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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Red Cross Worker Says Jops
Want to Fight North Koreans
Montague Declares
100000 Would Join
Army at First Call

If the United Nations would al
low Japanese to fight in Korea,
they would have 100000 volun-
teers in response to the first call.
This is the opinion of Ralph r.
Montague, an American Red
Cross man, who has just returned
from Japan after being disabled
at the Korean front.
Mr.. Montague, 51-year-old as
sistant field director, reported
back to headquarters yesterday
with a back strained from lifting
filters Of wounded to a train.
He said the Japanese are anxi-
GUS to get into the fight. They
have not accepted the Communist
line that this is a fight between
a former colonial power (the
United States and Orientals. he
said.
Mr.. Montague was surprised at
the optimism here concerning the
Korean situation. He said he is
pessimistic and that his feeling is
shared by other American non
combatantS who have had an OPP
portunity to observe conditions
either in Korea and Japan.
Were so outpumbered," he
said. Just let two Chinese Com
munist divisions come down in
support of the Korean Reds, and
it will be all over"
Mr.. Montague went to Korea
with the 21st Regiment of the
oath Division on July 3. He dis
tributed razors and soap to men
in the foxholes in the front
north of Taejon, far north of the
perimeter now held. He came out
with his strained back on July Is,
Mr.. Montague. who was a SOL
der in World War I and a Red
Gross worker in Europe in World
War II, said the old propaganda
techniques are being followed all
the way. Seoul City Sue" he
said, is obviously an American
woman. She is believed to be a
middle Gagged missionary who had
married a Korean school teacher
in Seoul. The entertainment
value of her radio program is
slight, Mr.. Montague said.
But she was accurate about one
thing, he said. That was when
she gave the names of the Ameri-
can dead and their serial num-
bers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Shaw Gets Out Of Bed
; Days After Mishap
By the Associated Pres,

LUTON, England, Sept. 49,
George Bernard Shaw got out of
bed briefly today only three days
after he fractured his left thigh.
The 94-year-old playwright
doctors issued this bulletin:
mfr. Shaw had a good night
and his condition this morning is
satisfactory. He is able to move
his injured leg freely and stood
for a few seconds, taking his
weight on the sound leg"
Mr.. Shaw fractured his thigh
when he slipped while pruning
fruit trees at his home in nearby
Ayot st. Lawrence. His house.
keeper, Mrs. Alice Laden. was Mr..
Shaw's only visitor at the hospital
yesterday. She said "he was his
old self again." explaining:
HE was very cheerful and said
his usual rude things"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
Citizens Group to Meet

The New Alexandria Citizens
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Virginia Room of
the Hotel George Mason, Alexan-
dria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-13
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Evening star., 1950-10-22
Sailor Dies in Crash
Near Glenn Dale

A 35-year-old sailor was killed
last night when his automobile
overturned at Greenbelt and Tele-
graph roads, near Glenn Dale,
Prince Georges County.
He was identified through auto
mobile registration cards as Clar-
ence j. Haller.
In another Maryland accident,
Jack Lee Hardwick, "a a Mary
land University law student, was
seriously injured when struck by
a car in the 37O0 block of Bla-
denSburg road, Colmar Manor.
Mr.. Hardwick, a Baltimore res
ident, suffered fractures of a leg,
hip and the pelvis, and a brain
conclusion. He was taken to
Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale, by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad.
County police listed the driver
as John J. Weiskopf, 20. of II
Thirty-f1f street Sc, a Vet
erans' Administration supervisor.
Mr.. Hardwick was hit in the CEN
ter lane of traffic, police said, and
Mr.. Weiskopf was driving towards
Washington.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Sowyer Forecasts Further Controls on
Strategic Materials. Page AS
Defense Modification Suffers From Ab.
senee Of Specific Aim. Pose A. |;

the original curbs in the reserve
boards Regulation w which went
into effect September 18.
Most Of the merchants are not
happy about their experience oi
last week. Some said, however
that with a couple of weeks fol
people to get used to the idea OF
higher down payments and shorter
pay off periods business should
improve.
Automobile dealers appeared
hardest hit-and the unhappiest
Philip M. Talbot, chairman o1
the department stores division OF
the Merchants and Manufactur-
ers' Association, said there had
been little effect on the group OF
stores in his division. He agreed
that the controls were accomplish
ing the effect which was the re-
serve boards goal. He Is vice
president of Woodward g. Lothrop
Distributors Offering More.
Another department store man
however, said the controls def
nitely are affecting business, par
ticularly in regard to television
sets but also on refrigerators,
(See CONTROLS. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Boy
Saves Father From
Death in Bothtub
By the Associated Press

