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Evening star., 1950-08-21
By Don Whitehead
Associated Press War Correspondent

U. S. 9th REGIMENT, Korea,
Aug. 21.-Five dusty doughboys-
three of them named Smith
trooped into a frontline command
post today. They pleaded for per-
mission to join infantry fighting
the North Koreans in the noun
tains above them.
They had slipped off their jobs
as truck drivers and freight ham
dlers at a southern port and
hitch -hiked to the front.
eff they don't take us in this
outfit then we will go on until
we find somebody who WILL" said
Pvt. Billy G. Smith of Irving, Tex.
That Smith and his four pals
two of whom also hail from Texas
were members of the Quarter
service unit in the rear
area.
I'VE were working all day and
snipers kept us awake all night, %
said Pvt. Earl B. Benson of Chilli
cothe, Ohio. I'VE wanted to go
into the hills after the sniperS but
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Reds Casualties Put at 1900
In 3-Day Assault on U. N. Lines;
Planes Big Guns Halt Taegu Push
Two Enemy Troop,
Ammunition Ships
Are Knocked Out
By Russell Brines

TOKYO, Tuesday, Aug. o.
Allied forces claimed a rising
3-day toll of 1900 casualties in
flicted on Red Koreans in their
desperate try to break the United
Nations battle line and end the
war by August 81.
The Reds continued making big
buildupS on the central and
southern fronts for the big push.
Two Red troop and ammuni-
ton ships were reported knocked
out by South Korean naval units
off the Southern coast. Casualties
were said to be heavy but were not
given in numbers for the Navy
action.
A South Korean navy official
said one Red ship was sunk and
the other damaged by gunf1re.
Red Drive Halted.
The Allies yielded to a tank-led
column in only one sector for a
two-mile loss a dozen miles north
of Taegu on the central front.
But there the Reds were stopped
by a flare-lit American artillery
and plane attack by night. Five
Red tanks were destroyed in the
action.
The back of this most immedi-
ately threatening lunge at Taegu
was believed broken by the un-
usual teaming up of planes with
big guns at close quarters.
The night-flying flghter-b bomb
ers were guided to their targets by
the bright glow of PHOSPHORUS
shells poured among enemy troops
by field artillery.
The other immediate threat ap-
peared to be in the deep south
where the Reds were building at
Chinju for q new offensive aimed
at Pusan, the main Allied port on
the southeastern tip of the penin-
Sula.
In fighting over the week end
from tip to tip of the 120-mile
long front. the Reds lost nearly
1000 men in the south. 5000 on
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Dependent Pay Bill
Goes 10 Senate for
Vote Due This Week
House Committee Asks
More Testimony Before
Acting on Like Measure
BY the Associated Press

A bill to provide monthly family
support allowances for dependent
wives. children and parents of all
enlisted men in the Armed Serv-
ices reached the Senate today.
Reporting unanimous approval
by the Senate Armed Services
Committee, Chairman Tydings
urged passage ''at the earliest pos
sible moment"
Democratic leaders earlier said
the family allowance measure
probably will be quickly passed by
the Senate this week.
A House subcommittee called
today for more testimony on 9
similar bill which it already has
approved.
An Armed Services subcommit-
tee headed by Representative
Brooks, Democrat, of Louisiana
invited the additional testimony
in advance of a meeting tomorrow
at which the full committee is
expected to okay the bill and send
it on to the House.
The Brooks subcommittee called
today's hearing to allow the De-
fense Department to suggest last
minute changes before it sends
the bill on to the full committee.
The department is expected to
protest inclusion of a provision
in the House version requiring
the Secretary of Defense to pro-
vide where practicable for the
medical car and disqualification
of dependents.
DR.. Richard Melting. director of
the Defense Department Medical
Services, already has told the sub
committe he regards the provision
as too sweeping, because it di-
rects the secretary to reopen
standby military hospitals If
necessary.
It has been the traditional
policy of the Armed Services to
care for dependents in military
hospitals if bed space is available.
But the forces. now expending,
already face a shortage of doctors.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21.-Fed-
eral Judge Ben Harrison looked
at a full house when he strobe
to the bench and ordered his clerk
to call the calendar.
High, Low, Jack" cried Clerk
Murray Wire. A moment of silence
enSued.
"And the camel" called a hoarse
voice from the rear.
There was the deuce to pay.
Spectators roared, and Judge Har-
rison promptly took hand.
Get this straight" he admon-
Evening star., 1950-08-21
U. 5. Tries Again
For Agreement
In Rail Tie;up
SteeImon to Confer
With Both Sides;
Seizure Not Planned

