Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1950 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Parly cloudy and much colder Yoiay and tonight. Continued cold tomorrow. Low today Zero, High 20.
gist YEAR—NUMBER 280
Find 301 Local Police
Unlicensed to Drive
Gls Repulse Red Punches At Beachhead
Yanks Pile Up High Fire Power For Huge Assault
By RUTHERFORD M. POATS United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Sunday, Dec. 17— Chinese Communist troops swarmed into the wrecked northeast Korean city of Hamhung today and punched
repeatedly at the dwindling United Nations beachhead around the nearby escape port of Hung-| nam. American infantrymen gave up nearly half of the territory they, held around the port. As a new and bitter cold front | moved into North Korea the enemy carried out nightlong as-| saults on U. 8. Tth Division troops protecting the northeast flank.
The attacks were described as
harassing and probing in nature, made by groups of between 50 and 60 Communists. The attacks ‘ceased in the early morning when the Chinese failed to dent the defense lines.
Lots of Fire Power
Maj. Gen. David G. Barr, commanding the 7th U. 8. Division, was confident of the ability of the Americans to hold the beachhead ‘under a massed Chinese assault. “They may come in on us in force but we have a terrible lot of fire power concentrated in this small area now and we can just mow ‘em down,” he said. “It’s hard to believe that any mass of humanity could - keep coming in the face of the fire our lines are capable - throwing,” * he said. “They very fanatical but I don’t ne they could ever overggme us.” Maj. Gen. Robert H. ne {pee
and said “we've just got to kill them as fast as we can to keep them from coming through.”
Open Alrstrip American engineers continued to demolish bridges and communications lines useful to the enemy. At the same time a new air strip large enough to accomodate C-47 transport planes was in operation inside the defense perimeter. An estimated 15,000 refugees who crowded into the last two trains out of Hamhung before rail bridges were demolished roamed through the no-man’s-land between the United Nations and Chinese armies.
“Where's yours?” Chances are about 50-50
motorists ought to have the, right to arrest an officer, too, in a turn-about-fair-play ap-|
[plication of justice for all alike. | A check of 576 Indianapolis | police officers listed as “quali-|
fied” to drive disclosed that 301]
of them either have no licenses jor their old ones have expired, Of these 301 officers, 90 have| {no driver's licenses, according to| {a check of the officers’ names] with the license files of the State, Motor License Bureau. { Old licenses of the remaining 211 officers were listed in the|State License Bureau {having expired.
Requires Some Time
| 93 Firemen Hold No Permits;
Nor Do 4 Ambulance Operators By NOBLE REED, DAVID WATSON, IRVING LEIBOWITZ (Copyright 1950 by The Indianapolis Times) The next time a police officer asks to see your driver's license you might be justified in asking right back:
that the officer himself either
doesn’t have one or his old certificate has expired. All of which leads to the speculation that perhaps
| Of 943 City government em- | ployees authorized to operate publicly-owned vehicles, 426 or | 45 per cent of them either don’t have driver's licenses or old | ones have expired. This is | according to Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle Records.
The percentage of drivers without valid licenses in various City departments is as follows: Police Department 51 per cent City Firemen .... 45 per cent | City Hall deptm’ts 19 per cent City Sanitation :.. 21 per cent
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{to drive a vehicle.
The records showed that N-|
SUNDAY, DECEMBER
Truman Calls For All-Out Arms Effort
Decrees Emergency To Put Nation
On War Footing
(UP)—President Truman declared a national emergency today to marshal the strength of the people against the threat of all-out war with world communism.
The nation’s “full moral and | material” powers must come forth
{to meet the dangers on the road)
lof blood, sweat and tears ahead, Ihe sald. And he warned that the, stakes are the “freedoms and! {rights which are part of our way of life.” { Bluntly, he said the Red objective is not just part of Europe |and Asia but this country as well ft ‘world conquest by Communist |imperialism is the goal of the, [forces of aggression that have
files as these firemen ever had a + Hoensel been loosed on the world.”
Mr. Truman issued his procla-| {mation in late morning as the!
