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Evening star., 1950-10-28
Joseph N. CIemons, Dies;
Retired Virginia Farmer

Joseph Matthew Clemons, rs,
a well-known retired farmer in
Fauquier County, Va, died of a
heart attack Thursday on his
farm near Bristersburg, Va.
A lifelong resident of Fauquier
County, Mr. Clemons was the
third generation to be born on
the expansive farm near Bristers-
burg. He retired from farming
several years ago.
Mr.. Clemons was a former
steward at the old Providence
Methodist Church, near Bristers-
burg.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Frances Elizabeth Clemons; q
son, Howard J. Clemons of Brad
ley Farms, Md: three daughters,
Mrs. William Kriz, 81 Hamilton
street NV; Miss Iva Clemons,
2371 Champlain street NV, and
Mrs. Lester Messick OF Rockville.
Md, five grandchildren and q
great-grandson.
Two brothers, Cornelius Glenn
ons of Catlett, Va, and LebeouS
Clemons of Washington, Va, and
sister, Mrs. Georgia Duffy OF
Catlett, also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow in the Baker &
Sons funeral home, Manassas.
Va. Burial will be in Cedar Run
Cemetery, near Alden, Va.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Indiana Governor Locks Cell
OF Jailed Philadelphia Trucker
Pay $3.50 or Stoy
= In at 81 a Day,
Is Schricker's Word
BY the Assoeioted Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2S.-Gov.
Henry F. Schricker said today he
favored keeping a young Philadel-
phia truck driver in an Indiana
jail cell until his $3.50 fine is
paid.
The Governor also expressed
belief that the Aiello Bros.
Trucking CO. of Philadelphia lis
playing en- the sympathy of the
Governor" in an effort to avoid
paying the fine assessed against
it's driver, 26-year-old Frank Di
Donatis.
Mr.. Di Donatis was arrested by
State police September 20, near
Elkhart, and charged with driv-
ing a steel-laden truck carrying
1900 pounds over Indians legal
limit. He was unable to pay the
fine and Judge William E. Wider
ordered him to Jail in Elkhart
to LAY out" the fine at the rate
of 81 a day.
Gov. Schricker said he had been
informed that Mr.. Di Donatis is
a relative of the owner of the
trucking company. He added that
he believed the company "eventu-
ally will pay the fine"
"AS far as am concerned" the
Governor said, "Di Donatis will
stay in Jail until the fine has been
paid.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Carnegie Commission
Honors Is for Bravery
By the Associoted Press

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 28-Twen-
ty-five heroes in 13 States, nine
OF whom died while performing
their acts Of bravery. have been
awarded bronze medals by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
In five cases the commission
granted pensions totaling $3,4S0
while relatives of three heroes
were given death benefits of $500
Disability benefits were granted
to three for injuries received.
Three States - Pennsylvania
California and Florida-had three
heroes each. There were two each
in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Jer-
sey, Wisconsin, Washington and
South Dakota. and one each in
Idaho, North Carolina, Texas and
Connecticut.
A posthumous award went to
Maurice A. Ahearn, jr., Is, of
Killingsworth, Conn, who rescued
students from burning dormitory
at Norman, Okla. Mr.. Ahearn's S
body was found in the debris.
Two other heroes were Hull
Wright. Sc. tender at a dam near
Pittsburgh, and James Woffenden,
so, of Pittsburgh. The two men
steered a small rowboat into a
whirlpool. trying to rescue several
persons trapped in their cabin
cruiser. Mr.. Wright was swept
overheard and drowned.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Food Bad at Ellis Island,
German Tells Home Folks
BY the Associated Press

