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FORECAST: Snow or sleet tonight and tomorrow. Much colder tomorrow. Low tonight 22, high tomorrow 28.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY "13, 1951

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Sleet, Snow

Our Objective: KiLL—

Coming in Fair ‘Meat Grinder’ Tactics

Moonlight

Colder Tonight And Tomorrow

Is Forecast LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m..3 10a m.. 35 : : 7a m..3 11 a m..34 (Parallelin this war of maneu8a m..35 12 (Noon) 38 |ver against the Communists’ 9a m.. 35 1 xm... 32

superior numbers is “purely academic,” he said. He reiterated his basic strategy

Humidity at 11:30 a. m. 96% By CLIFFORD THURMAN

The moonlight will be fair|—to keep the Chinese Communist | °

3 supply lines extended so they may tonight along the Wabash . . pe lashed from the air while su.

in a sheet of bitter ice and perior United Nations tank “and

snow ... ° artillery forces grind up the Reds,

; at the front. Hoosierland—and good old

Indianapolis—pulled on heavy

upon the enemy as possible, striving constantly to keep him off

balance to prevent his obtaining glorious Northland was waltzing southward as the day wore on, and holding the tactical initiative

while at the same time avoiding Her trailing skirts had covered|". all of northern Indiana with a |Dazards inherent in his numerical

weather. The Ice Queen of the great and

cake of ice that reached consider- superiority,” Gen. MacArthur said. | §

He cautioned, however, that the ably below Lafayette. : : Official. Weather Bureau fore- Chinese Communists could not be

‘casts called for freezing rain in |COnsidered defeated no matter

thow successful these tactics may Ipdianapolis this afternoon Withigeom vn numners of enemy killed. sleet or snow tonight and tomor-

hi hine: , , 1 row. It was: expected to be much |p, 70¢ © sae ods. De ad, stn colder this afternoon and tonight | ower and material within the + » . and colder tomorrow. sanctuary of their Manchurian 2 Above Freezing |borders which they can call upon It was just two degrees above at wil to replace losses in Korea. freezing at noon. It was a “warm” | Gen. MacArthur admitted 54 degrees at 4 a.m. frankly he couldn't see clearly the Weather Bureau officials joined outcome of the war under the state police and the Indiana State present limitations. United NaHighway Commission in warning! tions forces are outnumbered and that hazardous conditions Were the source of supply for the Reda

approaching. In the north and in China still is protected from

Reds Not Whipped “We are still engaged in a war!

f maneuver with the object of] clothing this afternoon in prepa-|° i © ration of more and bigger Eskimo inflicting as heavy a punishment

-® > To Continue—Doug By ROBERT VERMILLION, United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Feb. 13-—Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today lon his return from a flying trip to the Korean front that the U. 8. 8th Army will continue its “meat grinder” tactics of killing the Chinese Communists in Korea without attempting to seize or hold any particular territory. Whether or not United Nations forces cross the 38th

Gen. MacArthur

dependent upon international yet known here,” Gen. MacArthur said. fe RA He did not elaborate on what these “decisions” are or by whom they were taken.

“Meanwhile, the command is doing everything that could reasonably be expected of it,” he said.

Gen. MacArthur's flying trip to the front was his second in recent days. However, on his pre-

north - central portions of thelajr attack.

state, roads were dangerous be-| “What the future has in store!

fore noon. They were expected to in Korea continues to be largely! be extremely hazardous south of} Ne Indianapolis early this afternoon. . : = An ice storm—100 miles wide— If Congress OK’s Draft— was whipping south through Mis- . souri, Illinois, Indian4 and south-! ° ern Michigan in the wake of . Classifying of heavy snow which left five inches| . in Wisconsin.

Temperatures were dropping from Wisconsin to Texas as the new cold wave took a firm grip and marched southward from polar regions. As the state girded for a fresh! onslaught of bitter weather, trans- boards may be classifying them portation and communications them by fall concerns prepared for another siege.