An estimated 50 of these 211/censes of the other 46 firemen capital surged in the most fateful] have expired. Of course, many of days for the United States and them backed the government |tion dates of all driver's licenses) these might have filed renewal/indeed the earth since mankind |
‘officers whose birthdays (expira-
[came within the last months, may have filed renewal applications on the expiration’
Processing of license applica- | tions requires 70 to 90 days be-| fore they show on the records.
ficers on the expired list, 161 or
lier than three months ago, have been without valid licenses un-| |less they filed applications with-| in the last 90 days. Who would arrest a police officer for having no driver's li-| cense? That prevailing belief in take-it-for-granted immunity is seen as the reason for the surprising number of officers who never have had a license to drive. Or, many officers may have been deluded by the false notion that a policeman doesn’t have to have a license to drive a police car. 4. All Must Have Them For thé enlightenment of those in the latter. category, the state law on, driver's licenses provides that “ALL PERSONS yehicles on the public highwiys of the State or streets of cities must have licenses.” Examiners for the State Motor License Bureau say this means police officers as well as any other persons who drive vehicles on ) Juplis thoroughfares. . They added, however, that GI driver's licenses issued by the larmed services are recognized in Indiana as valid certificates to drive. An additional check of license records disclosed that of 208 city firemen listed as regular drivers or relief drivers of fire trucks or other department vehicles, 93 either have no licenses or theirs have expired. There are no records in the License Bureau to show that hod of
months, But most of those whose birth-| days were before Sept. 1 were driving without valid licenses. Checking on down the list, the
| records show that the licenses of! ident of General Elec But the remainder of these of-| four of the eight city ambulance
drivers have expired. Or, at least,
more, whose birthdays were ear-| the records don’t show yet that
renewal applications have been ed.
Drivers of City Hall trucks and] {other vehicles in the Engineering
| Department and Street Commis(Continued on inued on Page 3—C 3—Col. 4)
3 Below Zero Forecast Here
Snow Flurries Due
In Northern Area
That isn’t Russian machinegun fire you hear rattling, mister, it’s Hoosier teeth. That brittle, crackling sound isn't your watch breaking —it's your frozen ing against your chest. Tt was to go DOWN to ZERO in Indianapolis by early morning with the mercury to hit two to three below rock bottom in outlying areas. : The Weatherman was most unkind to the Indianapolis area in the midnight on It called for partly cloudy and much colder weather today and tonight. Snow flurries were foreseen for the northern areas. No relief was seen for tomorrow. Weather observers said the temperature may soar to a fiendishly “warm” 18 or 20 during the day but it’s due to toboggan again tonight. The mercury stood at a trembling nine degrees around {midnight and all sights were:
Shirley Temple Weds Man es downward, Who Squired Her i in HawaiiHave Family Fun
Divorce Decree _ Final on Dec. 6
DEL MONTE, Cal, Dec. 18
(UP)~—Movie star Shirley Temple was married here today to Charles Black, son of a millionaire utili-* ties company president, members
of the family announced.
Mrs. "James B. Black, mother
of the bridegroom, confirmed the fact that the wedding occurred “in Del Monte.” She refused to give the exact location of the ceremony. “ It was a simple affair, attend ed only by members of the im mediate families,” Mrs. Black said. “I can’t tell you any more. “They have gone on their hon eymoon,” she add
fide in me, I assure you. I'm not allowed to give out any descrip-
tion of the wedding. All I can do ”
is confirm it.” The 22-year-old star divorced her first husband, John Agar, a little more than a year ago, with her decree becoming
,” and I can’t!’ tell you where. They didn’t con-{
Shirley Temple |naval officer, was Shirley's con-
‘Hunting for Your ‘Happiness-Home’
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® Then you all have lots of fun exploring these homes « «+ You open doors . . . count closets, check the kitchen, the back yard and make lots of notes 50 you won't forget.
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three applications within the last three embarked on World War II.
With it came executive ordre to mobilize the !sources. Wilson Heads Agency Charles E. Wilson, former prestric Co., was,
country’s re-|
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Defense Mobilization with author-| ity to use or control everything © (needed, to weld the nation into la solid wall against any hazard. Rigid production and materials controls were in the offing, along with selective price-wage controls,
more taxes. Mr. Truman addressed his proclamation to all citizens in terms reminiscent of those Winston Churchill gave the British Empire when he called it to the “blood, sweat and tears” of the conflict with nazism.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16
2 Jf 1950
Local Agents
home front scarcities, and later,
“I summon every person and (Continued on + Page §—C $-Col,
U. S. Bars Trade With Red China
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UP) ~The government cut off all U. 8. trade with Communist China and North Korea tonight and also blocked their financial assets in this country. The economic sanctions will remain in effect so long as Red China continues its intervention
Vow Support Of Government
Welcome Cut Imposed on Latest Models-
By CLIFFORD THURMAN The spotlight of the price rollback on new automobiles was focused on Indianapolis ‘dealers last night and most of
move 100 per cent. The anti-inflation order cancel-
{ing all automobile price increases
made this month and freezing
prices as of Dec. 1 may be dis-
tasteful to the manufacturers but dealers are not too unhappy over
put in charge of a new Office of {the prospective $60 to $195 price
cuts, While none of the Indianapolis dealers had received official notification of the government order last night, many of those contacted endorsed the move and pledged themselves to “go along” the government. Some Pessimistic Some voiced pessimistic notes! regarding the future of the automobile business but in the same breath backed the anti-inflation move and supported the President's all-out defense plans. Typical reaction of local dealers
contacted was voiced J nie” C. Scanlan, A aged. by Hudson the
dealer.
