, which turned marching from Canton to border the State Fair oval inte a sea facing Indo-China. Airfield and °F mud, forced cancelation of ‘roads leading from China to Indo-| the final day's harness proChina being manicured. gram, officials said. A spokesWhy are these Chinese troops ™MAn sald that the various , purses would be split up among
For Week-End
tinued his
Phillip Bayt Sr.
- marching today? Do they merely]
Korean- -style expedition?
—-in-Sunday--Times..
°° TURES... WOMAN'S’
the entries. Among the events canceled was the Hoosier Futurity, worth $10,900, and boast-
serve the war of nerves? Or willl they slip out of Gen. Mao's uniforms to don the drab garb of the Indo-Chinese Communist rebels?
Should this come to pass the Per for a single race.
es Here at 68
ing 24 entries—a record num- |
French will hasten the matter to gyi ‘attendance ce the first three
‘the United Nations Security Coun-| (days as well as the last day. cil, charging. aggresison.
Then might not the United Na-| 1627 573 in 19486. tions be faced with “anbther
LOCAL ERATURES “for-the 1150-pound-grand cham-
piori 11-year-old 4-H steer. This ;, 1279 He emigrated to America | more promptly took out citizenship Reserve Board whipped out an papers, an action of which he. ,.. «i tive Sept. 1, drastical-
8a m.. ot 10 a. m... 65 wag $3 per pound. Ta m.. M4 11 a m.. 60 Under Last Year Ba m.. 84 12 (Noon) 75 That was almost 10 times to9a m.. 084 1pm. a2 day's top price for beef on the | Humidity at 11:30 a. m... 80 |Tndianapolis livestock market]
| pion.
You'll Find It
® EVERY member of the family, will want to read tomorrow's SUNDAY TIMES, It's chock full
(a poun:l.
This year’s grand champion 4-H «harrow -al80-sold-at-a. lower. price. {than in 1949. Highest hid was $6
All-time high bids were made Ago, he was a molder and tailor. last yea* for hoth tice heef and|He was active in the Internation- next 10 days may see a wave of
land “of my choice”. but less than half of last year "8 few years ny.
_|hid~ for the Fair's grand cham-|
ree K
SATURDAY,
RE ALL AROUND US’
he said. “Guyerillas were coming in and sniping at us. Shot one yesterday. He had a burp gun—those fellows always do.” Now we were looking at the map. to his headquarters. “I've got too much territory to cover and too few men,” he said, and it was a simple stgtement of fact rather than a complaint. “I've got to try to stay in the middle but I'm not close enough to any part of it.” Nearby, his chief of staff was shouting into a tplephone: “Put some artillery in there,” he velled. “1 don't care if you hit anything. Keep those guvs ‘down so we can get those wounded out. "
Judge Cools Off Two Hot-Rods™
Gen. Gay pointed
Slow Up or Go To Jail Drive for Youths Continues Speedway's ‘“‘anti- hot-rod" | Judge George Ober today con“slow up or be __ locked up"” campaign as he sent two youthful speeders to jail for the week-end. He said it wag a continuation
of his campaign to let youthful hot-rod artists ‘‘cool off” in jail “Better a week-end in jail than a long stay in Crown Hill,” was the judge's statement. He start-| ed his practice of jailing youthful offenders last month after .a series of traffic accidents caused by reckless teen-age drivers. Both Are Fined He fined Weslie E. Schlenz, 19, of 133 N. Riley Ave. $41.75 and gave him the two-day jail sen-
Truman Tells 0f Curbs in Talk Tonight
President to Give Fireside Chat on
Economic Controls By MERRIMAN RN
‘tenece—for-reckless—-driving. State: wired Press r WASHINGTON, Sept. oo
2 President Truman tells the {American people tonight what sacrifices are in store to-go along with} |$48.50 for speeding and improper Newly-imposed curbs on in-
police’ said they arrested young Schlenz on, “Hot Rod Lane” stretch on Ind. 100 from Ind. 67! to Castleton. The other jail sentence went to further Benjamin G. Winings, 22, of 952, N. Ritter Ave., who was also fined
economic
| registration. ‘He--was arrested/stallment buying. {near Cumberland by State Police.|————————— Judge Ober meted out heavy) fines to some 30 other traffic offenders in the heavy session inl y
Questions and answers on
hight.
