Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1950 — Page 2
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Yankees Slug It Out With Fight-orDiz Reds
House-to-House (Continued From Page One)
of Seoul, and had moved into the outskirts of the city near the north bank of the Han River.
All these operations were sup-| ported by fighter-bombers, artil-| < Jery and a naval bombardment * of the fleet off shore, including the Battleship Missouri. The Marines were geared for ‘a bitter house-to-house fight through the narrow, winding] streets of Seoul. The Communists had dug in on! gravel streets and had barricaded’ themselves behind sandbags in| some of the former South Korean capital's largest buildings. The 7th Division, which on Fri day captured Suwon, 33 miles by| road from Seoul, moved south to] Osan against only . slight oppo-| sition. Their advance took them past the battlefield where a battalion of the U. 8. 24th Divi-| "gion vainly tried to halt the North
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opening phases of the United! Nations battle, Other troops were patrolling the hills on: either side of the Suwon airfield and the highway | south from Seoul. They were cleaning out the city of Suwon, and by early yesterday afternoon had, brought in 100 prisoners, most of | whom were turned in by loyal] citizens. ‘Not a Rout’ Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, commander of the southern beachhead, said his troops were moving at .an average. of ag much as 12 miles a day. The enemy was withdrawing all
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Timesmap shows the squeeze put on Seoul by the | Ist U. S. Marine Division, which late dispatches said was within a mile and a half of the city's center. They first secured Kimpo Airfield (1) | and Yongdungpo (2). Then they laid siege (tank symbols) from Mt. Ansan—the Reds' key defense—to Sogang. South of the city United Nations forces raced to encircle Seoul and cut off the approaches of Reds retreating from the Pusan beachhead (small black arrows). Seventh U. S. Division took Su-
won (4) to block the Reds’ main route into Seoul. ia
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not a rout.”
Were mo gous Al Oo f Four Front he al et yo Re ve] ong ne 0 our ron S
- entire front. “We are advancing| 12 miles a day in the Pohang area. The Reds are making their stiffest resistance on the northwest to-| ward Kumchon, but that is where we expected them.” |
returned to Tokyo from the Inchon invasion with Gen. Douglas Despite this resistance, the] MacArthur.
Strong Line Runs South of Seoul; boat. Good Ground North of 38th Parallel
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Pfc. William O. Seal, son of William H. Seal, Cannelburg.
—Workers at the Allegheny Lud-| lum Steel Co. near Pittsburgh, 16-inning victory over Crespi in|
can go to work now by motor-| Cr
The Public Utility Commission - : granted temporary permission to e— i ———— Earnest Hoberecht, United Press manager for Japan, has just |motorboat operator Lawrence E.| WINTER COULDN'T WAIT Reedy, Braeburn, to carry work-| PELLSTON, Mich, Sept. 23 these sources said. ers from Westmoreland County (UP)—Snow began falling in
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Two Other Hoosiers Reported Missing
The Department of Defense last | night announced the following |
|casualties in the Korean area.
| WOUNDED IN ACTION
Pvt. Warren A. Forrester, son! {of Mrs. Mary Forrester, Ray.
Pfc. Jerome Stephens, son of
Andrew G. Stephens, Terre Haute. Cpl. Elmer F. Thompson, son of Mrs. Naomi Mae McDaniel, Sel-
'lersburg.
MISSING IN ACTION
Cpl. Theodore R. Erler (Marine), son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry |W. Erler, Crown Point.
West Side Resident
Dies of Stab Wounds |
James Leonard Barnett, 31, of
841 W. Vermont St., died of stab!
|wounds last night shortly after he’ was found unconscious on a sidewalk near a tavern In the 300 block on Blake St. Police said Mr. Barnett, stabbed {over the heart and in the stomach, died within half an hour after {being taken to General Hospital. | Police added they learned nothing {of how Mr. Barnett was wounded. {The victim was identfied by‘ two men who said they were; his cousins,
Finals Tonight In Sweet 16 Softball The LaVelle Gossett VFW post
and Francesco Crespi meet in the finals of the Sweet 16 Softball
tournament tonight at 7:30 in| HARRISBURG, Sept. 23 (UP). ‘Municipal Stadium.
ja previous tournament meeting.
night, 5 to 0.