in the Korean war, State Department announcement said.
can ship or aircraft from enter-| ing any port or city under Chinese | Communist rule. :
“I don’t think there'll be any
{more new cars after March,” he! The orders prohibit any Ameri-! 'declared.
James D. Strickland, head of (Continued on n Page 8—Col. 2)
Second
News for women. Weddings. Gardening and social events. ....21-36
: : | Third Section | The Olymps’ Ralph Beard contemplates ending his double role in sports. Frank Anderson gives the lowdown in the Press «-
Box
Sheers seNenensenns ans
Frederick C. Othman tells how to Editorials. Hoosier Forum .
‘Other Features on Inside
About People ........... 11 Amusements ........ 70, T1 Automobiles ....eeeeiese 52 Frank Anderson ........ 38 Birth, Deaths, Events .. 11 - Henry Butler - «.cesvveas 70 Capital Capers .......... 28 Crossword ...s.eeuneesas 11 Editors Notes IEE ERE ER EN 48 Editorials SANSA RNRNBININN 48 Fashions 32
Inside The Times First Section
{Federal Judge William E. Steckler urges division of Indiana into three Federal Judicial districts. GIs wounded in Korea now at Camp Atterbury relate their experiences with the Chinese Reds ..... ; Indianapolis streets are worth $1 million more DOW than they were at the first of the year ,.......... FUER a, 14
Butler prepares for the annual Hoosier Basketball | Classic, os Elmer Davis, nationally known radio news analyst, presents a historical sketch of INAIANA + ovvvevevriernncrrnnnssnne wo 8
Fourth Section
Complete real estate news by Larry Stillerman............ {Harold H. Hartley wraps up “The Weék in Business”
with!
“I am glad to see price controls! go on,” Mr. Scanlan said. “I also
am glad the new provisions this deal,” said one. “They It w ant] prohibit manufacturers pe th
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The town's ready. So are its But employees fear the cobra-squeeze of civilian shortages long before they can 80 to work on war orders. This means sharp layoffs. And workers owe money, Prices are high. They need their pay. In the city 291,100 are working Employment’s going up. So is unemployment. Factories are hiring, but not fast enough to soak up workers from smaller towns, farms, and older men and women,
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Found in Alley
Body of Baby
Identification Sought
In Boonville 3 Times 8 State Service BOONVILLE, Dec. 16 — The tiny, well-formed body of an eight | pound new-born girl awaited] identification and burial in a Boonville funeral home tonight. The infant, believed to have| been about two days old, . was| found in a garbage heap in al
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Local Industry Puts Auto Industry
ix
On ’'51 Cars at Dec. Decree Hailed Here
Plans Fight On Roll Back
900,000 Workers Now Face Ceiling On Wages, Salaries
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UP)—Price tags on new cars were rolled back to Dec. 1 levels by the government late yesterday as it started to slug it out with skyrocketing inflation. The motor industry oot its dander up. “Why pick on us,” its leaders stated. A hot fight appeared in the making. The rollback, decreed by the Economic Stabilization Agency, was the first attempt to control prices under President Truman's national emergency proclamation, issued earlier yesterday. The freeze will run until March 1 to permit a full review of the motor industry's costs, prices and profits. The anti-inflation order can-
a jet engine wheel at Allison.
Change May Be From Low to High With No Stop in Second; Eyes on Allison
By HAROLD H. HARTLEY, Times Business Editor at Indianapolis 1nduagry tomorrow will move closer to
celed out price hikes made this month, including boosts of $60 to $195 on General Motors, Ford and Chrysler 1951 models.
Ceilings on Wages .
Ceilings also will be clamped down on wages and salaries of some 900,000 auto workers as soon as the Wage Stabilization Board completes its recommendas
. tions, probably late next week.
