Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 October 1950 — Page 1

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Gen. M Arthur Waits Truman Pt Wake Isle

President Winging Toward Rendezvous For War Parley

WAKE ISLAND, Sunday, | Oct. 15 (UP)—President Truman landed here ‘oday at 12:30 p. m., Indianapolis time, for his conference with Gen. MacArthur. ®

By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House PRIS

EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN, Oct. 14— President Truman flew to Wake Island today for a dramatic face-to-face conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

They wére expected to discuss all phases of Far Eastern policy and particularly means by which| the United States can halt future Communist aggression. The President, accompanied by, . his top military and foreign policy| AY advisers tok off from Hickam | JEN Field, Hawaii, shortly after 4 TH a. m. (Indianapolis time) for alg flight of more than 2000 miles to Wake, a tiny sandspit which was| the first American possession to! fl fall to the Japanese in World| War IL The President's plane, the DC-6. Independence, was due to land at, 8 12:30 p. m. today. | ie Gen. MacArthur arrived at Wake Island many hours ahead] of the Chief Executive, after an. eight-hour flight from Tokyo. is 8 by Envoy | “tivrewas ied by Amer

: daccompen - SBR as ican ambassador to the Korean . 4 republic, John Muccio and by his Identifies S long-time close adviser Brig. Gen. |

Courtney Whitne,

a ney. ; ® * The President spent yesterday) . 3 i waning. cana with adm. armor [11 1IMES Picture To MISSING W. Radford, commander-in-chief!

of the Navy in the Pacific, and was to return late tonight attr’ Family Recognizes a comparatively brief visit with! . Gen. MacArthur. Son Beside Casualty

Members of the White House | “Goodby, buddy.” staff estimated that the confer- |

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: we ta . Pfc. Rainbolt says goodby to all but

HARTFORD CITY, Oct. 14

That's what the caption said treasurer today following disclosure that the missing treasurer's

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Successor Appointed

Treasurer

‘Substantial’ Shortage Is Disclosed

In Accounts of Vanished Hiser By LEON W. RUSSELL, Times Staff Writer

-— Blackford County had a ne

ence itself would take less thanion an .Acme telephoto in The: accounts showed a “substantial shortage.”

four hours while Mr. Truman Times several weeks ago. charts with Gen. MacArthur the, Mr. and Mrs. next step in United States Far Harry Rainbolt, Eastern policy, once Korea is/1001 Church St., mopped up. {recognized the | The meeting on Wake Island young soldier originated with the President, kneeling beside who gave Gen. MacArthur the his dead buddy choice of the small, desolate is-'on a hill in Koland or Honolulu. . rea.” They were Gen, MacArthur picked Wake, quite sure it was according to Presidential Secre- their son, Pfc. tary Charles G. Ross, because it John C. Rainwould keep him absent from the; bolt. : b= - ‘ war theater for the shortest pos-| To make sure : " yacaocy exists i the treasurer's sible time. of the identifica- Ptc. Rainbolt |office. y leted Audit War III Unlikely ition, the Rainbolts sent Johnny Re re i ieied Sua ut by As a prelude to the conference,/@ copy of The Times picture. He i; . r or Max 0 y the President said at Pearl Har. telephoned home yesterday and ;OU7cy S1OTHEY oy bor yesterday he dif nor believe confirmed it. Mr. Simons Sai be an et er a third world war was inevitable Pfc. Rainbolt is now in an Sold One. Sarge let ort butson the contrary he ‘thought |Army hospital at Ft, Bliss, Tex. of Anderson, had SR he 2 that the peoples behind the Iron He just arrived there from Japan, Special Rain don 0 Mr. oly Curtain sincerely wanted a per- where he was hospitalized with oy 3 Jost Batun ay TjPnIng: re Pre peace. wounds. | Petoran asked. Shpriage: " esident promised to “tell! ‘Best Friend’ ry IA the world” about American for-, “Yes, it was me,”.the 19-year- i THe Mr. Symons =». eign policy next week in a speech old soldier told his mother. “That syste i 5 at San Francisco, and in a later was my best friend who had just Wat there a substantial short. speech before the United Nations been killed.” age, Mo Peterson continued, ‘in New York to drive home the| “Our company was having a There was,” Mr. Simons again American bid -for ‘werld peace. terrible fight for a hill near Pusan. replied. .

