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1 Am Afraid We Have Missed the Boat'—

An Astounding Story . . . an editorial....;....Page 22 —————

By JIM G. LUCAS

HARRISON, Me., Jan. 25—Personal cablegrams to President Truman from Korea—containing information which might have prevented a break with Gen. Douglas MacArthur—never were delivered, Maj. Gen. Frank E.

_ lary police barracks, but the last

‘ fight to the death, and some did.

Lowe told me in an exclusive interview today. : Furthermore, Gen. Lowe said he read and approved Gen. MacArthur's 1950 + message to the Veterans of Foreign Wars while it was being written. The White House: suppressed this message, Both Gen. Lowe and Gen. MacArthur were “shocked and surprised” by the President's order that it be withdrawn. They believed the message expressed support of Mr. Truman's Far Eastern policy. Gen. Lowe, the President's “eyes and ears” for th first 10 months of the Korean War, revealed he tried t

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get Mr. Truman to call off the Wake Island meeting with Gen. MacArthur last spring. Under such tense circum-

stances, and with so many others present, Gen. Lowe wa

This article was written by Jim G. Lucas, Scripps-Howard staff writer, who recently returned to the United States from Korea. Maj. Gen. Frank Lowe was President Truman's personal representative in Korea, sent there by him and ordered to report directly to the President anything he (Gen. Lowe) felt the President should

now. Mr. Lucas and Gen. Lowe were together in Korea. They retreated together from Taegu, at the peak of the North Korean offensive. They shared an old Army truck as sleeping quarters in the bitter winter at ‘Wonju after the Chinese drove us out of Seoul. They ere together when we advanced again toward the 38th Parallel. Qn one occasion, their jeep was Pehed On several occasions, they were under artillery fire and were forced to take cover in rice paddies.

_and Gen. MacArthur at odds.

convinced there was no chance of the two reaching an understanditig. He felt there was the added danger the breach might be widened by those interested in keeping the President

gram asking- permission to brief the President at Honolulu in advance of the meeting if Mr. Truman was determined to go to Wake. Gen, Lowe learned after he returned to Washington that these and other personal messages never reached the President. ‘Gen. Lowe doesn't know what happened to those

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952

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messages, although he says it “shouldn't be difficult to draw conclusions.” When he finally came home in Jute, he was tired and sick, interested only in writing his report to President Truman and going home. The cables could have been stopped in the Pentagon or the White House. Gen. Lowe is inclined to suspect the Pentagon, where he says he is disliked because he never was “one of. the team.” He is bitterly critical of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, particularly Gen. J. Lawton Collins, and former Defense Secretary George C. Marshall. He says the Pentagon tried to block his trip to Korea in the first place and ignored him while he was there. He is convinced “that damned Pentagon Gen. Lowe crowd” was out to discredit Gen. MacArthur for personal reasons and would do anything to accomplish its purposes.

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General Charges ‘Damned Pentagon’ Caused Truman And M’Arthur Break

“ . The State Department, he charged, has been guilty of “daily appeasement of the Communists ‘in Asia,” feared and hated Gen. MacArthur “because he was right and was set on undermining him bethe issue head-on.”

and it was wrong" cause he was ‘determined to meet : “There is no such thing as halt a war and there never will be,” Gen. Lowe said. “The ‘State Department wanted him to fight a commissar war. It tried to make his de-

cisions for him. One bv one, we are doing the things Douglas MacArthur told us we would have to do. But I am afraid we have missed the boat. In April, we could have destroyed the Chinese Communist armies in Korea. - Instead, we've given them seven months in which to build up their strength. It will be much harder now. I'm not even sure we can do it.” Gen. Lowe is convinced the President and Gen. MacArthur actually saw things alike. He thinks the two were deliberately pulled apart and pitted against each other by third parties—men he says “who are damned near guilty, in my books, of what amounts. to disloyalty to the chief.” ‘ “It was the chief's decision to intervene in Korea and destroy the enemy,” he said. “It was their duty to support that decision. They didn't and wouldn't. Douglas Continued on Page 7 —Col. 1

British Dispatch

Big Warships

To Bloody Suez

VALLETTA, Malta, Jan. 25 (UP)—British warships stationed here were ordered to head for the Suez Canal zone today and an-aircraft carrier and two cruisers prompt-

ly steamed eastward. .

