Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1950 — Page 1

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1950

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FINAL HOME

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The Job Isn’

{An Editorial)

t Done

The Higa at or thr ob 1 EI to De deme.

It can’t be done by just ordinary efforts . . . or by -

ordinary giving.

The goal this year is higher than it has been . . . and

meeting it is more important. Thousands of soldiers have been moved into the area for training ... and more thousands are still to come. Of course they're welcome in Indianapolis . . . as welcome as we hope our own men in uniform will be wherever they are stationed. But words of welcomé aren't enough, Certain minimum services must be maintained for them here. ~ ‘The Community -Fund has undertaken to provide the barest minimum of cash to

Allies Hit Breakneck Pa

40p Liberals Back Dewey

On ‘lke’ OK

N. Y. Governor Takes Self Out As '52 Aspirant NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (UP) —Liberal Republicans jumped | aboard an Ike-for-President! bandwagon today in a boom| {for Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-|

handle that service through next year. It is part of the whole hower sparked by Gov.

Community Fund goal. If the Fund falls short . . .

the services.

so will

It is our first new civic war-time job... and it hasn’ t

been finished.

Thomas E. Dewey of New York. | Gov. Dewey, still titular head of the Republican Party despite his two unsuccessful bids for the] presidency, said he was ready w go all out to elect the World W

‘THERE are other additions that had to be made this II Supreme Commander in Europe

to the White House in 1952.

year. New agencies have united in the drive. They won't be, But Gen. Eisenhower, who pub-|

having separate drives of their own. It is our first big step toward one united campaign .

. . in which we can all work

once, and give once, for all the needs of a whole year . . . a plan that can save Indianapolis many thousands of dollars and thousands upon thousands of hours of work every

year. Those budgets are part

of the campaign goal, too. .

Success of this fund campaign is always important ‘ue

every year.

This year it seems to be to us more important than ever that the goal be reached . . . ‘that the whole amount

need’ be raised.

It can be done only if everybody works . . a little more than usual in the few days that election “very easily.” Mr. Morse nicipal councils.

body gives . remain or this 1950 campaign.

. and every-!

Control Lid Clamps Down On Cars, Appliances, Tv

" Federal Reserve Board Promises Review of New Buying Curbs ‘Soon’

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UP

money down and bigger monthly payments on automobiles, television sets, refrigerators and other household app today. Stiff new credit regulations became effective at 11:01 p. m. (In-

dianapolis Time) last night. The Féderal ment buying curbs. “reasonably " soon” to see if they should be re-|" vised.

A board spokesman said the check probably would be made in about three weéks. After that, he, said, the credit rules will be tightened further, relaxed or left as they are, depending on outcome; of the survey. Complaints Bitter Angry retailers and automobile] dealers have complained bitterly

that the installment buying regu-| | demanded drastic action and it from the Wake Island conference, |

lations are hurting their business. ' Some auto spokesmen said they will be forced to close up shop unless the curbs are eased right away. Under the new rules, the down payment of automobiles remains at one-third but the balance must

be paid off in 15 instead of 21/

months. Initial payments on television sets, refrigerators and other household appliances were boosted from 15 to 25 per cent and the down payment for furniture was raised from 10 to 15 per cent, On these items, the balance must be paid off in 15 months instead of the previous 18. "Down payments will be required on all installment purchases of $50 or more. The old limit was $100. Department store charge accounts are not affected, but the board still may clamp down on them, too. The curbs were stiffened only 30 days after the board imposed its original “Regulation W” to govern installment buying. Chairman Maury L. Nee of the Retail Industry’s National Planning Committee, immediately

)—Consumers start paying more

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Reserve Board promised to review the new install-

Sharged that the board acted in bad faith.” His group, he said, had been given the impression that the original “Regulation W” would remain unchanged for at least 120

The board spokesman replied that “they may have got the im{pression all right, but I'm sure the] 'board didn't make any such’ promises.” He said the situation “clearly;

was taken.” Many retailers said the ‘curbs differ little from regular credit| practices and should have no serious effect on their business.