Ti Indiana Men “Casualty” of U. S. Landing at Inchon Wounded in fore «
Times-Acme Telephoto by Richard Ferguson.
issued Monday. | He will be succeeded by Wil. 'ECLIPSES’ IS TOPIC liam C. Foster, 53, now deputy |administrator of the program,'
The Indiana Astronomical So- ? clety will meet at 2;15 p. m. next!
Mr. Hoffman, 59, former presi-| Sunday in Cropsey Hall of the Community Civie Clubs, Inc., will
SUNDAY, "SEPT. 24, 1050
Reds a Back As Gls Put on Heat
Prepare to Defend
Seoul to End By JACK JAMES United Press 8 With THE U. ARINES
OUTSIDE nL. ‘Sept. 23—~A Marine signalman tapped his field telephone into the Seoul telephone system today, and kept talking until he found an operator who spoke English. “What's going on?” the Marine asked. 7 “They are preparing to defend the city to the end,” the operator replied. The telephone operator's esti-
{ growing indications that the Communists will fight to the last § | man to keep the Marines out of | the captured South Korean capi« tal.
| The Reds were fighting bitterly & on the outskirts of Seoul, and i (forward observers reported nu- ~ (merous gun emplacements in the city, Sandbag barricades had been thrown up around the main
.. | bulldings.
Prisoners of war said North .. | Korean officers have threatened [to kill any man who surrenders, | An estimated 8000 Communists held the city, including 3000 to ;5000 regulars and about an equal {number of conscripted civilians, {They were giving ground slowly
This M4 U. S. tank didn't quite ‘make it in the landing at | jon a front curving around the Inchon. The tank slipped from an LST and now rests almost vertically in Inchon harbor.
| . Hoffman to Quit ERP, Reports Say WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UP) anthropic organization founded in 20 extra pound of resistance.” —White House sources said today 1936 by the late Edse! Ford, son| The veterans notched a 1 to 0, | Paul G. Hoffman will resign as of Henry Ford. |chief of the European Recovery| Mr. Hoffman, now at Pasadena, —Gov. Duff has announced the rogram and that a full state-/Cal, would neither confirm NOT 4 ppointment of Edgar C. Magill espl advanced to the finals by ment ‘covering the situation” will deny the report. ’ >
upsetting Barber Firestone last be
[city from southwest to northwest, |fighting bitterly for every inch, One Marine officer said the front “is just like a spring or a rubber band. Every time we add ‘a pound of pressure they have
DUFF NAMES OFFICIAL HARRISBURG, Sept. 23 (UP)
Duncansville, as justice of the peace for the Blair County borough.
{FEDERATION TO MEET The Tndianapolis Federation of
Allies by-passed Kumchow, 32 By EARNEST HOBERECHT,, United Press Staff Co rrespondent to Allegheny via the Allegheny Pellston shortly before noon to- dent of Studebaker Corp. was main library. The meeting will' hold its first fall session at 8
miles northwest of Taegu, in an
effort to trap Communist troops Parallel and one place just above it where North Korean forces there, and spread on to Sangju,! may try to make a stand against United Nations troops, according |to military men in Tokyo and in the field.
45 mile southwest of Taegu. | See Sandbags
: Korean Marines could see scores| of Red gun emplacements, barri-
streets of the city,
whether to turn big guns on the|
main part of the city—Korea’s y possible Communist stand is in biggest and most modern—in an the mountain range in which effort to shorten the battle and fighting already is taking place.
save allied lives. If Guns on the battleship Missouri
Prisoners of war said that North Korean officers threatened to kill any Reds who tried to surrender,
from the city ond place the Communists first!good highway which runs up to| may attempt a stand against Lt. the north through the mountains, regular Communist troops in Gen. Walton H. Walker's 8th in from the east coast.
Seoul, plus conscripts. The enemy | {Army drive from the south.
said that there were 3000 to 5000
apparently had plenty of ammuni-
tion, the prisoners said. of
tary men say this could be a highways running south from
STR AUSS «| “strong line.” | Seoul, American airpower could SAYS: However, if the North Koreans | give them considerable trouble, ! : elect to attempt a stand at any of | and they never would reach their
these three nes, Shey still will be | destination.