A Grand Jury investigating the | missing Democratic tredsurer’s : activities was recessed until Monday. . | The shortage was disclosed by {Frank R. Simons, Muncie, a field examiner for the state board of accounts. He testified before a {special meeting called by the commissioners ‘‘to determine whether

- Speaking to a luncheon audi-|A few of us were sent down the § ; ge 1 0 J ence of 100 top officials of the hill. When I came back I saw my Battle Line Holds Fast ANS] ’ ' In Onward School "Push

State Troopers, Wrecking Truck Fail to Break |1siand conference with President] Up Double Row of Trucks Around Building

Times State Service . -“Onward Christian Soldiers” victory themeehere today as hymn-singing women and determined led 248.000 d men won the first round in their battle to keep a high school at totaled it 2%. AN be aug-|

armed forces Mr. Truman also puddy lying there. promised a strong effort to get| «when we came back up jhe ihe Ameriean peace story to the ni; only four men inthe comie is . es, : ‘pany were left. The others were viously nt on using the yyeq or wounded or missing.” MacArthur meeting for its fullest pr. Rainbolt himself was international effect, Mr. Truman| . qeq a few days later near told his audience hé would return jon He had just disabled a immediately to San Francisco a5 tank with a bazooka when and tell the world Tuesday what “another Red saw me in the foxour policy is as it affects the, le.»

world a Sond sine : | “He threw the grenade into my Furie re he said when he JOXDOL, and 1 got him, too, Just a double line of cars &nd -trucks a, Unt Sations Te tossed 1: Bu 1 soulan't get Oct. 24 he would “try to drive the! “bre. Rainbolt suffered head and matter home in such.a way that leg wounds. An expected Juivasion hd Bricks we may begin to arrive ata Sit-| re said he is “getting along from Walton, Daring wiementary — uation where we-canhave world sratty well now.” Shon) & eek, ailed to appear by peace and not world war.” —————— J4 - . “The White House is well aware x. Ind {to occur at 9 a. m. of constant GOP drumming that imes Index Deflate Tires this trip is a pre-election stunt] Amusements ... | The wrecking truck, driven by with political motives. - | Births, Deaths, Events, Herbert Uhl, Logansport, was The White-House staff did not Ship Movemenis ...... routed by Onward men who let deny, however, that . Truman! Books [the air out of its tires. Mr. Uhl is still worried about the threat| Bridge ........csse0.0... 3 drove back’ to Logansport. of a letdown in the prepareduess| Church News ... eessssss 4, 5 | After the wrecker left, Onward program se fe Beat ss 22 Comics | women began serving hot coffee orea. s alsp ano TOSSWOTd .ossceesasssee 8 reason he is traveling more than Editorials .cecevvessreses 10 _ 14,000 miles from Washington and| 1] * After spending Sunday night in the comfortable Navy guest house on a hill overlooking Pearl Harbor, the President will fly Monday morning back to San Francisco where he speaks the following

ONWARD, Oct. 14-

Onward.

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‘ers commanded by Maj. Robert |A. O'Neal. The police drove into y {town ‘in 11 patrol cars before

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Forum Hoosfer Profife .......... 7 Erskine Johnson ....ieee Mrs. Manners ...soeescees Movies ¢cossesvsssassaces Herbert Grand, a leader of the Obituaries ....oeoeeeanse Onward movement against conRadio +... i | solidation of its school at Walton, Society ... {then left for Walton, accom- | Sports .icossces@anagioee 6 . by a state police |. WOMEN'S «.oveeverirnnias : ve. Magli

| Waltonites appear.

keep Walton residents from re- —

‘and doughnuts to 30 state troop-|

|9 a. m. to maintain order should

County commissioners appointed Kenneth Guy to succeed Lester Hiser, missing since early Tuesday. Mr. Guy is a retired oil dealer and former school board member.