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licly disavowed all presidential as-| pirations and wants “nothing to! do with politics,” refused to see reporters. Gov. Dewey's indorsement was made on the NBC television show “Meet The Press,” yesterday. In sparking the Eisenhower boom, Gov. Dewey “definitely and finally” removed himself from the GOP presidential field in 1952.

Morse Approves Liberal GOP Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregan said he “completely” Agret With Gov. Dewey’s choice f the general. He predicted Gen. ioe Rare could win the 1952

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{was at Anchorage, Alaska, where (he is starting a Senate subcom-| “| mittee inspection tour of Alaskan | military posts. At Olympia, Wash., Gov. Arthur] Langlie said Le hopes Gen. Eisenhower is interested in becoming a great na-

times.” Sen. Robert' A. Taft (R. 0.), campaigning for re-election on Nov. 7, refused comment on Gov. Dewey's move, which other GOP leaders regarded as a direct challenge to his presidential aspirations and those of Gov. Earl Warren of California, 1948 GOP vice presidential candidate. “I feel there is nothing for me to say,” Mr. Taft said at his Cincinnati home.

“Fine,” Says Truman

At Salt Lake City, GOP -National n Guy George Gabrielson said the national committee's job was to “elect” not “select” a party candidate and at Gov. Dewey had a right to lexpress “personal preference.” At Honolulu, on his way home

President Truman merely said, | “fine, fine,” when told of Gov. Dewey's action. But the White House staff was convinced that even with Gov. Dewey's indorsement, “Ike” would not actively lend himself to a 1852 buildup. Gov. Dewey said that he pro{posed Gen. Eisenhower without consulting him and did not know | whether the general would be a. Republican. . Albany sources said it was Gov. | Dewey's second attempt to per- | politics. ~ The first was in 1949 when Gov. {Dewey wantéd to appoint him {to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Robert Wagner (D. N. Y.), but |Gen. Eisenhower turned it down.

tional leader in these Jperfious "0

Jprayer meetings.

Bullets Across the Canal—

CAMP ATTERBURY, Oct. 16 (UP)— Capt. Don B, Clark shook hands with a new recruit in his company of the 112th Infantry Regiment today and felt fortunate to be alive. The recruit, John Day, could have killed him—and almost did—in September of 1944. During World War II, Capt. Clark's regiment was stalled by a flooded canal near Dueren, Germany. - Capt. Clark, of State College, Pa., set up an observation post in a nearby church steeple, overlooking German emplacements on the other side of the canal. In one of those emplacements was a newly-conscripted machine-gunner, Rect. Day. He fired across the canal and occasionally aimed pear the church, He thought the church steeple was a good

Soviet Germany 98.44% Pure Red

35,544 Voters Run Risks of ‘No’

BERLIN, Oct. 18 (UP) —— The| East German government re-| ported today that returns from| general elections in the Soviet] zone of Germany yesterday) showed it to be 98.44 per cent| pure. Communist. The voters had only to. choose | between the single slate of Communist candidates or register disapproval. Those voting no had to enter a booth marked “against| peace.” Despite the hazard, 35,544 voted| { no, the government reported. The| voting was for a permanent na-| tional assembly and state and mu-

fire directly at t

the United State

ham, Pa., home

Ret. Day an Capt. Clark, lea while swapping

Capt. Clark dec said, “There's n in combat than

‘Gen. MacArthur Slept He

An official announcement by the government said: There were 12,331,905 eligible voters.

Of these, 12,088,745 voted for|

“certainly|the Communist ticket.

There were 15,634 invalid votes. | There were 35,544 votes ¢ gainst| i

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{the Communist ticket. In Soviet zone elections last! year for a provisional people's Songress, one third of the people voted against the sifgle slate, | The Russians sealed off their zone of Germany as the voting| began.