Allied Fliers Kill Tommies In Making Strafing Error
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{ Gen. Douglas MacArthur's nutcracker offensive. They must decide At Seoul, American and South go,n whether to fight it out in the
{south or try to make a run for it. the rear b y Maj. Gen. Edward M. Gen. MacArthur hopes to catch ’ cades and sandbags around the tne Req armies south of the 38th| ond s 10th Corps, which cut
buildings on the narrow, winding parallel, liquidate them there and| oy lind the enemy lines by {leave the question of what to do United Nations commanders with North Ko ’| Seoul. were faced with a decision ony Tea Up. the dip
ing forces, they could try to hold a and the heavy Cruisers Toledo! line running from the southwest
and Rochester joined the battle, to the northeast through Taejon but did not fire on Seoul proper. [or a little south toward Kumchon.
from Pyongtaek, 37 miles soutf| chang up through
planes accidently bombed snd strafed a British brigade fighting on the Pusan beachhead today. Heavy casualties were reported.
| was belleved the figure might be higher. The Allied planes ‘were called in to help the British, who were,
TOKYO, Sept.” 23—There are three places south of the 38th miles of travel.
'the official end of summer.
River. Mr. Reedy cuts out 12 day, exactly five minutes after slated to become head of the Ford be devoted to a - discussion of! |p. m. Friday at the Washington |Foundation, a $200 million phil-| eclipses.
Hotel.
The Communists now are being caught between the jaws of|
in danger of being attacked from
landing at Inchon and driving on]
If the Communist armies in the south can slip out of the tra The first place in the south for! ¢hat Gen. A a has set ap them, they may try to form a defense line just back across the, : o 38th Parallel. The Parallel itself, Ry the Reds can halt their retreat- would not be the place, but there ’ is good ground for a defense a short distance to the north. ! To escape the nutcracker, Communist forces would have to ‘Strong Line’ swing out to the east and escape’ The Kum river line is the sec- to the north-—probably along the
A third possible line could run jaldng on this goad, fre Ham- | and
Seoul, to the northeast. Mili- | Chunchon, to the east of the main
However, if they ta move n
ON THE Ring . FRONT, Korea, Sept. 23 -(UP)— Allied!
First reports sald at léast 60 Tommies were Killed. Later, it .
— stuck on a hill eight miles south- | STRAUSS | west of Waegwan. They were on SAYS: (one side of the hill. Communists | were on the other. They asked for | air support to help clear the way, for an advance on Songju.
The Allied planes roared in for! the attack, But the pilots picked the wrong side of the hill. They plastered their Allies on the {ground with rockets, gasoline, jelly fire bombs, fragmentation bombs and 50-caliber bullets. It was the second such tragedy of the Korean war, Early in the hostilities, Allied planes accident-| {ally attacked a group of Ameri{can soldiers, inflicting casualties. The North Koreans weré giving the British the stiffest fight they : have #t encountered in Korea. ~~ tWell-camouflaged self-propelled |- ~ {Buns were infiltrated behind Brit{ish lines eight nflles south of {Waegwan on the west bank of!
drive on Songju, 25 miles northwest of Taegu and about five! "n - north to Kumchon. | Knit BOXER SHORTS American eight-inch howitzers,
} {the Naktong river, knocking out SHORTS AND {the Tommies’. supply ferry. Hard-fighting Communists miles west of the Naktong. The British had planned to, with elastic top—just Jom heaviest artillery in Korea, : ! ¥ {boomed against the Communist snug enough to keep.
ahead of the British stalled their| SHIRTS FOR | enter Songju today and then drive | guns holding up the British. By|
the shirt in and the | dusk, American officers believed pants up— the enemy: batteries had been!
knocked out. |
Canterbury President Quits
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easy to wash— Times State Service iy DANVILLE, Ind, Sept. 23—| The SHORTS are navy, Resignation of the Rev. Douglas
R. MacLaury as president of Canterbury- College, effective}
“green, grey, brown, and SHIRTS in contrasting -
colors with harmonizing trim. Nov. 1, was announced today. { . 2 He presented his resignation to Shirts and Shorts the board of governors of the Sizes 3 to 6X Episcopal Church-sponsored col-
each oh | lege. It was accepted. He had | been president since January,
5 35 ; 1949 : odd - The president was the storm : center in a dispute at the trouble-, The whole outfit ridden school last spring when he| 5. 0 ! | faced charges of conduct unbeSHI + coming a college president, preferred by the chaplain, the Rev
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