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61st YEAR—NUMBER 273
SUNDAY, DECEMBER
10, 1950
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PRICE TEN CENTS
School Board Ready to Take Speedy Action
Survey Conducted
By The Times Bares |
Startling Conditions | By IRVING LEIBOWITZ | Hundreds of needy, under-|
nourished school children in!
Indianapolis are not getting milk during school hours. But they soon will. The additional flow of milk
into the city’s elementary schools was promised last night by DF. Herman 1. Shibler, new school superintendent, following a survey by The Times of the grade school system’s milk program. How the milk will be obtained Is still a matter for the Board of School Commissioners to decide. They will discuss the situation Tugsday night at the regular meeting of the school board. 2 Avenues Open The commissioners can ask for and receive federal aid like every other major city in Indiana. Or they can institute a local help program for needy youngsters. But, as Dr, Shibler pointed out: “The important thing is that the youngsters who need milk get milk. We know the need is great. We will get it to them somehow.” Dr. Shibler ordered his staff to make a complete survey of the school system's milk needs. Asked when the survey will begin, Dr. Shibler said: “Immediately.”
Receives Inquiries Yesterday, the state lunch division reported it had inquiries on the federal lunch program from Indianapolis school officials. According to Stanley McDon-
luneh division, paying for the in other cities and other states. Mr. McDonald, who wants Indianapolis to participate in the federal lunch program, says there are funds available to give every
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Declaration of Emergency |
They're ‘Running
Wild'— Hookey Playing Hit At Children’s Home
.... Action Sought to Keep Youngsters
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Out of Stores as Protests Grow By DONNA MIKELS Rumblings over “lack of discipline’ in the Marion Coun-
ty Children’s Guardian Home ized protest today.
Residents living around the home at 5751 University
in Irvington grew into organ-
Marshall Bares Serious Study In Arms Request W A SH INGTON, Dec. (UP)~—-Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall said to-|
day “the President is serious-|
ly considering a declaration
of national emergency.” : He made the statement to reporters after reviewing with the| Senate Appropriations Committee| President Truman’s request for an| $18 billion. emergency arms pro-| {gram. Some Senators who heard]
Ave, charged children in the county's care are “running Mr. Marshall and the Joint Chiefs
wild.” One store clerk said she planned to seek Irvington Business Men's Association intervention in. keeping hookeyplaying youngsters out of stores. Another resident near the home said he believed Home inmates were responsible for the “joyride” theft of the automobile of a guest in his home. The car was found abandoned across street, from the Guardian Home a short time later. Complaints Mounting For the past month complaints against the administration of the Home have been mounting. Most residents said discipline “fell apart” in the August to Dec. 1 period in which the Home was without a superintendent. John Mueller, director of Marion County Department of Welfare, said he was aware a discipline problem had grown. But he said he was confident newly-ap-pointed superintendent Daily E. McCoy would institute “a more positive discipline program.” “There are many problems involved in an institution like this that do not arise in a home,” he said. “The background of these children and lack of discipline in the past makes them a special problem.” One frequent complaint is that children in the Home are allowed to smoke. Said Mr. Mueller, “We know i8 not the best plan, but if sneak smokes ‘become fire hazards. This is just one of the problems that have come up.” Robert Drum, 5740 Oak Ave.
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Fire in Downtown Zanesville Rages
Threatens Block Of Buildings
ZANESVILLE, O. Dec. 10 (UP) — (Sunday) — A fire raged out of control in downtown Zanesville early today and threatened to destroy an entire block of buildings, Firemen from 10 cities battled {the blaze, which broke out in the
|elevator shaft of a department {store shortly after 10 p. m. After three hours of battle, firemen reported the fire still out of control and spreading to other business buildings. Two firemen were overcome by smoke and another was injured on an aerial ladder.
$1 Million Loss a The A. E. Starr Co. department store, a four story structure, was destroyed by the flames, which then set fire to the top three
National Bank Building. Three other adjacent buildings were
floors of the five-story Citizens g
fof Staff behind closed doors,
{said the Defense Secretary had] urged such a move as an ap-|
proach to all out mobilization and war production. But Mr. Marshall would not confirm that.