"Citizen by Choice’—
|general
fan economy.
Late yesterday, Mr. isigned the defense production act
* control wages and prices, invoke! _ rationing, curb consumer and real|
West Side Resident
Nearly Half Century "President Truman's address | Phillip L. Bayt Sr., “citizen by | tonight is scheduled to he car- =
Highest. attendance on record was. choice’*-and- father of City Con-| ried _on all local radio stations |. troller Phillip L. A top price of $3450 was paid last night in his home, 748 War-| Warren Singleton of Knox County man Ave. He ‘was 68,
Bayt Jr. died] at 9:30 p. m. } |
estate credit, allocate materials, assign priorities and requisition Mr. Bayt was born In Austriafaecilities for defense production.! Curbs Consumer Credit
than 50 years ago and wwipin an hour, the Faderal
was.proud.- Naturalization in. ey PERLE CON SUNTEreredit
followed a, The regulations will make it harder for the public to buy autoA pioneer West Indianapolis’ =o... washing machines’ tele-
resident, the elder Mr. Bayt had} icion sets, radios and a Yong list
lived in that section of the ity .of..other..consumer..goods. an... the, nearly halt a ‘century.
old Before his retirement 22 years basis.
There were indications that the
free-and-easy, dollar- -jown
|swine champions. The steer sold al Mplders Union. ‘rush” buying for consumer of news, features and |... gg75 and the barrow for $8.50 Mr. Bayt was one of the first, goods cavered by the board order. = pictures for all ‘ages. | per pound. {members of Holy Trinity Cath-'A oes the nation, automobile + @ We can't tell you about The steer was bough* forlolic Church and a member of the ng home appliance dealers said
all the hit features .. . but here are a few: ® PROBLEM8 OF ANNEXATION —— The pros and cons of cwhethertowns should become a part of Indianapolis. * ® SOLDIERS ° ‘INVADE’ INDIANA. , . . Problems cities and towns .face with the “invasion” of 27,000 troops assigned to Camp Atterbury. @HOPE FOR BLIND DEAF , . . New medical. discoveries for a brighter future for those afflicted. ® SKY HARBOR ‘FLIES ALONE. . . The story of
markets.
|dianapolis grocery.
900-pound Hereford, reserve grand champion,
T50c. a" pound Tor the re: rehampion barrow, {Hampshire
{Leon's and Stop and Shop Super- Grand Carolinian Catholic Union.
Margaret Kriegbaum, Hunting{ton received 50c a pound for atonia; the Patra Lamber and Mrs, Theresa Lam- (Continned on Page 2—Col. 1) and ber rin {Robert _Doversberger, Tipton, got! Angelus, Sylvester, Cyril, Herbert,
Other 4-H calves went for an |dianapolis residents with the exI Continued on » Page 2—Col. 8) ception of Angelus who now lives,
perseverence at Sky Har‘bor Airport .. . . the fourth largest private , Alrport that has grown without government aid. @SERMON OF THE WEEK -- By the Rev. A. C. Brooks, pastor of the ie Christian Chure!
40 Seek Jobs In Garbage Strike
{announced today. Eighteen applications .
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}
{the interval will see a tremendous
Friends may call at Stevens ,nswing in retafl business caused
The 251-pound champion bar- Mortuary after 2 p. m. fomorToOW. hy consumers trying io beat the row, owned by Paul Pack, Clay{ton, went off the Coliseum’s auc- Cemetery following funeral rites {tion block for $1506. Purchaser at 8:30 a. m. Monday in the meor- ended. after the controls become was Stark & Wetzel for an In-| jiuary sng a requiem high mass at, effective.
be in St. Joseph|deadiine.
