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Evening star., 1950-09-15

WILLIAMS JOSEPHINE. On Sunday,
September 10. 1860, JOSEPHINE WILL
LIAA1S of 1899 6a st. NV, mother of
Clarence, Frank and Mary Lee Williams,
and Louise Hubbard: mother -in-law Of
Clarence Hubbard. Five grandchildren.
other relatives and many friends also
survive. Friends are invited to call at
the Malvan a. Schey Funeral Home, N. j..
ave. and r st. NV. after 4 pm. Friday,
where funeral services will be held Satur-
day, September 10, at 1870 AIN.
WINERICH GEORGE. On wednesday,
September Is. $50, GEORGE WINE
RICH of 1915 Park rd. w, beloved fus-
band of Elizabeth Wineri son of Mrs.
Agnes Owens of El Paso. Tex; brother Of
Herbert Winerich ard Mrs. Irving Moore
of California. Services at the Chevy
Chase Funeral Home 51@l Wisconsin
ave NV, on Monday September 1s, at
1870 pm. Relatives and friends invited.
Internient Arlington National Cemetery.
II
WRIGHT, PHILIP A. Suddenly, on Thurs
day. September IA, 1850, at his residence
215 Rock Greek Church rd. NV, PHILIP
A. WRIGHT. beloved husband Of Isabel
C. Wright. father of Mrs. Ellen w. King
of Portland, Greg: brother of Mrs. Fam
ME Hunt Of Bristol Vt, and Spencer
Wright of Springfield Mass Services at
the s.. H. Hines Co. Funeral Home. 2eO1
18th st. NV. on Saturday, September
16. ct pm. 1pterment Rock Greek
Cemetery. IL
Evening star., 1950-09-15

GEORGE. A special communI-
cation of Hiram Lodge. No. 4,
F A. A. M. is called for sat-
urday. September I6, 1850, at
IL O'Clock. at the Masonic
Temple, 10th and You SITS.
NV, for the purpose of at
tending the funeral of Brother
JOHNSON, from the Brown
A. NJ. E. Church at ! O'Clock.
Of the worshipful master.
Evening star., 1950-09-15

cation of Potomac Lodge. No.
5. F. A. A. M, is called for
i pm. Saturday, September
1e, 1850, at the Georgetown
Ma sonic Hall, for the puc-
pose of attending the funeral
= OF our late brother. JOHN w.
Evening star., 1950-09-15

WALKER, JOHN WESLEY. On Thursday,
September IA. 1850, JOHN WESLEY
WALKER of 422 18th st. ne, husband
of Mildred 2. Walker and brother Of
Mrs. Calphurnla Monday and MRS. Joe
Home, 3072 M st. NV. until Saturday.
September 16, at 10 am. 1nterment
private.
Evening star., 1950-09-15

BLACKWELL. BESSIE M. On Monday,
September IL, 1850, at 2:55 pm, at
Casualty Hospital BESSIE NJ. BLACK
WELL of Ills You st. NV. beloved wife
of Thomas Gratis Blackwell, sr.; devoted
mother of Eleanora Butler and Thomas
Gratis Blackwell, jr.; grandmother OF
Bolden Hayes, sister Of Ada " Gregg and
Arthur Bolden. cousin of Louise Keyes.
She also leaves other relatives and
friends. Friends may call at the w.
Ernest Jarvis Funeral Church. 1882 You
st. NV. after 4 nj. Friday, September
15s Funeral services Sunday, September
1f.4-st 2 pm. at the Third Baptist
Church 5th and Que st1. NV, Rev.
George o Bullock oficiating. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Harmony
Cemetery Monday, September ] s.
101l15 II
Evening star., 1950-09-15

0LuON1s OH 1hAIs-
day, September IA, 1850, at ner home,
1011 North Tuckahoe st.. Falls Church,
Va. RUTH ELIZABETH BLOOM, beloved
wife Of John P. Bloom and daughter of
Col and Mrs. Roland Birnn Remains
resting at her late residence until $50
am. on Monday, September Is; thence
to St. James Church, Falls Church, Va
where mass will be offered at am. In
terment Arlington National Cemetery. II
Evening star., 1950-09-15