‘Deadly Seriousness’ Several Senators said the former Army Chief of Staff believed the public could not be brought to realize the “deadly seriousness” of the world situation and the sacrifices required until a presidential declaration of national emergency is made. The White House stood on the statement acting Press Secretary Stephen T. Early made last Thursday. He said then that the question of proclaiming an emergency was under consideration but no early action was expected.
and several others predicted such a presidential declaration would be made soon. ‘It's a Sin’ 2a Sen. Burnet Il. Maybank, (D,, 8.C.) said “it's a sin” not to declare a full state of emergency and put selective price and wage controls on the materials and goods the armed services need. Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, (D., Wyo.) who heard Mr. Marshall, said regarding 2 national emerency: “It's here. It's really a recognition of facts.”
ablaze in the rear. City authorities age already had lon. All fire departments within a 25 mile radius and a hook and ladder truck and a pumper from Columbus, 50 miles northwest of here, were at the scene,
estimated dam-|s reached $1
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Join Relief Column ForFinal Dash to Sea
Chinese Reds Hint Desire to Quit in Korea
Tell India’s UN Aide They'd Like to End
War at Early Date | By EDWIN S. ROSENTHAL
United Press Staff Correspondent
Dec. 9 — Communist China indicated today that it wants to end the fighting in Korea “as early as possible.”
As Armada Stands By For Possible ‘Dunkirk’
Americans May Face Bitter Resistance From |
Fresh Red Troops on
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Hamhung Plains
By RUTHERFORD F. POATS, United Press Staff Correspondent
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mile drive to the sea.
| The linkup took place six miles south of Koto-Ri as a
The indication came from |i
Gen. Wu Hsiu-Chuan, Peking delegate to the United Nations who conferred this morning at his Waldorf-Astoria suite in New York with India’s Sir Benegal Rau. The mild-mannered Indian is author of a 13-nation appeal for Chinese Communist troops to halt at the 38th Parallel dividing North and South Korea. After calling a brief meeting of the 13 Asian and Arab nations which sponsored the appeal, Mr, Rau told reporters: “The Peking representatives have indicated to us that their
government is giving careful con-|-
sideration to the 13-power appeal
and is desirous to bring the fight-| | & ing to an end as early as pos-|
sible.” Withdrawal Demanded Mr. Rau's statement came shortly after Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky made formal demand that “all fore
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posal for. the to The nme lit of a trap in northeast Korea.
e United Nations main committee in the third day of de-
vast naval armada stood by in the harbor of Hungnam
veady for a possible Dunkirk tvacuation of the troops. United Press Correspondent Charles Moore reported later that some of the Marines who had been trapped in the area south of the Chosin reservoir had reached Hamhung this morning. . Once they began rolling the Marine vehicles emerged from the hills in a steady stream with an undisclosed number reaching the Japan sea, Mr. Moore said. The northbound rescue task force of the U. 8. 3d Division, spearheaded by approximately 1000 Marines and Army engineers, linked up with the southbound First Marine and Tth Infantry Divisions along a Communist-in-fested mountain road #botit 26 miles northwest of Hamhung.
Vehicles of the previously traptroo te began
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Britain Asks Censorship of Korean News
MacArthur Suspends Regular Press
TOKYO, Sunday, Dec. 10—A battered column of 20,000 Briefing Sessions American Marines and infantrymen trapped by Chinése| py EARNEST HEBERECHT Communists in northeast Korea linked up in force today LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. with a relief column from the south and began a final 35-
United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Sunday, Dec: 10— The British Commonwealth ranking - military officer in Japan and Korea renewed his call for censorship on war reports from Korea Saturday
and American commanders tight ened restrictions on news from the front. A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur said he knew of no direct censorship measures being contemplated by the Supreme Commander. But he announced that regular press briefings would not be held Saturday and Sunday and could not say whether they would be resumed Monday. Withhold ‘Dunkirk’ Plan Lt. Gen. Sir Horace Robertson, administrative commander of British Commonwealth forces in Korea, issued a statement in which he said he felt the need for censorship "
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DT) withheld much of the information they freely released when the United Nations was winning.