‘Once
Burial will
that buying wave i= dealers expect their volume to sag 10 tn 20 per Ent Surviving him are his wife, An- po Anurrent levels on. automotwo daughters, Mrs, Mary sii
eight other sons, . William
“a 255-pound | | Standeniidren and a great- “grand. Hore! Home You
All the children are lifelong In-
Want to Own
in Youngstown, O. Rudy is cur- 8800 ) NORTH rently with the Navy in. Korea oNEAR BROAD UI. S.No. 2 ie {and William, Cyril, Herbert, An-| path, full basement. oil heat. 2. thony and Henry served the na S2iuufi ung. sd’ siniter ition in World War II. 1-1828, or- Me- — | Cs aR ! ps 2 +20. REALTORS,
About 40 striking Sanitation | Department employees have asked [to return to work, Mayor Feeney!
'Hurricane's Tail mn me Brings State Rain |
13 ! ‘® The “Key | to home hunt- ~ Ing success is simple! Turn to The Times, THE
OPARADE MAGAZINE. {mail today were added to over 20 The tall of Monday's Florida Indianapolis newspaper + + + COLOR COMICS {previously received. The deadline hurricane lashed through Indiana with the ‘real estate ads. «+ + BUSINESS ... POL- wag last night. {today, bringing showers to most Every ‘Day: there are TICS . . . LATEST Mayor Feeney, who ruled theiof the state. hundreds of homes adWAR NEWS . . . PIC- imen had .quit their jobs when! It will burn out’ Sonight, sald: _ vertised For Sale, in all
- INTERESTS . . said as many as EVERYTHING FOR returned to their ; Y MEMBER OF | He sald 73 trucks, the highest nightfall. . THE FAMILY. * Inumber since the walkout, were
{they went on strike last ‘week, Wallace A. Bertrand, sible will be weatherman. Cloudy weather tomorrow should gn to clear by
head price ranges, from all * parts of the city, suburbs
and country. Turn to the expected to
eredit controls seerese PORN 2
In a a fireside t talk over all 1 ma, r | Speedway Magistrate Court l1astira4in and television networks or [9:30 p. m, (Indianapolis Time) the | President is expected to explain in terms how deeply and! {how soon the Korean War and [the threat of further Communist {aggression will cut into the civil-
{giving him sweeping powers =t
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The chief turned to his staff members, each waiting for his morning report. “What about those men inside the walled city?” he asked. A captain said the situation was confused. An atThe pilot swore that 14 out of 20 drops had. hit the target. The mefi inside the city claimed all the ammunition fell outside and was taken over by the enemy. “What do you make of that?” the helpless colonel asked. “It stands-tq reason both can't be right." Gen. Gay listening silently, turned back to the map. a sometimes wonder,” he said, “whe has Who surround-
tempt had been made to drop ammunition by air.
Allies Tighte
Guarding Pusan Gates As Tide Of Battle Shifts
Re
Fo
Arme Telephatn, ine
e ° nyt North Korea in r the Yongsan area.
Who Told Dewey?—
Leaders Doubt Tip
ers
With Russia Imminent
‘Informed People’ Passed the Word
Along, Governor's Statement Warns , WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UP) government officials were wondering today what people”
“this month.” Like Dewey--who raid he did not believe his informants
ment or diplomatic quarters {hat ;
war with Russia is an immediate likelihood.
“who has repeatedly said he hopes all-out
Gov, Dewey's fiat statement that war with Russia is coming “syentualily” provoked an equal amount of speculation. It seemed tn reflect a change in attitude for the New York governor
dinner N. Y.,
night.
in Byracuse,
by many persons when a
‘world war would break out. “A. number war can be avoided. Find Wide Difference
evitable war with the Soviet, ran
‘directly counter to the attitude-of Times Index
ithe State Department.
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now, and select for im Korean War will not expand into te inspection sever.
