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Editorial, Pagé 18

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UP) |—President Truman said today

Days of Retreat Are Now Over,

Walker States

By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Thursday, Sept.

The President, in letters to the {chairmen of the Congressional

the Communists cold on the northern front in Korea to-|

day. # |

Then they knocked the] en2my off three hills on the ap-, proaches to Taegu. | U. 8. 1st Cavalry Division]

seized two hills in its southern!

that although he is a “firm be

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sector and a third only 10 miles liever” in the principle that the

Activity on State's Time

Aides to Ban Help

For County Democrats By IRVING LEIBOWITZ, | "Gov. Schricker today halt-| political chores’’ for the] Marion County Democratic Central Committee during| working hours. He instructed state department heads to resist pressure from local politicians and “absolutely |

Irefuse their demands” to supply

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1950

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Deal Biggest of Kind

In Hoosier History

By HAROLD HARTLEY Times Business Editor The biggest bank merger in the

(history of Indiana got the nod {today from -the boards of the Indiana National Bank and the

Union Trust Co. The merger, a $382 million deal long in the making, was first approved by the board of the Indiana National Bank at a meet-

! ed state workers from doing; 14— American troops stopped/Armed Services Committees, said k ng at 11 a. m.

Then the Union Trust Co. board passed its merger resolution at a meeting at 1:30 p. m. The merger will get its shareholder approval at meetings of the Indiana National and the Union Trust Co. called for Oct. 19.

Other OKs Required And the combine then goes to the Comptroller of Currency and

workers for clerical and registra- the State Department of Finan-

tion jobs.

|cial Institutions.

north of the Allied supply hub of T~23u. . The Republic of Korea's 2d Corps hammered at the walled

military establishment should be, The Governor's action came |headed by a civilian he wants an after he learned local Democratic | exception in Gen. Marshall's case. politicians had made demands on | The 69-year-old soldier-states- State Department heads for workman was summoned from retire- ers during regular hours.

| The move, regarded as a jnalural in banking circles, gives

na National Bank, Union Trust Co. ds Approve $382 Million Merger

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

Indianapolis, Indiana. Issyed Daily.

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the fast-expanding Indiana Na- n

[tional a trust department which t lacked, and officails said fit

" city of Kasan, 10 miles north of ment to replace Louis Johnsoni. “We will not tolerate this,” the needed.

Taegu, with 1st Cavalry artillery who resigned yesterday in the Governor said. “I think it is all|

support.

{most startling shakeup of the right for the people to work for

And with the completion of In-

diana National's addition just be-

British troops along the-Nak- Civilian command in” the past the party after hours, but I am hing its present building, Virginia

tong River cleaned out pockets of the enemy on their left flank and captured 12 prisoners. Communists were falling back from Yongchon eastward to the Japan Sea, with Americans and South Koreans hot on their heels. Lt. Gen.” Walton H. Walker, United Nations Ground Forces

Commander, said there would be!

no more Allied retreats, Foe Pulls Back

“We will'go forward within a short period of time,” Gen. Walk-

not going to permit it during

decade.

| Congress, with only a few dis- Working hours.’ |sident voices heard, seemed ready| Official Balks ito sweep aside legal roadblocks Officials in the Gross Income iand quickly approve Gen. Mar- Tax Division, the Highway De-| {shall’'s appointment. |partment and the. Bureau of Mo-| | x, { on Urges Exception ~{for-~workers--for- the past - few, I am a firm believer in the weeks. !general principle that our defense Yesterday, when one key state {establishment should be headed official refused to comply with a ‘by a civilian,” Mr. Truman wrote. worker request, a local politician | “However, in view of the present who is a candidate for office in | critical circumstances and of Gen.Marion County threatened him

{tor Vehicles have been pressured.

I believe that the national inter-

{Marshall's unusual qualifications, with reprisals. |

The state official later gave in|

Ave. and E. Washington St., the

| trust operation of the Union Trust

Co. will quarters. The merger will set Indiana National up quite a few notches amonys; the big banks of the country. .It has been running about 60th, but with its merger{swollen assets it will give Indiana {its first bank among the first fifty in the nation. White to be Chief | Russell L. White, president of the Indiana National, will be president of the combined opera-

acquire badly needed

er told troops of the U. 8. 1st est will be served best by makingito the demand of the local pol-|tion.