“Did you confront the treasurer with ‘the fact of the shortage?” “We did.” “Did he admit he knew of the shortage?” “He did,” Mr. Simons declared. Mr. Hiser's admission of the shortage was made at 9:30 a. m. last Saturday, Mr. Simons said. Confirms Testimony Mr. Scott then took the stand and confirmed Mr. Simons’ testimony. | After a brief conference, Mr. Peterson, as attorney for the commissioners, declared the board's findings were: “The county treasurer's office has been abandoned. The abandonment. amounts fo a resigna-

tion. The board of commission-|

'ers “declares the office vacant.” The witnesses were not asked

the amount of the shortage and

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‘Goodby, Buddy’ Photo Four Columns

Within 35 Mi. 0f Pyongyang

British Commandos Stage Rapid Raids On Northeast Coast

By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent .-

TOKYO, Sunday, Oct. 15— |Four steel-tipped United Nations columns sliced through melting Communist resistance to within 55 miles of the Red capital of Pyongyang to-

day in a series of pincer moves designed to wipe out the last 68,000 enemy troops. American, British Commonwealth and South Korean forces {were driving on Pyongyang as along the spokes of a wheel from the south, southwest and west. Another South Korean force rolled northward from captured

the built-up area of Hamhung, a highway and rail junction about 55 miles still the battered east coast.

Pounded by Armada

area pounded Thursday and {day by a great 37-ship Allied ar-

{mada led by the U. S. Battleship

Missouri.

| There was no further word to-

{day from this force which poured {death and | blazin

{mouth of the Namdae River.

In slashing pincer drives re- | sembling those used by the Allies lin the clean-up of South Korea, | Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces were isolating the Reds in a se-

{ries of traps.

| Converging spearheads of the ! American 1st Cavalry Division)

which took Kumchon, 12 miles north of the 38th Parallel Friday, already had trapped some 12,000 Communists. Spearheads moving westward [trom Wonsan and north from Kumechon, with others in between,

|encompass all the Red forces. ‘Reds Lose Singye The 1st Cavalry Division today was only slightly more than 70 miles from Pyongyang. To the right of them, the South Korean ist Division took Tingye in a

|spectacular advance and was only |

-labout 55 airline miles from the

capital. The South Koreans were moving along secondary roads and meetings practically no resistance. Earlier, unofficial reports had /placed them in Miu Dong, about four miles south of Singye. The South Korean 8th Division pursued the enemy northward after routing-800 Reds in a battle at Ichon, almost midway between the east and west coasts and 70 miles northwest. of |Pyongyang. { Blast Enemy Tanks | "United Nations aerial rockets destroyed two enemy tanks at Ichon ‘and the garrison’s remaim: ing three were captured by the |South Koreans. On the northeastern front, 80

did not volunteer the. tiformation. miles above the 38th Parallel, an-|

Chief Examiner Otto K. Jensen (Continued on Page 2—Col. 6)

became a

| State police troopers and a wrecking truck failed Lo break up

parked ‘around Onward school to ti

Mr. Grand intended to talk with Virgil Turner, present Tipton Township trustee, who ordered the ‘consolidation of the

although scheduled lower grade of the township's; trapped Reds. It was in this area

[children here with the high school at Walton. Earlier this morning, flag-wav-ing women massed at the doors of the locked Onward school, ready to defy any attempt to remove desks. The men gathered across the street, away from the school yard. By 11 a. m., nearly 1000 persons were counted in the area. About 50 high schoo! students

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other South Korean force, either the Capital or th Division, was, reported by liaison pilots to have reached Tongyang, 30 miles west of Wonsan and 60 milés directly east of Pyongyang. The South Korean 3d Division was pushing toward Hamhung. Gen. MacArthur in his Wake]

| Truman could report a huge num-|

|ber of enemy killed, wounded or captured. As of Saturday, the number, it seemed/ mented by at least the 12,000) Reds caught in the Kumchon| trap. ro : | Australian and British troops

iof the 27th Commonwealth Bri-|

gade were slicing into the Kumchon pocket to dig out the]

that the heaviest fighting of the week-end was reported. | Launch 2 Attacks | The North Koreans launched) two strong counter-attacks during one seven hour period, but were thrown back each time with! heavy losses. U. 8. tanks knocked out seven enemy tanks in the fierce fighting, and the Allies also destroyed eight 45-millimeter antitank guns. | It was revealed Saturday that by-passed Communist forces in| South Korea had rallied 150 miles| southeast of Wonsan and recaptured the port of Samchok- from South Korean Marines. A timely naval bombardment prevented the enemy from also eighboring Mukhojin. Both towns were afire. j

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Wonsan to within 25 miles of.

farther up

Hamhung is the same general Fri-

destruction along a 105-mile strip of coast{land fiom Chongjin near the So|viet border to Sinchang at the

‘wall next time.

