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Evening star., 1950-08-15
Korean Red Peace Rally
Turns Into Mass Fist Fiqhf
BY the Associoted Press

TOKYO. Aug. 15.-A Korean
Red peace rally" exploded into a
mass fist fight today and 18
policemen were hospitalized. Jap
anese press reports said.
An estimated 300 policemen
clashed with some TOO Koreans at
Okayama, near Kobe. The rally
was staged by Communications
mated Korean organizations in
defiance of a police ban against
demonstrations. Police tried to
break up the meeting.
Five persons were arrested.
Police broke up another demon
stration of 400 Koreans in Kobe
last night but there was no
violence.
The ban against public demon
strations became effective several
months ago after American GIS
were attacked during a Commu-
nist-staged demonstration in
Tokyo.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Big Red Oil Refinery
Destroyed by B-29s,
Air Force Reports
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Aug. 15.-The United
States Far East Air Force today
wrote off the North Korean Reds
huge WonSan oil refinery as a
major strategic target for B-29
bomberS.
1t. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer,
FEAT commander, said reconnais-
sance pictures taken yesterday
showed the East Coast refinery
was almost totally destroyed and
completely imperative.
Earlier, the Far East bomber
command reported that the B-29S
in the last month had plastered
North Korean targets with $4,000
bombs totaling 1000 tons. Dam
age from the 1000 tons of high
explosives ranged from 80 per cent
to virtually complete destruction.
Support of Allied ground troops
continued a major task of Allied
airmen. More than 400 SortieS
were flown yesterday, including
200 in direct support of the foot
soldiers.
Included in the days bag were
eight enemy tanks destroyed.
The light B-26 bombers flew
night intruder missions and set
fires in IS cities. Their sweeps
ranged from Suchon in the south
to Seoul, the abandoned South
Korean capital.
A 200-ton enemy vessel was re-
ported sunk by a Navy patrol
plane on the Korea west coast.
Another naval patrol plane at
tackled and damaged another
Communist ship on the east coast.
This second plane was damaged
by fax but returned to its base.
One F-51 Mustang fighter was
shot down over the battleline in
western sector and one B-26 was
lost.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
GI Loses His Helmet, ,
Gets 1t Back With
Bullet Hole in 1t
BY the Assoeioisd Press

WITH THE UNITED
STATES 1st CAVALRY d.
VISION IN KOREA, Aug. Is.
-Corpl. James Moore of
Pleasant City, Ohio, couldn't
find his helmet when ordered
into battle last night against
the North Korean Reds.
He grabbed another. Its
head-gripping liner didn't fit
well.
After a night of bitter fight
ing Corpl. Moore looked
around for a replacement. He
found one-but the helmet
had holes in the front and
back where a bullet apparent
ly had killed the CT wear
ing it.
Corpl. Moore looked inside.
The name read: "Corpl.
James Moore" 1t was his.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