Z on Thursday September IA, 1850, at
LOUISE WIGHTMAN of 3016 Otis st.
ne, beloved wife of Frederick Calvin
Wightman, mother of Marshall Wight
c. Hollar of Charles Town, W. Va Re
mains resting at the S. H. Hines Co. Flu
neral Home. 2901 14th st. NV. until 10
! pm. Friday September 15. Services at
Va. on Sunday, September II, at 2 pm.
Interment Cedar Wood Cemetery, Edin-
burg Va
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03

ondstYles from 4 eU. fi.to l7eU.ft.
When you do, you'll see al he
reasons why your No. ! choice
should be Americas No. ! Re-
frieerotor. FRIcIDAlREl
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03
Delaware Farm
Market Review

The following is a weekly ropnd-
up of live stock prices and miscei-
laneOus commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received on the farms of nal
aware farmers for Commodities tbat
were marketed throughout the
week.
Live Stock Prices
Choice Vealers $4,000 to sac 25
mostly $33.75 per cwt.
Medium to Good $26.75 to 500 *
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Rough and Common, S21 90 tn
$26.50, mostly $24.5O per cwt.
Monkeys $14.50 to $1,000. mostly
$500 per cwt.
Cows
Slaughter, medium to good. sic 90
to $17.4O, mostly $16.6O per cwt
Common, $3.50 to $14.90, mostly
$14.3O per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters, $3.50 TO
$3.50, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Feeder HelferS
Dairy Type. $16.5O to $3.50.
mostly $18!25 per cwt.
Slaughter Heifers
Common and Rough, sI4.7O TO
$500, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Bulls
500 to 1000 pounds, Medium 70
Good, $17.OO to $1S.75, mostly $500
per cwt.
Common, $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Over 1000 pounds, Medium to
Good, $3.50 to $21.5O, mostly 500. $50
per cwt.
HOgs-Straight (gOOd 0ua1ity)
12O to ITO pounds, $500 to s17
mostly $16.75 per cwt.
40 to 24O pounds, $16.25 to $500
mostly $17.75 per cwt.
240 to $50 pounds, $14.75 to S16.75
mostly $16.25 per cwt.
SOws (gOOd quality
200 to 300 pounds, S12.25 to SI35O
mostly $13.25 per cwt.
300 to 400 pounds. S13.25 to $14.OO
mostly $13.75 per cwt.
Over 400 pounds, $1,000 to s14OO
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03
BOars (gOOd Oualitv)

Bears (gOOd quality
Under $50 pounds, $1O50 to S14.5O.
mostly $12.25 per cwt.
over $50 pounds, $500 to S7.75.
mostly $500 per cwt.
Stays (gOOd quality
over $50 pounds, $11.00 to S11.5O,
mostly $11.O0 per cwt.
ShOats
Medium to good, $11.5O to $17OO
per cwt.
Feeder Pigs (6 to 12 weeks Odd
Choice, $3.50 to $12.OO, mostly
$1,000 each.
Medium to Good, $5.75 to $500.
mostly $3.50 each.
Common, $3.50 to $4.75, mostly
$3.75 each.
Horses and Mules
Work Type, $4,000 to $500, most
ly $500 each.
Butcher Type, $4,000 to $500.
mostly $4,000 each.
Live Poultry
Guineas, 9Oc to $1.OO, mostly S1.OO
each.
Geese, $500 to $3.50, mostly $3.50
each.
MuscOvy Ducks. $1.O5 to $1.15,
mostly $115 each.
MuscOVy brakes, $500 to $3.50.
mostly $500 each.
Rabbits
Small Breeds, 9Oc each.
Eggs
Ungraded, mixed, 2Sc to soc per
dozen.
Miscellaneous Produce
Turnips, 4Oc to 60 per "a bushel
Sweet Potatoes, SLIPS to S1.5O per
% bushel
Apples, $1.55 to $500 per * bus
hel.
Greens, 3Oc to soc ner * brshpl
Lards, $3.50 to $5.1O per 5O-ib
can.
Cabbage, 4Oc to SOC per sk bush
.a. "
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03
SELBYYLL.E.

