Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1950 — Page 3

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FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1950

Along Bullet Boulevard—

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By FRED SPARKS SOMEWHERE IN NORTH KOREA, Nov. 10 (CDN) How scared can you get and still do a job of war? That military mystery has been answered by' thousands of young Americans during this Korean expedition—each in his own, private way. Certainly: we are a super-sensitiv e people. Each * youngster during childhood is told: "Watch. out! Don't scratch that scab! Be careful walking down the stairs! Don’t go without your rubbers! . |.» : ; Then all of-a sudden he is propelled to a bullet-gullied battlefield where that body he has been taught to protect (as if it was cello-phane-wrapped) is exposed to flying instruments which rip and tear. : The average result (according to battlefield doctors): More penetrating pangs ‘of Internal fear than. bother tae placid Englishman, the fatalistic Oriental, the disciplined German . . . (Of course, real courage means -to fight well when You are frightfully frightened. And. despite some nasty early chapters our Gls have fought bloody well!) : > :

Mr. Sparks

ing is definite in this regard at 111 ans : the moment, because several de-| i ile'r : a wel

tils remain to be worked out. "We can reveal,” Ryan said. that we* have received a. firm Eve ani major league offer for l.ou as a ___piayer, but would not.

accepting it without Lou's approval.

first getting “Replaces Boudreau

On 2-Year Contract

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Lopez, wearing a gray suit; was ntrodiced to the newsmen and One) said he had no plans ready to

land Indians in a trade for Gene Y¢ announced yet.

Woodling and played out the 1947 This came as a very pleasant season before being released to Surprise to. me.” he said. “1 Knew take over the managership of In nothing about it. until: a short dianapolis. time ago. It was all discussed In his 19 vears as a maior 2ttween Frank E. McKinney, In-|

and the Cleveland In-

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league catcher, Lopez caught in i g ; 1862 games, more than any other a! Lopez says he will go to catcher in baseball history he. draft meetings for the Cleve-Two-Year Contract tand.ciub in Cincinnati on Nov. 16 Lopez’ contraet is for the Lopez said he just arrived in

and '52 se:

town this morning. and “1 had in. inkling of what would happen wasn't sure. I'm replacing and I think we

isons and calls for the

ry ever paid a § leveland manager. but 1 Boureau was paid an estimated a darn good man,

$70,000 a year the last two years can have a winning ball club.” of his contract, signed With tie ema— former owner Bill Vesck, That ~ contract, however, was "Refuge!

playerananage; agreement. SNOHOMISH, Washi., Nov.

Ryan said "I'd like to. make it 10. (UP) George Swigert's clear that Boudreau's disassocia- belief that a pelice station tion with the Cleveland -Indianss would be. one of the safest has no bearing on our admiration places. was shaken today.

for him as a gentleman and plaver. Because of this high pel sonal regard. and Lou's loug and efficient service to the Cleveland ball club, we have been endeavor

Swigert refused to give two men ‘a ride in his auto. They tartpdt to - chase him. He" ducked into the police station and hid in a closet

ing to arrange a managerial job When he emerged, the pair with another major league cluty was ‘still -waiting for him, and we're happy to say that this Theyv beat him up and broke

is now nearing completion his nose, Ryan added | though, | thay ‘riot

right in the station he complained.

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Youths Find War Makes Short Work Of Mother's Apron Stri

The percentage of those Gls who quit cold under fire could

be hidden by a.beaver's eyelid. en route to bullet boulevard.

A higher number wriggled out

Medical records show that the largest number - of (imaginary ) trick knees, splitting ‘headaches and old football. injuries started to grupt viglently just before Korean-bound units sailed. This

Cw as particularly so among reserves called back for another com-

bat. Wives and girl friends played their part by mumbling: “Gee, you did it before. Why must you do it again? Once the troop transports left the lipstick legions behind a neared Korea itself, sick bay emptied. The lads were actually

ashamed to turn in with even legitimate complaints.

being. * ‘shirker” suspects.

They feared

It’s’ not always the physical weaklings who find urgent busi-

ness away

from the battle zones.

