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re ow 61st YEAR—NUMBER 194
The River's Being Polluted—
3 Million Gallons Of Raw Sewage
Poured
Traffic Toll Soars While Police Give Protection to Green Employees By BOB BOURNE
The garbage strike today
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1950 —
as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Dally.
Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued
MacArthur Pulls Elephant Out Of Hetl—
in Daily
moved into its 23d day.
White River is being polluted with raw sewage. Garbage
and trash collections are scattered. Police protection is suffering. The accident death and injury rate is up. Costs to the taxpayers are growing.
Families of “strikers” are undergoing hardships. Between 3 and 5 million
gallons of raw sewage is flowing into the river every day, according to an estimate by an official of the sanitation plant. It enters the river at two points, west of the Harding St. bridge, and north of the Raymond St. bridge. An official of the State Board of Health said today there had been several complaints from residents on the river below the plant. “We would probably get more coniplaints,” the official said, “but the plant is overloaded and the
Accidents Show Increase
A total of 638 accidents occurred in Indianapolis during the first 20.days of this month, contrasted with 608 for the same period in
. {bad for many years.”
condition of the river has been
Residents of Martinsville are concerned about the pollution. They are considering asking for pollution tests. The trafic accident rate is above the same period last month and the month before. All motorcycle policemen are convoying garbage collection trucks. A total of 80 policemen are assigned to the Sanitation Department.
By JIM G. LUCAS, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
NEAR SEOUL, Sept.
22-—This invasion so far
has been successful beyond anyone's wildest expectations. Only a week after we landed we're knocking at the
doors of Seoul. We are so
far ahead of schedule that
supplies can hardly keep up with the ad-
vance units.
Maj. Gen. Frank Lowe, President Truman's personal representative here,
| remarked:
“I've watched Douglas time it wasn't a rabbit. It
phant.”
no air force. His men are
Serious organized resistance has been spotty. The enemy's artillery is nearly gone.
MacArthur
| pull rabbits out of hats for 33 years. This
was an ele-
Mr. Lucas He has surrendering in droves be-
cause they are out of ammunition. Among other things, this is a great achievement for
military intelligence. may have made in the past
No matter what mistakes they
they had this one right on
the button. Intelligence told us the enemy had all of
his good troops committed in
the south. Intelligence said
we wouldn't encounter anything above battalion size in
the Inchon-Seoul area.
In the three weeks the strike has been on, one person has been arrested for speeding. Thirteen were arrested the day before the
| |
Storm Fells
strike began.
August and 438 in the same period in July.
A total of 258 persons have been injured in 189 serious accidents this month contrasted with 240 injured in 185 bad accidents in
August, and 162 injured in 103 bad accidents in July.
Six persons have been killed on city streets this month. Three were killed in the same period in July, and one in August. None of these accidents can be attributed directly to lack of police traffic control. Garbage and trash collections are behind schedule. Complaints are constantly coming in from citizens who want garbage or trash picked up. New men hired when the strikers “quit” do not know the routes. They are learning.
Denies Being Rough
James H. Bookedis, superintendent of the plant, who has been accused of “gestapo methods” in his dealings with the men, said
Men who are out on strike have been worried about their pen-
Trees, Wires
. Pedestrian Killed By Auto in Rain The last day of summer found Indianapolis draped
sions. Many of them have paid with felled trees and power
in 5 per cent of their salaries
over a period of years.
A statement Feeney's office today
from - Mayor said:
lines in the wake of a violent wind and rainstorm last night during which a pedestrian
“Men who have quit their jobs|was killed,
who are eligible for their pensions
will get them, and those who have get their money|of injuries suffered when he was
paid in will back,” Mayor Feeney said.
he had not been rough with the men. “The collectors only work an average of 27 hours a week and| Electric JO ay sw, oR in
get their full pay checks. Is it wrong that I should demand a
good 27 hours work?” The strikers, who can not legally strike against the city, originally asked for a 15-cent
wage increase. They were grant-| the strike. We will be happy to sit ed 5 cents in the 1951 city budget down with them if they will put
passed by the City Council. Now, however, they are de-
Bookedis, a former Army colonel,jor the firing of the two men,
and Thomas E. Bell, superintendent of collections.
The Mayor and the Sanitation broken power lines sparked and 8:
Board have refused this, sayin
“We have never been contacted] about meeting with a committee’
Otis Long, 53, of 240 N. Davidson St., died in General Hospital
(Photo, Page 23)
struck at the height of the storm by a car near his home, Wind blasts which rose at times to 55 miles an hour took a
near North Side.
parts of second time in. ; days as burned in more than 30 different locations. Trees and heavy limbs fell like
of the men since the first day of ten-pins.
their demands in writing.