The White House today made
new efforts to bring striking rail
unions and management together,
but there was no indication that
President Truman intended to
order a Nation wide seizure of
the carriers, as the workers have
demanded.
With tieup launched by con-
ductorS and trainmen in effect
at three important terminals
Cleveland. Louisville and Minneap-
olis-St. Paul-Mr. Truman in
structed his labor adviser. John
R. Steelman, to confer with rep
resentatives of labor and man
agement this afternoon to see
what might be worked out.
Mr.. Steelman has been seeking
unsuccessfully for several days to
get a settlement, and a five-day
strike went into effect at the three
terminals this morning despite
Mr.. Truman's call to the railway
conductors and Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen to defer ac-
ton.
Truman to Review Situation.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said he did not
know what procedure Mr.. Steel
man would follow this afternoon
but that he would see both groups
Mr.. Steelman has been seeing the
negotiators separately. and Mr.
Ross was uncertain whether he
would get them together.
Mr.. Ross refused to speculate as
to what the President might dc
about seizure, saying only that Mr.
Truman would "re-review" the
whole situation after he had re-
ceived further report from Mr..
Steelman.
The unions three times have
demanded seizure but have got
no reaction from the White
House.
Returning this morning from a
week end at his Catoctin Mountain
retreat, Mr.. Truman was asked
If he intended to take over the
carriers.
Truman to Study Action.
He replied that he wanted to
see what all the circumstances
were and then "I'll tell you what
I'm going to do"
Other than that, the President
had no comment on the develop
ment.
If Mr.. Truman decides not to
take over the lines, he could take
these steps:
l. Call in the parties with a
personal appeal for them to get
the long dispute settled.
2. Direct the heads of railroads
to meet with the union presidents.
(The unions say that so far they
haven't had any conferences with
top railroad oficials.'D
The unions Saturday night
turned down a 23-cent hourly in
crease offered by the carriers
They are holding out for 81 cents
as part of a program affecting
both yard workers and road men
The Saturday offer was hinged
to a contract that would run for
two or three years, including a
clause to permit wages to go up q
cent an hour for every point in
crease in the Governments living
cost index.
Where the Men Walked Out.
Here is where the men went out:
In Louisville-250 switchmen on
the Kentucky & Indiana Terminal
Railroad left their jobs. All of
the roads 1900 employees were
idled. A union official said the
walkout was 100 per cent effective
Where possible, less s-than-carload
freight shipments were handled
by truck. Passengers were trans
(Qaa DAFT po-n AE>
Evening star., 1950-08-21

Ell CENTRIC, Calf, Aug. 81 (P).
me-" L. Bert Washburn,
swimming in a canal, called to
a friend "See how long I can
stay under water" The friend,
Alma T. Orr, waited in vain for
Mr.. Washburn to reappear. The
body of Mr.. Washburn. Is, a Nor
man missionary from Provo, Utah,
was recovered yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Hi, Low, Jok FIushes Joker,
But Judge Wins With Pat Hand

ished. 1--WE can open this session
without the aid of a joker
With flush of embarrassment,
the clerk checked his cards and
stood pat. "Quong Hi, Wong Low
and Lucy Jak!" he called.
Three poker faced Chinese
shuftled forward. Each admitted
crossing the border without proper
credentials.
Three Of kind" commented
Judge Harrison.
He then ordered each defendant
to ante up one year in the Fed
eral jackpot.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Tipsy Armed Russions
Chased From West Zone
by The Assoe;e,ed Pres.