State Manpower Pool

one dependent—will have to go

Week's Layoff Ends

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Feb. 13 Indiana Adjutant General, yester-|

day estimated the supply of 19-! t (UP)—More than 12,000 Stude-|o a Ge S orne baker Corp. workers returned tol 10 26 non-veteran, non-deferred,

|non-rejected and non-dependent|

work this merning following men will begin to run out in In-.

week's layoff blamed on material ye : shortages caused by the rail tras. 1208 this s er,

“We won’t run fic snarl in the railroad switch-iyray' or June. Bat ens rs | men’s strike. {start classifying others then,” Passenger" car and civilian gon Hitchcock sald. “It takes truck production were suspended | rom 60 to 90 days to classify

during the week, but the military tpem jisten to appeals and get|1ankY and very nervous youth

truck line was not affected. |ready to induct them.”

*® be f till labl On the Inside moe omen su avaiavie in|

wena May Begin Before Summer Induction Would Be in Fall,

By CARL HENN If Congress decides to draft 18-year-olds, Marion County draft

{sat at his own murder trial today | Gen. Hitchcock said the total Rd smiled.

vious flight he was “unable to land in Korea because of a snowstorm,

Youths, 18,

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Running Low

considerations and decisions Be

The utility filed & complaint ty Circuit Court this morning, re-

Tanker Flying British Flag

Captain, Mate Wounded by Shore Batteries

ONG KONG, Feb. 13 (UP)—Chinese Communists shelled a British tanker as it approached Hong Kong today. The ship was damaged and two officers were injured. The “Caltex II,” operated by a

British subsidiary of the American Texas Co. was fired on as

Hong Kong. The wounded were Capt. Adams (first name unavailable) and Chief Officer E. U. Anderson, both British. They suffered flesh wounds from shell splinters. Chief Anderson was taken to a hospital where his condition was described as fair. Capt. Adam {remained on the ship. : The Reds, firing from the island just outside Hong Xong territorial waters, scored at least two |hits on the ship. The stern was

| damaged.

Bell Takes Rate Demands to Court

Complains of ‘Undue Delays’ Before PSC

Angered by “prolonged and! costly delays” before the state Public Service Commission, Indiana Bell Telephone Co. today took its demands for a $4.9 million rate increase to court. ”

questing an injunction to permit it to put temporary rates into effect immediately, In September, the PSC granted the telephone company a $2.5 million rate increase. Three months later, the utility filed a new demand before the commission asking for $4.9 million, ‘Undue Delays’

by May or June and inducting, {

It all depends on which group—18-year-olds, unmarried non- fu Belay 8” In proceedings before | veterans with no specific reason to be deferred, or non-veterans with “2 . {

Action Brings Smile To Young Kelly

By JOE ALLISON Times Staff Writer

GREENFIELD, Feb. 13—A tall,

Earl Michael Kelly, 17, accused n the slaying last June of Albert

over a motion By Mr. Jones to in-| corporate all the public's testi-| mony in a previous case into the present record.

A. H. Warne, secretary-treasur-er of the utility, said the telephone company had suffered “un-

she passed Lintin Island in the| § Pearl River estaurary leading to

The last legal tangle between ™ {

the utility and Public Counselor Walter Jones came two weeks ago

The commission thus far has not acted on the issue. The telephone company serves 80 cities and towns in Indiana, If the rate increase is granted, tele-

phone bills would rise about 75 cents a month in Indianapolis. Seek 6% Return In filing the court suit, sMr. Warne said: | “The company is now earning! at an annual rate of 3.8 per cent on the fair value of its’ property

| _|M., Thayer, widely known IndiOf The Times wot ve stated. and CaN anapolis attorney, had another DOTary rates would provide a re-

| Won't Last Out Year But his estimate revealed that

|Indiana, unlike some other dis-|

Page J. C. Penney tells the principerous business ...c.ceeees Indianapolis Servicemen’'s Center is going back into | the business of recording | servicemen’s messages jin September, “back home”. .. social and | bridal news . . . bridge.. 6, 7 quotas have been rising since John Lester tells how “The then. For February, the combined!

|with its present reserve.

when their first

combined quota was 191 men. The he assist in the defense. Harris (Continued on Page 2-—Col. 7)

lawyer as his trial entered the turn of about 6 per cent” second day. !