It differed
Amusements ......i00000 10 {sharply from the best analysis of Births, Deaths, Events : {the world situation available in : Ship Movements Lr 2 diplomatic circles. BOOKS +ivsevarse eee 7 | Secretary of State Dean Ache.» BARE ve uevs a i ed son has sald in the strongest oop News .......00s. 8 terms that war is nnt inevitable. COMER: +. recsviiess iis {Like President Truman, Mr. Ache- Croasword: .... os ioe " son is known to be violently op-| pagapiale i uiiienneie 4 posed to the idea of a "preventive| parum ...i.... tere a war” with Russia. Hoosier Profile ......eess 8 He immediately quashed the piping Johnson ...ue... 10 idea when it was advanced by pre MANNers +ocureansne 6 Navy Becretary Francis P, Mat- - Moyies cariarsenansnnes 8 thews., Needlework ..s.esvssesee 3 The President said only last Obituaries ........ casas: 9 week that he ‘hobes the present PAIR areeasrsarenas 3 Radio ........us 7 general war. He also attacked gide Glances’ saviseenass 4 4 of a “preventive war Buctety i. icvssnanisnss 3 #aid the United States is dead! BPOFLS +. vvsinvderrassss 8 3
Women's s
Gov. Dewey made the remarks at a Chamber of Commerce farm last He prefaced his statement by saying that he has heen asked \ third
| atill existed at lend of where | slashed (tains to within six miles of ihe {eastern Korean seacoast;
t |
Congressional leaders and top
reliable capital sources could find no Indications in official govern-
4
‘Who Surrounded’
“Look at this map. We're in here but they're all We hold this hill but they hold the one directly behind it. We're way up in this area, but believe
it or not,
around us.
they're down here in our territory.” “There's no rear area in this war—it's the. moat confusing picture vou ever saw.” Gen. (Gay went back to his desk. “Yes sir,” he said slowly, “if George Patton were alive and here in my place he'd either be at the Manchurian border or he'd been dead of nervous exhaustion. He only knew one direction—straight ahead-—and right now it's all we can do to hold what we have.
n Defenses
Do Anything 300 Reds Encircled:
‘Position Much Better,’ Army Spokesman Says
1 i i
' bd American and South Ko- |
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|Cavalry
tion between Yongch on
|Angang. North Koreans {mile pocket behind them,
U. S. Calvary Captures Hill Near Walled ys Of Kasan; Foe Gains at Ends of Perimeter
By EARNEST HORERECHT, United Press Stall Correspondent TOKYO, Sunday, Sept. 10-—The swiftly changing tide
e threat to Taegu eased and a solid defense line guarding
{the northeastern approaches to Pusan restored. A jubilant 8th Army spokesman said the situation. oc
“much improved."
trapped at least wd ej led in 5 0 re ; i 7 Are Wounded
in a 368-square-
Yanks Seize Hill North of Taegu, the U. took a hill
8.
KILLED ‘IN ACTION
The Communists threw the gp,
attle in the Korean War swung to Allied side today, with
5t The atest list of Korean war twn miles CA8ualties included the following
[trom the walled town of Kasan from Indiana: land 10 miles from Taegu.
Fred A. Brenner, son of
| Americans off “Old Baldy” Moun- sree Catherine R. Brenner, Dun-
[tain near Masan twice Saturday |and held it at sundown.
{only to cut off the Pohang air-A-tatripobut alee to encircle the ens: tire south Korean ‘3d Divikton.
| mile rRyongiir Yongehon, rey were optimistic
kirk, Pfe. Wayne B. Maas, zon of Mr. and Mrs Richard A. Maas, Bouth Bend. Pvt. Robert Mra,
serious situation the far #astern defense perimeter spearheads had rugged moun-
However, a
the Red through
G. Mason, aon of Dortha Mason, Richmond. WOUNDED Cpl. Paul E, Brooks, son of Mrs, Velma i". Brooks, Muncie, Cpl. Clarence. V... Cox. dr... spn cf Mra. Lydia Ellen C 0x, Fiwood, Pvt. Donald R. Eckert, pon of Mrs. Finma Jane Eckert, Huntington, Sein is Cpl. Ignacio Gamez, son:of Mrs, Maria (iamez, East Chicago.