continued From First PageO
the spokesman said. The attacks
were concentrated northwest of
Waegwan.
Little Casino" StOrmed.
AS the critical river-front battle
in the center shaped up, gallant
American Negro foot soldiers
stormed the Little Casino" re-
doubt seven miles northwest of
Masan. Masan is a south coast
port 81 air miles west of Pusan,
No. l United States supply base
on the southeast tip of the penin-
sula.
The fight went into hand-to-
hand combat with bayonetS and
rifle stocks used as clubs. The
Negroes, capturing the craggy
heights, freed some 200 wounded
United States artillerymen who
had been pinned down by the
Communists in last weeks west
ward drive to Chinju by Marines
and Army infantrymen.
In the Northeast American
troops captured Yuktong, 9 miles
west of Pohang air base on the
Sea of Japan coast.
South Koreans Take Town.
South Korea's Capitol Division
smashed down from the north and
took the town of Imam nearby.
Combined Allied forces moved to
within half a mile of Pohang,
second most important port on
the east coast until the Com
munists overran it last week.
The battle where the Negro
troops took the Little Casino"
stronghold, so named because of
it's resemblance to a German posi-
tion in Southern Italy during
World War II, was one of the
hardest fought of the seven
Week-old Korean war.
The American Negroes in a
frontal assault Stormed the slopes
in the face of heavy Communist
machine-gun and rifle fire.
Associated Press Correspondent
Stan Swinton, with the Negro
troopers, said the battle ended in
an old-fashioned hand hand
struggle with bayonets and
clubbed guns.
He said the finale was short
and sharp with the Reds finally
breaking from their positions dug
beneath a temple and leaving the
craggy position to the Americans.
Yanks Dominate Heights.
Capture of the strong point put
the Americans in a dominating
position on the heights overlook
ing, Hanam, 7 miles northwest of
Masan.
The 1000 Little Casino" Reds
had been bypassed when United
States Marines and the 25th In
fantry Division drove west last
week to the outskirts of Chinju,
SIS miles east of Pusan.
The gallant drive by the Negro
troops freed the remainder of
force of 200 United States artil-
lerymen who had been encircled
by the Reds. Correspondent
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Representative Smith
Files Candidacy Notice
BY the Associaied Press

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. Is -
Representative Smith, Democrat,
of Alexandria, formally filed today
his notice of candidacy in the No
vember 7 general election with
the State board of elections.
Representative Smith, ranking
member of the Virginia delega-
ton, was renominated in the
August primary.
The Eighth District congress
man also filed his expense account
showing disbursements aggregat-
ing $1,838 in the primary con-
test. He was opposed by Arthur
Souther, Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
LOST

BLACK LEATHER BRIEF CASE, contain
ing proof sheets of illustrations and pen
and ink drawings; left in taXicab at 41St
md Military rd., O'Clock Sun. Deliver
to AGNES CHASE, Smithsonian Inst. Re-
ward. MA. 1910, Ext. 223, or ewes, .Wo
500. -15
CAT-Large male; white with tiger; re-
ward Alexandria 7I17. -16
CHANGE PURSE, black: Thursday morn
ing, Wheaton, Nd. or Butternut and
Georgia ave-; containing about $40.
Reward offered. LO. 5-1107. -l5
COCKER SPANIEL-Small red female, 4
yrs old. Child's pet. Answers to 'Tippy."
OOG-S mos; brown, short-haired. med.
height, female, spade in June; PIXIE.
Last seen Fri. eve, 36th and Alabama
ave Sc COLLAR AND RABIES TAG.
Loved by 8 children. Reward Hillside
KEYS, in brown case, Aug. IS, vicinity Of
10Th St NV between Constitution and
New York aves. AK. 3S29. 16.
LADY'S WRIST WATCH, gold, vicinity of
Wisconsin and Lowell NV. Reward.
OR. 1915. IL
SMALL BROWN DOG, miniature Dober.
man Pinscher. Answers to name OF
Tinker" Reward S11 Flower ave-, Ia
komA Park Md, Sligo 1865. -l6
Evening star., 1950-08-15
FOUND.

foLLIE-Young female; fawn and white:
or good home. OV. 4043.
DOG-Tan and white; has rabies tag,
"Lockhart" 223-503. Owner call VI. 4377.
PERSIAN KITTEN-Black and white;
about z weeks old; vic. Of District hgts.
WA, 9962.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Korea
Cropt;p,,ed From First

Continued From First PageD
the spokesman said. The attacks
were concentrated northwest of
WaegWan.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Czech Peace Pact Plan
Branded Propaganda