The Martha Circle served the Me-
thodist Men with their supper in
the Recreation Hall, of the Salem
church on Monday evening they
had a good number in attendance.
with DR.. Dunkle being the speaker
OF the evening, Mrs. Earl Nicholas
and Mrs. Victor Murray were CO.
chairmen for the supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Simpler
and family of Lakeshurst, N. j.,
visited their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
V. Z. Simpler and Mrs. Sadie Coll
ins over the weekend.
Mrs. Nettie West was a dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Nc
Cabe and daughter Kathleen Nc
Cabe, r N. in Bayard on. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brasure
and Mr.. Arthur Hudson left on last
Wednesday for few DAYS visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Stevens
in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving B. Hudson
Sr. left on Sunday for a combined
business and pleasure trip, they
were over night guests of friends
IN Orangebufg, N. C. Mr.. Hudson
attended a meeting of the feed Co
mpany for which he is a Represen-
tive. for a few days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Elisha
Hudson are receiving congratula-
tlOns on the birth of a baby daugh-
ter born to them on February %
IN the Peninsula General Hospital
Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold McGee Of
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03

weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Edgel
Garthe.
Iva Lee Baker had her tOnsils re-
moved on Monday at Milford Mem
Orial Hospital.
Mrs. Laura Sturgis is Ag treat
ed in Beebe Hospital, Lewes, from
injuries received in a fall at the
home of her son, Elwood Sturgis,
where she has been spending the
winter.
Mrs. Joshua Bunting mother of
Mrs. Sturgis, fell recently at her
home on Ellis Street, and severly
cut one arm.
Mrs. Joshua West is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. William Prettyman
at HqrbesOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Jones and son,
Leroy spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Beckwith at Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams and
daughter Patsy, have returned
from a vacation in Florida.
The Firemen's Auxiliary met on
Thursday night with Mrs. John
GOrdy.
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03

or Of their daughter sliss Frances
Duncan's birthday anniversary.
Mr.. Madison Cray entertaiaet
several male guests at a Coon diE-
ner on Saturday evening. in the
Gray's hatchery. Airs. oliver phil
lips cooked the Coon for the stag
dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Conn Scott are
expected home around Tuesday &C
this week iron a 10 days trip lo St
Petersburg, Florida.
Messers Van Murray Brcw1e.
Watson Mgmford. Ray r. Holloway
Jr., Dean McCabe. James HaH. Ar
chic Hall and Floyd Powell attend.
ed the Basket Ball Game. The
Globe Trotters was in Phila.. o.
Wednesday Of this week returnina
home on Thursday.
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03

Phila., visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. o.. McCabe and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira McGee and other relatives
Sunday and Monday.
The c. A. C. celebrated its third
anniversary by attending a dinner
at the Ocean House, Lewes Beach,
one Of its Charter members, Miss
Mary Francis Onwake, Lewes, at
tended the dinner with the group.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones enter
tanned at a Turkey dinner and a
Canasta Party on Saturday night.
the following guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Lynch, of Roxana, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrey Daisey and son Gene
Of Bayard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Holloway Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Duncan Of
near town entertained several
guests on Monday evening, in hon
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03
The Presbyterian Church
"The Church on the Plaza"
Rev. Kenneth NJ. Kepler, Pastor
Church Ph0ne SOL
Sunday, March 5

oaAANas MAAGM -
945 a. m.-Sunday School for all
ages, under T. r. SnOwberger, Su-
.perintendent.
1890 a. m.-Adult Department
meets in the Church Sanctuary -
mems and wOmen's classes.
10:45-12:15-A Church Nursery
is conducted for children whose
parents attend morning worship.
11:O0 a. m.-MOrning Worship.
The sermon to the children will be
on christian Firemen," while the
message for the adults will be on
Christ" the Window to God"
$3.50 D. m.-Fhe Westminster Eel
lOwship-cur Junior and Senior
high groups-will gather at the
church to drive over to Dover for
the Central Youth Fellowship youth
rally that viii be held at the Pres
byterian Church. The charge for
supper will be Csc, served by the
Dover young people. Let us all be
out and make the record attendance
az the rally. DR.. H. T. Kuist of
Princeton Theological Seminary,
will be the speaker.
Monday, March 6
The Session will meet at 8 D. m.
az the home of Frank NAPLES.
Tuesday, March Z
The WOmen's Mid-Week Bible
Class, taught by Mrs. Kepler, will
meet at the home Of Mrs. A. E.
Humes on South Walnut street at
O'Clock. A joint meeting of the
WOmen's and the Mems AssOcia-
tiOn viii be held, opening with a
covered dish supper, planned to
start at $3.50. A fine. program is
planned Mrs. AL Nutter will give
historical sketches at the dinner
and John TOOker will sing. Mrs. F..
J. Forrell. herself a refugee from
Nazism and now working to aid
refugees. will be the speaker Of the
evening. Out of her amazing ex-
periences. and the wonderful work
she and her husband are doing in
New York, she has acquired a repu-
tation as an unusually fine speak
er.
Wednesday, March 8
Midweek Pible Study for fifth
and sixth graders at 2:O5 p. m.
A class for those desiring to join
the church on Palm SUNDAY will
be held at o'clock promptly. at
the manse. for one hour. on We'd
nesdsv this week-hereafter on
TunSdav EVENINGS.
Thursday, March Q
PRAYER meNting invites all com
ers-icin with MS IN an hOur Of
pihla Study Rood tho F1istle Of
I~~,es. ehaDFor 0-o~d ~ nraver
and singing Of old time hymns.
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03
MILLSBORO