Wife ‘Forgives' Pastor's Romance |

AMERY, Wis., Oct. 16 (UP)—| The Rev. Harold Nicholas’ wife said today she will “stick by him and forgive him” for running off| to Nebraska with a pretty 16-| year-old girl. | host Sheriff James Moore left Fremont, Neb., to pick up the 28Se id minister and the gir sh ways station and his wife, Eliza[Nicholas will face charges of con- beth, was: formerly a bookkeeper #

tributing to the delinquency of a at A nglo-Californian National minor, Bank at Oakland. They've lived Mrs. Nicholas, mother of two here five months. They are Rechildren, said her husband's elope- Publicans. ment with the girl had caught her| Gen. MacArthur, with an aide “completely unaware.” She never and his political adviser, Brig. dreamed, she said, that they were Gen. Courtney Whitney, occupied. carrying on a romance. {the Jeffcotts’ quonset cottage last) “But I intend to stick by him night and President Truman twice and forgive him,” Mrs. Nicholas/conferred there with Gen. Macsaid. “I still love him very much.” Arthur. She said she and her husband * often had driven the girl to, WHEN THE JEFFCOTTS reAnd, Mrs. Nich- turned to their home the little olas said, she “thought nothing of place was a mess. The beds were it” when the minister dropped her/unmade. The furniture was off first on the atl home before changed around. The kitchen was driving to the girl’s house.

H. Jeffcott, formerly of Oakland,

| guests,

Deacons of the Rev. Mr. Nich- overflowing. .A bamboo waste olas’ Apple River Evangelical pasket was full of eggshells and Church had become suspicious] orange peels. Soiled tablecloths

goings-on with the girl. They de- kitchen.

{| Gov. Dewey appointed his foreign | policy adviser John Foster Dulles instead.

'SEARCH BUSH FOR FIVE

EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 16 (UP) — Twelve search planes {fanned out over the rolling bus {lands of northern Alberta today [looking for a private plane miss-| ling since Saturday with five 'hun:ers aboard.

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Did They Discuss Formosa ?—

Truman Flew 15,000 Miles to MacArthur,

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But He May Not Have Learned Anything

General's Views on Japan Are Known And UN Has Drafted Korean Blueprint

By CLYDE FARNSWORTH, Serips-Howard Staff Writer HONOLULU, Oct. 16—If President Truman and Gen. © MmeArthur patched up their differences on the Formosa issue, they did it secretly, just between themselves. And that seems doubtful. sor this and other reasons it is still questionable wnetner tne

President's

foreign policy speech Tuesday night in San Francisco

or his United Nations’ address on Oct. 24 actually will reflect the Gen

complete unanimity of

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tional security and peace in 5 Pacific region. _President Truman's “very com-| plete unanimity of view” phrase may or may not have been in-| tended to apply to the one-hour prefisiugty talk between him and

that Formosa was not discussed

. MacArthur. But it's known

manded his resignation last week.! Nearby was an ashtray full-of

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his pipe. The kitchen sink was full of dirty dishes, Manulesa, a houseboy from Ellice t Island. Customarily, Manulesa ~ comes in only once a-week to help Betty with her housecleaning. . - » 5 THE TIRED HOUSEBOY had taken off like a gooney bird when the guests left, so Betty plopped onto the ex-presidential chair, asked Ray to fix her a highball to sustain her until Manuiesa could come tapping and announce {in Gilbertese language, “Ko nange iroko kaitaki te anto.” It means, “I have come to clean [the house.” The cottage is basically a GI {quonset but a projecting screened | {veranda runs its entire front {length, facing the eastern surf. {The 50-foot length and 20-foot! {width of the building are divided linto two bedrooms, bath, kitchen, |

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X Marks the Spol—

War Il Foes Meet in Atterbury Outfit

lookout point but couldn't bring himself to

he church.

After Germany's surrender, Ret. Day, who was born in America but who had been living with grandparents in Germany; returned to

8s and claimed his citizenship.