BERLIN. Aug. 81. - Twenty
Russian officers, all armed with
pistols. rode into the United
States sector of Berlin in a truck
last night and were chased back
to the Soviet area by the West
German police.
The police said the Russians
apparently had been drinking and
were out on a lark without realiz-
ing they had crossed the border
separating East from West. Rus
slams are permitted the freedom
of the West sectors but they
must be unarmed.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Re-elect Leader

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 81 P.
Esther Bentley of Cleveland
was unanimously reelected pres
ident Of the WACS-Vets Associ-
alton yesterday at the closing ses-
sion of the three-day convention.
Boston was selected as the site
for the 1851 convention. sched-
uled for August II to 10.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
"a Swimmers to Dare
Channel in $1,000 Race
By the Associcted Press

FOLKESTONE, England. Aug.
21.-Twenty-four swimmers stood
by today, ready to plunge in for
the London Daily Mails 1000
pound ($2.80O English Channel
race.
Weather prospects were re-
ported good. The swimmers are
scheduled to start from Cap Girls
Nez, France. at midnight tonight,
French time 70 pm. EDT).
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Stories Related
Page 7 News
Relating to Korea.

Relating to Korea.
Pictures From Korean War Front.
Page "A
"Atrocity Hill" Added to List of
Famous Battles. Page ALA
North Korean Defeat Prospect
Fixes Eyes on Russia. Page "A
Relating to Congress.
Congress UNIT Action Now Un-
likely, Tydings Says. Page A-l0
House May Try to Eliminate
Voting in Dark" Page A-10
Evening star., 1950-08-21
U. S. Official on PIune
In Indo-Chinu Crush
By the Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo- China, Aug. 81.
An Air France two-engine pas
Senger plane crashed on its take
off at the Seno Uaos) airport
today, but passengers and crew
were reported safe.
Among the Is passengers
aboard was Paul Lynn Guest, A,
a United States State Department
official from Zion City. ILL.,, en-
route to Vientiane to open an
American legation in that Laos
capital. He informed the United
States Embassy here of the crash.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Yonks Seize so Type
Russian Machine e Gun,
Will Send 1T to u. NJ.
By HE Asseeiated Press

WITH u. S. 25th DIVI-
SION IN KOREA. Aug. 20
Delayed) .-Infantrymen of
the 35th Regiment have
captured a brand-new 1850
model Russian machinegun.
1t. was turned over to the
United Nations front line
team.
It will be flown to Lake
Success, N. Y, as more evi-
dence against Soviet Repre-
sentative Jacob A. Malik's
claim that the Soviet Union
has given no military equip
ment to North Korea since
1948.
Evening star., 1950-08-21

(See RAILS, Page A-5.)
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(see CONTROLS, Page A-50
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(See HONG KONG. age A-5)
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Sunny, pleasant today, high 78. Gle
and cooler tonight. low 60. Tomorr
partly cloudy, high about 80.
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1950-08-21
Swimmer Dies in Test .

(See PEPCO, Page A-4D
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(See TAXES, Page A-4)
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CONTINUED on Page ALA, Col. A.
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ternational control of atomic
energy. =
One of the key questions in this
study is whether the impending
creation of a terrific new ex-
plosive provides. the take-off
point for a new approach to
Russia on international control.
Another Effort Urged.
Such an approach-if made
almost certainly will take one of
three forms:
l. Putting out secret feelers to
see whether the Russians have
any serious desire at this time to
try to break the four-year-old
deadlock on this issue in the
United Nations.
2. Sending a special envoy from
President Truman to Prime Min
lister Stain or instructing the
American Ambassador in Moscow
to go directly to Stain.
3. Having either the President
or Secretary of State Acheson
make a major speech in the United
Nations, appealing for Russian CO.
operation.
Some of the Presidents advisers
from the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion side of the discussions have
repeatedly urged Mr.. Truman tc
make another try for agreement
with the Russians before giving
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Witness Says He Saw
Prifchett at Scene
OF Engineer Staying