ATLANTA, Oct. 21.-Four- year
old Alton Lyons mother told him
to watch your daddy" while she
went out. Alton did and his daddy
is alive because of it.
The boys father, J. r. Lyon, had
suffered three recent heart at
tacks.
While Mrs. Lyon was taking AL
tons 5-year-old brother to kinder
garten, Mr.. Lyon had another at
tack Friday while taking a bath.
II couldn't wake him up and he
was going under the water" AL
ton said, so pulled the plug and
the water went away"
Il guess I remembered how
mommy let's the water out of the
tub when it gets too deep for me-
His daddy is recuperating today
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Korean Unit 10 Investigate
Reported Atomic Factories
BY the Associated Press

REPUBLIC OF KOREAN ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Oct. 21.-Th,
Republic of Korea's I'd Corps has
been ordered to Investigate two re.
ported atomic energy installations
on North Korea's east coast.
An official ROK spokesman
said:
I'VE have information that two
factories in Hungnam> and Ham
hung were being used for atomic
energy work. We have ordered
the I'd Corps to investigate but
their findings have not been re-
|ceived."
Elements of the I'd Corps cap
tured the Hungnam-H Hamhung in
dustrial area in their push north
ward up the east coast.
The spokesman said it was pos
sible both of the plants ordered
investigated had been destroyed
by United Nations air bombing or
naval shelling.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

strong opponents say he would
win in walk.
Senator MCCARTHY has been in
the State making speeches for the
Republican ticket, including Sena-
tor Wiley who is running to sue
ceed himself, and Walter j. Koh-
Ter, jr., son of a former governor
known as the "Bathtub King" Z"
who Is candidate for governor.
The candidates are welcoming
his support. If the crowds he
draws mean anything, he is an
effective aid. One of the stories
they tell here is that a much ad-
vertised meeting in Milwaukee
for Vice President Barkley drew
not more than a thousand peo-
pie in an auditorium capable of
seating four times that number,
while the same night Senator Nc
Carthy. in a much smaller city,
had 1,500 in his audience, and
they were crowded in until they
almost fell out of the windows.
Wiley Picks Up Issue.
There seems no doubt that
Senator McCa arthy and his
charges against the State De-
partment and Secretary of State
Acheson have given zip to the
campaign, and Senator Wiley.
who at first was inclined to shy
away from "McCarthyism," not
only welcomes this help but has
begun to strike out hard at what
he calls appeasement and soft
ness of the Truman administra-
ton toward Russia and fellow
travellers in this country.
The election here is no push
over for the Republicans. The
Democrats are better organized
than they have ever been. Also
they appear to have plenty of
(See LINCOLN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-10-22
N. c. State Upset Terps, 1913,
Navy Beats use, Irish Lose