He was drafted last month from his Chelten-

and assigned to Pennsyl-

vania's 28th Infantry Division here.

d his company commander, rned they were ‘old friends” war stories.

“I'm proud to have him in my company,”

lared. Rect. Day smiled and o one I'd rather accompany Capt. Clark.”

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After Smashing

through the rain-drenched Ko

Seventy thousand Americ Australian troops were fannin of them at breakneck speed. Pyongyang this week. The hour of decision for the shattered Communist army was

at hand. | The speed with which the Allied forces were advancing along the

‘ main roads of North Korea at-

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Mrs. Raymond H. fefeety

Wake Island Couple Is Hos For Meeting of Doug, Harry

Pan-Am Worker, Wife Return to GI Quonset to Find Home in a Mess

ripps-Howard Newspapers

WAKE ISLAND, Bet. 16—8ocial note: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond |

Cal.,, and Midway Island, wer

and hostess to Harry 8S. Truman and Douglas A. MacArthur| for {at their Wake Island shore cottage—but they never met their house

Mr. Jeffcott, 32, is building foreman for the Pan- American Alr- — back to Tokyo Sunday from his

Teeth’ In Speed

Racing is a top sport Hoosierland—but not on U, 8. 40. Judge George Ober of Speed-

way Magistrate's Court fined |PTOVe to the people there that itics”

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{tested to the virtual collapse of [the North Korean defenses. | The South Korean 1st Division !led the big push. It dtove through {sporadic resistance to the area of |Suan, 38 miles southwest of the |capital.

The U. 8. 24th Division, first to fight in Korea, stormed back into] {action on the left wing of the Al-! [led drive. It struck up the west |coast toward Haeju, 63 miles |south of Pyongyang. It was the eighth division, plus a British|Australian brigade, to join the | push. GIs Make Beeline

A report from Seoul said the jo . 8. 1st Cavalry Division, breaking out of the last of the moun{tains on the road to Pyongyang. 8 raced 14 miles into Sohang, 42 ae south of the capital. | The division had charged | making a beeline northward. Out lof the worst of the rugged coun-

try, it was in position to matchiconference an election the speed of the South Koreans to win favor for the

in the race for the capital.

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Troops

ace To Take Red Capital

Sweeping Down On Pyongyang

Ist Cavalry Division Makes Beeline

Out of Mountains

By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Tuesday, Oct. 17—Four Allied columns raced

rean hills today in a converg-

ing sweep toward Pyongyang, Red capital.

an, South Korean, British and g through North Korea, some

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Truman Hops From Hawaii For Mainland

By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Reporter HONOLULU, T. H,, Oct. 16 President Truman took off for the mainland at 10:28 a. m., In-

dianapolis time, today in his fly

ing white house, the Independence, He is due in San Francisco tonight at 8 o'clock. He will re main there overnight. Then tomorrow night from the San Francisco Opera House, where the United Nations was founded in 1945, he will report to the nation by radio on his Wake Island conference on the Far East with Gen. Douglas MacArthur. White House informants sa.d it was unlikely that the Presi dent would proclaim a new United States policy toward Asia. GOP Gets Busy } There were indications that the

{through Namchonjom and was Republican Party may be plane

ning to beat Mr, Truman to the punch politically. by labeling the

Democrdts

from independént voters who now

At the northeast end of the may associate the administration

{130-mile arc before Pyongyang, part of the South Korean Capital {Division dashed 15 miles along the coastal highway to positions |within five miles of the industrial Jcenter of Hamhung. The fourth Allied column spear|ing for Pyongyang was made up lof South Korean Capital and 3d|

due west from the Wonsan area, {through Tongyang, 67 miles east of Pyongyang. Halls Conference Gen. Douglas MacArthur flew

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conference with President Truman at Wake, The General told newsmen the President's visit to the Pacific will “arouse great enthusiasm throughout the Far East” and

two youths $31.75 each today | Peace shall be secured in the Pa-

and suspended 30-day sentences

on the Indiana State Farm on | their conviction of spéeding on | W. Washington St. at 70 miles

an hour.