The orders followed the blood-| iest outbreak of fighting yet orl ° the Anglo-Egyptian conflict over N i o control of the Canal Zone. { ews nsi e At the same time a crack Brit- ° ish guards brigade sent to Cyprus { h T during the Iranian oil crisis was! e imes ordered to proceed to the Canal Zone within two day® to rein-| foree the British garrison there. Destroyers to Follow Pay phone rates hiked to a

The heavy warships will be dime by Indiana Bell followed by destroyer squadrons Oft-wed Clara loses her hub-

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now in Malta's harbor. The or-| bies and gets judicial scoldder ‘affects all British warships! D8 «.covvnviniiniiinii..n, 5 here, except for frigates. Commie mail infuriates HooMore than 1500 tank-supported sier labor leaders ......... 15

British troops shot and shelled defiant Egyptian police into sur-| render at Ismailia early today. x At least 64 Egyptians and Brit-| Alger Hiss appeals for third ish were killed and scores| trial on perjury charge.... wounded in the six-hour engage-|/Moretti gets life in Chicago ment in the center of Ismailia,| slaying a main trouble spot in the canal|Dewey urges Pacific pact “with zone. More than 300 dusty, bloody| teeth in" it.” ‘ee Egyptian survivors surrendered |

The last Egyptian resistance! Foreign collapsed at. mid-day when a] Pa small group of police diehards in| yN offers new plan to speed the governor's mansion finally] {pyce fs gave up in the face of pointblank| : shelling by 20-pounder guns mounted on Britain’s big Centurion tanks. Government Approves In London, Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s government gave full approval to the disarming of Egyptian police in Ismailia —which started the battle. |Olymps entertain Ft. Wayne The British Army is prepared| tonight to impose martial law through-|Kegler's Korner .......... avs out the seething Canal Zone if Two top county cage teams

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| the Egyptians themselves do not| clagh tonight .............. 21) restore order, an official source pjck Dunkel's basketball | sald in London. YSUNBE .....c chiviiiae . 3 Mr. Churchill’s government has, 8 | decided to take “all out” action Women's to end mob violence in the area, Page| CA | officials said. Spring drapery fabrics are

Meanwhile, in Cairo, the Egyp-| keyed to picture windows— tian cabinet was called into an| Jean Spicklemire’s story ... extraordinary session and there Gussie Moran's lace - famed was speculation that it would dis-| British designer tries his cuss a complete severance of) hand with an American diplomatic relations with Britain.| sportswear collection ...... The latest casualty figures Broad Ripple High School and listed more than 60 Egyptians, Herron Art School announce and four British soldiers Kkilled., new courses ............... Fourteen British were reported Hoosier Salon hostesses are

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wounded, along with many Egyp-| named ............ cesar . 18 tians. / | The fighting centered around Other Features: police headquarters and an auxil-| Amusements ........ asses 16

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group to surrender was a small force ensconced in the governor's mansion. They had vowed to

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Asked Ambulances An Egyptian army captain left the mansion under the truce flag at one point afid asked the British for permission to summon VY ambulances for the Egyptian . ded. tish refused the request. Burglars Take e British refuse e reques ; Retorted the captain: $4000 In Smokes “You can come and collect our dead bodies.” He returned to his comrades in per & Specialty Co. last night. the crumbling building. They! were outnumbered at least 20 to 1. er,

told police - entrance

Burglars walked off with $4000 ‘worth of cigarets at Buyers Pa-

Harry Bluestein, company ownwas

The British crushed the main gained by prying open a window resistance at Ismailia police-head- in a storage room of the drug

quarters and a health office used supplies firm located’ at 1101 8.

as a barracks by auxiliary police Illinois St. : at noon (4 a. ‘mm. Indianapolis

out of the bulldings with arms toothpaste

upraised in surrender, shampoo,

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Taken outside the building — - time), when the last group filéd|but not stolen—were six cases of

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have been disaster for 60 persons in an Indianapolis bus.

night might. have vaulted the... city’s 1952 traffic death toll from four to near the 70 scored dur-| ing the 365 days of last year. And there still are 341 days tog didn’t have time.” go in 1952. ‘

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CLOSE SCRAPE—Driver Hazel Jeffries steps through the shattered doorway of his bus.

60 Riders in Bus Miss Death by Just 5 Feet

Five feet more and it would; “I pulled up,

train coming at me. “I tried to get it in révérse, but

The slow-moving train The passenger -jammed east- Cleveland plowed into the right

bound bus was struck last night front of the bus. by a New York Central passenger train at the crossing in the 900 all have been killed,” said Mrs. Was ‘nearly asleep,” |Mary E. Studébaker, 515 Tecum-| Anthony McCann, 528 = Eastern

“Just a few more feet and we'd

opened the door,” said bus driver window. Hazel Jeffries, 30, of 4227 E. 31st | St. “Then when I didn't see any- knew it was going to hit us,” she |injuries. They were identified as

The train-bus accident last| thing coming, I started across. sajd, “People were screaming and Mrs. Irene Byers, 49, of 2218 E.| |The front of the bus was on the yelling ‘Open the doors.’ ” ks when the blinker signal started working, and 1 saw the!

from going through the wipdow, but

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stopped and center of the bus looking out a Carol Levis, 25 of 123 8. Butler

{Ave. She was uninjured.