HAMBURG. Germany, Oct. %.
One of the first Germans to re-
turn home after internment at
Ellis Island, N. Y, under the new
United States Internal Security
Act complained today about un-
sanitary conditions and poor &C
commodations on the island.
The complaints were made by
Herbert Behrens, Hamburg busi-
nessman, in six-column inter-
view with the Hamburg Freie
Presse Behrens spent seven days
on Ellis Island. He said food and
lodging there were "in no way
comfortable"
For breakfast" he was quoted,
I'VE had two slices of bread, very
bad marmalade, porridge and
weak coffee. For dinner we didn't
even have meat. Many of us lost
our appetites, anyway, when we
saw cockroaches running across
the table"
Mr.. Behrens asserted that the
aliens held on the island for
security checking at the time slept
96 in one big room.
Evening star., 1950-10-28

than $1,000 when he wrote a check
for $500 and asked Murphy to
cash it so he could win his money
back. Murphy refused to do this,
but said he would get the hotel
to do it and left the room.
When Murphy failed to return,
Mr.. Engelmann called police
They found he had just checked
cut, but while police were in the
room where the game had been
played, Murphy telephoned his
friend and suggested they meet
at a service station near Twelfth
and H streets NV. Police went
to the spot and arrested Murphy
who protested he was a big soy
bean merchant" with a Dun &
Bradstreet rating.
Murphy had in his possession
$500, the deck of cards and the
receipt of a Western Union money
order for $400 he had just sent tc
his wife in Plattsburg. police said
After robbery squad detectives
noticed the deck was marked, the
larceny charge was placed against
Murphy. A lookout was broadcast
for Murphy's accomplice who left
the hotel when police went tc
arrest Murphy.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Britain Seeks 10 Run
Sugar Beet Industry
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. 28.- Britain's s
Labor government will ask the
new Parliament to put the sugar
beet industry under state owner
ship, government sources said to-
day.
The industry supplies fourth OF
Britain's sugar. 1t is operated by
monopoly approved in 1896 by
a Conservative government. The
laws covering the monopoly ex-
pire in December.
The plan will be made public
in the Kings speech opening the
new Parliament session Tuesday,
the sources said. The Kings
speech is written by the govern
ment and outlines government
policies.
The beet sugar move would
represent a climbdown from
Labor's previously announced aim
to take over the sugar industry
The biggest producer of cane
sugar. Tate and Lyle. has been
conducting a spirited adv ertising
campaign against government
ownership.
Tate and Lyle produce about
half of the sugar sold in Britain
The other quarter of The market
is divided among five smaller
companies.
The Labor government already
has nationalized Britains trans
port, the airlines, coal. electricity,
cable and wireless communica-
tions, the Bank of England and
the gas industry.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Drive on New York
HoodIums Extended
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-The po-
lice drive on the city's hoodlums
vaulted into Madison Square Gar
den last night, where a boxing
bout was held, and Commissioner
Thomas F. Murphy said all future
sporting events would find detec-
tives present.
More than 200 detectives,
plainclothesmen and patrolmen
swarmed through the Garden be-
fore and during the middleweight
boxing match between Rocky Gra-
ziano and Tony Janiro.
1000 Arrests Predicted.
No known rowdy arrests were
made by fight time. but early re-
ports indicated that arrests of Is
shady characters at the Jamaica
race track Thursday had scared
off the known toughs and va
grants.
Mr.. Murphy. predicting about
1000 arrests of suspicious persons
before election day, added:
From now on, We will have de-
tectives at every sporting event
basketball games. fights, football,
sports of any kind where hood
lums are apt to congregate. The
detectives will pick them up and
bring them in
Surprise Inspections Made.
Mr.. Murphy emphasized the
edict would hold not only until
election day-the cleanup time
limit set by Acting Mayor Vincent
Impelliterri-but "as long as I
am commissioner"
With the drive four days old
today, hoodlum arrests totaled
459.
Later last night Mr.. Murphy,
accompanied by his two top aides,
made a surprise inspection tour
of three police stations in the East
Bronx. With the commissioner
were Chief Inspector August w.
Flath and Chief of Detectives
Conrad H. Rothengast.
Veteran observers said it was
the first routine duty tour by any
police commissioner.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Stock Prices Advance
Few Cents 10 Point
In Light Trading
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. -2s.-The
stock market edged ahead today
in a slow but persistent advance.
The market was far from one
sided for a fair sized group of
issues either remained at Fridays
closing levels or backed down q
trifle. Most gains were limited to
less than 81 a share.
Trading dropped to the usual
slow Saturday rate after an open
ing furry of activity. Sales for
the two-hour session were in the
neighborhood of 100000 shares.
N. Y. Shipbuilding was an out
standing weak spot today with a
drop of 81 a share to $15.75 at one
time. The decline followed omis-
sion of the usual dividend. The
company said the dividend was
skipped because of unexpected
losses on construction of six ves-
sells.
Higher prices were paid for
U. S. Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Arm
co, General Motors, Chrysler,
United Aircraft. Radio Corp,
American Zinc, American Cyana-
mid, Pennsylvania R. R., Nickel
Plate and Texas Co.
Some railway. issues improved
in the bond market.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Indo-Chinu
Continued From First Page.