Cavalry, 2d and 25th Divisions.

“Instead of going through the suffering of retreat that we had in the past two months, we will go forward. is “I feel a definite weakening of the enemy, and in some places he is even pulling back. I am sure that once we punch through the thin crust he will fold up.” Infanirymen, artillery and planes combined to push the Communists off the three T hills, but the enemy still held two other important heights five miles east of Waegan, 12 miles northwest of Taegu. re te Planes bombed and strafed areas where an estimated 40,000

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3 Hoosiers Killed In Korea Fighting

Two Missing, Another " Wounded in Action Three more Indiana men have been reported killed in action in Korea. Two others have been reported missing in action and an-| other wounded. ~ KILLED IN ACTION=Pfc. Mearl L. Wade, Osceola. Pfc. Edgar Dean Jones, son of Mrs. Elsie Baker, Columbus. Sgt. Glen W. Tatum, Columbus. MISSING IN ACTION . Sgt. Pat Tutts,” son of Mrs. Mary Tutts, Washington: ~ =" John M. Cain, son of Mrs. Sue

an exception in this case.” The President also sent Con-

alone, the ban in the 1947 unification law on appointment of anyone as defense secretary who

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Asks Rent Control In Atterbury Area

‘Camp Commander Specifies 50-Mile Zone Ren! controls for the area within a 50-mile radius of Camp Atterbury were asked today by Col. James A. Murphey, commanding officer of the reactivated Army camp. Col. Murphey made the request in & letter to Louis G. Schaefer, area rent director. Normal procedure would be for Mr. Schaefer to forward the recommendation to "Wachington, ‘where rent cons trols are under authority of Tighe E. Woods, U. 8. housing rexpediter. The commandant’s letter said rent control would be “in the best interest of the service in view of the large influx of military personnel assigned to Camp Atterbury.” He recommended controls be reapplied “at the earliest practical time.” Troops of the federalized 28th, National Guard division began ar-| riving at Atterbury this week, | with their wives. and families ex-| pected to. follow soon. In all, 27,000 troops are expected at the

Cain, Mishawaka. WOUNDED IN ACTION Pfc. Robert L. Priddy, son of Mrs. Edward Mason, Bedford.

Pfc. Wade, a member of the 25th Division, was killed in Korea Sept. 2.

Pfe. Jones, who was 19, was

killed Aug. 7. Sgt. Tatum was killed early in August. His wife had joined him in Tokyo early this year.

A veteran of 10 years’ Army|

service, Sgt. Pat Tutts was with a tank battalion. He left the States for the fighting zone in July.

Pfc. Priddy was wounded seriously in Korea on Sept. 3. He was a machine gunner -in ‘the 1st Cavalry Division.

camp by the end of this month. Col. Murphey, previously said {he had reports of rent increases in nearby towns. 1

‘Chambersburg Area Sees Big Peach Crop

.[control power costs by cutting

iticlan and Prosised to send two| workers to headquarters. Gov. Schricker said he did not| believe the practice of using state workers - for political jobs was widespread. Makes Personal Check However, the Governor personally checked two big state departments this morning. One official said he had allowed “only a few workers” to work for the county) organization and the other said he had resisted all demands made on him Other state officials who again are-candidates- for office; said-the county organization had them “over a barrel.” “If we refuse the requests” they said, “the county threatens us with reprisals here. If we do, we can’t/keep up our regular work." The state workers used by the county Democratic organization are mostly residents of Marion County. They are principally used at present, “to help with registration and other political jobs associated with the coming election” =