A Czechoslovak proposal for q
peace pact between the great
powers" was branded by the State
Department today as part OF q
propaganda campaign
Czechoslovak Ambassador Vladi-
mir Outrata presented the pro-
posal to Undersecretary of State
Webb late yesterday in the form
of a resolution passed by the
Communist-controlled parliament
of his country.
The resolution charged that the
United States and Great Britain
are leading capitalist monopo'
lies" in a policy of aggression
and robbery" and suppression Of
freedom" over the world. It de.
scribed the mighty Soviet Union
as the protector of peace
Calling for a halt in "imperialis
production of arms" and ban
on atomic bomb production, il
proposed a peace pact" within
the United Nations framework tC
end world tension.
The State Department said 1t
was puzzled to understand the
gap between the Czechoslovak
governments peace protestations
and its performances" charging
it's recent actions serve to pro-
mote international tension rather
than peace"
The Czechoslovak resolution was
received coldly in London when
it was presented there Wednesday
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Charges Fly as Railroads,
Union Meet in Peace Talks
Rv the Associated Press

CHICAGO, April Discharges
and counter charges were made by
spokesmen for railroads and union
f1remen yesterday as the National
Railway Mediation Board opened
series of talks to avert a strike
against four major carriers May 10.
The railroads were charged by
the union of not acting in good
faith. In a statement, the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen said railroad super
visory employees were questioning
f1remen in an "intimidating man
ner" about their strike intentions,
creating "anger and restlessness
among our members at a time
when their feelings are already
tense"
The charge was denied by the
railroads through Daniel P. Loomis,
chairman of the Association of
Western Railways. He termed the
unions statement pure propa-
ganda." and a gross distortion. I"
Mr.. Loomis said some of the car
rierS on which firemen have
threatened to strike "have very
properly made inquiries of their
f1remen to ascertain how many
wanted to continue on the job in
the event of a strike"
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Mrs. Mary Ferguson
Funeral 10 Be Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
A. Ferguson, 80, long active in
patriotic organizations here. we're
to be held this afternoon in the
Lee funeral home, Fourth street
and Massachusetts, avenue NE.
Burial was to be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Ferguson, a Washington
resident for 10 years, died Tuesday
night at the Eastern Star Home,
5000 New Hampshire avenue NE.
For more than 80 years she had
been an active member of the
Daughters of America and at one
time served as State counselor for
the organization here. She be-
longed to Fidelity Council No. 4.
Daughters of America; Daughters
of the Confederacy, and Miriam
Chapter No. %, Order Of the East
ern Star.
She was the widow of Thomas
E. Ferguson, who for number OF
years was in charge Of the Dale
carlia Reservoir here.
She is survived by grand
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Schoon@
maker of Silver Spring, and a
grandson, Thomas Ferguson of
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1950-04-28

showers in south portion and in
north portion by afternoon or
night.
Wind velocity at 1890 o'clock
this morning. 4 miles per hour;
direction, southwest.
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, April 2S-May 3.
The temperature will average
few degrees above normal for
the period. The normal maxi
mum for the Washington area is
70 degrees, normal minimum 49
degrees. Warmer Sunday, a
little cooler Monday but warmer
again Tuesday and Wednesday
Showers over the week end and
again toward the middle of next
week totaling about one-half inch
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Box With 1859 Data
Z
Duq Up Under Church

More than 80 years have had
little effect on the cornerstone
items recently dug up in the razing
of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church, Thirteenth street
and New York avenue NV.
Church officials last night opened
a metal box filled with religious
and timely 1850 data. in a cere-
mony at the Concordia Lutheran
Church, Twentieth and G streets
NV.
The documents and Bible will be
placed in the cornerstone Of the
new church being constructed on
its former site, representatives of
the official church boards decided.
In the container were a ConfeS-
sion of Faith, an 1855 map of
Washington and a plate bearing
the names of early pastors.
1t also held three daily news
papers, The Star. the States and
the Daily National Intelligencer.
The papers formal appeared as
strange as the pre-Civil War and
steamboat travel news.
The box had been placed in the
cornerstone in 1859.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Trumon Finishes Plans
For Western Speeches