A second witness today identi-
fed Fred S. Pritchett, 38-year- old
Capital Transit Co. mechanic, as
the man he saw walking away
from an engine in the Baltimore
g. Ohio Railroad yards last July
10 Immediately after Clyde l..
King, so, railroad engineer, was
| fatally shot in his cab.
Pritchett, who roomed at Mr..
Kings home in the 200 block of
Charming street NE, is being
tried before a District Court jury
of eight men and four. women on
a charge of flrst-degree murder.
The two men allegedly had en-
gagged in a fight in front of their
home short while before the
killing.
Otis F. Bartlett of Silver Spring
Nd, a B. & o. trainsman, was
the witness who identified Pritch-
ett from the witness chair today.
Yesterday Franklin w. Brown of
Greenbelt, Md, B. & o. yard
foreman, testified he saw Pritch-
ett near the engine.
Tells of Hearing Shots.
Mr.. Brown said he heard five
shots and found Mr.. King un-
conscious in the engine.
Another Government witness
yesterday was Simeon H. Gibson,
yard helper and member of the
train crew on which Mr.. King
was engineer.
Mr.. Gibson, who lives in Ia
koma Park, Md. testified he heard
sharp reports which he believes
were the shots and that a man
he thinks was Pritchett walked
past him.
Under cross-examination by De-
fense Attorney James j. Laugh
lin, however, Mr.. Gibson said he
would not be willing to take an
oath that it was Pritchett.
Grandson Testifies.
Another Government witness,
LaWton E. Wright of Alexandria,
Va, fireman on Mr.. Kings engine,
said he heard a conversation and
then the shots.
The jury also heard Mr.. Kings
8-year-old step grandson, Edward,
who testified he saw Mr.. King
strike Pritchett in front of their
home a short time before the
shooting.
Pritchett and Mr.. King had
fight, according to earlier testi-
mony, after Pritchett returned
home with Mrs. King from a
party and she had been carried
upstairs. Mr.. King. the prosecu-
ton contends, had returned to his
home, after reporting for work.
Later he went back to the yards.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Issue of Retaining Vatican Posi-
Under Study, Truman Declares
State Department Gets
Problem; ToyIor Quits
For Personal Reasons

President Truman said today
that the question of naming a
successor to Myron c. Taylor as his
personal representative to Pope
Plus XII is under study.
The issue is before the State
Department, he amplified.
Mr.. Taylor's resignation for per-
sonal reasons which were not dis
closed was announced at the White
House yesterday.
Some Protestant groups long
have opposed his retention in
Rome.
The President was asked at his
news conference today If he
planned to name a successor to
the 76-year-old industrialist and
lit was then he said the matter is
under study.
Asked if that same answer ap-
piled to the question of contin-
uing the Taylor mission, Mr.. Tru-
man said that it did.
The Presidents statement that
the State Department is studying
the issue is assumed to mean that
officials there will determine If
the further presence of a special
envoy is important as a factor in
the prosecution of the. ."cold war;"
The Vatican has been regarded
in the past as a valuable listening
post. But after the Taylor resig-
nation was announced some off,
cials were represented as believing
that the duties performed by the
former chairman of the board of
the United States Steel Corp.
could well be taken over by the
American Ambassador to Italy.
James Clement Dunn.
Mr.. Taylor's resignation after
10 years in Rome was announced
at the White House late yester-
day in an exchange of letters be-
tween the President and the TO-
year-old industrialist, who simply
gave personal" reasons for the
step.
Mr.. Truman accepted the resig-
nation with regret and wished
Mr.. Taylor God-speed.
On previous occasions when the
ambassadorial assignment was
under fire, the President has said
that he intended to- keep Mr..
Taylor, an Episcopalian, in the
post to which he was named by
President Roosevelt until there Is
peace in the world.
Only Tuesday group of IS
Protestant clergymen called on the
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Coosa NewsprintP Plant
Opened in Alabama;
Plans 300 Tons Daily
By the Assoeiofed Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 19.-
A. $32.ooO.O0O plant-once only a
dream of Southern Newspaper
Publishers-today is providing the
first new domestic source of news
print in more than a decade.
The Coosa River Newsprint Co. S
huge plant went into production
yesterday, three months ahead of
schedule. 1t is designed to turn
out 300 tons daily, or more than
100000 tons a year, at peak pro-
duction.
Stock in the company is held
by 1913 newspapers throughout the
Nation, and 119 newspapers have
contracts for purchase of its
products.
The plant was designed, built
and will be operated by the Kim
berly-Clark Corp. of Neenah, Wis.
It is located on ITO acres which
were once part of the huge Chill
dersburg Ordnance Works during
World War II.
The company has a 40-year
lease on an $8,000.000 power plant
at the ordnance works, and also
has a lease on the water filter
plant used in powder making
operations.
The plant, about 40 miles south
east of Birmingham, will employ
around 750 full-time workers, to-
gether with another 1900 part
time and seasonal workers in
woods operations. Pine will be
used from the river valleys in the
area.
A. G.. Wakeman is executive vice
president and general manager of
the company. Donald Conner of
Birmingham is chairman of the
Board of Directors, and Edward
L. Norton of Birmingham is presi-
dent.
About 100000 tons of news
print were used in the United
States in 1949. Of this about 81
per cent came from Canada. Thus.
at peak production, the Coosa
plant would turn out about two
per cent of United States require
ments.
American mills produced $780, 900
tons of newsprint during 1949.
This would make the new plants
peak about II per cent of all pro-
duction in the United States.
Evening star., 1950-01-19