unusable because of heavy rains
is so situated as to require planes
to circle close for a landing. Wet
Mimi troops holding the heights
could shoot the planes down.
Continuing their daily sweeps
over the frontier, French war;
planes strafed and bombed Wet
Mini troops infiltrating into Lao
kays escape corridor to the south
east. A military spokesman said
French planes struck at Wet
Mimi units crossing the Red River
from the east at two points about
20 miles southeast of Laokay.
Torrential rains descending all
over central Wet Nam. hampered
communications and caused some
damage to French posts. Two
posts in Dong Hoi along the An
namese coast were withdrawn.
Dlxmude Brings U. S. Planes.
The French aircraft carrier Dix
nude slipped so miles upriver to
Saigon today. carrying the largest
cargo of American aid yet to reach
hard-pressed French forces fight
ing Communist rebels.
A military spokesman said the
carrier had 40 United States Navy
Hellcat fighter planes aboard
along with replacement parts and
The Dixmude was the fifth ship
to reach Indo-China carrying
American military aid. She was
loaded at San Francisco.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Lomburdo
Continued From First PageJ


Army to nine straight victories
including a $50 rout of Notre
Dame.
1t. Lombardo had been in Korea
since early August with the I'd
Division. He is survived by his
widow and two children.
1t. Lombardo made the 1912
Army team when Army let down
the bars to allow freshman par
ticipation in varsity sports. He
fitted we'll into Army's switch to
the T formation, and beginning
with the 1943 season helped the
Cadets along their way to football
dominance.
In the 1943 Notre Dame game
he played alongside Glenn Davis
Up to then Army was unbeaten
but lost 26 to 0 to the Irish.
With Doc Blanchard joining the
team in 1914, 1t. Lombardo di.
rected the Cadets to an unbeaten
united season that brought West
Point the National Collegiate
Football Championship for the
first time.
The 1914 eleven, with 1t. Lom-
bardo as captain, swept through q
nine-game schedule scoring 504
points and handing each opponent
it's worst defeat of the season.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Southern Publishers
Wind Up Convention
After Naming EngeI
BY the Associated Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va. Oct. 28.-Members of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers
Association are adjourning their
48th anniversary convention at
noon today, but are staying around
for an afternoon golf tournament
and dance tonight
New officers and directors,
headed by President K. A. Engel
of the Arkansas Democrat of Little
Rock. met at a breakfast which
opened today's program.
Morning speakers included D.
Hiden Ramsey, general manager
of the Asheville Citizen Times, and
Robert SPAIN, administrative as
sistant for the Oklahoma City
Oklahoman and Times.
Tax Trend Hit.
A SNPA study committees re-
port yesterday called attention to
what it called a potentially dan
gerous trend toward municipal
Incense taxing of newspapers.
3 I'VE are concerned with the
ominous possible turns that such
a practice might take once the
precedent is established, as indeed
it now appears to be- the COM
mittee said.
The convention yesterday
adopted resolution opposing a
malicious, determined campaign
of smear, villiflcation and false
hood against the South"
The resolution, introduced by
Publisher James G. Stahlman of
the Nashville Banner, said that a
phenomenal growth and develop
ment of the South in the last rs
years had come about.
mo Marshall Plan"
Without benefit of any Mar
shall Plan, ECA, or other assist
ance outside the ingenuity, brain
ability and determination of a
people who have clung to the fun
damentals of character, in the in
dividual as we'll as in government,
despite the vicious assault of
political mountebanks. sociologi-
cal crackpots and subversive NAL
contents"
Permanent Agency Voted.
The convention voted to create
a permanent agency to acouaint
the country with the "aims, aspi-
rations, work. resources and ad-
vanceS of the whole Southern re-
gion."
The National Newspaper Promo
ton Association yesterday opened
two-day Southern Eastern re-
gional meeting concurrent with
the last two days of the SNPA
convention. Both meetings were
held in the Greenbrier Hotel.
Raoul Blumberg, promotion di-
rector of the Washington Post and
first vice president of the national
promotion managers group, an
nounced that the 1851 convention
will be held April 29-May 2 in
Washington.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
JET Blade Factory
In Michigan Wrecked
By 81 Million Blaze
By the Associated Press