“I saw fhe train coming and Three persons suffered

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eral other people when It said Mrs. Clara Chambers, 239 N. Illinois 8t. “I thought I was

2411 E. Michigan St. Mrs. Byers was treated leased .at Long Hospital others were treated by “Hospital ambulance doctors.

Starbuck, 64,

a post caught me, and I held on to it.” : “My eyes were closed and I G. L. said Mrs.

The bus stalled as the driver seh St, who was in the second Ave. “but I knew what hap- car lengths past the crossing.

struggled to get .it in -reverse seat behind the driver.. when he saw the blinker lights" Miss Mary Ellen McShay, 423 - The impact of the crash St. was. tied .u start working. The bus was al- N. Wallace St, was returning ready on the tracks.

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“I was standing up with sev, 19; of 560 E. Drive, Woodruff hit,» | Place, and Roger Crouch, 39, of

and re- With 26, the Monon with 24, the

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i Bellefontaine, O., engineer of the train, {stopped "his engine about three-.

" Traffic on one-way E. New York [ p nearly an hour knocked the bus. back into #he while the wrecked bus was being in theifront of ascar driven by Mrs. removed. ;

were ordered installed more than:

emands Rail Crossings Be Made Safer

By ANDY OLOFSON ; Irate over what might have been the city's worst traffie

disaster, Indianapolis Railways, Inc., President W, Marshall Dale today demanded something be done to make the city's

177 railroad crossings. safer,

In a formal protest sent to] Other Photos, Page 3

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Board, the transit system head ry. railroads affected have charged: ‘claimed material shortages have ONE— Railroad crossings in .,,¢ed4 the delay. Indianapolis are not adequately 4. ther warning signal promanned or protected. posal will come up at the next TWO—AIl too often, flasher meeting of the city council, signals give warning too late or r————————— - stay on for 10 or 15 minutes LOCAL TEMPERATURES with false warnings when no il . ” m... 36 10 a. m... 40

irein is coming, m.. 36 11 a. m... 40 ‘Might Have Been ., « 3% 12 (Noon) 41

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“Just a few feet further,” Mr. m... 39 1 p.m.. 40 Dale said, “and that train last i night would have struck the cen- Latest Humidity 7%

ter of our coach. Instead of a clese shave, it might have been the city's most tragic traffic accident. “If something is not done now, the whole thing will hlow over until we have a real disaster.” Mr. Dale also said he formally was notifying the New York] Central Railroad it would be held responsible for all damage and any possible suits resulting from last night's train-bus crash. Mayor Clark promptly ordered a full-scale investigation by police and the traffic engineer. He

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ordered that every flasher light ical help and services. The in the city be tested. He also in- list could go on and on! structed officials to study pos- You too, can get GOOD locations for additional RESULTS when you use

sible warning signals needed “We are going to take a more militant attitude about this whole

Times LOW-COST Want Ads, Your 2-line ad is ONLY 36a per day, on our special weekly

thing,” the Mayor said. rate. Capt. Audry Jacobs, police traf- If you call by noon on fic chief, has assigned Traffic Saturday your ad will appear Sgt. John A. Jones to make A ju, Ap, EDITIONS of the big

complete investigation of possible negligence on the part of th: tower operator who is responsible for turning on the flasher warn ing at the crossing

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Double-Take

Pointing out that the warning By BOB BARNES

lights are 50 feet from the tracks Capt. Jacobs said it might have been possible that the warning lights came on after the bus had already passed. : He said his investigation showed the driver complied with state laws that require all public passenger vehicles to come to a. complete stop™before crossing a railroad. [Last year seven persons were killed in crossing accidents within city limits. Many other persons lost their lives in similar accidents in rural Marion County. Capt. Jacobs said only 41 of the city's 177 grade crossings are

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The Belt Railrodd has the most grade crossings in the city with 57, followed by the New York Central with 47, the Pennsylvania

Baltimore and Ohio with 14, the! Nickel Plate with eight and the Illinois Central with one. Capt, Jacobs sald a summary of the grade crossing situation! has been submitted to the Safety Board six times since 1948 without results. {+f Three flasher warning signals

a year ago by the city oom! But-they have not yet been erected.