£33 Million Pow Plant to Be Built

Wabash River Near

Terie Haute Is Site

A $33 million power plant will be built by the Public Service Co. of indiana on the Wabash River 10 miles north of Terre Haute. The board of PSC has long held the 82-acre site on which the plant will be built. The plant will

be constructed right on top of|

its coal supply. . This, officials said, will "help

freight expenses. The company has a similar operation in the

Dresscr plant, a few miles below Terre Haute on the Wabash. R. A. Gallagher, company presi-

|. CHAMBERSBURG; Pa., Sept. |13—A record crop of - 700,000 bushels was forecast for thisident, raid the new station will Pennsylvania peach growing re- add 180,000 kilowatts of power gion this week by a leading fruit/to the company’s system. broker. oe Will Build System Rail shipments have been heav-| In addition, a new 230,000-volt lier this year, and are expected to transmission system will be conreach 200 cars by the end of this structed to carry electricity from week, when the harvest is due to the station to strategically loend. : : > |cated substations where it will be Migrant workers used in the carried over the company’s existharvest helped handle the heavy ing distribution network. volume. Employment Service rec-| “Gross additions to the PSC ords showed 889 orchard workers system since 1940 will have rewere recruited, many coming from | quired a total investment of more

Is Your Child Worth $250,000?

- .@ No, you can’t put a price tag on love . . . but an amount of time, energy and money in caring for a child adds up to a quarter of a million dollars.

the South and from Puerto Rico. than $165 million,” Mr. Gallagher

: sald. Four Yanks Honored

“In projects of this size, a large : : {part of the funds must come from For Heroism in Korea TOKYO, Sept. 13 (UP)—An-of-|

Volney M. Brown, president of the Union Trust Co. is expected to be elected vice president of the Indiana National, The assets of the two institutions will be, joined, and the In-

interests will assume the labilities of the Union Trust Co. They will have a combined capital structure of more than $25 million. Putting two big institutions together is not an easy task. Bank officials said it took months. Five members from each board were appointed to appraise the assets of the two Institutions. Their valuations were final. Assets to Be Pooled Then the Indiana National and the Union Trust Co. put their combined asets into a pool and| stock in_ the Indiana National will be issued to the shareholders) of both institutions in direct ratio! to assets contributed. : < The Indiana National has outstanding 40,000 shares of capital stock, and the Union Trust Co. has outstanding 11,333 shares of capital stock, each- of the par value of $100. : : The proposal provides that the merger will become effective at the .close of business Dec. 30 of this year.

Meet Salome |

. WITH U. 8. 24th DIVISION, Korea, Sept. 13 (UP) —Salome has the run of the 24th Division command post. Salome is a girl pig icked up in the Naktong "bulge by Walter I. Bene- | dum of Salem, W. Va. ‘He intended to fatten her up for a pork chop binge. But Salome won the affection of a lot of the soldiers, including Maj. Gen. | John H. Church, comman- | der of the division. “I'll bet you anything no- | body will have nerve enough to eat her,” Gen. Church said.

Thousands to Line Smuts Funeral Route PRETORIA, South Africa, Sept. 13 (UP)—Hundreds of thousands will line the funeral route of Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, authorities said today. The great soldier - statesman, who died of a heart attack at his farm home at nearby Irene Mon-| day night, will be given a full military funeral. i The funeral service for the 80-year-old South Afrikaner will be held Friday morning at the Dutch Reformed Church. Members of the diplomatic corps will attend the services at the church.

|investors’ purchases of company | t - ficer and three er

have been decorated for bravery in action in Korea, Gen. Douglas Mac- Thos § Arthur's headquarters announced TOKYO, 13 today. » Sept.

|Get Candidate Data tP The American Guard,

Madison County Voters

ANDERSON, Sept. 13 (UP)— » : Inc., began

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diana National with the merged

The merger of the Union Trust Co. with the Indiana National Bank will put both institutions in the expanding building of the Indiana National at 3 Virginia Ave.

‘Russell L. White . . . Heads

New Fire Stato Bond Issue OK'd

' $400,000 Outlay

First in 10 Years “A $400,000 bond issue for .the construction of five new fire stations was approved today by the City Board of Safety. : Leroy J. Keach, Safety Board president, pointed out that while more than $230 million worth of property has been constructed in Indianapolis in the last 10 years, not one cent has been spent for additional fire protection. The new stations for the most part will be in the outlying sections of the city. Proposed locations are 46th and Carvel 8ts., 35th 8t. and Sherman

| Drive, 16th 8t. and Emerson Ave. o60d- shape. Tobacco. has heen.