Utility spokesmen said the Sos]

The accused smiled as T. Ern- pany would make refunds to cus-| ples he used to build a pros- |tricts in the United States, wii:|®st Maholm, Indianapolis attor- tomers in the event the rates’

4. ney, appeared early today and finally established are in an 4 not be able to last out the Yedr|| sok his seat beside him. Mr. stance less than the tem 'Maholm announced that the de- rates. 46.30.51 end'53 began arenas tendant's mother and. other in go terested parties had asked that]

Senate Votes Stiff

Voice of America” blankets |Marion County quota is 303 me the world with 38 sending | stations . . . radio and TV preparing to induct 20-year-olds, schedules ..... Ed Sovola, tiring of winter, |in so far. hangs paper leaves on a tree |

ity Park 11] er rn by Har- |to go before Indiana must search| old H. Hartley . . . short lits male population for men ine

interesting stories

tessa ene

Many Enlist {

sree ven

” hool bus People weighs nn of one |and Navy units has shrunken the life against 40 lives ....... 13 number available for Selective

Service.

High school basketball scor- “We have to call more men,

ing leaders battle tonight | Frank Anderson asks

“What has happened to the (ent rate,” said Mrs. spectators” . . complete chum, SPOrtS NEWS ..avsserass |

Other Features on Inside too” Mrs. Mitchum added. About People ... Amusements Frank Anderson .........15 Jimmie Angelopolous .:...14

svesvess 13 [cause of physical and I-Q rejections, deferments and enlistments |we have to call at’ least three {times as many men as our quota

censssannsseas 8

svssssnene calls for.” DE { © 4 Called, 1 Chosen COMICS +...se0ssesessesss21 | For February's quota, for exCrossword ......es0s00+2.13 |ample, approximately 1200 men Editorials ....ccovevssnnes .12 |were called in- Marion County to

get 303. That’s.four to one.

iva Harold H. Hartley Gen. Hitchcock said military

Erskine Johnson ...ceoee Gaynor Maddox Frederick C. Othman .. Radio and Television..:. 9 Ed Sovola «i iisseicinsseill Sports ......psevieess 14-16 Earl Wilson ascesssssseessll Women's ..ovoivenensses6T

seems equally divided on which |groups .to call up. “Personally,” he said, “between ia husky 18-year-old who has fin-

established man, I'll take | younger one—for training.”

Draft Board officials here . Valentines Warm 9 although none have been sworn Heart of Butchie Despite New Cast

That ‘leaves only 19-year-olds| __

“About |another category. And a rush oft his face was wreathe: |19-year-olds to enlist in Air Force as the postman deli . than 100 Valentines, some from ' 'P.Prison terms were passed by ater will open 30 as far away as England and the fe Senate today and sent to the

| Pacific isles.

“Be-| for Butchie.

big bundles of mail to Butchie’s| home at 5013 Minnesota St.|State Revenue Department anletter -con- other extra year to dig up intaining a half-penny from a Cpl:{formation and notify taxpayers James Hardy in London. A Shel-/of improper returns and concealbyville airman, Pvt. Bob Woods, |ment of incomes. It would extend| the time from the present three |years to four years. :

They

sent a card from Okinawa and said a package would. follow.

candy and cards. + |ished high school and a married, their kindness to Butchie,”

BUTCHIE BAUER'S body was ncasedein a new cast today, but

vered more

The ‘shower of Valentines

now because of the high enlist-'makes a total of 3500 pieces of OUSLY, Would give the State RevHelen maj] the 4-year-old invalid has °NU® Department power to ex-| chiet clerk of Marion receivei since The Times and *™Ine taxpayers’ books, issue 14, 16 County draft boards, |WIBC disc jockey Easy Gwinn Subpenas for investigations, im- : “Our rejection rate is still high, made an appeal for notes of cheer P0S€ Prison sentences of two to |14 years and fines ran | $1000 for fraudulent t

» ” » THE POSTMAN delivered two!