Troops linked up with 3d Divi. the route, indicating the Americhild two cents for every bottle | ¥
on a six-power resolution The 8th Army in west Korea
of ‘milk purchased. However, many school board officials here shun the federal lunch program for fear of ‘the strings attached” or because they are against the principle of “government handouts.” Results of Survey A Times survey of neighborhood schools showed: Many children who need milk and are unable to pay for it must wait for other students to drink their milk on the other side of the room. Te Free milk is being distributed to some needy youngsters. But it is not enough to take care of the hundreds of children who can’t pay the full price (28 cents a week). Two crackers are also given with each bottle of milk. Some school principals, aware that most children in low income families are deficient in their diet, have taken it upon themselves to! interest civic clubs and churches: in purchasing milk for needy youngsters.
free milk. Opposition to the federal lunch program has been evident here for along. time, according to Dr. Shibler. Appropriated by Congress But, with the funds available for needy youngsters, many educators wonder why the city gchool board doesn’t take advantage of the federal program. The federal lunch program funds are appropriated by Congress. Last year, Congress appropriated nearly $84 million for
__the lunch program. Of this, In-) diana received $1.5 million and
Indianapolis refused to particite. Marion County schools participated wholeheartedly in the program, giving youngsters hot meals and milk every day. However, several city educators pointed out that where children live
far from schools the need. is
greater for such a program. Other school officials claim the rieed is greater in cities) for a milk program. They say city
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But the principals| gay the need is great for more|
‘These Were Her First'—
Hunt "Young Mother’ Who Abandoned 4 After Birth
Quartet Starts Life as Orphans;
Times Inquiry Finds Formula for Little Ones
By TED KNAP THEIR FIRST day in the world was a cruel one. Less than two hours after they were born yesterday, four little ones were abandoned by their mother. They started life as orphans, : ar i ; - The new arrivals were born at 8:30 a. m. in a barrel on the back porch at 1425 Mill St. The barrel was rather small, and Mrs. Frank Howard was afraid they might suffocate. So she Photo, Page 41
ishinsky publicly today that he was near- ;
After peering through his thick - glasses for Philippines Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo, Mr. Vishinsky told the United Nations main political committee:
“Because of my myopia,
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Attorneys Say Murder
Indictment Illegal WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UP)—
put some matting in a large box and moved them there. This bewildered the mother. She ran away from home about 10 a. m.,, and still hadn't returned by late last night.
» ou ” FRIENDS and neighbors of the Howards are out looking for the mother.
“Feed them every four hours with a mixture of canned milk, warm water and syrup. Later, add cod liver oil.” Mrs. Howard fed them with a ‘baby ‘doll nipple. .
blame the mother too much. “She's only 13 months old, Mrs. Howard called The and these were her first,” sheTimes for help. The Times explained. called Mrs. Leona Frankfort, lee. who is an authority in such THE YOUNG mother matters. She gave the follow- named “Shep.” ; ing advice, which is being fol- She is a brown-gray shepherd lowed by the Howards: - dog, about three feet high.
Bayt Could Legally Run To Succeed Self as Mayor
Unofficial Opinion Is Handed Down
By the State Attorney General's Office re By CLIFFORD THURMAN ~~
is
for the simple reason he is not now the Mayor. office handed down yesterday.
Mrs. Howard said she couldn't |
That was the unofficial opinion of the state attorney general's
Under the law, the office pointed out in an opinion requested by Corporation Counsel Ed Knight, the former City Controller is only
Attorneys for. Oscar Collazo, who tried ‘to assassinate President |Truman, have asked dismissal of {a murder indictment on grounds, lit is “vague, uncertain, indefinite lay ” and invalid.’ The attorneys told federal dis-
I don’t know r. Romulo 2 is here or npf.”
{trict court yesterday that the! Nov. 24.
|grand jury’ indictment of the
troops out of Korea. , Rau said his negotiations Gen. Wu were still “fluid” ce no formal reply to the aphad come from Peking. He scheduled another meeting of the 13 nations Monday. It was understood the Chinese 1 “feelers” would not hamper Mr. Rau's efforts at proposing a buffer zone between the opposing armies in Korea. Mr. Vishinsky's proposal, similar to Russian efforts in the past to get the United Nations Army out of Korea, was not taken seriously by the Indians, nor the Western nations. Hadn't Much Faith Likewise, the major Western powers did not place too much ifaith in Mr. Rau’s extended negotiations which began when Gen. {Wu and eight other Peking dele‘gates arrived. in New; York
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Expect Grand Jury report on Julietta “within a week”.... “The World's Greatest Christmas Stories” to be published {| in The Times starting toINOTTOW sesescssssannnnsens | Soaring prices, limited income
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Mayor Bayt can legally run to succeed himself if he so srs Second Section
Mother - to - be should spurn non-professional advice .... Traders Point hunt ball staged
acting Mayor filling the unexpired term of the late Mayor Feeney. : Mayor Bayt, however, is not at For the Greatest all certain he wants the job. He
requested Mr. Knight to get a Selection of Home
“We think fit is indicated clearly - that the City Controller, while
“acting as Mayor, is NOT the ® Mayor
but only acting Mayor. It ated clearly
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was no indication that the appeal would be rejected. : They - pointed out that even closer contacts with the Chinese Communists was being maintained in Peking where India has accredited representatives.