Washington St. near Kessler Bivd., and Washington St. and White River Pkwy. West Drive. A portion of the money will" be spent for aerial equipment protection of the W. Michigan St. hospital area, } The new equipment will be housed at the proposed White River Pkwy. station.

Other Actions’

In other action today the Board approved removal of the safety zone on the southwest corner of Washington 8t. and Capitol Ave, Restricted parking was approved for 8. West St. between South St. and Morris St. The board also approved the retirement of two police officers, Patrolmen Rudolph Price and Francis A. Logue.

Officer Logue, a trafic police-| man, was injured while directing

traffic July 15.

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| To Taegu Engineer of ‘Spirit’

Says He Didn't Slow To Prescribed Speed

Knew Troop Carrier Was Just in Front,

Diesel Pilot Tells Probers of Tragedy

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13 (UP) —Engineer William Eller, 68, who drove his fast passenger train into the rear of a

block signal.

‘stalled troop train -last Monday, admitted today that he failed to reduce his speed sufficiently when warned by a

Labor Conclave

Mr. Eller was the first witness called at a four-day ine —|vestigation into the accident

Politics Highlights oc ie sensi

National Guardsmen and ine {jured 67 other persons, mostly .. guardsmen, near Newcomerstown, 0O., early Monday. The engineer, under questioning of Samuel Pringle, attorney for the Pennsylvania Rallroad, testis

Campaign Funds

"Photo, Page 14 | Politics held the spotlight at ithe convention of the State Federation of Labor today. {. Indiana labor will have to conduct. a pinchpenny campaign against Republican Sen. Homer |B. Capehart this fall, state union {leaders were told. , : | Only $9000 has been ‘collected! in Hoosierland through voluntary contributions - for political action

Low, Leaders Told |—

SC10, O., Sept. 18 (UP) Three express cars and a diesel unit were derailed near here early today when a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train en route to Pittsburgh struck a stalled automobile at a cross ing. No one wai hurt. ! - The accident occurred 40 miles east of where the speed ing Spirit of St. Louls rammed the rear of a troop train early Monday, killing 38 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen.

against the friends of the ftHartley law, according to Joseph D. "Keenan, director of “Labo League for Political Education. Totai war-chest here probably will not exceed $10,000 to $15,000, Mr. Keenan told the 800 delegates

fied that he cut his speed at the

Uhrichsville block when the way showed “approach.”

said he knew the train in front of him but he did

Volney M. Brown . . . Merges Union Trust Co.

{has to be done right diana,” he said.

“The job of lickl 00 late, : locomotive of the in, the of

“You'll have to| The die Join or

GOP Ben. Robert A. Taft. : Mr. Keenan said the national {American Federation of Labor's jos Snot 50 miles | primary aim this fall is still, : {identical to that of the Congress i), of Industrial Organizations -— beat Taft-Hartiey, : AFL Gets $304,000 “The AFL has collected only $304,000 over the country in vol-| “Everybody knows,” funtary contributions,” he said, “of ler answered.

do It with votes, not money." Democratic organization’ will

the a of A ra Mr. Eller estimated ;

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/ Mr. Hed

which half goes back to the state Q—But what did vou do? ~~

for

Old Sol Puts in Brief Appearance |

Old Sol broke through cloudy] {skies today and warmed Indian-

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organizations. But the AFL political organization expects to cooperate with the CIO’s Political Action Committee to defeat candidates unfavorable to labor.” He estimated labor will gain lis residents fof a longer pe- 20 seats in the U. 8. House of (riod than he had for days. jRepressniatives od ve Seats § ’ : : n the U, 8. Senate in y coming But the: clouds are still going| ong Under ie condi|to be around this afternoon and|iione it will be enough, he said, tonight, As the weatherman puts to repeal Taft-Hartley and gain lit—"party cloudy this afternoon reinstatement of the Wagner Act.