{tigating, .gun in hand. .

n 68,000 Reds Peace Sign: Buyers Swarm

In Korea woes: 10 Lots on Eve Of New Controls

QUARTERS, Korea, Oct. 14 (UP)—It isn't official, ~ Electrical Appliances Also Feel Impact of Fresh U. S. Rules

but the war around here is over. Three correspondents— Gene Symonds and Jack Burby of the United Press, By HAROLD HARTLEY, Times Business Editor Used car prices broke sharply here today under the impact of tougher credit controls. Buyers were quick to sense the drop. They swarmed toward used car lots early this afternoon to take double

and Charles Grutzner of the New York Times advantage of the crack in prices plus present long payment periods.

drove to 8th Army headquarters today and started to enter through an impressive brick gate. = An MP met them with = upraised hand and eye- = brow. He surveyed the correspondents’ jeep and said, “I'm- sorry, sir, but I've orders. from the deputy chief of staff not to let any unwashed jeeps into the Appliances — area.” " i Some dealers { The correspondents : washers, television sets and model EE drove across the street to deep freezers, even kitchen Cuts were reported on most lots, the 5th Air Force head- mixers, felt the strong updraft! The credit controls which go inquarters and parked there. of pre-control demand. to effect Monday will still require The used car dealers were hurt, one-third down for new and used and they set the stage to try to cars, but it shaves the period of unload their late higher-priced payments from a maximum of 21 models tomorrow. Added to their months to 15. troubles was the coming change And this is where the pinch of 1951 models, which will be in comes in. The average wage earnfull swing within 60 days. er will not be able to stand the “I'm going out of business,” higher monthly payments. Union said one used-car dealer. “I've Pressure against the controls is |made a little money and I'm get- expected to develop. |ting out. This is going to ruin 90 New car stocks are thin. It's per cent of the dealers.” the cleanout before new models,

Then they walked into 8th Army headquarters but there are plenty of late The operator said he sold a ,, 4415 on the used -car lots. It

after the military policeman admitted with a sheepish grin that he had no orders to. keep out un'S washed Correspviidents. 1948 Mercury this morning for i $095. It was priced it $1205 three vn hoinied out that the contro's days ago. He sald:.he paid $1050 rqting the value of his ‘trade-in for it three weeks ago. when he buys a new car. Other comparafive prices on In putting the brakes to the cars sold or on sale today: automobile business, the controls The Defense Department today A 1947 Buick Super sold for are expected to create a boom in listed one Franklin, Ind. man $1195 had been $1335; 1949 Ford the backshops. Car owners, unkilled in action. One Indianapolis coach, $1250 — was $1395; 1949 able to buy new or later model Gl was reported wounded in ac- Chevrolet, $1450—was $1605; 1946 used cars, will have to keep their . . ' | Cadillac, $1395—was $1895. jalopies in repair. i RliLED IN A0TN Not all dealers were slashing, Ties in Badly c. Robert Bruce Graham, son however. Some held firm. Most of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Graham, reported slow business early ing Sia tes In badly aL the Japus |Franklin. {the day. fcs. Already in some repair shops, WOUNDED IN ACTION The Federal Reserve Board's work is taken only on an “ap- | 2nd Lt. George H. Grimes, son tightening of credit terms shook |,,intment basis.” lof Ray D. Grimes, 5410 N. New the installment buying business, ,. of the biggest appliance Jersey St. Indianapolis. [like an earthquake, frightening jesiers said: “It's hard to tell

tan

refrigerators, —

Killed in Korea

Had Written Family Just Before Landing

in———— {the businessmen who hustled to Pfc. Graham was on a boat/unload as fast as possible. {ready to make one of .the land-| lings in upper southern Korea