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Snickers Aren't Funny—
Girl Pleads to End Shame Of Wearing Castoff Clothes
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sorry Christmas is coming because “I don’t have any clothes
sion rescue Communists east of the escape highway were believed attempting an end run arrow) around Americans who had savage gauntlet to run before reaching escape port of Hungm.
Two Escape Prison
By Fleeing Over Roof
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UP)—A man. charged with stealing $277,000 dolars in postal notes and another charged with being involved in a ring which stole at least 50 automobiles escaped tonight from the Federal House of Detention here. Police said the men apparently hid on a stairway after an exercise period and escaped over the roof of the building. A 13:s%ate alarm was. sent out {for the men, Charles Perry, 25, of Memphis, Tenn., and Francis P. Grills, also 25, of Australia.
EGG PRICES SPIRAL CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (UP) — Wholesale egg prices stood at a 30-year high on the Chicago market today, ‘and retail prices spiraled upward to keep pace with them.
cans probably faced bitter resistance
Air observers reported fanatical enemy troops were moving both north and south, apparen replacing units blasted by air attacks with fresh troops. = The linkup in force was announced by U. 8. 10th Corps Headquarters even as massive Chinese reinforcements surged down from the north to try to seal off and annihilate the beleaguered Marines and 7th Division infantrymen. : Earlier reports said advance elements of the two American forces had linked up south of Koto-Ri. This may mean that patrols had met in the no-mans-land between the two, main forces before they joined today. The Chinese were reported offering only scattered resistance to the Marine advance toward the sea, although ‘they were said to
be. building. up. forces . south .of
Koto-Ri area. In northwest Korea a tight security blackout veiled further withdrawals of the United Nations forces below Pyongyang. A high American official said Seoul would be defended, although an 8th Army spokesman said today that the 8th Army had made “no commitment” on whether that would be the case. 4 7000 Evacuated In the air, enemy planes rose to challenge American fighters and four running dogfights were reported. Each time the enemy fled 'to his Manchurian sanctuary. In London the British Admir-
Clothe-A-Child
Have you ever stood in a schoolyard, wearing castoff, ill-fitting garments, while other pupils snickered at your clothes? Have your children ever undergone this shame? J It is a miserable experience for a child. Fortunately, it happens comparatively few in this country. But it does happen to It happened to a 13 year-old girl right here in Faas ling
some polis.
MILE-O-DIMES
‘Santa turned over the letter to 9-Day Estimate Ciothe-A-Child, so that generous, oo thetic Indianapolis people your dimes
Full Lines sseess $8201.20 on The on
alty announced that 7000 soldiers ;and civilians had been evacuated
The 60,000-man 10th Corps was
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UP)— vestiga
cance night briefing sessions, a military situation map from correspondents’ billet at Seoul and cautioned newsmen to refrain from locating United Nation units in the field or giving the new enemy information he might not already have. The 10th Corps, in northeast Korea, imposed a blackout on the progess of a Marine column's drive out of encirclement, until the Navy Department in Washington announced Friday that the column was then six miles from a linkup with a relief force drive ing northward. Under a “voluntary censorship” correspondents on the northeast front refrained for more than & week from reporting obvious prep= arations for a great Dunkirk evacuation of the 10 Corps until the story was hinted by some - Senators and broken in Seoul,
Press ‘Asked Censorship
- American 9th Corps Headquarters on the Western front has made it known informally that correspondents are unwelcome and has suspended its press brief ing. Some high officers of this corps, which with the South Korean 2d Corps suffered the heavfest losses before the Chinese avalanche threw United Nations forces into retreat, have blamed the press for exposing its posi tions and weaknesses and theres: by contributing to the defeat. Correspondents contended that in virtually every instance they merely quoted 9th Corps official ispokesmen who often disclosed for publication information that some. other headquarters might classify top secret. . } Gen. MacArthur decided against press censorship at the beginning of United Nations intervention in Korea despite requests by major press associations that it be ine
partly an experimen censorship he
destroy- stituted.
a war without the found “abhorrent” in the last two