President Truman's schedule OF
eight principal speeches on his
forthcoming Western trip was
rounded out today with the an
nouncement that he would talk
on water power at Caspar. Wyo.,
May 8.
The President had planned TO
leave his train at CaSpar and go
so miles south to KorteS Dam on
the North Platte River for a
speech. but that drive was found
impracticable and so the speech
that was to have been made at
Kortes will be delivered at Caspar.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Mostly
sunny today with highest tenn
perature about 70 degrees. Fair
tonight with lowest near so de-
grees. Tomorrow mostly cloudy
and cooler with showers in after
noon or night.
Maryland-Fair and cooler to-
night with lowest temperature
from 38 degrees in the west
portion to IS degrees in the east.
Tomorrow mostly, cloudy and
cooler with showers in afternoon
Virginia-Mostly fair tonight
but a few scattered showers in
southwest portion late tonight
Lowest temperature ranging from
As degrees in the west to Sc
degrees in the southeast. Mostly
cloudy and cooler tomorrow witt
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Court Weighs Milk Law

The Virginia Supreme Court oi
Appeals today studied new argu-
ments attacking the State milk
and cream act which sets up the
Milk Commission.
Interests in the Newport News
area said the law which authorizes
the commission to regulate pro-
duction and sales and fix prices
was "a mile-post on the rampant
road to socialism" They said il
was an emergency act passed dur
ing the depression and is uncon-
stitutional.
State Attorney General J. Lind
say Almond, jr., defending the act
said the arguments were "un-
sound" ."-AP.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Senate Rejects Spain
AS Member Of ERP,
Refuses 10 OK Loan
By the Assoeioted Press

The Senate blackballed Franco
Spain for membership in the
Marshall Plan Club and refused
to indorse a proposed $50 million
loan to that country.
1t took this action yesterday in
rejecting by AZ to 35 vote a
move by Senator'S McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada and Brew
ster, Republican, of Maine to
amend the s3,272, 100000 foreign
aid bill so as to include Spain
officially in the anti-Communist
ranks.
IF we are really serious in
fighting communism" Senator
McCarran said. "let us take into
our alliance the people who have
put communism out of business
+ in their own country"
Brewster Supports Spain.
Senator Brewster also sought
to rally support behind his plea
that Spain holds the military
"key to the Mediterranean" and
thus would be in position to aid
Westerns powers materially If war
should come.
But Chairman Connally of the
Foreign Relations Committee de-
clared that Spain's inclusion
would cause serious interference"
in the European Recovery Pro-
gram. Furthermore. he said. it
would be very offensive to other
nations banded together under
the Marshall Plan.
Senator Connally spearheaded
the opposition drive after confer
ring with President Truman and
Secretary Acheson.
Senator Lehman. Democrat
Liberal. of New York, backed
Senator Connally's stand, saying
it would be a deep affront" to
the Western European countries
If we asked them to join with
Spain which, under the leader
o11AP Va 0CllCI d11oS1lllO dIlCO, lao
not been a Democratic nation"
Quick Action Sought.
After dispoSing of this issue,
which also was defeated last year,
the Senate leaders sought to speed
action OF, the multi billion dollar
foreign aid bill it has been debat-
ing since April IA.
Majority Leader Lucas of Illi-
nois proposed setting vote
deadline for 4 pm. Monday. but
Senator Wherry, Republican, of
Nebraska blocked this, leaving the
final decision up in the air.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio meanwhile called on his COL
leagues to cut $500 million from
the Marshall Plan funds as part
of an economy drive "all down the
line"
Evening star., 1950-04-28
2 Hunches Save 7 Lives