included a

Butchie’'s most faithful corre-|

and congressional opinion still] spondents, the boys from Penn-|

her eyes, . i

Tax Collection Bills

d in smiles 2 weeping crackdown on State

One Measure Lists

Fines, Prison Terms By NOBLE REED: | The first of a series of bills for

08s Income Tax collections |

One measure, passed unani-

Another bill,

Seek to“ Close Loopholes

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the other at 8:15

minutes {the sessions are

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free. More than $1000 worth of gifts were given away yésterday. ! | A. 1951 Philco electric range County Superior Court, Feb. 23. was Mrs. Laura Murphy Blueher, 440 ging up to given .to Mrs. Hilga M. Reed, W. Merrill 8t., was ordered to reMrs. port to Municipal Court the same preparing to leave the date,

glass”

ax evasions. 448% N, Highland Ave. passed 30 to 17 Reed was in the Senate, would give the

“This is the first time anything perior Court Feb. 23. {like this has happened t® me.” Gifts also were given to 84-| \year-6ld Mrs. Irene Dice, 1047/for the Office of Housing Expe- program which ignores so vital a W. 36th St., eldest homemaker in diter, said his office would ask to need as civil defense in the name attendance. Mrs. Leona Repp, 515/appear as a friend of the court in!of false economy.” The measure also ‘would force N. Jersey St. a bride of only one all the cases. sylvania’s 28th Division stationed firms and individuals to report month, was the homemaker mafat Atterbury, showered him with all payments to employees or _ [stockholders over $100 during a “God bless these soldiers Jor | calendar year. Under present laws Si firms report only payments that the| mother, Ms. Waiter Bauer said Porth, UY ham {with tears

ried most recently. Mrs. Grace en these people into buying, or| Andrew, Republican chairman of Britton, 2410 Bfoadway was the moving from their properties,” he the powerful House Ways and homemaker married the longest said.

time, She has been married 55 The tenants have registered GOP econémy plan to slash the (Continued on Page 2—Ool. 5) (Continued on Page 3—Col. 2), (Continued on Page 2—Col. 3), -

A Communist prisoner, who was caught in the searing blaze of a napalm bomb, is shown being interviewed by a United Nations personnel man. The Communist soldier held his blistered hands up in agony and his face was a grotesque mask that mirrored the horror dropped by the Allied planes which fire-bomb the

Red spearheads, aimed at Wonju (I), threaten to split the central front in half, but United Nations forces roll with the punch” and retire to' a secret defense line. Before contact was broken fighting raged from Chipyong (2) to 10 miles north of Pyongchang (3). Seoul quiet. Allies repulse mortar attacks at Yongdungpo (4). South Koreans just below 38th Parallel.

[Cooking School Sets Mark— Magic Meals’ Event Draws

used for Indiana service. The tem- More Than i 500 Persons

Gifts Topping $1000 in Value Are

Given Away at First Session in Murat By JEANE JONES . . - Attendance records for a day-time rooking school here were Civil Defense Plan ci maser. of a russe tered yesterday afternoon when a near-capacity crowd filled jou assenge Murat Theater for the first session of The Times Cooking School. | More than 1500 homemakers applauded Mrs. Marie Daugherty and her staff from the National Livestock and Meat Board for their “magic meals” cooking on the theater stage. The attendance was at least 500 more than any ——— -

previous daytime school held in | Indianapolis.

Mrs. Reed scheduled to begin. Admission is landlord, who is trying to

Allies Roll Back As Reds Cut Line Open; Fliers Ferret Out Foe With Secret Trick

Chinese Shell Hen Came From Above UN Disengages Enemy ig To Slip Out of Danger

As Hoengsong Falls

Invaders Head for Highway Hub; Heavy Fighting Follows Probing Attacks By EARNEST HOBERECHT, United Press Statf Correspondent TOKYO, Wednesday, Feb. 14—United Nations forces rolled with the Chinese Communist punch in central Korea Tuesday. They disengaged and slipped out of range to the south while the Air Force blasted Red war traffic with a new