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct.
pa million dollar flash fire last
night destroyed a factory making
jet plane engine blades, dealing
blow to the defense program.
Eighteen of the IS workers In
the factory and one volunteer
fireman were hurt. Seven still
were hospitalized today. None
was reported in serious condition.
The plant, owned by the Eaton
Manufacturing Co.. was swept by
flames in astonishing speed.
Gas Furnace Explodes.
Firemen said apparently a feed
line carrying inf1ammable fluid
broke and sprayed on red-hot jet
blades and a nearby gas furnace.
The gas exploded.
Flames shot a hundred feet into
the air as the half block long,
one-story brick building became
an inferno in a mater of seconds.
Eaton officials said the building
ACoSAA Woo "Ol Iil dUOuI 0OUO,UUU
and the machinery, some of it
Government-owned, would cost at
least that much to replace.
Hopes of salvaglng any equip
ment were slim. The buildings
roof collapsed and only the walls
remained standing.
Floor Soaked With Oil.
The fire, starting shortly before
8 pm, swept along the oil-soaked
Woodblock floor.
A hundred firemen and en-
ployes fought the blaze more than
an hour before bringing it under
control.
Eaton is under Government
contract to produce the blades
used in the engines of jet planes.
A single engine requires 1900 to
2.400 blades.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Defense
Continued From First Page.)

\COnLlnueQ from FlrSC Page.)
licity aspects of the treaty or
ganiZation.
Gen. Marshall made reference
to the latter point in his speech.
He pointed out that he soon would
be called before Congress to de-
fend the immense expenditures re-
quired for the program and added
that others would face similar
duty.
Our citizens are eager to ascer-
tain what forces are to be raised,
how and when and what every ma
ton under the North Atlantic
Pact will contribute" he declared.
"They are clearly entitled to such
information. Therefore, let us
make every effort to give it to
them clearly and Enthusiastically;
and then let us go out about the
business of translating our plans
into military strength quickly and
effectively. This appears to me to
be the primary mission of this
conference"
At another point in his address,
Gen. Marshall declared that "all
our peoples are entitled to a
bill of particulars from u.s.
Mutual in Character.
Speaking for the United States,
he told the ministers that I'VE are
Fundamentally supporting a pro-
gram for our mutual defense.
But this treaty of ours is mu-
tual in character" he added.
Each of us must contribute to
the common defense in accordance
with our respective capabilities"
Gen. Marshall said the past year
had been "a year of significant
progress toward security and
peace" and added that he hoped
it would go down in history "as
the one in which Western civiliza-
ton conquered its fear of COM
munismE
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Sergeant, 70, Ready
To Return to Korea
After CoIIopsing
By the Associated Press

YO, Oct. %. - When
M/Sergt. Joseph Grendell COL
lapsed in Korea while digging a
foxhole some of the recruits Won
dered about Army life.
After a few days in a Tokyo
hospital the sergeant was ready
to go again.
ut is kind of tough keeping up
with some of these youngsters, !"
he said, "but I'm ready"
Sergt. Grendell celebrated his
10th birthday last Saturday.
He lives at 1904 Ellis ST., Boule-
ward Heights, Md.
At the Ellis street address, a
member of Sergt. Grendell's IA
mily said today she did not think
the serged pt was 10, but that he
"is elderlJ
Evening star., 1950-10-28
80 GIs Found Killed
| Near Strafed Train:
Fleeing Reds Blamed
By WiIIiom Jorden