(Continued on Page 2—Col. 3) Ld

fl On in Earnest Monday

Former Provisions Failed to Check Prices, Reserve Board Declares

Pd! WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UP)—Beginning Monday, / ‘new government credit curbs wilh make it harder to buy ite of Franklin : jautomobiles, television sets and dozens of other consumer High School, he Fic- Grabam items on the installment. plan. Played on he varsity footpall, In an anti-inflation move announced last night, the squa n as a & o . . . arr) basketball and track Federal Reserve Board tightened the credit curbs issued : last month to require bigger, Home Appliances=25 per cont

teams. Surviving besides his mother down payments on Many down payment instead of 15 per cent, and the maximum payment

and father are two sisters, Mrs. , A Billie Carolyn Davis, Portsmouth, items and shorter periods to period cut from 18 to 15 months, Furniture and Rugs—The down

0. and Mrs, Mary Wheeler, pay off the balance of the pur[payment will ‘be 15 per cent

Franklin. ichase price. instead of 10 and the balance

. wa » = _ {Kus springing the larger trap to{when to his par. ME C redit Curbs to Clamp

ents. i The letter came Sept. 15. He was killed on

i { the 1st Division, JER F | 5th Marine Regi- 2 g ment. A 1948 gradu-

Eo { Here is the way the new regula- " "must be paid off in 15 months A one-third down, rather than iS8, {pay off the balance. ‘of 18. ‘Apply on Purchases of $50 or More Uninvited, after-hours visitors during World War II -but restrictions on other items are genIt might be safer: would be forced out of business. to give needy World War II veterOwner Thomas Coers convinced _ This is prohibitive.” a Kaiser- ans up to 30 years to repay morts Mr. Coers was checking yester- enough, but 15 months will ruin day’s receipts in the rear of the us.” ment period of only 25 years, but the agency agreed to approve

tions affect: ug | Automobiles . ' |payment-—the same as before Unclassified Loans — Must be Ripping at Wall {but 15 months. instead of 21 to paid off in 15 months instead Would-Be Burglar In the future these curbs will apply on all purchases of $50 of . more. - Prevjously, the limit was $100. . Believed Wounded i The new curbs on automobiles are identical to those imposed at the Brass Pharmacy, 2143 N. erally more lenient. oo Illinois St., ‘might try coming in In Detroit. automobile industry spokesmen immediately issued the door instead of through the 308TY complaints - that they — an unidentified man of this eariy{ taser. dealer sald. “It hon: Row, gage loans. today by shooting first and asking PRLS FE ean r Ty og 8! months would have been bad| The VA said earlier that it would permit a minimum repaydrugstore about 1:50 a. m. when, The Veterans Administration he heard noises and went inves- terms up to 30 years if necessary meantime loosened -some of itS tq enable the veteran to meet monthly payments.

Outside, he saw someone strip- "¢" housing “credit restrictions

i Ig Tal hn Old Provisions Fail to Check Price Hikes : . ee, — shots, heard one scream. The Spokesmen for. the Federal Reserve Board said it was forced man disappeared. Police thought 0 tighten its consumer credit regulations because the September the visitor may have been provisions failed to check the rising price spiral. ; i In announcing the new rules, Federal Reserve Chairman Thomas

wounded. The Brass Pharmacy was robbed B- McCabe noted many retailers had complained that credit curbs

Apr. 1 of $240 and $800 worth of Were hurting their business. : d i ted ° narcotics ‘by thieves who gained, Nevertheless, he said, “the fact Ee A raring hole in the remains that the underlying ih- as well as credit in specific areas, - & flationary forces are unabated including installment credit.”

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UP)—Here is a chart showing how the new credit curbs will increase down payments and raise ntonth-

ly installment payments for a number of typical items: ge old ‘New oud New

Down Down Monthly Monthly Cost Payment Payment Payment Payment

Summer's Here Summer is here. Why go ‘to Florida? i A The temperature reached 3 At noon and was due to ~ hit 77 this afternoon, according to the weather " man. Tonight will be fine for a picnic, but showers are expected tomorrow,

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