On Wednesday night, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ronald James entertained
guests at four tables of Canasta.
Miss Elinor Dobson, who has be-
en- employed as librarian at Drew
Seminary in Madison, N. j.. was
home for a few days last week be-
fore leaving on Friday to take a
new position in the library Of the
Atomic Energy Control Authority
at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harold DObson
and Miss Kathleen DObson of Ham
ptOn, Va, took Miss DobsOn to her
new location, returning on Wednes-
day.
Lonnie Ableman has returned
from vacation in Florida.
Mrs. W. B. Atkins, Mrs Elsie
Wharton, Mrs. Sallie Ellis. Mrs.
John A, Cordrey, Mrs. H. B. Mitch
ell, Miss Barbara Mitchell and Mrs.
Walter Belts attended last Satur-
days matinee at the Play House ill
Wilmington, and saw the Theatre
Guild play 'Silver Whistle"
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles d. Parker
are the happy parents of a baby
daughter, born last Sunday after
noon at Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
MI. and Mrs. Leo AIDES spent the
weekend in New York City.
Kew. and Mrs. Brooks REYNOLDS
and sons of Wilmington Manor
Manor, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Z. Z. Collins a part of last week.
The Ever Faithful Auxiliary is
grateful to the public for their pat-
Tonage and to the members and
trlendsN for their fine contributions
10 the bake sale last Saturday morn
ing. The proceeds amounted to $50
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Terry and
Miss Joan Tate of Phila., spent the
Milford chronicle., 1950-03-03
HARRINGTON

ST. Stephens Episcopal Church
Fleming Street
Wednesday, March 6th
1880 p. m. Lenten service and ad-
dress.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Reporters Restricted
For Breaking Release
On Walkers S Death
Army Says Eorly Filing
OF News Was Gross
Violation of Security
BY the Asseeiated Press

UNITED STATES 9th ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Dec
23.-Two war correspondents were
deprived of their press privileges
by the Army today as a result OF
the premature disclosure of 1t
Gen. Walton H. Walkers death
in jeep accident.
Col. Robert L. Thompson, United
States 9th Army public informa-
ton officer, ordered Kenneth Kan
tor, National Broadcasting Co.
radio correspondent, and Peter
Webb of the United Press, re-
stricted to their quarters pending
investigation of their handling of
the story.
Col. Thompson said the release
Of news of the generals death be-
fore it had been announced Of
f1cially was gross security viola
tion." The release had been
embargoed for LOS am. (EST.
Col. Thompson ordered full CEN
sorship of all press copy.
Telephones being used by al
the correspondents covering the
9th Army headquarters were re-
moved.
Until now correspondents copy
had not been censored at 8tt
Army headquarters in Korea but
newsmen had been operating un.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Gen. Walkers Death in Crash
On Way to Front Stuns Army
Ridewoy Is Named
To Succeed Him as
9th Army Commander
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 23.-Lt.
Gen. Walton H. Walker, United
States 9Th Army commander,
was killed today in a jeep acci-
dent. Gen. Macarthur immedi-
ately appointed 1t. Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway. deputy chief of staff
of the United States Army, to
succeed him.
Gen. Ridgway will leave Wash
ington at o'clock tonight for
Korea to take over the command.
Gen. Walker, 81, a fighting
protege of the late Gen. George
S. Patton, jr., died in a smashup
while en- route to the Western
Korea front, where his forces are
bracing against a new Chinese
Red offensive.
In Tokyo, Gen. Macarthur dis
closed that he had just recon-
mended Gen. Walker for promo
tion to four-star rank.
The first official Army version
of the accident was given out to
Gen. Walkers stunned staff off,
GERS who were called into what
some thought would be routine
briefng or a hearing of the gen.
erals Christmas message to his
troops.
The staff was called to order by
Maj. Gen. Leven c. Allen who told
the officers:
Il have a shocking statement
to make. Gen. Walker was virtu-
ally instantly killed at II this
morning when his jeep collided
head-on with a truck"
The other three occupants of
the generals jeep, all injured,
were taken to the hospital. They
are Gen. Walkers aide, 1t. Col.
Clayton c. Tyner:; M/Sergt. Bel
ton. bodyguard, and Sergt. Reen-
an, jeep driver.
The truck involved in the crash
was a three-ton American-made
weapons carrier of the Republic
OF Korea Army. 1t was manned
by three South Koreans, who were
not injured. The collision oc-
CURED after they had pulled out
of a slowly moving or halted con-
voy headed south.
The jeep was armored to pro-
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Six Guardsmen Killed
In Blast al Armory
BY the Associated Press

