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MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1950
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193 Ships Pull Out 105,000 Troops ‘With ‘Little Loss
2413 Children Clothed hy Times Fund
And There's Enough Left Over to Care For 200 More
By ART WRIGHT Today is a Merry Christmas for 2413 needy children. They are wearing new, warm clothes purchased by the generous people of Indianapolis who poured $81,767.40—a 21-year record— into The Times Clothe-A-Child.
To the hundreds of youngsters who are disappointed today be-!
cause they didn't receive their!
new clothes for Christmas, The Times Clothe-A-Child makes this promise:
Some 200 of you will be clothed|
after Christmas. There's that much money coming in to continue the job. More than 200 will be clothed this week if the people dig deeper into their pockets and share more of their Christmas money , with Clothe-A-Child. At Clothe-A-Child there is no
as many more children as possi-
ble. How many that will be will}
depend upon the cash contributions the public continues to send to Clothe-A-Child today and to morrow . . . for hundreds of these needy boys and girls ‘can’ depend only on Clothe-A-Child to them warm this winte
pe: : : still wish to take children to the
stores and buy warm clothes for them may make appointments to meet needy children at Clothe-A-|: Child headquarters by telephoning RI-5551. Those who wish to contribute to the fund may send checks or money orders to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Mary land St. Despite the all-time record of pre - Christmas shopping for Clothe-A-Child youngsters there still are hundreds of poor, shivering children who are looking to Clothe - A - Child for help. They are as needy as the ragged youngsters helped before Christmas, This Christmas Day would be a good time to send your contribution to Clothe-A-Child.
MERRY CHRISTMAS WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UP) ~The Washington Times-Herald today bore this banner headline: “There is no bad news on Page 1 today.”
Have a Merry 1951 Holiday in
Your Own Home
® This is the season when we often hear the phrase —*“There’'s no place like home!” You should find
fortably in the security of the home that will suit your family for years to come, ®Smart home-shoppers look where they know they will find the largest number of homes For Sale. Smart home-shop-pers read the real estate classified colmns of The
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Michaol Caskey's Zyeurold eyes were wide with wonderment this morning over what Santa tree last night at 5720 Primrose Ave. And that look brought joy to his
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‘ Thank God,
Of Evacuation
‘Best Present This Christmas,’ He Declares
By WARREN DUFFEE United Press Staff Correspondent
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 25 — President Truman
Christmas present I could have”-—news of the successful Hungnam evacuation.
In an early morning Christmas statement from his home here, the Chief Executive said reverently: “I thank God for the success of the Hungnam operation.” “It is the best Christmas present I could have,” Mr. Truman said. . The news came to the Chief Executive late in the calm of a crisp, moonlit Christmas Eve. He had spent a restful, friendly evening with his family and friends. He got the news from a& White House staff member who had
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ‘I Say, Well Done’ Mr. Truman said: “I say ‘well done,’ to Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Almond.” He was referring to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Far Eastern commander, and Maj. Gen. Edward IM. Almond, who directed the ' |Hungnam beachhead operations. The President, obviously buoyed
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peace-loving peoples throughout
Thanks for Giving—
Merry Christmas to All
Who Clothed Children
The Times Lists Those Who Contributed Unselfishly to Help the City's Needy
Clothe-A-Child headquarters. City Police. . . . For guarding] Mile-O-Dimes Funds while de-! positing them at the Merchants National Bank. Citizens Gas and Coke Utility. « « » For furnishing coke to keep the firemen warm at the Mile-O-Dimes. Firemen’s Post No. 42 of the American Legion and other City Firemen. . . . For being on duty at The Mile-O-Dimes 24 hours a day, even in zero weather, Indianapolis Insurance Agency. . «+ For insurance protection for the Mile-O-Dimes. - Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
Child headquarters. Indianapolis Railways. . . . For moving bus stops to provide space for the Mile-O-Dimes. Indianapolis Typewriter Co. ... For free use of typewriters at Clothe-A-Child headquarters. Indianapolis Water Co. . . . For free water service at Clothe-A-Child headquarters. John Guedelhoefer. . . . For providing Clothe-A-Child with headquarters rent-free at 206 W. Maryland St. John Ramp, Dodge-Plymouth Dealer . . . For devoting two Saturday afternoon WFBM-TV television shows to raise money for Clothe-A-Child . . . and thanks to Fred Smith of WFBM, for his
+ + « For free lights at Clothe-A-|
A great big “MERRY CHRISTMAS”—and thank you—goes out from The Times Clothe-A-Child to the following organizations and individuals who gave unselfishly to Clothe-A-Child's record year: Adding Machine Sales and Service . . . For use of the adding machine at Clothe-A-Child headquarters. Business Furniture Co. . « . For providing ye of furniture at
‘Merry Christmas
We can't repeat it too often. The record breaking support given by the people of Indianapolis to The Clothe-A-Child this Yul is a tribute to Indianapolis as the outstanding city of ‘good neighbors.” Here is how Indianapolis poured $81,767.40 into Clothe-A-Child before Christmas to outfit a record number of 24138 children: Cash Contributions
(an all time record) $26,382.30 Spent by direct donors who took a record number of 1289 children to the stores (conservatively esti-
" uss Mile - O - Dimes
(mo than a mile) ...... $10,270.10
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$81,767.40
STUDY DRAFT PROPOSAL WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UP) —Defense were reported today to be con-
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Lepartment officlals|a))
ce-0-Rama Trials Start Tomorrow
seeking parts in the 1951 Times Ice-O-Rama will start at 9 a. m. tomorrow at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. The first group to report wiil be skaters of all ages througn 10 years. All participants must bring their own skates.