Create Trafic Hazards The falling trees struck three parked cars and created traffic
“However, if they want to talk manding the removal of Mr.about the i5-cent wage increase|¢on ion bY blocking streets. One
there is no use to have a meeting. {We won't discuss that. »
side Ave. Park Board crews worked all night clearing debris. About 35 trees and large limbs
Doesn’t Matter Which Side—
Main Idea in Indo-China
Is Just to Get
Into Fight
Fantastic Armies Switch Sides at Drop Of Turban; Warlords All Over Place
By FRED SPARKS, Times Foreigm Correspondent
SAIGON, Indo-China, Sept. 22—The revolution’; in Indo-
China. reminds me of Jimmy Durante’s favorite crack: “Bwerybody’s trying to get into the act.”
Warlords, phony religious leaders, busted bureaucrats and a host of loot-and-carry boys are fighting with both the
Communists and French—-but always for themsélves.
Let me tell you about three fantastic armies which have skipped from side-to-side like 2 Swiss watch salesman in War II.
ONE: The 10 ,000-strong army of the Cai Dai Poligion.
vertising the new Mr. Sparks religion. Currently 2 million primitive Indo-Chinese, who are not sure which is their right foot, are positive that Pham Cong Tuc, a re-
frigerator-sized brown man,|figh either cutting up Communists or
speaks for Cai Dai, “the supreme
were felled. Sixteen accidents in which three
storm, which struck about 7 p.m. and continued until 11 p. m. Weir Cook Municipal Airport weather station measured nearly an inch of rain in the four hours and recorded sustained wind blasts above 25 miles an hour. Temperatures dropped 18 degrees during the night, from 77 degrees at 6:30 p. m. to 59 degrees at 7 a. m. today. Mr. Long, a barber, was walking across N, Davidson St. at E. New York St. when he was struck by a car driven by Charles E. Cooper, 20, of 231 Fulton St.
Mr. Cooper is an uncle of one
Pham Cong Tuc, with the title|or Mr. Long's two grandchildren.
of “pope,” rules from a Tai-Ninh, 60 miles from Saigon.
gingerbread palace in the holy city of Long came
A native of Burkeville, Ky., Mr. to Indianapolis 37 years ago. He is survived by his
When you enter his church-|wife, Marie; two daughters, Mrs.
heavy toll of trees in the city’s| :
persons were injured, none se-|-‘|rlously, were reported during the
‘|painted eyes.
castle you feel like a prospective Ona Turner, Louisville, and Mrs.
shoplifter watched by a platoon
Opal
Williamson, “Indianapolis;
of Pinkertons, for the walls are|and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Dolly decorated with thousands of|Turner, Chicago.
While the Jap army sat here
Another traffic victim was tak-
en to General Hospital in fair
Pham Cong Tuc played footsie condition after his ~ automobile with Hirohato, a rel, in his struck _a parked car during the
own right. After the rising sun set, the French exiled Pham Cong Tuc to a flat in Madagascar where he had nobody to talk to but the supreme being.
storm.
The car of Joseph McDuffey, 41,
struck another owned by Paul F.| ’(Stevens, 35, of 256 W.
16th 8ft.,
parked in front of the residence.
Last night's storm marked the
When the Communists revolted third straight day of freakish “the pope” crossed-his-heart-and-|weather igh
swore-to-die if he wouldn't fight
Russianism. He was returned to Times Index
his eyeball cathedral and now
heads the holy war.
His troops are good guerrilla ters who mix faith with fury,
being.” Runs Gang of Musclemen
converting them to Cai Dai.
TWO: .The 3000-strong army of warlord Bin Xuyen.
Bin Xuyen, who runs a huge gang of musclemen in Saigon’s Chinese section, did trade with the Communists for years, aiding
their terror tactics in this town.
In 1948 the Red command, suspecting him of blackmailing for
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WOMEN . . . Gls in Korea getgeous 2 warning from an
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fenses could be taken out with two days of Naval gunnery. They said the Seoul highway outside Inchon could be reached by invasion forces between 5 p. m. and dusk
the first day.
Check that list and you'll find intelligence wasn't
wrong once. How they were able to m will have to wait until later be reported now that parties and got as far inland as Ki invasion,
ake such accurate judgments to be revealed. But it can of Marines landed at Inchon mpo weeks before our real
Landings were made nightly between Aug. 15-25 by 29 men of a Marine reconnaissance company headed by 2d Lieut. D. B. Cashion of Freer, Tex. Once the Reds caught the company and opened fire. The Marines got back to their boats leaving one dead man behind. The night before we crossed the Han River a Marine reconnaissance party went over to spot enemy defenses. They were ambushed and one man was killed. They recrossed the river, but only after learning that the Reds had a battalion posted opposite our landing point. One Marine private was waiting on the far shore when we crossed the river in force. He had spent the
night in a ditch surrounded
by 800 enemy soldiers and
had Hirive) our iF pleadvanes bombardment.
‘Success Beyond Our Wildest Dreams’
The nutcracker is closing on the Reds. They face a tough decision. They must decide whether to leave their
army in the south, with its
communications and supply
lines severed, or bring it north. Either way it seems
they must lose.
Apparently the enemy has decided to bring some
troops from the south up
to face our northern line.