Last February, w. D. Clark
was riding a Norfolk bus when
he left it on impulse and entered
a blood donor center. He gave
a pint of the rare O-negative
type blood and learned author
tiles were frantically seeking
this type for a small child
critically injured in an accident.
Yesterday Mr.. Clark had an
other hunch. As he entered
the center, Red Cross workers
were searching their disaster
file of blood donors. Only a
few minutes before a physician
had called the center and said
a critically ill patient must have
O-negative blood.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-04-28

appeal to their own agencies
The Murray bill also would pro-
vide for three ratings-"unsat :
sfactory." satisfactory" and "ex-
,ellent," The commission would
give agencies wide latitude In
running efficiency rating pro-
grams.
GSA-The following divisional
directors appointments have been
made in General Services Ad-
ministration: William E. Katon
accounting systems; Jay L
Chambers. accounts and reports
D. E. A. Cameron, budget; Phi
w. Jordan. credit and finance
Laurence w. Acker, internal
audit. and William c. Wallace
liquidation. Also. Louis B. Gett-
man has been appointed assistant
to the controller.
VA-Harold H. Fischer. senior
contact representative of the Vet
eranS' Administrations Washing
ton regional Office. has resigned
to join the legal staff of the Labor
Department in the SOLICITOR
office.
NAVY'S FARMERS-The Nava
Ordnance Laboratory at White
Oak. Md, has set aside 10 gardens
each 20 by 40 feet, for its civilian
employees interested in gardening
The plots are located along the
laboratory's New Hampshire ave-
nue. boundary.
VISUAL AIDS-The improve
ment of visual aids for Govern.
ment employees is being discussed
this week by more than 800 Fed
eral experts under the sponsorship
of the Federal Personnel Council
The sessions are being held at the
Naval Gun Factory.
BE sure to listen at Gas pm.
eUery Saturday oper WMAL,
The Star station. to Joseph
Youno'S Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
nelOS and piet0s OF the Govern
n1ent Scene.)
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Resignation Stirs Protest

Mrs. Milton K. Lockwood of
Mount Vernon resigned from
Alexandria's Board of Lady Man
ayers yesterday in protest against
the removal of Mrs. Irene M.
Roszel, superintendent of nurses
and director of the nurses school.
A board member for Is years,
she said the custer was RUTHLESS"
and cruel" Her resignation
echoes a public furor in Alexan-
dria since the announcement a
few weeks ago that Mrs. Roszel
would not be re-appointed after
her term expires in June. She will
be given six months pay and ref
erences by the Board of Directors,
however.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
1 Killed, 8 Injured
AS Air Armada Hits
Carolina Invaders
b. the A1se<,e'sd Prs.s

FORT BRAGG, n. c.. April %.
One man was killed and eight
injured today as the Army and
Air Force launched a major Of
fenSive against mythical in
vader. Hundreds Of paratroopers
swarmed from the skies in the
opening attack.
The dead man was an enlisted
man who apparently fell out OF q
plane.
The first waves of approximate
ly 1000 paratroopers Signalled the
beginning of the D-day for Exer-
else Swarmer
The war games are designed 10
prove an Air Force contention that
whole armies. isolated deep within
enemy territory. can be adequate
ly supplied by modern giant Air
Force transports.
H-HOur Postponed.
H-hour of D-day was postponed
for about two and a half hours
because of a fog forecast that did
not materialiZe.
Pathfinder elements Of the
lS7th Combat Team Of the llth
Air Borne Division were the first
down. Troops and equipment soon
afterward poured out Of the bulg-
Ing bellies of the Clio Fairchild
packet transports,
Two of the injured were Pvt.
Daniel G. Guerrero, of Puente.
Calf, and Corpl, James Moran.
Of Rochester, N Y.
Brig. Gen. Ridgeley Gather.
chief of staff to 1t. Gen. Lauris
NorStad, maneuver commander.
reported that everything was pro-
crossing according to plan.
The weather, clear and calm.
was fine for the operation.
JeepS and los nm. HowitZers
were dropped in the first tactical
application of increased firepower
Of airborne troops.
Attacks Air Strip.
The regimental team. subjected
to simulated machine gun fire on
the jump, went into battle position
quickly and then consolidated its
forces to attack the air strip at
Camp Mackah.
Present to witness D-day activ-
tiles was large group of the
country's top defense men.
The group included Air Secre-
tary Finletter, Gen, Hoyt S. VAN
denberg. Air Force Chief of Staff
and Gen. J. Lawton Collins. Army
Chief Of Staff
Military representatives OF sew
eral foreign countries. headed by
MeXico's Defense Minister. Gen.
Gilberto Limon. also watched the
paratroopers plummet from the
skies.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
IvD Association Head
Calls Hope for Early
Control Unwarranied