The University of Maryland's S
football fortunes took a surprising
drop yesterday when the Terps
ranked eighth in the country last
week, were upset by North Caro-
lima State. 1913, in their Home
coming Day game at Byrd Sta
dunn.
In Baltimore, an underdoe
Navy team finally broke into the
victory column, 27-14, over the
University of Southern California
George Washington lost, 1870
to Wake Forest, and Virginia de-
feated VMI, 26-13. Catholic Uni
versity thrilled a Homecoming
Day crowd by coming from behind
to tie favored Johns Hopkins
1913.
| Army romped over Harvard as
Evening star., 1950-10-22
French Quit Key City;
Fall Of Indo-China
Frontier Zone Near
Army Vows to Reeroup
And Assume Offensive
Against Ho Chi Mimi
BY the Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo-C China, Oct. 81.
French abandonment of the
headquarters fortress city of
Langson was announced today.
The surrender signaled the fail
of Indo-China's froptier zone
bordering on China to the Com
munist-led Wet Mini nationalists
of Ho Chi Mimi.
A French army communique
disclosing this development vowed
that the French will assume the
offensive after regrouping as mo-
bile units and mo further with
drawal of our troops is foreseen.
But the evacuation of Langson,
part of a gradual retreat from
border positions, ended French
chances of a decisive military
victory anytime soon in the strug-
gle for domination of this gate
way country to Southeast Asia.
Five French posts had been
yielded previously.
Abandonment of the remaining
French positions, at Laokay in
the west and Moncay in the east,
is regarded here as only a mat
ter of. time. The French defense
line in North Indo-China is being
shifted an average of about IS
miles southwark to the northern
fringes of the rich Red River
delta.
Base Is Near Impregnable.
French troops began Wednesday
the withdrawal from Langson,
which the French originally oc-
cupied in 1885. French authori-
ties said the movement proceeded
efficiently under air cover, and
clashes with the Wet Mimi were
limited to small skirmishes.
yielded to the Wet Mini is a
near impregnable mountainous
base area with good TRANSFORMER
connections to supply sources and
training centerS in Red China.
This means the Soviet-backed
Ho Chi Mimi regime now has the
space and means. of preparing
a full-scale military offensive
against the principal French
strongholds farther South. The
purely guerrilla phase of the four
-old war in Indo-China has
ended.
5000 French Troops Lost.
The turning point was marked
this month by a series of stun
ming reverses for the French from
tier garrisons. In two weeks, the
French lost more than 5000 of
their first-line troops.
During their first successful en-
gagement with major French
forces, the Wet Mini disclosed
a striking power that for this
early date was unforeseen. That
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Top Atomic Scientist
Missing in Europe;
Mystery Deepens
Bruno Pontecorvo
Lost Seen Sept. z
On HeIsinki Arrival
By the Associated Press

ROME, Oct. 81. - The where.
abouts of an Italian-born British
atom scientist, reported by Rome
newspapers to have left Italy for
Moscow seven weeks ago, de-
veloped into an international
mystery tonight.
The scientist is Bruno Ponte-
corvo. who arrived in Helsinh,
Finland. September 2. That is the
last official word of his where
abouts. At that time, he was with
his wife, Helena Marianne, and
his three children, Gils, IL, Tito
Nils, 6, and Antonia, S.
All Rome's newspapers except
those following the Communist
line carried under their blacklist
headlines a report that Ponte-
corvo skipped with his wife and
children to Poland en- route tc
Moscow. Some said he got out
just ahead of Italian police and
British intelligence agents.
British Indicate "No Interest"
But the British Foreign Office
and Scotland Yard indicated they
had no interest in Pontecorvo'.
movements. His father, Massion
in Milan. Italy, said he had ne
reason to believe the physicisr
would not return to Britain Al
the end of a vacation he begar
in July. Finnish police said that
Although they did not know tn.
present whereabouts of the scien.
tist, Pontecorvo and his family
had not passed through any Fin.
nish border control post to neigh.
boring Russia or in any othel
direction since they arrived ir
Helsinki via plane from Stock
holm.
A spokesman for the Ministry
of Supply in London also said
U1IC1C WQo llO ICOSO11 w bCllCfC GllS
scientist would not return to Eng
land in time to take up an ap-
pointment as atomic physicist pro-
fessor at Liverpool University jan
uary /. The Ministry is in charge
of atomic research in Britain.
The London Star said military
intelligence agents have begun in
quires, but the report could not
be confirmed officially.
The United State Embassy ir
/ London was said to be following
the reports with interest" !"
Finnish Foreign Minister Jo-
hannes Virolainen said he trav-
eled with the Pontecorvo family
from Stockholm to Helsinki or
September 2, and he remembers
them well. But they did not leave
the airf1eld in the airline COM
pany bus.
"The Pontecorvo case," as some
Rome newspapers referred to it
broke first when morning journals
(See GCTENTTCT pape A-Co
Evening star., 1950-10-22
i. ). Loans 10 Cities
For Stadiums UsabIe
As Shelters Studied
Civil Defense OfficioIs
Also Plan Subsidies for
Reinforcing Buildings
By Miriam Ottenbero