BONNEVILLE, Miss, Dec. 49,
Six National Guardsmen were
killed and six others injured by
an explosion in the National Guard
armory here last night.
Capt. Fred Houston, commander
of the 198th Medium Tank Bat
talon, reported Sergt. Charles O.
Fugitt, 81, and Corpl. William H.
Duncan, about 81, died in the
blast.
Northeast Mississippi hospital
said four others died of injuries
during the night. The hospital
identified them as:
Hugh T. Weatherbee, 18, Billy
w. Mooney, II, Lawrence Burks,
27. Tommy Robinson, 10.
The hospital said Freddy Fulg-
ham, II, is in critical condition,
William r. Spencer. 81, st. Har-
mon Barron. 20. and Nomer Ford,
%, are in serious condition. Sergt.
Hardy Prentiss, %, and 10 Skel-
ton, %, were hospitalized for
shock.
Capt. Houston said the guards
men were cleaning weapons when
the blast occurred.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
News Features
In Todoy's Star

NEW FACES IN coNGREss-Wil-
liom Jennings Byon Dorm. once cited
BY Russio's vishinsky os the mo. I
warmonser in the United Stotes," 70.
turns to the SD Congress as Repre-.
sentotWe from South CoroIino. With
Kenneth A. Roberts, lowysr-I legislator
from Alobomo, he is introduced on
Pose B-2.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAMS
The traditional eoroIs will be featured
ot services in most Washington churches
tomorrow. Alice Eversmon, The Stor's
music critic, gives a rundown Of pro-
sroms and performers on Pose ALI.
THE COMMITTEE ON THE PRESENT
DANGER-A cosuoI otter dinner con.
versotion led to the forming Of a pow.
erfuI citizens group dedicated to find.
ing the answers to the question Of
nationoI survival. The committee, ito
membership and its purpose is discussed
by stor Reporter George Beyeridse on
Pese A..
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Ten EnfeebIed Patients Killed
As ConvuIescent Home Burns

out. Those four were the only
survivors of the barracks. The
visitor was the only one injured.
Thirty-five patients in other
units of the four unit frame and
stucco home were saved and
taken to an Amarillo Hospital
for temporary care. ~
Rescue workers dug for hours in
darkness before they freed the
last body from the leveled bar
racks, part of the Walker con-
valescent home 6 miles northeast
of here.
Veteran reporters, old hands at
scenes of fear in stricken
Panhandle towns, said the con-
centrated hysteria and panic at
the home was terrible. They said
it was extremely difficult to get
(See FIRE, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1950-12-23
II Injured in Flash Fire
On Chicago Electric Train
By the Associofed Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.- Eleven
persons we're injured in fire
which flashed up in a coach of a
speeding suburban electric train
as it rumbled along elevated tracks
today.
Panic started among the 10
passengers in the coach. The
Chicago, North Shore g. Mil
waukee Railroad train, speeding
into Chicago from North Shore
suburbs at so miles an hour. went
a mile and a half after the blaze
flared up before it could be
stopped.
Witnesses said the passengers
broke all the windows in the car
and escaped the flames.
Fire Chief Raymond Mikkelsen
said an electrical short in a switch
box caused the fire, which was out
by the time firemen arrived.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Discovery Of St. Peters Tomb
At Vatican Confirmed by POPE
asked. and then gave the answer