Optimism in medical and public
health circles that venereal dis
ease control is imminent cannot
be substantiated in fact" Dr. E.
Quincy Clark Of Columbia Uni
versity said today.
DR.. Clark is the outgoing presi-
dent Of the American Venereal
Disease Association. which is
meeting today at the Agriculture
Department.
He told more than $50 members
of the association attending the
meeting that syphilis killed $4,000
persons in the United States last
year and sent $4,000 to mental
institutions.
Hopkins Scientist Honored.
Nevertheless, he said, the op-
timistic view that venereal disease
control is imminent pervades med
ical and public health circles" He
added that such optimism is pre-
mature. He said the fact that
5000, 900 in the United States to-
day show positive tests Of syphilis
proves that venereal diseases are
still problems "of the first magni-
tude."
After his speech DR.. Clark pre-
sented the associations annual
award to DR.. Robert A. Nelson, 27-
year -old Johns Hopkins University
bacteriologist.
DR.. Nelson was cited for his work
in developing vastly improved
test for syphilis. The award was
a check for $3.50.
DR.. Nelson was cited for his dis
covery of the presence of natural
antibodies, formed to fight syph-
Ills, in victims of the disease. The
association said the discovery is
without question the outstanding
one of the year." and one opening
1.-The way for many new advances
in the diagnosis. immunology and
therapy" of syphilis.
May Replace Wasserman.
The new syphilis test, which has
been reported previously, may one
day replace the Wasserman test.
A barrier to it's wider use now
however, is its complexity, DR..
Nelson said.
New officers of the association
were elected at today's final meet
ing. They are:
DR.. Thomas B. Turner of Johns
Hopkins University. president; DR..
Thomas H. Sternberg Of the
School of Medicine of the Uni
versity of California, vice presi-
dent; DR.. William L. Fleming of
the School of Medicine at Boston
University, secretary, and DR..
Ivan Martin, a private practi-
toner of Modesto, Calf, treasurer.
U. of Virginia Man Elected.
The following were elected to
the Executive Committee:
DR.. William Hinton. head of the
Wasserman Laboratory. Boston;
DR.. D. c. Smith, professor of der
matology at the University of
Virginia Medical School, and DR.
Theodore Bauer, head of the
|venereal disease division of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, Washington, D. C.
The meeting, which opened
yesterday is sponsored jointly by
the American Venereal Disease
Association and the Experimental
Therapeutics Study Section of the
National Institute of Health.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Gambling Probe Ends

In Salisbury, Md, the Wicomico
County grand jury wound up a
five-day gambling investigation
today by returning nine indict-
mentS.
Names were withheld until
those indicted are taken into Gus
tody. The jury ignored an accusa-
ton by Oscar L. Morris of the
Salisbury Times that Alexander
T. Grier. Republican candidate
for Mayor, had been offered 6
deal by gamblers. Testimony from
both was in conflict, the jury re-
ported.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-04-28
Head of GSA Seeks
Birth Control of
Federal Records
BY the Assecioted Press

The head of the Government S
housekeeping agency appealed to-
day for sharp slash in Federal
paperwork, observing:
THE Federal Government spent
81 million for filing cabinets alone
in 1949."
Jess Larson, head of the Gen
eral Services Administration, told
an interagency meeting he would
like to see positive steps for the
birth control of records" He said
a million cubic feet Of documents
have been added to the National
Archives since 1885. with many
more waiting outside.