The Governments top civil de-
fense planner disclosed yesterday
that he will propose granting Fed
eral loans to cities to build sta
diums and other structures that
could double as A-bomb shelters.
James j. Wadsworth, acting di-
rector of the National Security
Resources Boards civil defense of
flee. also told The Star he be-
'ieves Federal subsidies should be
handed out to cities to reinforce
existing buildings for shelter pur.
poses.
Just how far the Federal Gov
|ernment should go in a Nation
wide shelter program is one O
the Ifs" in the budget now be-
ing prepared at NSRB.
District Could Use Stadium.
To determine how far existing
structures can be used as shelters
Mr.. Wadsworth said, it may be-
come necessary to send teams OF
engineers and other experts to a
dozen cities to make spot sur
vey. Washington already has been
approached to give NSRB a report
on the results of its Forthcoming
shelter survey.
AS for using stadiums for shell
ters. Mr.. Wadsworth said they
nave the advantage of being of
reinforced concrete. He cited
Washington as one Of the cities
that could use a municipal sta
dium.
He envisaged Federal loans for
municipal construction of rail-
road stations, community CEN
tiers, city halls. bus terminals,
court buildings and other civic
structures strong enough to shell
ter many thousands of citizens.
U. s. to Pay for Stockpiles.
What the Federal Government
plans to pay for in civil defense
has been one Of the major ques-
ton marks faced by cities and
/c.> ~,TxyrT DE,r,r5Nycyr5 No. \
Evening star., 1950-10-22
u. S. Owes More Than Industry
And All individuals Combined

lion. State and local government
debt increased 81 billion.
Adding them all together, the
department came up with an over
all net debt of $442 billion for
all borrowers in the United States
as of last December 81 after a
$11 billion debt increase in 1949.
Corporations owed the bulk of
the private debt, Sill billion. The
$93 billion debt of individuals and
unincorporated businesses was
broken down to include:
Farm mortgages S. billion; other
mortgages $51 billion; farm debt
other than mortgages Sc billion;
non-farm commercial, financial
and consumer debt $50 billion.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Gen. Parker's S Wife Hurt
In Richmond Accident
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Oct. 21.-Mrs. Ed
win P. Parker of 1341 Thirtieth
street NV, Washington, wife OF
Maj. Gen. Parker, Provost Mar.
shall of the Army, was injured
slightly in an automobile acci-
dent here this afternoon.
She was taken to the Medical
College of Virginia Hospital with
decorations. DR.. Curtiss Coleman
said tonight her condition was
fair" and she is expected to be
released from the hospital tomor-
row. The general has a little
scratch but was not listed as in
jured.
The Parkers we're in Richmond
for wedding which they missed
as a result of the accident.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
BY the Associated Press

The Federal Government en-
tered this year deeper in debt than
all the private firms and individ-
uals put together, the Commerce
Department said last night.
The Federal Governments total
net debt" was put at $218 billion,
the total net of private firms and
individuals at $205 billion. State
and local governments owed
another $18 billion.
During 1949, the Federal Govern
ment's debt increased So billion,
while private debt jumped 81 bill
Evening star., 1950-10-22
By John w. Stepp

The appointment of Walter M.
Bastian to succeed retiring Judge
Jennings Bailey on the District
Court bench was widely hailed
yesterday throughout the city.
The 59-year-old Washington
born appointee will take Office
when the retirement of Judge
Bailey becomes effective Novem-
ber l. The President announced
Mr.. Bastian's recess appointment
in formally approving retirement
of the 83-year-old jurist who has
served the bench with 80 years of
faithful and devoted service"
While the new appointment is
on a temporary basis, it was pre-
sumed that Mr.. Truman would
Evening star., 1950-10-22

expected, 49-0, while Oklahoma
buried Kansas State, $50.
Twice beaten UCLA handed
bowl-minded Stanford it's first
loss, 21-7, while Illinois eliminated
the University of Washington
from the undefeated, united class,
20-13. Stanford was rated sixth
in the Nation last week and WASH
ington tenth.
Once mighty Notre Dame
dropped its second game of the
season, 20-7, to Indiana, while an
urderdog Florida eleven defeated
Vanderbilt, previously unbeaten
and united. 1927. Michigan took
o 26-13 victory over Wisconsin
which had been leading the Big
Ten.
"Details in Sport Section.)
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Colombia Will Send
1000 Men 10 Korea
By the Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 21.-
The Colombian Foreign Ministry
announced tonight that Colombia
will send 1000 troops to Korea.
The soldiers, selected from the
standing army, will supplement
United Nations occupation forces
and will not be combatants, the
ministry said.
Together with volunteer crew.
men of the warship "Almirante
Padilla". previously offered by Co.
lombia, they are expected to leave
within two months to train in
the United States.
SEATTLE, Oct. 81 (P.-Capa-
da's first troops for service with
United Nations forces in the Far
East have left the Seattle Port of
Embarkation.
The primary mission of this
advance group is to establish an
overseas. camp for larger force
to follow. The advance group in
cludes men from about a dozen
units which compose the special
brigade.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Bostion Court Appointment
Hailed by Legal Profession
Trumon Moy Nominate Republican Lawyer
For Permanent Status When Congress Returns