WITH UNITED STATES 1st
CORPS, NORTH KOREA, Oct. %.
The bodies of 80 Americans have
been discovered in and near a
northbound train 80 miles north
east Of Anju.
Nine were badly burned. The
other 81 Americans had been shot.
Two survivors were found.
The judge advocate of the 1st
Corps said the northbound train
had been attacked and set afire
by American planes.
All Killed by Reds.
Information indicated that flee
ing Red Koreans had killed all
the Americans and nine of the
bodies later were burned in the
air strike. No Red Korean dead
were found.
South Koreans led M/Sergt.
Morgan L. Cochrane to the two
survivors and then to 20 bodies
alongside the track near Kujang
village.
The 3Oth was found later by
investigators.
Sergt. Cochrane filed today a
report on his discovery with the
judge advocate, Col. Merton F.
Ellis of San Francisco.
Sergt. Cochrane said: He was
on a reconnaissance mission last
Sunday when he was halted by
South Korean soldiers about 4
miles east of Kujang. The ROK
troops said they had found two
Americans.
2 Survivors Found.
Sergt. Cochrane followed the
South Koreans to a nearby hut
where he found two exhausted
GI's. They were so emaciated and
weak that they could only mutter
thanks for being rescued.
The South Koreans then said
they knew where there were
many. many" dead Americans.
They led him to the railroad
where he found 20 bodies laid out
on mats beside the still burning
train.
Nine burned bodies were in a
row beside the tracks. Twenty
others which had been shot were
nearby. Sergt. Cochrane buried
the bodies in three common
graves.
Sergt. Cochrane said the oead
Americans had not been bound
and that he saw no signs of tor
ture or mutilation.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Deportation Of War Bride
Up 10 Supreme Court
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-War
Bride Ellen Knauff's two-year
fight against deportation now rests
solely with the Supreme Court.
With an appeals court refusing
to halt her deportation yesterday,
the case of the 35-year-old Ger
born wife of an American
Army veteran now has been re-
jected by all the lower Federal
courts.
Her entry into this country.
sought since 1948. has been termed
a hazard to security" by the
Justice Department. Details Of
charges against her have been kept
secret. During most of the time
since 1948 she has been held at
the immigration Station at Ellis
Island.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
Rev. Albert Smith, 90,
Dies After Methodist
Career Of 63 Years

The Rev. Albert L. Smith, go,
Oldest member in age and point
of service of the New Hampshire
Conference of the Methodist
Church and long secretary of the
conference. died yesterday in a
Takoma Park Md rest home.
DR.. Smith, who had made
Washington his home for II years,
lived at 1918 Emerson street NE.
He had been ill for nine months.
His death brought to a close a
career that encompassed 63 years
in the same conference. Before
his retirement in 1888 he had
served 81 years as secretary.
: Was Pastors Son.
! DR.. Smith, born in Salisbury,
: Conn, was the son of the late
Rev. Eleazer Smith, also a mem
Der Of the New Hampshire Con-
ference. Between them father and
son had combined service in the
conference totaling 113 years.
:, DR.. Smith had been active here
in the Hamline Methodist Church,
having served as a supply min
lister on several occasions and had
preached Sunday evening services.
He was a member of the Mems
Club at the church.
. Active in Club Affairs.
. He was active in Masonry and
Rotary Club affairs in New Hamp-
shire. Formerly he was a trustee
of Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Conn. A writer of numer-
GUS publications, he also had been
editor of religious newspaper.
DR.. Smith leaves his wife, Mrs.
Mira o. Smith, supervisor in
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics. and a daughter and a son
by previous marriage. They are
Mrs. Robert D. Bailey of Goffs-
town, N. H.. and the Rev. Addison
L. Smith of Conway. N. H.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in Laconia,
N. H, with burial there.
Evening star., 1950-10-28
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