The Reds were threatening not
The Reds still controlled a five stretch of the Yongehon-hignwav—fust-—asst of but 8th Army spokes and appar-
ently considered this enemy force (pl, Keuneth A, Koester, son strapped. of Mrs, Francis M. Koester, EvSouth Karsan _and American. ansville pei mapped
that two regiments of North Koreans hit =ix miles Saturday failed to break Republican lines,
“well-informed yong the 100-mile defénse perimetold Gov. Thomas E. Dewey that war with Russia will come tq, near Yongchon, midway point on the east-west defense line,
Korean forces hurled -a Communist spearhead batk across Yongchon-Kyongju
res working east from Yong-. pga Richard L. Moors, son of
chon and northwest from Kvong- yrs Mabel M. Moore, Hymera.
~fu-now had set-up a solid line run- S-Sgt. Edwin Made Jezyk, husning The nd
north of Yongechon {6 a point coh ippeemiien-mouthwast of: Angang:: Hammond, hen dipping wharply down 1lley” toward Kyongiju.
from a
point five miles, ng "or "Mra, Betty’ Madejezyk,
fire . . : Ir Ple. Adam KF. Ladzinskl, drother The 8th Army spokesman said °f Mrs. Helen Lukacek, Whiting. MISSING IN ACTION Ple. Clarence J, Neal, son of Mrs, Ella Mae Neal, R. R. 1, Winchester, Pvt. ‘Robert IL. Oman, %on of Verne Crman. Terre Haute, (Pvi, Orman was listed previ
significant onsly in The Times as heing missi
the ROK 34 Division southwest of Pohang morning, and bent but
Other, limited, action flared all
with the. most
Pfe. Alver H. Gian, son of
Mrz. Ann Ginn, Loganyport. ¢ ter-attac Sout There, coun acking ith Pte. George R. Korem, son of the Mrs. Mary Korem, Hammond
Pte. David 1. Weaver, son of
trunk high-
way, and eased pressure on the M78. | Lottey L. Weaver, Elkhart, allied defense of Taegu. CORR — PE The Korean Republicans struck '"ue their attempt to drive
after past
of well-informed miles
‘people tell me: that it will come. sides a
. His statement, implying an in- (Continued on Page 2-—Col, 4) two miles again opposition.
the enemy had smashed “0uth. possibly by-passing KyongYonge hon on. the south. ji and heading straignt down the —the—transport—hih-—2 an. valley, for our base at Pusan, AT. “east of Taegu. on three Miles away. The counter-attack began Push Through Gap 10 a. m. and. gained. nearly 1nited Press Correspondent fairly heavy Robert Bennyhoff said tha! late Saturday Red spearheads had Possibilities Outlined driven But 1* wae at the eastern &nd South and southwes:-of the Po-
WivRen
to within 3000 yards '
of the line that the Communists DANK airstrip’s defense permas.cr::
were threat
push on tn the zea Lelow hang South Korean and American defenders. tanks and artillery vital airstrip which atl fa ‘heing used fo~ emergency landings to,Xorean bring in some supplies. #
their wedge and finally establish[tng a firm line to the seacoast, "they coitld isolate th: third R.O.K. (Division now defending the right side nf the line above Kyongj :
making
their greatest Mr. Bennyhoff said that at least : 5000
men swept on foot through Here were the poasibilities: ONE: The Communists would:
the Poaff its
tal and 34 Divisions, He sald they were traveling in
airport, . cutting of the most rugged mountains in
Korea, where trails pass under aq along precipitous cliffs. - Seattered units of the South hird and Capital Di- _ visions Pad been. trying to halt ' the Communist spearheads, but =0 far with little sucoass. - Comparative quiet reigned over [the rest of the Kyongju front. Saturday afternoon. An American company: fought s close-
on-
The Allies were using
to hold the
TWO:. By rurther exploiting
THREE: The Reds oul
the gap between the R.O.K. capi"
company-size bands through some :