nominate Mr.. Bastian. Repub-
lican, for permanent status when
Congress reconvenes. The Senate
must confirm all appointments to
the Federal bench.
The tall, powerfully-built at
torney, who has practiced here
for nearly 81 successive years
greeted the news with a pledge to
do the very best I can to serve
the public and legal profession.
am proud that the President ana
the Attorney General have conf
dence in me-"
"It's going to be q difficult job
to live up to the fine record Judge
(See BASTIAN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Red Bloc ParIey
Calls for Bar
To Reich Arms
West Big ; Asked to
Join Soviet in Plan
To Unity Germany
By the Associoied Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Oct
2l.-A group of Communist ma.
tions headed by Soviet Russia
called on the Big Three Western
powers tonight to join Russia in
a four-point plan for establish
ment of "a democratic, peace-loy.
ing, alderman sovereign gov
ernment.
A communique of about 2,OOC
words set forth the ideas adopted
at two-day conference of Soviet
Deputy Prime Minister v. M
Molotov and the foreign ministers
OF seven Allied nations at the
Czernin Palace in Prague.
Points of Program.
1t called for:
IA proclamation by the Sov-
let Union, Britain, France and
the United States that they will
not allow remilitarization of Ger
many and her being dragged into
any aggressive plans" They
would also pledge to Garry out
the d945) Potsdam agreement on
stabilizing conditions for creation
OF a unified, peace-loving demo-
cratic German state"
2-"Removal of all hindrances
in the road of development of q
peaceful German economy" The
rehabilitation of German war DO
tential was termed inadmissible
3-"The undelayed conclusion
OF a peace treaty with Germany"
creation of a unified German
state and withdrawal of all oc-
cupation forces a year after sig
nature of the treaty.
4. Creation of an alderman
constitutional council on the basis
Of a balanced representation OF
Western and Eastern Germany
which should prepare for estab-
lishment of an interim democratic
peace-loving. alderman sover-
eign government" The council
should submit pertinent propos-
ais for common approval" of the
four occupying powers.
Appeal to Germans Hinted.
The Russian, American, British
and French governments, the
communique said, should be In
vited to consult concerning the
elaboration of the peace treaty
until the alderman government
should be set up.
Without elaboration, the COM
munique added that:
Under given conditions, it il
possible to appeal directly to the
German people as to this pro.
posal."
The communique closed with
the statement that the nations rep.
resented-Russia, Albania, Bull
garia. Czechoslovakia, Romania
Hungary, Poland and East Ger.
many-will do Everything ir
their power to facilitate the &C.
Continued on Page AS, Col. g.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Vishinsky Backs u. N, Plan
For Big Power Peace Talks
Political Committee Unanimously ndorses
Syrio-Iroq Proposal; Red Chino Excluded

not to get its hopes up. He has
repeatedly emphasized that Rus
sia must be judged by her deeds
not words.
The Syria-Iraq proposal recon-
mends that the five permanent
Security Council members-listed
in the U. N. Charter as China
United States, Russia, Britain and
France-consult together on their
differences. It sets no date for
The talks.
The Big Five. however, agreed
after a Security Council meeting
today to meet some time before
Tuesday to attempt to solve the
impaSse over the secretary-gen-
erals expiring term.
Such meeting would be the
first session of the Big Five in the
spirit of the Syria-Iraq resolution
In the Political Committee, Mr.
Vishinsky repeatedly urgI the
committee against an ostrich
policy of refusing to identify the
(See u, N. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-10-22

Chinese Red regime listed as one
of the big powers, but after two
rebuffs, voted along with the
committee in the rare U. N. show
of unanimity.
While American Delegate John
Foster Dulles approved the pro-
posal, he has warned the world