Man Killed by Train
Dec. 16 — was kill tonight when his truck stalled on ja B & O railroad and
[vas hit by a passenger train
Three Ways to Help—
City Getting
Push to Help
Most industry leaders greeted the tem . price control
™ porary order, with grim official silence, although
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ey priva Yowed to singh they privately was an
Ford Motor Co. and General
here | unfair and discriminatory action.
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Behind Big Unfortunate
Shivering Children Phone Clothe-A-Child,
Many in Tears When
Told They Must Wait
By ART WRIGHT
All-Indianapolis was getting
behind the “big push” today to
meet the needs of The Times Clothe-A-Child in the few days re-
maining before Christmas.
Hundreds of shivering ‘children who have no other way of getting warm clothes were anxiously awaiting the results of the
last-minute battle being waged misery. How many of them still will vel clothed won't be ‘known until Christmas Eve. Times’ shoppers! are going to the stores every day, as long as the contributions continue to come in. Individuals are making donor appointments each! {day so they may take the children to the stores themselves and {see the happy smiles on the! | youngsters’ faces. Boost From Ramp An added boost was given to {the Clothe-A-Child Fund yester{day when John Ramp,
Dodgereceived £1000 worth of
downtown Boonville alley today. p uth auto dealer A coroner's verdict was that the| well Be Ra baby had frozen to death. |pledges for Clothe-A-Child from Clues are Reported | persons who saw the Ramp firm's
through Clothe-A-Chilq against
'MILE- o- DIMES 16-Day Estimate
{40 Full Lines ........ The Mile-O-Dimes is still 20 full lines away from a mile. The Mile-O-Dimes closes at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Times Clothe-A-Child desperately needs at ilea¥t a full mile to clothe Indianapolis’ needy children . . . and still all of them who need it couldn’ be clothed. Will you help as far as you can? 3
Police Chief Bob McConnell special Clothe-A-Child television started an immediate investiga- program on WFBM-TV. Valuable tion and stated last night he had prizes were auctioned by Fred
Frederick C. Othman ... 48 Our Fair City .......ce.. 49 Potomac Patter ......... 18 Teen Problems ...........33 | Radio and Television .... 42 | World Report .......... 49 Robert Ruark .......... 46
Real Estate .......... 57-59 SCROOIS syeinesvivassnsnns B1 Sermon of the Week .... 55 | Ed Sovola 'v.....00000.0. 48
{autopsy said the little girl had sion set.
several clues which may lead to|Smith, M. C., for contributions to {an early arrest. He said, however, {Clothe - 'A-Child. The contribu{his preliminary investigation had tions will be listed in The Times {not progressed enough to war-'as checks and money orders to {rant immediate action. meet. the pledges are received. “It is a horrible thing,” Chief | Next Saturday from 2:30 until {McConnell said. “It is hard to|3 p.m. Mr. Ramp again will de{believe anyone could be so in-/vote his television show to raise human, and I expect to do my|funds for Clothe -A<Child. The best to expose and arrest the valuable Christmas gifts being guilty person.” offered to top contributors to A physician who assisted in an/Clothe-A-Child include a televi-
Local Union B-1048 IBEW. (AFL) employees of the local RCA-Victor Division have raised more than $10,000 with which to outfit needy children, They will meet the youngsters at the Times Clothe-A-Child headquarters seve eral nights this week to take them to the stores. The union and salaried employees of the firm ex pect to help Clothe-A-Child even more than in 1949, Last year they outfitted 353 youngsters. ' The Times Mile-O-Dimes on W. Washington St. also will meet its big test this week. The “mile” is
1 Harold H. Hartley ...... 57 Sports ..........e000. 37-41 been born alive and apparently] The “big brother” of The Times 3 famty! : Erskine ohnson ........ Earl Wilson ............ 46 [In good health. Death resulted Clothe-A-Child begins its annually I B Ayres & Cou ri GE EE Dan Kidney ....cceeees 48 Women’s ......ee000. 24-33 from exposure after she had been job for the needy children within| = ion for Bteaks ond, | Mrs, Manners .......... 12 Joe Willams ........... 38 [tossed into the garbage pile. - a few days. . (Continued on Page 8--Col. 8)
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post established a half day's
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Russia's formal note to United States and other Other exclusive Washington news Western powers two months ago, saying it “would not permit” rearming of Western Germany is being taken more serjously now than when it Was delivered,
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