Last night one of our spotter planes saw four large convoys headed north. That's precisely what we had hoped they would do. It means the enemy must come
out of his line, that we can ganized and confused.
catch him while he's disor
We are thankful these are not Japanese troops. As a matter of fact they're not the same Koreans they were when they were winning. The Japanese knew how to dig in so that no gunfire could rout them out. The Koreans
don’t know. They have no losing war.
idea about how to fight a
Frequently they get frantic and terrified. Officers
sometimes are unable to ‘control their men.
100 soldiers broke and ran in the Han. An entire heavy
More than mass panic after we crossed machine gun platoon gave
itself up. Hundreds of prisoners have been taken, many
of them shaking like leaves
, some of them crying, not
from humiliatitu; but from sheer fright.
city for the} °F
October Checks
Amount Withheld Goes Up 20 Pct.
By RICHARD A. MULLENS
WASHINGTON Sept. “52 John Q. Taxpayer will feel the effect of the new increase in income taxes in his pay envelope in October. Generally, it will be a 20 per cent bigger bit, For example, a married man with no children who makes $75 a week will have $8.90 deducted WASHINGTON, | Sept. 22 (UP)—The House today approved bigger taxes on personal income and corporations. The Senate will approve them easure late today or tomorrow. It them will go to President Truman, ‘who will sign is quickly.
for taxes under the new rate, an increase of $1.50 a week. A married man with two children earn$350 a month will have $22.60 deducted, an increase of $2.60. Ninety-five per cent of the people will have the Increased tax handled for them automatically as increased payroll deductions. The other 5 per cent, farmers, businessmen, those self-employed and anyone who has filed a dec-
FLUSHING MEADOW, Sept.
veto.
something like it—will be adopted; — at this General Assembly session. Reaction settled into three patterns. First, there were the Russians and their half-dozen satellite] cronies who dislike this plan and anything else with an American label on it. Then, there was a cautious reaction from this country’s close associates among the great powers—Britain and France. Both are chary of shifting power from the Security Council to the Gen. eral Assembly. ] But the smaller nations mostly lined up for the U. 8. proposal. They always have favored a larger role for .the General Assembly, where they cast a vote on equal terms with Moscow, The proposal, advanced by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, would let the Assembly meet in
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OUR FAIR CITY. ... The column. that reveals many secrets
outside.” WASHINGTON CALLING. .
Nations circuit today showed general—but not unanimous world response to the U. 8. proposal to give the General Assembly power to check war when the Security Council is hobbled by the
There were confidént forecasts that the American plan—or
24 hours in case of emergency,
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Jour sons, husbands, daughters— and neighbors—in uniform. WEEK IN BU
Enemy Fire Forces Back Anti-Mine Crew
Part of an anti-mine crew returns from abandoned mission be cause of enemy fire. Crouching low, moves forward on the Taegu-Waegwan road,
Smaller Nations Line Up Up With U. §.— Response MosHy Favorable
Tofeel Tax Bite |On Bolstering UN Assembly
Russians and Satellites Form Only
Outspoken Opposition to American Plan By CHARLES LUCEY, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
22—A swing around the United friendly
FLUSHING, N. Y., | Sept. 22 (UP)~—The United States agreed today to a United Nations General Assembly debate on Russia’s charge that sending of the 7th U. 8. fleet to Formosa was an act of aggression against China.
set up a roving United Nations commission to study world tension spots, establish in each country military units earmarked for United Nations service, and name a United Nations military adviser to pull the effort together. Representatives of a half-dozen
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yanks Liberate Suwon,
Cut Reds’ Retreat Route Vital Airstrip
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By EARNEST HOBERECHT '
TOKYO, Sept. 22. Hiarce Communist resistance stalled
ent Jack James reported from the Seoul front that the Sth Marine
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_| Regiment fought all morning in
rice paddies and open fields In the extreme western outskirts of the
Sxciusive Tinw-Aame Telephoto. they move back as a tank
750,000 China Reds Mass in Manchuria
Believed Largest
Concentration in Asia By ALBERT RAVENHOLT Times Special Writer CHICAGO, Sept. 22--Approxi-mately 750,000 veteran Chinese Communist troops now are assembled. in Manchuria in what is belleved to be the largest single concentration of military might in Asia. In co-operation with the North Koreans these forces could wreck the hopes for a United Nations victory. Even If these Chinese Red armies do not join the fighting they are a powerful argument for what the leaders in Peking (Peiping) want. And Mao Tse-Tung's announced objectives include Chinese Communist representation in the United Nations and control over Formosa. t More than 150,000 of thesg front-line Chinese troops are reported mobilized along the B500mile borden dividing Manchuria from Korea.
Most of the remaining forces ’
are believed concentrated in the
He said heavy enemy tank and mortar fire pinned down the Leathernecks and dashed their hopes of taking the former South Korean capital by tonight. Reds Shell Yanks Red shells plastered the Amgrfcan and South Korean positions as far back as regimental headquarters and supply dumps, he said. On the southern flank of the week-old Inchon beachhead, the Army's 7th Division caught the Communists Tlatfooted ‘with fits - capture of Suwon and its airport. The Hberation of Suwon cut the enemy's main retreat route
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