asked. and then gave the answer,
"Yes."
Bones had been found near the
sepulchre, he declared, but it was
not possible to determine whether
these were those of st. Peter"
The Vatican reported last
March that 10 years of digging in
the long-hidden underground
chambers below st. Peters church
yielded archaeological evidence
supporting the Catholic belief that
the prince of the apostles was
buried on that site.
In June, 1850, the pontiff con-
secrated a central altar dedicated
to st. Peter and located over the
reported site of the apostles last
resting place.
But as early as January, 1949
(See TOMB, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1950-12-23
BY the Associated Press

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23.-Pope
Plus XII announced today that
the tomb of st. Peter, prince of
the apostles and revered by Cath
olics also as the first Pope, has
been found in the subterranean
grottos of the Vatican.
The pontiff reported in his an
nual Christmas message, broad
cast from the Vatican, that sci
entif1c study of discoveries made
during excavations beneath st.
Peters Basilica has been COM
pleted during the 1850 Holy Year.
These findings, Pope Plus de-
clared, were disclosed to be of
the highest Importance and will
be published soon.
HAS the tomb (of st. Peter)
been truly found?" the Pope
Evening star., 1950-12-23
). Sabres Destroy
s Of 15Soviet Jets in
War 'sBiggestAirD Duel
No American Craft Lost
In Battle Roneine From
Treetops to 10000 Feet
BY the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Dec. 23.-Eight United
States Sabre jet fighters took on
Is to Is Russian built MIG-15
jets yesterday in "the biggest air
battle of the Korean war" and
knocked down six of them without
damage to themselves.
A seventh swept back wing MIG
was damaged in the Commute
battle which ranged from treetop
level to a frigid 30,000-foot alti-
tude. The air battle was fought
20 miles southwest of Sinuiju,
near the northwest border of
Korea.
All the kills were confirmed.
Seven enemy jets now have been
reported destroyed, one probably
destroyed and two damaged since
the F-86 Sabres, the worlds fast
est operational fighters, entered
action in Korea December Is.
Busiest Day in Air.
The jet battle came on what
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
called the busiest day of aerial
combat in the Korean war. The
battle was one of three in the
Korean skies.
The first one was brief and in
conclusive, communique said.
Six enemy jets made a hit-and-
run pass on six Sabres near the
Manchurian border. Then the
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Air Force Flies Parents
To Bedside Of Sick Son
BY the Associated Press

BERDEEN PROVING
GROUNDS, Md, Dec. GA New
York couple stood by the bedside
of their sick soldier son here
today because the Air Force
opened wide the bottleneck of the
Christmas traffic crush.
Mitchell Field officers sped Mr.
and Mrs. Irwin Hilsenrath of New
York City to the bedside of their
son Eugene yesterday after the
couple failed in an attempt to
get commercial travel accommo-
dations.
Doctors say the 22-year-old
soldier still is seriously i'll of
pneumonia, but his condition is
improving"
"The Air Force has a big heart" !"
said Mr.. Hilsenrath.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Only 2 New Workers
Answer Urgent Plea
For Blood for Korea
BY the Associaied Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The Red
Gross expressed extreme disap-
pointment" last night after only
two persons answered an urgent
appeal here for blood donations
to be sent to Korea.
A Red Cross spokesman said
yesterday was the first day of "the
largest single appeal" for blood
since the start of the war. With
the shipment scheduled to leave
tomorrow, today is the second and
last day.
Radio stations were asked to
broadcast urgent appeals for
further donors to beat the dead
line.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
uy the Assoeioied Press

AMARILLO, Tex, Dec. 49,
Ten feeble old people, trapped
as they laughed over Christmas
presents, died late yesterday in
a blaze that devoured their barn
like barracks home.
It was the worst fire in the
Texas Panhandle's history.
All the victims were bedridden.
Three were blind.
II guess I've lost them all!'
cried Mrs. ]. w. Wright, attend
ant in charge of the barracks.
"I should have saved them"
Then she collapsed.
But she had saved one patient.
Another saved himself. A visitor
"a woman badly burned trying
to save her stepmother-also got