held in February at the Coliseum. Dick Miller, manager of the Coliseum, again is providing the time for rehearsals and the show s0 The Times may raise money for a worthy charity. Director of the show is Mrs. Mary McClean who staged last year's successful production which attracted a capacity crowd. There will be parts in the show for the tiny tots as well as the experienced skaters. Other tryouts this week from 9 a. m. until 11 a. m. will -be held for the following groups: WEDNESDAY-—11 years of age through 14 years. FRIDAY- All high school
trations and tryouts for adults and specialty numbers will be held at a later date to be snnounced in The Times.
White Christmas? Still a Chance
Maybe it will be a little late, but Indianapolis might have a hint of a White Christmas after
The weatherman said there
sidering a plan for combining|may be some snow here tonight universal military training with/and tomorrow, but not enough to ue present Selective Service set-/give those new Christmas sleds a
Iworkout.
Amateurs Get Chance To Enter Times Show y iq Package
Tryouts for amateur skaters
the world in a “moral mobilization” to check communism. In a speech broadcast over the nation, he urged the American people to think anev. of the real meaning of Christmas’ origin and
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MR. AND MRS. Robert Coy handled one package done up with
It gurgled and gurgled and The Times Ice-O-Rama will be|SUrgled
It was a boy, the first child born in Indianapolis on Christmas day. The Santa arrival became a Hoosier at 12:08 a. m. in Methodist Hospital, weighing in
Jokingly, Mr. Coy said the famfly was considering the name Nicholas but probably would set-
The gift of life also was welcomed by two sisters and a broth9; Kathy, 6, and 4, at the family home,
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ting their way out of a six-day Chinese ater enti south of the Lo rT
rn equipbient. sited Deo. 13. One regiment of the U. 8. 7th Division wert aboard ship Dec. 14 and the
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rest of the 7th loaded Dec. 19.
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We Sank to Our Knees—
The Great Star Shone Says Truman —Infinite, Immortal
A Brightness Appeared in the Sky, While We Who Were Left Looked With Wonder
By FRANK E. ADAMS TLL never forget that last Christmas.
Jt'was only by the accident of assignment that I was with the Guided Missiles Brigade—rather, what was left ofjt. The time. was five minutes past midnight, Dec. 24, 19—. Then it happened. Even over the earth's curvature you could see the giant mushroom rising higher . . . and higher . . . and
Left No No Arms Or Supplies, Savs Almond
91,000 Civilians, 17,500 Vehicles Are Taken Along .
By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Dec. 25—The entire U. S. 10th Corps of 105, 000 men has been evacuated by sea from the frozen Hungnam beachhead it was announced today.