Teachers Seek Help

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through tomorrow." + | - Cooler weather is also on sched-| Preceding Mr Resuahs 2008 ’ ra- luncheon speech, an merican oe for tonight hn te tempera Federation of Teachers official ure dipping to egrees, asked labor assistance to raise Cool damp weather, according teacher's wages. to the U. 8. Department of Com-| Mrs Florence R. Greve, AFT merce, isn't doing maturing crops girector of research, said teachtoo much good. Some rotting of ery in turn, should instruct young tomatoes is reported: All crops america in the meaning of the have suffered from the dampness. .,.0r movement. : However, the general outlook. “Our text books are barren of ‘shows that corn is mostly in good labor's viewpoint,” Mrs. Greve condition as are soybeans. Potato gajd. “Teachers should fill in the crop is reported to be in fair to/empty spaces for youngsters.” “Mititary Adviser Stated | On the convention afternoon schedule was a speech by John Fanning, labor U. 8. Armed Forces. Delegates will be entertained at the Indiana Roof Ballroom to-

damaged both in the fields and /in the barns. | Over the state, Hoosiers can look for generally fair and cooler weather tonight.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

adviser for the si

ATI put on the air. I started to brake. : Q--Did you stop at the stop and proceed signal? A-—No. Q—Did you see it? AI did see it. Q-—Did you see the rear snd of this troop train at the same A-It would be pretty close. In Emergency Position Mr, Fller was asked how fag the rear of the troop train was from the stop and proceed signal He: estimated about four cag lengths. Then he was asked the position of his brake whem he went through the signal. “The brake was in the emess

gency position. I put on the when -1 saw the signal 3 through the fog.” Be Mr. Eller said he saw the of the troop train ahead and red and white: light of the flagman through the fog but was unable to stop, Under questioning, Mr. Elles explained that he should hawe

reduced speed to 30 miles an howe |

on the “approach” signal and be prepared to stop by the time the train reached the next wayside gnal. Tells of Trip in Detall = - Mr. Eller (left. Pittsburgh 20 minutes late, driving a fast diesel

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Humidity at 12 noon, 61.

Today's Pollen Count

129 Grains ‘per cubic yard of alr.

Florida Communist Stabs Self With Icepick JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 13 | (UP) — Alexander W. Trainor, Florida secretary of the Commu[nist Party, has regained con|sclousness but made no explanation of a suicide atempy, hospital attaches said today. | Mr. Trainor, 54, was listed as in critical condition this morning, 24 hours after he stabbed himself

with an jicepick. and fell two floors to a cement walk. i He had been scheduled to ap-| pear in court to seek freedom from a 90-day prison sentence, imposed because of his admitted “party affiliation. ;

BABY SUFFOCATED BOONVILLE, Sept. 13 (UP)—| Janie Knight, 8-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Knight,’ died of suffocation while sleep--ing, Warrick County -Coraner Roy

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night by a revue and dance. ~ thi Alex Campbell, Indiana Dem-| Looe He said eve ything was

ocratic senatorial candidate in op-| “I figured the engine was fess

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to decontrol,

Rent Controls Off | At Bloomington

Times State Service « | MINGTON, Sept. 13—| Federal Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods today removed federal rent control from the town of] Bloomington by approving a City Council rent decontrol resolution. In addition, the federal expe-| diter extended the resolution to lift controls from all unincorpor-| ated places in the area consisting! of the townships of Bloomington and “Perry. * The Bloomington. council also decontrolled rent here last year but at that timé Mr. Wood refused to approve the resolution and controls continued. ‘ Mayor Thomas Lemon sald there is still some shortage of housing here but “not enough .to justify rent controls,” He said’ there had been

TRUMAN TO MEET PRESS WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UP) t Truman will hold a =, jou

news conference at 3 p.

little opposition

position to Sen. Capehart, will address the convention tomorrow. | 800d and we wers going

Sessions Friday morning and afternoon will end the meeting. |

right along.” He detailed his trip from Pltdse

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