reasons. The Communists followed up their advantage with a

ing United Nations forces off a hill and broadening their attack front from 40 to 50 miles. Front dispatches said the Reds have massed six Chinese Communist and two North Korean army corps for their central front offensive. At full strength this would be 140,000 to 170,000 troops. About one-third have been thrown into battle and the rest are waiting for a breakthrough. The U. 8. 10th Corps abandoned the anchor point of

talions and a South Korean regiment. |New Defense Line

fense line in front of Wonju, 10 miles south of Hoengsong. Their withdrawal ranged from 12 to 15 miles since the new Red counter-offensive opened Monday morning. Ground fighting on the Hoengsong front faded during the day while the Reds moved south to seek out the new defense line, EN : They found it Tuesday night and hit one point haan of the Allied line with'a 500-man attack.

. The drive punched a hole in the Allied line and fighting continued into the night.

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After a full day of attacks the Com sts launched a heavy thrust against the town at 7 30 a. m,

(Indianapolis Time), supported by tanks or self-propelled

Blast Allied Positions

couldn't identify it precisely—was blasting Allied positions i |With direct fire from the northwest. The main attack was followed by subsidiary attacks from the East and West. Details were sketchy, the spokesman said, but mortar fire was dropping inside Chipyong early Wednesday morning. : American and French troops still held Chipyong against repeated attacks, but the Reds were slipping around the city. They struck south, aiming at the vital Yoju-Wonju lateral highway 15 miles below Chipyong. : Once in possession of the highway, the Reds could strike a" either east or west and tear loose the new Allied defense line with flank attacks. Far East Air Force planes roared out to hit the Communist columns. They blasted one group of 1000 men eight (miles southeast of Chipyong and other:-smaller groups in the same area.

Feuding Holds Up

600 Safe as Engineer

| Dies at the Throttle JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 13

with 600 p rs died of a heart attack while at the controls yesterday. A “dead man’s brake" which : EE goes on automatically when the ‘ y age By ANDY OLOFSON | engineer lets go of the throttle, ] Row F amilies The vital civil defense Peogtam beouent the train to a sate stop, {| The engineer was Joseph Barry, {for Indiana today bogged down in| 52, of Grantwood, N. J, The trate

[the miire of a political feud In od left Hoboken, N. J., for South

Democrats Hit GOP's ‘False Economy’

3 {the state legislature, { Or der ed to Court | Top Democrats accused the Re. Orange, N. J.

{publican Party of “going shopping, . |at the bargain counter” for a de- List Your Home

will A Feb. | . Tigh ) ppeas eh » range A oe or With a Broker Who Uses Times Ads

them evicted. Miss Louise Dickerson, 434 W. Merrill St., was ordered to Marion|

@® Practically everyone, who is looking for that home of their own, reads The Times Classified Col-

In Eviction Fight present proposal for a full-time Two families in “the row” were, Hugh Dillion, Democratic floor] ordered to appear in court today leader, joined Democratic State, @ The Times carries the | Allison, 3375 W. 10th St. their niasting the latest GOP economy estate ads . . , nearly have measure. : 100% more than any Democrats said: ~ paper. “The need for civil defense is a| : calls for special action and special personnel. It cannot be a side-|

By ED KENNEDY [separate civil defense staff. |to answer charges by Willam T. Rep Sam Bushemi of Gary, in MAJORITY of the real {- In a prepared statement, the| other Indianapolis newsspecial need of these times and {line or an odd-jobs proposition to

in somebody's spare time umns. LIST YOUR theater when she was told that] Last week, Mrs. Valentine ot, D8 dene In seme ys i HOME WITH THE BROshe would receive the range. “I/1014 Charles St., was pummened! te “False Economy” KER WHO WILL ADdon’t believe it,” she exclaimed. to appear in Marion County Su- a alse Leonemy VERTISE IT WHERE IT

“We do not advocate unWill Ask to Appear necessary spending. At the same J. J. Gould, area rent attorney time, we cannot approve of any

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% . | The political fight started yes“Mr.. Allison is trying to fright. terday when State Rep. Jess A.

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new assault. They struck nine miles north of Ichon, throw- =

|Hoengsong after extricating two trapped American bat-

American and South Korean troops set up a new des

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A military spokesman said the mobile artillery—he

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