January 7, is to be committed to
a mental hospital.
The Scott County Sanity Com
mission ruled yesterday the at
tractive young woman of Rock
Island, ILL.,, is insane.
County Attorney Clark O. Fill
seth, who filed a charge of "mur-
der in the perpetration of arson
against Mrs. Epperly, said she
would not be brought to trial.
He said she admitted starting the
fire.
However, he said all evidence
against her would be submitted to
the county grand jury. Mr.. Filseth
said any Indictment the grand
Evening star., 1950-01-19

TONERS that he had no intention
of getting in the Indiana or South
Carolina senatorial primaries. He
expressed the hope that a Demo-
crat would be elected in Indiana
His comment on that State was
prompted by a question as to
whether he favored the candidacy
of Alex Campbell, who recently
resigned as Assistant Attorney
General to enter the race back
home.
The President also expressed
the hope that Senate Majority
Leader Lucas would be successful
in his campaign for reelection
in Illinois. When asked if he in
tended to make any speeches for
Senator Lucas he said he would
cross that bridge when he, comes
to it.
The President told another
questioner that no thought was
being given to naming Charles
Luckman to a Government post
He said all he knew about Mr..
Luckmans resignation from Lever
Bros. yesterday is what he has
read in today's papers.
Mr.. Luckman is co-chairman
of the Jefferson jackson dinner
to be staged by the Democrats
here next month.
January brings coldest tempera-
lures to the United States, but
February snowfalls are deeper.
Evening star., 1950-01-19

President to abolish the "allegee
legation at the Vatican"
Diplomatic officials said that ir
deciding whether to name a new
presidential envoy to the seat Of
the Catholic Church, Mr.. Truman
must weigh among other things
the intelligence value such an out
post has for the State Department
in the cold war.
The Vatican, with it's close ties
throughout the world, has been g
source of useful information fol
the United States.
Two Urge Successor.
Senator O'Conor, Democrat, OF
Maryland spoke out in favor of 6
successor for Mr.. Taylor as specia
envoy to the Holy See, adding:
"It is my belief that the inter.
ests of the United States and the
world more than justify continu-
ance of a representative there
Senator McCarran, Democrat
of Nevada said the fight against
Communism makes it more i'm
portant than ever for this country
to have an Ambassador at the
Vatican.
Both Senators are Catholics.
In Vatican City, a church source
made it clear that officials in the
papal state would like to see a
successor to MIR. Taylor.
Archer Halls Resignation.
Glenn L. Archer, executive di-
rector of Protestants and Other
Americans United for Separation
of Church and State, said in a
statement:
Defenders of the American
constitutional principle of separa-
tion of church and state will re-
joice that President Truman has
fulfilled his oft-repeated promise
to retire Myron c. Taylor as AM
bassador. without. Senate con-
flrmation. to the Vatican"
Mr.. Taylor travelled back and
forth across the Atlantic many
times during the past decade. but
seldom made any comment on the
nature Of his dealings with the
Pope.
AS personal envoy for President
Roosevelt. he acted in two critical
phases of modern history. First,
IN the joint efforts of President
and the Pontiff to bring
about peace in the European war.
as confidential cmissary
on problems connected with World
War II, especially after the United
States entered the war. When Mr..
Roosevelt died, President Truman
asked Mr.. Taylor to continue his
work. -