More often, a small or thin

man’s ambition to prove be's as tough as his heavily muscled buddies needles him to fantastic feats. America being the most electrified, neon-lighted nation in this world, our boys carry their-instinctive fear of the dark into the

fox holes. Remember:

Millions of Yanks keep a bulb burning all’

night at home, a habit that invites fatal fire up front. When nerves give they usually give at night—particularly in

Business Leaders

Join. to Fight Tax

CORRAL Larios:

Excess Profits Plan Called ‘Dangerous’

WASHINGTON. Nov, 10 (UP) A group of 100 prominent busiiessmen has organized to fight a proposed eN(ess profits tax. named the Business Committee on - Emergency Corporate Taxation, yesterday urged Congress .to enact a “deprofits tax” which would current levies,

The group

fense increase They said an excess profits tax, levied on profits above an establighied figure, could be “inflatipnary and destructive.” Beardsley -. Ruml, New York économist and temporary chief spokesman of the group, said “no excess profits tax has ever been devised that will not do more harm than good.” ‘Dangerous Tax’ “It is a very harmful and dangerous tax.” he said, “in ‘spite of 1ts superficial plausibility.” The committee said “business profits must bear their fair share” of the.nation’s increased.taxes. It

said, however. that an excess profits levy would ‘“transferm managerial initiative in getting

efticient production and distribu=r into a system where tax savings, and not earned profits, will be the test of business decisions,” ” » =F -

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Zionist Group to Hear r. W. L. Young

Dr. William Lindsay Young, vice president of the National Conference of Christians and "Jews. will address the November meeting of the Indianapolis Zionist District at 8 p. m. Tuesday at Kirshbaum Center. Guests at the meeting will be the Indianapolis chapter of the American Christian Palestine Committee. Dr. Sumner IL. Martin, superintendent of the Indianapolis area of the Methodist Church, will introduce the speaker. Dr. Young is expected to argue against the anti-Zionist propaganda of Yussif El-Bandak, secretary of the “Holy Land Christian Committee.” :

Powers Expect to End

German State of War PARIS. Nov. matic circles

here expect the

Western powers to end the state

of war with Germany early next year. Foreign Ministers Britain and” the agreed on the action at New York meeting Sept. 19 and

asked smaller Western powers to

join them, these circles pointed out. 1 Belgium's agreement to end the state of war with Germany was anounced by Foreign Paul Van Zeeland yesterday. other replies time for a joint declaration around next January.

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were expected in’

No question. about it: Everybody jitters when steel And most everybody reacts more or legs the same way. Fear increases the flow of adrenelin, revving up the neat JiK® an Indianapolis Speedway racer. More blood is needed to

_this war when li often infiltrate camp areas after dark to pin careless doughfoots in their sleeping bags. ‘Mountains of bullets are wasted by United States troops between dawn and dusk.- They fire at everything that moves or sneezes, including cats, ‘sheep and flat-footed frogs. : -They tell about the lieutenant whose men were fast expending their stockpiles at slinking shadows. He shouted “What'll happen if ‘we run out of ammo before dawn’ A GI yelled: “1 volunteer to go back for more.” The officer Jephed: #Can’t spare a man. When we run out fix bayonets!” Excessive shooting coughed to a polite halt Many foreign armies resort to various kinds of goof pills to stimulate bravery. I've seen packets of hashish captured on: North

from: the extremities, Immediate payoff: Fingers and ‘toes get cold, even while the palms, the back of the neck. the brow and the armpits break inte. a cold sweat. Strange are the\ tales of those who ° quit” under fire, One lad. during a night fire-fight, simply went yellow-crazy, fled madly’ some six miles straight back. As it got light he ran into a group

He grabbed a bazooka, and knocked out the monster!

Koreans—they’ll make a minnow attack a shark. The United whether to « “harge “him with desertion or award him for braverks States ts : tates rejects such dope. Copyright, 1950. for The Indianapolis Times £3 UNRATE HITHER RR AS

Railroading Miracle—

Yanks Clatter Northward in Bullet-Riddled Express

HAMHUNG. Korea, Nov. 10 (UP) The Yanks are clattering north from here ona battered and bullet-riddled “front-line express.” with South Korean soldiers at the controls. North Koreans operate the stations, and a Texas major sits in the ‘president's seat. : It’s the first railway to be put into ope ~North Korea, Americans here call The opening 0} mile track to the northeast fighting front a rita miracle

Sometimes fully l6aded trains were dug out of sealed tunnels. One such train turned out to be a prize.

Aboard were 15 Yak plane engines and a large hog. The engines were sent to the rear for study, and the hog was liberated only to meet his doom a little later at a Korean irmy mess. >

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r ation in 53 First ICT Kuehl of St. Louis, Mo.

teamed up with South Korean It. Eong Soo Kim to push the project to completion. and in the process “T learned to be brakeman, switch-

U. 8 8, man, engineer and fireman.’

and ROK Army engineers did the job in twe weeks

They put captured equipment to work as soon as they found = : ’ . and repaired it . I marvel at the way, those engineers did this job,” Lt. kuehl said There was not a roundhouse or a set of tools Most railroad tunnels contained engines and rolling stock left. They began the project with bare hands.”

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When these events were recorded the Army didn® Know.