James Prace

lost their drivers’ license for an indefinite period.

la chaos. The garbage can was State Board of Health

Lists 23 Polio Cases

Board of some time ago of his alleged were piled ‘in a corner of the Health reported 23 new polio cases | and one death today. George M. Hayes Jr,, 36, North shaped up, high officials of the

The Indiana State

{burned matches with which Gen. Manchester (W a ba s h> County), MacArthur perhaps had stoked died yesterday in Methodist Hospital in Ft. Wayne. The week-end totals compared left untouched by with 21 cases and one death for

he same period last Year. .

and. Robert | Lewis, both of Bridgeport; also

ieific and that Asia shall be free, not slave.” The plight. of the Communists was reflected in 2 Red communique from Pyongyang. It said the North Koreans were “continuing the bitter battle with the advancing enemy on all fronts.” Fresh forces were thrown into an- ttempt to crash through the center of the Communist defense line. Name Officials

«As the plans for the final vieory over the North Koreans

South Korean government said in Seoul, that plans were being pushed to appoint local; and provincial officials in North Korean towns loyal to the Republican - government,

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flowered kimonos.

more closely with the MacArthurled victory in Korea. Harold E. Stassen, former Republican governor of Minnesota, will discuss the Wake Island meet» ling in a nationwide radio broade cast tonight at 10:30 p. m., Ine {dianapolis Time. Plans were announced by the

| Division elements. It was striking Republican National Committee,

{but a spokesman emphasized that Mr, Stassen’s speech is not being {sponsored by the committee. However, the University of

{Pennsylvania president will be in-

troduced by Sen. Owen Brewster (R. Me.), chairman of the GOP’s Senatorial Campaign Committee, . Staff Irritated The White House staff was irritated no end by insinuations that the President's trip was “pol« The official version was that the President needed gan across-the-table conference with Gen. MacArthur befors Congress resumes. Mr, Truman, who evidenced an unusual waspish mood en routs to Wake Island, was the picture of conviviality yesterday as he

toured the Diamond Head area,

His route was lined by thousands of cheering Hawaiians dressed in everything from bathing trunks to Many shouted, “Hello, Uncle Harry!” The White House staff was well aware that many Americans were puzzled at the shortness of “his :

[conference with Gen. MacArthur,

Mr. Truman was closeted with the General alone for an hour and the two met with their top advisors for another hour. One White House official exe

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THE PAN-AM Er in charge!

view” he formally reported as an achievement of the Wake Island conference, Formosa is the last stronghold of the Chinese Nationalists, who withdrew to the Jsang under the leadership of iang -shek after their defeat by the Chinese Communists the mainland.

States could help the United Nations “promote and maintain international ‘peace and security throughout the Pacific area.” If Gen. MacArthur replied to this inquiry in the round-table discussion, he did so without discussing Formosa, according to the beat available Infrae. . Views Collided 3 Yet in his Veterans of Foreign Wars’ statement in August, which ‘collided with the administration's

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at the following round-table dis-| cussion. If they discussed Yormos pri-| vately, it's doubtful that either| changed the mind of the other. The administration's policy has been expressed by withholding support from the island and by its stand that Formosa's future should be settled somehow by the, United Nations. | ‘The MacArthur view has been] that by one way or another the | of Formosa against any

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notified the Jeffcotts about noon! i8aturday that company was com-| | ing. - Betty moved a lot’ of per-|

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Shine On—

The weatherman has another ht fall day in store for Mr. | ad

Mrs. Indianapolis tomorrow. sky will be clear, sun will | | ay and the temperature will |

Members of the 7th pe ioniey Division and troops of the ROK shed |

8. Army pl ea

spot near Suwon where Ist Cavalry and 7th Division men first met when they

Korea, trapping yo of Rd. soldiers.

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