The men already are establishing a new defense line in the Pusan-Pohang area of southeast-
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higher... As most of us had exhbetad feared, the last of the great wars—the one of the atom and hydrogen bombs— finally had come. It was, ironically enough, the war that really was to end all wars. Oh, the world didn’t destroy itself—not quite. But the war did mark the end of that sometimes wonderful, sometimes frightening period that had its bright beginning at Bethlehem and the beginning of its end in the darkness at Hiroshima. . . » “on # J SURE, there were untouched places—up the far reaches of the Amazon and deep in the African jungles, wild tribes continued their simple existence. ‘Yet, not even all the desolate areas escaped. Siberia and the northland was one great burning pit where the great bomb had wiped out the massed forces which marched obediently to death for a dream of conquest. Dust and rubble were the monuments to New York, London, Paris, Cairo, Moscow . . . the Pentagon was a gravel pit and the Kremlin the tomb of the last revolutionary. Culture sputtered and died in the Rothingsens that had been Westminster Abbey. “You know the “why” of it. The faiths and morals of a civilization disintegrated in the world’s counting houses. Music gave way to the crass cacaphony of hammered steel in the furnaces of war. Want was undying and freedom was taken for granted. There were no new Magna Cartas, nor Bills of Rights. While the end was not yet, it was in sight. Or, so we thought... . td . # n ” - WHAT was left of the Brigade, was on that most remote of remote advance bases, a tiny atoll at —longitude, —latitude, 386 miles southwest of . .. And still I took notes for stories I never wrote. There was no one to print them. What I did write was simply a report for the handful of men who were burrowed underground some thousands of miles to the rear, and who automatically carried the war to its “victorious” end. With us on the atoll was the last and greatest of bombs on its launching ramp. If the computers, with their charts and graphs, were correct, and they most surely were, this would end it. 5 It was to take 111% seconds for the missile to reach its mark. Grim-faced and dead-tired, we watched. The bomb struck, and the cloud rose.
# ¥ .’ . » . SUDDENLY, as if it had encountered some im. penetrable wall it stopped its ascension and began sinking. Seemingly it folded within itself. And, over it, growing in intensity and pushing the darkness aside as if it were a curtain, a great brightness appeared in the sky. We who were left of the Brigade looked with wonder at the great light and then almost unbelievingly into one another’s eyes. As one man we sank to our knees to continue our watch. : For, high, high over the deadly cloud on the horizon the great star in the East still shone, infinite and im-
mortal.
the Chosin reservoir
and crews still
division was loaded at Hungnam Taree
ian out of
to board amphibious tractors and landing craft because all jeeps and trucks already were gone. Tanks and trucks were loaded aboard ship with their riding them. U. 8. and Japanese nated in the merchant flotilla which but there were some British vessels in
re aap eloss if enemy's. throat. Included” ‘were 10
ern Korea, the announcement added. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond reported the last troops were taken off by Christmas Eve in an unprecedented 13-day loading operation that also included evacuation of 91,000 Korean refugees 17,500 vehicles and 350,000. tons of equipment and supplies. A Navy spokesman in Tokyo said the evacuation fleet included 193 ships of all kinds, supported by the firepower of seven aircraft
TOKYO, Dec. 25 (UP)—The withdrawal from the Hungnam beachhead was a redeployment and not an evacuation, Vice Adm. Charles T. Joy told a press conference today. Adm, Joy, commander of U. 8. Tarai forces In the Far Bact and United Nations naval comredeploymen
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carriers, the battleship Missouri, two heavy cruisers, eight detroyers and three rocket ships. Safely at Sea All of the troops, including far north as the Yalu River boundary with Manchuria before being recalled, now either are safely at sea or already landed in southeast Korea, Gen. Almond reported. Gen. Almond, commander of the 10th Corps, said the unprecedented evacuation was accomplished with “little loss.’ The massed firepower of warships and artillery formed a “ring of death” which held at bay an estimated 140,000 Chinese Communists and North Koreans. A Navy spokesman said that not one man was wounded during the last day of the evacuation Sunday when the last 9000 men of the U. 8. 3d Division were taken aboard ship. Hungnam and its docks were left a burning wreck for the
the Allied armada sailed south to establish a new defense line around the Pusan bridgehead.
Planned Timetable Although the evacuation | made under intermittent Communist attack it did not resemble the British withdrawal of more than 300,000 men at Dunkirk in World War II.
lowed a planned loading timetable and took all their equip-~ ment with them, The withdrawal was -accomsiplished by a massive American fleet which helped to hold the pressing Communists at bay with a shattering barrage that tripled in intensity as the last rear guards ran for the beach and the boats that took them off. “There has been no abandonment of equipment or supplies,” Gen. Almond said in a report to Gen. Douglas MacArthur on the unprecedented withdrawal. » With * the evacuation, United Nations forces gave up all North Korea to the Communists and braced in the Seoul area against
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